2000–01 Primera B Nacional

Primera B Nacional
Season 2000–01
Champions Banfield
(2nd divisional title)
Promoted Banfield
Nueva Chicago
Relegated Estudiantes (BA)
Cipolletti
Ferro Carril Oeste
General Paz Juniors
San Martín (T)
All Boys
San Miguel
Top goalscorer Daniel Jiménez 23 goals
← 1999-00

The 2000–01 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 15º season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 30 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.

Club information

Interior Zone

Club City Stadium
Almirante Brown Arrecifes Estadio Municipal
Atlético de Rafaela Rafaela Nuevo Monumental
Atlético Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro
Cipolletti Cipolletti La Visera de Cemento
General Paz Juniors Córdoba General Paz Juniors
Gimnasia y Esgrima Concepción del Uruguay Manuel y Ramón Núñez
Gimnasia y Esgrima San Salvador de Jujuy 23 de Agosto
Godoy Cruz Mendoza Malvinas Argentinas
Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini
Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón
Juventud Antoniana Salta Fray Honorato Pistoia
Olimpo Bahía Blanca Roberto Natalio Carminatti
Racing Córdoba Miguel Sancho
San Martín Mendoza San Martín
San Martín San Juan Ing. Hilario Sánchez
San Martín San Miguel de Tucumán La Ciudadela
Villa Mitre Bahía Blanca El Fortín

Metropolitana Zone

Club City Stadium
All Boys Floresta Islas Malvinas
Arsenal Sarandí Julio H. Grondona
Banfield Banfield Florencio Solá
Central Córdoba Rosario Gabino Sosa
Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
El Porvenir Gerli Gildo Francisco Ghersinich
Estudiantes Caseros Ciudad de Caseros
Ferro Carril Oeste Caballito Arq. Ricardo Etcheverry
Nueva Chicago Mataderos Nueva Chicago
Platense Florida Ciudad de Vicente López
Quilmes Quilmes Centenario
San Miguel Los Polvorines Malvinas Argentinas
Tigre Victoria José Dellagiovanna

Interior Zone Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Instituto 32 21 8 3 71 23 +48 71 Promotion Playoff
2 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 32 15 10 7 42 32 +10 55
3 Racing (C) 32 15 7 10 43 42 +1 52 Second Promotion Playoff
4 San Martín (M) 32 14 9 9 45 35 +10 51
5 San Martín (SJ) 32 14 8 10 44 33 +11 50
6 Almirante Brown (A) 32 14 8 10 44 37 +7 50
7 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 32 14 8 10 39 32 +7 50
8 Atlético de Rafaela 32 13 6 13 48 47 +1 45
9 Godoy Cruz 32 12 8 12 46 47 −1 44
10 Atlético Tucumán 32 11 10 11 38 38 0 43
11 Villa Mitre 32 13 4 15 41 51 −10 43
12 Juventud Antoniana 32 12 7 13 32 43 −11 43
13 Independiente Rivadavia 32 9 8 15 38 37 +1 35
14 San Martín (T) 32 9 5 18 42 32 +10 32
15 Olimpo 32 9 5 18 36 52 −16 32
16 General Paz Juniors 32 7 8 17 36 56 −20 29
17 Cipolletti 32 5 10 17 34 69 −35 25

Metropolitana Zone Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Quilmes 24 15 5 4 46 18 +28 50 Promotion Playoff
2 Banfield 24 14 7 3 41 19 +22 49
3 Arsenal 24 13 5 6 30 21 +9 44 Second Promotion Playoff
4 Nueva Chicago 24 10 7 7 40 36 +4 37
5 Platense 24 9 6 9 32 25 +7 33
6 Central Córdoba (R) 24 8 7 9 20 23 −3 31
7 All Boys 24 8 6 10 20 31 −11 30
8 Defensa y Justicia 24 8 5 11 29 31 −2 29
9 San Miguel 24 6 10 8 27 37 −10 28
10 Tigre 24 5 11 8 18 22 −4 26
11 Estudiantes (BA) 24 5 9 10 22 35 −13 24
12 El Porvenir 24 2 13 9 17 27 −10 19
13 Ferro Carril Oeste 24 3 9 12 22 39 −17 18

Promotion Playoff

The Promotion Playoff was played by the teams placed 1º and 2º of each zone. The winning team was declared champion and was automatically promoted to Primera División. The teams that lost in semifinal joined into the Quarterfinals of the Second Promotion Playoff, and the team that lost in the final joined in the semifinal of the Second Promotion Playoff.

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Semifinals
Instituto 3–4 Banfield 2–2 1–2
Semifinals
Quilmes1 1–1 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 1-0 0-1

1: Qualified because of sport advantage.

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Final
Banfield 6–3 Quilmes 2–1 4–2

Second Promotion Playoff

The Second Promotion Playoff or Torneo Reducido was played by the teams placed 3º to 6º of each zone. Instituto and Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) joined in the Quarterfinals, and Quilmes joined in the Semifinals. The winner was promoted to Primera División.

Bracket

  Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                                     
4M  Nueva Chicago 2 1 3  
5I  San Martín (SJ) 2 0 2  
  2I  Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 1 0 1  
  4M  Nueva Chicago 0 2 2  
 
   
  1M  Quilmes 0 0 0  
  4M  Nueva Chicago 1 0 1  
   
   
   
     
 
   
  1I  Instituto 0 2 2
  4M  Nueva Chicago 1 3 4
4I  San Martín (M) 1 1 0 1  
5M  Platense 0 1 1  
  4I  San Martín (M) 1 1 2 3
  6I  Almirante Brown (A) 1 2 3  
3M  Arsenal 0 0 0
6I  Almirante Brown (A) 1 0 0  
  1I  Instituto 0 3 3
  4I  San Martín (M) 1 1 2  
   
   
  1I  Instituto 3 3 6
  6M  Central Córdoba (R) 1 1 2  
3I  Racing (C) 0 2 2
6M  Central Córdoba (R) 4 1 5  

1: Qualified because of sport advantage.

Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional

The best two teams of each zone that were not promoted (Quilmes and Instituto) played against the 18º and the 17º placed of the Relegation Table of 2000-01 Primera División.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Relegation/promotion playoff 1
Instituto 1-1 Argentinos Juniors 0-0 1–1
Relegation/promotion playoff 2
Quilmes 1–1 Belgrano 1-0 0-1

Relegation

7 teams were relegated: 2 teams with the worst co-efficient from Interior Zone, 2 teams with the worst co-efficient from Metropolitana Zone and 3 more teams regardless their affiliation.

Pos
 Team 1998-99
Pts		 1999-00
Pts		 2000–01
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
 Situation Affiliation
1 Instituto 57 — 71 128 62 2.065 Indirect
2 Quilmes 47 63 50 160 90 1.778 Direct
3 Arsenal 57 55 44 156 90 1.733 Direct
4 Banfield 43 59 49 151 90 1.678 Direct
5 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) — — 50 50 32 1.563 Indirect
6 Atlético de Rafaela 44 51 45 140 92 1.522 Indirect
7 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 37 47 55 139 92 1.511 Indirect
8 San Martín (M) 38 50 51 139 92 1.511 Indirect
9 Racing (C) — 38 52 90 62 1.452 Indirect
10 Juventud Antoniana 46 46 43 135 92 1.467 Indirect
11 San Martín (SJ) 36 49 50 135 92 1.467 Indirect
12 Almirante Brown (A) 42 40 50 132 92 1.435 Indirect
13 Atlético Tucumán 57 29 43 129 92 1.402 Indirect
14 Defensa y Justicia 44 52 29 125 90 1.389 Direct
15 Villa Mitre — 41 43 84 62 1.355 Indirect
16 Platense — 45 33 78 58 1.345 Direct
17 Independiente Rivadavia — 45 35 80 62 1.29 Indirect
18 Godoy Cruz 30 43 44 117 92 1.272 Indirect
19 Tigre 43 45 26 114 90 1.267 Direct
20 El Porvenir 45 50 19 114 90 1.267 Direct
21 Nueva Chicago 44 33 37 114 90 1.267 Direct
22 Olimpo 43 41 32 116 92 1.261 Indirect
23 Central Córdoba (R) 43 38 31 112 90 1.244 Direct
24 All Boys 51 29 30 110 90 1.222 Primera B Metropolitana Direct
25 San Miguel 43 35 28 106 90 1.178 Direct
26 San Martín (T) 46 28 32 106 92 1.152 Torneo Argentino A Indirect
27 Cipolletti 53 23 25 101 92 1.098 Indirect
28 Estudiantes (BA) — — 24 24 24 1 Primera B Metropolitana Direct
29 General Paz Juniors — — 29 29 32 0.906 Torneo Argentino A Indirect
30 Ferro Carril Oeste — — 18 18 24 0.75 Primera B Metropolitana Direct

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.

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