1986–87 Primera B Nacional

Primera B Nacional
Season 1986–87
Champions Deportivo Armenio
(1st divisional title)
Promoted Deportivo Armenio
Banfield
Relegated Central Norte
Atlético Concepción
Unión (VK)
Top goalscorer José Iglesias 36 goals
1987-88 →

The 1986-87 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 1º season of the newly created second division professional of football in Argentina. This was the result of new changes in the entire Argentine football league system, the Metropolitano and Nacional of Primera División disappeared and the previous second division, the Primera B Metropolitana transformed into the third division. To create this tournament was played the Apertura 1986 of Primera B Metropolitana of which 7 teams were promoted to this new division. Also from the Torneo del Interior were promoted 13 teams and from Primera División were relegated 2 teams. A total of 22 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.

Club information

Club City Stadium
Atlético Concepción Banda del Río Salí Ing. José María Paz
Banfield Banfield Florencio Solá
Belgrano Córdoba El Gigante de Alberdi
Central Córdoba Santiago del Estero Alfredo Terrara
Central Norte Salta Dr. Luis Güemes
Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors
Chaco For Ever Resistencia Juan Alberto García
Cipolletti Cipolletti La Visera de Cemento
Colón Santa Fe Brigadier General Estanislao López
Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Deportivo Armenio Ingeniero Maschwitz República de Armenia
Deportivo Maipú Maipú Higinio Sperdutti
Deportivo Mandiyú Corrientes José A. Romero Feris1
Douglas Haig Pergamino Miguel Morales
Ferro Carril Oeste General Pico Coloso de Barrio Talleres
Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy 23 de Agosto
Guaraní Antonio Franco Posadas Clemente Fernandez de Oliveira
Huracán Buenos Aires Tomás Adolfo Ducó
Lanús Lanús Ciudad de Lanús
Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Eduardo Gallardón
Tigre Victoria José Dellagiovanna
Unión Villa Krause 12 de Octubre

1: Property of Huracán Corrientes.

Standings

Deportivo Armenio was declared champion and was automatically promoted to Primera División, and the teams placed 2º to 9º qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff.

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Deportivo Armenio 6242221826926+43
Banfield 5442201488749+38
Belgrano 54422210107544+31
Huracán 54422210107851+27
Colón 5442191675635+21
Deportivo Maipú 49421813116450+14
Deportivo Mandiyú 48421910136341+22
Chaco For Ever 4842151895542+13
Lanús 47421811136763+4
10ºDefensa y Justicia 434215131447470
11ºDouglas Haig 41421315146053+7
12ºLos Andes 40421314155460-6
13ºTigre 3842920135257-5
14ºCentral Córdoba (SdE) 37421311185362-7
15ºFerro Carril Oeste (GP) 36421310195362-7
16ºGuaraní Antonio Franco 3542917164048-8
17ºCipolletti 35421015173849-11
18ºCentral Norte 34421014184555-10
19ºChacarita Juniors 34421014183857-19
20ºGimnasia y Esgrima (J) 3442916175282-30
21ºAtlético Concepción 3242816184263-21
22º Unión (VK) 1542473135127-92
Champion. Automatically Promoted to Primera División.
Qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff.

Second Promotion Playoff

The Second Promotion Playoff or Torneo Reducido was played by the teams placed 2º to 9º in the overall standings: Banfield (2º), Belgrano (3º), Huracán (4º), Colón (5º), Deportivo Maipú (6º), Deportivo Mandiyú (7º), Chaco For Ever (8º) and Lanús (9º). The winner was promoted to Primera División.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                         
2  Banfield 0 3 3  
9  Lanús 0 2 2  
  2  Banfield1 0 1 1  
  5  Colón 0 1 1  
5  Colón 3 0 3
6  Deportivo Maipú 0 1 1  
  2  Banfield 0 2 2
  3  Belgrano 1 0 0
3  Belgrano1 2 2 4  
8  Chaco For Ever 1 3 4  
  3  Belgrano 0 2 2
  4  Huracán 0 1 1  
4  Huracán 1 1 2
7  Deportivo Mandiyú 0 0 0  

1: Qualified because of sport advantage.

Relegation

Pos
Team 1984
Pts
1985
Pts
Ap 1986
Pts
1986-87
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg
Situation Affiliation
1 Deportivo Armenio1 22 62 84 60 1.4 Direct
2 Belgrano 54 54 42 1.286 Indirect
3 Huracán 54 54 42 1.286 Direct
4 Deportivo Maipú 49 49 42 1.167 Indirect
5 Banfield1 43 46 23 54 166 144 1.153 Direct
6 Chaco For Ever 48 48 42 1.143 Indirect
7 Deportivo Mandiyú 48 48 42 1.143 Indirect
8 Lanús1 49 47 21 47 164 144 1.139 Direct
9 Colón1 37 43 21 54 155 144 1.076 Direct
10 Los Andes1 44 47 23 40 154 144 1.069 Direct
11 Defensa y Justicia1 21 43 64 60 1.067 Direct
12 Tigre1 44 36 23 38 141 144 0.979 Direct
13 Douglas Haig 41 42 42 0.976 Indirect
14 Central Córdoba (SdE) 37 37 42 0.881 Indirect
15 Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) 36 36 42 0.857 Indirect
16 Guaraní Antonio Franco 35 35 42 0.833 Indirect
17 Cipolletti 35 35 42 0.833 Indirect
18 Chacarita Juniors2 34 34 42 0.81 Additional Playoff Direct
19 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)2 34 34 42 0.81 Indirect
20 Central Norte2 34 34 42 0.81 Indirect
21 Atlético Concepción 32 32 42 0.762 Liga Tucumana de Fútbol Indirect
22 Unión (VK) 15 15 42 0.357 Liga Sanjuanina de fútbol Indirect

1: They kept the points earned in previous editions of the Primera B Metropolitana, although the category was new.

2: They had to play a tiebreaker triangular to see which team was relegated.

Note: Clubs with indirect affiliation with AFA are relegated to their respective league of his province according to the Argentine football league system, while clubs directly affiliated face relegation to Primera B Metropolitana. Clubs with direct affiliation are all from Greater Buenos Aires, with the exception of Newell's, Rosario Central, Central Córdoba and Argentino de Rosario, all from Rosario, and Unión and Colón from Santa Fe.

Additional Playoff

Chacarita Juniors, Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) and Central Norte were tied in points, they had to play a tiebreaker triangular in a neutral field to see which team was relegated.

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Chacarita Juniors 22020110
Central Norte 22020110
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 22020000

As the 3 matches ended in a tie, it was used the overall table and the matches between the 3 teams and Central Norte was the team with less points, so it was relegated to the Liga Salteña de fútbol.

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 6422097+2
Chacarita Juniors 5413065+1
Central Norte 1401347-3

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