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2024 Primera B Metropolitana

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Primera B Metropolitana
Season2024
Dates2 Feb – 14 Dec
ChampionsColegiales (2nd. title)
PromotedColegiales
RelegatedCañuelas
Matches played468
Goals scored917 (1.96 per match)
Top goalscorerArgentina Leonel Barrios (17)
2023
2025

The 2024 Argentine Primera B Metropolitana is the 127th. season of the third tier of football in Argentina. The season began on 2 February and is expected to end in 14 December 2024. Twenty-two teams competed in the league.

A total of 22 teams take part of the competition, with six teams from 2023 Primera C, they are Excursionistas, Deportivo Laferrere, Ferrocarril Midland, Sportivo Italiano, Liniers y San Martín de Burzaco, plus two relegated clubs from 2023 Primera Nacional, Flandria and Villa Dálmine.

The championship was won by Colegiales, winner of Torneo Clausura, which defeated Los Andes (winner of Apertura) in a two-legged series, also promoting to 2025 Primera Nacional.[1][2]

Format

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Primera B Metropolitana is currently organized so, during the course of a season, two round-robin tournaments are played.

The two winners play each other and the winner is recognized as the Primera B champion and is automatically promoted to Primera B Nacional.

The loser and the teams that hold the six best positions at the aggregate table have the chance to enter the Torneo Reducido (small tournament) whose winner will be promoted.

The team with the lowest aggregate points total in Primera B Metropolitana is relegated to Primera C Metropolitana.[3]

Besides, the champion and the five best placed teams will qualify to 2025 Copa Argentina.[4]

Regular season

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Apertura

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Qualification
1 Los Andes (Q) 21 14 4 3 29 16 +13 46 Qualification to Championship Final
2 Colegiales 21 13 5 3 33 13 +20 44
3 Argentino de Quilmes 21 11 8 2 28 12 +16 41
4 Deportivo Armenio 21 11 6 4 31 17 +14 39
5 Dock Sud 21 10 5 6 27 22 +5 35
6 Ferrocarril Midland 21 9 7 5 29 19 +10 34
7 Excursionistas 21 9 6 6 30 21 +9 33
8 Flandria 21 9 6 6 21 17 +4 33
9 Fénix 21 6 12 3 24 19 +5 30
10 Acassuso 21 7 5 9 16 25 −9 26
11 Comunicaciones 21 6 7 8 25 20 +5 25
12 Argentino de Merlo 21 6 7 8 18 20 −2 25
13 Deportivo Merlo 21 6 7 8 15 18 −3 25
14 San Martín de Burzaco 21 6 7 8 15 20 −5 25
15 Deportivo Laferrere 21 5 9 7 23 28 −5 24
16 Cañuelas 21 6 4 11 18 30 −12 22
17 Sacachispas 21 6 3 12 14 35 −21 21
18 Villa Dálmine 21 3 11 7 12 19 −7 20
19 Liniers 21 5 4 12 12 18 −6 19
20 Villa San Carlos 21 4 6 11 21 27 −6 18
21 UAI Urquiza 21 3 9 9 19 31 −12 18
22 Sportivo Italiano 21 2 10 9 16 29 −13 16
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Clausura

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Qualification
1 Colegiales (Q) 21 13 3 5 26 12 +14 42 Qualification to Championship Final
2 Deportivo Armenio 21 11 6 4 32 17 +15 39
3 Argentino de Quilmes 21 10 9 2 24 9 +15 39
4 Argentino de Merlo 21 11 4 6 29 24 +5 37
5 Deportivo Merlo 21 10 7 4 21 16 +5 37
6 Ferrocarril Midland 21 9 8 4 24 13 +11 35
7 Comunicaciones 21 8 8 5 22 18 +4 32
8 UAI Urquiza 21 9 5 7 24 25 −1 32
9 Excursionistas 21 7 10 4 34 25 +9 31
10 Liniers 21 7 9 5 20 16 +4 30
11 Sportivo Italiano 21 6 9 6 22 19 +3 27
12 Dock Sud 21 7 6 8 24 22 +2 27
13 Villa Dálmine 21 7 6 8 10 13 −3 27
14 Flandria 21 7 6 8 16 20 −4 27
15 Sacachispas 21 6 6 9 13 22 −9 24
16 Los Andes 21 5 6 10 16 21 −5 21 Apertura winners, assured of Championship Final
17 Villa San Carlos 21 4 8 9 12 19 −7 20
18 Acassuso 21 4 8 9 15 24 −9 20
19 San Martín de Burzaco 21 5 5 11 14 23 −9 20
20 Deportivo Laferrere 21 3 10 8 14 27 −13 19
21 Fénix 21 4 5 12 9 23 −14 17
22 Cañuelas 21 3 6 12 12 25 −13 15
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Aggregate table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Qualification
1 Colegiales 42 26 8 8 59 25 +34 86 Advance to Championship Final and qualification for Copa Argentina
2 Argentino de Quilmes 42 21 17 4 52 21 +31 80 Advance to Torneo Reducido and qualification for Copa Argentina
3 Deportivo Armenio 42 22 12 8 63 34 +29 78
4 Ferrocarril Midland 42 18 15 9 53 32 +21 69
5 Los Andes 42 19 10 13 45 37 +8 67 Advance to Championship Final and qualification for Copa Argentina
6 Excursionistas 42 16 16 10 64 46 +18 64 Advance to Torneo Reducido and qualification for Copa Argentina
7 Dock Sud 42 17 11 14 51 44 +7 62 Advance to Torneo Reducido
8 Argentino de Merlo 42 17 11 14 47 44 +3 62
9 Deportivo Merlo 42 16 14 12 36 34 +2 62
10 Flandria 42 16 12 14 37 37 0 60
11 Comunicaciones 42 14 15 13 47 38 +9 57
12 UAI Urquiza 42 12 14 16 43 56 −13 50
13 Liniers 42 12 13 17 32 34 −2 49
14 Fénix 42 10 17 15 33 42 −9 47
15 Villa Dálmine 42 10 17 15 22 32 −10 47
16 Acassuso 42 11 13 18 31 49 −18 46
17 San Martín de Burzaco 42 11 12 19 29 43 −14 45
18 Sacachispas 42 12 9 21 27 57 −30 45
19 Sportivo Italiano 42 8 19 15 38 48 −10 43
20 Deportivo Laferrere 42 8 19 15 37 55 −18 43
21 Villa San Carlos 42 8 14 20 33 46 −13 38
22 Cañuelas 42 9 10 23 30 55 −25 37 Relegation to Primera C Metropolitana
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored.

Championship finals

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The winners of Torneo Apertura (Los Andes) and Clausura (Colegiales) played a two-legged series to decide the champions and the first team promoted to Primera Nacional.[5] The losing team entered the Torneo Reducido in the second round.

First leg

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Los Andes0–0Colegiales
Report

Second leg

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Colegiales2–0Los Andes
Marra 27'
Camargo 67'
Report
Estadio Libertarios Unidos, Florida Oeste
Referee: Edgardo Zamora

Note: Colegiales won the series 3–1 on points (2–0 on goal difference), promoting to Primera B Nacional.

Torneo Reducido

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The teams best placed in the general table (with the exception of winners of Torneo Apertura and Clausura) qualified to "Torneo Reducido", an elimination tournament played over two legs which will define the team that will play a promotion playoff against a team from Torneo Federal A seeking promotion to Primera Nacional. Best placed teams will face worst placed teams (p.e., 1 vs 6, 2 vs 5, 3 vs 4). In the second round, the championship final loser will enter the Reducido. In case of the series ended in a tie, a penalty shoot-out will be conducted, with no extra time.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Argentino de Quilmes 4–1 Argentino de Merlo 1–0 3–1
Deportivo Armenio 3–0 Dock Sud 2–0 1–0
Ferrocarril Midland 1–1 (3–4 p) Excursionistas 1–1 0–0

First leg

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8 Nov 2024 Excursionistas 1–1 Ferrocarril Midland Buenos Aires
20:30 UTC−3 Barrios 61' Report Frattini 46' Stadium: Estadio de Excursionistas
Referee: Wenceslao Meneses
10 Nov 2024 Dock Sud 0–2 Deportivo Armenio Dock Sud
11:00 UTC−3 Report Maldonado 49'
López 81'
Stadium: Estadio de los Inmigrantes
Referee: Gastón Iglesias
10 Nov 2024 Argentino de Merlo 0–1 Argentino de Quilmes Merlo
15:00 UTC−3 Report Alegre 84' Stadium: Estadio Argentino de Merlo
Referee: Américo Monsalvo

Second leg

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16 Nov 2024 Deportivo Armenio 1–0 Dock Sud Ingeniero Maschwitz
17:00 UTC−3 Barbieri 83' Report Stadium: Estadio Armenia
Referee: Ariel Cruz
17 Nov 2024 Ferrocarril Midland 0–0
(3–4 p)
Excursionistas Libertad
17:00 UTC−3 Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Libertad
Referee: Gonzalo Pereira
17 Nov 2024 Argentino de Quilmes 3–1 Argentino de Merlo Quilmes
17:00 UTC−3 Stadium: Estadio Argentino de Quilmes
Referee: Sebastián Bresba

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Argentino de Quilmes 1–0 Excursionistas 0–0 1–0
Deportivo Armenio 2–3 Los Andes 1–0 1–3

First leg

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Second leg

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2 Dec 2024 Argentino de Quilmes 1–0 Excursionistas Quilmes
Stadium: Estadio Argentino de Quilmes
1 Dec 2024 Deportivo Armenio 1–3 Los Andes Ingeniero Maschwitz
Stadium: Estadio Armenia

Final

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Argentino de Quilmes 1–1 (4–5 p) Los Andes 0–1 1–0

First leg

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Second leg

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14 Dec 2024 Argentino de Quilmes 1–0
(4–5 p)
Los Andes Quilmes
J.E. Martínez 6' Stadium: Estadio Argentino de Quilmes
Referee: Ignacio Lupani

Note: Los Andes qualified to play the final v Sarmiento (LB) (winner of "Reválida" of 2024 Torneo Federal A) to define another promotion to Primera Nacional.[6]

Second promotion final

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Winners of Torneo Reducido (Los Andes) and Sarmiento de La Banda (winner of "Reválida" stage of 2024 Torneo Federal A) will play a match to define which team promote to the second division in order to play the 2025 Primera Nacional season.[6]

See also

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References

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