2008 Primera B de Chile

Football league season

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-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]

Table

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	Category's Promotion Playoffs
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

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

External links

RSSSF 2008

Primera B de Chile

Tournaments

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Clubs

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Former teams	Alianza de Curicó América de Rancagua Audax Italiano Cobreloa Cobresal Colchagua Coquimbo Unido Deportes Aviación Deportes Concepción Deportes Copiapó Deportes Laja Deportes Linares Deportes Lozapenco Deportes Melipilla Deportes Ovalle Deportes Victoria Everton Fernández Vial Ferrobádminton Ferroviarios General Velásquez Green Cross Huachipato Iberia Independiente de Cauquenes Instituto O'Higgins Iquique Iván Mayo La Cruz Football Club Lota Schwager Luis Cruz Martínez Maestranza Central Malleco Unido Municipal de Santiago Naval Ñublense O'Higgins O'Higgins Braden Palestino Provincial Osorno Puerto Montt Quintero Unido Regional Atacama San Antonio Unido San Bernardo Central Santiago National Soinca Bata Super Lo Miranda Thomas Bata Trasandino Unión Española Unión La Calera Unión Temuco Universidad Católica Universidad de Chile Universidad Técnica del Estado Valdivia Valparaíso Ferroviarios

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