Sunday, August 30, 2020

Chile II Division

 

Chile. The First Division was going to be reduced to 16 teams and the Second Division enlarged to 28 teams in the next year, so 3 teams were relegated from the top league, none relegated from Second Division and one team promoted from it to the upper level. The championship was divided into two stages – at first Second Division was split into 2 zones – Norte and Sur, 12 teams each. The top 4 from Zona Norte and the top 2 from Zona Sur moved to the final round-robin stage, the winner of which was promoted. 
Zona Norte, apparently considered the stronger group.


 Union La Calera – last with 13 points. Standing from left: Chahuán, Ortega, Irrázaval, Miranda, Fernández, Giadallach. Front: Vásquez, Muñoz, Lasnivat, Leiva, Rojas.
Soinca Bata - 11th with 13 points, Deportes Ovalle - 10th with 15 points,  Deportes La Serena - 9th with 16 points, Quintero Unido - 8th with 18 points,
Deportes Antofagasta - 7th with 23 points,
Santiago Wanderers - 6th with 24 points, 
Regional Atacama - 5th with 28 points. Unlucky, for they lost a chance to run for promotion on worse goal-difference.
Coquimbo Unido - 4th with 28, Deportes Arica - 3rd with 28, Cobreandino - 2nd with 31 points, and O'Higgins - 1st with 31 points qualified to the final stage. 
Zona Sur. 
Nublense – last with 16 points, Deportes Puerto Montt - 11th with 17, 

Provincial Osorno - 10th with 18 points,
Union Santa Cruz - 9th with 18, Iberia Biobio - 8th with 19, Deportes Linares - 7th with 19, 

Deportes Laja - 6th with 22 points. Standing from left: Ricardo Zepeda, Miguel Gutiérrez, Oscar Núñez, Iván Peña, Misael Toledo, Miguel Frías. First row: Daniel Paz, Jaime Ramírez, Rubens Nicola, Richard Zambrano, Héctor Pineda.

Deportes Temuco - 5th with 24 points.
Deportes Valdivia - 4th with 24 points. This may be or not a photo from the season.

Curico Unido - 3rd with 27 points, Malleco Unido - 2nd with 29 points and Lota Schwager - 1st with 32 points. The final tournament: every team played twice against the rest and after 10 rounds, the final standing was:
Malleco Unido - 6th with 5 points.

Deportes Arica - 5th with 9 points.


Cobreandino - 4th with 10 points, 


O'Higgins - 3rd with 11 points,


Coquimbo Unido - 2nd with 11 points, and 

Lota Schwager - 1st with 14 points. Really strong at the final stage: 5 wins, 4 ties, only one lost match, 14-11 goal-difference. Not great scorers for sure – Cobreandino scored 24 at this stage – but solid and determined. Rightfully going up.