2020 Primera B de Chile
| Season | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22 February – December 2020 |
| Matches played | 27 |
| Goals scored | 79 (2.93 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Gonzalo Álvarez (4 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Copiapó 4–1 Melipilla (22 February) San Luis 4–1 Barnechea (22 February) |
| Biggest away win | Santa Cruz 0–2 Rangers (1 March) Barnechea 1–3 S. Morning (2 March) |
| Highest scoring | S. Morning 4–4 Temuco (12 March) |
← 2019 2021 →
All statistics correct as of 17 March 2020. | |
The 2020 Primera B de Chile is the 66th season of the Primera B de Chile, Chile's second-tier football league. The competition began on 22 February 2020 and is scheduled to end in December 2020.
On 16 March 2020, the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP) announced the suspension of the Primera B as well as the rest of its tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, starting from 18 March 2020.[1]
Format
The tournament is played by 15 teams, 14 returning from the previous season and the Segunda División Profesional champions San Marcos de Arica. The 15 teams will play each other twice (once at home and once away) for a total of 28 matches, with one team having a bye day in each round. The team that finishes in first place at the end of the round-robin tournament will earn promotion to the Campeonato Nacional for the 2021 season as Primera B champions. Meanwhile, the teams finishing from second to sixth place will play a playoff tournament for the second promotion berth, with the season runners-up having a bye to the final.
Since no teams were relegated at the end of the previous season, a weighted table that considers the performance of teams in the previous season as well as the current one will be elaborated to decide relegation. The team finishing in bottom place of this table at the end of the season will be relegated to the Segunda División Profesional.[2][3]
Teams
Stadia and locations
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnechea | Santiago (Lo Barnechea) | Municipal de Lo Barnechea | 3,000 |
| Cobreloa | Calama | Zorros del Desierto | 12,346 |
| Deportes Copiapó | Copiapó | Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla | 8,000 |
| Deportes Melipilla | Melipilla | Municipal Roberto Bravo Santibáñez | 6,000 |
| 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 |
| Deportes Valdivia | Valdivia | Parque Municipal | 5,397 |
| Magallanes | Santiago (San Bernardo) | Municipal Luis Navarro Avilés | 3,500 |
| Ñublense | Chillán | Municipal Nelson Oyarzún Arenas | 12,000 |
| 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 |
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ñublense | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | Promotion to Primera División |
| 2 | Magallanes | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 9 | Qualification for Promotion final |
| 3 | Cobreloa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Qualification for Promotion playoff semi-finals |
| 4 | Rangers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | |
| 5 | Unión San Felipe | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | |
| 6 | Deportes Melipilla | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | |
| 7 | Deportes Temuco | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | |
| 8 | San Luis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
| 9 | Santiago Morning | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |
| 10 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| 11 | Deportes Copiapó | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |
| 12 | Deportes Valdivia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | |
| 13 | San Marcos de Arica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 14 | Barnechea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 | |
| 15 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
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) Playoff game (only if needed to decide championship).
If needed to decide championship between two teams: 2) Playoff game.
Results
Top goalscorers
- As of 17 March 2020
Source: Soccerway
Relegation
For this season, a weighted table will be elaborated by computing an average of the points earned per game over this season and the previous one, with the average of points earned in the 2019 season weighted by 60% and the average of points earned in the 2020 season weighted by 40%. Promoted team San Marcos de Arica will only have their points in the 2020 season averaged, without weighting. The team placed last in this table at the end of the season will be relegated.[3]
| Pos |
Team | 2019 Pts |
2019 Pld |
2019 WAvg |
2020 Pts |
2020 Pld |
2020 WAvg |
Total WAvg |
Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ñublense | 42 | 27 | 0.933 | 9 | 4 | 0.9 | 1.833 | |
| 2 | Cobreloa | 39 | 26 | 0.9 | 7 | 4 | 0.7 | 1.6 | |
| 3 | Deportes Melipilla | 39 | 26 | 0.9 | 6 | 4 | 0.6 | 1.5 | |
| 4 | Magallanes | 25 | 26 | 0.577 | 9 | 4 | 0.9 | 1.477 | |
| 5 | Unión San Felipe | 39 | 27 | 0.867 | 6 | 4 | 0.6 | 1.467 | |
| 6 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 37 | 27 | 0.822 | 4 | 3 | 0.533 | 1.355 | |
| 7 | Deportes Temuco | 38 | 27 | 0.844 | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 1.344 | |
| 8 | Rangers | 28 | 27 | 0.622 | 7 | 4 | 0.7 | 1.322 | |
| 9 | Santiago Morning | 34 | 26 | 0.785 | 4 | 3 | 0.533 | 1.318 | |
| 10 | Deportes Copiapó | 38 | 26 | 0.877 | 4 | 4 | 0.4 | 1.277 | |
| 11 | San Luis | 27 | 26 | 0.623 | 4 | 3 | 0.533 | 1.156 | |
| 12 | Barnechea | 40 | 27 | 0.889 | 1 | 3 | 0.133 | 1.022 | |
| 13 | San Marcos de Arica | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| 14 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 37 | 27 | 0.822 | 1 | 3 | 0.133 | 0.955 | |
| 15 | Deportes Valdivia | 19 | 27 | 0.422 | 4 | 4 | 0.4 | 0.822 | Relegation to Segunda División Profesional |
Source: ANFP
See also
References
- ^ "Se suspende el campeonato: la ANFP extrema medidas por el coronavirus" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Oficial: Así será el sistema de campeonato este 2020" (in Spanish). Primera B Chile. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Bases Campeonato Nacional de Primera B Temporada 2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). ANFP. Retrieved 2 March 2020.