Final Tables Argentina Second Level 1935-2006/2007
Previous history
The first championship of football played in Argentina was held in 1891 and was organized by the Argentine Association Football League. Excepting a year without competition (1892), the championships were played regularly since 1893. There isn't a Second Level to 1899, when the "Segunda División" (Second Division) was created. The new division not promoted teams to the First Level in the early years, and the Champion continued playing in the Second Level. Banfield, which competed in the First Level in 1898, joined the new division by its own decision, and was the first champion of this category. In these years it was usual that the First Level clubs played in the Second Level with their "second teams" (reserves).
Segunda División champions:
1899 Banfield
1900 Banfield
1901 Barracas Athletic
1902 Belgrano Athletic "B" (second team)
1903 Barracas Athletic "B" (second team)
1904 Barracas Athletic "B" (second team)
1905 América
1906 Estudiantes "B" (second team)
Since 1907 champions were promoted to the First Level.
1907 Nacional
1908 River Plate
1909 Gimnasia y Esgrima
1910 Racing Club
In 1911 the Second Level division was renamed as "Intermedia". The division named "Segunda Division" becomes
a third Level tournament.
Intermedia champions:
1911 Estudiantes de La Plata
In 1912 the Association split up and the Argentinian football was divided in two separate leagues named Asociación
Argentina de Football and Federación Argentina de Football. Both of them had their respective second level tournaments.
1912 (Asoc) Ferro Carril Oeste
1912 (Fed.) Tigre
1913 (Asoc) Huracán
1913 (Fed.) Floresta
1914 (Asoc) Honor y Patria - not promoted-(*)
1914 (Fed.) Defensores de Belgrano
(*) Honor y Patria wasn't promoted due to the Association changed its "promotion rules" and was necessary a match
between the champions of the second and third Level. Honor y Patria played against San Lorenzo de Almagro, the
Second Division (Third Level) champions, and lost by 0-3. San Lorenzo was promoted to the First Level.
In 1915 both associations merged. All the teams from the Federación moved over to the Asociación.
1915 Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
1916 Sportivo Barracas
1917 Defensores de Belgrano
1918 Eureka
In 1919 a new split happened. A new League was created and named Asociación Amateurs de Football.
The Asociación Argentina de Football kept their name and was the only recognized by FIFA.
1919 (Asoc.) Banfield
1919 (Amat) Barracas Central
1920 (Asoc.) El Porvenir
1920 (Amat.) General Mitre
1921 (Asoc.) Sportivo Dock Sud and Alvear
1921 (Amat.) Palermo
1922 (Asoc.) Boca Juniors "B" (second team)
1922 (Amat.) Argentino del Sud
1923 (Asoc.) Boca Juniors "B" (second team)
1923 (Amat.) Liberal Argentino
1924 (Asoc.) Chacarita Juniors
1924 (Amat.) Excursionistas
1925 (Asoc.) Sportivo Balcarce
1925 (Amat.) Talleres
1926 (Asoc.) Nacional (Adrogué)
1926 (Amat.) Honor y Patria
In 1927 both Leagues merged and the new association was named Asociación Amateurs Argentina de Football.
The Second Level tournament was denominated Primera División B. The Second Level champions in 1926 weren't
promoted to the First Level due to this merger.
Primera División B champions:
1927 El Porvenir
1928 Colegiales
1929 Honor y Patria
1930 Nueva Chicago
In 1931, 18 clubs left the League and created a new Professional League. The amateur competition continued to 1934,
when the Asociación Argentina de Football was disbanded and all their teams (except those that left the official competition)
joined to the Professional League.
The Professional League was named Liga Argentina de Football to 1934 and Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA)
since that year. There isn't a Professional Second Division until 1934.
The last amateur champions were:
1931 Liberal Argentino
1932 Sportivo Dock Sud
1933 Ramsar Sport Club
1934 Bella Vista
In 1934 a professional Second Level was created. This tournament wasn't promotional to the First Level.
In this division played the clubs from the former Amateur First Level along with the "second teams" of the First Level teams.
In 1935 the championship of Segunda División was won by Estudiantes de La Plata ("B Team").
The following table includes only the matches played by teams from the Second Level.
SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN 1935
GP W D L GS GA PT
Defensores de Belgrano 15 9 2 4 29 18 20
Sportivo Barracas 15 8 3 4 36 24 19
El Porvenir 15 7 5 3 31 19 19
Nueva Chicago 15 8 3 4 30 23 19
Excursionistas 15 8 2 5 25 22 18
Almagro 15 6 5 4 26 23 17
Estudiantil Porteño 15 6 5 4 26 24 17
All Boys 15 7 2 6 30 36 16
Sportivo Dock Sud 15 6 3 6 39 27 15
Temperley 15 5 5 5 24 21 15
Banfield 15 5 3 7 24 26 13
Argentino de Quilmes 15 5 2 8 36 37 12
Estudiantes de Bs. As. 15 5 2 8 21 39 12
Barracas Central 15 3 5 7 19 27 11
Sportivo Buenos Aires 15 3 4 8 23 30 10
Colegiales 15 2 3 10 18 41 7
SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN 1936
Played with the same system that the previous season, this championship was won by Boca Juniors ("B Team).
The following table includes only the matches between teams from the Second Level.
GP W D L GS GA PT
Sportivo Dock Sud 15 10 2 3 31 20 22
Banfield 15 8 4 3 31 21 20
Almagro 15 9 2 4 44 35 20
Defensores de Belgrano 15 10 0 5 34 26 20
Sportivo Barracas 15 7 3 5 26 22 17
Barracas Central 15 6 4 5 39 34 16
Excursionistas 15 5 5 5 32 30 15
All Boys 15 7 1 7 33 34 15
Nueva Chicago 15 5 5 5 25 26 15
Temperley 15 4 6 5 30 29 14
Estudiantil Porteño 15 4 6 5 38 42 14
Estudiantes de Bs. As. 15 4 4 7 20 29 12
Colegiales 15 4 4 7 27 40 12
Sportivo Buenos Aires 15 4 3 8 32 30 11
Argentino de Quilmes 15 5 1 9 28 37 9 (*)
El Porvenir 15 2 2 11 19 34 6
(*) Argentino de Quilmes have 2 points deducted.
In 1937 the promotion/relegation system started. The "reserves" teams were excluded. All the teams that started the competition were from Buenos Aires City and surrounding area. The existing divisions were three: Primera A (First Level), Segunda División (Second Level) and Tercera División (Third Level).
1937 - SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN
GP W D L GS GA PT
ALMAGRO 16 12 2 2 34 16 26 promoted
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Excursionistas 16 12 0 4 42 20 24
El Porvenir 16 10 1 5 33 16 21
Colegiales 16 9 2 5 27 22 20
All Boys 16 9 1 6 35 24 19
Argentino de Quilmes 16 6 5 5 28 35 17
Estudiantes de Bs. As. 16 6 4 6 33 32 16
Defensores de Belgrano 16 7 2 7 30 29 16
Sportivo Dock Sud 16 6 3 7 27 35 15
Temperley 16 7 1 8 26 27 15
Sportivo Buenos Aires 16 7 1 8 30 33 15
Barracas Central 16 5 4 7 27 29 14
Estudiantil Porteño 16 5 4 7 26 29 14
Banfield 16 6 2 8 29 26 14
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Nueva Chicago 16 5 3 8 33 39 13 relegated
Sportivo Alsina 16 3 1 12 26 46 7 relegated
Sportivo Barracas 16 2 2 12 20 48 6 relegated/disjoined
SEASON SUMMARY
Promoted to Primera A: Almagro
Relegated to Tercera División: Nueva Chicago, Sportivo Alsina and Sportivo Barracas
Promoted from Tercera Division: Acassuso
Relegated from Primera A: Quilmes and Argentinos Juniors
Sportivo Barracas left the League at the end of the season.
Segunda División was reduced to 16 teams in 1938.
1938 - SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN
GP W D L GS GA PT
Argentino de Quilmes 30 17 6 7 89 50 40 championship playoff
Quilmes 30 15 10 5 63 43 40 championship playoff
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All Boys 30 17 5 8 75 50 39
Excursionistas 30 16 5 9 66 49 37
Defensores de Belgrano 30 15 6 9 81 51 36
Argentinos Juniors 30 16 3 11 76 71 35
Colegiales 30 13 8 9 70 70 34
Sportivo Dock Sud 30 10 7 13 77 81 27
Acassuso 30 9 8 13 67 69 26
Estudiantil Porteño 30 10 6 14 48 69 26 disjoined
Barracas Central 30 9 7 14 50 58 25
El Porvenir 30 9 7 14 71 83 25
Temperley 30 8 9 13 65 77 25
Sportivo Buenos Aires 30 9 6 15 48 65 24
Estudiantes de Bs. As. 30 8 6 16 56 87 22
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Banfield 30 7 5 18 51 80 19
Championship playoff:
ARGENTINO DE QUILMES-Quilmes 1-0/1-0
SEASON SUMMARY
Promoted to Primera A: Argentino de Quilmes
Relegated to Tercera División: Banfield (later was saved)
Promoted from Tercera División: Los Andes
Relegated from Primera A: Almagro and Talleres
Estudiantil Porteño left the League at the end of the season, and Banfield was not relegated.
Segunda División was increased to 17 teams in 1939.
1939 - SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN
In this season the championship was played by the Second Level teams and the "B" teams from all
First Level clubs. The table above includes only results between Second Level teams, and was used
to determine the promotion and the relegation.
The six best teams at the end of the regular stage advanced to the Final Tournament for the promotion.
Last team at the end of regular stage was relegated to Third Level.
Regular stage
GP W D L GS GA PT
Banfield 16 14 0 2 55 15 28
All Boys 16 7 7 2 42 26 21
Barracas Central 16 8 5 3 32 28 21
Sportivo Dock Sud 16 9 3 4 34 30 21
Temperley 16 9 2 5 41 31 20
Defensores de Belgrano 16 7 6 3 36 31 20
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Almagro 16 7 4 5 29 24 18
Excursionistas 16 7 4 5 30 29 18
Colegiales 16 6 4 6 38 41 16
Talleres 16 7 2 7 37 44 16
El Porvenir 16 5 4 7 39 36 14
Los Andes 16 6 0 10 34 37 12
Quilmes 16 5 2 9 33 36 12
Acassuso 16 5 2 9 34 49 12
Argentinos Juniors 16 4 3 9 34 35 11
Estudiantes de Bs. As. 16 3 2 11 28 42 8
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Sportivo Buenos Aires 16 1 2 13 18 60 4 relegated
Final Tournament (All the matches were played in neutral grounds)
GP W D L GS GA PT
BANFIELD 5 4 0 1 14 7 8 promoted
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All Boys 5 2 2 1 15 13 6 second place playoff
Barracas Central 5 2 2 1 14 11 6 second place playoff
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Temperley 5 2 1 1 10 9 5
Defensores de Belgrano 5 1 2 2 6 9 4
Sportivo Dock Sud 5 0 1 4 10 20 1
Second place playoff (not promotional):
All Boys-Barracas Central 3-1
SEASON SUMMARY
Promoted to Primera A: Banfield
Relegated to Tercera División: Sportivo Buenos Aires
Promoted from Tercera División: Boulogne
Relegated from Primera A: Argentino de Quilmes
Unión (Santa Fe) was admitted in the competition for the next season.
Segunda División was increased to 18 teams in 1940.
1940 - SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN
GP W D L GS GA PT
ARGENTINOS JUNIORS 34 21 7 6 87 59 49
Acassuso 34 21 6 7 88 56 48
Temperley 34 18 7 9 84 50 43
El Porvenir 34 18 5 11 97 77 41 disjoined
Defensores de Belgrano 34 16 7 11 71 56 39
Barracas Central 34 14 10 10 71 68 38
Sportivo Dock Sud 34 15 5 14 78 68 35
Almagro 34 13 9 12 59 60 35
Unión (Santa Fe) 34 14 6 14 71 64 34
Talleres 34 14 6 14 80 73 34
Colegiales 34 14 6 14 77 84 34
All Boys 34 13 7 14 65 74 33
Quilmes 34 14 3 17 64 66 31
Excursionistas 34 10 11 13 70 75 31
Los Andes 34 12 6 16 71 83 30
Argentino de Quilmes 34 11 4 19 62 71 26
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Estudiantes de Bs. As. 34 5 6 23 51 109 16 relegated
Boulogne 34 6 3 25 57 110 15 relegated
Argentinos Juniors not promoted due to not having the necessary number of members to play
in the First Level, and neither a field in order.
SEASON SUMMARY
Promoted to Primera A: none
Relegated to Tercera División: Estudiantes de Buenos Aires and Boulogne
Promoted from Tercera División: Nueva Chicago
Relegated from Primera A: Vélez Sarsfield and Chacarita Juniors
El Porvenir left the League at the end of the season.
1941 - SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN
GP W D L GS GA PT
CHACARITA JUNIORS 34 26 6 2 92 35 58 promoted
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Colegiales 34 19 7 8 63 47 45
Almagro 34 16 9 9 69 49 41
Vélez Sarsfield 34 16 8 10 81 41 40
Unión (Santa Fe) 34 15 9 10 83 63 39
Acassuso 34 14 9 11 81 69 37
All Boys 34 14 9 11 57 56 37
Sportivo Dock Sud 34 15 4 15 70 82 34
Excursionistas 34 15 3 16 50 55 33
Nueva Chicago 34 11 9 14 61 58 31
Temperley 34 12 6 16 62 76 30
Defensores de Belgrano 34 13 4 17 58 81 30
Talleres 34 12 5 17 70 77 29
Argentinos Juniors 34 10 9 15 66 79 29
Quilmes 34 9 11 14 51 58 29
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Argentino de Quilmes 34 11 6 17 69 90 28 relegated
Barracas Central 34 10 4 20 58 92 24 relegated
Los Andes 34 7 4 23 53 86 18 relegated
SEASON SUMMARY
Promoted to Primera A: Chacarita Juniors
Relegated to Tercera División: Argentino de Quilmes, Barracas Central and Los Andes
Promoted from Tercera División: Sportivo Alsina
Relegated from Primera A: Rosario Central
El Porvenir returned to the League for the next season.
Segunda División was reduced to 17 teams in 1942.
1942 - SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN
GP W D L GS GA PT
ROSARIO CENTRAL 32 25 3 4 118 41 53 promoted
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Excursionistas 32 18 9 5 61 28 45
Vélez Sarsfield 32 18 5 9 69 38 41
Quilmes 32 16 7 9 58 41 39
Unión (Santa Fe) 32 15 7 10 57 54 37
Defensores de Belgrano 32 16 3 13 59 55 35
Talleres 32 15 3 14 67 56 33
Sportivo Dock Sud 32 13 5 14 61 78 31
Nueva Chicago 32 13 4 15 63 74 30
Acassuso 32 12 5 15 56 68 29
Almagro 32 11 6 15 50 66 28
Temperley 32 10 6 16 61 69 26
Colegiales 32 11 4 17 52 67 26
Argentinos Juniors 32 9 7 16 49 74 25
All Boys 32 8 8 16 44 64 24
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Sportivo Alsina 32 10 7 15 60 78 17 (*) relegated
El Porvenir 32 4 7 21 33 67 15 relegated
(*) Sportivo Alsina had 10 points deducted.
SEASON SUMMARY
Promoted to Primera A: Rosario Central
Relegated to Tercera División: Sportivo Alsina and El Porvenir
Promoted from Tercera División: Estudiantes de Buenos Aires
Relegated from Primera A: Tigre
Central Córdoba (Rosario) was admitted in the competition for the next season.
Segunda División was increased to 18 teams in 1943.
1943 - SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN
GP W D L GS GA PT
VÉLEZ SARSFIELD 34 24 7 3 81 34 55 promoted
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Unión (Santa Fe) 34 22 4 8 87 42 48
Temperley 34 17 9 8 79 52 43
Quilmes 34 18 7 9 59 46 43
Argentinos Juniors 34 20 2 12 77 68 42
Talleres 34 13 10 11 64 57 36
Almagro 34 14 7 13 74 66 35
Tigre 34 15 5 14 64 64 35
Central Córdoba (Ros) 34 14 6 14 55 59 34
All Boys 34 12 8 14 60 58 32
Nueva Chicago 34 12 7 15 68 79 31
Excursionistas 34 11 8 15 56 57 30
Estudiantes de Bs. As. 34 11 6 17 52 60 28
Sportivo Dock Sud 34 11 5 18 70 95 27
Colegiales 34 9 8 17 50 70 26
Acassuso 34 9 6 19 57 89 24
Defensores de Belgrano 34 8 7 19 48 77 23
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Argentino de Quilmes 34 9 2 23 49 77 20 relegated
SEASON SUMMARY
Promoted to Primera A: Vélez Sarsfield
Relegated to Tercera División: Argentino de Quilmes
Promoted from Tercera División: El Porvenir
Relegated from Primera A: Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
Argentino and Tiro Federal, both from Rosario, were admitted in the competition for the next season.
Segunda División was increased to 21 teams to 1944.
1944 - SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN
GP W D L GS GA PT
GIMN. Y ESG. LA PLATA 40 31 4 5 124 51 66 promoted
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Tigre 40 26 6 8 108 65 58
Almagro 40 23 9 8 111 72 55
El Porvenir 40 23 6 11 90 78 52
Quilmes 40 21 8 11 96 68 50
Los Andes 40 21 7 12 84 69 49
Argentino (Rosario) 40 18 11 11 90 51 47
Temperley 40 17 11 12 91 76 45
Central Córdoba (Ros.) 40 15 12 13 83 70 42
Talleres 40 16 8 16 97 76 40
Argentinos Juniors 40 15 9 16 79 70 39
Excursionistas 40 13 10 17 69 83 36
Sportivo Dock Sud 40 9 16 15 83 82 34
Tiro Federal 40 13 8 19 79 80 34
Unión (Santa Fe) 40 11 11 18 69 105 33
Nueva Chicago 40 12 7 21 74 114 31
Acassuso 40 11 8 21 71 91 30
Estudiantes de Bs. As. 40 9 8 23 70 126 26
Defensores de Belgrano 40 8 10 22 50 100 26
All Boys 40 10 4 26 77 122 24
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Colegiales 40 8 7 25 72 118 23 relegated
SEASON SUMMARY
Promoted to Primera A: Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
Relegated to Tercera División: Colegiales
Promoted from Tercera División: Barracas Central
Relegated from Primera A: Banfield
1945 - SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN
GP W D L GS GA PT
TIGRE 40 28 4 8 128 73 60 promoted
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Argentino (Rosario) 40 26 6 8 101 58 58
Temperley 40 26 5 9 129 79 57
Banfield 40 25 6 9 113 69 56
Quilmes 40 24 6 10 107 68 54
Argentinos Juniors 40 19 6 15 89 70 44
Unión (Santa Fe) 40 17 9 14 92 80 43
Central Córdoba (Ros.) 40 16 11 13 84 75 43
Talleres 40 17 9 14 84 77 43
Nueva Chicago 40 17 5 18 79 83 39
Tiro Federal 40 16 7 17 79 88 39
Los Andes 40 15 6 19 80 92 36
Excursionistas 40 14 8 18 63 86 36
El Porvenir 40 12 11 17 83 84 35
Almagro 40 14 7 19 70 83 35
Acassuso 40 15 3 22 67 89 33
Sportivo Dock Sud 40 11 10 19 77 89 32
Defensores de Belgrano 40 7 11 22 61 101 25
Barracas Central 40 11 3 26 53 95 25
Estudiantes de Bs. As. 40 8 9 23 52 102 25
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All Boys 40 6 8 26 65 115 20 relegated
Tiro Federal 4 - El Porvenir 3: match awarded as a loss against both teams.
SEASON SUMMARY
Promoted to Primera A: Tigre
Relegated to Tercera División: All Boys
Promoted from Tercera División: Argentino de Quilmes
Relegated from Primera A: Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
1946 - SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN
GP W D L GS GA PT
BANFIELD 40 29 8 3 124 48 66 promoted
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Gimn. y Esgr. La Plata 40 23 6 11 96 76 52
Argentinos Juniors 40 22 7 11 84 62 51
Sportivo Dock Sud 40 21 8 11 89 65 50
Quilmes 40 19 12 9 77 52 50
Unión (Santa Fe) 40 19 9 12 94 63 47
Argentino (Rosario) 40 20 6 14 108 78 46
Nueva Chicago 40 18 7 15 85 85 43
Temperley 40 14 11 15 91 96 39
Central Córdoba (Ros.) 40 15 9 16 88 100 39
Excursionistas 40 13 10 17 78 90 36
Talleres 40 12 11 17 86 89 35
Los Andes 40 15 5 20 96 104 35
El Porvenir 40 11 12 17 85 83 34
Almagro 40 12 10 18 85 92 34
Argentino de Quilmes 40 13 8 19 70 91 34
Estudiantes de Bs. As. 40 13 7 20 81 112 33
Tiro Federal 40 12 8 20 92 109 32
Defensores de Belgrano 40 12 8 20 81 103 32
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Acassuso 40 11 8 21 59 97 30 relegated
Barracas Central 40 6 10 24 62 116 22 relegated
SEASON SUMMARY
Promoted to Primera A: Banfield
Relegated to Tercera División: Acassuso and Barracas Central
Promoted from Tercera División: All Boys
Relegated from Primera A: Ferro Carril Oeste
Segunda División was reduced to 20 teams in 1947.
1947 - SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN
GP W D L GS GA PT
GIMN. Y ESG. LA PLATA 38 25 7 6 100 47 57 promoted
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Quilmes 38 23 8 7 104 48 54
Ferro Carril Oeste 38 22 9 7 95 46 53
Argentino (Rosario) 38 22 6 10 90 57 50
Central Córdoba (Ros.) 38 17 9 12 75 65 43
Unión (Santa Fe) 38 16 7 15 70 66 39
Argentinos Juniors 38 16 4 18 76 77 36
Los Andes 38 14 8 16 64 72 36
Estudiantes de Bs. As. 38 14 8 16 72 89 36
Talleres 38 14 7 17 86 88 35
Excursionistas 38 14 6 18 58 68 34
Nueva Chicago 38 15 4 19 79 91 34
Temperley 38 12 9 17 70 79 33
Tiro Federal 38 13 7 18 79 89 33
Defensores de Belgrano 38 11 11 16 67 89 33
Almagro 38 11 11 16 57 77 33
El Porvenir 38 13 6 19 66 95 32
All Boys 38 12 7 19 69 91 31
Argentino de Quilmes 38 10 10 18 61 79 30
Sportivo Dock Sud 38 8 12 18 55 80 28
SEASON SUMMARY
Promoted to Primera A: Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
Relegated to Tercera División: none
Promoted from Tercera División: Colegiales
Relegated from Primera A: Atlanta
Colón (Santa Fe) was admitted in the competition for the next season.
Segunda División was increased to 22 teams in 1948.
1948 - SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN (not finished)
First Stage
Top six in each group advanced to the Championship Group. Bottom five played the Relegation Group.
Grupo A
GP W D L GS GA PT
Sportivo Dock Sud 20 11 5 4 44 32 27
El Porvenir 20 11 4 5 44 29 26
Colón 20 10 5 5 32 31 25
Nueva Chicago 20 10 3 7 45 41 23
Atlanta 20 9 2 9 36 29 20
Argentino de Quilmes 20 7 6 7 33 35 20
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Quilmes 20 8 3 9 43 26 19
Almagro 20 8 3 9 34 31 19
Unión (Santa Fe) 20 9 1 10 29 32 19
Excursionistas 20 5 4 11 34 50 14
Colegiales 20 2 4 14 23 61 8
Grupo B
GP W D L GS GA PT
Tiro Federal 20 12 1 7 40 37 25
Argentino (Rosario) 20 9 6 5 43 31 24
Ferro Carril Oeste 20 8 7 5 36 32 23
Talleres 20 9 4 7 39 29 22
Defensores de Belgrano 20 9 4 7 30 34 22
Argentinos Juniors 20 8 5 7 36 34 21
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Central Córdoba (Ros.) 20 8 4 8 32 24 20
All Boys 20 6 6 8 33 35 18
Los Andes 20 6 4 10 31 40 16
Temperley 20 6 3 11 33 39 15
Estudiantes de Bs. As. 20 4 6 10 32 50 14
The tournament was abandoned due to a player's strike. Standings when the tournament was interrupted were the following: Championship Group GP W D L GS GA PT Argentinos Juniors 7 5 1 1 21 8 11 Atlanta 7 5 0 2 21 7 10 Tiro Federal 7 4 1 2 17 6 9 Argentino (Rosario) 7 4 1 2 13 14 9 Defensores de Belgrano 7 4 0 3 13 12 8 Colón 7 3 2 2 11 11 8 Argentino de Quilmes 7 3 1 3 18 13 7 Ferro Carril Oeste 7 2 3 2 12 9 7 Nueva Chicago 7 3 0 4 15 17 6 Sportivo Dock Sud 7 2 1 4 10 23 5 Talleres 7 1 1 5 7 24 3 El Porvenir 7 0 1 6 10 24 1 Relegation Group GP W D L GS GA PT Los Andes 7 6 0 1 22 9 12 Unión (Santa Fe) 7 5 0 1 18 10 10 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 7 4 0 3 22 11 8 Colegiales 7 3 2 2 23 15 8 Almagro 7 4 0 3 17 14 8 All Boys 7 2 3 2 19 20 7 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 7 2 3 2 13 15 7 Excursionistas 7 1 3 4 11 27 5 Quilmes 7 1 1 5 9 20 3 Temperley 7 0 2 5 10 23 2 So the tournament was interrupted due to a player's strike and later abandoned, AFA decide to give back places in the First Level to the last relegated teams. Then, Atlanta (relegated in 1947) and Ferro Carril Oeste (relegated in 1946) were promoted to the First Level. Relegation to Third Level was suppressed. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Ferro Carril Oeste and Atlanta Relegated to Tercera División: none Promoted from Tercera División: Barracas Central Relegated from Primera A: none AFA renamed the Second Level division as Primera B for the next season. Primera B started with 21 teams in 1949. 1949 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT QUILMES 40 28 7 5 118 53 63 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Colón 40 22 9 9 90 47 53 Unión (Santa Fe) 40 21 7 12 90 49 49 El Porvenir 40 18 9 13 86 71 45 Sportivo Dock Sud 40 20 4 16 77 76 44 Talleres 40 18 8 14 88 87 44 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 40 17 9 14 86 77 43 relegated Argentinos Juniors 40 15 11 14 75 82 41 All Boys 40 18 4 18 77 87 40 relegated Tiro Federal 40 15 9 16 78 74 39 relegated Argentino (Rosario) 40 13 12 15 73 74 38 relegated Defensores de Belgrano 40 16 6 18 91 102 38 relegated Argentino de Quilmes 40 11 15 14 79 83 37 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 40 14 7 19 72 107 35 relegated Los Andes 40 12 11 17 74 90 35 Nueva Chicago 40 13 9 18 77 95 35 Almagro 40 12 10 18 77 88 34 Barracas Central 40 12 10 18 93 96 34 relegated Colegiales 40 12 9 19 73 93 33 relegated Temperley 40 12 8 20 78 99 32 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Excursionistas 40 10 8 22 73 95 28 relegated To make the Second Level more competitive AFA resolved to relegate several clubs, (including all the teams from Rosario and those from Buenos Aires considered "low-competitive" or without "suitable fields") to the Third Level for the 1950 season. For this reason, along with Excursionistas, relegated due to finished in last place, another eight teams were relegated to the Third Level. Only 12 teams stayed in Primera B for the next season. New Third Level was named Segunda División since 1949. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Quilmes Relegated to Tercera División: Excursionistas,Central Córdoba (Rosario), All Boys, Tiro Federal, Argentino (Rosario), Defensores de Belgrano, Estudiantes de Bs. As., Barracas Central and Colegiales Promoted from Tercera División: none Relegated from Primera A: Lanús 1950 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT LANÚS 22 15 4 3 64 30 34 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Colón 22 14 3 5 62 31 31 Sportivo Dock Sud 22 13 3 6 56 32 29 Argentino de Quilmes 22 13 2 7 57 40 28 Argentinos Juniors 22 10 6 6 43 46 26 Almagro 22 7 8 7 50 53 22 Unión (Santa Fe) 22 7 8 7 43 50 22 Los Andes 22 6 7 9 44 46 19 Nueva Chicago 22 7 3 12 45 56 17 Talleres 22 5 5 12 42 49 15 Temperley 22 5 2 15 29 67 12 El Porvenir 22 1 7 14 23 58 9 Promoted to Primera A: Lanús Relegated to Segunda División: none Promoted from Segunda División: All Boys, Defens. de Belgrano and Excursionistas (*) Relegated from Primera A: Tigre and Rosario Central (*) AFA gave back places in Primera B to Defensores de Belgrano and Excursionistas. They were promoted along with the champions of the Third Level, All Boys. Primera B was increased to 16 teams to 1951. 1951 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT ROSARIO CENTRAL 30 20 5 5 77 34 45 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Colón 30 17 8 5 82 40 42 Almagro 30 18 6 6 70 48 42 All Boys 30 17 5 8 66 43 39 Sportivo Dock Sud 30 15 5 10 76 51 35 Unión (Santa Fe) 30 14 5 11 52 47 33 Temperley 30 13 5 12 58 49 31 Los Andes 30 12 6 12 74 65 30 Argentinos Juniors 30 10 9 11 51 49 29 Tigre 30 12 3 15 51 57 27 Argentino de Quilmes 30 11 5 14 58 70 27 Excursionistas 30 8 6 16 57 79 22 Nueva Chicago 30 9 4 17 43 76 22 Defensores de Belgrano 30 7 6 17 45 82 20 Talleres 30 7 5 18 50 78 19 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- El Porvenir 30 6 5 19 39 81 17 relegated SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Rosario Central Relegated to Segunda División: El Porvenir Promoted from Segunda División: Tiro Federal Relegated from Primera A: Quilmes and Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Sarmiento (Junín) was admitted in the competition for the next season. Primera B was increased to 18 teams in 1952. 1952 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT GIMN. Y ESG. LA PLATA 34 21 9 4 86 43 51 promoted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tigre 34 21 8 5 93 54 50 Colón 34 19 8 7 89 45 46 Sarmiento 34 17 7 10 70 57 41 Sportivo Dock Sud 34 17 6 11 82 65 40 Talleres 34 16 8 10 71 72 40 Argentino de Quilmes 34 11 14 9 78 70 36 Argentinos Juniors 34 14 8 12 57 53 36 Nueva Chicago 34 16 2 16 61 63 34 All Boys 34 14 6 14 55 59 34 Quilmes 34 10 10 14 59 71 30 Excursionistas 34 10 8 16 69 77 28 Unión (Santa Fe) 34 8 12 14 58 67 28 Almagro 34 10 5 19 73 98 25 Temperley 34 9 6 19 59 77 24 Los Andes 34 8 8 18 60 85 24 Tiro Federal 34 6 11 17 49 83 23 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Defensores de Belgrano 34 5 12 17 47 77 22 relegated SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Relegated to Segunda División: Defensores de Belgrano Promoted from Segunda División: Central Córdoba (Rosario) Relegated from Primera A: Atlanta 1953 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT TIGRE 34 21 8 5 87 44 50 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlanta 34 20 6 8 79 46 46 Unión (Santa Fe) 34 18 7 9 85 50 43 Sarmiento 34 17 8 9 79 53 42 Quilmes 34 15 9 10 75 53 39 Argentinos Juniors 34 17 5 12 69 60 39 Colón 34 15 9 10 66 63 39 Sportivo Dock Sud 34 13 10 11 73 62 36 Nueva Chicago 34 14 6 14 55 62 34 Los Andes 34 13 6 15 69 78 32 Argentino de Quilmes 34 12 7 15 50 72 31 Talleres 34 12 6 16 70 81 30 Excursionistas 34 11 6 17 51 63 28 All Boys 34 9 8 17 65 80 26 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 34 8 10 16 45 66 26 Almagro 34 10 6 18 64 97 26 Temperley 34 9 6 19 61 85 24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiro Federal 34 4 13 17 45 73 21 relegated SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Tigre Relegated to Segunda División: Tiro Federal Promoted from Segunda División: Defensores de Belgrano Relegated from Primera A: Estudiantes de La Plata 1954 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT ESTUDIANTES DE LA PLATA 34 19 8 7 69 35 46 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Argentinos Juniors 34 16 11 7 88 56 43 Colón 34 17 9 8 73 52 43 Atlanta 34 18 5 11 62 50 41 Unión (Santa Fe) 34 17 6 11 72 58 40 Talleres 34 16 5 13 72 62 37 Argentino de Quilmes 34 15 7 12 63 60 37 Sarmiento 34 13 9 12 64 61 35 Excursionistas 34 13 9 12 63 62 35 Quilmes 34 13 9 12 58 64 35 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 34 15 4 15 73 61 34 Sportivo Dock Sud 34 13 6 15 69 80 32 All Boys 34 11 8 15 67 73 30 Almagro 34 10 7 17 56 67 27 Defensores de Belgrano 34 8 10 16 60 77 26 Temperley 34 10 6 18 64 85 26 Nueva Chicago 34 9 8 17 47 70 26 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Los Andes 34 7 5 22 57 104 19 relegated SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Estudiantes de La Plata Relegated to Segunda División: Los Andes Promoted from Segunda División: El Porvenir Relegated from Primera A: Banfield 1955 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT ARGENTINOS JUNIORS 34 23 5 6 72 40 51 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Unión (Santa Fe) 34 19 8 7 81 40 46 Talleres 34 18 7 9 74 56 43 El Porvenir 34 18 6 10 71 47 42 Atlanta 34 15 8 11 83 62 38 Banfield 34 15 8 11 63 51 38 Colón 34 13 8 13 59 63 34 Quilmes 34 14 5 15 60 62 33 Temperley 34 13 7 14 57 61 33 Nueva Chicago 34 12 9 13 71 77 33 Sarmiento 34 11 10 13 56 49 32 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 34 11 9 14 53 68 31 Sportivo Dock Sud 34 12 6 16 70 80 30 Almagro 34 9 9 16 52 71 27 Argentino de Quilmes 34 8 11 15 61 86 27 All Boys 34 8 9 17 49 73 25 Excursionistas 34 8 8 18 42 65 24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Defensores de Belgrano 34 8 7 19 47 70 23 relegated SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Argentinos Juniors Relegated to Segunda División: Defensores de Belgrano Promoted from Segunda División: Colegiales Relegated from Primera A: Platense 1956 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT ATLANTA 34 22 7 5 70 38 51 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Central Córdoba (Ros.) 34 19 6 9 96 48 44 Banfield 34 20 2 12 81 55 42 Sarmiento 34 17 7 10 70 51 41 Temperley 34 16 8 10 61 59 40 Colón 34 16 5 13 54 54 37 Platense 34 14 8 12 72 59 36 Unión (Santa Fe) 34 13 9 12 68 55 35 All Boys 34 11 11 12 60 64 33 Excursionistas 34 11 9 14 56 72 31 Almagro 34 12 7 15 56 74 31 Nueva Chicago 34 10 10 14 61 69 30 Quilmes 34 8 13 13 58 64 29 El Porvenir 34 11 7 16 61 71 29 Argentino de Quilmes 34 11 7 16 54 82 29 Talleres 34 11 6 17 57 57 28 Sportivo Dock Sud 34 9 9 16 56 67 27 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Colegiales 34 7 5 22 42 94 19 relegated SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Atlanta Relegated to Segunda División: Colegiales Promoted from Segunda División: San Telmo Relegated from Primera A: Chacarita Juniors >From the next season relegation was decided by averages system, accounting points of the current and the two last seasons played. 1957 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT CENTRAL CÓRDOBA (Ros.) 34 22 5 7 69 40 49 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Platense 34 17 12 5 62 38 46 Unión (Santa Fe) 34 17 8 9 84 54 42 Chacarita Juniors 34 15 11 8 63 50 41 Banfield 34 16 9 9 67 56 41 Sarmiento 34 13 14 7 54 35 40 All Boys 34 11 15 8 74 58 37 Almagro 34 12 11 11 68 68 35 Sportivo Dock Sud 34 14 3 17 69 70 31 Nueva Chicago 34 11 9 14 57 70 31 Talleres 34 11 9 14 64 71 31 San Telmo 34 11 8 15 59 71 30 Colón 34 11 7 16 39 61 29 Quilmes 34 9 10 15 57 72 28 El Porvenir 34 11 6 17 61 67 28 Argentino de Quilmes 34 9 8 17 41 72 26 relegation playoff Excursionistas 34 9 6 19 63 83 24 relegation playoff Temperley 34 10 3 21 58 73 23 As Argentino de Quilmes and Excursionistas finished tied in the seventeenth place of the relegation averages table, a playoff was necessary to determinate which team would be relegated. Relegation playoff Argentino de Quilmes-Excursionistas 2-2/1-6 SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Central Córdoba (Rosario) Relegated to Segunda División: Argentino de Quilmes Promoted from Segunda División: Los Andes Relegated from Primera A: Ferro Carril Oeste 1958 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT FERRO CARRIL OESTE 34 21 8 5 74 41 50 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Nueva Chicago 34 19 8 7 85 54 46 Chacarita Juniors 34 16 12 6 61 37 44 Los Andes 34 16 8 10 84 66 40 Quilmes 34 15 10 9 85 62 40 Sarmiento 34 16 7 11 66 54 39 All Boys 34 13 11 10 66 61 37 Platense 34 11 13 10 67 62 35 Unión (Santa Fe) 34 14 7 13 67 66 35 Sportivo Dock Sud 34 12 10 12 57 55 34 El Porvenir 34 11 8 15 46 59 30 Almagro 34 10 9 15 58 82 29 Banfield 34 10 9 15 77 81 29 Excursionistas 34 9 9 16 60 85 27 Temperley 34 8 10 16 59 79 26 Colón 34 8 9 17 60 71 25 Talleres 34 8 8 18 59 85 24 San Telmo 34 7 8 19 44 75 22 relegated SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Ferro Carril Oeste Relegated to Segunda División: San Telmo Promoted from Segunda División: Defensores de Belgrano Relegated from Primera A: Tigre 1959 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT CHACARITA JUNIORS 34 20 5 9 78 49 45 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Quilmes 34 17 8 9 54 43 42 Unión (Santa Fe) 34 15 10 9 63 48 40 All Boys 34 16 8 10 69 54 40 Tigre 34 17 4 13 54 46 38 Sarmiento 34 16 6 12 63 69 38 Platense 34 14 10 10 60 50 38 Banfield 34 13 11 10 59 58 37 Los Andes 34 12 11 11 56 58 35 Nueva Chicago 34 14 7 13 71 65 35 Defensores de Belgrano 34 15 5 14 60 64 35 Excursionistas 34 15 3 16 61 73 33 Almagro 34 13 5 16 69 61 31 Temperley 34 10 9 15 64 71 29 Talleres 34 8 10 16 52 60 26 Sportivo Dock Sud 34 9 8 17 65 80 26 El Porvenir 34 6 12 16 49 65 24 Colón 34 7 6 21 49 82 20 relegated SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Chacarita Juniors Relegated to Segunda División: Colón Promoted from Segunda División: Deportivo Morón Relegated from Primera A: Central Córdoba (Rosario) 1960 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT LOS ANDES 34 23 6 5 68 33 52 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tigre 34 17 10 7 76 43 44 Banfield 34 19 3 12 71 51 41 Deportivo Morón 34 18 4 12 61 57 40 Quilmes 34 17 6 11 62 51 40 Nueva Chicago 34 13 12 9 54 41 38 Unión (Santa Fe) 34 14 9 11 67 55 37 Platense 34 15 6 13 69 57 36 Almagro 34 13 6 15 61 69 32 Talleres 34 12 6 16 58 63 30 relegated Defensores de Belgrano 34 9 11 14 59 67 29 Sportivo Dock Sud 34 13 3 18 51 60 29 Temperley 34 12 5 17 66 75 29 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 34 11 6 17 49 72 28 El Porvenir 34 12 4 18 45 67 28 Sarmiento 34 11 6 17 67 80 28 All Boys 34 10 7 17 50 67 27 Excursionistas 34 10 4 20 50 76 24 SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Los Andes Relegated to Segunda División: Talleres Promoted from Segunda División: Deportivo Español Relegated from Primera A: Newell's Old Boys 1961 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT QUILMES 34 18 9 7 49 30 45 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Nueva Chicago 34 17 10 7 67 37 44 Banfield 34 20 4 10 64 31 44 Platense 34 16 9 9 65 47 41 Newell's Old Boys 34 19 8 7 67 33 36 (*) Tigre 34 14 7 13 53 49 35 Sportivo Dock Sud 34 13 9 12 44 48 35 Unión (Santa Fe) 34 13 8 13 55 55 34 Deportivo Español 34 14 6 14 45 50 34 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 34 14 5 15 51 55 33 Sarmiento 34 11 11 12 49 55 33 Excursionistas 34 10 12 12 42 65 32 Deportivo Morón 34 13 4 17 61 55 30 Temperley 34 10 10 14 39 52 30 All Boys 34 8 11 15 44 59 27 El Porvenir 34 8 8 18 48 75 24 relegated Almagro 34 7 10 17 43 67 24 Defensores de Belgrano 34 7 7 20 40 63 21 relegated (*) Originally Newell's Old Boys was the champion, but later had 10 points deducted due to a bribery attempt. Quilmes was declared champion and promoted. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Quilmes Relegated to Segunda División: El Porvenir and Defensores de Belgrano Promoted from Segunda División: San Telmo Relegated from Primera A: Lanús and Los Andes 1962 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT BANFIELD 34 21 10 3 86 31 52 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Platense 34 16 11 7 76 53 43 Deportivo Español 34 16 9 9 67 43 41 Deportivo Morón 34 14 9 11 60 54 37 Newell's Old Boys 34 16 6 12 70 41 36 (*) Tigre 34 13 9 12 60 55 35 Sportivo Dock Sud 34 13 9 12 50 66 35 Los Andes 34 12 10 12 58 54 34 Unión (Santa Fe) 34 12 10 12 48 51 34 Sarmiento 34 13 7 14 58 55 33 Temperley 34 9 15 10 48 53 33 All Boys 34 14 4 16 58 79 32 relegated Lanús 34 12 8 14 49 56 32 San Telmo 34 10 11 13 50 68 31 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 34 11 8 15 48 53 30 Nueva Chicago 34 9 8 17 50 60 26 Almagro 34 7 10 17 43 65 24 relegated Excursionistas 34 7 8 19 36 78 22 relegated (*) Newell's Old Boys had deducted 2 points. Promoted to Primera A: Banfield Relegated to Segunda División: All Boys, Almagro and Excursionistas Promoted from Segunda División: Deportivo Italiano Relegated from Primera A: Ferro Carril Oeste and Quilmes >From the next season the relegation by average system was abolished. Primera B was reduced to 17 teams in 1963. 1963 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT Ferro Carril Oeste 32 18 6 8 64 29 42 championship playoff San Telmo 32 18 6 8 57 41 42 championship playoff Sarmiento 32 15 12 5 46 28 42 championship playoff Unión (Santa Fe) 32 18 6 8 63 37 42 championship playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Platense 32 16 5 11 68 45 37 Newell's Old Boys (*) 32 15 6 11 59 56 36 promoted Deportivo Español 32 12 11 9 56 43 35 Temperley 32 14 7 11 58 46 35 Deportivo Morón 32 11 9 12 63 53 31 Lanús 32 11 8 13 44 49 30 Deportivo Italiano 32 10 9 13 56 59 29 Los Andes 32 11 6 15 44 54 28 Quilmes 32 11 6 15 44 61 28 Nueva Chicago 32 10 6 16 54 67 26 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 32 9 6 17 37 60 24 Sportivo Dock Sud 32 9 5 18 49 96 23 Tigre 32 3 8 21 42 80 14 (*) Newell's Old Boys was promoted due to have appealed against the resolution that stopped its promotion in 1961. AFA accepted to promote it if Newell's would to abandon its request. As four teams finished tied in the first place, a tie-break round to decide the championship and promotion was necessary. All the matches of this tournament were played in neutral grounds. FERRO CARRIL OESTE 3 3 0 0 6 1 6 promoted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarmiento 3 1 0 2 3 7 2 Unión (Santa Fe) 3 1 0 2 6 5 2 San Telmo 3 1 0 2 5 7 2 SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Ferro Carril Oeste and Newell's Old Boys Relegated to Segunda División: none Promoted from Segunda División: Villa Dálmine, All Boys, Almagro, Talleres, Excursionistas, Defensores de Belgrano, Colón and El Porvenir (+) Relegated from Primera A: none (+) Apart from Villa Dálmine (Third Level Champion), several clubs were promoted arbitrarily to the Second Level. For the 1964 season. Primera B was increased to 24 teams. 1964 - PRIMERA B Season was divided in two stages. In the first stage teams were split in two groups. Top six on each group advanced to Final Tournament. Bottom six played the "Copa de Honor". First Stage Zona Sur (Southern Zone) GP W D L GS GA PT Temperley 22 15 4 3 39 18 34 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 22 11 6 5 28 16 28 Lanús 22 10 8 4 35 21 28 Deportivo Italiano 22 9 8 5 41 33 26 Quilmes 22 10 6 6 39 26 26 Unión (Santa Fe) 22 10 4 8 34 27 24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Los Andes 22 10 2 10 30 33 22 Sportivo Dock Sud 22 5 7 10 31 38 17 El Porvenir 22 6 3 13 30 44 15 San Telmo 22 4 7 11 24 38 15 Talleres 22 4 7 11 25 39 15 Argentino de Quilmes 22 5 4 13 23 46 14 Zona Norte (Northern Zone) GP W D L GS GA PT All Boys 22 11 9 2 47 26 31 Nueva Chicago 22 12 6 4 40 16 30 Deportivo Morón 22 12 4 6 42 25 28 Deportivo Español 22 11 5 6 33 25 27 Platense 22 8 11 3 40 23 27 Almagro 22 8 8 6 37 29 24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Villa Dálmine 22 8 6 8 23 29 22 Sarmiento 22 7 7 8 29 32 21 Colón 22 5 9 8 32 43 19 Excursionistas 22 6 5 11 27 41 17 Tigre 22 2 8 12 23 48 12 Defensores de Belgrano 22 1 4 17 13 49 6 Final tournament: GP W D L GS GA PT LANÚS 11 7 2 2 23 11 16 promoted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- All Boys 11 5 4 2 18 11 14 second promotion playoff Almagro 11 5 4 2 12 8 14 second promotion playoff Deportivo Español 11 6 2 3 20 12 14 second promotion playoff Nueva Chicago 11 6 2 3 18 8 14 second promotion playoff Platense 11 6 2 3 13 7 14 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Temperley 11 5 2 4 18 17 12 Unión (Santa Fe) 11 4 2 5 18 20 10 Quilmes 11 3 1 7 14 21 7 Deportivo Italiano 11 2 3 6 16 24 7 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 11 1 4 6 11 28 6 Deportivo Morón 11 1 2 8 9 23 4 As five teams finished tied in the second place, a tie-break round to decide the second team promoted to First Level was necessary. All the matches of this tournament were played in neutral grounds. GP W D L GS GA PT Platense 4 3 1 0 6 2 7 promoted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- All Boys 4 3 0 1 6 3 6 Deportivo Español 4 1 1 2 6 6 3 Nueva Chicago 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 Almagro 4 0 1 3 2 8 1 Copa de Honor (no promotion or relegation) GP W D L GS GA PT Los Andes 11 9 2 0 23 9 20 San Telmo 11 7 1 3 24 12 15 Villa Dálmine 11 6 3 2 19 10 15 Colón 11 5 3 3 21 7 13 Sportivo Dock Sud 11 3 7 1 20 18 13 Sarmiento 11 4 4 3 15 12 12 Talleres 11 3 4 4 21 22 10 Excursionistas 11 3 4 4 18 22 10 Tigre 11 3 3 5 18 20 9 Argentino de Quilmes 11 2 2 7 7 29 6 El Porvenir 11 1 4 6 16 27 6 Defensores de Belgrano 11 0 3 8 9 23 3 SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Lanús and Platense Relegated to Primera C: none Promoted from Primera C: Arsenal F.C. Relegated from Primera A: none Primera B was reduced to 23 teams in 1965. 1965 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT COLÓN 44 25 12 7 72 33 62 promoted Quilmes 44 22 15 7 55 38 59 promoted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Deportivo Morón 44 23 12 9 68 37 58 Los Andes 44 21 16 7 65 44 58 All Boys 44 24 9 11 63 36 57 Arsenal F.C. 44 22 8 14 75 58 52 Temperley 44 18 15 11 94 62 51 Nueva Chicago 44 18 15 11 75 46 51 Almagro 44 21 8 15 85 68 50 Unión (Santa Fe) 44 18 13 13 65 45 49 San Telmo 44 19 10 15 65 53 48 Deportivo Español 44 17 12 15 59 62 46 Villa Dálmine 44 13 18 13 68 64 44 Defensores de Belgrano 44 16 11 17 64 68 43 Sarmiento 44 17 9 18 58 61 43 Talleres 44 14 14 16 69 72 42 Tigre 44 13 10 21 57 73 36 Deportivo Italiano 44 12 9 23 50 70 33 El Porvenir 44 10 13 21 42 75 33 Sportivo Dock Sud 44 10 13 21 38 60 33 Central Córdoba (R) 44 13 8 23 62 89 24 (*) Excursionistas 44 5 9 30 42 91 19 Argentino de Quilmes 44 1 9 34 31 117 11 (*) Central Córdoba (Rosario) had 10 points deducted. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Colón and Quilmes Relegated to Primera C: none Promoted from Primera C: Almirante Brown Relegated from Primera A: none Primera B was reduced to 22 teams in 1966. 1966 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT UNIÓN (Santa Fe) 42 24 10 8 64 30 58 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Argentino de Quilmes 42 24 5 13 63 48 53 Deportivo Morón 42 18 15 9 60 39 51 All Boys 42 22 6 14 65 45 50 Deportivo Español 42 19 10 13 69 60 48 San Telmo 42 16 16 10 54 48 48 Defensores de Belgrano 42 15 16 11 56 45 46 Nueva Chicago 42 17 11 14 60 50 45 Temperley 42 15 15 12 57 54 45 Los Andes 42 16 13 13 49 50 45 Almagro 42 18 8 16 67 58 44 Tigre 42 17 9 16 56 55 43 Almirante Brown 42 14 13 15 42 51 41 Sarmiento 42 13 14 15 45 60 40 Sportivo Dock Sud 42 12 14 16 51 58 38 Deportivo Italiano 42 13 11 18 55 60 37 Arsenal F.C. 42 11 15 16 35 52 37 Excursionistas 42 12 12 18 62 62 36 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 42 12 10 20 43 54 34 Villa Dálmine 42 11 10 21 45 66 32 El Porvenir 42 9 12 21 44 60 30 Talleres 42 7 9 26 36 73 23 At the end of the season, AFA modified the structure of their tournaments. First Level was increased to 24 teams and it was necessary to play a playoff for a second promotion place. AFA select the teams according to their performances and the taking obtained during the last years. All the matches in this tournament were played in neutral grounds. Preliminary round: San Telmo-Deportivo Italiano 3-1/5-2 Tigre Los Andes 1-0/1-1 Quarterfinal round: All Boys-Nueva Chicago 1-1/2-4 Deportivo Morón-Temperley 0-0/3-3 (pk 1-2) San Telmo-Deportivo Español 1-2/2-3 Tigre-Almagro 2-0/2-4 Semi-final round: Deportivo Español-Temperley 2-0/2-0 Nueva Chicago-Almagro 0-1/3-0 [aet] Final round: Deportivo Español-Nueva Chicago 2-1/3-2 SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Unión (Santa Fe) and Deportivo Español Relegated to Primera C: none Promoted from Primera C: Estudiantes de Buenos Aires Relegated from Primera A: none Primera B was reduced to 21 teams in 1967. 1967 - PRIMERA B Zona A GP W D L GS GA PT Tigre 18 9 5 4 32 23 23 Los Andes 18 7 6 5 30 20 20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Deportivo Italiano 18 7 6 5 29 24 20 Arsenal F.C. 18 6 8 4 29 29 20 Villa Dálmine 18 8 3 7 32 30 19 Sarmiento 18 5 8 5 27 28 18 Excursionistas 18 6 6 6 25 28 18 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- San Telmo 18 7 3 8 23 26 17 Talleres 18 5 4 9 25 33 14 All Boys 18 2 7 9 20 31 11 Zona B GP W D L GS GA PT Defensores de Belgrano 20 14 3 3 34 16 31 Almagro 20 11 5 4 36 19 27 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Deportivo Morón 20 8 8 4 29 20 24 Almirante Brown 20 7 7 6 25 27 21 Argentino de Quilmes 20 8 4 8 28 29 20 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 20 7 6 7 24 23 20 Temperley 20 4 10 6 27 31 18 Sportivo Dock Sud 20 7 4 9 20 26 18 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Nueva Chicago 20 5 8 7 19 22 18 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 20 4 4 12 20 30 12 El Porvenir 20 2 7 11 12 31 11 Final match to decide the championship (not to decide promotion): DEFENSORES DE BELGRANO-Tigre 2-0 (at Platense) -Teams placed in first and second in each group advanced to Primera A Reclasificatorio. -Teams placed in third to eighth in each group played the Torneo Promocional. -Teams placed in ninth to eleventh in each group played the Primera B Reclasificatorio. Primera A Reclasificatorio Tournament Tournament played by six teams from Primera A and four from Primera B. The letters within brackets denotes the division where the team played during the regular season. GP W D L GS GA PT Newell's Old Boys (A) 18 8 7 3 20 12 23 Atlanta (A) 18 9 4 5 27 14 22 Tigre (B) 18 6 8 4 15 12 20 promoted Los Andes (B) 18 6 7 5 20 16 19 promoted Chacarita Juniors (A) 18 6 7 5 18 16 19 Argentinos Juniors (A) 18 7 4 7 21 24 18 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Almagro (B) 18 5 7 6 20 24 17 Unión (Santa Fe) (A) 18 6 5 7 17 20 17 relegated Deportivo Español (A) 18 5 5 8 15 21 15 relegated Defens. de Belgrano (B)18 3 4 11 9 23 10 Primera B Promocional Tournament (no promotion or relegation) GP W D L GS GA PT Deportivo Italiano 20 13 3 4 39 27 29 Sarmiento 20 9 8 3 35 26 26 Almirante Brown 20 9 6 5 29 23 24 Arsenal FC 20 8 4 8 33 30 20 Temperley 20 9 2 9 32 27 20 Excursionistas 20 6 7 7 46 44 19 Villa Dálmine 20 5 8 7 30 30 18 Sportivo Dock Sud 20 5 8 7 26 28 18 Deportivo Morón 20 7 9 10 30 44 23 Estudiantes de Bs As. 20 5 7 8 20 28 17 Argentino de Quilmes 20 4 4 12 27 40 12 Primera B Reclasificatorio Tournament Played by six teams from Primera B and four of Primera C. The letters within brackets denotes the division where the team played during the regular season. GP W D L GS GA PT All Boys (B) 18 8 8 2 31 14 24 Comunicaciones (C) 18 10 3 5 36 19 23 (*) San Telmo (B) 18 7 9 2 32 18 23 Liniers (C) 18 8 7 3 30 15 23 promoted Nueva Chicago (B) 18 9 4 5 39 21 22 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Talleres (B) 18 9 4 5 30 19 22 relegated Ctral. Córdoba [R] (B) 18 4 9 5 25 25 17 relegated Flandria (C) 18 4 4 10 24 44 12 El Porvenir (B) 18 1 8 9 10 40 10 relegated Atlético Arsenal (C) 18 1 2 15 16 58 4 (*) Comunicaciones refused to be promoted because its statute no allowed competing in a professional division. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Tigre and Los Andes Relegated to Primera C: Talleres, Central Córdoba (Rosario) and El Porvenir Promoted from Primera C: Liniers Relegated from Primera A: Unión (Santa Fe) and Deportivo Español Primera B was reduced to 19 teams in 1968. 1968 - PRIMERA B First Stage GP W D L GS GA PT ALMAGRO 18 10 6 2 28 14 26 Nueva Chicago 18 8 10 0 21 10 26 Unión (Santa Fe) 18 9 7 2 35 14 25 Deportivo Morón 18 9 7 2 34 21 25 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Arsenal F.C. 18 9 7 2 33 19 25 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 18 7 6 5 20 23 20 Defensores de Belgrano 18 7 4 7 37 31 18 Excursionistas 18 8 2 8 28 31 18 Temperley 18 6 6 6 17 19 18 Argentino de Quilmes 18 7 3 8 23 26 17 All Boys 18 5 6 7 20 19 16 Deportivo Español 18 5 6 7 18 19 16 Liniers 18 3 9 6 18 25 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarmiento 18 5 3 10 24 36 13 San Telmo 18 5 3 10 18 26 13 Almirante Brown 18 3 7 8 18 30 13 Villa Dálmine 18 4 5 9 16 25 13 Sportivo Dock Sud 18 3 7 8 16 27 13 Deportivo Italiano 18 2 8 8 31 40 12 -Teams placed in first to fourth advanced to Primera A Reclasificatorio. -Teams placed in fifth to thirteenth played the Torneo Promocional. -Teams placed in fourteenth to nineteenth played the Primera B Reclasificatorio. Primera A Reclassification Tournament Tournament played by six teams from Primera A and four from Primera B. The letters within brackets denotes the division where the team played during the regular season. GP W D L GS GA PT Quilmes (A) 18 7 9 2 25 11 23 Atlanta (A) 18 7 8 3 18 12 22 Gim. y Esgr. L.P. (A) 18 8 5 5 23 16 21 Platense (A) 18 6 8 4 24 21 20 Unión (Santa Fe) (B) 18 5 10 3 19 21 20 promoted Deportivo Morón (B) 18 5 9 4 18 14 19 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ferro Carril Oeste (A) 18 4 9 5 17 18 17 relegated Nueva Chicago (B) 18 4 6 8 15 23 14 Almagro (B) 18 3 6 9 22 33 12 Tigre (A) 18 1 10 7 13 25 12 relegated Primera B Promotional Tournament (no promotion or relegation) GP W D L GS GA PT Arsenal F.C. 16 10 6 0 38 12 26 All Boys 16 10 4 2 30 14 24 Depotivo Español 16 9 4 3 36 18 22 Liniers 16 7 5 4 23 22 19 Defensores de Belgrano 16 6 5 5 23 27 17 Excursionistas 16 4 8 4 30 28 16 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 16 4 2 10 15 23 10 Temperley 16 1 4 11 18 39 6 All Boys 16 1 2 13 14 44 4 Primera B Reclassification Tournament Played by six teams from Primera B and four of Primera C. The letters within brackets denotes the division where the team played during the regular season. GP W D L GS GA PT Almirante Brown (B) 18 8 7 3 38 19 23 El Porvenir (C) 18 9 5 4 34 22 23 promoted San Telmo (B) 18 9 5 4 26 15 23 Sportivo Dock Sud (B) 18 9 4 5 30 23 22 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Villa Dálmine (B) 18 8 5 5 33 24 21 relegated Deportivo Italiano (B) 18 5 5 8 24 40 15 relegated J. J. de Urquiza (C) 18 5 5 8 25 31 15 Sarmiento (B) 18 4 6 8 16 22 14 relegated Colegiales (C) 18 4 5 9 20 30 13 Fénix (C) 18 4 3 11 14 34 11 SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Unión (Santa Fe) and Deportivo Morón Relegated to Primera C: Villa Dálmine, Deportivo Italiano and Sarmiento Promoted from Primera C: El Porvenir Relegated from Primera A: Ferro Carril Oeste and Tigre Primera B was reduced to 17 teams in 1969. 1969 - PRIMERA B First Stage GP W D L GS GA PT San Telmo 16 10 5 1 32 17 25 Ferro Carril Oeste 16 7 6 3 32 21 20 Excursionistas 16 7 5 4 31 22 19 Deportivo Español 16 7 5 4 27 21 19 Temperley 16 7 5 4 22 17 19 Arsenal F.C. 16 7 5 4 19 12 19 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 16 5 7 4 26 20 17 Defensores de Belgrano 16 6 5 5 25 21 17 Nueva Chicago 16 7 3 6 24 21 17 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Almirante Brown 16 5 6 5 23 15 16 Almagro 16 6 3 7 25 26 15 Tigre 16 4 7 5 18 18 15 All Boys 16 5 5 6 15 19 15 Argentino de Quilmes 16 4 4 8 19 31 12 Liniers 16 4 2 10 24 41 10 Sportivo Dock Sud 16 2 5 9 15 38 9 El Porvenir 16 3 2 11 14 31 8 -Top 9 advanced to Championship Group. Bottom 8 played the Reclasificatorio. Championship Group GP W D L GS GA PT FERRO CARRIL OESTE 16 9 6 1 28 14 24 San Telmo 16 9 4 3 29 18 22 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Arsenal F.C. 16 7 7 2 29 24 21 Defensores de Belgrano 16 4 7 5 28 25 15 Deportivo Español 16 4 7 5 19 19 15 Nueva Chicago 16 5 4 7 24 29 14 Excursionistas 16 5 4 7 20 22 14 Temperley 16 3 5 8 21 27 11 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 16 2 4 10 15 35 8 Ferro Carril Oeste and San Telmo advanced into the second stage of the Primera A Reclasificatorio Primera A Reclasificatorio Tournament (Second stage) Played by two teams of Primera A and two from Primera B. The letters within brackets denotes the division where the team played during the regular season. GP W D L GS GA PT Banfield (A) 3 2 0 1 5 2 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ferro Carril Oeste (B) 3 1 1 1 4 5 3 Deportivo Morón (A) 3 1 1 1 4 5 3 relegated San Telmo (B) 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 Primera B Reclasificatorio Tournament First Stage GP W D L GS GA PT Liniers 14 6 6 2 18 10 18 Almirante Brown 14 6 6 2 17 10 18 Tigre 14 6 5 3 22 20 17 All Boys 14 5 6 3 12 12 16 --------------------------------------------------------------- Sportivo Dock Sud 14 5 4 5 20 20 14 Almagro 14 5 3 6 21 15 13 Argentino de Quilmes 14 4 3 7 16 25 11 El Porvenir 14 1 3 10 7 22 5 Top 4 remained in Primera B. Bottom 4 played the Second Stage along with teams from Primera C. Second Stage GP W D L GS GA PT Comunicaciones (C) 6 5 0 1 22 5 10 promoted Almagro (B) 6 4 2 0 17 8 10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Talleres (C) 6 4 1 1 14 7 9 Sportivo Dock Sud (B) 6 3 0 3 12 13 6 relegated Central Córdoba [R](C) 6 2 0 4 13 23 4 El Porvenir (B) 6 1 0 5 7 16 2 relegated Argent. de Quilmes (B) 6 0 1 5 5 18 1 relegated SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: none Relegated to Primera C: Sportivo Dock Sud, El Porvenir and Argentino de Quilmes Promoted from Primera C: Comunicaciones Relegated from Primera A: Deportivo Morón Primera B was reduced to 16 teams in 1970. 1970 - PRIMERA B First Stage GP W D L GS GA PT Deportivo Morón 30 15 11 4 40 26 41 Arsenal F.C. 30 15 8 7 51 27 38 Almirante Brown 30 12 12 6 44 31 36 Excursionistas 30 15 6 9 42 39 36 San Telmo 30 13 8 9 41 38 34 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 30 12 10 8 39 35 34 All Boys 30 12 9 9 48 46 33 Ferro Carril Oeste 30 11 11 8 46 35 33 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Almagro 30 11 9 10 47 34 31 Comunicaciones 30 11 9 10 43 41 31 Deportivo Español 30 11 9 10 34 32 31 Defensores de Belgrano 30 11 6 13 49 52 28 Tigre 30 10 6 14 43 48 26 Temperley 30 6 8 16 38 57 20 Nueva Chicago 30 5 7 18 34 60 17 Liniers 30 3 5 22 30 70 11 Top 8 advanced to Championship Group. Bottom 8 played the Primera B Reclasificatorio. Championship Group GP W D L GS GA PT FERRO CARRIL OESTE 7 5 0 2 15 9 10 Almirante Brown 7 4 1 2 17 12 9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Arsenal FC 7 4 1 2 13 11 9 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 7 4 1 2 11 9 9 All Boys 7 2 3 2 13 14 7 San Telmo 7 2 1 4 6 9 5 Excursionistas 7 1 2 4 7 11 4 Deportivo Morón 7 1 1 5 5 12 3 Ferro Carril Oeste and Almirante Brown advanced into the second stage of the Primera A Reclasificatorio. Primera A Reclasificatorio Tournament (Second stage) In the First Stage Unión (Santa Fe) and Lanús were relegated to Primera B. GP W D L GS GA PT Ferro Carril Oeste (B) 3 3 0 0 10 1 6 promoted Colón (A) 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Quilmes (A) 3 1 1 1 3 6 3 relegated Almirante Brown (B) 3 0 0 3 4 10 0 At the end of this season Unión (Santa Fe) left the AFA and returned to its regional league. Primera B Reclasificatorio Tournament First Stage GP W D L GS GA PT Temperley 7 3 3 1 10 5 9 9 Comunicaciones 7 1 6 0 7 6 8 8 Nueva Chicago 7 2 3 2 13 9 7 7 Deportivo Español 7 1 5 1 10 9 7 7 Defensores de Belgrano 7 2 3 2 10 10 7 7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Almagro 7 2 3 2 7 7 7 7 Liniers 7 3 1 3 6 9 7 7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tigre 7 0 4 3 6 14 4 relegated 4 Almagro and Liniers advanced to the second stage. Tigre was relegated directly. Second Stage GP W D L GS GA PT Talleres (C) 3 2 1 0 8 1 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Argent. de Quilmes (C) 3 2 0 1 8 5 4 Almagro (B) 3 1 1 1 7 8 3 relegated Liniers (B) 3 0 0 3 5 14 0 relegated
SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Ferro Carril Oeste Relegated to Primera C: Almagro, Liniers and Tigre Promoted from Primera C: Talleres Relegated from Primera A: Quilmes, Unión (Santa Fe) and Lanús
Primera B was reduced to 15 teams in 1971. 1971 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT LANÚS 28 17 7 4 66 31 41 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Arsenal F.C. 28 14 7 7 59 42 35 San Telmo 28 11 10 7 42 36 32 All Boys 28 9 13 6 36 33 31 Excursionistas 28 10 10 8 52 55 30 Talleres 28 8 12 8 40 40 28 Almirante Brown 28 8 11 9 32 35 27 Deportivo Morón 28 9 9 10 26 27 27 Temperley 28 10 7 11 40 48 27 Quilmes 28 7 12 9 37 34 26 Deportivo Español 28 6 12 10 31 35 24 Comunicaciones 28 8 7 13 39 43 23 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 28 4 13 11 33 49 21 Nueva Chicago 28 12 9 7 47 36 19 (*) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Defensores de Belgrano 28 5 5 18 33 69 15 relegated (*) Nueva Chicago had 14 points deducted due to a bribery attempt. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Lanús Relegated to Primera C: Defensores de Belgrano Promoted from Primera C: Almagro and Tigre Relegated from Primera A: Los Andes and Platense Primera B was increased to 17 teams in 1972. 1972 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT ALL BOYS 32 21 6 5 53 33 48 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Almirante Brown 32 19 7 6 52 29 45 Nueva Chicago 32 15 12 5 51 29 42 Temperley 32 15 10 7 50 38 40 Deportivo Morón 32 14 9 9 44 34 37 San Telmo 32 11 11 10 32 36 33 Platense 32 10 12 10 45 44 32 Almagro 32 9 12 11 43 46 30 Los Andes 32 11 7 14 45 41 29 Talleres 32 9 11 12 41 44 29 Comunicaciones 32 8 12 12 40 39 28 Quilmes 32 10 8 14 48 60 28 Arsenal F.C. 32 9 9 14 36 42 27 Tigre 32 7 13 12 38 46 27 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 32 7 11 14 29 50 25 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Excursionistas 32 9 6 17 41 59 24 relegated Deportivo Español 32 6 8 18 30 48 20 relegated SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: All Boys Relegated to Primera C: Excursionistas and Deportivo Español Promoted from Primera C: Defensores de Belgrano and Flandria Relegated from Primera A: Banfield and Lanús Unión (Santa Fe) was readmitted to the competition for 1973 and kept its place in Primera B. Primera B was increased to 19 teams in 1973. 1973 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT BANFIELD 36 19 12 5 68 37 50 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Temperley 36 18 10 8 70 50 46 Quilmes 36 17 11 8 56 42 45 Defensores de Belgrano 36 17 11 8 41 27 45 Unión (Santa Fe) 36 13 16 7 50 32 42 Platense 36 13 13 10 55 48 39 Lanús 36 16 6 14 57 43 38 Talleres 36 13 12 11 61 52 38 Comunicaciones 36 13 12 11 46 42 38 Arsenal F.C. 36 12 11 13 44 52 35 Flandria 36 11 12 13 42 52 34 Tigre 36 13 7 16 51 59 33 Almagro 36 11 10 15 45 53 32 Nueva Chicago 36 8 16 12 38 49 32 Almirante Brown 36 11 9 16 49 53 31 San Telmo 36 9 13 14 39 45 31 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 36 11 8 17 53 66 30 Deportivo Morón 36 4 14 18 30 58 22 Los Andes 36 7 9 20 40 75 7 (*) (*) Los Andes had 16 points deducted. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Banfield Relegated to Primera C: none Promoted from Primera C: Central Córdoba (Ros.) and Sportivo Dock Sud Relegated from Primera A: none Primera B was increased to 20 teams in 1974. 1974 - PRIMERA B This season was divided in two different tournaments. Torneo Preparación Zona Norte (Northern Zone) GP W D L GS GA PT Central Córdoba (Ros.) 18 10 4 4 35 23 24 to Final Group (1) Nueva Chicago 18 9 5 4 27 18 23 to Final Group (1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Platense 18 6 7 5 36 29 19 Almagro 18 7 5 6 38 36 19 Defensores de Belgrano 18 6 7 5 23 28 19 Comunicaciones 18 6 6 6 26 24 18 Flandria 18 6 5 7 19 29 17 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 18 5 5 8 26 28 15 Tigre 18 5 5 8 20 28 15 Deportivo Morón 18 1 9 8 18 28 11 Zona Sur (Southern Zone) GP W D L GS GA PT Temperley 18 10 6 2 29 16 26 to Final Group (1) Unión (Santa Fe) 18 10 4 4 28 18 24 to Final Group (1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- San Telmo 18 7 6 5 21 17 20 Lanús 18 7 6 5 21 18 20 Arsenal F.C. 18 7 4 7 14 20 18 Almirante Brown 18 6 5 7 19 21 17 Sportivo Dock Sud 18 5 6 7 17 22 16 Los Andes 18 5 3 10 25 31 13 Quilmes 18 4 5 9 18 24 13 Talleres 18 6 1 11 17 25 13 Copa Campeonato (Championship Cup) Zona Norte (Northern Zone) GP W D L GS GA PT Deportivo Morón 18 8 9 1 30 18 25 to Final Group (2) Estudiantes de Bs. As. 18 9 6 3 35 25 24 to Final Group (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Platense 18 8 7 3 21 14 23 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 18 7 8 3 27 19 22 Comunicaciones 18 5 9 4 18 17 19 Defensores de Belgrano 18 7 4 7 22 28 18 Nueva Chicago 18 5 7 6 22 24 17 Almagro 18 5 4 9 27 28 14 Flandria 18 4 5 9 18 26 13 Tigre 18 0 5 13 18 39 5 Zona Sur (Southern Zone) GP W D L GS GA PT Lanús 18 11 4 3 35 15 26 to Final Group (2) Almirante Brown 18 9 6 3 24 20 24 to Final Group (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- San Telmo 18 8 5 5 22 15 21 Unión (Santa Fe) 18 7 6 5 24 19 20 Arsenal F.C. 18 8 4 6 20 16 20 Los Andes 18 5 8 5 17 18 18 Quilmes 18 4 7 7 17 22 15 Temperley 18 4 6 8 28 28 14 Sportivo Dock Sud 18 5 4 9 23 26 14 Talleres 18 4 0 14 18 49 8 Final Group (Torneo Preparación) -all matches in neutral venue- GP W D L GS GA PT Unión (Santa Fe) 3 1 2 0 5 1 4 to Championship Group Temperley 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 to Championship Group ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Central Córdoba (Ros.) 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 Nueva Chicago 3 0 2 1 2 6 2 Final Group (Copa Campeonato) -all matches in neutral venue- GP W D L GS GA PT Estudiantes de BA (+) 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 to Championship Group Lanús 3 0 3 0 2 2 3 to Championship Group ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Deportivo Morón 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 Almirante Brown (+) 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 (+) Estudiantes 1 - Almirante Brown 1: both teams lost points by a doping affair. Primera B Championship Group -all matches in neutral venue- TEMPERLEY 3 1 2 0 5 3 4 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Unión (Santa Fe) 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 second promotion playoff Estudiantes de Bs. As. 3 0 3 0 1 1 3 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lanús 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 Playoff for the second promotion place: Unión (Santa Fe)-Estudiantes de Bs.As. 1-0 SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Temperley and Unión (Santa Fe) Relegated to Primera C: none Promoted from Primera C: Deportivo Italiano and Sarmiento Relegated from Primera A: none 1975 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT QUILMES 38 24 10 4 69 30 58 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- San Telmo 38 19 15 4 69 41 53 Sarmiento 38 20 11 7 74 42 51 Lanús 38 17 14 7 80 50 48 Almirante Brown 38 17 10 11 59 44 44 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 38 18 8 12 58 45 44 Platense 38 17 10 11 63 54 44 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Arsenal F.C. 38 14 11 13 47 41 39 Deportivo Italiano 38 14 10 14 48 52 38 Tigre 38 17 9 12 65 58 37 (*) Los Andes 38 14 8 16 69 59 36 Comunicaciones 38 13 9 16 54 59 35 Nueva Chicago 38 10 14 14 51 65 34 Flandria 38 11 10 17 51 76 32 Defensores de Belgrano 38 8 15 15 49 62 31 Deportivo Morón 38 10 10 18 62 79 30 Talleres 38 9 10 19 46 64 28 Almagro 38 8 11 19 55 80 27 Sportivo Dock Sud 38 5 15 18 35 69 23 (**) Estudiantes de Bs. As. 38 5 10 23 33 67 20 (*) Tigre had 6 points deducted. (**) Sportivo Dock Sud had 2 points deducted. Tournament for the second promotion place: -all matches played in neutral venues- GP W D L GS GA PT San Telmo 5 4 1 0 9 4 9 promoted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lanús 5 3 1 1 10 4 7 Sarmiento 5 1 2 2 9 8 4 Almirante Brown 5 1 2 2 7 10 4 Platense 5 1 1 3 4 7 3 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 5 1 1 3 5 11 3 Promoted to Primera A: Quilmes and San Telmo Relegated to Primera C: none Promoted from Primera C: Villa Dálmine and El Porvenir Relegated from Primera A: none 1976 - PRIMERA B This season was divided in two separate tournaments. First Championship GP W D L GS GA PT Platense 19 10 6 3 32 21 26 Tigre 19 11 4 4 32 23 26 Villa Dálmine 19 9 6 4 39 26 24 Lanús 19 9 6 4 33 22 24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Almagro 19 9 4 6 36 29 22 Los Andes 19 7 8 4 25 21 22 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 19 8 6 5 25 15 22 Deportivo Morón 19 6 8 5 28 25 20 Nueva Chicago 19 6 7 6 25 28 19 Arsenal F.C. 19 4 10 5 17 18 18 Talleres 19 4 10 5 22 26 18 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 19 4 10 5 16 21 18 Deportivo Italiano 19 4 10 5 27 34 18 El Porvenir 19 5 7 7 30 31 17 Almirante Brown 19 6 5 8 24 25 17 Sportivo Dock Sud 19 6 5 8 21 25 17 Sarmiento 19 5 6 8 26 34 16 Flandria 19 3 8 8 30 37 14 Defensores de Belgrano 19 2 7 10 27 37 11 Comunicaciones 19 5 1 13 18 35 11 Teams placed in first to fourth advanced to the Final Tournament. As three teams finished tied in the fifth place, a playoff tournament was necessary to qualified two more teams to the Final Tournament. Playoff Tournament for two places to the Final Group: -all matches played at neutral venues- GP W D L GS GA PT Almagro 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 Los Andes 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Central Córdoba (Ros.) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Almagro and Los Andes advanced to the Final Group. The match Central Córdoba-Almagro was not played to be unnecessary. Final Group GP W D L GS GA PT PLATENSE 5 3 2 0 9 3 8 promoted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lanús 5 3 1 1 8 2 7 Almagro 5 3 1 1 7 8 7 Los Andes 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 Villa Dálmine 5 1 0 4 2 8 2 Tigre 4 0 1 3 2 6 1 The match Los Andes-Tigre was never played. Platense was promoted to Primera A, and played the Campeonato Nacional 1976. Second Tournament GP W D L GS GA PT Almirante Brown 18 12 5 1 34 20 29 Talleres 18 8 8 2 24 14 24 Lanús 18 9 5 4 34 18 23 Los Andes 18 8 5 5 40 32 21 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 18 5 11 2 24 16 21 Villa Dálmine 18 8 4 6 31 24 20 Almagro 18 5 10 3 27 24 20 Nueva Chicago 18 7 6 5 30 24 20 Tigre 18 6 7 5 21 19 19 Arsenal 18 7 4 7 30 27 18 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 18 5 8 5 31 33 18 Flandria 18 7 3 8 31 36 17 Deportivo Morón 18 6 4 8 30 37 16 El Porvenir 18 3 10 5 25 31 16 Sportivo Dock Sud 18 4 8 6 20 26 16 Sarmiento 18 4 8 6 27 35 16 Comunicaciones 18 6 1 11 32 41 13 Deportivo Italiano 18 1 7 10 11 29 9 Defensores de Belgrano 18 2 2 14 22 38 6 Aggregated table (points of the First and Second Tournaments): GP W D L GS GA PT Lanús 37 18 11 8 57 40 47 Almirante Brown 37 18 10 9 58 42 46 Tigre 37 17 11 9 53 42 45 Villa Dálmine 37 17 10 10 70 50 44 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 37 13 17 7 49 31 43 Los Andes 37 15 13 9 65 53 43 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Almagro 37 14 14 9 63 53 42 Talleres 37 12 18 7 46 40 42 Nueva Chicago 37 13 13 11 55 52 39 Arsenal F.C. 37 11 14 12 47 45 36 Deportivo Morón 37 12 12 13 58 62 36 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 37 9 18 10 47 54 36 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- El Porvenir 37 8 17 12 55 62 33 Sportivo Dock Sud 37 10 13 14 41 51 33 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarmiento 37 9 14 14 53 69 32 Flandria 37 10 11 16 61 73 31 Deportivo Italiano 37 5 17 15 38 63 27 Comunicaciones 37 11 2 24 50 76 24 Defensores de Belgrano 37 4 9 24 49 75 17 Teams placed in the first to sixth advanced to the Final Tournament. Teams placed in the fourteenth to nineteenth played the Relegation Group. As El Porvenir and Sportivo Dock Sud finished tied in the thirteenth place a playoff match was necessary to decide the team that played in the Relegation Group. El Porvenir-Sportivo Dock Sud 2-0 (at Los Andes) Final group GP W D L GS GA PT LANÚS 5 5 0 0 15 4 10 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Almirante Brown 5 3 1 1 8 4 7 Los Andes 5 2 1 2 8 9 5 Tigre 5 1 0 4 8 10 0 (*) Villa Dálmine (+) 5 1 0 4 5 12 0 Central Córdoba [R](+) 5 1 0 4 2 9 0 (*) Tigre had 2 points deducted. (*) The match Central Córdoba-Villa Dálmine was awarded 0-1 to both teams. Additionally 2 points were deducted to both teams. Relegation Group GP W D L GS GA PT Flandria 5 2 2 1 9 7 6 Comunicaciones 5 2 2 1 9 9 6 Defensores de Belgrano 5 2 1 2 6 4 5 Deportivo Italiano 5 2 1 2 4 5 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarmiento 5 2 0 3 5 6 4 relegated Sportivo Dock Sud 5 1 2 2 7 9 4 relegated SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Lanús Relegated to Primera C: Sarmiento and Sportivo Dock Sud Promoted from Primera C: Deportivo Armenio and Argentino de Quilmes Relegated from Primera A: San Telmo Primera B was reduced to 19 teams in 1977. 1977 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT ESTUDIANTES DE BS. AS. 36 17 14 5 55 38 48 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Los Andes 36 17 12 7 64 52 46 Deportivo Armenio 36 15 12 9 59 41 42 Defensores de Belgrano 36 13 14 9 56 48 40 Flandria 36 13 14 9 56 51 40 Argentino de Quilmes 36 14 11 11 50 45 39 Tigre 36 10 19 7 49 44 39 San Telmo 36 15 9 12 48 44 39 Villa Dálmine 36 11 16 9 47 52 38 Almirante Brown 36 13 11 12 43 41 37 Deportivo Italiano 36 11 12 13 48 46 34 El Porvenir 36 8 17 11 47 48 33 Nueva Chicago 36 12 9 15 46 50 33 Arsenal F.C. 36 13 6 17 55 53 32 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Almagro 36 8 15 13 42 53 31 relegation playoff Talleres 36 9 13 14 50 56 31 relegation playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Central Córdoba (Ros.) 36 9 12 15 31 40 30 relegated Deportivo Morón 36 8 12 16 40 60 28 relegated Comunicaciones 36 9 6 21 43 72 24 relegated Relegation Playoff: Almagro-Talleres 3-1 (at San Lorenzo de Almagro) SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Estudiantes de Buenos Aires Relegated to Primera C: Talleres, Central Córdoba (Rosario), Deportivo Morón and Comunicaciones. Promoted from Primera C: Sarmiento Relegated from Primera A: Lanús, Temperley and Ferro Carril Oeste Primera B was reduced to 18 teams in 1978. 1978 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT FERRO CARRIL OESTE 34 19 12 3 64 28 50 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Almirante Brown 34 17 12 5 52 37 46 Los Andes 34 13 15 6 63 46 41 Tigre 34 13 12 9 55 45 38 Defensores de Belgrano 34 11 12 11 41 47 34 Temperley 34 11 11 12 54 51 33 Sarmiento 34 11 11 12 50 50 33 Deportivo Italiano 34 10 13 11 47 47 33 El Porvenir 34 12 8 14 46 55 32 Nueva Chicago 34 9 14 11 45 49 32 Almagro 34 8 16 10 42 50 32 Deportivo Armenio 34 9 14 11 40 49 32 Arsenal F.C. 34 8 15 11 44 47 31 Argentino de Quilmes 34 9 12 13 44 55 30 Flandria 34 9 12 13 39 48 30 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Villa Dálmine 34 9 11 14 45 47 29 relegation playoff Lanús 34 10 9 15 39 47 29 relegation playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- San Telmo 34 11 5 18 52 64 27 relegated Relegation Playoff: Villa Dálmine-Lanús 2-0 (at San Lorenzo de Almagro) SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Ferro Carril Oeste Relegated to Primera C: Lanús and San Telmo Promoted from Primera C: Talleres Relegated from Primera A: Banfield and Estudiantes de Buenos Aires 1979 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT TIGRE 34 18 14 2 49 26 50 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Deportivo Italiano 34 19 11 4 59 40 49 Banfield 34 16 8 10 52 41 40 Talleres 34 16 8 10 52 45 40 Villa Dálmine 34 15 6 13 60 47 36 Los Andes 34 12 12 10 34 30 36 Nueva Chicago 34 12 11 11 44 42 35 Almagro 34 12 11 11 51 53 35 Temperley 34 12 10 12 46 44 34 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 34 12 9 13 58 50 33 Defensores de Belgrano 34 11 9 14 32 40 31 Deportivo Armenio 34 10 10 14 47 53 30 Sarmiento 34 8 13 13 38 51 29 Arsenal F.C. 34 7 14 13 34 42 28 Almirante Brown 34 9 10 15 36 47 28 Argentino de Quilmes 34 9 9 16 39 48 27 El Porvenir 34 9 9 16 44 57 27 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Flandria 34 7 10 17 32 51 24 relegated SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Tigre Relegated to Primera C: Flandria Promoted from Primera C: Deportivo Español Relegated from Primera A: Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Chacarita Juniors and Atlanta Primera B was increased to 20 teams in 1980. 1980 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT SARMIENTO 38 24 6 8 51 30 54 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlanta 38 20 12 6 54 31 52 Nueva Chicago 38 17 16 5 57 30 50 Gimnasia y Esgr. L.P. 38 19 8 11 55 42 46 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 38 18 10 10 56 46 46 Los Andes 38 13 14 11 50 41 40 Almagro 38 13 14 11 50 45 40 Defensores de Belgrano 38 12 14 12 44 41 38 Villa Dálmine 38 13 11 14 48 47 37 Temperley 38 12 13 13 43 45 37 Deportivo Italiano 38 9 16 13 42 48 34 Almirante Brown 38 10 14 14 28 40 34 Deportivo Español 38 11 11 16 46 50 33 Arsenal F.C. 38 8 17 13 48 54 33 Argentino de Quilmes 38 10 12 16 48 60 32 Banfield 38 8 15 15 49 55 31 Talleres 38 10 11 17 33 42 31 El Porvenir 38 10 11 17 34 53 31 Deportivo Armenio 38 6 19 13 44 67 31 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Chacarita Juniors 38 7 16 15 32 45 30 relegated SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Sarmiento Relegated to Primera C: Chacarita Juniors Promoted from Primera C: Deportivo Morón Relegated from Primera A: Quilmes, All Boys and Tigre Primera B was increased to 22 teams in 1981. 1981 - PRIMERA B GP W D L GS GA PT NUEVA CHICAGO 42 22 14 6 66 40 58 promoted Quilmes 42 18 19 5 57 33 55 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Banfield 42 18 13 11 60 49 49 Arsenal F.C. 42 19 9 14 68 57 47 Los Andes 42 18 11 13 57 49 47 Deportivo Español 42 15 15 12 61 52 45 Gimnasia y Esgrima L.P. 42 14 17 11 54 55 45 Deportivo Italiano 42 17 10 15 46 50 44 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 42 16 11 15 67 54 43 Deportivo Morón 42 13 17 12 47 41 43 Atlanta 42 16 11 15 56 53 43 Temperley 42 12 16 14 55 59 40 Talleres 42 14 11 17 41 57 39 Tigre 42 10 18 14 62 56 38 Almirante Brown 42 14 10 18 38 41 38 Argentino de Quilmes 42 12 14 16 47 52 38 All Boys 42 11 16 15 48 55 38 Deportivo Armenio 42 13 12 17 59 67 38 Defensores de Belgrano 42 12 14 16 42 59 38 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- El Porvenir 42 9 17 16 51 55 35 relegation playoff Villa Dálmine 42 11 13 18 40 66 35 relegation playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Almagro 42 7 14 21 37 59 28 relegated Relegation playoff: El Porvenir-Villa Dálmine 0-0 (pk 4-3) (at Atlanta) SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Nueva Chicago and Quilmes Relegated to Primera C: Villa Dálmine and Almagro Promoted from Primera C: Lanús and Chacarita Juniors Relegated from Primera A: San Lorenzo de Almagro and Colón 1982 - PRIMERA B >From this season and until 1984, teams were divided into two groups; but they played against all the others. Teams with more points at the end of the regular stage was promoted. Top four of each group (excluding the champions) played a tournament for the second promotion place. The two teams with fewer points at the end of the regular stage were relegated. Zona A GP W D L GS GA PT Gimn. y Esgr. La Plata 42 17 15 10 72 56 49 Chacarita Juniors 42 18 12 12 65 49 48 Almirante Brown 42 16 13 13 55 47 45 Deportivo Español 42 16 12 14 57 45 44 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Deportivo Armenio 42 15 13 14 52 53 43 Los Andes 42 14 14 14 58 58 42 Arsenal F.C. 42 12 18 12 53 53 42 Colón 42 14 12 16 62 60 40 Tigre 42 11 15 16 35 50 37 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Talleres 42 12 12 18 57 78 36 relegation playoff Argentino de Quilmes 42 7 15 20 31 58 29 relegated Zona B GP W D L GS GA PT SAN LORENZO DE ALMAGRO 42 23 11 8 56 27 57 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlanta 42 19 9 14 67 49 47 Banfield 42 14 17 11 50 45 45 Temperley 42 15 14 13 59 49 44 Deportivo Italiano 42 16 12 14 51 43 44 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Defensores de Belgrano 42 13 18 11 55 61 44 Lanús 42 12 17 13 43 43 41 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 42 10 17 15 42 46 37 El Porvenir 42 11 15 16 46 55 37 Deportivo Morón 42 10 17 15 40 69 37 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- All Boys 42 10 16 16 44 56 36 relegation playoff Relegation playoff: All Boys-Talleres 0-0 (pk 3-2) (at Huracán) Playoff for the second promotion place Quarterfinal round: Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata-Dep. Italiano 2-0/2-1 Temperley-Chacarita Juniors 1-0/1-0 Atlanta-Deportivo Español 1-0/3-0 Banfield-Almirante Brown 2-1/0-0 Semi-final round: Temperley-Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 2-1/0-1 (pk 4-3) Banfield-Atlanta 0-0/0-1 Final round: Temperley-Atlanta 2-1/0-1 (pk 13-12) SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: San Lorenzo de Almagro and Temperley Relegated to Primera C: Talleres and Argentino de Quilmes Promoted from Primera C: Villa Dálmine and Central Córdoba (Rosario) Relegated from Primera A: Quilmes and Sarmiento The average system to decide the relegation places was re-established for the next season. 1983 - PRIMERA B Zona A GP W D L GS GA PT Tigre 42 20 10 12 56 49 50 Almirante Brown 42 17 13 12 60 44 47 Los Andes 42 16 14 12 49 44 46 Chacarita Juniors 42 13 17 12 43 36 43 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarmiento 42 16 11 15 52 46 43 Colón 42 14 13 15 54 61 41 Deportivo Armenio 42 11 17 14 50 50 39 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 42 13 12 17 50 47 38 relegated Arsenal F.C. 42 12 12 18 37 55 36 Deportivo Español 42 9 14 19 42 55 32 Gimnasia y Esgr. La P. 42 8 15 19 40 52 31 Zona B GP W D L GS GA PT ATLANTA 42 18 17 7 60 40 53 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Deportivo Italiano 42 17 14 11 60 49 48 All Boys 42 13 20 9 52 45 46 Quilmes 42 18 10 14 54 49 46 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 42 18 10 14 48 44 46 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- El Porvenir 42 14 16 12 55 55 44 Deportivo Morón 42 17 8 17 50 61 42 Banfield 42 14 13 15 38 45 41 Lanús 42 10 19 13 51 54 39 Defensores de Belgrano 42 13 11 18 42 56 37 Villa Dálmine 42 13 10 19 49 55 36 relegated Playoff for the second promotion place: Quarterfinal round: Chacarita Juniors-Tigre 1-1/2-2 (pk 5-4) Estudiantes de Bs.As.-Deportivo Italiano 1-1/2-2 (pk 4-5) Los Andes-Almirante Brown 3-2/1-1 All Boys-Quilmes 1-3/0-0 Semi-final round: Deportivo Italiano-Chacarita Juniors 0-1/0-1 Quilmes-Los Andes 1-1/0-1 Final round: Chacarita Juniors-Los Andes 2-0/3-3 SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Atlanta and Chacarita Juniors Relegated to Primera C: Central Córdoba (Rosario) and Villa Dálmine Promoted from Primera C: Argentino (Rosario) and Talleres Relegated from Primera A: Nueva Chicago and Racing Club 1984 - PRIMERA B Zona A GP W D L GS GA PT DEPORTIVO ESPAÑOL 42 30 7 5 73 30 67 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Racing Club 42 18 15 9 57 37 51 Argentino (Rosario) 42 19 9 14 60 57 47 Gimn. y Esgr. La Plata 42 18 10 14 64 53 46 Tigre 42 15 14 13 54 45 44 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Los Andes 42 14 16 12 61 60 44 Almirante Brown 42 12 15 15 55 60 39 Colón 42 12 13 17 49 56 37 Sarmiento 42 8 20 14 44 56 36 Arsenal F.C. 42 13 10 19 35 49 36 relegated Deportivo Armenio 42 5 13 24 29 65 23 relegated Zona B GP W D L GS GA PT Defensores de Belgrano 42 24 7 11 58 38 55 Lanús 42 19 11 12 67 48 49 Nueva Chicago 42 15 16 11 37 37 46 Deportivo Morón 42 14 16 12 54 44 44 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Banfield 42 15 13 14 60 48 43 Talleres 42 13 14 15 47 54 40 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 42 14 12 16 45 56 40 Quilmes 42 9 20 13 49 51 38 El Porvenir 42 10 15 17 47 66 35 All Boys 42 10 14 18 42 54 34 Deportivo Italiano 42 7 16 19 40 63 30 Playoff for the second promotion place Quarterfinal round: Defensores de Belgrano-Tigre 4-1/0-0 Deportivo Morón-Racing Club 1-2/1-0 Lanús-Nueva Chicago 3-1/1-1 Argentino (Rosario)-Gimn. Y Esgr. La Plata 1-1/1-2 Semi-final round: Defensores de Belgrano-Gimn. y Esgr. La Plata 2-2/0-1 Racing Club-Lanús 2-1/1-2 Final round: Racing Club-Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 1-3/2-4 SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Deportivo Español and Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Relegated to Primera C: Arsenal F.C. and Deportivo Armenio Promoted from Primera C: San Miguel and Villa Dálmine Relegated from Primera A: Rosario Central and Atlanta 1985 - PRIMERA B The "two zones" structure was maintained at the beginning of the season, but later the tournament was continued as a "one group" tournament. GP W D L GS GA PT ROSARIO CENTRAL 42 25 10 7 73 35 60 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- San Miguel 42 17 15 10 56 43 49 Racing Club 42 17 14 11 58 44 48 Lanús 42 16 15 11 59 43 47 Quilmes 42 16 15 11 54 45 47 Los Andes 42 15 17 10 50 43 47 Atlanta 42 16 15 11 47 43 47 Banfield 42 18 10 14 62 51 46 Defensores de Belgrano 42 14 18 10 55 47 46 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Estudiantes de Bs. As. 42 15 15 12 58 42 45 Colón 42 12 19 11 48 48 43 Villa Dálmine 42 13 16 13 53 54 42 Deportivo Italiano 42 13 16 13 48 40 42 Nueva Chicago 42 9 23 10 49 50 41 All Boys 42 12 16 14 51 56 40 Deportivo Morón 42 10 17 15 30 45 37 Tigre 42 11 14 17 40 56 36 El Porvenir 42 9 17 16 40 50 35 Argentino (Rosario) 42 9 16 17 36 51 34 Almirante Brown 42 7 17 18 34 60 31 Talleres 42 7 17 18 33 63 31 relegated Sarmiento 42 7 16 19 37 62 30 relegated Playoff for the second promotion place: Quarterfinal round: Defensores de Belgrano-San Miguel 2-1/0-1 Banfield-Racing Club 1-3/3-1 Atlanta-Lanús 2-0/1-2 Quilmes-Los Andes 2-2/1-1 Semi-final round: Quilmes-Racing Club 0-2/1-3 San Miguel-Atlanta 0-0/0-3 Final round: Atlanta-Racing Club 0-4/1-1 Promoted to Primera A: Rosario Central and Racing Club Relegated to Primera C: Sarmiento and Talleres Promoted from Primera C: Defensa y Justicia and Deportivo Armenio Relegated from Primera A: none -see below- In 1985 AFA modified the structure of its competitions. Primera B was replaced for a new Second Level division named Primera B Nacional. Clubs belonging to Regional Leagues were incorporated with "effective" places (until then they only had competed on First Level National Championships, as "invited" teams but they didn't take part on the regular seasons, with a few exceptions (three teams from Córdoba).
The season calendar was changed from the "calendar year" to the "European calendar". It starts with the First Level tournament for the 1985/86 season. In between, the Second Level clubs (and the lower levels too) played a tournament named "Apertura" to decide the eight teams that would play in the new division, and ten teams to compete in the new Third Level named Primera B Metropolitana (only to directly affiliated teams). 1986 - PRIMERA B (Torneo Apertura) -transitional tournament- Zone A GP W D L GS GA PT Los Andes 18 10 3 5 32 24 23 to Nacional B Deportivo Italiano 18 6 10 2 32 18 22 to Nacional B Defensa y Justicia 18 6 9 3 21 13 21 to Nacional B Lanús 18 7 7 4 28 21 21 to Nacional B ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Deportivo Morón 18 7 5 6 28 25 19 to B Metropolitana Atlanta 18 7 5 6 22 21 19 to B Metropolitana Almirante Brown 18 6 5 7 23 33 17 to B Metropolitana Nueva Chicago 18 5 6 7 31 28 16 to B Metropolitana Defensores de Belgrano 18 5 4 9 22 29 14 to B Metropolitana Argentino (Rosario) 18 2 4 12 8 35 8 to B Metropolitana Zone B GP W D L GS GA PT Banfield 18 9 5 4 24 15 23 to Nacional B Tigre 18 8 7 3 19 13 23 to Nacional B Deportivo Armenio 18 9 4 5 29 16 22 to Nacional B Colón 18 8 5 5 26 19 21 to Nacional B ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Estudiantes de Bs. As. 18 6 6 6 21 25 18 to B Metropolitana El Porvenir 18 5 7 6 17 18 17 to B Metropolitana San Miguel 18 5 6 7 18 21 16 to B Metropolitana All Boys 18 4 7 7 17 21 15 to B Metropolitana Villa Dálmine 18 4 6 8 13 24 14 to B Metropolitana Quilmes 18 3 5 10 16 28 11 to B Metropolitana At the end of the Primera A 1985/86 season, Chacarita Juniors was relegated to Second Level and Huracán (second worst average) played a playoff round along with the teams that had qualified to the Primera B Nacional (except Colón) for a place in Primera A in 1986/87. Playoff for a place in Primera A 1986/87: Quarterfinal round: Huracán-Lanús 2-0/3-2 Los Andes-Deportivo Armenio 1-0/2-2 (aet) Banfield-Defensa y Justicia 2-0/2-2 Deportivo Italiano-Tigre 2-0/2-1 Semi-final round: Huracán-Los Andes 1-0/3-1 Deportivo Italiano-Banfield 1-1/0-0 (pk 4-3) Final round: DEPORTIVO ITALIANO-Huracán 1-0/1-2/2-2 (pk 4-2) SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Deportivo Italiano Relegated from Primera A: Huracán and Chacarita Juniors Kept its places in Second Level (Primera Nacional B): Banfield, Los Andes, Tigre, Deportivo Armenio, Defensa y Justicia, Lanús and Colón Relegated to Third Level (Primera B Metropolitana): Deportivo Morón, Atlanta, Estudiantes de Bs. As., El Porvenir, Almirante Brown, Nueva Chicago, San Miguel, Defensores de Belgrano, All Boys, Villa Dálmine, Quilmes and Argentino (Rosario) Promoted to Second Level (Primera Nacional B): see below The Primera Nacional B division was started with 22 teams. 1986/87 - PRIMERA NACIONAL B The new division was formed with 9 teams directly affiliated to AFA and 13 teams belonging to Regional Leagues. Regional teams qualified were: Atlético Concepción (Banda del Río Salí - Tucumán) Belgrano (Córdoba) Central Córdoba (Santiago del Estero) Central Norte (Salta) Cipolletti (Cipolletti - Río Negro) Chaco For Ever (Resistencia - Chaco) Deportivo Maipú (Maipú - Mendoza) Deportivo Mandiyú (Corrientes) Douglas Haig (Pergamino - Buenos Aires) Ferro Carril Oeste (General Pico - La Pampa) Gimnasia y Esgrima (San Salvador de Jujuy) Guaraní Antonio Franco (Posadas - Misiones) Unión (Villa Krause - San Juan) Average system to decide the relegation was maintained. Champion was promoted and a playoff for a second promotion was held. GP W D L GS GA PT DEPORTIVO ARMENIO 42 22 18 2 69 26 62 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Banfield 42 20 14 8 87 49 54 second promotion playoff Belgrano (Córdoba) 42 22 10 10 75 44 54 second promotion playoff Huracán 42 22 10 10 78 51 54 second promotion playoff Colón 42 19 16 7 56 35 54 second promotion playoff Deportivo Maipú 42 18 13 11 64 50 49 second promotion playoff Deportivo Mandiyú 42 19 10 13 63 41 48 second promotion playoff Chaco For Ever 42 15 18 9 55 42 48 second promotion playoff Lanús 42 18 11 13 67 63 47 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Defensa y Justicia 42 15 13 14 47 47 43 Douglas Haig 42 13 15 14 60 53 41 Los Andes 42 13 14 15 54 60 40 Tigre 42 9 20 13 52 57 38 Central Córdoba (SE) 42 13 11 18 53 62 37 Ferro C. Oeste (GP) 42 13 10 19 53 62 36 Guaraní A. Franco 42 9 17 16 40 48 35 Cipolletti 42 10 15 17 38 49 35 Central Norte 42 10 14 18 45 55 34 relegation playoff Chacarita Juniors 42 10 14 18 38 57 34 relegation playoff Gimn. y Esgrima (J) 42 9 16 17 52 82 34 relegation playoff Atlético Concepción 42 8 16 18 42 63 32 relegated Unión (Villa Krause) 42 4 7 31 35 127 15 relegated Playoff for the second promotion place Quarterfinal round: Banfield-Lanús 0-0/3-2 Belgrano (Córdoba)-Chaco For Ever 2-1/2-3 Deportivo Mandiyú-Huracán 0-1/0-1 Colón-Deportivo Maipú 3-0/0-1 Semi-final round: Banfield-Colón 0-0/1-1 Belgrano (Córdoba)-Huracán 0-0/2-1 Final round: Belgrano (Córdoba)-Banfield 1-0/0-2 As Central Norte, Chacarita and Gimnasia (Jujuy) finished tied in the eighteenth place of the relegation averages table, a playoff tournament was necessary. Central Norte-Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 0-0 (at San Martín [Tucumán]) Central Norte-Chacarita Jrs. 1-1 (at Unión [Santa Fe]) Chacarita Jrs.-Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 0-0 (at Chaco For Ever) As the tie was not broken, points earned by each team against the others during the regular season were used to decide the relegation. Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 6 points Chacarita Juniors 5 points --------------------------------------------------------- Central Norte 1 point (relegated) SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Deportivo Armenio and Banfield Relegated to Regional Leagues: Central Norte, Atlético Concepción and Unión (VK) Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Quilmes and Almirante Brown Promoted from Regional Leagues: Atlético Tucumán (Tucumán) (*) Relegated from Primera A: Temperley and Deportivo Italiano (*) The promotion to the Second Level was played in this way: The champion of Primera B Metropolitana was promoted. After the regular season, four teams from Primera B Metropolitana (second to fifth places) and twelve from the Torneo del Interior (regional tournament played by indirectly affiliated teams) played divided in two groups named Torneo Zonal Sureste [South-Eastern] and Torneo Zonal Noroeste [North-Western]. Both winners were promoted to the Second Level. This system was maintained until the 1993/94 season. 1987/88 - PRIMERA NACIONAL B GP W D L GS GA PT DEPORTIVO MANDIYÚ 42 20 18 4 54 24 58 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Quilmes 42 20 14 8 50 34 54 second promotion playoff Cipolletti 42 19 14 9 51 31 52 second promotion playoff Chaco For Ever 42 18 15 9 59 44 51 second promotion playoff Tigre 42 19 11 12 55 44 49 second promotion playoff Belgrano (Córdoba) 42 18 13 11 50 44 49 second promotion playoff Huracán 42 19 10 13 54 38 48 second promotion playoff Colón 42 18 12 12 50 45 48 second promotion playoff Atlético Tucumán 42 14 17 11 57 51 45 second promotion playoff Douglas Haig 42 12 19 11 45 41 43 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Chacarita Juniors 42 13 17 12 42 43 43 Central Córdoba (SE) 42 13 16 13 57 58 42 league playoff Deportivo Italiano 42 13 15 14 51 54 41 Almirante Brown 42 14 12 16 51 54 40 Deportivo Maipú 42 11 18 13 47 52 40 Defensa y Justicia 42 11 16 15 43 35 38 Guaraní A. Franco 42 13 12 17 45 47 38 relegated Temperley 42 11 16 15 47 51 38 Lanús 42 11 13 18 64 69 35 Los Andes 42 12 9 21 45 63 33 Ferro C. Oeste (GP) 42 6 13 23 31 67 25 relegated Gimn. y Esgrima (J) 42 4 6 32 23 82 14 relegated The three teams promoted to the Second Level for the next season were joined to the second promotion playoff. Playoff for the second promotion place: First round: Estación Quequén-Chaco For Ever 1-3/1-1 San Martín (Tucumán)-Tigre 1-0/1-0 Talleres-Belgrano (Córdoba) 0-0/1-4 Douglas Haig-Huracán 0-3/2-2 Atlético Tucumán-Colón 1-0/0-1 Second round: San Martín (Tucumán)-Cipolletti 1-0/1-1 Colón-Chaco For Ever 1-0/1-2 Huracán-Belgrano (Córdoba) 3-1/1-1 Semi-final round: San Martín (Tucumán)-Quilmes 0-0/2-1 Huracán-Chaco For Ever 1-0/0-1 Final round: San Martín (Tucumán)-Chaco For Ever 1-0/2-0 San Martín (Tucumán) was promoted directly from the Third to the First Level (it was the only time that it happened). As finished in two consecutive seasons under the tenth place in the standings, Central Córdoba (Santiago del Estero) had to play against the best team of its original league to valid its place in the second level. Valid place playoff: Güemes (SE)-Central Córdoba (SE) 1-2/0-0 Central Córdoba kept its place in Nacional B. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Deportivo Mandiyú and San Martín (Tucumán) (*) Relegated to Regional Leagues: Guaraní A. Franco, Ferro Carril Oeste (Gral. Pico) and Gimnasia y Esgrima (Jujuy) Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Talleres Promoted From Regional Leagues: Estación Quequén (Quequén - Buenos Aires) Relegated from Primera A: Unión (Santa Fe) and Banfield 1988/89 - PRIMERA NACIONAL B GP W D L GS GA PT CHACO FOR EVER 42 21 12 9 66 44 54 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lanús 42 18 17 7 69 42 53 second promotion playoff Unión (Santa Fe) 42 16 20 6 55 33 52 second promotion playoff Almirante Brown 42 19 13 10 64 43 51 second promotion playoff Huracán 42 19 13 10 59 42 51 second promotion playoff Colón 42 16 18 8 57 37 50 second promotion playoff Belgrano (Córdoba) 42 19 12 11 59 43 50 second promotion playoff Defensa y Justicia 42 18 13 11 47 42 49 second promotion playoff Talleres 42 19 10 13 65 56 48 second promotion playoff Deportivo Italiano 42 16 14 12 52 51 46 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlético Tucumán 42 16 13 13 58 50 45 Banfield 42 14 16 12 71 70 44 Central Córdoba (SE) 42 15 13 14 39 39 43 Deportivo Maipú 42 17 9 16 45 56 43 league playoff Quilmes 42 12 13 17 42 58 37 Los Andes 42 11 11 20 42 59 33 Douglas Haig (**) 42 10 14 18 35 52 32 (**) Estación Quequén 42 9 13 20 47 69 31 relegated Tigre 42 6 18 18 45 59 30 Cipolletti 42 6 16 20 39 56 28 Temperley 42 4 18 20 28 59 26 relegated Chacarita Juniors (*) 42 8 10 24 36 60 23 (*) relegated (*) Chacarita Juniors had 3 points deducted. (**) Douglas Haig had 2 points deducted. The three teams promoted to the Second Level for the next season were joined to the second promotion playoff. Playoff for the second promotion place: First round: Olimpo-Almirante Brown 2-0/1-3 Atlético de Rafaela-Huracán 3-5/1-2 Villa Dálmine-Colón 0-0/1-4 Deportivo Italiano-Belgrano (Córdoba) 0-0/1-0 Talleres-Defensa y Justicia 0-0/1-2 Second round: Colón-Huracán 1-0/2-1 Defensa y Justicia-Almirante Brown 0-2/2-1 Deportivo Italiano-Unión (Santa Fe) 1-2/2-2 Semi-final round: Colón-Lanús 2-0/1-1 Almirante Brown-Unión (Santa Fe) 0-2/0-3 Final round: Colón-Unión (Santa Fe) 0-2/0-1 As finished in two consecutive seasons under the tenth place in the standings, Deportivo Maipú had to play against the best team of its original league to valid its place in the second level. Deportivo Maipú-Gutiérrez Sport Club 1-0 Deportivo Maipú kept its place in Nacional B. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Chaco For Ever and Unión (Santa Fe) Relegated to Primera B Metropolitana: Chacarita Juniors and Temperley Relegated to Regional Leagues: Estación Quequén Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Villa Dálmine Promoted from Regional Leagues: Olimpo (Bahía Blanca - Bs. As.) and Atlético de Rafaela Rafaela -Santa Fe) Atlético de Rafaela (Rafaela - Santa Fe) Relegated from Primera A: San Martín (Tucumán) and Deportivo Armenio 1989/90 - PRIMERA NACIONAL B GP W D L GS GA PT HURACÁN 42 24 12 6 67 31 60 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Quilmes 42 19 15 8 65 43 53 second promotion playoff Douglas Haig 42 19 13 10 56 49 51 second promotion playoff San Martín (Tucumán) 42 17 14 11 49 37 48 second promotion playoff Lanús 42 16 15 11 59 50 47 second promotion playoff Atlético de Rafaela 42 15 17 10 54 43 47 second promotion playoff Belgrano (Córdoba) 42 16 15 11 39 36 47 second promotion playoff Banfield 42 14 18 10 53 43 46 second promotion playoff Deportivo Italiano 42 14 18 10 32 29 46 second promotion playoff Colón 42 13 19 10 46 35 45 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Villa Dálmine 42 15 14 13 41 41 44 Atlético Tucumán 42 15 13 14 53 54 43 Tigre 42 14 13 15 48 53 41 Almirante Brown 42 11 17 14 42 54 39 Los Andes 42 10 18 14 42 52 38 relegated Central Córdoba (SE) 42 13 13 16 42 47 39 (*) Deportivo Maipú 42 10 15 17 43 46 35 Talleres 42 11 13 18 42 51 35 Defensa y Justicia 42 7 21 14 46 57 35 Cipolletti 42 10 13 19 42 56 33 Olimpo 42 10 10 22 54 71 30 relegated Deportivo Armenio 42 5 12 25 27 64 22 relegated (*) Central Córdoba (SE) had 2 points deducted. The three teams promoted to the Second Level for the next season were joined to the second promotion playoff. Playoff for the second promotion place: First round: Deportivo Laferrere-Lanús 1-2/1-1 Deportivo Morón-Atlético de Rafaela 0-1/2-1 Colón-Belgrano (Córdoba) 2-1/0-2 Deportivo Italiano-Banfield 3-0/1-2 Atlanta-San Martín (Tucumán) 2-1/0-4 Second round: Deportivo Italiano-Douglas Haig 2-2/3-0 Belgrano (Córdoba)-S.Martín (Tuc) 1-0/0-0 Atlético de Rafaela-Lanús 0-3/2-5 Semi-final round: Belgrano (Córdoba)-Lanús 1-0/2-3 Deportivo Italiano-Quilmes 1-1/0-2 Final round: Lanús-Quilmes 2-1/0-1 (pk 4-1) As finished in two consecutive seasons under the tenth place in the standings, Central Córdoba (Santiago del Estero), Cipolletti and Atlético Tucumán had to play against the best team of their original leagues to valid their places in the second level. Central Córdoba (SE)-Güemes (SE) 0-0/3-1 Cipolletti-Gral. Fernández Oro 8-0 Atlético Tucumán-Atlético Concepción 0-0/0-0/1-0 Central Córdoba, Cipolletti and Atlético Tucumán kept their places in Nacional B. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Huracán and Lanús Relegated to Primera B Metropolitana: Los Andes and Deportivo Armenio Relegated to Regional Leagues: Olimpo Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Deportivo Morón, Deportivo Laferrere and Atlanta Relegated from Primera A: Racing (Córdoba) and Instituto A.C. Córdoba 1990/91 - PRIMERA NACIONAL B GP W D L GS GA PT QUILMES 42 19 16 7 53 28 54 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlético Tucumán 42 17 18 7 62 40 52 second promotion playoff Belgrano (Córdoba) 42 20 12 10 53 34 52 second promotion playoff Cipolletti 42 18 12 12 54 38 48 (+) relegated San Martín (Tucumán) 42 16 16 10 39 33 48 second promotion playoff Banfield 42 15 17 10 45 38 47 second promotion playoff Almirante Brown 42 14 18 10 42 29 46 second promotion playoff Instituto A.C. Córdoba 42 12 20 10 49 47 44 second promotion playoff Douglas Haig 42 14 16 12 37 37 44 second promotion playoff Deportivo Morón 42 13 17 12 42 43 43 second promotion playoff Atlético de Rafaela 42 17 8 17 51 48 42 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tigre 42 15 12 15 34 36 42 relegation playoff Talleres 42 11 19 12 47 54 41 Racing (Córdoba) 42 11 18 13 51 54 40 Villa Dálmine 42 13 13 16 30 37 39 Deportivo Laferrere 42 12 15 15 36 49 39 Defensa y Justicia 42 11 16 15 44 51 38 Deportivo Maipú 42 13 12 17 41 48 38 Colón 42 10 16 16 37 47 36 Deportivo Italiano 42 11 12 19 47 51 34 Central Córdoba (SE) 42 11 11 20 52 74 33 relegation playoff Atlanta 42 7 10 25 32 62 16 (*) relegated (+) Cipolletti was relegated due to having one of the three worst relegation averages, Atlético de Rafaela took its place in the Second Promotion Playoff. (*) Atlanta had 8 points deducted due to violence facts. The three teams promoted to the Second Level for the next season were joined to the second promotion playoff. Playoff for the second promotion place: First round: Nueva Chicago-Banfield 1-1/0-3 Central Córdoba (R.)-Almirante Brown 3-3/6-4 Atlético de Rafaela-Instituto A.C.C. 1-1/1-2 Deportivo Morón-Douglas Haig 2-4/2-2 S.Martín (San Juan)-S.Martín (Tuc.) 0-0/0-0 Second round: Instituto A.C.C.-Banfield 0-0/0-1 Douglas Haig-S.Martín (Tucumán) 2-3/0-2 Central Córdoba (R.)-Belgrano (Cab) 3-3/1-3 Semi-final round: Banfield-Atlético Tucumán 2-0/2-0 San Martín (Tucumán)-Belgrano (Cab) 1-0/1-2 Final round: Banfield-Belgrano (Córdoba) 2-1/0-4 As Central Córdoba (SE) and Tigre finished tied in the twentieth place of the averages table, a relegation playoff was necessary. Central Córdoba (SE)-Tigre 3-0 (at Unión [Santa Fe]) As finished in two consecutive seasons under the tenth place in the standings, Deportivo Maipú had to play against the best team of its original league to valid its place in the second level. Deportivo Maipú-Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 2-1 Deportivo Maipú kept its place in Nacional B. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Quilmes and Belgrano (Córdoba) Relegated to Primera B Metropolitana: Tigre and Atlanta Relegated to Regional Leagues: Cipolletti Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Central Córdoba (Rosario) and Nueva Chicago Promoted from Regional Leagues: San Martín (San Juan) Relegated from Primera A: Chaco For Ever and Lanús 1991/92 - PRIMERA NACIONAL B GP W D L GS GA PT LANÚS 42 21 15 6 64 34 57 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Almirante Brown 42 19 14 9 56 38 52 second promotion playoff Colón 42 20 12 10 56 42 52 second promotion playoff San Martín (Tucumán) 42 18 15 9 59 33 51 second promotion playoff Douglas Haig 42 16 18 8 49 39 50 second promotion playoff Nueva Chicago 42 17 15 10 51 42 49 second promotion playoff Instituto A.C. Córdoba 42 16 15 11 47 39 47 second promotion playoff Atlético Tucumán 42 16 14 12 54 41 46 second promotion playoff Chaco For Ever 42 14 18 10 47 37 46 second promotion playoff Talleres 42 14 16 12 45 40 44 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Racing (Córdoba) 42 16 11 15 47 53 43 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 42 14 14 14 41 42 42 Deportivo Morón 42 12 17 13 49 52 41 Banfield 42 12 16 14 48 52 40 Deportivo Laferrere 42 13 13 16 39 49 39 Deportivo Italiano 42 10 18 14 42 43 38 Defensa y Justicia 42 11 16 15 40 53 38 Atlético de Rafaela 42 8 19 15 24 43 35 San Martín (San Juan) 42 8 17 17 26 43 33 relegated Villa Dálmine 42 3 23 16 37 53 29 Deportivo Maipú 42 8 12 22 31 55 28 relegated Central Córdoba (SE) 42 3 18 21 20 49 24 relegated The three teams promoted to the Second Level for the next season were joined to the second promotion playoff. Playoff for the second promotion place: First round: Arsenal F.C.-San Martín (Tuc.) 0-1/0-1 Ituzaingó-Nueva Chicago 0-3/1-2 Talleres-Instituto A.C.C. 0-2/1-2 Gimnasia y Tiro-Douglas Haig 2-0/2-2 Chaco For Ever-Atlético Tucumán 0-1/0-2 Second round: Instituto A.C.C.-Nueva Chicago 2-1/1-3 Gimnasia y Tiro-Colón 4-3/1-0 Atlético Tucumán-San Martín (Tuc.) 1-1/0-0 Semi-final round: Nueva Chicago-San Martín (Tucumán) 0-0/0-1 Gimnasia y Tiro-Almirante Brown 0-1/0-3 Final round: San Martín (Tuc.)-Almirante Brown 1-0/1-1 As finished in two consecutive seasons under the tenth place in the standings, Atlético de Rafaela and Racing (Córdoba) had to play against the best team of their original leagues to valid their places in the second level. Racing (Córdoba)-General Paz Juniors 2-1 Atlético de Rafaela-9 de Julio (Rafaela) 1-0 Racing (Córdoba) and Atlético de Rafaela kept their places in Nacional B. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Lanús and San Martín (Tucumán) Relegated to Regional Leagues: San Martín (San Juan), Deportivo Maipú and Central Córdoba (Sgo. del Estero) Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Ituzaingó and Arsenal F.C. Promoted from Regional Leagues: Gimnasia y Tiro (Salta) Relegated from Primera A: Unión (Santa Fe) and Quilmes 1992/93 - PRIMERA NACIONAL B GP W D L GS GA PT BANFIELD 42 23 10 9 77 40 56 championship playoff Colón 42 20 16 6 59 42 56 championship playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Gimnasia y Tiro 42 20 11 11 63 39 51 second promotion playoff Deportivo Italiano 42 17 14 11 65 40 48 second promotion playoff Central Córdoba (Ros.) 42 17 12 13 54 50 46 second promotion playoff Arsenal F.C. 42 12 21 9 38 31 45 second promotion playoff Quilmes 42 11 23 8 43 37 45 second promotion playoff Almirante Brown 42 16 13 13 41 46 45 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Nueva Chicago 42 17 10 15 45 48 44 Unión (Santa Fe) 42 13 17 12 61 49 43 Atlético de Rafaela 42 12 19 11 44 39 43 Atlético Tucumán 42 13 16 13 47 42 42 Chaco For Ever 42 13 15 14 46 43 41 Talleres 42 11 19 12 40 47 41 Instituto A.C. Córdoba 42 10 21 11 45 54 41 Deportivo Laferrere 42 11 18 13 35 46 40 Ituzaingó 42 10 18 14 35 51 38 Deportivo Morón 42 8 19 15 39 47 35 Douglas Haig 42 9 16 17 39 51 34 Defensa y Justicia 42 10 13 19 46 54 33 relegated Villa Dálmine 42 6 17 19 22 57 29 relegated Racing (Córdoba) 42 8 12 22 37 64 28 relegated Championship playoff: BANFIELD-Colón 0-0 -aet- [pk (5-4)] (at Córdoba Olympic Stadium) The Primera B Metropolitana champion (All Boys) was joined to the second promotion playoff. Playoff for the second promotion place: Quarterfinal round: All Boys-Colón 0-1/1-1 Almirante Brown-Gimnasia y Tiro 1-1/0-4 Deportivo Italiano-Quilmes 0-0/1-0 Arsenal F.C.-Central Córdoba (Rosario) 1-1/0-2 Semi-final round: Central Córdoba (Rosario)-Colón 1-2/3-0 Deportivo Italiano-Gimnasia y Tiro 2-2/0-1 Final round: Central Córdoba (R.)-Gimnasia y Tiro 0-2/2-3 SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Banfield and Gimnasia y Tiro Relegated to Primera B Metropolitana: Defensa y Justicia and Villa Dálmine Relegated to Regional Leagues: Racing (Córdoba) Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: All Boys and Sarmiento Promoted from Regional Leagues: Gimnasia y Esgrima (Jujuy) Relegated from Primera A: Talleres (Córdoba) and San Martín (Tucumán) 1993/94 - PRIMERA NACIONAL B GP W D L GS GA PT GIMN. Y ESGRIMA (Juj.) 42 21 16 5 66 36 58 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Quilmes 42 20 15 7 71 41 55 second promotion playoff San Martín (Tucumán) 42 14 19 9 51 39 47 second promotion playoff Colón 42 17 13 12 59 49 47 second promotion playoff Talleres (Córdoba) 42 15 17 10 42 34 47 second promotion playoff Nueva Chicago 42 16 14 12 70 52 46 second promotion playoff Instituto A.C. Córdoba 42 16 14 12 59 50 46 second promotion playoff Atlético Tucumán 42 18 9 15 64 52 45 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- All Boys 42 18 9 15 55 59 45 Deportivo Morón 42 15 15 12 61 72 45 Arsenal F.C. 42 13 17 12 42 39 43 Unión (Santa Fe) 42 15 13 14 55 54 43 Atlético de Rafaela 42 13 16 13 52 50 42 Douglas Haig 42 12 17 13 50 52 41 Deportivo Laferrere 42 11 17 14 45 54 39 Almirante Brown 42 12 14 16 51 63 38 Deportivo Italiano 42 11 14 17 41 43 36 Sarmiento 42 9 18 15 43 55 36 relegated Central Córdoba (Ros.) 42 9 16 17 44 63 34 Talleres 42 9 14 19 35 58 32 Ituzaingó 42 9 12 21 36 52 30 relegated Chaco For Ever 42 6 17 19 28 53 29 relegated The Primera B Metropolitana champion (Chacarita Juniors) was joined to the second promotion playoff. Playoff for the second promotion place: Quarterfinal round: Chacarita Juniors-Quilmes 0-1/1-1 Atlético Tucumán-San Martín (Tuc.) 2-2/1-1 Instituto A.C.C.-Colón 2-0/2-1 Nueva Chicago-Talleres (Córdoba) 2-2/0-0 Semi-final round: San Martín (Tuc.)-Talleres (Córdoba) 0-0/0-2 Quilmes-Instituto A.C.C. 3-3/0-3 Final round: Talleres (Córdoba)-Instituto A.C.C. 1-1/3-1 SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Gimnasia y Esgrima (Jujuy) and Talleres (Córdoba) Relegated to Primera B Metropolitana: Sarmiento and Ituzaingó Relegated to Regional League: Chaco For Ever Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Chacarita Juniors and Los Andes Promoted from Torneo del Interior: Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba (Godoy Cruz - Mendoza) (*) Relegated from Primera A: Estudiantes de La Plata and Gimnasia y Tiro (Salta) (*) From this season the "Zonales" were eliminated. Champions of the Torneo del Interior were promoted directly to the Second Level along with the champions and the winners of the second promotion playoff from the Primera B Metropolitana. 1994/95 - PRIMERA NACIONAL B GP W D L GS GA PT ESTUDIANTES DE LA PLATA 42 27 11 4 86 34 65 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlético de Rafaela 42 21 12 9 68 39 54 second promotion playoff Colón 42 20 12 10 73 44 52 second promotion playoff Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 42 20 10 12 68 49 50 second promotion playoff San Martín (Tucumán) 42 20 8 14 68 50 48 second promotion playoff Gimnasia y Tiro 42 17 14 11 51 49 48 second promotion playoff Quilmes 42 13 19 10 48 40 45 second promotion playoff All Boys 42 16 13 13 66 63 45 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas Haig 42 15 15 12 45 42 45 Unión (Santa Fe) 42 17 12 13 70 54 44 (*) Instituto A.C. Córdoba 42 14 15 13 74 70 43 Nueva Chicago 42 14 13 15 55 61 41 Deportivo Morón 42 12 17 13 43 49 41 Chacarita Juniors 42 10 20 12 51 55 40 Los Andes 42 14 11 17 49 48 39 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 42 12 15 15 50 56 39 Almirante Brown 42 13 13 16 48 57 39 Arsenal F.C. 42 9 18 15 47 67 36 Deportivo Italiano 42 10 12 20 39 53 32 relegated Atlético Tucumán 42 9 14 19 45 67 32 Deportivo Laferrere 42 5 13 24 29 82 23 relegated Talleres 42 6 9 27 26 70 21 relegated (*) Unión (Santa Fe) had 2 points deducted. The Primera B Champion (Atlanta) was joined to the second promotion playoff. Playoff for the second promotion place: Quarterfinal round: Atlanta-Atlético de Rafaela 2-1/1-2 Gimnasia y Tiro-San Martín (Tucumán) 0-0/0-1 Quilmes-Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 1-1/0-0 All Boys-Colón 1-1/0-0 Semi-final round: San Martín (Tuc.)-Atlético de Rafaela 1-0/0-0 Colón-Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 0-0/5-0 Final round: San Martín (Tucumán)-Colón 0-1/1-3 SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Estudiantes de La Plata and Colón Relegated to Primera B Metropolitana: Deportivo Italiano, Deportivo Laferrere and Talleres Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Atlanta and Tigre Promoted from Torneo del Interior: San Martín (San Juan) Relegated from Primera A: Talleres (Córdoba) and Deportivo Mandiyú 1995/96 - PRIMERA NACIONAL B Due to financial problems Deportivo Mandiyú left the competition before it started, then Huracán Corrientes, another team from the Liga Correntina de Fútbol took its place. In this season two tournaments were played. The winners of each one played a final for the championship. Torneo Apertura GP W D L GS GA PT Huracán Corrientes 21 12 6 3 37 23 42 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlético Tucumán 21 11 4 6 30 19 37 Atlético de Rafaela 21 10 6 5 33 23 36 Talleres (Córdoba) 21 11 2 8 21 21 35 Quilmes 21 9 7 5 30 21 34 Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 21 9 7 5 29 24 34 Instituto A.C. Córdoba 21 9 6 6 24 30 33 San Martín (San Juan) 21 9 6 6 27 23 33 Atlanta 21 9 5 7 26 26 32 Nueva Chicago 21 8 7 6 29 24 31 Gimnasia y Tiro 21 8 5 8 31 25 29 Douglas Haig 21 7 7 7 31 21 28 Unión (Santa Fe) 21 7 6 8 24 26 27 Chacarita Juniors 21 7 5 9 32 25 26 All Boys 21 6 7 8 19 28 25 Deportivo Morón 21 6 6 9 24 30 24 San Martín (Tucumán) 21 5 8 8 26 34 23 Almirante Brown 21 5 7 9 17 30 22 Arsenal F.C. 21 4 9 8 13 22 21 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 21 5 5 11 12 28 20 Los Andes 21 3 9 9 18 26 18 Tigre 21 3 6 12 19 33 15 Torneo Clausura GP W D L GS GA PT Talleres (Córdoba) 21 12 6 3 31 17 42 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Central Córdoba (Ros.) 21 11 6 4 40 22 39 Unión (Santa Fe) 21 11 4 6 40 25 37 Douglas Haig 21 10 7 4 40 28 37 Los Andes 21 10 6 5 49 39 36 Huracán Corrientes 21 9 6 6 31 24 33 Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 21 9 5 7 30 25 32 Instituto A.C. Córdoba 21 7 10 4 37 28 31 San Martín (San Juan) 21 9 4 8 42 25 31 Atlético Tucumán 21 9 7 5 27 24 31 (*) Atlético de Rafaela 21 8 4 9 27 33 28 Almirante Brown 21 7 7 7 28 36 28 Gimnasia y Tiro 21 8 3 10 31 39 27 Chacarita Juniors 21 6 8 7 23 26 26 Quilmes 21 7 4 10 24 27 25 Atlanta 21 5 8 8 22 28 23 Nueva Chicago 21 5 6 10 32 38 21 Arsenal F.C. 21 3 11 7 27 32 20 Tigre 21 5 5 11 23 37 20 San Martín (Tucumán) 21 5 5 11 19 40 20 Deportivo Morón 21 4 7 10 26 35 19 All Boys 21 3 7 11 20 32 16 (*) Atlético Tucumán had 3 points deducted. Aggregate table: GP W D L GS GA PT Talleres (Córdoba) 42 23 8 11 52 38 77 championship playoff Huracán Corrientes 42 21 12 9 68 47 75 championship playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Alético Tucumán (*) 42 20 11 11 57 43 68 second promotion playoff Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 42 18 12 12 59 49 66 second promotion playoff Douglas Haig 42 17 14 11 61 49 65 second promotion playoff Instituto A.C. Córdoba 42 16 16 10 71 58 64 second promotion playoff Unión (Santa Fe) 42 18 10 14 64 51 64 second promotion playoff San Martín (San Juan) 42 18 10 14 69 58 46 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlético de Rafaela 42 18 10 14 60 56 64 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 42 16 11 15 62 50 59 Quilmes 42 16 11 15 54 48 59 Gimnasia y Tiro 42 16 8 18 62 64 56 Atlanta 42 14 13 15 48 54 55 Los Andes 42 13 15 14 67 64 54 Nueva Chicago 42 13 13 16 61 62 52 Chacarita Juniors 42 13 13 16 45 51 52 Almirante Brown 42 12 14 16 45 66 50 relegated -see below- San Martín (Tucumán) 42 10 19 19 35 74 49 Deportivo Morón 42 10 13 19 50 65 43 Arsenal F.C. 42 7 20 15 40 54 41 relegated -see below- All Boys 42 9 14 19 39 60 41 Tigre 42 8 11 23 42 70 35 relegated -see below- (*) Atlético Tucumán had 3 points deducted. Three teams were relegated, but later, due to changes in the structure of AFA tournaments they played a playoff to save its places in the second level. Championship playoff: HURACÁN CORRIENTES-Talleres (Córdoba) 2-2/4-1 Huracán Corrientes was promoted to Primera A. Talleres (Córdoba) advanced to the Second Promotion Playoff. The Primera B Champion (Deportivo Italiano) was joined to the second promotion playoff. Playoff for the second promotion place: Quarterfinal round: Unión (Santa Fe)-Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 3-0/3-1 Deportivo Italiano-Talleres (Córdoba) 1-1/0-1 San Martín (S.Juan)-Atlético Tucumán 1-1/1-2 Instituto A.C.C.-Douglas Haig 1-1/3-1 Semi-final round: Instituto A.C.C.-Atlético Tucumán 1-1/3-1 Unión (Santa Fe)-Talleres (Córdoba) 3-1/3-1 Final round: Unión (Santa Fe)-Instituto A.C.C. 3-1/0-1 At the end of the 1995/96 season, AFA decided to modify the structure of the Second Level. The teams were separated in two different groups, named Zona Metropolitana (for directly affiliated teams) and Zona Interior (for indirectly affiliated teams). The zones were composed with 16 teams each one. Each zone was divided in two sub-zones. The division changes its name from Primera Nacional B to Primera B Nacional. To complete the 32 teams, AFA held a tournament named Reclasificatorio for the directly affiliated teams, and invited teams from several provincial leagues to complete the Zona Interior. At the same time AFA created a new Third Level tournament for theindirectly affiliated teams. It began in the 1995/96 season and was named Torneo Argentino A. So, the Third Level was divided in two different tournaments. Primera B Metropolitana (for directly affiliated teams) and Torneo Argentino A (for indirectly affiliated teams). The indirectly affiliated teams had then a Third Level division with "permanent places" for the first time. Reclassification tournament (to promote five teams for the B Nacional 1996/97): First and second stages were played only by Primera B Metropolitana teams. Almirante Brown, Arsenal F.C. and Tigre joined in the Third Stage. First Stage: Temperley-Sportivo Dock Sud 1-1/1-0 Deportivo Armenio-Sarmiento 0-2/2-1 Defensores de Belgrano-San Miguel 0-0/0-3 Defensores Unidos de Zárate-Talleres 1-0/2-1 El Porvenir-Tristán Suárez 0-1/2-3 Argentino (Ros.)-Dep. Laferrere 3-0/0-0 Defensa y Justicia-Arg. de Quilmes 1-1/0-0 [pk 5-4] Second Stage: Defensores Unidos de Zárate-Almagro 1-2/1-1 Argentino (Rosario)-Temperley 1-0/0-3 Defensa y Justicia-Sarmiento 0-0/0-2 Tristán Suárez-San Miguel 1-2/2-2 Third Stage: Tristán Suárez-Almirante Brown 0-3/2-1 Arsenal F.C.-San Miguel 0-0/1-0 Sarmiento-Tigre 1-1/3-1 Temperley-Almagro 0-2/1-6 Almirante Brown and Arsenal F.C. remained in the Second Level. Tigre was relegated to the Third Level. Sarmiento, Almagro and Temperley [¿why?] were promoted to the Second Level. For the indirectly affiliated teams were promoted the following teams: -Aldosivi (Mar del Plata - Buenos Aires) [defeated Alvarado (Mar del Plata)] -Chaco For Ever (Resistencia - Chaco) [invited] -Gimnasia y Esgrima (C. del Uruguay - Entre Ríos) [defeated Patronato (Paraná)] -Olimpo (Bahía Blanca - Buenos Aires) - [defeated Villa Mitre (Bahía Blanca)] SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Huracán Corrientes and Unión (Santa Fe) Relegated to Primera B Metropolitana: Tigre Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Deportivo Italiano, Estudiantes de Bs. As., Sarmiento, Almagro and Temperley Promoted from Torneo Argentino A: Cipolletti and Juventud Antoniana (Salta) Other indirectly affiliated teams promoted: Aldosivi, Chaco For Ever, Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) and Olimpo Relegated from Primera A: Belgrano (Córdoba) and Argentinos Juniors Primera B Nacional was increased to 32 teams to the 1996/97 season. 1996/97 - PRIMERA B NACIONAL First stage Top 3 in each group advanced to the Championship Group. Bottom 4 played to avoid the relegation. Teams that finished in the fourth place in each zone played a playoff to enter in the Championship Group. Zona A Interior: Sub-Zona A1 GP W D L GS GA PT Belgrano (Córdoba) 16 9 4 3 30 19 31 San Martín (San Juan) 16 8 4 4 27 17 28 Atlético de Rafaela 16 8 4 4 27 21 28 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Olimpo 16 8 2 6 25 21 26 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- San Martín (Tucumán) 16 7 2 7 27 26 23 Aldosivi 16 4 5 7 16 29 17 Juventud Antoniana 16 3 7 6 21 25 16 Chaco For Ever 16 4 4 8 20 29 16 Sub-Zona A2 GP W D L GS GA PT Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 16 8 4 4 22 13 28 Gimnasia y Tiro 16 7 5 4 23 19 26 Talleres (Córdoba) 16 7 5 4 28 19 26 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Instituto A.C.C. 16 6 4 6 21 19 22 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlético Tucumán 16 6 3 7 26 28 21 Cipolletti 16 3 6 7 19 19 15 Douglas Haig 16 2 7 7 15 28 13 Gimn. y Esgrima (CdU) 16 3 4 9 14 29 13 Fourth places match: Olimpo-Instituto A.C.Córdoba 3-0 (at Quilmes) Olimpo advanced to the Championship Group and Instituto A.C.C. went to the Relegation Group. Zona Metropolitana: Sub-Zona B1 GP W D L GS GA PT Almagro 16 7 6 3 20 13 27 Quilmes 16 6 7 3 15 13 25 All Boys 16 6 6 4 24 21 24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Central Córdoba (Ros.) 16 5 8 3 24 19 23 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlanta 16 4 10 2 24 20 22 Arsenal F.C. 16 3 7 6 12 16 16 Almirante Brown 16 3 5 8 16 25 14 Temperley 16 2 5 9 13 25 11 Sub-Zona B2 GP W D L GS GA PT Los Andes 16 7 7 2 28 15 28 Argentinos Juniors 16 7 7 2 27 20 28 Deportivo Morón 16 8 3 5 25 19 27 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Nueva Chicago 16 7 5 4 25 16 26 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Chacarita Juniors 16 5 8 3 27 21 23 Deportivo Italiano 16 2 9 5 14 22 15 Sarmiento 16 2 6 8 15 29 12 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 16 1 7 8 7 22 10 Fourth places match: Central Córdoba (Ros.)-Nueva Chicago 0-0 [pk 4-3] (at Douglas Haig) Central Córdoba (Rosario) advanced to the Championship Group and Nueva Chicago went to the Relegation Group. Championship group GP W D L GS GA PT ARGENTINOS JUNIORS 26 15 7 4 52 30 52 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Talleres (Córdoba) 26 14 8 4 47 23 50 second promotion playoff Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 26 14 6 6 49 34 48 second promotion playoff Gimnasia y Tiro 26 12 7 7 52 39 43 second promotion playoff Belgrano (Córdoba) 26 10 10 6 52 40 40 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Quilmes 26 12 4 10 45 34 40 Los Andes 26 10 5 11 37 39 35 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 26 9 4 13 32 52 31 Almagro 26 8 6 12 48 54 30 Olimpo 26 7 7 12 41 46 28 Atlético de Rafaela 26 7 9 10 39 47 27(*) San Martín (San Juan) 26 6 10 10 32 39 24(**) All Boys 26 6 6 14 28 49 24 Deportivo Morón 26 4 7 15 27 55 19 (*) Atlético de Rafaela had 3 points deducted. (**) San Martín (San Juan) had 4 points deducted. Relegation group The averages system was maintained to decide the relegated teams. Zona Interior GP W D L GS GA PT Chaco For Ever 16 9 2 5 26 16 29 second promotion playoff Cipolletti 16 8 4 4 28 17 28 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Instituto A.C.C. 16 9 1 6 31 29 28 Aldosivi 16 8 2 6 19 22 26 San Martín (Tucumán) 16 6 4 6 26 22 22 Gimnasia y Esgr. (CdU) 16 6 3 7 28 32 21 relegated Douglas Haig 16 5 4 7 20 21 19 Juventud Antoniana 16 4 4 8 18 27 16 relegated Atlético Tucumán 16 4 2 10 20 30 14 Zona Metropolitana GP W D L GS GA PT Nueva Chicago 16 9 3 4 31 20 30 second promotion playoff Deportivo Italiano 16 8 6 2 19 15 30 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Almirante Brown 16 6 6 4 26 20 24 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 16 5 7 4 21 19 22 Atlanta 16 5 7 4 17 15 22 Chacarita Juniors 16 5 6 5 14 14 21 Temperley 16 3 8 5 15 20 17 relegated Arsenal F.C. 16 4 4 8 15 21 16 Sarmiento 16 3 1 12 11 25 10 relegated Playoff for the second promotion place: Quarterfinal round: Chaco For Ever-Gimnasia y Tiro 1-1/0-3 Deportivo Italiano-Godoy Cruz A.T. 3-0/2-0 Nueva Chicago-Belgrano (Córdoba) 0-2/3-1 Cipolletti-Talleres (Córdoba) 2-3/2-2 Semi-final round: Gimnasia y Tiro-Belgrano (Córdoba) 2-2/3-1 Talleres (Córdoba)-Deportivo Italiano 0-0/2-0 Final round: Gimnasia y Tiro-Talleres (Córdoba) 1-0/0-1 [pk 3-1] SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Argentinos Juniors and Gimnasia y Tiro Relegated to Primera B Metropolitana: Temperley and Sarmiento Relegated to Torneo Argentino A: Juventud Antoniana and Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Defensa y Justicia and San Miguel Promoted from Torneo Argentino A: Almirante Brown (Arrecifes - Bs. As.) and San Martín (San Martín - Mendoza) Relegated from Primera A: Huracán Corrientes and Banfield 1997/98 - PRIMERA B NACIONAL Teams were divided in two groups. Top 8 in each group advanced to the Championship group. Bottom 8 played the Relegation group. Zona Interior GP W D L GS GA PT Instituto A.C.C. 30 17 7 6 38 22 58 Belgrano (Córdoba) 30 15 9 6 52 32 54 Talleres (Córdoba) 30 13 12 5 38 22 51 San Martín (San Juan) 30 13 9 8 51 33 48 San Martín (Tucumán) 30 13 8 9 49 43 47 Almte. Brown (Arrec.) 30 12 9 9 44 34 45 Atlético de Rafaela 30 12 9 9 45 38 45 Atlético Tucumán 30 13 4 13 47 43 43 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 30 12 6 12 47 50 42 Aldosivi 30 8 12 10 45 50 36 Huracán Corrientes 30 9 8 13 41 57 35 Cipolletti 30 9 7 14 34 45 34 Chaco For Ever 30 6 12 12 39 52 30 Olimpo 30 6 11 13 32 46 29 San Martín (SM-Mza) 30 7 7 16 29 44 28 Douglas Haig 30 5 10 15 32 52 25 Zona Metropolitana GP W D L GS GA PT Banfield 30 18 8 4 69 28 62 Chacarita Juniors 30 13 10 7 44 32 49 Los Andes 30 13 9 8 51 42 48 Quilmes 30 13 9 8 41 32 48 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 30 14 6 10 38 30 48 Arsenal F.C. 30 12 10 8 41 36 46 All Boys 30 11 13 6 47 43 46 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 30 12 9 9 43 37 45 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- San Miguel 30 12 9 9 33 27 45 Defensa y Justicia 30 12 6 12 46 35 42 Nueva Chicago 30 11 7 12 37 36 40 Deportivo Italiano 30 7 10 13 33 52 31 Deportivo Morón 30 7 9 14 36 56 30 Atlanta 30 5 12 13 33 46 27 Almagro 30 3 13 14 19 42 22 Almirante Brown 30 4 6 20 23 60 18 Championship Group Zona A GP W D L GS GA PT Talleres (Córdoba) 14 8 3 3 25 11 27 championship playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Quilmes 14 7 5 2 26 19 26 second promotion playoff Chacarita Juniors 14 6 4 4 20 16 22 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Instituto A.C.C. 14 6 3 5 19 18 21 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 14 5 4 5 18 22 19 San Martín (Tucumán) 14 4 3 7 23 27 15 Arsenal F.C. 14 4 3 7 15 24 15 Atlético de Rafaela 14 2 3 9 13 22 9 Zona B GP W D L GS GA PT Belgrano (Córdoba) 14 7 6 1 29 17 27 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- All Boys 14 8 3 3 24 16 27 Banfield 14 7 5 2 24 14 26 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- San Martín (San Juan) 14 4 4 6 23 27 16 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 14 5 1 8 12 16 16 Los Andes 14 3 6 5 20 23 15 Atlético Tucumán 14 2 6 6 27 36 12 Almte. Brown (Arrec.) 14 3 3 8 18 28 12 Relegation Group Zona Interior GP W D L GS GA PT Aldosivi 14 9 2 3 26 19 29 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Cipolletti 14 7 4 3 24 14 25 San Martín (SM-Mza) 14 6 6 2 23 13 24 Olimpo 14 7 3 4 26 18 24 Douglas Haig 14 4 4 6 14 24 16 relegated -see below- Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 14 3 5 6 20 22 14 Chaco For Ever 14 3 2 9 17 28 11 relegated Huracán Corrientes 14 3 2 9 18 30 11 Zona Metropolitana GP W D L GS GA PT Almagro 14 10 1 3 25 16 31 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- San Miguel 14 6 4 4 22 15 22 Deportivo Italiano 14 6 3 5 27 30 21 relegated Deportivo Morón 14 6 2 6 21 18 20 Atlanta 14 6 2 6 17 16 20 Defensa y Justicia 14 6 1 7 22 20 19 Nueva Chicago 14 3 4 7 16 23 13 Almirante Brown 14 3 3 8 16 28 12 relegated Championship playoff: TALLERES (Córdoba)-Belgrano (Córdoba) 1-0/1-2 [pk 4-3] Talleres (Córdoba) was promoted. Belgrano (Córdoba) advanced to the playoff semi-final round. Playoff for the second promotion place: First round: Chacarita Juniors-Banfield 0-0/2-3 Aldosivi-All Boys 1-0/2-2 Almagro-Quilmes 1-2/0-2 Semi-final round: Banfield-Belgrano (Córdoba) 1-1/1-2 Aldosivi-Quilmes 0-0/2-0 Final round: Aldosivi-Belgrano (Córdoba) 1-1/1-3 Since two indirectly affiliated teams were promoted to the First Level, and one directly affiliated and another indirectly affiliated team was relegated from the First Level, the Zona Interior would have had only 15 teams, so a playoff to fill the sixteenth place was necessary. Douglas Haig and Chaco For Ever (both relegated in the Zona Interior) along with Villa Mitre (Bahía Blanca) and Huracán (San Rafael), teams from the Argentino A took part. Semi-final round: Chaco For Ever-Huracán (San Rafael) 5-2 (at Instituto ACC) Villa Mitre-Douglas Haig 2-4 (at Tandil) Final match: Douglas Haig-Chaco For Ever 4-3 (at Unión [Santa Fe]) Douglas Haig stayed in the Second Level SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Talleres (Córdoba) and Belgrano (Córdoba) Relegated to Primera B Metropolitana: Deportivo Italiano and Almirante Brown Relegated to Torneo Argentino A: Chaco For Ever Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: El Porvenir and Tigre Promoted from Torneo Argentino A: Juventud Antoniana and Gimnasia y Esgrima (C. del Uruguay) Relegated from Primera A: Deportivo Español and Gimnasia y Tiro Primera B Nacional was increased to 33 teams to the 1998/99 season. 1998/99 - PRIMERA B NACIONAL Zona Interior GP W D L GS GA PT Instituto A.C.C. 30 17 6 7 57 30 57 championship playoff Atlético Tucumán 30 17 6 7 55 29 57 championship playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Cipolletti 30 15 8 7 56 45 53 second promotion playoff Juventud Antoniana 30 13 7 10 44 33 46 second promotion playoff San Martín (Tucumán) 30 13 7 10 43 48 46 second promotion playoff Atlético de Rafaela 30 12 8 10 45 36 44 second promotion playoff Olimpo 30 11 10 9 43 44 43 second promotion playoff Almte. Brown (Arrec. 30 12 6 12 42 41 42 second promotion playoff Aldosivi (+) 30 12 8 12 39 41 44 second promotion playoff San Martín (SM-Mza.) 30 10 8 12 36 42 38 second promotion playoff Gimn. y Esgrima (CdU) 30 10 7 13 41 41 37 second promotion playoff San Martín (San Juan) 30 8 12 10 29 35 36 second promotion playoff Gimnasia y Tiro 30 8 9 13 36 45 33 second promotion playoff Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 30 8 6 16 34 54 30 second promotion playoff Huracán Corrientes 30 7 8 15 29 47 29 relegated Douglas Haig (+) 30 6 6 18 33 55 24 relegated -see below- (+) The match Aldosivi-Douglas Haig was awarded 0-2 to Douglas Haig and 2-4 to Aldosivi. Zona Metropolitana GP W D L GS GA PT Chacarita Juniors (+) 32 19 6 7 50 28 63 championship playoff Arsenal F.C. 32 16 9 7 52 36 57 championship playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- All Boys 32 14 9 9 46 40 51 second promotion playoff Quilmes 32 12 11 9 51 46 47 second promotion playoff El Porvenir 32 12 9 11 50 49 45 second promotion playoff Nueva Chicago 32 11 11 10 45 39 44 second promotion playoff Defensa y Justicia 32 10 14 8 44 39 44 second promotion playoff Tigre 32 10 13 9 45 41 43 second promotion playoff San Miguel 32 11 10 11 30 27 43 second promotion playoff Central Córdoba (Ros.) 32 10 13 9 43 41 43 second promotion playoff Deportivo Español 32 11 10 11 47 46 43 second promotion playoff Banfield 32 11 10 11 39 43 43 second promotion playoff Almagro 32 8 12 12 36 50 36 second promotion playoff Atlanta 32 7 14 11 34 43 35 relegated Deportivo Morón (+) 32 7 12 13 32 38 28 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Los Andes 32 4 16 12 29 43 28 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 32 4 9 19 31 57 21 relegated (*) The match Chacarita-Jrs.-Deportivo Morón was awarded 0-1 to both teams. Additionally Deportivo Morón had 5 points deducted. Championship playoff: Semi-final round: Atlético Tucumán-Chacarita Juniors 1-0/1-2 Arsenal F.C.-Instituto A.C.C. 1-1/1-1 Atlético Tucumán and Arsenal F.C. advanced to the Second Promotion Playoff second round. Final round: INISTITUTO A.C.C.-Chacarita Juniors 3-0/0-1 Instituto A.C.C. was promoted. Chacarita Juniors advanced to the Second Promotion Playoff Playoff for the second promotion place: First round Zona Metropolitana: San Miguel-Tigre 0-0/1-1 Central Córdoba (R.)-Def. y Justicia 1-5/1-1 Banfield-El Porvenir 2-2/0-1 Deportivo Morón-All Boys 0-0/1-2 Almagro-Quilmes 0-1/0-1 Deportivo Español-Nueva Chicago 1-1/l-w(*) (*) Deportivo Español left the competition due to financial reasons. The second leg was awarded to Nueva Chicago. First round Zona Interior: Aldosivi-Almte. Brown (Arrecifes) 2-0/0-2 Godoy Cruz A.T.-Cipolletti 1-1/0-0 San Martín (SM - Mza)-Olimpo 0-2/1-2 Gimnasia y Tiro-Juventud Antoniana 0-1/2-1 San Martín (SJ)-San Martín (Tuc.) 2-0/0-4 Gimn. y Esgrima (CdU)-Atl. Rafaela 0-1/1-0 Second round: Almte. Brown (Arrecifes)-All Boys 2-0/0-2 Nueva Chicago-Cipolletti 0-0/0-1 Tigre-Atlético Tucumán 3-1/2-2 Atlético de Rafaela-Quilmes 2-1/3-3 Olimpo-San Martín (Tucumán) 2-2/0-2 Defensa y Justicia-Arsenal F.C. 1-0/2-1 El Porvenir-Juventud Antoniana 1-1/0-0 Quarterfinal round: San Martín (T)-Juventud Antoniana 0-0/0-1 Defensa y Justicia-Cipolletti 2-0/1-2 Atlético de Rafaela-All Boys 2-3/1-2 Tigre-Chacarita Juniors 1-0/0-1 Semi-final round: Defensa y Justicia-Chacarita Juniors 1-1/1-3 Juventud Antoniana-All Boys 2-1/5-3 Final round: Juventud Antoniana-Chacarita Juniors 1-1/0-1 Since two indirectly affiliated teams were relegated from the First Level, the Zona Interior would have had only 15 teams, so a playoff to fill the sixteenth place was necessary. Douglas Haig and Huracán Corrientes (both relegated in the Zona Interior) along with Villa Mitre (Bahía Blanca) and General Paz Juniors (Córdoba),teams from the Argentino A took part. Semi-final round: Douglas Haig-General Paz Juniors 0-0 (pk 5-4) Huracán Corrientes-Villa Mitre 1-3 Final match: Douglas Haig-Villa Mitre 1-3 Villa Mitre was promoted and Douglas Haig was relegated. Promoted to Primera A: Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba and Chacarita Juniors Relegated to Primera B Metropolitana: Atlanta and Estudiantes de Buenos Aires Relegated to Torneo Argentino A: Huracán Corrientes Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Argentino (Rosario) and Temperley Promoted from Torneo Argentino A: Independiente Rivadavia (Mendoza) and Racing (Córdoba) Relegated from Primera A: Platense and Huracán Primera B Nacional was increased to 34 teams to the 1999/2000 season. 1999/2000 - PRIMERA B NACIONAL Before the start of the season AFA resolved to eliminate the "two zones" system for the 2001/2002 season. Because of this it was necessary to relegate six teams this season and seven in the 2000/2001 season, in order to left only 25 teams in the Second Level. In that season another seven teams would be relegated and for the 2002/2003 season only 20 teams played in the Second Level. Relegation was decided in this way: The two worst averages in each zone were relegated along with the two worst averages from the overall table (the two zones were included). Also, only one team of each third Level division was promoted since this season. Zona Interior GP W D L GS GA PT Atlético de Rafaela 30 16 3 11 42 35 51 championship playoff San Martín (SM - Mza.) 30 14 8 8 45 31 50 championship playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- San Martín (San Juan) 30 13 10 7 41 32 49 second promotion playoff Gimn. y Esgrima (CdU) 30 13 8 9 40 32 47 second promotion playoff Juventud Antoniana 30 14 4 12 44 43 46 second promotion playoff Independiente Rivadavia 30 13 6 11 52 53 45 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 30 11 7 12 42 37 43 Villa Mitre 30 11 8 11 39 34 41 Olimpo 30 10 11 9 42 43 41 Gimnasia y Tiro 30 11 7 12 41 42 40 relegated Almte. Brown (Arrec.) 30 10 10 10 40 42 40 Racing (Córdoba) 30 9 11 10 44 44 38 Aldosivi 30 7 10 13 38 47 31 relegated Atlético Tucumán 30 10 8 12 39 34 29 (*) San Martín (Tucumán) 30 6 10 14 25 46 28 Cipolletti 30 5 11 14 26 45 23 (**) (*) Atlético Tucumán had 9 points deducted. (**) Cipolletti had 3 points deducted. Zona Metropolitana GP W D L GS GA PT Huracán 34 18 10 6 71 38 64 championship playoff Quilmes 34 17 12 5 62 42 63 championship playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Los Andes 34 16 15 3 47 31 63 second promotion playoff Almagro 34 17 11 6 72 42 62 second promotion playoff Banfield 34 18 8 8 48 28 59 (*) second promotion playoff Arsenal F.C. 34 14 13 7 47 32 55 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Defensa y Justicia 34 13 13 8 47 34 52 El Porvenir 34 13 11 10 44 31 50 Tigre 34 12 9 13 40 37 45 Platense 34 11 12 11 47 51 45 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 34 9 11 14 36 53 38 Deportivo Español 34 9 10 15 38 57 37 relegated San Miguel 34 6 17 11 33 37 35 Nueva Chicago 34 5 18 11 25 41 33 Argentino (Rosario) 34 7 9 18 37 55 30 relegated All Boys 34 6 11 17 32 59 29 Temperley 34 4 13 17 27 55 25 relegated Deportivo Morón 34 3 13 18 28 58 22 relegated [*] Banfield had 3 points deducted. Championship playoff: Semi-final round: Quilmes-Atlético de Rafaela 2-0/0-0 San Martín (Mza.)-Huracán 1-2/1-0 Atlético de Rafaela and San Martín (Mza.) advanced to the Second Promotion Playoff second round. Final round: Quilmes-HURACÁN 0-1/1-1 Huracán was promoted and Quilmes advanced to the Second Promotion Playoff Semi-final round. Second promotion playoff: First round: Indep'te Rivadavia-Los Andes 0-0/0-2 Juventud Antoniana-Almagro 4-3/0-4 Arsenal F.C.-San Martín (San Juan) 1-1/2-1 Banfield-Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 1-0/1-1 Second round: Arsenal F.C.-Atlético de Rafaela 1-1/0-2 Almagro-Los Andes 0-0/0-1 Banfield-San Martín (Mza.) 5-2/1-1 Semi-final round: Banfield-Los Andes 0-0/0-2 Atlético de Rafaela-Quilmes 1-1/0-0 Final round: Los Andes-Quilmes 2-0/1-1 Los Andes was promoted. Quilmes and Almagro (best averages of points during the season) played the promotion/relegation playoff against the sixteenth and eighteenth teams from the First Level (Instituto A.C.C. and Belgrano (Córdoba). Promotion/relegation playoff: Quilmes-Belgrano (Córdoba) 3-1/1-3 Almagro-Instituto A.C. Córdoba 1-0/1-1 Almagro promoted to Primera A. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Huracán, Quilmes and Almagro Relegated to Primera B Metropolitana: Deportivo Español, Argentino (Rosario), Temperley and Deportivo Morón Relegated to Torneo Argentino A: Gimnasia y Tiro and Aldosivi Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Estudiantes de Buenos Aires Promoted from Torneo Argentino A: General Paz Juniors (Córdoba) Relegated from Primera A: Instituto A.C.C., Gimnasia y Esgrima (Jujuy) and Ferro Carril Oeste Primera B Nacional was reduced to 30 teams to the 2000/01 season. 2000/2001 PRIMERA B NACIONAL Zona Interior GP W D L GS GA PT Instituto A.C.C. 32 21 8 3 71 23 71 championship playoff Gimnasia y Esgr.(CdU) 32 15 10 7 42 32 55 championship playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Racing (Córdoba) 32 15 7 10 43 42 52 second promotion playoff San Martín (SM-Mza.) 32 14 9 9 45 35 51 second promotion playoff San Martín (San Juan) 32 14 8 10 44 33 50 second promotion playoff Almirante Brown (Arr.) 32 13 11 8 44 37 50 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 32 14 8 10 39 32 50 Atlético de Rafaela 32 13 6 13 48 47 45 Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 32 12 8 12 46 47 44 Atlético Tucumán 32 11 10 11 38 38 43 Villa Mitre 32 13 4 15 41 51 43 Juventud Antoniana 32 12 7 13 32 43 43 Independiente Rivadavia32 9 8 15 38 37 35 San Martín (Tucumán) 32 9 5 18 36 42 32 relegated Olimpo 32 9 5 18 36 52 32 General Paz Juniors 32 7 8 17 36 53 29 relegated Cipolletti 32 5 10 17 34 69 25 relegated Zona Metropolitana GP W D L GS GA PT Quilmes 24 15 5 4 46 18 50 championship playoff Banfield 24 14 7 3 41 19 49 championship playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Arsenal F.C. 24 13 5 6 30 21 44 second promotion playoff Nueva Chicago 24 10 7 7 40 36 37 second promotion playoff Platense 24 9 6 9 33 26 33 second promotion playoff Central Córdoba (Ros.) 24 8 7 9 20 23 31 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- All Boys 24 8 6 10 20 31 30 relegated Defensa y Justicia 24 8 5 11 29 31 29 San Miguel 24 6 10 8 27 37 28 relegated Tigre 24 5 11 8 18 22 26 Estudiantes de Bs. As. 24 5 9 10 22 35 24 relegated El Porvenir 24 2 13 9 17 27 19 Ferro Carril Oeste 24 3 9 12 22 39 18 relegated Championship playoff: Semi-final round: Gimnasia (CdU)-Quilmes 0-1/1-0 Banfield-Instituto ACC 2-2/2-1 Gimnasia (CdU) and Instituto ACC advanced to the Second Promotion Playoff second round. Final round: BANFIELD-Quilmes 2-1/4-2 Banfield was promoted and Quilmes advanced to the Second Promotion Playoff Semi-final round. Second promotion playoff: First round: Almte. Brown (Arr.)-Arsenal F.C. 1-0/0-0 Central Córdoba (Ros.)-Racing (Córdoba) 4-0/1-2 Platense-San Martín (SM-Mza.) 1-0/0-1* San Martín (S. Juan)-Nueva Chicago 2-2/0-1 *Second leg abandoned at 45'. Platense left the field. Score stood. Second round: Nueva Chicago-Gimnasia y Esgr. (CdU) 0-1/2-0 Almirante Brown (Arr.)-San Martín (SM-Mza.) 1-1/2-2 Central Córdoba-Instituto ACC 1-3/1-3 Semi-final round: Nueva Chicago-Quilmes 1-0/0-0 San Martín (SM-Mza.)-Instituto ACC 1-0/1-3 Final round: Nueva Chicago-Instituto A.C.C. 1-0/3-2 Nueva Chicago was promoted. Quilmes and Instituto (had the best averages of points during the season) played a promotion/relegation playoff against the sixteenth and the eighteenth teams of Primera A (Argentinos Juniors and Belgrano (Córdoba). Promotion/relegation playoff: Quilmes-Belgrano (Córdoba) 1-0/0-1 Instituto ACC-Argentinos Juniors 0-0/1-1 No promoted teams. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Banfield and Nueva Chicago Relegated to Primera B Metropolitana: All Boys, San Miguel, Estudiantes de Bs. As. and Ferro Carril Oeste Relegated to Torneo Argentino A: San Martín (Tucumán), General Paz Juniors and Cipolletti Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Defensores de Belgrano Promoted from Torneo Argentino A: Huracán (Tres Arroyos) Relegated from Primera A: Almagro and Los Andes Primera B Nacional was reduced to 25 teams for 2001/2002 2001/2002 PRIMERA B NACIONAL This season was divided in two stages. The first, named Torneo Apertura, was played in an only group and the champion was promoted to First Level for the 2002/03 season. For the second stage, named Torneo Clausura, teams were separated in three groups. Winners of each group and the five best teams from the aggregate table played the second promotion playoff. Seven teams would be relegated at the end of the season. Two directly affiliated, two indirectly affiliated and other three from the aggregate table. Torneo Apertura GP W D L GS GA PT OLIMPO 24 13 7 4 36 20 46 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Quilmes 24 13 6 5 36 24 45 San Martín (Mendoza) 24 12 8 4 37 24 44 Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 24 13 2 9 33 32 41 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 24 11 6 7 35 23 39 Gimnasia y Esgr. (CdU) 24 11 6 7 35 29 39 Juventud Antoniana 24 11 5 8 32 27 38 Instituto A.C. Córdoba 24 11 5 8 38 34 38 El Porvenir 24 9 11 4 24 20 38 Defensores de Belgrano 24 10 7 7 37 25 37 San Martín (San Juan) 24 9 8 7 32 28 35 Atlético Rafaela 24 10 5 9 33 30 35 Arsenal 24 8 9 7 30 22 33 Los Andes 24 10 3 11 36 35 33 Defensa Y Justicia 24 9 6 9 32 36 33 Almagro 24 8 8 8 35 33 32 Independiente Rivadavia 24 7 10 7 31 24 31 Atlético Tucumán 24 7 8 9 35 40 29 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 24 7 6 11 36 41 27 Almirante Brown (Arr.) 24 6 7 11 22 38 25 Platense 24 6 6 12 24 35 24 Villa Mitre 24 6 5 13 22 36 23 Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 24 5 6 13 33 47 21 Racing (Córdoba) 24 4 7 13 25 46 19 Tigre 24 3 5 16 27 47 14 Olimpo was promoted directly to First Level and didn't played the Torneo Clausura. Torneo Clausura Grupo A GP W D L GS GA PT Arsenal F.C. 14 10 1 3 27 8 31 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Central Córdoba (Ros.) 14 9 3 2 30 21 30 Instituto ACC 14 6 3 5 20 23 21 Quilmes 14 6 2 6 17 15 20 Almte. Brown (Arrec.) 14 5 4 5 18 19 19 Los Andes 14 4 4 6 20 23 16 Juventud Antoniana 14 4 1 9 12 23 13 Tigre 14 2 2 10 12 24 8 Grupo B GP W D L GS GA PT Gimnasia y Esgr. (CdU) 14 7 4 3 25 16 25 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Platense 14 7 4 3 24 16 25 Defensa y Justicia 14 7 3 4 24 19 24 Atlético de Rafaela 14 7 3 4 28 23 24 Racing (Córdoba) 14 7 3 4 29 25 24 El Porvenir 14 6 3 5 25 23 21 San Martín (SM-Mza.) 14 0 6 8 14 30 6 Atlético Tucumán 14 0 4 10 8 25 4 Grupo C GP W D L GS GA PT Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 14 7 5 2 22 15 26 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- San Martín (San Juan) 14 6 4 4 22 17 22 Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 14 6 4 4 24 20 22 Villa Mitre 14 6 3 5 17 18 21 Defensores de Belgrano 14 5 4 5 20 18 19 Gimnasia y Esgr.(Jujuy) 14 5 4 5 16 17 19 Indep'te Rivadavia 14 3 4 7 10 20 13 Almagro 14 3 2 9 17 23 11 Aggregate table GP W D L GS GA PT Arsenal F.C. 38 18 10 10 57 30 64 promoted Gimnasia y Esg.(CdU) 38 18 10 10 60 45 64 1L/2L playoff Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 38 19 6 13 57 52 63 1L/2L playoff Quilmes 38 19 8 11 53 39 62 (*) Atlético de Rafaela 38 17 8 13 61 53 59 El Porvenir 38 15 14 9 49 43 59 Instituto A.C.C. 38 17 8 13 58 57 59 Gimnasia y Esg.(Jujuy) 38 16 10 12 51 40 58 San Martín (San Juan) 38 15 12 11 54 45 57 Central Córdoba (Ros.) 38 16 9 13 66 61 57 relegated Defensa y Justicia 38 16 9 13 56 55 57 Defensores de Belgrano 38 15 11 12 57 43 56 Juventud Antoniana 38 15 6 17 44 50 51 San Martín (SM-Mza.) 38 12 14 12 51 54 50 Los Andes 38 14 7 17 56 58 49 Platense 38 13 10 15 48 51 49 relegated Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 38 12 11 15 51 62 47 Indep'te Rivadavia 38 10 14 14 41 44 44 relegated Villa Mitre 38 12 8 18 39 54 44 relegated Almte. Brown (Arrec.) 38 11 11 16 40 57 44 Almagro 38 11 10 17 52 56 43 Racing (Córdoba) 38 11 10 17 54 71 43 relegated Atlético Tucumán 38 7 12 19 43 65 33 relegated Tigre 38 5 7 26 39 72 22 relegated (*) Quilmes had 3 points deducted. Second promotion playoff: Quarterfinal round: Atlético de Rafaela-Quilmes 2-0/1-2 Godoy Cruz A. Tomba-Arsenal F.C. 2-1/1-4 El Porvenir-Huracán (TA) 0-0/1-0 Instituto ACC-Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 0-0/2-5 Semi-final round: El Porvenir-Arsenal F.C. 0-1/0-2 Atlético de Rafaela-Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 0-2/2-4 Final round: Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)-Arsenal F.C. 1-2/1-1 Gimnasia y Esgrima (Concepción del Uruguay) as loser of second promotion playoff finals, and Huracán (Tres Arroyos), third in the aggregate table, played the promotion/relegation playoff against the sixteenth and the eighteenth teams of Primera A (Lanús and Unión [Santa Fe]). Promotion/relegation playoff: Huracán (TA)-Lanús 1-2/1-1 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)-Unión (Santa Fe) 3-1/0-3 No promoted teams SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Olimpo and Arsenal F.C. Relegated to Primera B Metropolitana: Platense, Central Córdoba (Rosario) and Tigre Relegated to Torneo Argentino A: Racing (Córdoba), Villa Mitre, Independiente Rivadavia and Atlético Tucumán Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Deportivo Español Promoted from Torneo Argentino A: Comisión de Actividades Infantiles (Cdro. Rivadavia) Relegated from Primera A: Argentinos Juniors and Belgrano (Córdoba) Primera B Nacional was reduced to 20 teams for 2002/2003. 2002/2003 PRIMERA B NACIONAL >From this season, two tournaments were played, named Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura, both played to 19 rounds. Winners of each tournament played the Championship playoff. Second promotion playoff was played by the loser of the championship finals and the two better teams from the aggregate table. Two teams were relegated at the end of the season, one directly affiliated and one indirectly affiliated. Promotion/relegation playoffs between First and Second level, and between Second and Third level were played. Torneo Apertura GP W D L GS GA PT Atlético de Rafaela 19 11 5 3 28 16 38 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Argentinos Juniors 19 10 6 3 29 15 36 Quilmes 19 9 6 4 34 17 33 Instituto A.C.C. 19 9 5 5 29 17 32 Defensa y Justicia 19 9 4 6 28 21 31 San Martín (SM-Mza.) 19 8 5 6 24 16 29 Juventud Antoniana 19 8 5 6 20 22 29 Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 19 7 6 6 26 23 27 Almagro 19 6 9 4 19 23 27 Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 19 7 5 7 30 28 26 Gimnasia y Esg.(Jujuy) 19 8 2 9 23 21 26 Deportivo Español 19 6 6 7 19 29 24 El Porvenir 19 5 8 6 17 22 23 Los Andes 19 5 7 7 25 28 22 Com. de Act. Infant. 19 6 4 9 16 27 22 Defensores de Belgrano 19 5 6 8 16 17 21 Belgrano (Córdoba) 19 5 6 8 20 25 21 Gimnasia y Esg. (CdU) 19 4 6 9 25 31 18 San Martín (San Juan) 19 4 6 9 17 25 18 Almirante Brown (Arr.) 19 3 3 13 17 39 12 Torneo Clausura GP W D L GS GA PT ATLÉTICO DE RAFAELA 19 11 6 2 35 26 39 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Argentinos Juniors 19 11 5 3 30 11 38 San Martín (SM-Mza.) 19 9 6 4 27 20 33 Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 19 9 5 5 31 19 32 Almagro 19 9 5 5 31 22 32 Belgrano (Córdoba) 19 8 7 4 21 15 31 Quilmes 19 8 7 4 28 23 31 Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 19 9 1 9 30 23 28 Defensores de Belgrano 19 8 4 7 28 26 28 Instituto A.C.C. 19 6 10 3 20 20 28 Juventud Antoniana 19 6 6 7 16 18 24 Defensa y Justicia 19 6 6 7 18 22 24 Los Andes 19 5 8 6 25 30 23 Com. de Act. Infantiles19 7 2 10 24 33 23 Gimnasia y Esg. (Jujuy)19 5 7 7 19 26 22 Almirante Brown (Arr.) 19 6 3 10 25 33 21 El Porvenir 19 5 4 10 21 28 19 San Martín (San Juan) 19 4 6 9 18 23 18 Gimnasia y Esg. (CdU) 19 3 6 10 26 41 15 Deportivo Español 19 1 4 14 18 34 7 Atlético de Rafaela promoted as winner of both tournaments. Aggregate table GP W D L GS GA PT Atlético de Rafaela 38 22 11 5 63 42 77 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Argentinos Juniors 38 21 11 6 59 26 74 second promotion playoff Quilmes 38 17 13 8 62 40 64 second promotion playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- San Martín (SM-Mza.) 38 17 11 10 51 36 62 1L/2L playoff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Instituto A.C.C. 38 15 15 8 49 37 60 Almagro 38 15 14 9 50 45 59 Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 38 16 10 12 61 47 58 Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 38 16 7 15 56 46 55 Defensa y Justicia 38 15 10 13 46 43 55 Juventud Antoniana 38 14 11 13 36 40 53 Belgrano (Córdoba) 38 13 13 12 41 40 52 Defensores de Belgrano 38 13 10 15 44 43 49 Gimnasia y Esg. (Jujuy) 38 13 9 16 42 47 48 Los Andes 38 10 15 13 50 58 45 Com. de Act. Infantiles 38 13 6 19 40 60 45 2L/3L playoff El Porvenir 38 10 12 16 38 50 42 2L/3L playoff San Martín (San Juan) 38 8 12 18 35 48 36 Gimnasia y Esg. (CdU) 38 7 12 19 51 72 33 Almirante Brown (Arr.) 38 9 6 23 42 72 33 relegated Deportivo Español 38 7 10 21 37 63 31 relegated Second promotion playoff: Quilmes-Argentinos Juniors 1-0/0-0 Quilmes was promoted. Argentinos Juniors played the promotion/relegation playoff along with San Martín (San Martín-Mendoza), who played as fourth place in aggregate table, against the sixteenth and the eighteenth teams of Primera A (Talleres [Córdoba] and Nueva Chicago. Promotion/relegation playoff (First & Second level): Argentinos Juniors-Nueva Chicago 0-1/0-2 San Martín (SM-Mendoza)-Talleres (Córdoba) 0-1/0-1 No promoted teams. Promotion/relegation playoff (Second & Third levels): Racing (Córdoba)-Comisión de Act. Infantiles 1-1/2-3 All Boys-El Porvenir 1-1/1-1 No relegated teams. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Atlético de Rafaela and Quilmes Relegated to Primera B Metropolitana: Deportivo Español Relegated to Torneo Argentino A: Almirante Brown (Arrecifes) Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Ferro Carril Oeste Promoted from Torneo Argentino A: Tiro Federal (Rosario) Relegated from Primera A: Unión (Santa Fe) and Huracán 2003/2004 PRIMERA B NACIONAL Torneo Apertura GP W D L GS GA PT Instituto A.C.C. 19 10 6 3 34 22 36 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Belgrano (Córdoba) 19 8 5 6 24 19 29 San Martín (SM-Mza.) 19 7 8 4 20 16 29 Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 19 7 7 5 29 24 28 Com. de Act. Infantiles 19 7 6 6 32 30 27 Gimnasia y Esg. (Jujuy) 19 7 6 6 24 24 27 Defensa y Justicia 19 8 3 8 22 22 27 Defensores de Belgrano 19 6 8 5 27 19 26 Huracán 19 6 8 5 18 20 26 Juventud Antoniana 19 7 4 8 25 27 25 Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 19 6 7 6 17 21 25 Ferro Carril Oeste 19 6 6 7 23 18 24 Argentinos Juniors 19 4 11 4 28 23 23 Tiro Federal 19 4 11 4 26 28 23 Los Andes 19 4 9 6 16 17 21 Almagro 19 5 6 8 22 24 21 Unión (Santa Fe) 19 4 9 6 19 22 21 El Porvenir 19 5 6 8 19 26 21 Gimnasia y Esg. (CdU) 19 3 10 6 14 27 19 San Martín (San Juan) 19 4 6 9 18 27 18 Torneo Clausura GP W D L GS GA PT Almagro 19 11 4 4 36 19 37 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Argentinos Juniors 19 11 3 5 28 18 36 Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 19 8 10 1 26 15 34 Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 19 9 6 4 26 21 33 El Porvenir 19 9 4 6 26 16 31 Ferro Carril Oeste 19 9 3 7 20 19 30 San Martín (San Juan) 19 8 5 6 22 23 29 Belgrano (Córdoba) 19 7 7 5 22 15 28 Huracán 19 7 7 5 31 28 28 Tiro Federal 19 8 3 8 27 26 27 Unión (Santa Fe) 19 7 5 7 28 29 26 Los Andes 19 6 7 6 23 29 25 Instituto A.C.C. 19 7 3 9 22 24 24 Gimnasia y Esg. (Jujuy) 19 6 4 9 26 32 22 Defensa y Justicia 19 5 6 8 27 34 21 Com. de Act. Infantiles 19 6 2 11 22 24 20 Defensores de Belgrano 19 5 5 9 21 26 20 Gimnasia y Esg. (CdU) 19 5 4 10 25 32 19 Juventud Antoniana 19 3 8 8 17 32 17 San Martín (SM-Mza.) 19 3 4 12 16 30 13 Aggregate table GP W D L GS GA PT Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 38 15 17 6 55 39 62 second promotion playoff Instituto A.C.C. 38 17 9 12 56 46 60 championship playoff Argentinos Juniors 38 15 14 9 56 41 59 1L/2L playoff qualifying Almagro 38 16 10 12 58 43 58 championship playoff Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 38 15 13 10 43 42 58 1L/2L playoff qualifying ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Belgrano (Córdoba) 38 15 12 11 46 34 57 Ferro Carril Oeste 38 15 9 14 46 37 54 Huracán 38 13 15 10 49 48 54 El Porvenir 38 14 10 14 45 42 52 Tiro Federal 38 12 14 12 53 54 50 San Martín (San Juan) 38 13 11 14 40 50 50 Gimnasia y Esg. (Jujuy)38 13 10 15 50 56 49 Defensa y Justicia 38 14 9 15 49 56 48 Com. de Act. Infantiles38 13 8 17 54 54 47 2L/3L playoff Unión (Santa Fe) 38 11 14 13 47 51 47 2L/3L playoff Defensores de Belgrano 38 11 13 14 48 45 46 Los Andes 38 10 16 12 39 46 46 relegated San Martín (SM-Mza.) 38 10 12 16 36 46 42 Juventud Antoniana 38 10 12 16 42 59 42 Gimnasia y Esg. (CdU) 38 8 14 16 39 59 38 relegated Championship playoff: Almagro-INSTITUTO A.C. CÓRDOBA 1-0/0-2 (golden goal) Instituto was promoted. Almagro advanced to second promotion playoff. Second promotion playoff: Almagro-Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 2-0/0-2 aet [pk 4-3] Promotion/relegation playoff qualifying: Godoy Cruz A. Tomba-Argentinos Juniors 1/0-0-2 Huracán (Tres Arroyos) and Argentinos Juniors played the promotion/relegation playoff against the sixteenth and the eighteenth teams of Primera A (Atlético de Rafaela and Talleres (Córdoba). Promotion/relegation playoff (First & Second level): Huracán (Tres Arroyos)-Atlético de Rafaela 2-1/3-2 Argentinos Juniors-Talleres (Córdoba) 2-1/2-1 Huracán (Tres Arroyos) and Argentinos Juniors promoted to Primera A. Promotion/relegation playoff (Second & Third levels): Atlético Tucumán-Comisión de Act. Infantiles 0-1/1-0 Tristán Suárez-Unión (Santa Fe) 0-0/0-3 No relegated teams. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Instituto A.C. Córdoba, Almagro, Huracán (Tres Arroyos) and Argentinos Juniors Relegated to Primera B Metropolitana: Los Andes Relegated to Torneo Argentino A: Gimnasia y Esgrima (Concepción del Uruguay) Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Sarmiento (Junín) Promoted from Torneo Argentino A: Racing (Córdoba) Relegated from Primera A: Talleres (Córdoba), Atlético de Rafaela, Chacarita Juniors and Nueva Chicago 2004/2005 PRIMERA B NACIONAL Since this season the two worst teams in the relegation averages table were relegated. Additionally, one directly affiliated team and one indirectly affiliated (worst averages of each kind) played the relegation playoff against Third Level teams. Torneo Apertura GP W D L GS GA PT Tiro Federal 19 10 6 3 30 15 36 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Huracán 19 10 4 5 27 21 34 Nueva Chicago 19 9 5 5 24 16 32 Gimnasia y Esg. (Jujuy) 19 9 5 5 28 24 32 Atlético de Rafaela 19 9 2 8 32 30 29 San Martín (SM-Mza.) 19 8 5 6 22 22 29 Ferro Carril Oeste 19 7 7 5 23 22 28 San Martín (San Juan) 19 7 6 6 22 18 27 Racing (Córdoba) 19 7 6 6 31 28 27 El Porvenir 19 7 6 6 21 22 27 Com. de Act. Infantiles 19 8 3 8 18 20 27 Unión (Santa Fe) 19 7 5 7 30 27 26 Belgrano (Córdoba) 19 6 7 6 19 21 25 Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 19 6 4 9 27 27 22 Defensa y Justicia 19 6 4 9 20 25 22 Talleres (Córdoba) 19 5 6 8 18 19 21 Defensores de Belgrano 19 6 3 10 23 27 21 Juventud Antoniana 19 4 7 8 23 31 19 Chacarita Juniors 19 4 6 9 23 29 18 Sarmiento (Junín) 19 4 5 10 20 37 17 Torneo Clausura GP W D L GS GA PT Gimnasia y Esg. (Jujuy) 19 10 5 4 30 17 35 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Com. de Act. Infantiles 19 8 10 1 26 18 34 Atlético de Rafaela 19 7 8 4 26 23 29 Talleres (Córdoba) 19 6 10 3 27 18 28 Belgrano (Córdoba) 19 8 4 7 22 23 28 Chacarita Juniors 19 7 6 6 30 28 27 Huracán 19 8 3 8 25 23 27 Tiro Federal 19 6 9 4 14 17 27 San Martín (SM-Mza.) 19 6 8 5 29 24 26 Juventud Antoniana 19 6 8 5 23 20 26 San Martín (San Juan) 19 6 7 6 18 16 25 Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 19 6 7 6 23 27 25 Unión (Santa Fe) 19 5 10 4 23 28 25 Ferro Carril Oeste 19 5 9 5 24 20 24 Nueva Chicago 19 5 8 6 21 20 23 Racing (Córdoba) 19 4 7 8 22 27 19 El Porvenir 19 4 7 8 14 22 19 Defensores de Belgrano 19 5 4 10 18 27 19 Defensa y Justicia 19 3 9 7 15 20 18 Sarmiento (Junín) 19 3 5 11 25 37 14 Aggregate table GP W D L GS GA PT Gimnasia y Esg. (Jujuy) 38 19 10 9 58 41 67 championship playoff Tiro Federal Argentino 38 16 15 7 44 32 63 championship playoff Huracán 38 18 7 13 52 44 61 second promotion playoff Com. de Act. Infantiles 38 16 13 9 44 38 61 1L/2L playoff qualifying Atlético de Rafaela 38 16 10 12 58 53 58 1L/2L playoff qualifying Nueva Chicago 38 14 13 11 45 36 55 1L/2L playoff qualifying San Martín (SM-Mza.) 38 14 13 11 51 46 55 1L/2L playoff qualifying ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Belgrano (Córdoba) 38 14 11 13 41 44 53 San Martín (San Juan) 38 13 13 12 40 34 52 playoff Ferro Carril Oeste 38 12 16 10 47 42 52 Unión (Santa Fe) 38 12 15 11 53 55 51 Talleres (Córdoba) 38 11 16 11 45 37 49 Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 38 12 11 15 50 54 47 Racing (Córdoba) 38 11 13 14 53 55 46 playoff El Porvenir 38 11 13 14 35 44 46 Chacarita Juniors 38 11 12 15 53 57 45 relegation playoff Juventud Antoniana 38 10 15 13 46 51 45 Defensa y Justicia 38 9 13 16 35 45 40 Defensores de Belgrano 38 11 7 20 41 54 40 relegation playoff Sarmiento (Junín) 38 7 10 21 45 74 31 relegated Championship playoff TIRO FEDERAL-Gimnasia y Esgrima (Jujuy) 1-0/1-1 Tiro Federal promoted to Primera A. Gimnasia y Esgrima (Jujuy) advanced to the second promotion playoff. Second promotion playoff: Huracán-Gimnasia y Esgrima (Jujuy) 0-1/0-0 Promotion/relegation playoff qualifying: First round: San Martín (SM-Mza.)-Com. de Activ. Infant. 3-1/1-2 Nueva Chicago-Atlético de Rafaela 0-0/1-2 Final round: San Martín (SM-Mza.)-Atlético de Rafaela 0-0/1-4 Huracán and Atlético de Rafaela played the promotion/relegation playoff against the sixteenth and the eighteenth teams of Primera A (Argentinos Juniors and Instituto A.C. Córdoba). Promotion/relegation playoff (First & Second level): Atlético de Rafaela-Argentinos Juniors 2-1/0-3 Huracán-Instituto A.C. Córdoba 1-2/0-1 No promoted teams. As Defensores de Belgrano and Chacarita finished tied in the eighteenth place of the relegation averages table, a playoff was necessary to determinate the second directly relegated team (first was Sarmiento). Defensores de Belgrano-Chacarita Juniors 0-0 (pk 4-5) Defensores de Belgrano was relegated. Chacarita Juniors advanced to the promotion/relegation playoff between Second and Third levels. As San Martín (San Juan) and Racing (Córdoba) finished tied in the sixteenth place of the relegation averages table (worst average for an indirectly affiliated team), a playoff was necessary to determinate the team that played a playoff against a Third Level team. San Martín (San Juan)-Racing (Córdoba) 1-0 San Martín (San Juan) stayed in Primera B Nacional. Racing (Córdoba) played the promotion/relegation playoff between Second & Third levels. Promotion/relegation playoff (Second and Third levels): Aldosivi-Racing (Córdoba) 1-0/3-2 Platense-Chacarita Juniors 1-1/1-1 Racing (Córdoba) relegated to Third level. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Tiro Federal and Gimnasia y Esgrima (Jujuy) Relegated to Primera B Metropolitana: Defensores de Belgrano and Sarmiento (Junín) Relegated to Torneo Argentino A: Racing (Córdoba) Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Tigre Promoted from Torneo Argentino A: Ben Hur (Rafaela) and Aldosivi (Mar del Plata) Relegated from Primera A: Almagro and Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 2005/2006 PRIMERA B NACIONAL Torneo Apertura GP W D L GS GA PT Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 19 12 4 3 29 14 40 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Almagro 19 10 5 4 28 17 35 Chacarita Juniors 19 9 7 3 23 9 34 Huracán 19 10 4 5 26 16 34 Defensa y Justicia 19 7 9 3 19 13 30 Ferro Carril Oeste 19 8 5 6 15 15 29 Belgrano (Córdoba) 19 7 6 6 19 20 27 Tigre 19 4 12 3 16 13 24 Ben Hur 19 6 6 7 20 19 24 Unión (Santa Fe) 19 5 9 5 29 29 24 Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 19 5 8 6 20 24 23 San Martín (San Juan) 19 4 10 5 15 15 22 Talleres (Córdoba) 19 4 10 5 18 19 22 Atlético de Rafaela 19 5 7 7 19 25 22 Com. de Act. Infantiles19 4 9 6 20 22 21 Juventud Antoniana 19 5 6 8 13 16 21 Nueva Chicago 19 2 13 4 23 25 19 Aldosivi 19 5 4 10 19 29 19 El Porvenir 19 4 4 11 18 30 16 San Martín (SM-Mza.) 19 3 4 12 13 32 13 Torneo Clausura GP W D L GS GA PT Nueva Chicago 19 10 5 4 30 20 35 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Belgrano (Córdoba) 19 11 2 6 29 19 35 San Martín (San Juan) 19 9 6 4 23 15 33 Talleres (Córdoba) 19 9 6 4 27 20 33 Atlético de Rafaela 19 8 7 4 27 21 31 Tigre 19 8 7 4 13 13 31 San Martín (SM-Mza.) 19 9 3 7 27 25 30 Aldosivi 19 9 2 8 20 21 29 Chacarita Juniors 19 6 8 5 24 18 26 Juventud Antoniana 19 8 2 9 23 20 26 Ben Hur (Rafaela) 19 6 8 5 17 16 26 El Porvenir 19 7 3 9 14 23 24 Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 19 5 8 6 20 21 23 Com. de Act. Infantiles 19 6 5 8 19 25 23 Huracán 19 6 4 9 27 29 22 Unión (Santa Fe) 19 4 10 5 16 19 22 Defensa y Justicia 19 6 3 10 28 25 21 Almagro 19 3 8 8 14 24 17 Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 19 4 4 11 15 26 16 Ferro Carril Oeste 19 3 5 11 15 28 14 Aggregate table GP W D L GS GA PT Godoy Cruz A. Tomba 38 17 12 9 49 35 63 championship playoff Belgrano (Córdoba) 38 18 8 12 48 39 62 second promotion playoff Chacarita Juniors 38 15 15 8 47 27 60 1L/2L playoff qualifying Huracán 38 16 8 14 53 45 56 1L/2L playoff qualifying San Martín (San Juan) 38 13 16 9 38 30 55 1L/2L playoff qualifying Talleres (Córdoba) 38 13 16 9 45 39 55 1L/2L playoff qualifying ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tigre 38 12 19 7 29 26 55 Nueva Chicago 38 12 18 8 53 45 54 championship playoff Atlético de Rafaela 38 13 14 11 46 46 53 Almagro 38 13 13 12 42 41 52 Defensa y Justicia 38 13 12 13 47 38 51 2L/3L playoff Ben Hur 38 12 14 12 37 35 50 Aldosivi 38 14 6 18 39 50 48 Juventud Antoniana 38 13 8 17 36 36 47 relegated Unión (Santa Fe) 38 9 19 10 45 48 46 Com. de Act. Infantiles 38 10 14 14 39 47 44 Ferro Carril Oeste 38 11 10 17 30 43 43 San Martín (SM-Mza.) 38 12 7 19 40 57 43 2L/3L playoff El Porvenir 38 11 7 20 32 53 40 relegated Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 38 9 12 17 35 50 39 Championship playoff: Nueva Chicago-GODOY CRUZ ANTONIO TOMBA 1-1/1-3 Godoy Cruz was promoted. Nueva Chicago advanced to the second promotion playoff. Second promotion playoff: Nueva Chicago-Belgrano (Córdoba) 3-1/3-3 [aet] Promotion/relegation playoff qualifying: First round: Talleres (Córdoba)-Chacarita Juniors 0-2/0-0 San Martín (San Juan)-Huracán 3-2/0-3 Final round: Huracán-Chacarita Juniors 3-0/0-2 Belgrano (Córdoba) and Huracán played the promotion/relegation playoff against the sixteenth and the eighteenth teams of Primera A (Argentinos Juniors and Olimpo). Promotion/relegation playoff (First & Second level): Huracán-Argentinos Juniors 1-1/2-2 Belgrano (Córdoba)-Olimpo 2-1/2-1 Belgrano (Córdoba) promoted to Primera A. Promotion/relegation playoff (Second & Third levels): San Martín (Tucumán)-San Martín (SM-Mza.) 1-0/0-0 Deportivo Morón-Defensa y Justicia 1-1/3-3 San Martín (Tucumán) promoted to Primera B Nacional. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Godoy Cruz A. Tomba, Nueva Chicago and Belgrano (Córdoba) Relegated to Primera B Metropolitana: El Porvenir Relegated to Torneo Argentino A: San Martín (SM-Mza.) and Juventud Antoniana Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Platense Promoted from Torneo Argentino A: Villa Mitre and San Martín (Tucumán) Relegated from Primera A: Olimpo, Instituto A.C. Córdoba and Tiro Federal 2006/2007 PRIMERA B NACIONAL Torneo Apertura GP W D L GS GA PT Olimpo 19 12 4 3 36 17 40 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Platense 19 11 5 3 31 14 38 Tigre 19 10 5 4 23 17 35 San Martín (San Juan) 19 9 7 3 25 18 34 Chacarita Juniors 19 8 9 2 22 14 33 Huracán 19 9 6 4 29 26 33 Atlético de Rafaela 19 9 5 5 24 14 32 Unión (Santa Fe) 19 8 4 7 28 17 28 San Martín (Tucumán) 19 6 7 6 21 20 25 Aldosivi 19 6 6 7 25 32 24 Com. Activ. Infantiles 19 6 5 8 26 27 23 Ferro Carril Oeste 19 6 5 8 19 23 23 Instituto A.C.C. 19 5 5 9 22 29 20 Talleres (Córdoba) 19 4 7 8 19 23 19 Tiro Federal 19 4 7 8 23 28 19 Defensa y Justicia 19 4 7 8 11 19 19 Almagro 19 4 7 8 18 31 19 Villa Mitre 19 3 8 8 22 27 17 Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 19 3 7 9 17 33 16 Ben Hur 19 3 4 12 22 34 13 Torneo Clausura GP W D L GS GA PT OLIMPO 19 11 5 3 29 14 38 promoted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Defensa y Justicia 19 11 5 3 28 16 38 Huracán 19 10 6 3 33 20 36 Atlético de Rafaela 19 10 6 3 27 17 36 San Martín (San Juan) 19 9 8 2 26 12 35 Tigre 19 8 8 3 25 15 32 Almagro 19 8 6 5 26 24 30 Unión (Santa Fe) 19 7 8 4 17 16 29 Chacarita Juniors 19 8 4 7 21 16 28 Platense 19 7 2 10 19 25 23 Instituto A.C.C. 19 7 2 10 16 23 23 Ben Hur 19 7 2 10 19 28 23 Com. Activ. Infantiles 19 5 7 7 17 16 22 Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 19 6 4 9 19 23 22 Aldosivi 19 6 3 10 19 25 21 Tiro Federal 19 4 8 7 12 15 20 San Martín (Tucumán) 19 4 7 8 17 29 19 Ferro Carril Oeste 19 3 7 9 8 18 16 Villa Mitre 19 4 4 11 18 30 16 Talleres (Córdoba) 19 1 6 12 15 29 9 Olimpo promoted as winners of both tournaments. Aggregate table GP W D L GS GA PT Olimpo (Bahía Blanca) 38 23 9 6 65 31 78 promoted San Martín (San Juan) 38 18 15 5 51 30 69 second promotion playoff Huracán 38 19 12 7 62 46 69 second promotion playoff Atlético de Rafaela 38 19 11 8 51 31 68 1L/2L playoff qualifyng Tigre 38 18 13 7 48 32 67 1L/2L playoff qualifyng Chacarita Juniors 38 16 13 9 43 30 61 1L/2L playoff qualifyng Platense 38 18 7 13 50 39 61 1L/2L playoff qualifyng ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Unión (Santa Fe) 38 15 12 11 45 33 57 Defensa y Justicia 38 15 12 11 39 35 57 Almagro 38 12 13 13 44 55 49 Com. Activ. Infantiles 38 11 12 15 43 43 45 Aldosivi 38 12 9 17 44 57 45 San Martín (Tucumán) 38 10 14 14 38 49 44 Instituto A.C.C. 38 12 7 19 38 52 43 playoff Tiro Federal 38 8 15 15 35 43 39 Ferro Carril Oeste 38 9 12 17 27 41 39 2L/3L playoff Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 38 9 11 18 36 56 38 relegated Ben Hur 38 10 6 22 41 62 36 playoff Villa Mitre 38 7 12 19 40 57 33 relegated Talleres (Córdoba) 38 5 13 20 34 52 26 (*) (*) Talleres (Córdoba) had 2 points deducted. Second promotion playoff: Huracán-San Martín (San Juan) 1-0/1-3 Promotion/relegation playoff qualifying: First round: Chacarita Juniors-Tigre 3-2/0-1 Platense-Atlético de Rafaela 1-0/2-2 Final round: Platense-Tigre 0-0/0-2 Huracán and Tigre played the promotion/relegation playoff against the sixteenth and the eighteenth teams of Primera A (Nueva Chicago and Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba). Promotion/relegation playoff (First & Second level): Huracán-Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba 2-0/3-2 Tigre-Nueva Chicago 1-0/1-2* *Second leg abandoned at 94' due to violence acts. Result stood. Huracán and Tigre promoted to Primera A. Promotion/relegation playoff (Second & Third levels): Guillermo Brown (Puerto Madryn)-Ben Hur 0-1/0-2 Estudiantes de Bs. As.-Ferro Carril Oeste 0-0/1-1 No relegated teams. SEASON SUMMARY Promoted to Primera A: Olimpo, San Martín (San Juan), Huracán and Tigre Relegated to Primera B Metropolitana: none Relegated to Torneo Argentino A: Huracán (Tres Arroyos) and Villa Mitre Promoted from Primera B Metropolitana: Almirante Brown Promoted from Torneo Argentino A: Independiente Rivadavia (Mendoza) Relegated from Primera A: Nueva Chicago, Godoy Cruz A. Tomba, Belgrano (Córdoba) and Quilmes
Sources: "Sábado, Historia del Fútbol de Ascenso" (various authors); "Historia del Fútbol Argentino" (various authors, Editorial Eiffel, Bs.As. 1958); "Defensores de Belgrano, Historia de una Pasión" (Román Queiróz, Bs.As., 1997); "Anuarios Futbolísticos" (Luis Carlini, Bs.As., various years); [sof]; newspapers: La Nación, Olé.
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