The 1999–00 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 14th season of second division professional of football in Argentina. 34 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.
Club information
Interior Zone Club City Stadium Aldosivi Mar del Plata José María Minella Almirante Brown Arrecifes Estadio MunicipalAtlético de RafaelaRafaelaNuevo Monumental Atlético Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro Cipolletti Cipolletti La Visera de Cemento Gimnasia y Esgrima Concepción del Uruguay Manuel y Ramón Núñez Gimnasia y Tiro Salta Gigante del NorteGodoy Cruz Mendoza Malvinas Argentinas Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini 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 Malvinas Almagro José Ingenieros Tres de Febrero Argentino Rosario José María OlaetaArsenal Sarandí Julio H. GrondonaBanfieldBanfield Florencio Solá Central Córdoba Rosario Gabino Sosa Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello Deportivo Español Parque Avellaneda Nueva España Deportivo Morón Morón Francisco Urbano El Porvenir Gerli Gildo Francisco Ghersinich Huracán Parque Patricios Tomás Adolfo Ducó Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Eduardo Gallardón Nueva Chicago Mataderos Nueva Chicago Platense Florida Ciudad de Vicente LópezQuilmes Quilmes CentenarioSan Miguel Los Polvorines Malvinas ArgentinasTemperley Temperley Alfredo BerangerTigre 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.
Final
GK 1 Martín Ríos DF 4 Rodolfo Graieb DF 2 Sebastián Morquio DF 6 Dani Cáceres DF 3 Fernando Moner MF 8 Lucho González MF 5 Fabián Carrizo MF 10 Cristian Saboredo FW 7 Alberto Godoy FW 9 Gastón Casas FW 11 Derlis SotoSubstitutes: FW Fernando Di Carlo Manager: Carlos Babington
GK 1 Gustavo Lema DF 4 Humberto Váttimos DF 2 Alejandro Baigorria DF 6 Hernán Biasotto DF 3 Martín Morello MF 8 Marcos Bartalay MF 5 Ceferino Díaz MF 10 Adrián Giampietri MF 7 Fabio Lenguita FW 9 Adrián Czornomaz FW 11 Alejandro Domínguez Manager: Ricardo Rezza Note: Huracán won 2–1 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. Atlético de Rafaela and San Martín (M) 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.
Match details
GK 1 Gustavo Lema DF 2 Alejandro Baigorria DF 3 Jorge Balanda DF 6 Hernán Biasotto MF 4 Humberto Váttimos MF 5 Ceferino Díaz MF 7 Fabio Lenguita MF 8 Rodrigo Braña FW 10 Adrián Giampietri FW 9 Adrián Czornomaz FW 11 Alejandro Domínguez Substitutes: Marcos Barlatay Cristian Quiñonez Leonardo Lemos Manager: Ricardo Rezza
GK 1 Darío Sala DF 4 Andrés Bressán DF 6 Gabriel Lobos DF 3 Marcelo Moya MF 2 Germán Noce MF 5 Mauricio Levato MF 8 Sebastián Salomón MF 7 Juan Raúl Arce FW 10 Enrique Romero FW 11 Felipe Desagastizabal FW 9 Rubén FerrerSubstitutes: Fabio Pieters Gabriel Caiafa Manager: Jorge Ginarte
Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional The best two teams of the overall standings that were not promoted (Quilmes and Almagro) played against the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 1999–2000 Primera División.
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2
Almagro was promoted to 2000–01 Primera División by winning the playoff and Instituto was relegated to the 2000–01 Primera B Nacional. Belgrano remains in Primera División after a 4-4 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 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.
Interior Zone Team Situation 1Atlético de Rafaela 45 44 51 140 90 Indirect 2Juventud Antoniana — 46 46 92 60 3Independiente Rivadavia — — 45 45 30 4San Martín (SJ) 48 36 49 133 90 5Atlético Tucumán 43 57 29 129 90 6Almirante Brown (A) 45 42 40 127 90 7Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) — 37 47 84 60 8Villa Mitre — — 41 41 30 9San Martín (T) 43 51 52 121 90 10San Martín (M) 50 57 36 116 90 11Godoy Cruz 50 57 36 115 90 12Racing (C) — — 38 38 30 13Olimpo 29 43 41 113 90 14Cipolletti 34 53 23 110 90 15Gimnasia y Tiro — 33 40 73 60 Torneo Argentino A 16Aldosivi 36 42 31 109 90
Metropolitana Zone Team Situation 1Huracán — — 64 64 34 Direct 2Banfield 62 43 59 164 96 3Arsenal 46 57 55 158 96 4Quilmes 48 47 63 158 96 5El Porvenir — 45 50 95 66 6Defensa y Justicia 42 44 52 138 96 7Los Andes 48 28 63 138 96 8Central Córdoba (R) 48 43 38 129 96 9Tigre — 43 45 88 66 10Platense — — 45 45 34 11All Boys 46 51 29 126 96 12San Miguel 45 43 35 123 96 13Almagro 22 36 62 120 96 14Nueva Chicago 40 44 33 117 96 15Deportivo Español — 43 37 80 66 Primera B Metropolitana 16Argentino (R) — — 30 30 34 17Deportivo Morón 30 28 22 80 96 18Temperley — — 25 25 34
See also 1999–2000 in Argentine football
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