2016 Primera B Nacional

Primera B Nacional
Matches played	153
Goals scored	343 (2.24 per match)
Biggest home win	Brown 4-0 Instituto (March 27)
Biggest away win	Juventud Unida Universitario 0-3 Talleres (C) (February 22) Independiente Rivadavia 0-3 Instituto (February 29) Instituto 0-3 Chacarita Juniors (April 4)
Highest scoring	Nueva Chicago 6-4 Villa Dálmine (April 29)
← 2015 2016-17 → All statistics correct as of 2 May 2016.

The 2016 Argentine Primera B Nacional is the 31st season of the second tier of football in Argentina. The season began on January and will end on July. Twenty two teams are competing in the league, sixteen returning from the 2015 season, two teams that were relegated from Primera División and four teams promoted from Federal A and B Metropolitana.

Competition format

The league's format has changed from last season. This year there will be twenty-two teams which will play each other once in one Round-robin tournament against the other teams. One team will be coronated as champion and automatically promoted to the Primera División. One team will be relegated at the end of the season.^[1]

Club Information

Independiente Rivadavia

Locations of the 2016 season teams.

Club	City	Stadium
All Boys	Buenos Aires	Islas Malvinas
Almagro	José Ingenieros	Tres de Febrero
Atlético Paraná	Paraná	Pedro Mutio
Boca Unidos	Corrientes	Leoncio Benítez
Brown	Adrogué	Lorenzo Arandilla
Central Córdoba	Santiago del Estero	Alfredo Terrera
Chacarita Juniors	Villa Maipú	Chacarita Juniors Stadium
Crucero del Norte	Garupá	Comandante Andrés Guacurarí
Douglas Haig	Pergamino	Miguel Morales
Estudiantes	San Luis	Héctor Odicino-Pedro Benoza
Ferro Carril Oeste	Buenos Aires	Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry
Gimnasia y Esgrima	Jujuy	23 de Agosto
Guillermo Brown	Puerto Madryn	Raúl Conti
Independiente Rivadavia	Mendoza	Bautista Gargantini
Instituto	Córdoba	Presidente Perón
Juventud Unida	Gualeguaychú	Estadio Luis Delfino
Juventud Unida Universitario	San Luis	Mario Diez
Los Andes	Lomas de Zamora	Estadio Eduardo Gallardón
Nueva Chicago	Mataderos	Nueva Chicago
Santamarina	Tandil	Municipal Gral. San Martín
Talleres	Córdoba	Mario Alberto Kempes
Villa Dálmine	Campana	Villa Dálmine

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Qualification
1	Talleres (C)	14	10	4	0	24	9	+15	34	Promotion to Primera División
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	14	8	3	3	15	9	+6	27
3	Boca Unidos	14	7	4	3	18	11	+7	25
4	Chacarita Juniors	14	7	3	4	17	10	+7	24
5	Guillermo Brown	14	7	2	5	22	18	+4	23
6	Nueva Chicago	14	6	3	5	22	19	+3	21
7	Juventud Unida (G)	14	6	3	5	17	16	+1	21
8	Brown	14	5	5	4	22	20	+2	20
9	Almagro	14	5	5	4	16	15	+1	20
10	Estudiantes (SL)	14	6	2	6	13	14	−1	20
11	Santamarina	14	5	4	5	10	11	−1	19
12	Ferro Carril Oeste	14	5	4	5	16	18	−2	19
13	Los Andes	14	5	4	5	11	14	−3	19
14	Crucero del Norte	14	5	3	6	18	20	−2	18
15	All Boys	14	4	4	6	20	21	−1	16
16	Villa Dálmine	14	4	4	6	19	22	−3	16
17	Douglas Haig	13	4	2	7	13	14	−1	14
18	Juventud Unida Universitario	14	2	8	4	11	14	−3	14
19	Central Córdoba (SdE)	14	2	6	6	11	18	−7	12
20	Independiente Rivadavia	13	2	5	6	9	14	−5	11
21	Instituto	14	3	2	9	11	19	−8	11
22	Atlético Paraná	14	1	8	5	8	17	−9	11

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2016. 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.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	ALL	ALM	APA	BOU	BRO	CCO	CHA	CRU	DOU	ESL	FCO	GEJ	GBR	IND	INS	JUG	JUU	LAN	NCH	SAN	TAL	VDA
All Boys							1–0				1–1	0–1				1–2	1–1	1–2	5–2
Almagro	0–2		2–0	3–1			1–2			0–0								1–2	0–2	1–1
Atlético Paraná	2–2			0–2						1–2	1–1	0–0						1–1	1–1	1–1
Boca Unidos					2–0	1–0	1–0						1–2			0–0	0–0					3–1
Brown		2–3				0–0		4–3					2–2		4–0							1–1
Central Cba. (SdE)	2–3						1–1			1–3						3–3	0–0			1–0
Chacarita					2–0						2–0					1–0	1–1	3–0	0–1
Crucero del Norte	3–2	1–1	0–0				1–1			3–0						1–0				3–0
Douglas Haig		0–1	2–0	1–3		2–0		3–0							2–0						0–1
Estudiantes				0–1					2–1		0–1	0–1					2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0
Ferro Carril Oeste					2–2	1–0			2–1				3–1	2–1							1–2	1–3
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)		1–1		4–3	1–0			2–0	2–0					1–0	0–0						1–2
Guillermo Brown	1–0					1–1	3–0	2–1							1–0							3–1
Independiente Rivadavia		1–2	0–0	0–0		0–1		2–0		2–1					0–3							0–0
Instituto	4–1		0–1				0–3			2–0						0–1	0–2			0–1
Juventud Unida (G)					2–3						1–1		2–1				1–0		2–1		1–1
Juv. Unida Univ.					1–1						0–0		3–1	1–1							0–3	1–3
Los Andes				0–0	0–1			0–1	1–1			1–0	1–3	1–0							1–2
Nueva Chicago					1–2				2–0			0–1	1–0	2–2							1–1	6–4
Santamarina									0–0		2–0	2–0				1–0	0–0	0–1	0–2
Talleres (C)		0–0	3–0			2–0		2–1					2–1		1–1							2–1
Villa Dálmine	0–0					1–1	0–1								2–1	2–1				0–1

Updated to games played on 2 May 2016.
Source: AFA
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	2013–14 Pts	2014 Pts	2015 Pts	2016 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Talleres (C)	–	–	–	34	34	14	2.429
2	Nueva Chicago	–	30	–	21	51	34	1.5
3	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	61	30	55	27	173	118	1.466
4	Crucero del Norte	59	33	–	18	110	76	1.447
5	Santamarina	–	24	66	19	109	76	1.434
6	Brown	–	–	–	20	20	14	1.429
7	Almagro	–	–	–	20	20	14	1.429
8	Estudiantes (SL)	–	–	56	20	76	56	1.357
9	Villa Dálmine	–	–	60	16	76	56	1.357
10	Boca Unidos	54	27	54	25	160	118	1.356
11	Instituto	62	25	62	11	160	118	1.356
12	Juventud Unida (G)	–	–	54	21	75	56	1.339
13	Ferro Carril Oeste	55	16	67	19	157	118	1.331
14	Chacarita Juniors	–	–	50	24	74	56	1.321
15	Los Andes	–	–	54	19	73	56	1.304
16	Guillermo Brown	–	–	48	23	71	56	1.268
17	Douglas Haig	51	25	58	14	148	117	1.265
18	Atlético Paraná	–	–	58	11	69	56	1.232
19	All Boys	–	22	53	16	91	76	1.197
20	Independiente Rivadavia	55	22	51	11	139	117	1.188
21	Central Córdoba (SdE)	–	–	51	12	63	56	1.125
22	Juventud Unida Universitario	–	–	–	14	14	14	1	Torneo Federal A

Source: AFA

As of 2 May 2016

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of May 02, 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Germán Lessman	All Boys	14
2	Fabricio Lenci	Juventud Unida (G)	10
3	Nicolás Giménez	Nueva Chicago	8
3	Fernando Coniglio	Chacarita Juniors	8
4	Cristian Chávez	Brown	7
4	Oscar Altamirano	Almagro	7

References

↑ Cómo se jugarán los campeonatos argentinos en 2016 (Spanish)
↑ "Goleadores de Primera B Nacional Campeonato 2016". AFA.

External links

soccerway.com

Primera B Nacional

2016 teams	All Boys Almagro Atl. Paraná Boca Unidos Brown (A) Central Córdoba (SdE) Chacarita Crucero del Norte Douglas Haig Ferro Carril Oeste Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) Guillermo Brown (M) Independiente Rivadavia Instituto (C) Juventud Unida (G) Juventud Unida Universitario Los Andes Nueva Chicago Patronato Santamarina Sportivo Estudiantes (SL) Talleres (C) Villa Dálmine

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

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