The 1986–87 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 1st season of the newly created professional second division of Argentine football. This was the result of new changes in the entire Argentine football league system, the Metropolitano and Nacional of Primera División disappeared and the previous second division, the Primera B Metropolitana became the third division.
The division was formed by 7 teams from Primera B Metro (the best placed teams from a tournament played previously), 13 teams from regional leagues outside Buenos Aires and 2 teams relegated from Primera División in the 1985–86 season. A total of 22 teams competed, with the champion and runner-up being promoted to Primera División.
Deportivo Armenio won the championship, promoting to Primera along with Banfield (winner of "Torneo Octogonal").Efemérides Banfileñas: A 29 años del ascenso de 1987 On the other hand, Central Norte (Salta), Atlético Concepción (Banda del Río Salí, Tucumán), and Unión of Villa Krause (San Juan) were relegated to Primera B Metropolitana.Argentina Second Level 1986/87 on the RSSSF"Argentina: AFA 1ra. "B" Nacional 1986/87" by José Carluccio (blogsite), 19 July 2011
Club information Club City Stadium Atlético Concepción Banda del Río Salí Ing. José María PazBanfieldBanfield Florencio Solá Belgrano Córdoba El Gigante de Alberdi Central Córdoba Santiago del Estero Alfredo Terrara Central Norte Salta Dr. Luis GüemesChacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors Chaco For Ever Resistencia Juan Alberto García Cipolletti Cipolletti La Visera de CementoColón Santa Fe Brigadier General Estanislao López Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" TomaghelloDeportivo Armenio Ingeniero Maschwitz República de ArmeniaDeportivo Maipú Maipú Higinio SperduttiDeportivo Mandiyú Corrientes José A. Romero Feris1 Douglas Haig PergaminoMiguel Morales Ferro Carril Oeste General PicoColoso de Barrio Talleres Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy 23 de Agosto Guaraní Antonio Franco Posadas Clemente Fernandez de Oliveira Huracán Buenos Aires Tomás Adolfo DucóLanús Lanús Ciudad de Lanús Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Eduardo GallardónTigre Victoria José Dellagiovanna Unión Villa Krause 12 de Octubre 1: Property of Huracán Corrientes.
Standings Deportivo Armenio was declared champion and was automatically promoted to Primera División, and the teams placed 2nd to 9th qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff.
Second Promotion Playoff The Second Promotion Playoff or Torneo Reducido was played by the teams placed 2nd to 9th in the overall standings: Banfield (2nd), Belgrano (3rd), Huracán (4th), Colón (5th), Deportivo Maipú (6th), Deportivo Mandiyú (7th), Chaco For Ever (8th) and Lanús (9th). The winner was promoted to Primera División.
Bracket
1: Qualified because of sport advantage.
Final
GK Eduardo Quinto Pagés DF Rubén Solari DF Héctor Clide Díaz DF Raúl Cardozo DF Elbio Vázquez MF Luis Oriolo MF Néstor Sassone MF Horacio García FW Robinson Hernández FW Félix Orte FW Toribio AquinoSubstitutions: MF Marcelo Benítez MF José L. Zuttión Manager: Héctor D'Angelo
GK Juan M. Ramos DF Luis Escobedo DF José Céliz DF Héctor Zucchini DF Alejandro Chiera MF Mario Ballarino MF José Luis Villarreal MF Germán Martellotto FW Abel Blasón FW Ariel Raimonda FW Julio César VillagraSubstitutions: ? Manager: Pedro Marchetta
Relegation Team Situation 1Deportivo Armenio1 — — 22 62 84 60 Direct 2Belgrano — — — 54 54 42 Indirect 3Huracán — — — 54 54 42 Direct 4Deportivo Maipú — — — 49 49 42 Indirect 5Banfield1 43 46 23 54 166 144 Direct 6Chaco For Ever — — — 48 48 42 Indirect 7Deportivo Mandiyú — — — 48 48 42 Indirect 8Lanús1 49 47 21 47 164 144 Direct 9Colón1 37 43 21 54 155 144 Direct 10Los Andes1 44 47 23 40 154 144 Direct 11Defensa y Justicia1 — — 21 43 64 60 Direct 12Tigre1 44 36 23 38 141 144 Direct 13Douglas Haig — — — 41 42 42 Indirect 14Central Córdoba (SdE) — — — 37 37 42 Indirect 15 Ferro Carril Oeste (Gral. Pico) — — — 36 36 42 Indirect 16Guaraní Antonio Franco — — — 35 35 42 Indirect 17Cipolletti — — — 35 35 42 Indirect 18Chacarita Juniors2 — — — 34 34 42 Additional PlayoffDirect 19Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)2 — — — 34 34 42 Indirect 20Central Norte2 — — — 34 34 42 Indirect 21 Atlético Concepción — — — 32 32 42 Relegated to Liga TucumanaIndirect 22 Unión (Villa Krause) — — — 15 15 42 Relegated to Liga SanjuaninaIndirect 1: They kept the points earned in previous editions of the Primera B Metropolitana, although the category was new.
2: They had to play a tiebreaker triangular to see which team was relegated.
Note: Clubs with indirect affiliation with AFA are relegated to their respective league of his province according to the Argentine football league system, 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.
Additional Playoff Chacarita Juniors, Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) and Central Norte were tied in points, they had to play a tiebreaker triangular in a neutral field to see which team was relegated.
Relegation TiebreakerHomeResultAwayCentral Norte0 - 0Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)Chacarita Juniors1 - 1Central NorteGimnasia y Esgrima (J)0 - 0Chacarita Juniors
As the 3 matches ended in a tie, it was used the overall table and the matches between the 3 teams and Central Norte was the team with less points, so it was relegated to the Liga Salteña de fútbol.
HomeResultAwayRoundChacarita Juniors1 - 0Central NorteRound 2Central Norte1 - 2Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)Round 5Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)2 - 2Chacarita JuniorsRound 12Central Norte1 - 1Chacarita JuniorsRound 23Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)3 - 2Central NorteRound 26Chacarita Juniors2 - 2Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)Round 33
Top scorers Rank. Player Club Goals José Iglesias Huracán Abel D. Blasón Belgrano (C) Miguel R. Hernández Banfield
See also 1986–87 in Argentine football
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