2002–03 Primera B Nacional

Primera B Nacional
Season 2002–03
Champions Atlético de Rafaela
(1st divisional title)
Promoted Atlético de Rafaela
Quilmes
Relegated Almirante Brown (A)
Deportivo Español
Top goalscorer AP: Diego Torres
Daniel Giménez 13 goals
CL: Matías Gigli
Héctor Silva 12 goals

The 2002–03 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 17º season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.

Club information

Club City Stadium
Almagro José Ingenieros Tres de Febrero
Almirante Brown Arrecifes Estadio Municipal
Argentinos Juniors Buenos Aires Diego Armando Maradona
Atlético de Rafaela Rafaela Nuevo Monumental
Belgrano Córdoba El Gigante de Alberdi
CAI Comodoro Rivadavia Municipal de Comodoro Rivadavia
Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Defensores de Belgrano Núñez Juan Pasquale
Deportivo Español Parque Avellaneda Nueva España
El Porvenir Gerli Gildo Francisco Ghersinich
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
Huracán Tres Arroyos Roberto Lorenzo Bottino
Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón
Juventud Antoniana Salta Fray Honorato Pistoia
Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Eduardo Gallardón
Quilmes Quilmes Centenario
San Martín Mendoza San Martín
San Martín San Juan Ing. Hilario Sánchez

Torneo Apertura Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético de Rafaela 19 11 5 3 28 16 +12 38 Promotion Playoff
2 Argentinos Juniors 19 10 6 3 29 15 +14 36
3 Quilmes 19 9 6 4 34 17 +17 33
4 Instituto 19 9 5 5 29 17 +12 32
5 Defensa y Justicia 19 9 4 6 28 21 +7 31
6 San Martín (M) 19 8 5 6 24 16 +8 29
7 Juventud Antoniana 19 8 5 6 20 22 −2 29
8 Huracán (TA) 19 7 6 6 26 23 +3 27
9 Almagro 19 6 9 4 19 23 −4 27
10 Godoy Cruz 19 7 5 7 30 28 +2 26
11 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 19 8 2 9 23 21 +2 26
12 Deportivo Español 19 6 6 7 19 29 −10 24
13 El Porvenir 19 5 8 6 17 22 −5 23
14 Los Andes 19 5 7 7 25 28 −3 22
15 CAI 19 6 4 9 16 27 −11 22
16 Defensores de Belgrano 19 5 6 8 16 17 −1 21
17 Belgrano 19 5 6 8 20 25 −5 21
18 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 19 4 6 9 25 31 −6 18
19 San Martín (SJ) 19 4 6 9 17 25 −8 18
20 Almirante Brown (A) 19 3 3 13 17 39 −22 12

Torneo Clausura Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético de Rafaela 19 11 6 2 35 26 +9 39 Promotion Playoff
2 Argentinos Juniors 19 11 5 3 30 11 +19 38
3 San Martín (M) 19 9 6 4 27 20 +7 33
4 Godoy Cruz 19 9 5 5 31 19 +12 32
5 Almagro 19 9 5 5 31 22 +9 32
6 Belgrano 19 8 7 4 21 15 +6 31
7 Quilmes 19 8 7 4 28 23 +5 31
8 Huracán (TA) 19 9 1 9 30 23 +7 28
9 Defensores de Belgrano 19 8 4 7 28 26 +2 28
10 Instituto 19 6 10 3 20 20 0 28
11 Juventud Antoniana 19 6 6 7 16 18 −2 24
12 Defensa y Justicia 19 6 6 7 18 22 −4 24
13 Los Andes 19 5 8 6 25 30 −5 23
14 CAI 19 7 2 10 24 33 −9 23
15 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 19 5 7 7 19 26 −7 22
16 Almirante Brown (A) 19 6 3 10 25 33 −8 21
17 El Porvenir 49 5 4 40 21 28 −7 19
18 San Martín (SJ) 19 4 6 9 18 23 −5 18
19 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 19 3 6 10 26 41 −15 15
20 Deportivo Español 19 1 4 14 18 34 −16 7

Overall Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético de Rafaela 38 22 11 5 63 42 +21 77 Primera División
2 Argentinos Juniors 38 21 11 6 59 26 +33 74 Promotion Playoff
3 Quilmes 38 17 13 8 62 40 +22 64
4 San Martín (M) 38 17 11 10 51 36 +15 62 Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional
5 Instituto 38 15 15 8 49 37 +12 60
6 Almagro 38 15 14 9 50 45 +5 59
7 Godoy Cruz 38 16 10 12 61 47 +14 58
8 Huracán (TA) 38 16 7 15 56 46 +10 55
9 Defensa y Justicia 38 15 10 13 46 43 +3 55
10 Juventud Antoniana 38 14 11 13 36 40 −4 53
11 Belgrano 38 13 13 12 41 40 +1 52
12 Defensores de Belgrano 38 13 10 15 44 43 +1 49
13 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 38 13 9 16 42 47 −5 48
14 Los Andes 38 10 15 13 50 58 −8 45
15 CAI 38 13 6 19 40 60 −20 45
16 El Porvenir 38 10 12 16 38 50 −12 42
17 San Martín (SJ) 38 8 12 18 35 48 −13 36
18 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 38 7 12 19 51 72 −21 33
19 Almirante Brown (A) 38 9 6 23 42 72 −30 33
20 Deportivo Español 38 7 10 21 37 63 −26 31

Promotion Playoff

This leg was played between the Apertura and the Clausura winner, but as Atlético de Rafaela won both tournaments, was declared champion and was automatically promoted to 2003-04 Primera División, so the match was played between the best teams placed in the overall standings under Atlético de Rafaela; Argentinos Juniors and Quilmes. The winning team was promoted to 2003-04 Primera División and the losing team played the Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Promotion Playoff
Argentinos Juniors 0–1 Quilmes 0–1 0–0

Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional

The Promotion playoff loser (Argentinos Juniors) and the team placed 4º in the overall standings (San Martín (M)) played against the 18º and the 17º placed of the Relegation Table of 2002-03 Primera División.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Relegation/promotion playoff 1
San Martín (M) 0–2 Talleres (C) 0–1 0–1
Relegation/promotion playoff 2
Argentinos Juniors 0–3 Nueva Chicago 0-1 0-2

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.

Metropolitana Zone

Pos
 Team 2000–01
Pts		 2001–02
Pts		 2002–03
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
 Situation Affiliation
1 Argentinos Juniors — — 74 74 38 1.947 Direct
2 Quilmes 50 65 64 179 100 1.79 Direct
3 Defensa y Justicia 29 57 55 141 100 1.41 Direct
4 Defensores de Belgrano — 56 49 105 76 1.382 Direct
5 Almagro — 40 59 99 76 1.303 Direct
6 Los Andes — 49 45 94 76 1.237 Direct
7 El Porvenir 19 59 42 120 100 1.2 Relegation Playoff Matches Direct
8 Deportivo Español — — 31 31 38 0.816 Primera B Metropolitana Direct

Interior Zone

Pos
 Team 2000–01
Pts		 2001–02
Pts		 2002–03
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
 Situation Affiliation
1 Instituto 71 59 60 190 108 1.759 Indirect
2 Atlético de Rafaela 45 59 77 181 108 1.676 Indirect
3 Huracán (TA) — 63 55 118 76 1.553 Indirect
4 San Martín (M) 51 50 62 163 108 1.509 Indirect
5 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 50 58 48 156 108 1.444 Indirect
6 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 55 64 33 152 108 1.407 Indirect
7 Belgrano — — 52 52 38 1.368 Indirect
8 Godoy Cruz 44 47 58 149 108 1.38 Indirect
9 Juventud Antoniana 43 51 52 146 108 1.352 Indirect
10 San Martín (SJ) 50 57 36 143 108 1.324 Indirect
11 CAI — — 45 45 38 1.184 Relegation Playoff Matches Indirect
12 Almirante Brown (A) 50 44 33 127 108 1.176 Torneo Argentino A Indirect

Relegation Playoff Matches

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Relegation/promotion playoff 1 (Direct affiliation vs. Primera B Metropolitana)
All Boys 2–2 El Porvenir 1–1 1–1
Relegation/promotion playoff 2 (Indirect affiliation vs. Torneo Argentino A)
Racing (C) 3–4 CAI 1–1 2–3

See also

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