2017 Primera B de Chile

The 2017 Primera B de Chile, known as the 2017 Campeonato de Transición Loto for sponsorship purposes, was the 64th season of Chile's second-tier football league. The competition began on 29 July 2017.^[1]

Primera B de Chile

Season	2017
Champions	Unión La Calera (3rd title)
Promoted	Unión La Calera
Relegated	Iberia
Matches played	120
Goals scored	314 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sebastián Abreu Lucas Simón (11 goals each)
← 2016–17 2018 →

Teams

Stadia and locations

Barnechea

Cobreloa

Cobresal

Coquimbo Unido

Deportes Copiapó

Deportes La Serena

Deportes Puerto Montt

Deportes Valdivia

Iberia

Magallanes

Ñublense

Rangers

San Marcos de Arica

Santiago Morning

Unión La Calera

Unión San Felipe

Locations of 2017 Primera B de Chile teams

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Barnechea	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	La Calderaa	3,000
Deportes La Serena	La Serena	La Portada	18,243
Deportes Puerto Montt	Puerto Montt	Chinquihue	10,000
Deportes Valdivia	Valdivia	Parque Municipal	5,397
Iberia	Los Ángeles	Municipal de Los Ángeles	4,150
Magallanes	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	La Pintana	Municipal de La Pintana	6,000
Unión La Calera	La Calera	Lucio Fariña Fernándezb	7,680
Unión San Felipe	San Felipe	Municipal de San Felipe	12,000

a: Deportes Copiapó temporarily plays its home games at Estadio La Caldera in Caldera due to remodeling works at Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla.
b: Unión La Calera temporarily plays its home games at Estadio Municipal Lucio Fariña Fernández in Quillota due to remodeling works at Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Unión La Calera (C)	15	10	4	1	25	11	+14	34	Qualification to Promotion playoff
2	Deportes Copiapó	15	8	2	5	24	18	+6	26
3	Cobreloa	15	7	2	6	30	28	+2	23
4	Coquimbo Unido	15	6	4	5	18	16	+2	22
5	Barnechea	15	6	4	5	26	25	+1	22
6	Magallanes	15	6	3	6	18	19	−1	21
7	Deportes Puerto Montt	15	6	3	6	18	20	−2	21
8	Cobresal	15	6	2	7	23	20	+3	20
9	Unión San Felipe	15	4	8	3	14	14	0	20
10	San Marcos de Arica	15	5	5	5	20	21	−1	20	Qualification to Promotion playoff[a]
11	Deportes La Serena	15	5	4	6	20	20	0	19
12	Ñublense	15	4	6	5	11	13	−2	18
13	Iberia	15	5	3	7	25	28	−3	18
14	Santiago Morning	15	4	5	6	17	23	−6	17
15	Deportes Valdivia	15	4	3	8	11	17	−6	15
16	Rangers	15	3	4	8	14	21	−7	13

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.
In case there are two teams tied in points for first place: 2) Playoff game.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. San Marcos de Arica qualified for the Promotion playoff by finishing as runners-up in the 2016–17 Primera B.

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	COB	CSL	COQ	CDC	DLS	DPM	VAL	IBE	MAG	ÑUB	RAN	SMA	SM	ULC	USF
Barnechea	—	4–2	—	—	1–3	3–1	—	2–0	—	—	1–1	4–2	—	—	—	3–3
Cobreloa	—	—	—	—	3–2	4–0	2–0	—	4–2	1–2	—	—	3–3	4–3	—	—
Cobresal	2–3	2–4	—	—	—	2–1	—	2–1	3–0	—	5–0	—	—	—	1–1	—
Coquimbo Unido	1–0	1–0	1–0	—	—	—	1–2	—	—	—	1–0	1–1	—	4–0	—	—
Deportes Copiapó	—	—	2–1	2–0	—	—	2–1	—	—	3–0	—	1–0	0–0	1–0	—	1–2
Deportes La Serena	—	—	—	2–1	3–1	—	—	1–2	3–1	3–1	—	—	3–0	—	0–1	0–1
Deportes Puerto Montt	2–2	—	1–0	—	—	1–1	—	1–2	2–4	—	—	2–0	1–0	3–2	—	—
Deportes Valdivia	—	0–0	—	0–0	0–2	—	—	—	—	0–1	0–1	—	—	—	1–1	1–0
Iberia	0–1	—	—	1–2	3–2	—	—	3–1	—	2–3	1–0	—	1–1	—	—	1–2
Magallanes	3–0	—	1–2	2–0	—	—	1–2	—	—	—	0–0	—	2–1	—	0–1	—
Ñublense	—	3–0	—	—	0–0	1–1	2–0	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	1–1	0–1	—
Rangers	—	3–2	2–0	—	—	1–1	—	1–0	1–3	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	1–1
San Marcos de Arica	3–1	—	3–0	2–1	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	1–1	1–0	—	—	1–3	0–0
Santiago Morning	1–1	—	0–3	—	—	0–0	—	0–2	0–0	2–0	—	2–1	4–2	—	—	—
Unión La Calera	1–0	3–0	—	2–2	4–2	—	1–0	—	3–3	—	—	1–0	—	0–1	—	—
Unión San Felipe	—	0–1	0–0	2–2	—	—	0–0	—	—	1–1	1–0	—	—	1–1	0–2	—

Source: ANFP, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Sebastián Abreu	Deportes Puerto Montt	11
	Lucas Simón	Cobreloa	11
3	Matías Campos López	San Marcos de Arica	10
4	David Escalante	Santiago Morning	8
	Rafael Viotti	Unión La Calera	8
6	Mauricio Gómez	Iberia	7
	Francisco Ibáñez	Deportes Copiapó	7
8	Richard Barroilhet	Barnechea	6
	Ever Cantero	Cobresal	6

Source: Soccerway

Promotion playoff

The promotion playoff was played by three teams: Santiago Wanderers, as the last-placed in the Primera División relegation table, 2016–17 Primera B runners-up San Marcos de Arica, and 2017 Primera B champions Unión La Calera. The two Primera B teams played each other with the winner qualifying to the final against the Primera División team for promotion to the top flight for the 2018 season.^[2]

	Semifinal							Final
	Santiago Wanderers		—	—	—
	Bye		—	—	—
								Santiago Wanderers		1	0	1 (4)
								Unión La Calera (p)		0	1	1 (5)
	Unión La Calera		0	2	2
	San Marcos de Arica		1	0	1

Relegation

Relegation was determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number of points earned per game over the two most recent seasons: 2016–17 and 2017. The team with the lowest average was relegated to the Segunda División Profesional.^[2]

Pos	Team	2016–17 Pts	2017 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	San Marcos de Arica	50	20	70	43	1.628
2	Coquimbo Unido	43	22	65	43	1.512
3	Cobreloa	41	23	64	43	1.488
4	Barnechea	—	22	22	15	1.467
5	Deportes La Serena	40	19	59	43	1.372
6	Santiago Morning	42	17	59	43	1.372
7	Deportes Copiapó	32	26	58	43	1.349
8	Cobresal	—	20	20	15	1.333
9	Magallanes	36	21	57	43	1.326
10	Rangers	40	13	53	43	1.233
11	Unión San Felipe	32	20	53	43	1.233
12	Deportes Puerto Montt	31	21	52	43	1.209
13	Unión La Calera	18	34	52	43	1.209
14	Ñublense	29	18	47	43	1.093
15	Deportes Valdivia	32	15	47	43	1.093
16	Iberia (R)	28	18	46	43	1.07	Relegation to Segunda División

See also

• 2017 Chilean Primera División