2025 Liga de Ascenso

Liga de Ascenso Caixun
Season2025
Dates21 February – 7 December 2025
ChampionsUniversidad de Concepción (2nd title)
PromotedUniversidad de Concepción
Deportes Concepción
RelegatedSantiago Morning
Matches252
Goals597 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorerTobías Figueroa (17 goals)
Biggest home winDep. Antofagasta 5–0 Magallanes
(15 June)
Biggest away winDep. Santa Cruz 0–3 Rangers
(23 February)
S. Morning 0–3 Dep. Concepción
(27 April)
U. de Concepción 0–3 S. Wanderers
(12 July)
Dep. Concepción 1–4 U. de Concepción
(24 August)
Dep. Santa Cruz 0–3 Magallanes
(7 September)
Highest scoringCuricó Unido 5–3 San Marcos
(12 July)
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The 2025 Primera B de Chile, also known as Liga de Ascenso Caixun 2025 due to sponsorship by electronics manufacturer Caixun,[1] was the 71st season of the Primera B de Chile, Chile's second-tier football league. The regular season began on 21 February and ended on 2 November, with the second leg of the promotion play-off finals played as the final match of the season on 7 December 2025.[2][3]

Universidad de Concepción were the champions, clinching their second Primera B title as well as promotion to the top flight with a 3–0 victory over Deportes Copiapó on 1 November, on the final matchday of the regular season.[4] Deportes Concepción was the other team promoted to the Liga de Primera at the end of the season, after defeating Cobreloa in the promotion play-off finals.[5]

Format

The competition was played under the same format used in the most recent seasons, with a regular stage and a play-off tournament (known as Liguilla). In the regular season, the 16 participating teams played 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 Liga de Primera for the following season. The teams placing from second to eighth place at the end of the regular season entered the Liguilla to decide the second promoted team, in which the regular season runners-up received a bye to the semi-finals. The team placing last at the end of the regular season was relegated to Segunda División Profesional.[2]

Teams

Locations of the 2025 Primera B de Chile teams
Locations of the 2025 Primera B de Chile teams in Santiago.

The tournament was played by 16 teams, 13 of them returning from the previous season, two relegated from the 2024 Campeonato Nacional (Cobreloa and Deportes Copiapó), and the 2024 Segunda División Profesional champions Deportes Concepción, who returned to the second tier after nine years following their disaffiliation from the ANFP in 2016.[6] These teams replaced Deportes La Serena and Deportes Limache, who were promoted to the 2025 Liga de Primera, as well as Barnechea, relegated to Segunda División for this season.[2]

Deportes Concepción's promotion to Primera B was only confirmed on 31 January 2025, after a ruling by the Second Chamber of the Disciplinary Court upheld a three-point deduction for Deportes Melipilla in the 2024 Segunda División Profesional standings, leaving Deportes Concepción as Segunda División champions.[7] Deportes Concepción were ratified as champions by the ANFP on 4 February, greenliting the club's participation in the competition.[8]

Stadia and locations

Club City Stadium Capacity
Cobreloa Calama Zorros del Desierto 12,102
Curicó Unido Curicó La Granja[i] 8,278
Deportes Antofagasta Antofagasta Regional de Antofagasta 21,178
Deportes Concepción Concepción Ester Roa Rebolledo 30,448
Deportes Copiapó Copiapó Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla 8,000
Deportes Recoleta Santiago (Recoleta) Municipal Leonel Sánchez Lineros 1,000
Deportes Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Joaquín Muñoz García 5,000
Deportes Temuco Temuco Municipal Germán Becker 18,413
Magallanes Santiago (San Bernardo) Municipal Luis Navarro Avilés 3,500
Rangers Talca Fiscal de Talca[ii] 16,070
San Luis Quillota Municipal Lucio Fariña Fernández 7,680
San Marcos de Arica Arica Carlos Dittborn 10,000
Santiago Morning Santiago (La Pintana) Municipal de La Pintana 6,000
Santiago Wanderers Valparaíso Elías Figueroa Brander[ii] 20,575
Unión San Felipe San Felipe Municipal de San Felipe 12,000
Universidad de Concepción Concepción Ester Roa Rebolledo 30,448
Notes
  1. ^ Curicó Unido played their home matches at Estadio Municipal Joaquín Muñoz García in Santa Cruz and Estadio Municipal in Molina since their regular stadium Estadio La Granja in Curicó was closed for expansion works.[9][10][11]
  2. ^ a b Rangers and Santiago Wanderers played most of their home matches in this season at Estadio Fiscal Tucapel Bustamante in Linares, Estadio Fiscal Manuel Moya Medel in Cauquenes and Estadio Municipal Lucio Fariña Fernández in Quillota since Estadio Fiscal de Talca and Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander were refurbished to host the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[12][13]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Universidad de Concepción (C, P) 30 17 4 9 41 26 +15 55 Promotion to Primera División
2 Deportes Copiapó 30 14 10 6 38 20 +18 52 Advance to Promotion play-off semi-finals
3 Cobreloa 30 14 8 8 44 42 +2 50 Advance to Promotion play-off quarter-finals
4 San Marcos de Arica 30 14 6 10 39 35 +4 48
5 Deportes Antofagasta 30 11 10 9 43 33 +10 43
6 Deportes Concepción (O, P) 30 12 7 11 42 38 +4 43
7 Rangers 30 10 13 7 35 35 0 43
8 Santiago Wanderers 30 10 11 9 41 37 +4 41
9 San Luis 30 9 12 9 30 35 −5 39
10 Magallanes 30 9 8 13 28 33 −5 35
11 Deportes Recoleta 30 8 11 11 28 37 −9 35
12 Deportes Temuco 30 7 12 11 34 39 −5 33
13 Curicó Unido 30 7 10 13 32 39 −7 31
14 Deportes Santa Cruz 30 7 10 13 30 39 −9 31
15 Unión San Felipe 30 8 6 16 30 38 −8 30
16 Santiago Morning[a] (R) 30 10 8 12 27 36 −9 29 Relegation to Segunda División Profesional
Source: Campeonato Chileno, 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, 9) Play-off game (only if needed to decide championship).
If needed to decide championship between two teams: 2) Play-off game.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Santiago Morning were deducted three points as punishment for failing to report the payment of social security contributions for their footballers in October 2024 and a further six points for second offense, having also failed to report the payment of social security contributions in November 2024.[14][15]

Results

Home \ Away COB CUR ANT DCO CDC REC DSC TEM MAG RAN SLQ SMA SM SW USF UDC
Cobreloa — 3–2 4–2 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–2
Curicó Unido 0–2 — 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 5–3 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–2
Deportes Antofagasta 3–0 0–2 — 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 5–0 1–1 1–2 2–3 4–0 4–1 2–2 3–0
Deportes Concepción 4–0 0–0 0–0 — 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–4
Deportes Copiapó 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 — 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 0–3
Deportes Recoleta 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–1 — 3–2 2–2 2–0 2–3 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0
Deportes Santa Cruz 1–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 — 2–0 0–3 0–3 2–2 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–2
Deportes Temuco 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 — 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–0
Magallanes 3–4 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 — 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–2
Rangers 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 0–0 — 2–2 1–2 0–0 3–3 2–1 0–1
San Luis 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 — 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–0
San Marcos de Arica 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 — 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0
Santiago Morning 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 — 1–1 2–1 0–0
Santiago Wanderers 5–1 2–1 4–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–3 — 1–3 0–0
Unión San Felipe 3–0 4–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 — 1–2
Universidad de Concepción 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 4–1 5–1 0–3 2–1 —
Source: Campeonato Chileno, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-off

The teams placed from second to eighth place in the regular season played a knockout competition (Liguilla) with the regular season runner-up getting a bye to the semi-finals. The winning side claimed the last promotion spot to the Liga de Primera for the next season.

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
6 Deportes Concepción 1 1 2
2 Deportes Copiapó 0 1 1
6 Deportes Concepción 2 1 3
5 Deportes Antofagasta 1 1 2
6 Deportes Concepción 1 3 4
3 Cobreloa 1 2 3
7 Rangers 0 0 0
4 San Marcos de Arica 2 1 3
4 San Marcos de Arica 2 1 3
3 Cobreloa 1 3 4
8 Santiago Wanderers 2 2 4 (3)
3 Cobreloa (p) 2 2 4 (4)

Quarter-finals

Santiago Wanderers2–2Cobreloa
  • E. Espinoza 45+1'
  • Navarrete 61' (o.g.)
 Report
Referee: Gastón Philippe
Cobreloa2–2Santiago Wanderers
 Report
  • E. Espinoza 39', 80'
Penalties
 4–3
Referee: Nicolás Gamboa

Tied 4–4 on aggregate. Cobreloa won on penalties.

Rangers0–2San Marcos de Arica
Report
  • Rivera 45+2'
  • Plaza 90+3'
Referee: Mathías Riquelme
San Marcos de Arica1–0Rangers
 Report
Referee: Felipe González

San Marcos de Arica won 3–0 on aggregate.

Deportes Concepción2–1Deportes Antofagasta
 Report
Referee: Franco Jiménez
Deportes Antofagasta1–1Deportes Concepción
 Report
Referee: Gastón Philippe

Deportes Concepción won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Deportes Concepción1–0Deportes Copiapó
 Report
Referee: Claudio Díaz
Deportes Copiapó1–1Deportes Concepción
 Report
Referee: Franco Jiménez

Deportes Concepción won 2–1 on aggregate.

San Marcos de Arica2–1Cobreloa
 Report
Referee: Franco Jiménez
Cobreloa3–1San Marcos de Arica
 Report
Referee: Héctor Jona

Cobreloa won 4–3 on aggregate.

Finals

Deportes Concepción1–1Cobreloa
 Report
Referee: Juan Lara
Cobreloa2–3Deportes Concepción
 Report
Referee: Diego Flores

Deportes Concepción won 4–3 on aggregate and promoted to the Liga de Primera.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Tobías Figueroa Deportes Antofagasta 17
2 Thomas Jones Deportes Copiapó 13
Joaquín Larrivey Deportes Concepción
Camilo Melivilú San Marcos de Arica
5 Iam González Universidad de Concepción 12
Gustavo Gotti Cobreloa
7 Marcos Camarda San Marcos de Arica 11
8 Isaac Díaz Rangers 10
Luis Acevedo Deportes Temuco
10 Aldrix Jara Cobreloa 9
Ángel Gillard Deportes Concepción

Source: Besoccer

See also

References

  1. ^ "La nueva cara del fútbol chileno" [The new face of Chilean football] (in Spanish). TNT Sports. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Fixture Primera B 2025: calendario del Ascenso, resultados, equipos y formato" [2025 Primera B Fixture: Promotion Tournament schedule, results, teams and format] (in Spanish). Al Aire Libre. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Mucho en discusión: estas son las fechas para las batallas finales en Liga de Primera, Ascenso, Fútbol Femenino y Copa Chile 2025" [Much up for discussion: these are the dates for the final battles in Liga de Primera, Ascenso, Women's Football and the 2025 Copa Chile] (in Spanish). ADN Radio. 14 November 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  4. ^ "El Campanil regresa a Primera: Universidad de Concepción se queda con la fiesta de Copiapó y con el título del Ascenso" [The Campanil returns to Primera: Universidad de Concepción claims both Copiapó's party and the Ascenso's title] (in Spanish). La Tercera. 1 November 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Deportes Concepción derrotó a Cobreloa y firmó su retorno a la Liga de Primera" [Deportes Concepción defeated Cobreloa and secured their return to the Liga de Primera] (in Spanish). ESPN. 7 December 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Nueve años después: el largo camino de Deportes Concepción para volver a Primera B" [Nine years later: Deportes Concepción's long road to return to Primera B] (in Spanish). La Tercera. 20 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Celebran los lilas: fallo de Segunda Sala del Tribunal de Disciplina confirma ascenso de Deportes Concepción a Primera B" [The lilacs celebrate: Disciplinary Court's Second Chamber ruling confirms Deportes Concepción's promotion to Primera B] (in Spanish). La Tercera. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  8. ^ "ANFP ratifica a Deportes Concepción como el campeón de la Segunda División Profesional y confirma su ascenso a Primera B" [ANFP ratifies Deportes Concepción as Segunda División Profesional champions and confirms their promotion to Primera B] (in Spanish). ADN Radio Chile. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  9. ^ "Curicó Unido en búsqueda de estadio para localía 2025" [Curicó Unido in search of a home stadium for 2025] (in Spanish). Pasión por los Deportes. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Curicó Unido se estrena en Santa Cruz" [Curicó Unido debut in Santa Cruz] (in Spanish). Diario La Prensa. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Curicó Unido en Molina: Oficializan acuerdo para usar el Estadio Municipal en Liga de Ascenso 2025" [Curicó Unido in Molina: They make official agreement to use the Estadio Municipal in the 2025 Liga de Ascenso] (in Spanish). VLN Radio. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  12. ^ "Rangers oficializó nueva localía para este 2025 tras desastroso paso por Linares" [Rangers made official their new home stadium for this 2025 after disastrous spell in Linares] (in Spanish). Pasión por los Deportes. 23 June 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  13. ^ "En Wanderers se abuenan con Quillota tras no conseguir la localía en Viña: "Es el mejor estadio"" [Wanderers make up with Quillota after failing to secure a home stadium in Viña: "It's the best stadium"] (in Spanish). En Cancha. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  14. ^ "Confirmado: Santiago Morning comenzará el torneo de Primera B con resta de puntos" [Confirmed: Santiago Morning will begin the Primera B tournament with a point deduction] (in Spanish). En Cancha. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  15. ^ "Santiago Morning vuelve a ser castigado con resta de puntos y es último en la Primera B" [Santiago Morning are once again punished with point deduction and place last in Primera B] (in Spanish). La Tercera. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
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