The 2000–01 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 15th season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 30 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.
Club information
Interior Zone Club City Stadium Almirante Brown Arrecifes Estadio MunicipalAtlético de RafaelaRafaelaNuevo Monumental Atlético Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro Cipolletti Cipolletti La Visera de Cemento General Paz Juniors Córdoba General Paz Juniors Gimnasia y Esgrima Concepción del Uruguay Manuel y Ramón Núñez Gimnasia y Esgrima San Salvador de Jujuy 23 de AgostoGodoy Cruz Mendoza Malvinas Argentinas Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón Juventud Antoniana Salta Fray Honorato Pistoia Olimpo Bahía Blanca Roberto Natalio Carminatti Racing Córdoba Miguel Sancho San Martín Mendoza San Martín San Martín San Juan Ing. Hilario Sánchez San Martín San Miguel de Tucumán La CiudadelaVilla Mitre Bahía Blanca El Fortín
Metropolitana Zone Club City StadiumAll Boys Floresta Islas MalvinasArsenal Sarandí Julio H. GrondonaBanfieldBanfield Florencio Solá Central Córdoba Rosario Gabino Sosa Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello El Porvenir Gerli Gildo Francisco Ghersinich Estudiantes Caseros Ciudad de Caseros Ferro Carril Oeste Caballito Arq. Ricardo Etcheverry Nueva Chicago Mataderos Nueva Chicago Platense Florida Ciudad de Vicente LópezQuilmes Quilmes CentenarioSan Miguel Los Polvorines Malvinas ArgentinasTigre Victoria José Dellagiovanna
Interior Zone Standings
Metropolitana Zone Standings
Promotion Playoff The Promotion Playoff was played by the teams placed 1st and 2nd of each zone. The winning team was declared champion and was automatically promoted to Primera División. The teams that lost in semifinal joined into the Quarterfinals of the Second Promotion Playoff, and the team that lost in the final joined in the semifinal of the Second Promotion Playoff.
Semifinals
!colspan="5"|Semifinals
!colspan="5"|Semifinals
1: Qualified because of sport advantage.
Championship final
GK 1 Marcelo Elizaga DF 4 Luciano Mazzina DF 2 Agustín Alayes DF 6 Fabio Schiavi DF 3 Hernán Pagés MF 8 Rodrigo Braña MF 5 Ceferino Díaz MF 11 Elvis Sá MF 10 Adrián Giampietri FW 9 Gabriel Bordi FW 7 Alejandro DomíguezSubstitutions: 15 Pablo Corti FW 16 Alex Rodríguez Manager: Héctor Rivoira
GK 1 Cristian Lucchetti DF 2 Adrián M. González DF 6 Javier Sanguinetti DF 4 Matías Raposo MF 8 Fabián Santa Cruz MF 3 Cristian Leiva MF 5 Pablo Del Río MF 7 Damián Giménez MF 10 Garrafa Sánchez FW 11 Carlos Leeb FW 9 Rubén Forestello Substitutions: FW 16 Fernando E. Castro Manager: Ramón "Mané" Ponce Note: Banfield won 6–3 on aggregate, promoting to Primera División
Second Promotion Playoff The Second Promotion Playoff or Torneo Reducido was played by the teams placed 3rd to 6th of each zone. Instituto and Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) joined in the Quarterfinals, and Quilmes joined in the Semifinals. The winner was promoted to Primera División.
Bracket 1: Qualified because of sport advantage. Note: The team in the first line plays at home the second leg.
Reducido Final
GK Javier Klimowicz DF Leonardo Moyano DF Sebastián Brusco DF Ariel Lencinas DF Guillermo Rodríguez MF Damián Felicia MF Jorge Priotti MF Walter Jiménez MF Raúl Antuña FW Marcelo Ríos FW Mauro Amato Substitutions: -->Manager: Gerardo Martino
GK César Velázquez DF Leonardo Orsi DF Juan Manuel Herbella DF Facundo Argüello DF Adrián Barbona MF Leonel Martens MF Alejandro Farías MF Héctor Sánchez MF Christian Gómez FW Ariel Jesús FW Oscar Gómez Substitutions: Flavio Frangella Julio Serrano Hernán Manrique Manager: Jorge Traverso and Roberto Vega
Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional The best two teams of each zone that were not promoted (Quilmes and Instituto) played against the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 2000–01 Primera División.
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2
Argentinos Juniors remains in Primera División after a 1-1 aggregate tie by virtue of a "sports advantage". In case of a tie in goals, the team from the Primera División gets to stay in it. Belgrano remains in Primera División after a 1-1 aggregate tie by virtue of a "sports advantage". In case of a tie in goals, the team from the Primera División gets to stay in it.
Relegation 7 teams were relegated: 2 teams with the worst co-efficient from Interior Zone, 2 teams with the worst co-efficient from Metropolitana Zone and 3 more teams regardless their affiliation.
Team Situation 1Instituto 57 — 71 128 62 Indirect 2Quilmes 47 63 50 160 90 Direct 3Arsenal 57 55 44 156 90 Direct 4Banfield 43 59 49 151 90 Direct 5Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) — — 50 50 32 Indirect 6Atlético de Rafaela 44 51 45 140 92 Indirect 7Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 37 47 55 139 92 Indirect 8 San Martín (M) 38 50 51 139 92 Indirect 9Racing (C) — 38 52 90 62 Indirect 10Juventud Antoniana 46 46 43 135 92 Indirect 11San Martín (SJ) 36 49 50 135 92 Indirect 12Almirante Brown (A) 42 40 50 132 92 Indirect 13Atlético Tucumán 57 29 43 129 92 Indirect 14Defensa y Justicia 44 52 29 125 90 Direct 15Villa Mitre — 41 43 84 62 Indirect 16Platense — 45 33 78 58 Direct 17Independiente Rivadavia — 45 35 80 62 Indirect 18Godoy Cruz 30 43 44 117 92 Indirect 19Tigre 43 45 26 114 90 Direct 20El Porvenir 45 50 19 114 90 Direct 21Nueva Chicago 44 33 37 114 90 Direct 22Olimpo 43 41 32 116 92 Indirect 23Central Córdoba (R) 43 38 31 112 90 Direct 24All Boys 51 29 30 110 90 Primera B MetropolitanaDirect 25San Miguel 43 35 28 106 90 Direct 26San Martín (T) 46 28 32 106 92 Torneo Argentino AIndirect 27Cipolletti 53 23 25 101 92 Indirect 28Estudiantes (BA) — — 24 24 24 Primera B MetropolitanaDirect 29General Paz Juniors — — 29 29 32 Torneo Argentino AIndirect 30Ferro Carril Oeste — — 18 18 24 Primera B MetropolitanaDirect
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.
See also 2000–01 in Argentine football
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