2025 Liga de Ascenso
Football league season
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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]
Deportes Concepción
| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21 February – 7 December 2025 |
| Champions | Universidad de Concepción (2nd title) |
| Promoted | Universidad de Concepción Deportes Concepción |
| Relegated | Santiago Morning |
| Matches | 252 |
| Goals | 597 (2.37 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Tobías Figueroa (17 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Dep. Antofagasta 5–0 Magallanes (15 June) |
| Biggest away win | Dep. 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 scoring | Curicó Unido 5–3 San Marcos (12 July) |
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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
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
- 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]
- 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 |
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:
- 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
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
Tied 4–4 on aggregate. Cobreloa won on penalties.
| Rangers | 0–2 | San Marcos de Arica |
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| Report |
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San Marcos de Arica won 3–0 on aggregate.
Deportes Concepción won 3–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Deportes Concepción won 2–1 on aggregate.
Cobreloa won 4–3 on aggregate.
Finals
| Deportes Concepción | 1–1 | Cobreloa |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
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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