2017 Primera B de Chile
# 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.

## Teams

### Stadia and locations

| 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 $Caldera^a$ | 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 $Fernández^b$ | 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 |
| 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 | |

* ↑ 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 | — |

## Top goalscorers

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

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

| 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 |
