1996 Primera B de Chile

The 1996 Primera B de Chile was the 45th completed season of the Primera B de Chile.

Primera B de Chile

Season	1996
Champions	Deportes La Serena
Promoted	Deportes La Serena Deportes Puerto Montt
Relegated	Deportes Colchagua
← 1995 1997–A →

Deportes La Serena (tournament's champion) alongside Deportes Puerto Montt were promoted to 1997 Primera División de Chile season after finishing in the first and second places respectively.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Deportes La Serena	30	19	5	6	55	36	+19	62
2	Deportes Puerto Montt	30	16	7	7	50	43	+7	55
3	Cobresal	30	16	7	7	76	43	+33	52[a]
4	Deportes Iquique	30	14	7	9	49	39	+10	49
5	Rangers	30	13	7	10	61	45	+16	46
6	Fernández Vial	30	13	5	12	50	50	0	44
7	Everton	30	12	7	11	55	34	+21	43
8	Deportes Melipilla	30	11	8	11	38	43	−5	41
9	Ñublense	30	12	5	13	40	47	−7	41
10	Magallanes	30	11	7	12	50	58	−8	40
11	Unión Santa Cruz	30	10	6	14	29	49	−20	36
12	Deportes Linares	30	8	10	12	42	55	−13	34
13	Unión San Felipe	30	8	7	15	37	56	−19	31
14	Deportes Arica	30	7	9	14	43	57	−14	30
15	Deportes Ovalle	30	6	11	13	35	47	−12	29
16	Colchagua	30	7	6	17	40	49	−9	27

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. Deducted 3 points for bad registration of Jorge Abarca.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Cobresal v Deportes Temuco

1 December 1996	Cobresal	3 – 1	Deportes Temuco	Estadio El Cobre
	Rivera 57' Salgado 20' Garrido 73'		Alvarez 79'	Attendance: 4,110 Referee: Salvador Imperatore

Deportes Iquique v Palestino

1 December 1996	Deportes Iquique	1 – 0	Palestino	Estadio Tierra de Campeones
	Donoso 17'			Attendance: 7,152 Referee: Enrique Marín

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Deportes Temuco^[2] v Cobresal

8 December 1996	Deportes Temuco[3]	2 – 0	Cobresal	Estadio Germán Becker
	Castillo 27' Poirrier 30'			Attendance: 13,089 Referee: Mariano Peña

Palestino v Deportes Iquique

8 December 1996	Palestino	5 – 1	Deportes Iquique	Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna
	Castillo 8', 14' Lizana 52' Córdova 73', 90'		Donoso 88'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Iván Guerrero

Top scorers

Player		Goals	Team
	Sergio Salgado	27	Cobresal
	Ruben Dundo	18	Arturo Fernández Vial
	Richard Álvarez	15	Deportes Iquique
	Mario Araya	13	Deportes La Serena
	Alejandro Chilindrón	13	Rangers
	Francisco Pinto	13	Deportes La Serena
	Luis Zambrano	13	Ñublense
	Alberto Arzubialde	12	Deportes Arica
	Juan Luis Cerón	12	Colchagua
	Pascual de Gregorio	12	Rangers
	Manuel Neira	12	Everton
	Fernando Martel	12	Unión San Felipe
	Walter Otta	12	Deportes Puerto Montt
	Eugenio Poblete	12	Arturo Fernández Vial