2001–02 Primera B Nacional

The 2001–02 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 16th season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 25 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.

Primera B Nacional
Season2001–02
ChampionsOlimpo
(1st divisional title)
PromotedOlimpo
Arsenal
RelegatedCentral Córdoba (R)
Atlético Tucumán
Tigre
Independiente Rivadavia
Racing (C)
Platense
Villa Mitre
Top goalscorerDiego Ceballos 26 goals

Club information
Club City Stadium
Almagro José Ingenieros Tres de Febrero
Almirante Brown Arrecifes Estadio Municipal
Arsenal Sarandí Julio H. Grondona
Atlético de Rafaela Rafaela Nuevo Monumental
Atlético Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro
Central Córdoba Rosario Gabino Sosa
Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Defensores de Belgrano Núñez Juan Pasquale
El Porvenir Gerli Gildo Francisco Ghersinich
Gimnasia y Esgrima Concepción del Uruguay Manuel y Ramón Núñez
Gimnasia y Esgrima San Salvador de Jujuy 23 de Agosto
Godoy Cruz Mendoza Malvinas Argentinas
Huracán Tres Arroyos Roberto Lorenzo Bottino
Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini
Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón
Juventud Antoniana Salta Fray Honorato Pistoia
Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Eduardo Gallardón
Olimpo Bahía Blanca Roberto Natalio Carminatti
Platense Florida Ciudad de Vicente López
Quilmes Quilmes Centenario
Racing Córdoba Miguel Sancho
San Martín Mendoza San Martín
San Martín San Juan Ing. Hilario Sánchez
Tigre Victoria José Dellagiovanna
Villa Mitre Bahía Blanca El Fortín

Torneo Apertura Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Olimpo 24 13 7 4 36 20 +16 46 Primera División
2 Quilmes 24 13 6 5 36 24 +12 45
3 San Martín (M) 24 12 8 4 37 24 +13 44
4 Huracán (TA) 24 13 2 9 33 32 +1 41
5 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 24 11 6 7 35 29 +6 39
6 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 24 11 6 7 35 29 +6 39
7 Juventud Antoniana 24 11 5 8 32 27 +5 38
8 Instituto 24 11 5 8 38 34 +4 38
9 El Porvenir 24 9 11 4 24 20 +4 38
10 Defensores de Belgrano 24 10 7 7 37 25 +12 37
11 San Martín (SJ) 24 9 8 7 32 28 +4 35
12 Atlético de Rafaela 24 10 5 9 33 30 +3 35
13 Arsenal 24 8 9 7 17 22 −5 33
14 Los Andes 24 10 3 11 25 28 −3 33
15 Defensa y Justicia 24 9 6 9 16 27 −11 33
16 Almagro 24 8 8 8 16 17 −1 32
17 Independiente Rivadavia 24 7 10 7 31 24 +7 31
18 Atlético Tucumán 24 7 8 9 35 40 −5 29
19 Central Córdoba (R) 24 7 6 11 36 41 −5 27
20 Almirante Brown (A) 24 6 7 11 22 38 −16 25
21 Platense 24 6 6 12 24 35 −11 24
22 Villa Mitre 24 6 5 13 22 36 −14 23
23 Godoy Cruz 24 5 6 13 33 47 −14 21
24 Racing (C) 24 4 7 13 25 46 −21 19
25 Tigre 24 3 5 16 27 47 −20 14
Source:

Torneo Clausura Standings

It was divided in 3 Zones with 8 teams in each zone. Olimpo did not competed as it was promoted to Primera División.

Zone A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Arsenal 14 10 1 3 27 8 +19 31 Second Promotion Playoff
2 Central Córdoba (R) 14 9 3 2 30 21 +9 30
3 Instituto 14 6 3 5 20 23 −3 21
4 Quilmes 14 6 2 6 17 15 +2 20[lower-alpha 1]
5 Almirante Brown (A) 14 5 4 5 18 19 −1 19
6 Los Andes 14 4 4 6 20 23 −3 16
7 Juventud Antoniana 14 4 1 9 12 23 −11 13
8 Tigre 14 2 2 10 12 24 −12 8
Source:
Notes:
  1. 3 points deducted in the overall standings

Zone B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 14 7 4 3 25 16 +9 25 Second Promotion Playoff
2 Platense 14 7 4 3 24 16 +8 25
3 Defensa y Justicia 14 7 3 4 24 19 +5 24
4 Atlético de Rafaela 14 7 3 4 28 23 +5 24
5 Racing (C) 14 7 3 4 29 25 +4 24
6 El Porvenir 14 6 3 5 25 23 +2 21
7 San Martín (M) 14 0 6 8 14 30 −16 6
8 Atlético Tucumán 14 0 4 10 8 25 −17 4
Source:

Zone C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Godoy Cruz 14 7 5 2 22 15 +7 26 Second Promotion Playoff
2 San Martín (SJ) 14 6 4 4 22 17 +5 22
3 Huracán (TA) 14 6 4 4 24 20 +4 22
4 Villa Mitre 14 6 3 5 17 18 −1 21
5 Defensores de Belgrano 14 5 4 5 20 18 +2 19
6 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 14 5 4 5 16 17 −1 19
7 Independiente Rivadavia 14 3 4 7 10 20 −10 13
8 Almagro 14 3 2 9 17 23 −6 11
Source:

Overall standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Arsenal 38 18 10 10 57 30 +27 64[lower-alpha 1]
2 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 38 18 10 10 60 45 +15 64[lower-alpha 1]
3 Huracán (TA) 38 19 6 13 57 52 +5 63 Second Promotion Playoff
4 Quilmes 38 19 8 11 53 39 +14 62[lower-alpha 2]
5 Atlético de Rafaela 38 17 8 13 61 53 +8 59
6 El Porvenir 38 15 14 9 49 43 +6 59
7 Instituto 38 17 8 13 58 57 +1 59
8 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 38 16 10 12 51 40 +11 58
9 San Martín (SJ) 38 15 12 11 54 45 +9 57
10 Central Córdoba (R) 38 16 9 13 66 61 +5 57
11 Defensa y Justicia 38 16 9 13 56 55 +1 57
12 Defensores de Belgrano 38 15 11 12 57 43 +14 56
13 Juventud Antoniana 38 15 6 17 44 50 −6 51
14 San Martín (M) 38 12 14 12 51 54 −3 50
15 Los Andes 38 14 7 17 56 58 −2 49
16 Platense 38 13 10 15 48 51 −3 49
17 Godoy Cruz 38 12 11 15 51 62 −11 47[lower-alpha 1]
18 Independiente Rivadavia 38 10 14 14 41 44 −3 44
19 Villa Mitre 38 12 8 18 39 54 −15 44
20 Almirante Brown (A) 38 11 11 16 40 57 −17 44
21 Almagro 38 11 10 17 52 56 −4 43
22 Racing (C) 38 11 10 17 54 71 −17 43
23 Atlético Tucumán 38 7 12 19 43 65 −22 33
24 Tigre 38 5 7 26 39 72 −33 22
Source:
Notes:
  1. Already qualified to the Second Promotion Playoff by winning their zones
  2. 3 points deducted

Second Promotion Playoff

The Second Promotion Playoff or Torneo Reducido was played by the teams who won their respective zones in the Torneo Clausura: Arsenal (winner of Zone A), Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) (winner of Zone B) and Godoy Cruz (winner of Zone C) and the five best teams placed in the overall standings: Huracán (TA) (3rd), Quilmes (4th), Atlético de Rafaela (5th), El Porvenir (6th) and Instituto (7th). The winner was promoted to Primera División.

Bracket
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                         
1 Arsenal 1 4 5  
17 Godoy Cruz 2 1 3  
  1 Arsenal 1 2 3  
  6 El Porvenir 0 0 0  
3 Huracán (TA) 0 0 0
6 El Porvenir 0 1 1  
  1 Arsenal 2 1 3
  2 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 1 1 2
2 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 0 5 5  
7 Instituto 0 2 2  
  2 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 2 4 6
  5 Atlético de Rafaela 0 2 2  
4 Quilmes 0 2 2
5 Atlético de Rafaela 2 1 3  
  • Note: The team in the first line plays at home the second leg.

Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional

The best two teams in the overall standings that weren't promoted (Huracán (TA) and Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)) played against the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 2001–02 Primera División.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Relegation/promotion playoff 1
Huracán (TA) 2–3 Lanús 1–2 1–1
Relegation/promotion playoff 2
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 3–4 Unión de Santa Fe 3-1 0-3

Relegation

7 teams were relegated: 2 teams with the worst co-efficient from Interior Zone, 2 teams with the worst co-efficient from Metropolitana Zone and 3 more teams regardless their affiliation.

Pos
 Team 1999–00
Pts		 2000–01
Pts		 2001–02
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
 Situation Affiliation
1 Instituto —7159130701.857 Indirect
2 Quilmes 635062175961.823 Direct
3 Arsenal 554464163961.698 Direct
4 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 4755641661001.66 Indirect
5 Huracán (TA) ——6363381.658 Indirect
6 San Martín (SJ) 4950571561001.56 Indirect
7 Los Andes 63—49112721.556 Direct
8 Atlético de Rafaela 5145591551001.55 Indirect
9 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) —5058108701.543 Indirect
10 San Martín (M) 5051501511001.51 Indirect
11 Defensores de Belgrano ——5656381.474 Direct
12 Defensa y Justicia 522957138961.438 Direct
13 Almagro 62—40102721.417 Direct
14 Juventud Antoniana 4643511401001.4 Indirect
15 Almirante Brown (A) 4050441341001.34 Indirect
16 Godoy Cruz 4344471341001.34 Indirect
17 El Porvenir 501959128961.333 Direct
18 Racing (C) 3852431331001.33 Torneo Argentino A Indirect
19 Platense 453349127961.323 Primera B Metropolitana Direct
20 Central Córdoba (R) 383157126961.313 Direct
21 Villa Mitre 4143441281001.28 Torneo Argentino A Indirect
22 Independiente Rivadavia 4535441241001.24 Indirect
23 Atlético Tucumán 2943331051001.05 Indirect
24 Tigre 45262293960.969 Primera B Metropolitana Direct

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.

See also

References
    • "Argentina Second Level 2001/02". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
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