1997–98 Primera B Nacional

Primera B Nacional
Season 1997–98
Champions Talleres (C)
(1st divisional title)
Promoted Talleres (C)
Belgrano
Relegated Almirante Brown
Sportivo Italiano
Chaco For Ever
Top goalscorer Alejandro Glaría 30 goals
← 1996-97
1998-99 →

The 1997-98 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 12º season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 32 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.

Club information

Interior Zone

Club City Stadium
Aldosivi Mar del Plata José María Minella
Almirante Brown Arrecifes Estadio Municipal
Atlético de Rafaela Rafaela Nuevo Monumental
Atlético Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro
Belgrano Córdoba El Gigante de Alberdi
Chaco For Ever Resistencia Juan Alberto García
Cipolletti Cipolletti La Visera de Cemento
Douglas Haig Pergamino Miguel Morales
Godoy Cruz Mendoza Malvinas Argentinas
Huracán Corrientes Corrientes José Antonio Romero Feris
Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón
Olimpo Bahía Blanca Roberto Natalio Carminatti
San Martín Mendoza San Martín
San Martín San Juan Ing. Hilario Sánchez
San Martín San Miguel de Tucumán La Ciudadela
Talleres Córdoba Estadio La Boutique

Metropolitana Zone

Club City Stadium
All Boys Floresta Islas Malvinas
Almagro José Ingenieros Tres de Febrero
Almirante Brown Isidro Casanova Fragata Presidente Sarmiento
Arsenal Sarandí Julio H. Grondona
Atlanta Villa Crespo León Kolbovski
Banfield Banfield Florencio Solá
Central Córdoba Rosario Gabino Sosa
Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors
Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Deportivo Morón Morón Francisco Urbano
Estudiantes Caseros Ciudad de Caseros
Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Eduardo Gallardón
Nueva Chicago Mataderos Nueva Chicago
Quilmes Quilmes Centenario
San Miguel Los Polvorines Malvinas Argentinas
Sportivo Italiano Ciudad Evita Republica de Italia

Interior Zone standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Instituto 30 17 7 6 38 22 +16 58 Championship Group
2 Belgrano 30 15 9 6 52 32 +20 54
3 Talleres (C) 30 13 12 5 38 22 +16 51
4 San Martín (SJ) 30 13 9 8 51 33 +18 48
5 San Martín (T) 30 13 8 9 49 43 +6 47
6 Almirante Brown (A) 30 12 9 9 44 34 +10 45
7 Atlético de Rafaela 30 12 9 9 45 38 +7 45
8 Atlético Tucumán 30 13 4 13 47 43 +4 43
9 Godoy Cruz 30 12 6 12 47 50 −3 42 Relegation Group
10 Aldosivi 30 8 12 10 45 50 −5 36
11 Huracán Corrientes 30 9 8 13 41 57 −16 35
12 Cipolletti 30 9 7 14 34 45 −11 34
13 Chaco For Ever 30 6 12 12 39 52 −13 30
14 Olimpo 30 6 11 13 32 46 −14 29
15 San Martín (M) 30 7 7 16 29 44 −15 28
16 Douglas Haig 30 5 10 15 32 52 −20 25

Metropolitana Zone standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Banfield 30 18 8 4 69 28 +41 62 Championship Group
2 Chacarita Juniors 30 13 10 7 44 32 +12 49
3 Los Andes 30 13 9 8 51 42 +9 48
4 Quilmes 30 13 9 8 41 32 +9 48
5 Central Córdoba (R) 30 14 6 10 38 30 +8 48
6 Arsenal 30 12 10 8 41 36 +5 46
7 All Boys 30 11 13 6 47 43 +4 46
8 Estudiantes (BA) 30 12 9 9 43 37 +6 45
9 San Miguel 30 12 9 9 33 27 +6 45 Relegation Group
10 Defensa y Justicia 30 12 6 12 46 35 +11 42
11 Nueva Chicago 30 11 7 12 37 36 +1 40
12 Sportivo Italiano 30 7 10 13 33 52 −19 31
13 Deportivo Morón 30 7 9 14 36 56 −20 30
14 Atlanta 30 5 12 13 33 46 −13 27
15 Almagro 30 3 13 14 19 42 −23 22
16 Almirante Brown 30 4 6 20 23 60 −37 18

Championship Group

It was divided in 2 groups with the 16 teams that qualified from Interior and Metropolitana Zone placed 1º to 8º and were mixed. The team placed 1º of each group qualified for the Promotion Playoff, and the teams placed 2º and 3º qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff.

Group A

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Talleres (C) 14 8 3 3 25 11 +14 27 Promotion Playoff
2 Quilmes 14 7 5 2 26 19 +7 26 Second Promotion Playoff
3 Chacarita Juniors 14 6 4 4 20 16 +4 22
4 Instituto 14 6 3 5 19 18 +1 21
5 Estudiantes (BA) 14 5 4 5 18 22 −4 19
6 Los Andes 14 4 3 7 23 27 −4 15
7 Atlético Tucumán 14 4 3 7 15 24 −9 15
8 Almirante Brown (A) 14 2 3 9 13 22 −9 9

Group B

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Belgrano 14 7 6 1 29 17 +12 27 Promotion Playoff
2 All Boys 14 8 3 3 24 16 +8 27 Second Promotion Playoff
3 Banfield 14 7 5 2 24 14 +10 26
4 San Martín (SJ) 14 4 4 6 23 27 −4 16
5 Central Córdoba (R) 14 5 1 8 12 16 −4 16
6 San Martín (T) 14 3 6 5 20 23 −3 15
7 Arsenal 14 2 6 6 27 36 −9 12
8 Atlético de Rafaela 14 3 3 8 18 28 −10 12

Relegation Group

It was divided in 2 groups with the 16 teams that qualified from Interior and Metropolitana Zone placed 9º to 16º. The team placed 1º of each group qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff.

Interior Group

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Aldosivi 14 9 2 3 26 19 +7 29 Second Promotion Playoff
2 Cipolletti 14 7 4 3 24 14 +10 25
3 San Martín (M) 14 6 6 2 23 13 +10 24
4 Olimpo 14 7 3 4 26 18 +8 24
5 Godoy Cruz 14 3 5 6 20 22 −2 14
6 Chaco For Ever 14 4 2 8 20 28 −8 14
7 Douglas Haig 14 3 4 7 14 27 −13 13
8 Huracán Corrientes 14 3 2 9 18 30 −12 11

Metropolitano Group

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Almagro 14 10 1 3 25 16 +9 31 Second Promotion Playoff
2 San Miguel 14 6 4 4 22 15 +7 22
3 Sportivo Italiano 14 6 3 5 27 30 −3 21
4 Deportivo Morón 14 6 2 6 21 18 +3 20
5 Atlanta 14 6 2 6 17 16 +1 20
6 Defensa y Justicia 14 6 1 7 22 20 +2 19
7 Nueva Chicago 14 3 4 7 16 13 +3 13
8 Almirante Brown 14 3 3 8 16 28 −12 12

Promotion Playoff

The promotion playoff was played by the winner of Group A, Talleres (C) and the winner of Group B, Belgrano. The winning team was declared champion and was automatically promoted to Primera Division. The losing team joined in semifinals of the Second Promotion Playoff.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Final
Belgrano 2-2 (3–4 p) Talleres (C) 0-1 2-1

Second Promotion Playoff

The Second promotion playoff or Torneo Reducido was played by the teams placed 2º and 3º of each group of the Championship Group: Quilmes and Chacarita Juniors (Group A), All Boys and Banfield (Group B), and the teams placed 1º of each group of the Relegation Group: Aldosivi (Interior Group) and Almagro (Metropolitano Group). In the semifinals joined Belgrano, the losing team of the First Promotion Playoff. The winner was promoted to Primera Division.

First Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
First Round
Quilmes 4-1 Almagro 2-1 2-0
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
First Round
All Boys 2-3 Aldosivi 0-1 2-2
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
First Round
Banfield 3-2 Chacarita Juniors 0-0 3-2

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Semifinals
Quilmes 0-2 Aldosivi 0-0 0-2
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Semifinals
Belgrano 3-2 Banfield 1-1 2-1

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Final
Belgrano 4-2 Aldosivi 1-1 3-1

Relegation

Note: Clubs with indirect affiliation with AFA are relegated to the Torneo Argentino A, 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.

Interior Zone

Pos
 Team 1995-96
Pts		 1996-97
Pts		 1997-98
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
 Situation Affiliation
1 Godoy Cruz 66 28 56 150 102 1.471 Indirect
2 Huracán Corrientes 75 — 46 121 86 1.407
3 Aldosivi — 17 65 82 60 1.367
4 Olimpo — 26 53 79 60 1.317
5 Cipolletti — 15 59 74 60 1.233
6 San Martín (M) — — 52 52 44 1.182
7 Douglas Haig 65 13 38 116 102 1.137 Relegation Playoff Matches
8 Chaco For Ever — 16 44 60 60 1

Metropolitana Zone

Pos
 Team 1995-96
Pts		 1996-97
Pts		 1997-98
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
 Situation Affiliation
1 San Miguel — — 67 67 44 1.523 Indirect
2 Defensa y Justicia — — 61 61 44 1.386
3 Almagro — 27 53 80 60 1.333
4 Nueva Chicago 52 26 53 131 102 1.284
5 Atlanta 55 22 47 124 102 1.216
6 Deportivo Morón 43 27 50 120 102 1.176
7 Sportivo Italiano — 15 52 67 60 1.117 Primera B Metropolitana
8 Almirante Brown — 14 30 44 60 0.733

Promotion/Relegation Playoff

Teams placed 7º and 8º of the Relegation Table Interior Zone (Douglas Haig and Chaco For Ever), played a promotion/relegation playoff or Torneo Reclasificatorio, with Huracán (SR) and Villa Mitre, teams from Torneo Argentino A. The winner was Douglas Haig and remained in the Primera B Nacional, while Huracán (SR) and Villa Mitre remained in Torneo Argentino A and Chaco For Ever was relegated to it.

Semifinals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Douglas Haig 4-2 Villa Mitre
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Huracán (SR) 2-5 Chaco For Ever

Final

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Douglas Haig 4-3 (a.e.t.) Chaco For Ever

See also

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