2026 Liga de Ascenso

Liga de Ascenso Caixun
Season2026
Dates20 February – December 2026
Matches224
Goals588 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerGustavo Gotti (19 goals)
Biggest home winDep. Iquique 5–0 Unión San Felipe
(21 February)
Dep. Temuco 5–0 Unión San Felipe
(23 May)
Cobreloa 6–1 Dep. Recoleta
(17 October)
Biggest away winDep. Recoleta 1–5 Dep. Temuco
(27 March)
Dep. Pto. Montt 0–4 Dep. Iquique
(22 August)
Dep. Copiapó 0–4 Dep. Antofagasta
(30 August)
Highest scoringMagallanes 4–3 Dep. Iquique
(31 May)
Dep. Temuco 3–4 Magallanes
(8 August)
Cobreloa 6–1 Dep. Recoleta
(17 October)
← 2025
2027 →
All statistics correct as of 19 October 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 of Chile. The season, which is the second edition under the Liga de Ascenso branding, began on 20 February 2026.

Format

For the 2026 season, the competition kept the format used in its most recent editions, featuring a regular stage and a promotion play-off tournament (Liguilla). In the regular stage, the 16 teams play a double round-robin tournament facing each other twice (once at home and once away). The team finishing first at the end of the 30 rounds will be crowned champion and will also promote to the 2027 Liga de Primera, while the next best seven teams will qualify for the promotion play-offs, where they will compete in a knockout stage 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 the play-offs in the first round. The team finishing last in the regular stage will be relegated to the Segunda División Profesional for the 2027 season.

Teams

2026 Liga de Ascenso is located in Chile
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
Santiago
Unión San Felipe
Locations of the 2026 Liga de Ascenso teams
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Deportes Recoleta
Magallanes
Unión Española
Locations of the 2026 Liga de Ascenso teams in Santiago.

Sixteen teams take part in the competition, thirteen of them returning from the previous season. Universidad de Concepción and Deportes Concepción were promoted to the top flight at the end of the 2025 season, being replaced in the second-tier competition by Unión Española and Deportes Iquique, both relegated from the 2025 Liga de Primera. The former team was relegated to the second tier for the first time since 1998, whilst the latter one returned to the Liga de Ascenso after two years.

The 2025 Segunda División Profesional champions Deportes Puerto Montt were promoted to the Liga de Ascenso for this season, returning after a two-year absence. They replaced Santiago Morning, who were relegated to the third tier for the first time after finishing last in the 2025 season.

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 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 San Luis (X) 28 15 8 5 43 29 +14 53 Promotion to Liga de Primera
2 Cobreloa (X) 28 14 9 5 51 30 +21 51 Advance to Promotion play-off semi-finals
3 Santiago Wanderers (X) 28 13 8 7 46 31 +15 47 Advance to Promotion play-off quarter-finals
4 Magallanes (T) 28 13 7 8 44 40 +4 46
5 Deportes Antofagasta 28 12 9 7 47 26 +21 45
6 Deportes Recoleta 28 11 8 9 40 42 −2 41
7 San Marcos de Arica 28 10 10 8 33 27 +6 40
8 Deportes Copiapó 28 11 7 10 42 41 +1 40
9 Unión Española 28 11 6 11 33 35 −2 39
10 Deportes Temuco 28 9 9 10 44 39 +5 36
11 Deportes Iquique 28 8 11 9 38 32 +6 35
12 Deportes Puerto Montt 28 10 5 13 26 35 −9 35
13 Curicó Unido 28 7 10 11 26 42 −16 28
14 Deportes Santa Cruz 28 4 11 13 28 42 −14 23
15 Unión San Felipe 28 5 8 15 18 50 −32 23
16 Rangers 28 5 6 17 28 46 −18 21 Relegation to Segunda División Profesional
Updated to match(es) played on 19 October 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.
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated; (X) Assured of at least the promotion play-off quarter-finals
Notes:
  1. ↑ Curicó Unido were deducted three points for failing to meet the quota of minutes played by under-21 players during the first half of the season.

Results

Home \ Away COB CUR ANT CDC IQQ DPM REC DSC TEM MAG RAN SLQ SMA SW UE USF
Cobreloa — 5–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 6–1 4–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0
Curicó Unido 0–0 — 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–3 2–1 2–0
Deportes Antofagasta 0–0 — 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 5–1
Deportes Copiapó 2–1 4–0 0–4 — 2–0 3–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 1–0 3–1 2–1
Deportes Iquique 1–2 1–1 1–1 4–0 — 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 5–0
Deportes Puerto Montt 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–4 — 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1
Deportes Recoleta 2–2 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 — 1–0 1–5 1–2 4–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0
Deportes Santa Cruz 0–0 4–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 — 2–3 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–3
Deportes Temuco 0–1 0–1 3–3 1–4 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 — 3–4 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 5–0
Magallanes 2–2 1–0 2–3 4–3 2–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 — 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–3 3–2 0–0
Rangers 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–4 0–1 1–0 2–3 — 1–1 2–3 0–2 1–1 4–0
San Luis 4–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 4–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 — 1–0 0–1 2–0 4–0
San Marcos de Arica 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 — 0–0 2–0 0–1
Santiago Wanderers 5–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–2 2–2 2–1 4–1 3–1 1–1 — 2–2 2–0
Unión Española 1–1 2–0 0–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 — 2–2
Unión San Felipe 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–4 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 October 2026. Source: Campeonato Chileno, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-off

The teams placing from second to eighth place in the regular season will play a knockout competition (Liguilla) with the regular season runner-up getting a bye to the semi-finals. The winning side will claim the last promotion spot to the Liga de Primera for the next season.

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
 
 
6 Regular season 6th place
5 Regular season 5th place
 
 
7 Regular season 7th place
4 Regular season 4th place
 
 
8 Regular season 8th place
3 Regular season 3rd place

Top scorers

As of 19 October 2026
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Gustavo Gotti Cobreloa 19
2 Chile Diego Arias Deportes Santa Cruz 17
3 Argentina Manuel López Deportes Copiapó 14
4 Chile Sebastián Parada San Luis 13
5 Uruguay Marcos Camarda Santiago Wanderers 12
Venezuela Brayan Hurtado Deportes Antofagasta
7 Chile Camilo Melivilú San Marcos de Arica 11
Argentina Agustín Venezia Deportes Iquique
9 Chile Josepablo Monreal Deportes Antofagasta 10
Chile Andrés Vilches Unión Española

Source: Soccerway

See also

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. 1 2 3 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. ↑ Lizama, Bastián (19 August 2026). "Club del fútbol chileno sufre resta de puntos y cae en la tabla: sentencia definitiva de la ANFP" [Chilean football club suffers point deduction and falls in the standings: final ruling from the ANFP] (in Spanish). ADN Radio. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Liga de Ascenso standings, Chile". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 March 2026.