2015 Primera B Nacional

The 2015 Argentine Primera B Nacional season was the 30th season of Argentine second division, with a total of 22 competing teams. It began 14 February and ended 14 November 2015. Although there was some use of a different name earlier in the year, the AFA has consistently used the Primera B Nacional moniker in releases of late.[1]

Primera B Nacional
Season2015
ChampionsAtlético Tucumán
PromotedAtlético Tucumán
Patronato
RelegatedGimnasia y Esgrima (M)
Guaraní Antonio Franco
Sportivo Belgrano
Unión (MdP)
Matches played462
Goals scored974 (2.11 per match)
Top goalscorerFernando Zampedri (25 goals)
Biggest home winJuventud Unida (G) 5-0 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)
(29 March)
Atletico Tucumán (G) 5-0 Los Andes (M)
(8 November)
Biggest away winGimnasia y Esgrima (J) 1-4 Juventud Unida (G)
(8 July)
Ramón Santamarina 1-4 Guillermo Brown
(22 August)
Douglas Haig 1-4 Atlético Tucumán
(27 September)
Highest scoringPatronato 6-2 Chacarita Juniors
(11 November)
2014
2016
All statistics correct as of 18 November 2015.

Competition format

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The league's format has changed from last season. This year there will be twenty-two teams which will play each other twice for a total of forty-two matches.[1]

In November 2014, the AFA announced two teams from this season will be promoted to the Primera División.[2] It was later reported that the champion will be promoted directly and positions 2-5 will compete in the "Torneo Reducido" for the second place after the regular season.[3] At the end of the season, four teams will be relegated.[4]

Club information

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Club City Stadium
All Boys Buenos Aires Islas Malvinas
Atlético Paraná Paraná Pedro Mutio
Atlético Tucumán Tucumán Monumental José Fierro
Boca Unidos Corrientes José Antonio Romero Feris
Central Córdoba Santiago del Estero Alfredo Terrera
Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors Stadium
Douglas Haig Pergamino Miguel Morales
Estudiantes San Luis Héctor Odicino-Pedro Benoza
Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry
Guillermo Brown Puerto Madryn Raúl Conti
Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza Víctor Legrotaglie
Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy 23 de Agosto
Guaraní Antonio Franco Posadas Clemente Fernandez de Oliveira
Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini
Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón
Juventud Unida Gualeguaychú Estadio Luis Delfino
Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Estadio Eduardo Gallardón
Patronato Paraná Presbítero Bartolomé Grella
Santamarina Tandil Municipal Gral. San Martín
Sportivo Belgrano San Francisco Oscar Boero
Unión Mar del Plata José María Minella
Villa Dálmine Campana Villa Dálmine

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Qualification
1 Atlético Tucumán (C, P) 42 24 13 5 69 31 +38 85 Promotion to Primera División and Qualification to 2015–16 Copa Argentina
2 Patronato (O, P) 42 23 13 6 60 24 +36 82 Qualification for Torneo Reducido and Qualification to 2015–16 Copa Argentina
3 Ferro Carril Oeste 42 18 13 11 44 37 +7 67
4 Santamarina 42 18 12 12 54 40 +14 66
5 Instituto 42 15 17 10 48 38 +10 62
6 Villa Dálmine 42 15 15 12 44 42 +2 60 Qualification for 2015–16 Copa Argentina
7 Atlético Paraná 42 16 10 16 50 46 +4 58
8 Douglas Haig 42 14 16 12 45 46 −1 58
9 Estudiantes (SL) 42 13 17 12 47 44 +3 56
10 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 42 14 13 15 35 43 −8 55
11 Los Andes 42 12 18 12 46 49 −3 54
12 Juventud Unida (G) 42 14 12 16 43 47 −4 54
13 Boca Unidos 42 14 12 16 37 42 −5 54
14 All Boys 42 13 14 15 38 37 +1 53
15 Central Córdoba (SdE) 42 12 15 15 37 44 −7 51
16 Independiente Rivadavia 42 13 12 17 38 46 −8 51
17 Guaraní Antonio Franco 42 13 11 18 38 43 −5 50
18 Chacarita Juniors 42 13 11 18 49 62 −13 50
19 Guillermo Brown 42 11 15 16 43 50 −7 48
20 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 42 14 6 22 37 53 −16 48
21 Sportivo Belgrano 42 9 13 20 36 50 −14 40
22 Unión (MdP) 42 7 16 19 36 60 −24 37
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only for deciding promotion or relegation); 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points; 6) head-to-head goal difference; 7) head-to-head goals scored.[5]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

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Home \ Away ALL APA ATU BOC CCO CHA DOU ESL FCO GBR GEM GEJ GUA IND INS JUG LAN PAT SAN SPO UNI VDA
All Boys 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–0
Atlético Paraná 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 0–2
Atlético Tucumán 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 5–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1
Boca Unidos 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–1
C. Córdoba (SdE) 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–3
Chacarita Juniors 3–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 3–1 1–0
Douglas Haig 2–2 3–1 1–4 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 5–0 2–2
Estudiantes (SL) 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–3 3–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–1
Ferro Carril Oeste 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–1
Guillermo Brown 1–0 0–3 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 3–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–1
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 0–0 2–3 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–4 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0
Guaraní A. Franco 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 5–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Independiente Rivadavia 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–2 3–1 4–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0
Instituto 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–1
Juventud Unida (G) 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0
Los Andes 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 5–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–3 0–1
Patronato 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 6–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 4–0 2–0
Santamarina 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–4 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 4–1
Sportivo Belgrano 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 3–3
Unión (MdP) 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–3 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 4–0 1–3
Villa Dálmine 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2015. Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Reducido

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At the end of the regular season, the four teams placed 2-5 will advance to compete for one place next season in the 2016 Primera División. If a team finishes in 2-5 place but will be relegated, the next highest placed team will advance to the playoff. Teams will play each other over two legs in each round. Matches were played between 19 November – 5 December.[6]

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Instituto 2–4 Patronato 1–1 1–3
Santamarina 4–2 Ferro Carril Oeste 2–2 2–0

Finals

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Torneo Reducido Final
(2nd. promotion playoff)
First leg
Santamarina3–1Patronato
Bordón   21'
Michel   70'
Tucker   84'
Report Quiroga   39'
Estadio Municipal San Martín, Tandil
Referee: Mauro Vigliano

Second leg
Patronato2–0Santamarina
Garrido   56'
Minetti   73'
Report
Penalties
6–5
Referee: Fernando Espinoza

Note: After the series ended 3–3 on aggregate, Patronato won 6–5 on penalties, promoting to Primera División.

Relegation

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The bottom four teams of this table face relegation. Clubs with an indirect affiliation with Argentine Football Association are relegated to the Torneo Federal A, while clubs directly affiliated face relegation to Primera B Metropolitana.

Pos
Team 2012–13
Pts
2013–14
Pts
2014
Pts
2015
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg
Relegation
1 Atlético Tucumán 51 64 29 85 229 142 1.613
2 Patronato 56 49 22 82 209 142 1.472
3 Santamarina 24 66 90 62 1.452
4 Villa Dálmine 60 60 42 1.429
5 Atlético Paraná 58 58 42 1.381
6 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 50 61 30 55 196 142 1.38
7 Estudiantes (SL) 56 56 42 1.333
8 Instituto 39 62 25 62 188 142 1.324
9 Los Andes 54 54 42 1.286
10 Douglas Haig 49 51 25 58 183 142 1.289
11 Juventud Unida (G) 54 54 42 1.286
12 Ferro Carril Oeste 43 55 16 67 181 142 1.275
13 Boca Unidos 45 54 27 54 180 142 1.268
14 Independiente Rivadavia 48 55 22 51 176 142 1.239
15 Central Córdoba (SdE) 51 51 42 1.214
16 All Boys 22 53 75 62 1.21
17 Chacarita Juniors 50 50 42 1.19
18 Guillermo Brown 48 48 42 1.143 Relegation Playoff
19 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) (R) 48 48 42 1.143
20 Guaraní Antonio Franco (R) 18 50 68 62 1.097 Torneo Federal A
21 Sportivo Belgrano (R) 53 17 40 110 104 1.058
22 Unión (MdP) (R) 37 37 42 0.881

Source: AFA

As of 18 November 2015

Relegation playoff

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A single play-off match was played on 25 November 2015 to determine the fourth team to be relegated. Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza lost the play-off match on penalties and were relegated. [7][8]

Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)1–1Guillermo Brown
Montiveros   102'
Marín   105+1'
Report Sánchez   48'   90'
Mosca   98'
Rivadero   105+4'
Penalties
Albornoz  
Carranza  
Farías  
Carrizo  
Corvalán  
Espinosa  
4–5   Bottino
  Barone
  Susvielles
  Marinucci
  Rivadero
  Ciampichetti

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Fixture de Primera B Nacional 2015". AFA. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Asociación del Fútbol Argentino Boletín 4978" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Así se jugará la temporada 2015 del Torneo Nacional B". diariopanorama.com. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  4. ^ "En la B Nacional 2015 habrá dos ascensos y cuatro descensos". nuevodiarioweb.com.ar. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Primera B Nacional: Season Rules". scoresway.com. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Reglamento NacionalB 2015" (PDF). AFA. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  7. ^ "estadistica de primera b nacional". AFA. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Primera B Nacional". soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
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