2017 Primera B de Chile

Primera B de Chile
Season2017
ChampionsUnión La Calera (3rd title)
PromotedUnión La Calera
RelegatedIberia
Matches played120
Goals scored314 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorerSebastián Abreu
Lucas Simón
(11 goals each)
2018 →

The 2017 Primera B de Chile, known as the 2017 Campeonato de Transición Loto for sponsorship purposes, was the 64th season of Chile's second-tier football league. The competition began on 29 July 2017.[1]

Teams

Stadia and locations

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Locations of 2017 Primera B de Chile teams
Club City Stadium Capacity
Barnechea Lo Barnechea Municipal de Lo Barnechea 3,000
Cobreloa Calama Zorros del Desierto 12,346
Cobresal El Salvador El Cobre 12,000
Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso 18,750
Deportes Copiapó Copiapó La Calderaa 3,000
Deportes La Serena La Serena La Portada 18,243
Deportes Puerto Montt Puerto Montt Chinquihue 10,000
Deportes Valdivia Valdivia Parque Municipal 5,397
Iberia Los Ángeles Municipal de Los Ángeles 4,150
Magallanes San Bernardo Municipal de San Bernardo 3,500
Ñublense Chillán Municipal Nelson Oyarzún Arenas 12,000
Rangers Talca Fiscal de Talca 8,200
San Marcos de Arica Arica Carlos Dittborn 9,746
Santiago Morning La Pintana Municipal de La Pintana 6,000
Unión La Calera La Calera Lucio Fariña Fernándezb 7,680
Unión San Felipe San Felipe Municipal de San Felipe 12,000

a: Deportes Copiapó temporarily plays its home games at Estadio La Caldera in Caldera due to remodeling works at Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla.
b: Unión La Calera temporarily plays its home games at Estadio Municipal Lucio Fariña Fernández in Quillota due to remodeling works at Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Unión La Calera (C) 15 10 4 1 25 11 +14 34 Qualification to Promotion playoff
2 Deportes Copiapó 15 8 2 5 24 18 +6 26
3 Cobreloa 15 7 2 6 30 28 +2 23
4 Coquimbo Unido 15 6 4 5 18 16 +2 22
5 Barnechea 15 6 4 5 26 25 +1 22
6 Magallanes 15 6 3 6 18 19 −1 21
7 Deportes Puerto Montt 15 6 3 6 18 20 −2 21
8 Cobresal 15 6 2 7 23 20 +3 20
9 Unión San Felipe 15 4 8 3 14 14 0 20
10 San Marcos de Arica 15 5 5 5 20 21 −1 20 Qualification to Promotion playoff[a]
11 Deportes La Serena 15 5 4 6 20 20 0 19
12 Ñublense 15 4 6 5 11 13 −2 18
13 Iberia 15 5 3 7 25 28 −3 18
14 Santiago Morning 15 4 5 6 17 23 −6 17
15 Deportes Valdivia 15 4 3 8 11 17 −6 15
16 Rangers 15 3 4 8 14 21 −7 13
Source: ANFP, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Matches won, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Red cards, 7) Yellow cards, 8) Drawing of lots.
In case there are two teams tied in points for first place: 2) Playoff game.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ San Marcos de Arica qualified for the Promotion playoff by finishing as runners-up in the 2016–17 Primera B.

Results

Home \ Away BAR COB CSL COQ CDC DLS DPM VAL IBE MAG ÑUB RAN SMA SM ULC USF
Barnechea — 4–2 — — 1–3 3–1 — 2–0 — — 1–1 4–2 — — — 3–3
Cobreloa — — — — 3–2 4–0 2–0 — 4–2 1–2 — — 3–3 4–3 — —
Cobresal 2–3 2–4 — — — 2–1 — 2–1 3–0 — 5–0 — — — 1–1 —
Coquimbo Unido 1–0 1–0 1–0 — — — 1–2 — — — 1–0 1–1 — 4–0 — —
Deportes Copiapó — — 2–1 2–0 — — 2–1 — — 3–0 — 1–0 0–0 1–0 — 1–2
Deportes La Serena — — — 2–1 3–1 — — 1–2 3–1 3–1 — — 3–0 — 0–1 0–1
Deportes Puerto Montt 2–2 — 1–0 — — 1–1 — 1–2 2–4 — — 2–0 1–0 3–2 — —
Deportes Valdivia — 0–0 — 0–0 0–2 — — — — 0–1 0–1 — — — 1–1 1–0
Iberia 0–1 — — 1–2 3–2 — — 3–1 — 2–3 1–0 — 1–1 — — 1–2
Magallanes 3–0 — 1–2 2–0 — — 1–2 — — — 0–0 — 2–1 — 0–1 —
Ñublense — 3–0 — — 0–0 1–1 2–0 — — — — 1–0 — 1–1 0–1 —
Rangers — 3–2 2–0 — — 1–1 — 1–0 1–3 1–1 — — — — — 1–1
San Marcos de Arica 3–1 — 3–0 2–1 — — — 2–1 — — 1–1 1–0 — — 1–3 0–0
Santiago Morning 1–1 — 0–3 — — 0–0 — 0–2 0–0 2–0 — 2–1 4–2 — — —
Unión La Calera 1–0 3–0 — 2–2 4–2 — 1–0 — 3–3 — — 1–0 — 0–1 — —
Unión San Felipe — 0–1 0–0 2–2 — — 0–0 — — 1–1 1–0 — — 1–1 0–2 —
Source: ANFP, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Uruguay Sebastián Abreu Deportes Puerto Montt 11
Argentina Lucas Simón Cobreloa 11
3 Chile Matías Campos López San Marcos de Arica 10
4 Argentina David Escalante Santiago Morning 8
Argentina Rafael Viotti Unión La Calera 8
6 Chile Mauricio Gómez Iberia 7
Chile Francisco Ibáñez Deportes Copiapó 7
8 France Richard Barroilhet Barnechea 6
Paraguay Ever Cantero Cobresal 6

Source: Soccerway

Promotion playoff

The promotion playoff was played by three teams: Santiago Wanderers, as the last-placed in the Primera División relegation table, 2016–17 Primera B runners-up San Marcos de Arica, and 2017 Primera B champions Unión La Calera. The two Primera B teams played each other with the winner qualifying to the final against the Primera División team for promotion to the top flight for the 2018 season.[2]

Semifinal Final
          
Santiago Wanderers — — —
Bye — — —
Santiago Wanderers 1 0 1 (4)
Unión La Calera (p) 0 1 1 (5)
Unión La Calera 0 2 2
San Marcos de Arica 1 0 1

Relegation

Relegation was determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number of points earned per game over the two most recent seasons: 2016–17 and 2017. The team with the lowest average was relegated to the Segunda División Profesional.[2]

Pos
 Team 2016–17
Pts 		2017
Pts 		Total
Pts 		Total
Pld 		Avg
 Relegation
1 San Marcos de Arica 50 20 70 43 1.628
2 Coquimbo Unido 43 22 65 43 1.512
3 Cobreloa 41 23 64 43 1.488
4 Barnechea — 22 22 15 1.467
5 Deportes La Serena 40 19 59 43 1.372
6 Santiago Morning 42 17 59 43 1.372
7 Deportes Copiapó 32 26 58 43 1.349
8 Cobresal — 20 20 15 1.333
9 Magallanes 36 21 57 43 1.326
10 Rangers 40 13 53 43 1.233
11 Unión San Felipe 32 20 53 43 1.233
12 Deportes Puerto Montt 31 21 52 43 1.209
13 Unión La Calera 18 34 52 43 1.209
14 Ñublense 29 18 47 43 1.093
15 Deportes Valdivia 32 15 47 43 1.093
16 Iberia (R) 28 18 46 43 1.07 Relegation to Segunda División

See also

References

  1. ^ "La temporada de transición del fútbol chileno ya tiene fecha de inicio" (in Spanish). publimetro.cl. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Así se define el ascenso y el descenso de la próxima Primera B" (in Spanish). publimetro.cl. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.