2016–17 Primera B Nacional

Primera B Nacional
Matches played	183
Goals scored	399 (2.18 per match)
Biggest home win	Villa Dálmine 5-0 Juventud Unida (G) (August 30)
Biggest away win	Los Andes 0-4 Juventud Unida (G) (November 13)
Highest scoring	Ferro Carril Oeste 4-3 Central Córdoba (SdE) (August 27) Instituto 5-2 Brown (October 9)
← 2016 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 3 December 2016.

The 2016-17 Argentine Primera B Nacional is the 32nd season of the second tier of football in Argentina. The season began in August 2016 and will end in June 2017. Twenty three teams are competing in the league, twenty returning from the 2016 season, one team that was relegated from Primera División and two 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-three teams which will play each other twice for a total of forty-four matches. The Champion and the runner-up team are automatically promoted to the Primera División. Four teams will be relegated at the end of the season.^[1]

Club information

All Boys
Argentinos Juniors
Ferro
Nueva Chi.

Almagro
Brown
Chacarita
Los Andes

Independiente Rivadavia

Locations of the 2016-17 season teams.

Club	City	Stadium
All Boys	Buenos Aires	Islas Malvinas
Almagro	José Ingenieros	Tres de Febrero
Argentinos Juniors	Buenos Aires	Diego Armando Maradona
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
Flandria	Jáuregui	Carlos V
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
Los Andes	Lomas de Zamora	Estadio Eduardo Gallardón
Nueva Chicago	Mataderos	Nueva Chicago
San Martín	San Miguel de Tucumán	La Ciudadela
Santamarina	Tandil	Municipal Gral. San Martín
Villa Dálmine	Campana	Villa Dálmine

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Qualification
1	Guillermo Brown	16	10	2	4	27	13	+14	32	Promotion to Primera División
2	Argentinos Juniors	16	8	5	3	21	11	+10	29	Promotion to Primera División
3	Chacarita Juniors	16	8	3	5	18	15	+3	27
4	Almagro	16	6	8	2	16	9	+7	26
5	All Boys	17	7	4	6	20	21	−1	25
6	Ferro Carril Oeste	17	5	9	3	23	17	+6	24
7	Independiente Rivadavia	16	6	6	4	16	16	0	24
8	Nueva Chicago	17	6	5	6	24	20	+4	23
9	Instituto	16	5	7	4	22	18	+4	22
10	San Martín (T)	16	5	7	4	19	22	−3	22
11	Villa Dálmine	16	5	6	5	19	14	+5	21
12	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	16	4	9	3	13	11	+2	21
13	Douglas Haig	16	4	8	4	14	14	0	20
14	Estudiantes (SL)	15	5	5	5	17	20	−3	20
15	Central Córdoba (SdE)	16	5	5	6	15	18	−3	20
16	Boca Unidos	15	5	4	6	15	18	−3	19
17	Los Andes	15	5	3	7	14	20	−6	18
18	Brown	16	5	3	8	18	26	−8	18
19	Flandria	16	4	5	7	11	17	−6	17
20	Atlético Paraná	16	4	4	8	13	17	−4	16
21	Santamarina	16	3	6	7	16	23	−7	15
22	Juventud Unida (G)	15	3	6	6	15	24	−9	15
23	Crucero del Norte	15	3	4	8	15	17	−2	13

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 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	ARG	APA	BOU	BRO	CCO	CHA	CRU	DOU	ESL	FCO	FLA	GEJ	GBR	IND	INS	JUG	LAN	NCH	SMT	SAN	VDA
All Boys			0–3	0–0	0–1			1–0	3–2	1–1								3–1				0–2
Almagro			0–0		0–0			3–0	0–0	2–2				1–1								2–1
Argentinos Juniors				1–0			0–0		1–0	1–1		3–1	2–0		0–2	3–1
Atlético Paraná											1–3	0–0	0–2		0–2				2–0	1–1	0–1		1–0
Boca Unidos			1–0				2–0	1–0	2–1			1–3		1–1				1–3
Brown	1–4			3–2				1–2	2–0	0–1				0–0				1–1				2–0	3–1
Central Cba. (SdE)		1–1									0–1					3–0	0–0		1–0	3–1	0–0
Chacarita Juniors				0–2			4–0		1–0	1–0		1–0	3–2		0–2	1–0	1–1
Crucero del Norte				0–2			0–0			1–0		1–1			4–0		1–2			2–2	3–0
Douglas Haig				1–0			2–0				2–2	1–1			0–2		1–1		0–1	0–0
Estudiantes (SL)	0–2	1–1	1–2			2–1		1–1						1–0									1–1
Ferro Carril Oeste							4–3				0–0		3–0				2–1			4–1	1–1		1–1
Flandria	1–2	1–0			0–0	0–1											1–3		1–1	0–1		0–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)				2–1			2–0			1–1		0–0	0–1		0–0	1–1			1–2
Guillermo Brown						3–1					4–1		0–1			1–0	2–2		2–0		4–0
Independiente Rivadavia	1–1	0–0			3–2								1–1				1–0		1–0	1–0	2–2
Instituto	0–1	1–0			1–0	5–2					1–2										1–1	2–2	1–1
Juventud Unida (G)			0–0	1–1			0–2					0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1
Los Andes	3–1	0–2			2–1	1–1												0–4		1–1		3–1	0–1
Nueva Chicago	2–0	0–1			2–2	0–1					2–1			0–1				5–1				3–0	3–1
San Martín (T)	3–2	1–1	2–2		2–0	2–1		0–2			2–0											1–1	1–2
Santamarina			0–3				1–2	1–1				1–1		0–0	2–0	0–2		4–1
Villa Dálmine	0–0	0–1	2–0			3–0			0–0	0–1				1–1				5–0

Updated to games played on 3 December 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	2014 Pts	2015 Pts	2016 Pts	2016-17 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Argentinos Juniors	31	–	–	29	60	36	1.667
2	Chacarita Juniors	–	50	43	27	120	79	1.519
3	Almagro	–	–	28	26	54	37	1.459
4	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	30	55	38	21	144	99	1.455
5	Villa Dálmine	–	60	33	21	114	79	1.443
6	Nueva Chicago	30	–	30	23	83	58	1.431
7	Boca Unidos	27	54	38	19	138	98	1.408
8	Crucero del Norte	33	–	32	13	78	56	1.393
9	Guillermo Brown	–	48	30	32	110	79	1.392
10	San Martín (T)	–	–	–	22	22	16	1.375
11	Santamarina	24	66	27	15	132	99	1.333
12	Ferro Carril Oeste	16	67	26	24	133	100	1.33
13	Los Andes	–	54	30	18	102	78	1.308
14	Estudiantes (SL)	–	56	24	20	100	78	1.282
15	Instituto	25	62	16	22	125	99	1.263
16	All Boys	22	53	26	25	126	100	1.26
17	Juventud Unida (G)	–	54	28	15	97	78	1.244
18	Brown	–	–	28	18	46	37	1.243
19	Douglas Haig	25	58	20	20	123	99	1.242
20	Independiente Rivadavia	22	51	20	24	117	99	1.182	Primera B Metropolitana or Torneo Federal A
21	Atlético Paraná	–	58	19	16	93	79	1.177
22	Central Córdoba (SdE)	–	51	20	20	92	79	1.165
23	Flandria	–	–	–	17	17	16	1.063

Source: AFA

As of 3 December 2016

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of September 12, 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Gonzalo Castillejos	Ferro Carril Oeste	4
2	Rodrigo Salinas	Chacarita Juniors	3
2	Guillermo Vernetti	Ferro Carril Oeste	3

References

↑ Reglamento Primera B Nacional 2016-17 (Spanish)
↑ "Goleadores de Primera B Nacional Campeonato 2016-17". AFA.

External links

soccerway.com

Primera B Nacional

2016-17 teams	All Boys Almagro Argentinos Juniors Atl. Paraná Boca Unidos Brown (A) Central Córdoba (SdE) Chacarita Crucero del Norte Douglas Haig Estudiantes (SL) Ferro Carril Oeste Flandria Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) Guillermo Brown (M) Independiente Rivadavia Instituto (C) Juventud Unida (G) Los Andes Nueva Chicago San Martín (T) Santamarina 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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