2021 Primera B de Chile

Primera B de Chile
Season2021
Dates3 April – 10 December 2021
ChampionsCoquimbo Unido (4th title)
PromotedCoquimbo Unido
RelegatedSan Marcos de Arica
Matches played246
Goals scored602 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorerManuel López (21 goals)
Biggest home winDep. Copiapó 5–0 Rangers
(12 September)
Dep. Iquique 6–1 Dep. Santa Cruz
(3 October)
Biggest away winDep. Santa Cruz 1–7 Coquimbo
(18 May)
Highest scoringDep. Santa Cruz 1–7 Coquimbo
(18 May)
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The 2021 Primera B de Chile, also known as Campeonato Ascenso Betsson 2021 for sponsorship purposes, was the 67th season of the Primera B de Chile, Chile's second-tier football league. The season started on 3 April 2021.[1]

Coquimbo Unido were the champions, winning their fourth title in the competition as well as clinching promotion to Primera División with a 2–1 victory over Fernandez Vial on 13 November, the last matchday of the regular season.[2]

Format

The tournament was played by 16 teams, 12 returning from the previous season, three relegated from Campeonato Nacional (Coquimbo Unido, Deportes Iquique and Universidad de Concepción), and the Segunda División Profesional champions. The 16 teams play each other in a double round-robin tournament (once at home and once away) for a total of 30 matches. The top team at the end of the 30 rounds was the champion and was promoted to the Campeonato Nacional for its 2022 season, with the next four teams playing a play-off stage with its winner qualifying for a promotion/relegation play-off against the 15th-placed team of the Campeonato Nacional. On the other hand, the bottom-placed team of the table was relegated to the Segunda División Profesional.[3]

Teams

Originally, Lautaro de Buin were to take part in the competition as 2020 Segunda División Profesional champions,[4] but the club was suspended per ruling by ANFP's Court of Justice due to irregularities with the contracts of their players, and later expelled from the ANFP on 5 May 2021.[5][6] Following an appeal by Lautaro de Buin, on 10 June 2021 the original ruling was changed to a six-point deduction in the Segunda División standings, thereby losing the first place and declaring Fernandez Vial as Segunda División champions, who in turn also took Lautaro's place in Primera B.[7]

Stadia and locations

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Locations of the 2021 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
Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso 18,750
Deportes Copiapó Copiapó Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla 8,000
Deportes Iquique Iquique Tierra de Campeones 13,171
Deportes Puerto Montt Puerto Montt Chinquihue 10,000
Deportes Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Joaquín Muñoz García 5,000
Deportes Temuco Temuco Germán Becker 18,413
Fernandez Vial Concepción Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo 30,448
Magallanes Santiago (San Bernardo) Municipal Luis Navarro Avilés 3,500
Rangers Talca Fiscal de Talca 8,200
San Luis Quillota Lucio Fariña Fernández 7,680
San Marcos de Arica Arica Carlos Dittborn 9,746
Santiago Morning Santiago (La Pintana) Municipal de La Pintana 6,000
Unión San Felipe San Felipe Municipal de San Felipe 12,000
Universidad de Concepción Concepción Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo 30,448

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Coquimbo Unido (C, P) 30 14 13 3 42 22 +20 55 Promotion to Primera División
2 Deportes Copiapó 30 14 10 6 49 36 +13 52 Advance to Play-offs
3 Santiago Morning 30 13 12 5 43 26 +17 51
4 Deportes Temuco 30 13 10 7 44 28 +16 49
5 Deportes Puerto Montt 30 12 12 6 34 30 +4 48
6 Deportes Santa Cruz 30 12 9 9 36 37 −1 45
7 Magallanes 30 9 14 7 38 34 +4 41
8 Deportes Iquique 30 11 7 12 52 45 +7 40
9 Fernández Vial 30 11 7 12 45 39 +6 40
10 San Luis 30 9 13 8 33 32 +1 40
11 Unión San Felipe 30 10 6 14 34 40 −6 36
12 Rangers 30 9 8 13 34 42 −8 35
13 Cobreloa 30 8 10 12 35 38 −3 33
14 Universidad de Concepción 30 7 12 11 32 37 −5 33
15 Barnechea 30 5 9 16 28 44 −16 24
16 San Marcos de Arica (R) 30 3 8 19 11 60 −49 16 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 COQ CDC IQQ DPM DSC TEM AFV MAG RAN SLQ SMA SM USF UDC
Barnechea — 1–1 0–1 0–2 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 0–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–4 1–2
Cobreloa 1–2 — 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 —[a] 2–2 2–1 2–4
Coquimbo Unido 1–1 2–1 — 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0[b] 2–1 4–1 1–0
Deportes Copiapó 1–1 0–0 2–1 — 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 5–0 4–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0
Deportes Iquique 4–2 1–0 2–3 2–1 — 4–2 6–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 5–1
Deportes Puerto Montt 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 — 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–0[b] 0–0 0–1 2–2
Deportes Santa Cruz 2–0 2–2 1–7 1–2 1–3 1–0 — 1–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0[b] 1–1 0–1 2–2
Deportes Temuco 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 — 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 3–0[b] 0–2 3–0 2–2
Fernández Vial 1–1 3–2 1–2 5–2 0–1 2–3 2–1 1–0 — 0–1 2–2 2–2 3–0[b] 0–0 1–3 0–0
Magallanes 1–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–3 2–1 — 0–1 3–3 1–3 0–1 2–1 3–0
Rangers 2–0 4–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 — 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–0
San Luis 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 — 3–0[b] 2–2 1–2 1–0
San Marcos de Arica 0–3[c] 0–3[b] 0–0 0–3[b] 0–3[b] 1–2 0–0 0–3[b] 0–3[b] 0–3[b] 1–0 1–2 — 0–3[b] 0–3[b] 0–0
Santiago Morning 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–0 — 1–0 0–0
Unión San Felipe 2–4 0–0 1–1 2–3 3–1 2–3 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 — 1–0
Universidad de Concepción 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 3–0[b] 3–3 0–0 —
Source: ANFP, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^ The match originally ended with Cobreloa winning by a 1–0 score, but was awarded 3–0 to San Marcos de Arica as Cobreloa fielded the ineligible player Jaime Soto.[8] However, since San Marcos de Arica was later punished for having fielded the ineligible player Zederick Vega in this match, no winner was declared and no points were assigned to either team.[9]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Matches awarded as 3–0 losses for San Marcos de Arica as they called up the ineligible player Zederick Vega. The original scores in the matches in which Vega was fielded were: San Marcos 0–0 Cobreloa, San Marcos 1–2 Deportes Temuco, Coquimbo Unido 1–0 San Marcos, San Marcos 3–1 Unión San Felipe, San Luis 0–1 San Marcos, San Marcos 0–1 Deportes Copiapó, Deportes Puerto Montt 2–2 San Marcos, Universidad de Concepción 3–1 San Marcos, Deportes Santa Cruz 2–0 San Marcos, San Marcos 1–2 Magallanes, San Marcos 2–1 Fernández Vial, San Marcos 4–2 Deportes Iquique, Fernández Vial 1–2 San Marcos, San Marcos 4–0 Santiago Morning, and Deportes Temuco 2–0 San Marcos. Vega also played in San Marcos's home match against Barnechea and away match at Santiago Morning, both of which ended as 3–0 losses.[11]
  3. ^ Match awarded 3–0 to Barnechea as San Marcos de Arica manager Hernán Peña failed to serve his suspension for this match. The match originally ended with San Marcos de Arica winning by a 2–1 score.[10]

Play-offs

Bracket

Semi-finals Finals
          
4 Santiago Morning 1 1 2
3 Deportes Temuco 1 2 3
3 Deportes Temuco 1 1 2
2 Deportes Copiapó 0 3 3
5 Deportes Puerto Montt 0 2 2
2 Deportes Copiapó 1 2 3

Semi-finals

Deportes Puerto Montt0–1Deportes Copiapó
Report
  • López 52'
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Matías Quila
Deportes Copiapó2–2Deportes Puerto Montt
 Report
Attendance: 4,790
Referee: Piero Maza

Deportes Copiapó won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Santiago Morning1–1Deportes Temuco
 Report
Attendance: 609
Referee: Nicolás Gamboa
Deportes Temuco2–1Santiago Morning
 Report
Attendance: 9,472
Referee: Felipe González

Deportes Temuco won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Finals

Deportes Temuco1–0Deportes Copiapó
 Report
Attendance: 11,933
Referee: Manuel Vergara
Deportes Copiapó3–1Deportes Temuco
 Report
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: José Cabero

Deportes Copiapó won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the promotion/relegation play-off.

Top scorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Argentina Manuel López Deportes Copiapó 21
2 Chile Steffan Pino Santiago Morning 14
3 Chile Kevin Harbottle Fernández Vial 13
4 Argentina Leandro Garate Coquimbo Unido 12
5 Argentina Lionel Altamirano Universidad de Concepción 11
Chile Carlos Escobar Deportes Temuco
7 Argentina Alfredo Ábalos Rangers 10
Venezuela Reiner Castro Deportes Temuco
Chile Felipe Flores Barnechea
Chile Álvaro Ramos Deportes Iquique

Source: Soccerway

Promotion/relegation play-off

The winners of the Primera B play-offs, Deportes Copiapó, played Huachipato, the team placed 15th in the 2021 Chilean Primera División, in a double-legged series. The winners earned the right to play in the top flight for the following season.

Deportes Copiapó2–3Huachipato
 Report
Referee: Felipe González
Huachipato1–0Deportes Copiapó
 Report
Referee: Francisco Gilabert

Huachipato won 4–2 on aggregate and remained in Primera División.

See also

References

  1. ^ "¡Vuelve el fútbol del ascenso! La Primera B conoció su fixture para este 2021" (in Spanish). Encancha.cl. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. ^ "El 'Pirata' vuelve a Primera: Coquimbo Unido derrotó al Vial y se coronó campeón del Ascenso" (in Spanish). Radio Bio-Bio. 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Definido el formato del campeonato 2021 de la Primera B" (in Spanish). Primera B Chile. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. ^ "¡El Toqui es de la B! Lautaro de Buin se coronó campeón de la Segunda División y selló su ascenso" (in Spanish). Publimetro. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Tribunal de Disciplina ordena la suspensión del debut de Lautaro de Buin en Primera B" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Lautaro de Buin, expulsado de la ANFP tras fallo del Tribunal" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Vial a Primera B: Tribunal confirma resta de puntos a Lautaro y 'aurinegros' ascienden" (in Spanish). Radio Bio-Bio. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Cobreloa perdió los puntos conseguidos ante San Marcos por utilizar un jugador suspendido" (in Spanish). AlAireLibre.cl. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  9. ^ "¡Inédito! El castigo que no se había visto en la historia" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Sentencia de la Primera Sala del Tribunal de Disciplina contra San Marcos de Arica" (in Spanish). ANFP. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  11. ^ "San Marcos de Arica descendió por secretaría tras fallo de la Segunda Sala del Tribunal de la ANFP" (in Spanish). AlAireLibre.cl. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.