2025 Primera B de Chile
| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21 February – 2 November 2025 |
| Matches played | 8 |
| Goals scored | 19 (2.38 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Isaac Díaz (3 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Magallanes 3–0 Dep. Recoleta (22 February) |
| Biggest away win | Dep. Santa Cruz 0–3 Rangers (23 February) |
| Highest scoring | Dep. Concepción 2–2 Dep. Temuco (21 February) Dep. Copiapó 2–2 S. Morning (22 February) |
← 2024 2026 →
All statistics correct as of 24 February 2025. | |
The 2025 Primera B de Chile, also known as Liga de Ascenso Caixun 2025 due to sponsorship by electronics manufacturer Caixun,[1] is the 71st season of the Primera B de Chile, Chile's second-tier football league. The season began on 21 February and is scheduled to end on 2 November 2025.[2]
Format
[edit]The competition will be played under the same format used in the most recent seasons, with a regular stage and a play-off tournament (known as Liguilla). In the regular season, the 16 participating teams will play each other in a double round-robin tournament (once at home and once away) for a total of 30 matches, with the top team at the end of the 30 rounds winning the championship as well as promotion to the Chilean Primera División for the following season. The teams placing from second to eighth place at the end of the regular season will enter the Liguilla to decide the second promoted team, in which the regular season runners-up will receive a bye to the semi-finals. The team placing last at the end of the regular season will be relegated to the Segunda División Profesional.[2]
Teams
[edit]
The tournament is played by 16 teams, 13 of them returning from the previous season, two relegated from the 2024 Campeonato Nacional (Cobreloa and Deportes Copiapó), and the 2024 Segunda División Profesional champions Deportes Concepción, who returned to the second tier after nine years following their disaffiliation from the ANFP in 2016.[3] These teams replaced Deportes La Serena and Deportes Limache, who were promoted to the 2025 Liga de Primera, as well as Barnechea, relegated to Segunda División for this season.[2]
Deportes Concepción's promotion to Primera B was only confirmed on 31 January 2025, after a ruling by the Second Chamber of the Disciplinary Court confirmed a three-point deduction for Deportes Melipilla in the 2024 Segunda División Profesional standings, leaving Deportes Concepción as Segunda División champions.[4] Deportes Concepción were ratified as champions by the ANFP on 4 February, greenliting the club's participation in the competition.[5]
Stadia and locations
[edit]| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobreloa | Calama | Zorros del Desierto | 12,102 |
| Curicó Unido | Curicó | La Granja | 8,000 |
| Deportes Antofagasta | Antofagasta | Regional de Antofagasta | 21,178 |
| Deportes Concepción | Concepción | Ester Roa Rebolledo | 30,448 |
| Deportes Copiapó | Copiapó | Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla | 8,000 |
| Deportes Recoleta | Santiago (Recoleta) | Municipal Leonel Sánchez Lineros | 1,000 |
| Deportes Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | Joaquín Muñoz García | 5,000 |
| Deportes Temuco | Temuco | Municipal Germán Becker | 18,413 |
| Magallanes | Santiago (San Bernardo) | Municipal Luis Navarro Avilés | 3,500 |
| Rangers | Talca | Fiscal de Talca | 16,070 |
| San Luis | Quillota | Municipal Lucio Fariña Fernández | 7,680 |
| San Marcos de Arica | Arica | Carlos Dittborn | 10,000 |
| Santiago Morning | Santiago (La Pintana) | Municipal de La Pintana | 6,000 |
| Santiago Wanderers | Valparaíso | Elías Figueroa Brander | 20,575 |
| Unión San Felipe | San Felipe | Municipal de San Felipe | 12,000 |
| Universidad de Concepción | Concepción | Ester Roa Rebolledo | 30,448 |
Standings
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rangers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3[a] | Promotion to Primera División |
| 2 | Magallanes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3[a] | Advance to Promotion play-off semi-finals |
| 3 | Curicó Unido | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Advance to Promotion play-off quarter-finals |
| 4 | Deportes Temuco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | |
| 5 | Deportes Concepción | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | |
| 6 | Deportes Copiapó | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | |
| 7 | Unión San Felipe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | |
| 8 | Cobreloa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | |
| 9 | Deportes Antofagasta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | San Luis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Santiago Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Universidad de Concepción | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | San Marcos de Arica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | |
| 14 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |
| 15 | Deportes Recoleta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |
| 16 | Santiago Morning[d] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | −2 | Relegation to Segunda División Profesional |
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) Play-off game (only if needed to decide championship).
If needed to decide championship between two teams: 2) Play-off game.
Notes:
- ^ a b Away goals for: Rangers 3, Magallanes 0.
- ^ a b c Away goals for: Deportes Temuco 2, Deportes Concepción 0, Deportes Copiapó 0.
- ^ a b Away goals for: Unión San Felipe 1, Cobreloa 0.
- ^ Santiago Morning were deducted three points as punishment for a lack of payment of social security contributions to their footballers for an undetermined period.[6]
Results
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]- As of 24 February 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Isaac Díaz
|
Rangers | 3 |
| 2 | Waldimir Cid
|
Santiago Morning | 2 |
| Thomas Jones
|
Deportes Copiapó | ||
| Carlos Muñoz
|
Magallanes |
Source: Soccerway
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "La nueva cara del fútbol chileno" [The new face of Chilean football] (in Spanish). TNT Sports. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ a b c "Fixture Primera B 2025: calendario del Ascenso, resultados, equipos y formato" [2025 Primera B Fixture: Promotion Tournament schedule, results, teams and format] (in Spanish). Al Aire Libre. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "Nueve años después: el largo camino de Deportes Concepción para volver a Primera B" [Nine years later: Deportes Concepción's long road to return to Primera B] (in Spanish). La Tercera. 20 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "Celebran los lilas: fallo de Segunda Sala del Tribunal de Disciplina confirma ascenso de Deportes Concepción a Primera B" [The lilacs celebrate: Disciplinary Court's Second Chamber ruling confirms Deportes Concepción's promotion to Primera B] (in Spanish). La Tercera. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "ANFP ratifica a Deportes Concepción como el campeón de la Segunda División Profesional y confirma su ascenso a Primera B" [ANFP ratifies Deportes Concepción as Segunda División Profesional champions and confirms their promotion to Primera B] (in Spanish). ADN Radio Chile. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "Confirmado: Santiago Morning comenzará el torneo de Primera B con resta de puntos" [Confirmed: Santiago Morning will begin the Primera B tournament with a point deduction] (in Spanish). En Cancha. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.