2015 Primera B Nacional

Primera B Nacional
Promoted	- -
Relegated	- - - -
Matches played	133
Goals scored	291 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	José Vizcarra Juan Martín (5 goals)
Biggest home win	Juventud Unida (G) 5-0 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) (March 29)
Biggest away win	Central Córdoba (SdE) 1-3 Villa Dálmine (February 13) Villa Dálmine 1-3 Ferro Carril Oeste (February 22) Atlético Paraná 0-2 Villa Dálmine (February 28) Sportivo Belgrano 1-3 Patronato (March 13) Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 1-3 Independiente Rivadavia Guillermo Brown 0-2 Santamarina (February 28) (April 5)
Highest scoring	Los Andes 5-2 Douglas Haig (M) (April 4)
← 2014 All statistics correct as of April 30, 2015.

The 2015 Argentine Primera B Nacional is the 30º season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 22 teams competed. It will begin 14 February 2015 and end 14 November 2015. Although there was some use of a different name for Primera B Nacional earlier in the year, the AFA has consistently used Primera B Nacional in releases of late.^[1]

Competition format

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Qualification
1	Patronato	12	7	2	3	21	8	+13	23	Promotion to Primera División
2	Atlético Tucumán	12	6	5	1	19	11	+8	23	Qualification for Torneo Reducido
3	Santamarina	12	6	4	2	15	8	+7	22
4	Los Andes	12	5	6	1	16	8	+8	21
5	Independiente Rivadavia	12	6	2	4	15	13	+2	20
6	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	12	5	4	3	13	9	+4	19
7	Juventud Unida (G)	12	5	4	3	14	11	+3	19
8	Chacarita Juniors	12	5	3	4	16	13	+3	18
9	Estudiantes (SL)	12	4	6	2	13	10	+3	18
10	Atlético Paraná	12	5	3	4	16	15	+1	18
11	Douglas Haig	13	5	3	5	17	17	0	18
12	Boca Unidos	12	4	4	4	10	12	−2	16
13	Villa Dálmine	12	4	3	5	13	15	−2	15
14	Guaraní Antonio Franco	12	3	5	4	12	13	−1	14
15	Ferro Carril Oeste	13	3	5	5	12	13	−1	14
16	All Boys	12	2	7	3	9	10	−1	13
17	Unión (MdP)	12	3	4	5	16	22	−6	13
18	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	12	4	1	7	11	20	−9	13
19	Instituto	12	1	7	4	9	14	−5	10
20	Guillermo Brown	12	2	4	6	11	18	−7	10
21	Central Córdoba (SdE)	12	1	5	6	8	16	−8	8
22	Sportivo Belgrano	12	1	5	6	5	15	−10	8

Updated to match(es) played on April 30. 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]

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	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	0–0					1–0	1–1		0–1
Atlético Paraná			1–1						3–2	2–0					2–0				0–1			0–2
Atlético Tucumán					1–1	2–1								2–0	3–1							3–1
Boca Unidos	1–1									1–0		1–0	0–0			1–2			2–1
C. Córdoba (SdE)	2–0									1–2			1–2			0–0			2–2			1–3
Chacarita Juniors				2–1	2–0					2–0									1–3		3–1
Douglas Haig	2–2	3–1		1–2	0–0			0–0								0–1					5–0
Estudiantes (SL)	0–0	3–2		0–0								1–0	2–0			3–1					0–0
Ferro Carril Oeste			1–1			1–1	0–1							1–0	1–0			0–1
Guillermo Brown			2–2						2–2		0–1		2–0						0–2
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)			0–1			2–1	2–0							1–3	2–2			1–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)		2–3					3–0				2–1			1–0			0–0	1–1		1–0
Guaraní A. Franco			2–2						1–0		5–1				1–1		1–1			0–0
Independiente Rivadavia				0–0	2–0			3–2		3–1											1–1	1–0
Instituto				1–0	0–0	2–2				1–1												1–1
Juventud Unida (G)			0–1						2–1		2–0	0–0					0–1			2–0
Los Andes						1–0	5–2	1–1						4–1	0–0			2–1
Patronato				4–1	2–0		0–1	2–0													4–0	2–0
Santamarina			1–0						0–0		2–0				1–0		0–0
Sportivo Belgrano		0–0				0–0	1–2	1–1						0–1			1–1	1–3
Unión (MdP)	2–1	0–1										2–3	2–0			2–2			2–2	4–0
Villa Dálmine									1–3	1–1			1–0			2–2			1–0

Updated to games played on 30 April 2015.
Source: ^[1]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Reducido

At the end of the regular season, the four teams placed 2-5 will advance to compete for one place 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 cuadrangular. The teams will play each other once.^[5]

Table

Pos	Team	Promotion
1	2nd place	Argentine Primera División
2	3rd place
3	4th place
4	5th place

First match(es) will be played on November 2015. Source:
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]

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation

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
1	Los Andes	—	—	—	21	21	12	1.75
2	Juventud Unida (G)	—	—	—	19	19	12	1.583
3	Chacarita Juniors	—	—	—	18	18	12	1.5
4	Estudiantes (SL)	—	—	—	18	18	12	1.5
5	Atlético Paraná	—	—	—	18	18	12	1.5
6	Atlético Tucumán	51	64	29	23	167	112	1.491
7	Santamarina	–	–	24	22	46	32	1.438
8	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	50	61	30	19	160	112	1.429
9	Patronato	56	49	22	23	150	112	1.339
10	Independiente Rivadavia	48	55	22	20	145	112	1.295
11	Boca Unidos	45	54	27	16	142	112	1.268
12	Douglas Haig	49	51	25	18	143	113	1.265
13	Villa Dálmine	—	—	—	15	15	12	1.25
14	Instituto	39	62	25	10	136	112	1.214
15	Ferro Carril Oeste	43	55	16	14	128	113	1.133
16	All Boys	–	–	22	13	35	32	1.094
17	Unión (MdP)	—	—	—	13	13	12	1.083
18	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	—	—	—	13	13	12	1.083
19	Sportivo Belgrano	—	53	17	8	78	74	1.054
20	Guaraní Antonio Franco	—	—	18	14	32	32	1
21	Guillermo Brown	–	–	–	10	10	12	0.833
22	Central Córdoba (SdE)	—	—	—	8	8	12	0.667

As of 30 April 2015

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Fixture de Primera B Nacional 2015". AFA. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
↑ "Campeonatos Oficiales" (PDF). AFA. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
↑ "Así se jugará la temporada 2015 del Torneo Nacional B". diariopanorama.com. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
↑ "En la B Nacional 2015 habrá dos ascensos y cuatro descensos". nuevodiarioweb.com.ar. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Primera B Nacional: Season Rules". scoresway.com. Retrieved 26 October 2014.

External links

Primera B Nacional at soccerway.com

Primera B Nacional

2015 teams	All Boys Atl. Paraná Atlético Tucumán Boca Unidos Central Córdoba (SdE) Chacarita Douglas Haig Ferro Carril Oeste Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) Gimnasia y Esgrima de (M) Guillermo Brown (M) Guaraní A. Franco Independiente Rivadavia Instituto (C) Juventud Unida (G) Los Andes Patronato Santamarina Sportivo Belgrano Sportivo Estudiantes (SL) Unión (MdP) Villa Dálmine

Formats	European-style (1986-95, 2007-14) Apertura and Clausura (1995-96, 2001-07) Interior and Metropolitana (1996-2001) Transición (2014)

Seasons	1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014 2015

2015 Primera B Nacional

Competition format

Club Information

League table

Results

Torneo Reducido

Table

Results

Relegation

See also

References

External links