The 2023 Primera B de Chile, also known as Campeonato Ascenso Betsson 2023 for sponsorship purposes, is the 69th season of the

Primera B de Chile Campeonato Primera B ( en, Chilean First B Division) is the second tier in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. It was established in 1952 as ''Segunda División'', and later renam ...

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'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 in November 2023.

Format

The 16 participating teams will play each other in a double round-robin tournament (once at home and once away) for a total of 30 matches, with the top team at the end of the 30 rounds winning the championship as well as promotion to the Campeonato Nacional for the following season. The play-off tournament to decide the second promoted team (''Liguilla'') will be expanded from five to seven teams, which will be the ones placing from second to eighth place, and the league runners-up will receive a bye to the semi-finals. The playoffs winning team will the second and last promoted team to the top flight for the following season. The bottom-placed team at the end of the regular season will be relegated to the Segunda División Profesional.

Teams

The tournament is played by 16 teams, 13 returning from the previous season, two relegated from the 2022 Campeonato Nacional (

Deportes La Serena Club de Deportes La Serena S.A.D.P., is a Chilean football club based in the city of La Serena, Coquimbo Region. The club was founded 9 December 1955 and plays in the first division of the Chilean football league. Their home games are played ...

and

Deportes Antofagasta Deportes Antofagasta is a Chilean football club based in the city of Antofagasta currently playing in the Campeonato Nacional. The club's home stadium is the Estadio Bicentenario Calvo y Bascuñán, which has a capacity of 21,178. History The ...

), and the 2022 Segunda División Profesional champions

San Marcos de Arica Club Deportivo San Marcos de Arica, also known as San Marcos, is a Chilean professional football club based in Arica, that is a current member of the Segunda División. The club was founded on February 14, 1978. Between 1978 and 2005, the club wa ...

. These teams replaced Magallanes and

Deportes Copiapó Club de Deportes Copiapó — or simply Deportes Copiapó — is a Chilean football club based in Copiapó, Atacama Region. Founded in 1999 after Regional Atacama's folding, it currently plays in the Primera B (second-tier) and holds ...

, who were promoted to the 2023 Campeonato Nacional, as well as

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and

Deportes Melipilla Deportes Melipilla is a Chilean football club, based on Melipilla, a comune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on January 24, 1992, as a successor of ''Club Deportivo Soinca Bata''. The club has its classic rival, San Antonio Uni ...

, both relegated to Segunda División for this season.

Stadia and locations

Standings

Results

Top scorers

Source
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References

External links

Primera B on ANFP's website
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