The 2017

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 ...

, known as the 2017 Campeonato de Transición Loto for sponsorship purposes, was the 64th season of

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's second-tier football league. The competition began on 29 July 2017.

Teams

Stadia and locations

a: Deportes Copiapó temporarily plays its home games at Estadio La Caldera in

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due to remodeling works at

Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla is a multi-use stadium in Copiapó, Chile. It is currently used mostly for association football, football matches and is the home ground of Club de Deportes Copiapó of the Chilean Primera División B. It also ...

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b: Unión La Calera temporarily plays its home games at Estadio Municipal Lucio Fariña Fernández in

Quillota Quillota is a city located in the Aconcagua River valley in central Chile's Valparaíso Region. It is the capital and largest city of Quillota Province, where many inhabitants live in the outlying farming areas of San Isidro, La Palma, Pocochay ...

due to remodeling works at Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar.

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

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Promotion playoff

The promotion playoff was played by three teams:

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, as the last-placed in the Primera División relegation table, 2016–17 Primera B runners-up

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 ...

, and 2017 Primera B champions

Unión La Calera Unión La Calera is a Chilean football club based in La Calera and competes the Primera División de Chile. It was founded as Club de Deportes La Calera on 26 January 1954, after the merger of three teams from the city: ''Condor'', ''Calera Come ...

. 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.

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.

References

External links

Primera B on ANFP's website
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