2014 Primera B Nacional

The 2014 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 29th season of professional Argentine second division. A total of 22 teams competed. For this season, AFA decided to change the structure in the Argentine football league system, because of this 10 teams were promoted to Primera División, with no relegations.

Primera B Nacional
Season2014
PromotedAldosivi
Argentinos Juniors
Colón
Crucero del Norte
Huracán
Nueva Chicago
San Martín (SJ)
Sarmiento
Temperley
Unión
RelegatedNo relegation this season
Matches played220
Goals scored440 (2 per match)
Top goalscorerRamón Abila
Nicolas Mazzola
(9 goals)
Biggest home winHuracán 4-0 Independiente (December 8)
Biggest away winColón 0-4 San Martín (SJ) (September 19)
Boca Unidos 0–4 Argentinos Juniors (October 30)
Highest scoringUnión 2-3 Atlético Tucumán (August 17)
Colón 4-1 Guaraní Antonio Franco (September 3)
Atlético Tucumán 4–1 Santamarina (December 8)
2015 →
All statistics correct as of December 8, 2014.

Club Information
Club City Stadium
Aldosivi Mar del Plata José María Minella
All Boys Floresta Islas Malvinas
Argentinos Juniors Buenos Aires Diego Armando Maradona
Atlético Tucumán Tucumán Monumental José Fierro
Boca Unidos Corrientes José Antonio Romero Feris
Colón Santa Fe Brigadier General Estanislao López
Crucero del Norte Garupá Comandante Andrés Guacurarí
Douglas Haig Pergamino Miguel Morales
Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry
Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy 23 de Agosto
Guaraní Antonio Franco Posadas Clemente Fernandez de Oliveira
Huracán Buenos Aires Tomás Adolfo Ducó
Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini
Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón
Nueva Chicago Mataderos Nueva Chicago
Patronato Paraná Presbítero Bartolomé Grella
San Martín San Juan Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez
Santamarina Tandil Municipal Gral. San Martín
Sarmiento Junín Eva Perón
Sportivo Belgrano San Francisco Oscar Boero
Temperley Temperley Alfredo Beranger
Unión Santa Fe 15 de Abril

Standings

Zone A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Colón 20 8 7 5 25 15 +10 31 Argentine Primera División
2 San Martín (SJ) 20 9 4 7 21 12 +9 31
3 Argentinos Juniors 20 9 4 7 17 14 +3 31
4 Nueva Chicago 20 7 9 4 20 16 +4 30 Zone A triangular
5 Aldosivi 20 8 6 6 21 18 +3 30
6 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 20 7 9 4 19 16 +3 30
7 Boca Unidos 20 7 6 7 18 20 −2 27
8 Instituto 20 6 7 7 23 27 −4 25
9 Douglas Haig 20 6 7 7 16 21 −5 25
10 Guaraní Antonio Franco 20 4 6 10 16 27 −11 18
11 Ferro Carril Oeste 20 3 7 10 11 21 −10 16
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd play-off (only for deciding promotion); 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head points; 6th head-to-head goal difference; 7th head-to-head goals scored.[1]

Results
Home \ Away ALD ARJ BOU COL DOU FCO GJU GAF INS NCH SMA
Aldosivi 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–2
Argentinos Juniors 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0
Boca Unidos 1–0 0–4 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0
Colón 2–0 0–2 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 3–0 0–4
Douglas Haig 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0
Ferro Carril Oeste 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–3 1–0 0–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0
Guaraní Antonio Franco 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–0
Instituto 3–2 1–1 1–3 0–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–0
Nueva Chicago 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–0
San Martín (SJ) 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0
Source: AFA
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone A triangular

Three tied teams from Zone A will play in a triangular for two places in the Argentine Primera División. It will be played 11–19 December. Although a home and an away team is named for each match, the three matches will be played in neutral stadiums.[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Nueva Chicago 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Argentine Primera División
2 Aldosivi 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
3 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd results between teams from the regular season (Nueva Chicago=6; Aldosivi=5; Gimnasia y Esgrima=3)

Results of triangular
Home \ Away ALD GJU NCH
Aldosivi
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 0–1
Nueva Chicago 0–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2014. Source: AFA
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Unión 20 12 5 3 33 16 +17 41 Argentine Primera División
2 Crucero del Norte 20 10 3 7 22 14 +8 33
3 Temperley 20 10 2 8 22 26 −4 32
4 Sarmiento 20 7 9 4 22 17 +5 30
5 Atlético Tucumán 20 8 5 7 27 21 +6 29 Zone B play–off
6 Huracán 20 8 5 7 26 21 +5 29
7 Santamarina 20 6 6 8 21 27 −6 24
8 Patronato 20 5 7 8 15 18 −3 22
9 Independiente Rivadavia 20 6 4 10 16 22 −6 22
10 All Boys 20 5 7 8 11 20 −9 22
11 Sportivo Belgrano 20 4 5 11 18 31 −13 17
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd play-off (only for deciding promotion); 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head points; 6th head-to-head goal difference; 7th head-to-head goals scored.[1]

Results
Home \ Away ALL ATU CRU HUR IRV PAT SAN SAR SPB TEM UNI
All Boys 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2
Atlético Tucumán 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 0–1
Crucero del Norte 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–1
Huracán 0–1 2–1 0–2 4–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 0–3 3–0 1–2
Independiente Rivadavia 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 3–1 3–1 0–1
Patronato 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–3
Santamarina 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–1 2–2
Sarmiento 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–1
Sportivo Belgrano 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–3 1–1 0–3 3–1
Temperley 3–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1
Unión 2–0 2–3 3–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0
Source: AFA
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone B play–off
Huracán4–1 (a.e.t.)Atlético Tucumán
F. Mancinelli  67'
A. Romero Gamarra  104'
R. Ábila  113'
A. Torassa 117' (pen.)		 Report C. Menéndez  58'

Two tied teams from Zone B competed in a play-off match for a place in the Argentine Primera División.[3] The match and promotion was won by Huracán.

Relegation

This season there will be no relegations. The points obtained will be added for the next season.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated for games played 8 December 2014

Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1 Nicolas Mazzola Instituto 9
Ramón Abila Huracán
3 Enrique Triverio Unión 8
Claudio Guerra Unión
5 Héctor Cuevas Sarmiento 7
Juan Ignacio Dinenno Temperley
7 César Carranza Aldosivi 6
Cristian Menéndez Tucumán
Lucas Alario Colón
Luis Miguel Rodríguez Tucumán

See also

References
  1. "Primera Nacional 2014: Season Rules". scoresway.com. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  2. "Triangular en busca del ascenso". AFA. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  3. "Huracan y Atletico Tucuman jugaran un desempate". AFA. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  4. "Goleadores de Primera B Nacional Campeonato 2014". AFA. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
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