The 2016 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 31st season of the Argentine second division. The season began in January and ended in July. Twenty-two teams competed in the league, sixteen returning from the 2015 season, two teams that were relegated from Primera División and four teams promoted from Federal A and B Metropolitana.
Competition format The league's format has changed from last season. In this year there were twenty-two teams who played each other once in one Round-robin tournament. One team would be crowned as champion and automatically promoted to the Primera División. One team would be relegated at the end of the season.Cómo se jugarán los campeonatos argentinos en 2016
Club information
ClubCityStadium All Boys Buenos Aires Islas Malvinas Almagro José Ingenieros Tres de Febrero Atlético Paraná Paraná Pedro Mutio Boca Unidos Corrientes Leoncio Benítez Brown Adrogué Lorenzo Arandilla Central Córdoba Santiago del Estero Alfredo Terrera Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors Stadium Crucero del Norte Garupá Comandante Andrés Guacurarí Douglas Haig Pergamino Miguel Morales Estudiantes San Luis Héctor Odicino-Pedro Benoza Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy 23 de Agosto Guillermo Brown Puerto Madryn Raúl Conti Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón Juventud Unida Gualeguaychú Estadio Luis Delfino Juventud Unida Universitario San Luis Mario Diez Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Estadio Eduardo Gallardón Nueva Chicago Mataderos Nueva Chicago Santamarina Tandil Municipal Gral. San Martín Talleres Córdoba Mario Alberto Kempes Villa Dálmine Campana Villa Dálmine
League table
Results
Relegation The bottom team 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 1Talleres (C) – – – 49 49 21 2Crucero del Norte 59 33 – 32 124 83 3Chacarita Juniors – – 50 43 93 63 4Villa Dálmine – – 60 33 93 63 5Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 61 30 55 38 184 125 6Nueva Chicago – 30 – 30 60 41 7Santamarina – 24 66 27 117 83 8Boca Unidos 54 27 54 38 173 125 9Los Andes – – 54 30 84 63 10Brown – – – 28 28 21 11Almagro – – – 28 28 21 12Instituto 62 25 62 16 165 125 13Ferro Carril Oeste 55 16 67 26 164 125 14Juventud Unida (G) – – 54 28 82 63 15Estudiantes (SL) – – 56 24 80 63 16Guillermo Brown – – 48 30 78 63 17Douglas Haig 51 25 58 20 154 125 18Atlético Paraná – – 58 19 77 63 19All Boys – 22 53 26 101 83 20Independiente Rivadavia 55 22 51 20 148 125 21Central Córdoba (SdE) – – 51 21 72 63 22Juventud Unida Universitario (R) – – – 22 22 21 Torneo Federal A Source: AFA
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Germán LessmanAll Boys172 Fabricio LenciJuventud Unida (G)133 Fernando ConiglioChacarita Juniors114 Cristian ChávezBrown95 Nicolás GiménezNueva Chicago8 Oscar AltamiranoAlmagro Matías LinasLos Andes Franco CángeleBoca Unidos
See also 2016 Argentine Primera División 2016 Torneo Federal A 2015–16 Copa Argentina
References
External links soccerway.com