2023 Primera B de Chile

Primera B de Chile
Season2023
Dates10 February – 10 December 2023
ChampionsCobreloa (1st title)
PromotedCobreloa
Deportes Iquique
RelegatedDeportes Puerto Montt
Matches played252
Goals scored649 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorerRodrigo Contreras (17 goals)
Biggest home winAntofagasta 6–0 Dep. Temuco
(29 April)
Biggest away winSanta Cruz 0–3 La Serena
(27 February)
Cobreloa 1–4 Antofagasta
(2 April)
Puerto Montt 1–4 Antofagasta
(21 May)
Rangers 1–4 Dep. Iquique
(21 May)
Santiago Morning 0–3 La Serena
(29 May)
La Serena 0–3 Santa Cruz
(17 July)
Santiago Morning 0–3 Dep. Iquique
(27 August)
Puerto Montt 0–3 Barnechea
(9 October)
Highest scoringBarnechea 4–3 La Serena
(10 September)
San Marcos 4–3 Antofagasta
(9 October)
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The 2023 Primera B de Chile, known as Campeonato Ascenso Betsson 2023 for sponsorship purposes until 15 October 2023,[1] was the 69th season of the Primera B de Chile, Chile's second-tier football league. The fixture for the season was announced on 11 January 2023, with the competition starting on 10 February and ending on 10 December 2023.[2]

Cobreloa won their first Primera B championship in this tournament, securing both the title as well as promotion to the Chilean Primera División with a 2–1 victory over Rangers on the final round of the regular season on 15 October.[3] Deportes Iquique were the other promoted team, defeating Santiago Wanderers in the promotion play-off finals to claim the remaining promotion spot.[4]

  1. ^ "No va más: Betsson termina el contrato con la ANFP" [It's no more: Betsson ends the contract with the ANFP] (in Spanish). La Tercera. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Primera B: ANFP reveló el fixture del torneo de Ascenso 2023" [Primera B: ANFP revealed the fixture for the 2023 Promotion tournament] (in Spanish). Encancha.cl. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Emocionante final de la Primera B: Cobreloa se corona campeón en el último minuto y vuelve a Primera División tras ocho años" [Exciting Primera B finale: Cobreloa are crowned champions in the last minute and return to Primera División after eight years] (in Spanish). La Tercera. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Final de infarto: Deportes Iquique se hace grande y sella su regreso a la Primera División" [Heart-stopping final: Deportes Iquique make themselves big and seal their return to Primera División] (in Spanish). En Cancha. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.