1996–97 Primera B Nacional

The 1996–97 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 11th 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.

Primera B Nacional
Season1996–97
ChampionsArgentinos Juniors
(1st divisional title)
PromotedArgentinos Juniors
Gimnasia y Tiro
RelegatedSarmiento (J)
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)
Temperley
Juventud Antoniana
Top goalscorerEduardo Bennett 23 goals

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
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
Source:

Sub-Zone A2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source:

Metropolitana Zone standings

Sub-Zone B1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source:

Sub-Zone B2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source:

Fourth Place Playoff

A tiebreaker was played between the teams that finished 4th 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 2nd to 5th played the Second Promotion Playoff.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
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 Rafaela 26 7 9 10 39 47 −8 27[lower-alpha 1]
12 All Boys 26 6 6 14 28 49 −21 24
13 San Martín (SJ) 26 6 10 10 32 39 −7 24[lower-alpha 2]
14 Deportivo Morón 26 4 7 15 27 55 −28 19
Source:
Notes:
  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 1st and 2nd qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff.

Interior Group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source:

Metropolitano Group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source:

Second Promotion Playoff

The Second Promotion playoff was played by the teams placed 2nd to 5th 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 2  
  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  
  • Note: The team in the first line plays at home the second leg.

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 4348351261161.086 Indirect
2 Douglas Haig 4548251181161.017
3 Cipolletti ——3232321
4 Chaco For Ever ——3232321
5 San Martín (T) 4833321131160.974
6 Aldosivi ——3131320.969
7 Atlético Tucumán 3249251061160.914
8 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) ——2525320.781 Torneo Argentino A
9 Juventud Antoniana ——2525320.781

Metropolitana Zone
Pos
 Team 1994–95
Pts		 1995–96
Pts		 1996–97
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
 Situation Affiliation
1 Atlanta ——3532321.094 Direct
2 Sportivo Italiano ——3535321.094
3 Nueva Chicago 4139401201161.034
4 Chacarita Juniors 4039341131160.974
5 Almirante Brown ——2929320.906
6 Estudiantes (BA) ——2626320.813
7 Arsenal ——2525320.781
8 Temperley ——2323320.719 Primera B Metropolitana
9 Sarmiento (J) ——1717320.531

See also

References
    • "Argentina Second Level 1996/97". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
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