2018 Primera B de Chile

The 2018 Primera B de Chile, known as the 2018 Campeonato Loto for sponsorship purposes, was the 65th season of Chile's second-tier football league. The competition began on 2 February 2018 and ended on 1 December 2018.[1] Coquimbo Unido were the champions.

Primera B de Chile
Season2018
Dates2 February – 1 December 2018
ChampionsCoquimbo Unido (3rd title)
PromotedCoquimbo Unido
Cobresal
RelegatedSan Marcos de Arica
Matches played248
Goals scored620 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerRodrigo Holgado
(18 goals)
Biggest home winCobreloa 6–0 Melipilla
(12 August)
Biggest away winDeportes Valdivia 0–4 S. Wanderers
(11 November)
Highest scoringSan Marcos 2–5 Copiapó
(17 February)
Copiapó 4–3 S. Wanderers
(18 March)
U. San Felipe 4–3 Coquimbo Unido
(6 October)
2017
2019

Format

The tournament was played by 16 teams which played each other twice (once at home and once away), for a total of 30 matches. The team that finished in first place at the end of the round-robin tournament earned promotion to the Campeonato Nacional for the 2019 season. Meanwhile, the teams finishing from second to sixth place played in a playoff tournament for the second promotion berth, with the season runners-up having a bye to the final. The team finishing in bottom place at the end of the season was relegated to the Segunda División Profesional.[2]

Teams

Stadia and locations

ClubCityStadiumCapacity
BarnecheaSantiago (Lo Barnechea)Municipal de Lo Barnechea3,000
CobreloaCalamaZorros del Desierto12,346
CobresalEl SalvadorEl Cobre12,000
Coquimbo UnidoCoquimboMunicipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso18,750
Deportes CopiapóCopiapóLuis Valenzuela Hermosilla8,000
Deportes La SerenaLa SerenaLa Portada18,243
Deportes MelipillaMelipillaMunicipal Roberto Bravo Santibáñez6,000
Deportes Puerto MonttPuerto MonttChinquihue10,000
Deportes ValdiviaValdiviaParque Municipal5,397
MagallanesSantiago (San Bernardo)Municipal de San Bernardo3,500
ÑublenseChillánMunicipal Nelson Oyarzún Arenas12,000
RangersTalcaFiscal de Talca8,200
San Marcos de AricaAricaCarlos Dittborn9,746
Santiago MorningSantiago (La Pintana)Municipal de La Pintana6,000
Santiago WanderersValparaísoElías Figueroa Brander20,575
Unión San FelipeSan FelipeMunicipal de San Felipe12,000

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Coquimbo Unido (C, P)3017674731+1657Promotion to Primera División
2Cobreloa3015784331+1252Qualification to Promotion playoff finals
3Cobresal (P)3015694430+1451Qualification to Promotion playoff quarterfinals
4Deportes Valdivia3013894537+847
5Santiago Wanderers30144124143−246
6Santiago Morning30136113436−245
7Unión San Felipe30126123228+442
8Rangers30117123334−140
9Barnechea30109113838039
10Deportes Melipilla30109113941−239
11Deportes Puerto Montt30105153133−235
12Deportes La Serena30811113741−435
13Magallanes30810123741−434
14Deportes Copiapó3097143644−834
15Ñublense3089132735−833
16San Marcos de Arica (R)3088142849−2132Relegation to Segunda División Profesional
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, 9) Playoff game (only if needed to decide championship).
If needed to decide championship between two teams: 2) Playoff game.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ AwayBARCOBCSLCOQCDCDLSMELDPMVALMAGÑUBRANSMASMSWUSF
Barnechea0–13–32–40–12–31–02–11–02–20–11–13–12–12–33–1
Cobreloa3–11–02–22–12–16–02–12–03–21–03–14–01–12–10–1
Cobresal1–11–02–02–03–13–32–10–21–02–04–12–14–01–02–0
Coquimbo Unido2–12–01–12–12–12–11–01–11–01–02–34–00–04–11–0
Deportes Copiapó1–10–02–11–22–20–11–02–30–32–12–02–01–14–31–4
Deportes La Serena0–10–22–01–01–12–21–03–30–01–20–14–12–31–11–0
Deportes Melipilla0–23–02–00–01–02–01–11–12–24–12–32–20–12–11–0
Deportes Puerto Montt1–00–02–01–22–01–23–02–21–01–00–33–02–02–11–3
Deportes Valdivia1–13–21–21–12–10–03–22–12–23–01–21–01–04–10–2
Magallanes1–00–00–22–11–22–20–21–13–21–10–12–13–13–01–0
Ñublense0–15–00–21–21–11–11–12–11–02–10–00–00–21–01–1
Rangers0–11–11–10–14–23–10–10–00–12–00–01–20–02–10–1
San Marcos de Arica0–02–12–10–22–51–10–00–12–11–13–21–22–10–11–0
Santiago Morning2–20–02–12–11–01–23–21–00–23–21–21–00–10–11–0
Santiago Wanderers1–12–11–02–01–01–11–02–11–24–12–12–12–20–21–0
Unión San Felipe2–10–10–04–30–01–02–12–01–01–10–02–00–02–32–3
Source: ANFP, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoff

Quarterfinals

Santiago Wanderers2–1Deportes Valdivia
Report
Santiago Morning1–4Cobresal
Report
Attendance: 861
Referee: Francisco Gilabert

Deportes Valdivia0–4Santiago Wanderers
Report
Attendance: 3,700
Referee: José Cabero

Santiago Wanderers won 6–1 on aggregate.

Cobresal0–2Santiago Morning
Report
Attendance: 632
Referee: Cristián Garay

Cobresal won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Santiago Wanderers2–0Cobresal
Report

Cobresal4–1Santiago Wanderers
Report
Attendance: 1,037
Referee: Felipe González

Cobresal won 4–3 on aggregate.

Finals

Cobresal2–1Cobreloa
Report
Attendance: 2,168
Referee: César Deischler

Cobreloa2–2Cobresal
Report
Attendance: 11,418
Referee: Felipe González

Cobresal won 4–3 on aggregate and earned promotion to the Primera División.

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
1 Rodrigo HolgadoCoquimbo Unido18
2 Lucas SimónCobreloa17
3 Gustavo LanaroDeportes Valdivia13
4 Ever CanteroCobresal12
Enzo GutiérrezSantiago Wanderers
Miguel OrellanaBarnechea
7 Reiner CastroSantiago Wanderers10
Germán EstigarribiaDeportes Copiapó
Gonzalo SosaMagallanes
10 Óscar OrtegaSantiago Morning8
Stefan PinoDeportes Melipilla
Mathias PintoDeportes Melipilla

Source: Soccerway

See also

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