1996–97 Primera B Nacional

Primera B Nacional
Season 1996–97
Champions Argentinos Juniors
(1st divisional title)
Promoted Argentinos Juniors
Gimnasia y Tiro
Relegated Sarmiento (J)
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)
Temperley
Juventud Antoniana
Top goalscorer Eduardo Bennett 23 goals
← 1995-96
1997-98 →

The 1996-97 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 11º 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
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
Gimnasia y Esgrima Concepción del Uruguay Manuel y Ramón Núñez
Gimnasia y Tiro Salta Gigante del Norte
Godoy Cruz Mendoza Malvinas Argentinas
Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón
Juventud Antoniana Salta Fray Honorato Pistoia
Olimpo Bahía Blanca Roberto Natalio Carminatti
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
Argentinos Juniors Buenos Aires Diego Armando Maradona
Arsenal Sarandí Julio H. Grondona
Atlanta Villa Crespo León Kolbovski
Central Córdoba Rosario Gabino Sosa
Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors
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
Sarmiento Junín Eva Perón
Sportivo Italiano Ciudad Evita Republica de Italia
Temperley Temperley Alfredo Beranger

Interior Zone standings

Sub-Zone A1

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Belgrano 16 9 4 3 30 19 +11 31 Championship Group
2 San Martín (SJ) 16 8 4 4 27 17 +10 28
3 Atlético de Rafaela 16 8 4 4 27 21 +6 28
4 Olimpo 16 8 2 6 25 21 +4 26 Fourth Place Playoff
5 San Martín (T) 16 7 2 7 27 26 +1 23 Relegation Group
6 Aldosivi 16 4 5 7 16 29 −13 17
7 Juventud Antoniana 16 3 7 6 21 25 −4 16
8 Chaco For Ever 16 4 4 8 20 29 −9 16

Sub-Zone A2

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Godoy Cruz 16 8 4 4 22 13 +9 28 Championship Group
2 Gimnasia y Tiro 16 7 5 4 23 19 +4 26
3 Talleres (C) 16 7 5 4 28 19 +9 26
4 Instituto 16 6 4 6 21 19 +2 22 Fourth Place Playoff
5 Atlético Tucumán 16 6 3 7 26 28 −2 21 Relegation Group
6 Cipolletti 16 3 6 7 19 19 0 15
7 Douglas Haig 16 2 7 7 15 28 −13 13
8 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 16 3 4 9 14 29 −15 13

Metropolitana Zone standings

Sub-Zone B1

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Almagro 16 7 6 3 20 13 +7 27 Championship Group
2 Quilmes 16 6 7 3 15 13 +2 25
3 All Boys 16 6 6 4 24 21 +3 24
4 Central Córdoba (R) 16 5 8 3 24 16 +8 23 Fourth Place Playoff
5 Atlanta 16 4 10 2 24 20 +4 22 Relegation Group
6 Arsenal 16 3 7 6 12 16 −4 16
7 Almirante Brown 16 3 5 8 16 25 −9 14
8 Temperley 16 2 5 9 13 25 −12 11

Sub-Zone B2

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Los Andes 16 7 7 2 28 15 +13 28 Championship Group
2 Argentinos Juniors 16 7 7 2 27 20 +7 28
3 Deportivo Morón 16 8 3 5 25 19 +6 27
4 Nueva Chicago 16 7 5 4 25 16 +9 26 Fourth Place Playoff
5 Chacarita Juniors 16 5 8 3 27 21 +6 23 Relegation Group
6 Sportivo Italiano 16 2 9 5 14 22 −8 15
7 Sarmiento (J) 16 2 6 8 15 29 −14 12
8 Estudiantes (BA) 16 1 7 8 7 22 −15 10

Fourth Place Playoff

A tiebreaker was played between the teams that finished 4º in their respective zones. For the Interior Zone played Olimpo vs Instituto and for the Metropolitana Zone played Central Córdoba (R) vs Nueva Chicago. Both matches were played in neutral stadiums. The winning teams qualified for the Championship Group.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Olimpo 3-0 Instituto
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Central Córdoba (R) 0–0 (4-3 p) Nueva Chicago

Championship Group

The championship Group was played by the 14 teams that qualified from their zones and the 2 teams that qualified by winning the Fourth Place Playoff. The winning team was declared champion and was automatically promoted to Primera Division, and the teams placed 2º to 5º played the Second Promotion Playoff.

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Argentinos Juniors 26 15 7 4 52 30 +22 52 Primera Division
2 Talleres (C) 26 14 8 4 47 23 +24 50 Second Promotion Playoff
3 Godoy Cruz 26 14 6 6 49 34 +15 48
4 Gimnasia y Tiro 26 12 7 7 52 39 +13 43
5 Belgrano 26 10 10 6 52 40 +12 40
6 Quilmes 26 12 4 10 45 34 +11 40
7 Los Andes 26 10 5 11 37 39 −2 35
8 Central Córdoba (R) 26 9 4 13 32 52 −20 31
9 Almagro 26 8 6 12 48 54 −6 30
10 Olimpo 26 7 7 12 41 46 −5 28
11 Atlético de Rafaela1 26 7 9 10 39 47 −8 30
12 All Boys 26 6 6 14 28 49 −21 24
13 San Martín (SJ)2 26 6 10 10 32 39 −7 28
14 Deportivo Morón 26 4 7 15 27 55 −28 19

1: 3 points deducted.

2: 4 points deducted.

Relegation Group

It was divided in 2 groups (Interior and Metropolitana). 9 teams played in each group. Teams placed 1º and 2º qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff.

Interior Group

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Chaco For Ever 16 9 2 5 26 16 +10 29 Second Promotion Playoff
2 Cipolletti 16 8 4 4 28 17 +11 28
3 Instituto 16 9 1 6 35 29 +6 28
4 Aldosivi 16 8 2 6 19 22 −3 26
5 San Martín (T) 16 6 4 6 26 26 0 22
6 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 16 6 3 7 28 32 −4 21
7 Douglas Haig 16 5 4 7 20 21 −1 19
8 Juventud Antoniana 16 4 4 8 18 27 −9 16
9 Atlético Tucumán 16 4 2 10 20 30 −10 14

Metropolitano Group

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Nueva Chicago 16 9 3 4 31 20 +11 30 Second Promotion Playoff
2 Sportivo Italiano 16 8 6 2 19 15 +4 30
3 Almirante Brown 16 6 6 4 26 20 +6 24
4 Estudiantes (BA) 16 5 7 4 21 19 +2 22
5 Atlanta 16 5 7 4 17 15 +2 22
6 Chacarita Juniors 16 5 6 5 14 14 0 21
7 Temperley 16 3 8 5 15 20 −5 17
8 Arsenal 16 4 4 8 15 21 −6 16
9 Sarmiento (J) 16 3 1 12 11 25 −14 10

Second Promotion Playoff

The Second Promotion playoff was played by the teams placed 2º to 5º from the Championship Group and 4 teams (2 from Interior Group and 2 from Metropolitano Group) from the Relegation Group. The winning team was promoted to Primera Division.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                         
2CG  Talleres (C) 3 2 5  
2IG  Cipolletti 2 2 4  
  2CG  Talleres (C) 0 2 0  
  2MG  Sportivo Italiano 0 0 0  
3CG  Godoy Cruz 0 0 0
2MG  Sportivo Italiano 3 2 5  
  2CG  Talleres (C) 0 1 1(1)
  4CG  Gimnasia y Tiro (p) 1 0 1(3)
4CG  Gimnasia y Tiro 1 2 3  
1IG  Chaco For Ever 1 0 1  
  4CG  Gimnasia y Tiro 2 3 5
  5CG  Belgrano 2 1 3  
5CG  Belgrano 2 3 5
1MG  Nueva Chicago 0 1 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 1994-95
Pts		 1995-96
Pts		 1996-97
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
 Situation Affiliation
1 Instituto 43 48 35 126 116 1.086 Indirect
2 Douglas Haig 45 48 25 118 116 1.017
3 Cipolletti — — 32 32 32 1
4 Chaco For Ever — — 32 32 32 1
5 San Martín (T) 48 33 32 113 116 0.974
6 Aldosivi — — 31 31 32 0.969
7 Atlético Tucumán 32 49 25 106 116 0.914
8 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) — — 25 25 32 0.781 Torneo Argentino A
9 Juventud Antoniana — — 25 25 32 0.781

Metropolitana Zone

Pos
 Team 1994-95
Pts		 1995-96
Pts		 1996-97
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
 Situation Affiliation
1 Atlanta — — 35 32 32 1.094 Direct
2 Sportivo Italiano — — 35 35 32 1.094
3 Nueva Chicago 41 39 40 120 116 1.034
4 Chacarita Juniors 40 39 34 113 116 0.974
5 Almirante Brown — — 29 29 32 0.906
6 Estudiantes (BA) — — 26 26 32 0.813
7 Arsenal — — 25 25 32 0.781
8 Temperley — — 23 23 32 0.719 Primera B Metropolitana
9 Sarmiento (J) — — 17 17 32 0.531

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