2008 Primera B de Chile

Primera B de Chile

Season	2008
Champions	Curicó Unido
Promoted	Curicó Unido Deportes Iquique
Relegated	Arturo Fernández Vial
Top goalscorer	Joel Estay (27)
← 2007 2009 →

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]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification 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

See also

• Chilean football league system

References

1. "Curicó Unido hace historia al ascender por primera vez a la división de honor". Emol.com. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
2. "Municipal Iquique logra su ascenso tras derrotar en penales a Coquimbo". La Tercera. 8 November 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
3. "Vuelco en la "B": Fernández Vial desciende a Tercera División". Emol.com. 15 November 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

External links

• RSSSF 2008