The 2025 Primera B de Chile, also known as Liga de Ascenso Caixun 2025 due to sponsorship by electronics manufacturer Caixun, 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.
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. 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.
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.
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. 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.
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. Deportes Concepción were ratified as champions by the ANFP on 4 February, greenliting the club's participation in the competition.
Stadia and locations ClubCityStadiumCapacityCobreloaCalamaZorros del Desierto12,102Curicó UnidoCuricóLa Granja8,278Deportes AntofagastaAntofagastaRegional de Antofagasta21,178Deportes ConcepciónConcepciónEster Roa Rebolledo30,448Deportes CopiapóCopiapó Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla8,000Deportes RecoletaSantiago (Recoleta)Municipal Leonel Sánchez Lineros1,000Deportes Santa CruzSanta CruzJoaquín Muñoz García5,000Deportes TemucoTemucoMunicipal Germán Becker18,413MagallanesSantiago (San Bernardo)Municipal Luis Navarro Avilés3,500RangersTalcaFiscal de Talca16,070San LuisQuillotaMunicipal Lucio Fariña Fernández7,680San Marcos de AricaAricaCarlos Dittborn10,000Santiago MorningSantiago (La Pintana)Municipal de La Pintana6,000Santiago WanderersValparaísoElías Figueroa Brander20,575Unión San FelipeSan FelipeMunicipal de San Felipe12,000Universidad de ConcepciónConcepciónEster Roa Rebolledo30,448 Notes
Standings
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
Tied 4–4 on aggregate. Cobreloa won on penalties.
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 won 4–3 on aggregate and promoted to the Liga de Primera.
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Tobías FigueroaDeportes Antofagasta 17 2 Thomas JonesDeportes Copiapó 13 Joaquín LarriveyDeportes Concepción Camilo MelivilúSan Marcos de Arica 5 Iam GonzálezUniversidad de Concepción 12 Gustavo GottiCobreloa 7 Marcos CamardaSan Marcos de Arica 11 8 Isaac DíazRangers 10 Luis AcevedoDeportes Temuco 10 Aldrix JaraCobreloa 9 Ángel GillardDeportes Concepción
Source: Besoccer
See also 2025 Liga de Primera 2025 Copa Chile 2025 Supercopa de Chile
References
External links Primera B on ANFP's website