# 2022 Primera B de Chile

The 2022 Primera B de Chile, also known as Campeonato Ascenso Betsson 2022 for sponsorship purposes, was the 68th season of the Primera B de Chile, Chile's second-tier football league. The fixture for the season was announced on 1 February 2022, with the competition starting on 15 February and ending on 27 November 2022.
Magallanes were the champions, clinching their first Primera B title as well as promotion to Primera División on the final day of the regular season with a 2–0 win over Deportes Recoleta on 1 November 2022. The other promoted club was Deportes Copiapó, who won the promotion play-off after beating the regular season runners-up Cobreloa in the finals.

## Format

The tournament was played by 17 teams, 14 returning from the previous season, two relegated from the 2021 Campeonato Nacional (Deportes Melipilla and Santiago Wanderers), and the 2021 Segunda División Profesional champions Deportes Recoleta. The 17 teams played each other in a double round-robin tournament (once at home and once away) for a total of 32 matches, with every team having two bye rounds. The top team at the end of the 34 rounds was the champion and was promoted to the Campeonato Nacional for its 2023 season, while the next five teams played a play-off tournament (Liguilla) in which the league runners-up received a bye to the final. The playoffs winning team was the second and last promoted team to the top flight for the following season. Two teams were relegated to the Segunda División Profesional at the end of the season: the bottom-placed team in the league standings as well as the bottom-placed team in the relegation table, which considered the performance of teams in the 2021 and 2022 seasons.

## 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 Iquique | Iquique | Tierra de Campeones | 13,171 |
| Deportes Melipilla | Melipilla | Roberto Bravo Santibáñez | 6,000 |
| Deportes Puerto Montt | Puerto Montt | Chinquihue | 10,000 |
| Deportes Recoleta | Santiago (Recoleta) | Leonel Sánchez Lineros | 1,000 |
| Deportes Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | Joaquín Muñoz García | 5,000 |
| Deportes Temuco | Temuco | Germán Becker | 18,413 |
| Fernandez Vial | Concepción | Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo | 30,448 |
| Magallanes | Santiago (San Bernardo) | Luis Navarro Avilés | 3,500 |
| Rangers | Talca | Fiscal de Talca | 8,200 |
| San Luis | Quillota | Lucio Fariña Fernández | 7,680 |
| Santiago Morning | Santiago (La Pintana) | Municipal de La Pintana | 6,000 |
| Santiago Wanderers | Valparaíso | Elías Figueroa Brander | 20,575 |
| Unión San Felipe | San Felipe | Municipal de San Felipe | 12,000 |
| Universidad de Concepción | Concepción | Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo | 30,448 |

#### Notes

* ↑ Deportes Recoleta played some of their home matches at Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK in Santiago.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Magallanes (C, P) | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 61 | 23 | +38 | 72 | Promotion to Primera División |
| 2 | Cobreloa | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 68 | Advance to Promotion play-off final |
| 3 | Deportes Copiapó (P) | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 52 | Advance to Promotion play-off quarter-finals |
| 4 | Unión San Felipe | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 52 | Advance to Promotion play-off quarter-finals |
| 5 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 47 | Advance to Promotion play-off quarter-finals |
| 6 | Universidad de Concepción | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 46 | Advance to Promotion play-off quarter-finals |
| 7 | Rangers | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 46 | |
| 8 | Barnechea | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 44 | |
| 9 | Santiago Wanderers | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 42 | |
| 10 | Deportes Temuco | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 38 | |
| 11 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 36 | |
| 12 | Deportes Iquique | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 35 | |
| 13 | Deportes Recoleta | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 34 | |
| 14 | Santiago Morning | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 34 | |
| 15 | San Luis | 32 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 34 | |
| 16 | Deportes Melipilla | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 30 | |
| 17 | Fernández Vial (R) | 32 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 26 | Relegation to Segunda División Profesional |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | COB | CDC | IQQ | MEL | DPM | REC | DSC | TEM | AFV | MAG | RAN | SLQ | SM | SW | USF | UDC |
| Barnechea | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Cobreloa | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Deportes Copiapó | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Deportes Iquique | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Deportes Melipilla | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Deportes Puerto Montt | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| Deportes Recoleta | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 |
| Deportes Santa Cruz | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Deportes Temuco | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Fernández Vial | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Magallanes | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Rangers | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| San Luis | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Santiago Morning | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Santiago Wanderers | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Unión San Felipe | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | — | 1–0 |
| Universidad de Concepción | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — |

## Promotion playoff
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 5 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 3 | Deportes Copiapó | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Unión San Felipe | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | Deportes Copiapó | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Unión San Felipe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | Cobreloa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | 3 | Deportes Copiapó | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 6 | Universidad de Concepción | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Deportes Copiapó | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Deportes Copiapó | 0 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

Deportes Puerto Montt won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-final.
Deportes Copiapó won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-final.

### Semi-final

Deportes Copiapó won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

### Final

Deportes Copiapó won 5–0 on aggregate and were promoted to Primera División.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Juan Ignacio Duma | Barnechea | 14 |
| 2 | Alfredo Ábalos | Rangers | 13 |
| 2 | Pedro Muñoz | Deportes Santa Cruz | 13 |
| 4 | César Cortés | Magallanes | 12 |
| 4 | David Escalante | Cobreloa | 12 |
| 4 | Óscar Ortega | Santiago Morning | 12 |
| 7 | Arnaldo Castillo | Universidad de Concepción | 11 |
| 7 | Steffan Pino | Santiago Morning | 11 |
| 7 | Maximiliano Quinteros | Deportes Copiapó | 11 |
| 10 | Lionel Altamirano | Rangers | 9 |
| 10 | Sebastián Parada | San Luis | 9 |
Source: Soccerway

## Relegation

For this season, a relegation table was elaborated by computing an average of the points earned per game over this season and the previous one. Promoted team Deportes Recoleta and the relegated ones Deportes Melipilla and Santiago Wanderers only had their points in the 2022 season averaged. The team placing last in this table at the end of the season was relegated. In case this team was also the last-placed one in the season's table, the team placed second-to-last in this table would also be relegated.
| Pos | Team | 2021 Pts | 2021 Pld | 2022 Pts | 2022 Pld | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation |
| 1 | Magallanes | 41 | 30 | 72 | 32 | 113 | 62 | 1.823 |
| 2 | Deportes Copiapó | 52 | 30 | 52 | 32 | 104 | 62 | 1.677 |
| 3 | Cobreloa | 33 | 30 | 68 | 32 | 101 | 62 | 1.629 |
| 4 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 48 | 30 | 47 | 32 | 95 | 62 | 1.532 |
| 5 | Unión San Felipe | 36 | 30 | 52 | 32 | 88 | 62 | 1.419 |
| 6 | Deportes Temuco | 49 | 30 | 38 | 32 | 87 | 62 | 1.403 |
| 7 | Santiago Morning | 51 | 30 | 34 | 32 | 85 | 62 | 1.371 |
| 8 | Santiago Wanderers | — | — | 42 | 32 | 42 | 32 | 1.313 |
| 9 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 45 | 30 | 36 | 32 | 81 | 62 | 1.306 |
| 10 | Rangers | 35 | 30 | 46 | 32 | 81 | 62 | 1.306 |
| 11 | Universidad de Concepción | 33 | 30 | 46 | 32 | 79 | 62 | 1.274 |
| 12 | Deportes Iquique | 40 | 30 | 35 | 32 | 75 | 62 | 1.21 |
| 13 | San Luis | 40 | 30 | 34 | 32 | 74 | 62 | 1.194 |
| 14 | Barnechea | 24 | 30 | 44 | 32 | 68 | 62 | 1.097 |
| 15 | Fernández Vial | 40 | 30 | 26 | 32 | 66 | 62 | 1.065 |
| 16 | Deportes Recoleta | — | — | 34 | 32 | 34 | 32 | 1.063 |
| 17 | Deportes Melipilla (R) | — | — | 30 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 0.938 | Relegation to Segunda División Profesional |
Source: ANFP