2026 Liga de Ascenso

Liga de Ascenso Caixun

Season	2026
Dates	20 February – December 2026
Matches	10
Goals	25 (2.5 per match)
Biggest home win	Dep. Iquique 5–0 Unión San Felipe (21 February)
Biggest away win	S. Wanderers 0–2 Dep. Recoleta (21 February) Rangers 0–2 Dep. Antofagasta (22 February)
Highest scoring	Dep. Iquique 5–0 Unión San Felipe (21 February)
← 2025 2027 → All statistics correct as of 27 February 2026.

The 2026 Primera B de Chile, officially known as Liga de Ascenso Caixun 2026 for sponsorship reasons, is the 72nd season of the second-tier football league in Chile. The season, which is the second edition under the Liga de Ascenso branding, began on 20 February 2026. ^{[1] [2]}

Format

For the 2026 season, the competition kept the format used in its most recent editions, comprising a regular season and a promotion play-off tournament (Liguilla). The regular season will be a double round-robin tournament consisting of 30 matchdays, where each team plays all other teams twice (once at home and once away). The team finishing first at the end of the regular season will be crowned champion and will be directly promoted to the 2027 Liga de Primera, while the teams finishing from 2nd to 8th place will qualify for the promotion play-offs, where they will compete in home-and-away knockout rounds to determine the second promoted team. The regular season's runner-up will receive a bye to the semi-finals, while the remaining six teams will enter in the first round. The team finishing bottom of the table at the end of the regular season will be relegated to the Segunda División Profesional for the 2027 season. ^{[2] [3]}

Teams

Cobreloa

Curicó Unido

Dep. Antofagasta

Dep. Copiapó

Deportes Iquique

Deportes Puerto Montt

Dep. Santa Cruz

Deportes Temuco

Rangers

San Luis

San Marcos de Arica

S. Wanderers

Santiago

Unión San Felipe

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Locations of the 2026 Liga de Ascenso teams

Deportes Recoleta

Magallanes

Unión Española

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Locations of the 2026 Liga de Ascenso teams in Santiago.

Sixteen teams contest the competition, thirteen of them returning from the previous season. Following the conclusion of the 2025 season, Universidad de Concepción and Deportes Concepción were promoted to the top flight, being replaced in the second tier competition by Unión Española (relegated to the second tier for the first time since 1999) and Deportes Iquique (returning after two years), who were relegated from the 2025 Liga de Primera. ^{[4] [5]}

Joining the league from the lower tier is the 2025 Segunda División Profesional champion Deportes Puerto Montt, who returned after a two-year absence. ^[6] They replaced Santiago Morning, who were relegated to the third tier for the first time after finishing last in the 2025 campaign. ^[2]

Stadiums and locations

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Cobreloa	Calama	Zorros del Desierto	12,102
Curicó Unido	Curicó	La Granja	12,000
Deportes Antofagasta	Antofagasta	Calvo y Bascuñán [i]	21,178
Deportes Copiapó	Copiapó	Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla	8,600
Deportes Iquique	Iquique	Tierra de Campeones	14,430
Deportes Puerto Montt	Puerto Montt	Regional de Chinquihue	10,000
Deportes Recoleta	Santiago (Recoleta)	Municipal Leonel Sánchez Lineros	2,000
Deportes Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	Joaquín Muñoz García	4,500
Deportes Temuco	Temuco	Municipal Germán Becker	18,000
Magallanes	Santiago (San Bernardo)	Municipal Luis Navarro Avilés	3,516
Rangers	Talca	Fiscal de Talca	16,070
San Luis	Quillota	Municipal Lucio Fariña Fernández	7,700
San Marcos de Arica	Arica	Carlos Dittborn	10,000
Santiago Wanderers	Valparaíso	Elías Figueroa Brander	25,500
Unión Española	Santiago (Independencia)	Santa Laura-Universidad SEK	19,887
Unión San Felipe	San Felipe	Municipal de San Felipe	10,000

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportes Recoleta	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Promotion to Liga de Primera
2	Cobreloa	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Advance to Promotion play-off semi-finals
3	Deportes Iquique	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	3	Advance to Promotion play-off quarter-finals
4	Deportes Antofagasta	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3 [a]
5	Deportes Puerto Montt	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3 [a]
6	Unión Española	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
7	Magallanes	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
8	Deportes Santa Cruz	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
9	San Marcos de Arica	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
10	Curicó Unido	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
11	Deportes Temuco	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0
12	Deportes Copiapó	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0
13	Rangers	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0
14	San Luis	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0
15	Santiago Wanderers	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0
16	Unión San Felipe	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	0	Relegation to Segunda División Profesional

Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2026. Source: Campeonato Chileno, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Matches won, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Red cards, 7) Yellow cards, 8) Drawing of lots, 9) Play-off game (only if needed to decide championship).
If needed to decide championship between two teams: 2) Play-off game.
Notes:

1. Away goals for: Deportes Antofagasta 2, Deportes Puerto Montt 0.

Results

Home \ Away	COB	CUR	ANT	CDC	IQQ	DPM	REC	DSC	TEM	MAG	RAN	SLQ	SMA	SW	UE	USF
Cobreloa	—								3–1
Curicó Unido		—								1–2
Deportes Antofagasta			—
Deportes Copiapó				—
Deportes Iquique					—											5–0
Deportes Puerto Montt				2–0		—
Deportes Recoleta							—								2–1
Deportes Santa Cruz	0–0							—
Deportes Temuco									—
Magallanes										—
Rangers			0–2								—
San Luis												—
San Marcos de Arica								1–1					—
Santiago Wanderers							0–2							—
Unión Española												2–0			—
Unión San Felipe																—

Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2026. Source: Campeonato Chileno, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

• 2026 Liga de Primera
• 2026 Copa de la Liga
• 2026 Copa Chile
• 2026 Supercopa de Chile

Notes

1. Deportes Antofagasta will use Estadio Zorros del Desierto in Calama and Estadio Parque Juan López in Antofagasta as home stadiums during the first half of 2026 due to modernization works at Estadio Calvo y Bascuñán. ^[7]

References

1. "La nueva cara del fútbol chileno" [The new face of Chilean football] (in Spanish). TNT Sports. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
2. Bernucci, Carla (27 January 2026). "Fixture Primera B 2026: cuándo empieza la Liga de Ascenso, calendario, fechas, equipos y formato" [2026 Primera B fixture: when does the Liga de Ascenso start, schedule, dates, teams and format] (in Spanish). Al Aire Libre. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
3. "Bases de Campeonato Primera B Temporada 2026" [Primera B Championship Regulations – 2026 Season] (in Spanish). ANFP . Retrieved 24 January 2026.
4. "Tras 28 años de su último descenso: Unión Española perdió duelo clave ante O'Higgins y condenó su caída a la Liga de Ascenso 2026" [After 28 years since their last relegation: Unión Española lost a key match against O'Higgins and sealed their fall to the 2026 Liga de Ascenso] (in Spanish). Onefootball. 1 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
5. Bastidas, Juan Miguel (6 December 2025). "Everton se salva en la última jornada y Deportes Iquique desciende sin obrar el milagro" [Everton avoid relegation on the final day and Deportes Iquique are relegated without pulling off a miracle] (in Spanish). TNT Sports . Retrieved 6 December 2025.
6. "Deportes Puerto Montt se coronó campeón de la Segunda División y logró el ascenso a Primera B" [Deportes Puerto Montt crowned themselves Segunda División champions and achieved promotion to Primera B] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
7. García, Javier (2 January 2026). "Equipo de Primera B obligado a cambiar su localía: podría terminar en Mejillones" [Primera B team forced to change their home stadium: they could end up in Mejillones] (in Spanish). En Cancha. Retrieved 24 January 2026.

External links

• Primera B on ANFP's website