The 2010–11 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 25th season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.
Club information
Club City Stadium Aldosivi Mar del Plata José María Minella Almirante Brown Isidro Casanova Fragata Presidente Sarmiento Atlético de Rafaela Rafaela Rafaela Atlético Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro Belgrano Córdoba El Gigante de Alberdi Boca Unidos Corrientes José Antonio Romero Feris CAI Comodoro Rivadavia Municipal de Comodoro Rivadavia Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello Deportivo Merlo Parque San Martín José Manuel Moreno Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires Arq. Ricardo Etcheverry Gimnasia y Esgrima San Salvador de Jujuy 23 de Agosto Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón Patronato Paraná Presbítero Bartolomé Grella Rosario Central Rosario Gigante de Arroyito San Martín San Juan Ing. Hilario Sánchez San Martín San Miguel de Tucumán La Ciudadela Tiro Federal Rosario Fortín de Ludueña Unión Santa Fe 15 de Abril
Standings
Promotion/relegation playoff Legs Primera División-Primera B Nacional
The 3rd and 4th placed of the table played with the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 2010–11 Primera División.
!colspan="5"|Promotion playoff 1
!colspan="5"|Promotion playoff 2
Belgrano was promoted to 2011–12 Primera División by winning the playoff and River Plate was relegated to 2011–12 Primera B Nacional. San Martín (SJ) was promoted to 2011–12 Primera División by winning the playoff and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) was relegated to 2011–12 Primera B Nacional.
Results
Relegation Team Situation 1Atlético de Rafaela 62 63 77 202 114 Indirect 2Atlético Tucumán 74 — 51 125 76 Indirect 3Belgrano 62 57 59 178 114 Indirect 4Chacarita Juniors 72 — 44 116 76 Direct 5Unión 49 53 69 171 114 Direct 6Instituto 59 60 51 170 114 Indirect 7San Martín (SJ) 49 56 64 169 114 Indirect 8Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) — 54 54 108 76 Indirect 9Almirante Brown — — 52 52 38 Direct 10Aldosivi 57 42 52 151 114 Indirect 11Patronato — — 50 50 38 Indirect 12Rosario Central — — 50 50 38 Direct 13Boca Unidos — 48 52 100 76 Indirect 14Ferro Carril Oeste 52 49 47 148 114 Direct 15Deportivo Merlo — 46 51 97 76 Direct 16Defensa y Justicia 49 52 43 144 114 Direct 17San Martín (T) — 50 45 95 76 Relegation Playoff MatchesIndirect 18Independiente Rivadavia 50 47 40 137 114 Relegation Playoff MatchesIndirect 19Tiro Federal 50 44 37 131 114 Torneo Argentino AIndirect 20CAI 36 43 34 113 114 Torneo Argentino AIndirect 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.
The bottom two teams of this table face relegation regardless of their affiliation status. Apart from them, the bottom teams of each affiliation face promotion/relegation playoffs against Torneo Argentino A and Primera B Metropolitana's "Reducido" (reduced tournaments) champions. The Reducidos are played after those leagues' champions are known.
Updated as of games played on December 9, 2010.Source:
Relegation Playoff Legs
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1 (Indirect affiliation vs. Primera B Metropolitana)
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2 (Indirect affiliation vs. Torneo Argentino A)
Independiente Rivadavia remained in the Primera B Nacional after a 2-2 aggregate tie by virtue of a "sports advantage". In case of a tie in goals, the team from the Primera B Nacional gets to stay in it. Desamparados qualified to the 2011–12 Primera B Nacional and San Martín (T) got relegated to the 2011–12 Torneo Argentino A.
Season statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 César CarignanoAtlético de Rafaela212 Sebastián PencoSan Martín (SJ)16 Aldo ViscontiBoca Unidos4 Matías GigliAldosivi14 Diego JaraPatronato César PereyraBelgrano Matías QuirogaUnión8 Leandro ArmaniTiro Federal13 Darío BenedettoGimnasia y Esgrima (J) Federico GonzálezAtlético de Rafaela10 Cristian ChávezAtlético Tucumán12
See also 2010–11 in Argentine football
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