2015 Primera B Nacional

Primera B Nacional
Champions	Atlético Tucumán
Promoted	Atlético Tucumán; Patronato
Relegated	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M); Guaraní Antonio Franco; Sportivo Belgrano; Unión (MdP)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	974 (2.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fernando Zampedri (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Juventud Unida (G) 5-0 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M); (29 March); Atletico Tucumán (G) 5-0 Los Andes (M); (8 November)
Biggest away win	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 1-4 Juventud Unida (G); (8 July); Ramón Santamarina 1-4 Guillermo Brown; (22 August); Douglas Haig 1-4 Atlético Tucumán; (27 September)
Highest scoring	Patronato 6-2 Chacarita Juniors; (11 November)
	← 2014 2016 → All statistics correct as of 18 November 2015.

The 2015 Argentine Primera B Nacional season was the 30th itineration of the second tier of football in Argentina, with a total of 22 competing teams. It began 14 February and ended 14 November 2015. Although there was some use of a different name earlier in the year, the AFA has consistently used the Primera B Nacional moniker 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 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
Paraná	Paraná	Pedro Mutio
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	Atlético Tucumán (C, P)	42	24	13	5	69	31	+38	85	Promotion to Primera División and Qualification to 2015–16 Copa Argentina
2	Patronato (O, P)	42	23	13	6	60	24	+36	82	Qualification for Torneo Reducido and Qualification to 2015–16 Copa Argentina
3	Ferro Carril Oeste	42	18	13	11	44	37	+7	67
4	Santamarina	42	18	12	12	54	40	+14	66
5	Instituto	42	15	17	10	48	38	+10	62
6	Villa Dálmine	42	15	15	12	44	42	+2	60	Qualification for 2015–16 Copa Argentina
7	Paraná	42	16	10	16	50	46	+4	58
8	Douglas Haig	42	14	16	12	45	46	−1	58
9	Estudiantes (SL)	42	13	17	12	47	44	+3	56
10	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	42	14	13	15	35	43	−8	55
11	Los Andes	42	12	18	12	46	49	−3	54
12	Juventud Unida (G)	42	14	12	16	43	47	−4	54
13	Boca Unidos	42	14	12	16	37	42	−5	54
14	All Boys	42	13	14	15	38	37	+1	53
15	Central Córdoba (SdE)	42	12	15	15	37	44	−7	51
16	Independiente Rivadavia	42	13	12	17	38	46	−8	51
17	Guaraní Antonio Franco	42	13	11	18	38	43	−5	50
18	Chacarita Juniors	42	13	11	18	49	62	−13	50
19	Guillermo Brown	42	11	15	16	43	50	−7	48
20	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	42	14	6	22	37	53	−16	48
21	Sportivo Belgrano	42	9	13	20	36	50	−14	40
22	Unión (MdP)	42	7	16	19	36	60	−24	37

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]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Instituto	2–4	Patronato	1–1	1–3
Santamarina	4–2	Ferro Carril Oeste	2–2	2–0

Pos	Team	2012–13 Pts	2013–14 Pts	2014 Pts	2015 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Atlético Tucumán	51	64	29	85	229	142	1.613
2	Patronato	56	49	22	82	209	142	1.472
3	Santamarina	–	–	24	66	90	62	1.452
4	Villa Dálmine	—	—	—	60	60	42	1.429
5	Paraná	—	—	—	58	58	42	1.381
6	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	50	61	30	55	196	142	1.38
7	Estudiantes (SL)	—	—	—	56	56	42	1.333
8	Instituto	39	62	25	62	188	142	1.324
9	Los Andes	—	—	—	54	54	42	1.286
10	Douglas Haig	49	51	25	58	183	142	1.289
11	Juventud Unida (G)	—	—	—	54	54	42	1.286
12	Ferro Carril Oeste	43	55	16	67	181	142	1.275
13	Boca Unidos	45	54	27	54	180	142	1.268
14	Independiente Rivadavia	48	55	22	51	176	142	1.239
15	Central Córdoba (SdE)	—	—	—	51	51	42	1.214
16	All Boys	–	–	22	53	75	62	1.21
17	Chacarita Juniors	—	—	—	50	50	42	1.19
18	Guillermo Brown	–	–	–	48	48	42	1.143	Relegaton Playoff
19	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) (R)	—	—	—	48	48	42	1.143	Relegaton Playoff
20	Guaraní Antonio Franco (R)	—	—	18	50	68	62	1.097	Torneo Federal A
21	Sportivo Belgrano (R)	—	53	17	40	110	104	1.058
22	Unión (MdP) (R)	—	—	—	37	37	42	0.881

Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	1–1	Guillermo Brown
Montiveros 102' Carranza 105+1'	Report	Sánchez 48' 90' Mosca 98' Rivadero 105+4'
Penalties
Albornoz Carranza Farías Carrizo Corvalán Espinosa	4–5	Bottino Barone Susvielles Marinucci Rivadero Ciampichetti

Competition format

Club information

League table

Results

Torneo Reducido

Relegation

Relegaton playoff

See also

References

External links