# 2006–07 Primera B Nacional

The 2006–07 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 21st season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.

## Club information

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Aldosivi | Mar del Plata | José María Minella |
| Almagro | José Ingenieros | Tres de Febrero |
| Atlético de Rafaela | Rafaela | Nuevo Monumental |
| Ben Hur | Rafaela | Parque Barrio Ilolay |
| CAI | Comodoro Rivadavia | Municipal de Comodoro Rivadavia |
| Chacarita Juniors | Villa Maipú | Chacarita Juniors |
| Defensa y Justicia | Florencio Varela | Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Caballito | Arq. Ricardo Etcheverry |
| Huracán | Parque Patricios | Tomás Adolfo Ducó |
| Huracán | Tres Arroyos | Roberto Lorenzo Bottino |
| Instituto | Córdoba | Presidente Perón |
| Olimpo | Bahía Blanca | Roberto Natalio Carminatti |
| Platense | Florida | Ciudad de Vicente López |
| San Martín | San Juan | Ing. Hilario Sánchez |
| San Martín | San Miguel de Tucumán | La Ciudadela |
| Talleres | Córdoba | Estadio La Boutique |
| Tigre | Victoria | José Dellagiovanna |
| Tiro Federal | Rosario | Fortín de Ludueña |
| Unión | Santa Fe | 15 de Abril |
| Villa Mitre | Bahía Blanca | El Fortín |

## Torneo Apertura standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Olimpo | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 17 | +19 | 40 | Promotion Playoff |
| 2 | Platense | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 14 | +17 | 38 | |
| 3 | Tigre | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 35 | |
| 4 | San Martín (SJ) | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 34 | |
| 5 | Chacarita Juniors | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 33 | |
| 6 | Huracán | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 33 | |
| 7 | Atlético de Rafaela | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 32 | |
| 8 | Unión | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 28 | |
| 9 | San Martín (T) | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 25 | |
| 10 | Aldosivi | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 24 | |
| 11 | CAI | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 23 | |
| 12 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 23 | |
| 13 | Instituto | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 20 | |
| 14 | Talleres (C) | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 19 | |
| 15 | Tiro Federal | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 19 | |
| 16 | Defensa y Justicia | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 19 | |
| 17 | Almagro | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 31 | −13 | 19 | |
| 18 | Villa Mitre | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 17 | |
| 19 | Huracán (TA) | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 33 | −16 | 16 | |
| 20 | Ben Hur | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 13 | |

## Torneo Clausura standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Olimpo | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 38 | Promotion Playoff (Champion) |
| 2 | Defensa y Justicia | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 38 | |
| 3 | Huracán | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 36 | |
| 4 | Atlético de Rafaela | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 36 | |
| 5 | San Martín (SJ) | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 35 | |
| 6 | Tigre | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 32 | |
| 7 | Almagro | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 30 | |
| 8 | Unión | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 29 | |
| 9 | Chacarita Juniors | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 28 | |
| 10 | Platense | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 23 | |
| 11 | Instituto | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 23 | |
| 12 | Ben Hur | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 23 | |
| 13 | CAI | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 22 | |
| 14 | Huracán (TA) | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 22 | |
| 15 | Aldosivi | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 21 | |
| 16 | Tiro Federal | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 20 | |
| 17 | San Martín (T) | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 19 | |
| 18 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 16 | |
| 19 | Villa Mitre | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 30 | −12 | 16 | |
| 20 | Talleres (C) | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 9 | |

### Notes

* ↑ As Olimpo won both, Apertura and Clausura titles, it was crowned champion.

## Overall standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Olimpo | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 65 | 31 | +34 | 78 | Primera División |
| 2 | San Martín (SJ) | 38 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 69 | Promotion Playoff |
| 3 | Huracán | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 69 | Promotion Playoff |
| 4 | Atlético de Rafaela | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 68 | Torneo Reducido |
| 5 | Tigre | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 67 | Torneo Reducido |
| 6 | Chacarita Juniors | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 61 | Torneo Reducido |
| 7 | Platense | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 61 | Torneo Reducido |
| 8 | Unión | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 57 | |
| 9 | Defensa y Justicia | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 57 | |
| 10 | Almagro | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 49 | |
| 11 | CAI | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 45 | |
| 12 | Aldosivi | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 45 | |
| 13 | San Martín (T) | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 44 | |
| 14 | Instituto | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 43 | |
| 15 | Tiro Federal | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 39 | |
| 16 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 39 | |
| 17 | Huracán (TA) | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 38 | |
| 18 | Ben Hur | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 41 | 62 | −21 | 36 | |
| 19 | Villa Mitre | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 33 | |
| 20 | Talleres (C) | 38 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 26 | |
* ↑ 2 points deducted

## 2nd. Promotion playoff

This leg was played between the Apertura and the Clausura winner, but as Olimpo won both tournaments, was declared champion and was automatically promoted to 2007–08 Primera División, so the match was played between the best teams placed in the overall standings under Olimpo, San Martín (SJ) and Huracán. The winning team was promoted to 2007–08 Primera División and the losing team played the Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional.

### Match details

Team details :
San Martín (SJ)
Huracán
GK César Monasterio
DF Sergio Plaza a'
DF José Brusco
DF Ariel Agüero
DF Alejandro Gómez
MF Mario Pacheco
MF Félix Décima b'
MF Facundo Torres c'
FW Gabriel Roth
FW Lisandro Sacripanti
FW Luis Tonelotto
Substitutes:
Matías García a'
Marcelo Laciar b'
Daniel E. Díaz a'
Manager:
Fernando Quiroz
GK Leonardo Díaz
DF Claudio Úbeda
DF Christian Díaz
DF Paolo Goltz
DF Cristian Cellay
MF Gerardo Solana
MF Hugo Barrientos
MF Federico Poggi c'
MF Walter Coyette b'
FW Mauro Milano
FW Joaquín Larrivey a'
Substitutes:
Cristian Sánchez Prette b'
Hernán Vigna c'
Héctor Núñez a'
Manager:
Antonio Mohamed :
Note: San Martín de San Juan won 3–2 on aggregate, promoting to Primera División.

## Torneo Reducido

It was played by the teams placed 4th, 5th 6th and 7th in the Overall Standings: Atlético de Rafaela (4th), Tigre (5th), Chacarita Juniors (6th) and Platense (7th). The winning team played the Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional.

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Semifinals |||||
| Tigre$^1$ | 3–3 | Chacarita Juniors | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Semifinals |||||
| Atlético de Rafaela | 2–3 | Platense | 0–1 | 2–2 |
1: Qualified because of sport advantage.

### Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Semifinals |||||
| Tigre | 2–0 | Platense | 0–0 | 2–0 |

## Promotion playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional

The Promotion playoff loser (Huracán) and the Torneo Reducido winner (Tigre) played against the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 2006–07 Primera División.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Relegation/promotion playoff 1 |||||
| Huracán | 5–2 | Godoy Cruz | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Relegation/promotion playoff 2 |||||
| Tigre | 3–1 | Nueva Chicago | 1–0 | 2–1 |
* Huracán was promoted to 2007–08 Primera División by winning the playoff and Godoy Cruz was relegated to 2007–08 Primera B Nacional.
* Tigre was promoted to 2007–08 Primera División by winning the playoff and Nueva Chicago was relegated to 2007–08 Primera B Nacional.

## Relegation

| Pos | Team | 2004–05 Pts | 2005–06 Pts | 2006–07 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Situation | Affiliation |
| 1 | Olimpo | — | — | 78 | 78 | 38 | 2.053 | | Indirect |
| 2 | Huracán | 61 | 56 | 69 | 186 | 114 | 1.632 | | Direct |
| 3 | Platense | — | — | 61 | 61 | 38 | 1.605 | | Direct |
| 4 | Tigre | — | 55 | 67 | 122 | 76 | 1.605 | | Direct |
| 5 | Atlético de Rafaela | 58 | 53 | 68 | 179 | 114 | 1.57 | | Indirect |
| 6 | San Martín (SJ) | 52 | 55 | 69 | 176 | 114 | 1.544 | | Indirect |
| 7 | Chacarita Juniors | 45 | 60 | 61 | 166 | 114 | 1.456 | | Direct |
| 8 | Unión | 51 | 46 | 57 | 154 | 114 | 1.351 | | Direct |
| 9 | Tiro Federal | 63 | — | 39 | 102 | 76 | 1.342 | | Indirect |
| 10 | Almagro | — | 52 | 49 | 101 | 76 | 1.329 | | Direct |
| 11 | CAI | 61 | 44 | 57 | 148 | 114 | 1.316 | | Indirect |
| 12 | Defensa y Justicia | 40 | 51 | 45 | 148 | 114 | 1.298 | | Direct |
| 13 | Aldosivi | — | 48 | 45 | 93 | 76 | 1.224 | | Indirect |
| 14 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 52 | 43 | 39 | 134 | 114 | 1.175 | Relegation Playoff Matches | Direct |
| 15 | San Martín (T) | — | — | 44 | 44 | 38 | 1.158 | | Indirect |
| 16 | Talleres (C) | 49 | 55 | 26 | 130 | 114 | 1.14 | | Indirect |
| 17 | Instituto$^1$ | — | — | 43 | 43 | 38 | 1.132 | | Indirect |
| 18 | Ben Hur$^1$ | — | 50 | 36 | 86 | 114 | 1.132 | Relegation Playoff Matches | Indirect |
| 19 | Huracán (TA) | — | 39 | 38 | 77 | 76 | 1.013 | Torneo Argentino A | Indirect |
| 20 | Villa Mitre | — | — | 33 | 33 | 38 | 0.868 | Torneo Argentino A | Indirect |
1: Had to play a tiebreaker to see which team played Promotion/relegation Legs.
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.

### Tiebreaker

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Ben Hur | 0–0 (3–4 p) | Instituto |

## Relegation playoff matches

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Relegation/promotion playoff 1 (Direct affiliation vs. Primera B Metropolitana) |||||
| Estudiantes (BA) | 1–1 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Relegation/promotion playoff 2 (Indirect affiliation vs. Torneo Argentino A) |||||
| Guillermo Brown | 0–4 | Ben Hur | 0–1 | 0–3 |
* Ferro Carril Oeste remains in Primera B Nacional after a 1-1 aggregate tie by virtue of a "sports advantage". In case of a tie in goals, the team from the Primera B Nacional gets to stay in it.
* Ben Hur remained in the Primera B Nacional by winning the playoff.