1996–97 Primera B Nacional

Primera B Nacional
Season	1996–97
Champions	Argentinos Juniors; (1st divisional title)
Promoted	Argentinos Juniors; Gimnasia y Tiro
Relegated	Sarmiento (J); Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU); Temperley; Juventud Antoniana
Top goalscorer	Eduardo Bennett 23 goals
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 11th season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 32 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
Atlético de Rafaela	Rafaela	Nuevo Monumental
Atlético Tucumán	San Miguel de Tucumán	Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro
Belgrano	Córdoba	El Gigante de Alberdi
Chaco For Ever	Resistencia	Juan Alberto García
Cipolletti	Cipolletti	La Visera de Cemento
Douglas Haig	Pergamino	Miguel Morales
Gimnasia y Esgrima	Concepción del Uruguay	Manuel y Ramón Núñez
Gimnasia y Tiro	Salta	Gigante del Norte
Godoy Cruz	Mendoza	Malvinas Argentinas
Instituto	Córdoba	Presidente Perón
Juventud Antoniana	Salta	Fray Honorato Pistoia
Olimpo	Bahía Blanca	Roberto Natalio Carminatti
San Martín	San Juan	Ing. Hilario Sánchez
San Martín	San Miguel de Tucumán	La Ciudadela
Talleres	Córdoba	Estadio La Boutique

Metropolitana Zone

Club	City	Stadium
All Boys	Floresta	Islas Malvinas
Almagro	José Ingenieros	Tres de Febrero
Almirante Brown	Isidro Casanova	Fragata Presidente Sarmiento
Argentinos Juniors	Buenos Aires	Diego Armando Maradona
Arsenal	Sarandí	Julio H. Grondona
Atlanta	Villa Crespo	León Kolbovski
Central Córdoba	Rosario	Gabino Sosa
Chacarita Juniors	Villa Maipú	Chacarita Juniors
Deportivo Morón	Morón	Francisco Urbano
Estudiantes	Caseros	Ciudad de Caseros
Los Andes	Lomas de Zamora	Eduardo Gallardón
Nueva Chicago	Mataderos	Nueva Chicago
Quilmes	Quilmes	Centenario
Sarmiento	Junín	Eva Perón
Sportivo Italiano	Ciudad Evita	Republica de Italia
Temperley	Temperley	Alfredo Beranger

Interior Zone standings

Sub-Zone A1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgrano	16	9	4	3	30	19	+11	31	Championship Group
2	San Martín (SJ)	16	8	4	4	27	17	+10	28
3	Atlético de Rafaela	16	8	4	4	27	21	+6	28
4	Olimpo	16	8	2	6	25	21	+4	26	Fourth Place Playoff
5	San Martín (T)	16	7	2	7	27	26	+1	23	Relegation Group
6	Aldosivi	16	4	5	7	16	29	−13	17
7	Juventud Antoniana	16	3	7	6	21	25	−4	16
8	Chaco For Ever	16	4	4	8	20	29	−9	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Sub-Zone A2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Godoy Cruz	16	8	4	4	22	13	+9	28	Championship Group
2	Gimnasia y Tiro	16	7	5	4	23	19	+4	26
3	Talleres (C)	16	7	5	4	28	19	+9	26
4	Instituto	16	6	4	6	21	19	+2	22	Fourth Place Playoff
5	Atlético Tucumán	16	6	3	7	26	28	−2	21	Relegation Group
6	Cipolletti	16	3	6	7	19	19	0	15
7	Douglas Haig	16	2	7	7	15	28	−13	13
8	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	16	3	4	9	14	29	−15	13

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Metropolitana Zone standings

Sub-Zone B1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Almagro	16	7	6	3	20	13	+7	27	Championship Group
2	Quilmes	16	6	7	3	15	13	+2	25
3	All Boys	16	6	6	4	24	21	+3	24
4	Central Córdoba (R)	16	5	8	3	24	16	+8	23	Fourth Place Playoff
5	Atlanta	16	4	10	2	24	20	+4	22	Relegation Group
6	Arsenal	16	3	7	6	12	16	−4	16
7	Almirante Brown	16	3	5	8	16	25	−9	14
8	Temperley	16	2	5	9	13	25	−12	11

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Sub-Zone B2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Los Andes	16	7	7	2	28	15	+13	28	Championship Group
2	Argentinos Juniors	16	7	7	2	27	20	+7	28
3	Deportivo Morón	16	8	3	5	25	19	+6	27
4	Nueva Chicago	16	7	5	4	25	16	+9	26	Fourth Place Playoff
5	Chacarita Juniors	16	5	8	3	27	21	+6	23	Relegation Group
6	Sportivo Italiano	16	2	9	5	14	22	−8	15
7	Sarmiento (J)	16	2	6	8	15	29	−14	12
8	Estudiantes (BA)	16	1	7	8	7	22	−15	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Fourth Place Playoff

A tiebreaker was played between the teams that finished 4th in their respective zones. For the Interior Zone played Olimpo vs Instituto and for the Metropolitana Zone played Central Córdoba (R) vs Nueva Chicago. Both matches were played in neutral stadiums. The winning teams qualified for the Championship Group.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Olimpo	3-0	Instituto

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Central Córdoba (R)	0–0 (4-3 p)	Nueva Chicago

Championship Group

The championship Group was played by the 14 teams that qualified from their zones and the 2 teams that qualified by winning the Fourth Place Playoff. The winning team was declared champion and was automatically promoted to Primera Division, and the teams placed 2nd to 5th played the Second Promotion Playoff.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Argentinos Juniors	26	15	7	4	52	30	+22	52	Primera Division
2	Talleres (C)	26	14	8	4	47	23	+24	50	Second Promotion Playoff
3	Godoy Cruz	26	14	6	6	49	34	+15	48
4	Gimnasia y Tiro	26	12	7	7	52	39	+13	43
5	Belgrano	26	10	10	6	52	40	+12	40
6	Quilmes	26	12	4	10	45	34	+11	40
7	Los Andes	26	10	5	11	37	39	−2	35
8	Central Córdoba (R)	26	9	4	13	32	52	−20	31
9	Almagro	26	8	6	12	48	54	−6	30
10	Olimpo	26	7	7	12	41	46	−5	28
11	Atlético de Rafaela	26	7	9	10	39	47	−8	27^[a]
12	All Boys	26	6	6	14	28	49	−21	24
13	San Martín (SJ)	26	6	10	10	32	39	−7	24^[b]
14	Deportivo Morón	26	4	7	15	27	55	−28	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 3 points deducted
^ 4 points deducted

Relegation Group

It was divided in 2 groups (Interior and Metropolitana). 9 teams played in each group. Teams placed 1st and 2nd qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff.

Interior Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chaco For Ever	16	9	2	5	26	16	+10	29	Second Promotion Playoff
2	Cipolletti	16	8	4	4	28	17	+11	28	Second Promotion Playoff
3	Instituto	16	9	1	6	35	29	+6	28
4	Aldosivi	16	8	2	6	19	22	−3	26
5	San Martín (T)	16	6	4	6	26	26	0	22
6	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	16	6	3	7	28	32	−4	21
7	Douglas Haig	16	5	4	7	20	21	−1	19
8	Juventud Antoniana	16	4	4	8	18	27	−9	16
9	Atlético Tucumán	16	4	2	10	20	30	−10	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Metropolitano Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nueva Chicago	16	9	3	4	31	20	+11	30	Second Promotion Playoff
2	Sportivo Italiano	16	8	6	2	19	15	+4	30	Second Promotion Playoff
3	Almirante Brown	16	6	6	4	26	20	+6	24
4	Estudiantes (BA)	16	5	7	4	21	19	+2	22
5	Atlanta	16	5	7	4	17	15	+2	22
6	Chacarita Juniors	16	5	6	5	14	14	0	21
7	Temperley	16	3	8	5	15	20	−5	17
8	Arsenal	16	4	4	8	15	21	−6	16
9	Sarmiento (J)	16	3	1	12	11	25	−14	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Second Promotion Playoff

The Second Promotion playoff was played by the teams placed 2nd to 5th from the Championship Group and 4 teams (2 from Interior Group and 2 from Metropolitano Group) from the Relegation Group. The winning team was promoted to Primera Division.

Bracket

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

2CG	Talleres (C)	3	2	5

2IG	Cipolletti	2	2	4
					2CG	Talleres (C)	0	2	2

					2MG	Sportivo Italiano	0	0	0
3CG	Godoy Cruz	0	0	0

2MG	Sportivo Italiano	3	2	5
										2CG	Talleres (C)	0	1	1(1)

										4CG	Gimnasia y Tiro (p)	1	0	1(3)
4CG	Gimnasia y Tiro	1	2	3

1IG	Chaco For Ever	1	0	1
					4CG	Gimnasia y Tiro	2	3	5

					5CG	Belgrano	2	1	3
5CG	Belgrano	2	3	5

1MG	Nueva Chicago	0	1	1

Note: The team in the first line plays at home the second leg.

Finals

Torneo Reducido Final
(2nd. promotion playoff)

12 Jul 1997

First leg

Gimnasia y Tiro	1–0	Talleres (C)
	[ Report]

El Gigante del Norte, Salta

19 Jul 1997

Second leg

Talleres (C)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Gimnasia y Tiro
Zelaya 29'	Report
Penalties
Montelongo Díaz Oste Clements	1–3	Ibánez Cervera Plaza

Estadio Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Referee: Rubén Pascualino

Team details

Talleres (C)

Gimnasia y Tiro


GK	Rodrigo Burela
DF	Juan A. Yanzón
DF	Ramón Galarza
DF	Cristian García
DF	Javier López	a'
MF	José Luis Villarreal
MF	Fernando Clementz
MF	Ezequiel Garay
MF	José L. Fernández	b'
FW	José Zelaya	c'
FW	Roberto Oste
Substitutions:
DF	José Montelongo	a'
DF	David Díaz	b'
	Alejandro Ortiz	c'
Manager:
Humberto Zuccarelli


GK	Ramón Álvarez
DF	Diego Cejas
DF	Sergio Plaza
DF	Roberto Cuadrado
DF	Mario Jiménez
MF	Miguel Ibáñez
MF	Isidro Iturrieta	a'
MF	Jorge Cervera
FW	Leone	b'
FW	Víctor Godoy	c'
FW	Luis Rueda
Substitutions:
	Saldaño	a'
	Gómez	b'
	González	c'
Manager:
Ricardo Rezza

Note: After the series ended 1–1 on aggregate, Gimnasia y Tiro won 3–1 on penalties, promoting to Primera División.

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

Pos	Team	1994–95 Pts	1995–96 Pts	1996–97 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Situation	Affiliation
1	Instituto	43	48	35	126	116	1.086		Indirect
2	Douglas Haig	45	48	25	118	116	1.017
3	Cipolletti	—	—	32	32	32	1
4	Chaco For Ever	—	—	32	32	32	1
5	San Martín (T)	48	33	32	113	116	0.974
6	Aldosivi	—	—	31	31	32	0.969
7	Atlético Tucumán	32	49	25	106	116	0.914
8	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	—	—	25	25	32	0.781	Torneo Argentino A
9	Juventud Antoniana	—	—	25	25	32	0.781	Torneo Argentino A

Metropolitana Zone

Pos	Team	1994–95 Pts	1995–96 Pts	1996–97 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Situation	Affiliation
1	Atlanta	—	—	35	32	32	1.094		Direct
2	Sportivo Italiano	—	—	35	35	32	1.094
3	Nueva Chicago	41	39	40	120	116	1.034
4	Chacarita Juniors	40	39	34	113	116	0.974
5	Almirante Brown	—	—	29	29	32	0.906
6	Estudiantes (BA)	—	—	26	26	32	0.813
7	Arsenal	—	—	25	25	32	0.781
8	Temperley	—	—	23	23	32	0.719	Primera B Metropolitana
9	Sarmiento (J)	—	—	17	17	32	0.531	Primera B Metropolitana

References

External links

"Argentina Second Level 1996/97". RSSSF. Retrieved 2014-06-01.

[table_hth_ATR0.78377108032991-1] 3 points deducted

[table_hth_SMJ0.78377108032991-2] 4 points deducted

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[b]

Club information

Interior Zone

Metropolitana Zone

Interior Zone standings

Sub-Zone A1

Sub-Zone A2

Metropolitana Zone standings

Sub-Zone B1

Sub-Zone B2

Fourth Place Playoff

Championship Group

Relegation Group

Interior Group

Metropolitano Group

Second Promotion Playoff

Bracket

Finals

Relegation

Interior Zone

Metropolitana Zone

See also

References

External links