2021 Primera B de Chile
# 2021 Primera B de Chile

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.

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.

## 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.

## Teams

Originally, Lautaro de Buin were to take part in the competition as 2020 Segunda División Profesional champions, 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. 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.

### Stadia and locations

| 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 | Advance to Play-offs |
| 4 | Deportes Temuco | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 49 | Advance to Play-offs |
| 5 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 48 | Advance to Play-offs |
| 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 |

## 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 | — | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| San Marcos de Arica | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–3 | 0–3 | 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 | 3–3 | 0–0 | — |

* ↑ 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. 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.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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.
* ↑ 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.

## Play-offs

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Santiago Morning | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3 | Deportes Temuco | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 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 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Deportes Copiapó | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |

### Semi-finals

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

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

### Finals

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

## Top scorers

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

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.

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

