The 2015 Argentine Primera B Nacional season was the 30th season of Argentine second division, with a total of 22 competing teams. It began 14 February and ended 14 November 2015. Although there was some use of a different name earlier in the year, the AFA has consistently used the Primera B Nacional moniker in releases of late.
Competition format The league's format has changed from last season. This year there will be twenty-two teams which will play each other twice for a total of forty-two matches.
In November 2014, the AFA announced two teams from this season will be promoted to the Primera División. It was later reported that the champion will be promoted directly and positions 2-5 will compete in the "Torneo Reducido" for the second place after the regular season. At the end of the season, four teams will be relegated.
Club information ClubCityStadium All Boys Buenos Aires Islas Malvinas Atlético Paraná Paraná Pedro Mutio Atlético Tucumán Tucumán Monumental José Fierro Boca Unidos Corrientes José Antonio Romero Feris Central Córdoba Santiago del Estero Alfredo Terrera Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors Stadium Douglas Haig Pergamino Miguel Morales Estudiantes San Luis Héctor Odicino-Pedro Benoza Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry Guillermo Brown Puerto Madryn Raúl Conti Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza Víctor Legrotaglie Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy 23 de Agosto Guaraní Antonio Franco Posadas Clemente Fernandez de Oliveira Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón Juventud Unida Gualeguaychú Estadio Luis Delfino Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Estadio Eduardo Gallardón Patronato Paraná Presbítero Bartolomé Grella Santamarina Tandil Municipal Gral. San Martín Sportivo Belgrano San Francisco Oscar Boero Unión Mar del Plata José María Minella Villa Dálmine Campana Villa Dálmine
League table
Results
Torneo Reducido At the end of the regular season, the four teams placed 2-5 will advance to compete for one place next season in the 2016 Primera División. If a team finishes in 2-5 place but will be relegated, the next highest placed team will advance to the playoff. Teams will play each other over two legs in each round. Matches were played between 19 November – 5 December.
Semifinals
Finals
GK 1 Sebastián Bertoli DF 4 Lautaro Geminiani DF 2 Walter Andrade DF 6 Carlos Quintana DF 3 Diego Martínez MF 10 Matías Garrido MF 5 Marcos Minetti MF 8 Marcos Quiroga MF 7 Esteban Orfano FW 11 Diego Jara FW 9 Matías QuirogaSubstitutions: MF 15 Marcelo Guzmán MF 16 Leandro Becerra FW 18 Lautaro Comas Manager: Iván Delfino
GK 1 Leandro Requena DF 4 Alfredo G. Bordón DF 2 Roberto Tucker DF 6 Emiliano Capella DF 3 Federico Azcárate MF 11 Juan Gáspari MF 5 Federico Scoppa MF 10 Mariano González MF 8 Arnaldo González FW 9 Fernando Telechea FW 7 Martín MichelSubstitutions: MF 16 Nicolás Fassino FW 17 Facundo Curuchet Manager: Gustavo Coleoni
Relegation The bottom four teams of this table face relegation. Clubs with an indirect affiliation with Argentine Football Association are relegated to the Torneo Federal A, while clubs directly affiliated face relegation to Primera B Metropolitana. Team Relegation 1Atlético Tucumán 51 64 29 85 229 142 2Patronato 56 49 22 82 209 142 3Santamarina – – 24 66 90 62 4Villa Dálmine — — — 60 60 42 5Atlético Paraná — — — 58 58 42 6Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 50 61 30 55 196 142 7Estudiantes (SL) — — — 56 56 42 8Instituto 39 62 25 62 188 142 9Los Andes — — — 54 54 42 10Douglas Haig 49 51 25 58 183 142 11Juventud Unida (G) — — — 54 54 42 12Ferro Carril Oeste 43 55 16 67 181 142 13Boca Unidos 45 54 27 54 180 142 14Independiente Rivadavia 48 55 22 51 176 142 15Central Córdoba (SdE) — — — 51 51 42 16All Boys – – 22 53 75 62 17Chacarita Juniors — — — 50 50 42 18Guillermo Brown – – – 48 48 42 Relegation Playoff 19Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) (R) — — — 48 48 42 20Guaraní Antonio Franco (R) — — 18 50 68 62 Torneo Federal A 21Sportivo Belgrano (R) — 53 17 40 110 104 22Unión (MdP) (R) — — — 37 37 42 Source: AFA
Relegation playoff A single play-off match was played on 25 November 2015 to determine the fourth team to be relegated. Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza lost the play-off match on penalties and were relegated.
See also 2015 Argentine Primera División 2014–15 Copa Argentina
References
External links Primera B Nacional at soccerway.com