Season | 2008 |
---|---|
Champions | Curicó Unido |
Promoted | Curicó Unido Deportes Iquique |
Relegated | Arturo Fernández Vial |
Top goalscorer | Joel Estay (27) |
← 2007 2009-A → |
The 2008 Primera B de Chile was the 58th completed season of the Primera B de Chile.
Curicó Unido — tournament’s champion — reached its first ever promotion to top-tier in its 35-year existence, [1] whilst the second promoted was Deportes Iquique after beating Coquimbo Unido in the promotion playoffs. [2] Nevertheless Arturo Fernández Vial was relegated to the Tercera División following 26 years at the professionalism. [3]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Curicó Unido | 44 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 78 | Promoted to 2009 Campeonato Nacional season |
2 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 44 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 72 | Promotion Playoffs |
3 | Coquimbo Unido | 44 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 67 | 52 | +15 | 71 | Category's Promotion Playoffs |
4 | Deportes Iquique | 44 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 68 | |
5 | San Marcos de Arica | 44 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 65 | 66 | −1 | 67 | |
6 | Lota Schwager | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 59 | 61 | −2 | 59 | |
7 | Unión La Calera | 44 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 70 | 71 | −1 | 57 | |
8 | Unión San Felipe | 44 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 57 | 59 | −2 | 57 | |
9 | Santiago Wanderers | 44 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 57 | |
10 | San Luis Quillota | 44 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 50 | 73 | −23 | 49 | |
11 | Deportes Copiapó | 44 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 45 | |
12 | Arturo Fernández Vial | 44 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 49 | 64 | −15 | 44 | Relegated to Tercera División |
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