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
Locations of the 2018 Primera B de Chile teams
Club City Stadium Capacity
Barnechea Santiago (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 Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla 8,000
Deportes La Serena La Serena La Portada 18,243
Deportes Melipilla Melipilla Municipal Roberto Bravo Santibáñez 6,000
Deportes Puerto Montt Puerto Montt Chinquihue 10,000
Deportes Valdivia Valdivia Parque Municipal 5,397
Magallanes Santiago (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 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

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Coquimbo Unido (C, P) 30 17 6 7 47 31 +16 57 Promotion to Primera División
2 Cobreloa 30 15 7 8 43 31 +12 52 Qualification to Promotion playoff finals
3 Cobresal (P) 30 15 6 9 44 30 +14 51 Qualification to Promotion playoff quarterfinals
4 Deportes Valdivia 30 13 8 9 45 37 +8 47
5 Santiago Wanderers 30 14 4 12 41 43 −2 46
6 Santiago Morning 30 13 6 11 34 36 −2 45
7 Unión San Felipe 30 12 6 12 32 28 +4 42
8 Rangers 30 11 7 12 33 34 −1 40
9 Barnechea 30 10 9 11 38 38 0 39
10 Deportes Melipilla 30 10 9 11 39 41 −2 39
11 Deportes Puerto Montt 30 10 5 15 31 33 −2 35
12 Deportes La Serena 30 8 11 11 37 41 −4 35
13 Magallanes 30 8 10 12 37 41 −4 34
14 Deportes Copiapó 30 9 7 14 36 44 −8 34
15 Ñublense 30 8 9 13 27 35 −8 33
16 San Marcos de Arica (R) 30 8 8 14 28 49 −21 32 Relegation 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 \ Away BAR COB CSL COQ CDC DLS MEL DPM VAL MAG ÑUB RAN SMA SM SW USF
Barnechea — 0–1 3–3 2–4 0–1 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–3 3–1
Cobreloa 3–1 — 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 6–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 3–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
Cobresal 1–1 1–0 — 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–3 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–0
Coquimbo Unido 2–1 2–0 1–1 — 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 4–0 0–0 4–1 1–0
Deportes Copiapó 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 — 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–3 0–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–3 1–4
Deportes La Serena 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 — 2–2 1–0 3–3 0–0 1–2 0–1 4–1 2–3 1–1 1–0
Deportes Melipilla 0–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 — 1–1 1–1 2–2 4–1 2–3 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–0
Deportes Puerto Montt 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 3–0 — 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–3 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–3
Deportes Valdivia 1–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 — 2–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–2
Magallanes 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 3–2 — 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–0
Ñublense 0–1 5–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 — 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1
Rangers 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 4–2 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 — 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–1
San Marcos de Arica 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–5 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 — 2–1 0–1 1–0
Santiago Morning 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–0 0–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 — 0–1 1–0
Santiago Wanderers 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 — 1–0
Unión San Felipe 2–1 0–1 0–0 4–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–3 2–3 —
Source: ANFP, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoff

Quarterfinals
Santiago Wanderers2–1Deportes Valdivia
 Report
Attendance: 10,170
Referee: Piero Maza
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
Attendance: 13,284
Referee: Piero Maza
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
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Argentina Rodrigo Holgado Coquimbo Unido 18
2 Argentina Lucas Simón Cobreloa 17
3 Argentina Gustavo Lanaro Deportes Valdivia 13
4 Paraguay Ever Cantero Cobresal 12
Argentina Enzo Gutiérrez Santiago Wanderers
Chile Miguel Orellana Barnechea
7 Venezuela Reiner Castro Santiago Wanderers 10
Chile Germán Estigarribia Deportes Copiapó
Argentina Gonzalo Sosa Magallanes
10 Argentina Óscar Ortega Santiago Morning 8
Chile Stefan Pino Deportes Melipilla
Chile Mathias Pinto Deportes Melipilla

Source: Soccerway

See also

References
  1. "Así se jugarán los Campeonatos de Primera División y Primera B 2018" (in Spanish). al airelibre.cl. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  2. "Bases Campeonato Nacional de Primera B Temporada 2018" (PDF) (in Spanish). ANFP. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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