2016 Primera B Nacional

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.

Primera B Nacional

Season	2016
Champions	Talleres (C) (2nd title)
Promoted	Talleres (C)
Relegated	Juventud Unida Universitario
Matches played	231
Goals scored	530 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Germán Lesman (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Central Córdoba (SdE) 6-0 Atlético Paraná (June 19)
Biggest away win	Douglas Haig 0-4 Villa Dálmine (June 12)
Highest scoring	Nueva Chicago 6-4 Villa Dálmine (April 29)
Longest unbeaten run	21 matches Talleres (C)
Longest losing run	0 matches Talleres (C)
← 2015 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 19 June 2016.

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.[1]

Club information

GBA

Douglas
Haig

Atlético Paraná

Boca Unidos

Central Córdoba

Crucero del Norte

Estudiantes

Gimnasia (J)

Guillermo Brown

Independiente Rivadavia

Instituto
Talleres (C)

Juventud Unida

Juv. Unida Univ.

Santamarina

Villa Dálmine

Locations of the 2016 season teams.

All Boys

Almagro

Brown

Chacarita Juniors

Ferro Carril Oeste

Los Andes

Nueva Chicago

Locations of the 2016–17 Primera B Nacional teams within Greater Buenos Aires.

Club	City	Stadium
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Qualification
1	Talleres (C) (C, P)	21	14	7	0	31	11	+20	49	Promotion to Primera División
2	Chacarita Juniors	21	13	4	4	30	12	+18	43
3	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	21	11	5	5	26	16	+10	38
4	Boca Unidos	21	11	5	5	28	19	+9	38
5	Villa Dálmine	21	9	6	6	35	28	+7	33
6	Crucero del Norte	21	9	5	7	26	25	+1	32
7	Nueva Chicago	21	9	3	9	32	27	+5	30
8	Guillermo Brown	21	9	3	9	31	29	+2	30
9	Los Andes	21	8	6	7	21	22	−1	30
10	Brown	21	6	10	5	27	26	+1	28
11	Juventud Unida (G)	21	7	7	7	25	26	−1	28
12	Almagro	21	7	7	7	23	25	−2	28
13	Santamarina	21	7	6	8	16	19	−3	27
14	All Boys	21	7	5	9	30	28	+2	26
15	Ferro Carril Oeste	21	7	5	9	21	27	−6	26
16	Estudiantes (SL)	21	7	3	11	17	25	−8	24
17	Juventud Unida Universitario	21	4	10	7	20	23	−3	22
18	Central Córdoba (SdE)	21	5	6	10	23	27	−4	21
19	Douglas Haig	21	5	5	11	20	24	−4	20
20	Independiente Rivadavia	21	4	8	9	14	26	−12	20
21	Atlético Paraná	21	3	10	8	16	32	−16	19
22	Instituto	21	4	4	13	18	33	−15	16

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only for deciding promotion or relegation); 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points; 6) head-to-head goal difference; 7) head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Results

Home \ Away	ALL	ALM	APA	BOU	BRO	CCO	CHA	CRU	DOU	ESL	FCO	GEJ	GBR	IND	INS	JUG	JUU	LAN	NCH	SAN	TAL	VDA
All Boys				3–0			1–0		1–0		1–1	0–1		1–2		1–2	1–1	1–2	5–2		1–2
Almagro	0–2		2–0	3–1			1–2			0–0	1–3					2–2	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–1
Atlético Paraná	2–2			0–2			1–3			1–2	1–1	0–0				1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1
Boca Unidos					2–0	1–0	1–0	2–2			2–0		1–2		3–0	0–0	0–0		2–1			3–1
Brown	0–2	2–3	1–1			0–0		4–3		1–0			2–2		4–0					2–2		1–1
Central Cba. (SdE)	2–3	2–0	6–0				1–1	0–1		1–3					2–3	3–3	0–0			1–0
Chacarita					2–0				1–0		2–0	1–0		4–0		1–0	1–1	3–0	0–1		1–1
Crucero del Norte	3–2	1–1	0–0				1–1			3–0	0–0					1–0	2–1		1–0	3–0
Douglas Haig		0–1	2–0	1–3	0–0	2–0		3–0					1–2	4–0	2–0						0–1	0–4
Estudiantes	1–1			0–1			0–1		2–1		0–1	0–1				2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0
Ferro Carril Oeste					2–2	1–0			2–1			0–2	3–1	2–1				0–2	0–2		1–2	1–3
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)		1–1		4–3	1–0	2–0		2–0	2–0				4–2	1–0	0–0						1–2	1–1
Guillermo Brown	1–0	0–1	1–2			1–1	3–0	2–1		2–0					1–0					1–1		3–1
Independiente Rivadavia		1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1		2–0		2–1			2–1		0–3						0–0	0–0
Instituto	4–1	2–2	0–1				0–3	1–2		2–0	0–2					0–1	0–2			0–1
Juventud Unida (G)					2–3				1–1		1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0			1–0	1–3	2–1		1–1
Juv. Unida Univ.					1–1				1–1		0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1				3–1	2–1		0–3	1–3
Los Andes				0–0	0–1	0–1		0–1	1–1			1–0	1–3	1–0	0–0						1–2	3–3
Nueva Chicago					1–2	3–1			2–0			0–1	1–0	2–2	3–1			0–1			1–1	6–4
Santamarina	2–1			0–1			0–2		0–0		2–0	2–0		1–0		1–0	0–0	0–1	0–2
Talleres (C)		0–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–0		2–1		1–0			2–1		1–1					1–0		2–1
Villa Dálmine	0–0	1–0	2–1			1–1	0–1	1–0		4–1					2–1	2–1				0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 19 June 2016. Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

Pos	Team	2013–14 Pts	2014 Pts	2015 Pts	2016 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Talleres (C)	–	–	–	49	49	21	2.333
2	Crucero del Norte	59	33	–	32	124	83	1.494
3	Chacarita Juniors	–	–	50	43	93	63	1.476
4	Villa Dálmine	–	–	60	33	93	63	1.476
5	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	61	30	55	38	184	125	1.472
6	Nueva Chicago	–	30	–	30	60	41	1.463
7	Santamarina	–	24	66	27	117	83	1.41
8	Boca Unidos	54	27	54	38	173	125	1.384
9	Los Andes	–	–	54	30	84	63	1.333
10	Brown	–	–	–	28	28	21	1.333
11	Almagro	–	–	–	28	28	21	1.333
12	Instituto	62	25	62	16	165	125	1.32
13	Ferro Carril Oeste	55	16	67	26	164	125	1.312
14	Juventud Unida (G)	–	–	54	28	82	63	1.302
15	Estudiantes (SL)	–	–	56	24	80	63	1.27
16	Guillermo Brown	–	–	48	30	78	63	1.238
17	Douglas Haig	51	25	58	20	154	125	1.232
18	Atlético Paraná	–	–	58	19	77	63	1.222
19	All Boys	–	22	53	26	101	83	1.217
20	Independiente Rivadavia	55	22	51	20	148	125	1.184
21	Central Córdoba (SdE)	–	–	51	21	72	63	1.143
22	Juventud Unida Universitario (R)	–	–	–	22	22	21	1.048	Torneo Federal A

Source: AFA

As of 19 June 2016

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of June 14, 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[2]
1	Germán Lessman	All Boys	17
2	Fabricio Lenci	Juventud Unida (G)	13
3	Fernando Coniglio	Chacarita Juniors	11
4	Cristian Chávez	Brown	9
5	Nicolás Giménez	Nueva Chicago	8
	Oscar Altamirano	Almagro
	Matías Linas	Los Andes
	Franco Cángele	Boca Unidos

See also

• 2016 Argentine Primera División
• 2016 Torneo Federal A
• 2015–16 Copa Argentina

References

1. Cómo se jugarán los campeonatos argentinos en 2016 (in Spanish)
2. "Goleadores de Primera B Nacional Campeonato 2016". AFA.

External links

• soccerway.com