The 2020 Primera B de Chile, also known as Campeonato Juegaenlinea.com 2020, was the 66th season of the Primera B de Chile, Chile's second-tier football league. The competition began on 22 February 2020 and ended on 7 February 2021. Ñublense were the champions, winning their second Primera B title and earning promotion to the Chilean Primera División for the following season.

The competition was suspended from 18 March to 29 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Format

The tournament was played by 15 teams, 14 returning from the previous season and the Segunda División Profesional champions San Marcos de Arica. The 15 teams played 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 finished in first place at the end of the round-robin tournament earned promotion to the Campeonato Nacional for the 2021 season as Primera B champions. Meanwhile, the teams finishing from second to sixth place played 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 considered the performance of teams in the previous season as well as the current one was elaborated to decide relegation. The team finishing in bottom place of this table at the end of the season was relegated to the Segunda División Profesional.

Teams

Stadia and locations

2020 Campeonato Nacional Primera B is located in Chile
Locations of the 2020 Primera B de Chile teams
ClubCityStadiumCapacity
BarnecheaSantiago (Lo Barnechea)Municipal de Lo Barnechea3,000
CobreloaCalamaZorros del Desierto12,346
Deportes CopiapóCopiapóLuis Valenzuela Hermosilla8,000
Deportes MelipillaMelipillaMunicipal Roberto Bravo Santibáñez6,000
Deportes Puerto MonttPuerto MonttChinquihue10,000
Deportes Santa CruzSanta CruzJoaquín Muñoz García5,000
Deportes TemucoTemucoGermán Becker18,413
Deportes ValdiviaValdiviaParque Municipal5,397
MagallanesSantiago (San Bernardo)Municipal Luis Navarro Avilés3,500
ÑublenseChillánMunicipal Nelson Oyarzún Arenas12,000
RangersTalcaFiscal de Talca8,200
San LuisQuillotaLucio Fariña Fernández7,680
San Marcos de AricaAricaCarlos Dittborn9,746
Santiago MorningSantiago (La Pintana)Municipal de La Pintana6,000
Unión San FelipeSan FelipeMunicipal de San Felipe12,000

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

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.

On 8 June, ANFP's Council of Presidents decided to resume the league on 31 July with matches to be played behind closed doors and clubs having at least four weeks of training sessions, pending approval from the Chilean government. However, this original date had to be pushed back as clubs were only given approval to resume training sessions starting from 16 July, with the ANFP considering the weekend of 8 August as a new tentative date of resumption, following three weeks of training sessions.

On 19 August, in a press conference held at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos in Santiago, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera confirmed 29 August as the date of resumption of both the first and second tier seasons, with games to be played behind closed doors. The competition eventually resumed that day, with its fifth round of matches.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Ñublense (C, P)2815585133+1850Promotion to Primera División
2Unión San Felipe28121063725+1246Qualification for Promotion playoff final
3Rangers2812974339+445Qualification for Promotion playoff quarter-finals
4Deportes Puerto Montt2811983628+842
5Deportes Melipilla (P)2811983023+742
6Deportes Temuco2811893534+141
7San Marcos de Arica28125112729−241
8Magallanes2891363125+640
9Deportes Copiapó2810994846+239
10Cobreloa2899103733+436
11San Luis2889113135−433
12Santiago Morning28710112939−1031
13Barnechea2879123945−630
14Deportes Valdivia28610123448−1428
15Deportes Santa Cruz2864182854−2622

Results

Home \ AwayBARCOBCDCMELDPMDSCTEMVALMAGÑUBRANSLSMASMUSF
Barnechea—2–23–10–11–12–31–13–32–12–47–12–02–11–31–0
Cobreloa2–0—1–10–01–10–11–06–00–14–23–00–03–12–30–2
Deportes Copiapó2–21–2—4–11–32–02–31–04–41–01–11–03–14–11–2
Deportes Melipilla3–11–11–2—2–00–00–22–00–01–01–03–00–11–10–1
Deportes Puerto Montt1–11–01–10–0—4–12–23–21–03–20–05–03–00–01–0
Deportes Santa Cruz0–14–11–42–40–1—0–23–20–31–30–21–30–22–12–1
Deportes Temuco3–11–00–00–32–12–1—0–01–11–20–00–12–10–11–0
Deportes Valdivia1–11–14–20–11–01–00–4—1–02–20–11–12–12–12–2
Magallanes1–11–11–10–01–02–01–01–1—0–05–51–00–01–01–1
Ñublense1–03–25–04–02–02–21–22–12–1—4–22–11–02–12–3
Rangers2–13–11–11–03–14–15–13–21–01–0—1–21–21–02–2
San Luis4–10–12–21–12–00–03–03–20–10–21–1—1–21–11–2
San Marcos de Arica1–03–12–31–00–02–11–01–11–00–00–00–2—0–12–1
Santiago Morning0–00–12–10–31–22–14–41–11–12–11–11–10–1—0–4
Unión San Felipe2–00–02–11–12–11–11–12–11–20–02–01–11–00–0—

Promotion playoff

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalFinal
5Deportes Puerto Montt202
4Deportes Melipilla (p)011 (3)
4Deportes Melipilla213
4Deportes Melipilla1232Unión San Felipe101 (1)
3Rangers101
6Deportes Temuco000
3Rangers112

Quarter-finals

Deportes Melipilla2–2Deportes Puerto Montt
Vásquez 60' Escalona 75'Lemmo 57' Bustamante 66'
Deportes Puerto Montt0–1Deportes Melipilla
Guerreño 33'

Deportes Melipilla won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-final.

Deportes Temuco0–1Rangers
Delfino 12'
Rangers1–0Deportes Temuco
Ábalos 90+3' (pen.)

Rangers won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-final.

Semi-final

Deportes Melipilla1–1Rangers
Delfino 9' (o.g.)Díaz 21'
Rangers0–2Deportes Melipilla
Fuenzalida 35' Guerreño 66'

Deportes Melipilla won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

Final

Deportes Melipilla0–1Unión San Felipe
Riveros 20'
Unión San Felipe0–1Deportes Melipilla
Guerreño 31'
Penalties
Méndez Cisterna Castro Mesías1–3Barrera Cortés Valdivia Garrido

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Deportes Melipilla won on penalties and was promoted to the Chilean Primera División.

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
1Argentina Gonzalo SosaDeportes Melipilla17
2Argentina Alfredo ÁbalosRangers13
3Argentina Leandro GarateBarnechea12
Chile Matías ZamoraDeportes Valdivia
5Argentina Manuel LópezRangers11
Argentina Oscar OrtegaÑublense
7Argentina Lionel AltamiranoDeportes Puerto Montt10
Uruguay Ignacio LemmoDeportes Puerto Montt
Argentina Gabriel TellasCobreloa
10Paraguay Gustavo GuerreñoDeportes Melipilla9
Chile Mathias PintoÑublense
Chile Luca PontigoDeportes Copiapó

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Relegation

For this season, a weighted table was 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 only had their points in the 2020 season averaged, without weighting. The team placed last in this table at the end of the season was relegated.

PosTeam2019 Pts2019 Pld2019 WAvg2020 Pts2020 Pld2020 WAvgTotal WAvgRelegation
1Ñublense42270.93350280.7141.647
2Unión San Felipe39270.86746280.6571.524
3Deportes Melipilla39260.942280.61.5
4San Marcos de Arica———41281.4641.464
5Deportes Copiapó38260.87739280.5571.434
6Deportes Temuco38270.84441280.5861.43
7Deportes Puerto Montt37270.82242280.61.422
8Cobreloa39260.936280.5141.414
9Barnechea40270.88930280.4291.318
10Rangers28270.62245280.6431.265
11Santiago Morning34260.78531280.4431.228
12Magallanes25260.57740280.5711.148
13Deportes Santa Cruz37270.82222280.3141.136
14San Luis27260.62333280.4711.094
15Deportes Valdivia (R)19270.42228280.40.822Relegation to Segunda División Profesional

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