# 2018 Primera B de Chile

The 2018 Primera B de Chile, known as the 2018 Campeonato Loto for sponsorship purposes, was the 65th season of Chile's second-tier football league. The competition began on 2 February 2018 and ended on 1 December 2018. Coquimbo Unido were the champions.

## Format

The tournament was played by 16 teams which played each other twice (once at home and once away), for a total of 30 matches. The team that finished in first place at the end of the round-robin tournament earned promotion to the Campeonato Nacional for the 2019 season. Meanwhile, the teams finishing from second to sixth place played in a playoff tournament for the second promotion berth, with the season runners-up having a bye to the final. The team finishing in bottom place at the end of the season was relegated to the Segunda División Profesional.

## 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 |
| Cobresal | El Salvador | El Cobre | 12,000 |
| Coquimbo Unido | Coquimbo | Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso | 18,750 |
| Deportes Copiapó | Copiapó | Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla | 8,000 |
| Deportes La Serena | La Serena | La Portada | 18,243 |
| Deportes Melipilla | Melipilla | Municipal Roberto Bravo Santibáñez | 6,000 |
| Deportes Puerto Montt | Puerto Montt | Chinquihue | 10,000 |
| Deportes Valdivia | Valdivia | Parque Municipal | 5,397 |
| Magallanes | Santiago (San Bernardo) | Municipal de San Bernardo | 3,500 |
| Ñublense | Chillán | Municipal Nelson Oyarzún Arenas | 12,000 |
| Rangers | Talca | Fiscal de Talca | 8,200 |
| San Marcos de Arica | Arica | Carlos Dittborn | 9,746 |
| 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 |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Coquimbo Unido (C, P) | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 57 | Promotion to Primera División |
| 2 | Cobreloa | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 52 | Qualification to Promotion playoff finals |
| 3 | Cobresal (P) | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 51 | Qualification to Promotion playoff quarterfinals |
| 4 | Deportes Valdivia | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 47 | Qualification to Promotion playoff quarterfinals |
| 5 | Santiago Wanderers | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 46 | Qualification to Promotion playoff quarterfinals |
| 6 | Santiago Morning | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 45 | Qualification to Promotion playoff quarterfinals |
| 7 | Unión San Felipe | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 42 | |
| 8 | Rangers | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 40 | |
| 9 | Barnechea | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 39 | |
| 10 | Deportes Melipilla | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 39 | |
| 11 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 35 | |
| 12 | Deportes La Serena | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 35 | |
| 13 | Magallanes | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 34 | |
| 14 | Deportes Copiapó | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 34 | |
| 15 | Ñublense | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 33 | |
| 16 | San Marcos de Arica (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 32 | Relegation to Segunda División Profesional |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | COB | CSL | COQ | CDC | DLS | MEL | DPM | VAL | MAG | ÑUB | RAN | SMA | SM | SW | USF |
| Barnechea | — | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 |
| Cobreloa | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Cobresal | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Coquimbo Unido | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Deportes Copiapó | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–4 |
| Deportes La Serena | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Deportes Melipilla | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Deportes Puerto Montt | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Deportes Valdivia | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 |
| Magallanes | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Ñublense | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Rangers | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| San Marcos de Arica | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Santiago Morning | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Santiago Wanderers | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 |
| Unión San Felipe | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | — |

## Promotion playoff

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 5 | Santiago Wanderers | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Santiago Wanderers | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | Cobresal | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Deportes Valdivia | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | Cobresal | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Deportes Valdivia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | Santiago Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Cobreloa | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | 3 | Cobresal | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 6 | Santiago Morning | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Cobresal | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Cobresal | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

Santiago Wanderers won 6–1 on aggregate.
Cobresal won 4–3 on aggregate.

### Semifinals

Cobresal won 4–3 on aggregate.

### Finals

Cobresal won 4–3 on aggregate and earned promotion to the Primera División.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Rodrigo Holgado | Coquimbo Unido | 18 |
| 2 | Lucas Simón | Cobreloa | 17 |
| 3 | Gustavo Lanaro | Deportes Valdivia | 13 |
| 4 | Ever Cantero | Cobresal | 12 |
| 4 | Enzo Gutiérrez | Santiago Wanderers | 12 |
| 4 | Miguel Orellana | Barnechea | 12 |
| 7 | Reiner Castro | Santiago Wanderers | 10 |
| 7 | Germán Estigarribia | Deportes Copiapó | 10 |
| 7 | Gonzalo Sosa | Magallanes | 10 |
| 10 | Óscar Ortega | Santiago Morning | 8 |
| 10 | Stefan Pino | Deportes Melipilla | 8 |
| 10 | Mathias Pinto | Deportes Melipilla | 8 |
Source: Soccerway