# 2014 Primera B Nacional

The 2014 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 29th season of the 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, and because of this 10 teams were promoted to Primera División, with no relegations.

## 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 | Argentine Primera División |
| 3 | Argentinos Juniors | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 31 | Argentine Primera División |
| 4 | Nueva Chicago | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 30 | Zone A triangular |
| 5 | Aldosivi | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 30 | Zone A triangular |
| 6 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 30 | Zone A triangular |
| 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 | |

#### 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 | |

#### 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.
| 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 | Argentine Primera División |
| 3 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |

#### Results of triangular

| Home \ Away | ALD | GJU |
| Aldosivi | | |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 0–1 | |
| Nueva Chicago | 0–0 | 1–0 |

### 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 | Argentine Primera División |
| 3 | Temperley | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 32 | Argentine Primera División |
| 4 | Sarmiento | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 30 | Argentine Primera División |
| 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 | Zone B play–off |
| 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 | |

#### 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 | |

#### Zone B - 5th. promotion play–off

Two tied teams from Zone B competed in a play-off match for a place in the Argentine Primera División.
Team details :
Huracán
Atlético Tucumán
GK1Marcos Díaz
DF2Federico Mancinelli
DF4Rodrigo Erramuspe
DF6Eduardo Domínguez
DF3Guillermo Sotelo
MF5Federico Vismara
MF8Lucas Villarruel a'
MF11Patricio Toranzo b'
MF10Gonzalo Martínez
FW7Cristian Espinoza c'
FW9Ramón Ábila
Substitutions:
MF17Alejandro Romero a'
MF14Ezequiel Gallegos b'
FW15Agustín Torassa c'
Manager:
Néstor Apuzzo
GK1Lucas Calviño
DF4Eduardo Casais a'
DF2Bruno Bianchi
DF6Franco Sbuttoni
DF3Nicolás Romat
MF10Jonathan Gómez b'
MF5Pablo Garnier
MF8Francisco Grahl
MF9Guillermo Acosta c'
FW11Cristian Menéndez
FW7Pulga Rodríguez
Substitutions:
FW17Juan Imbert a'
MF16Iván Etevenaux b'
FW14Leandro Díaz c'  
Manager:
Juan Manuel Azconzábal :
Note: Huracán was the 5th. team of Zone B to promote to Primera División.

## Relegation

This season there were no relegations because of the new format. The points obtained were added for the next season.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

Updated for games played 8 December 2014
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Nicolas Mazzola | Instituto | 9 |
| 1 | Ramón Ábila | Huracán | 9 |
| 3 | Enrique Triverio | Unión | 8 |
| 3 | Claudio Guerra | Unión | 8 |
| 5 | Héctor Cuevas | Sarmiento | 7 |
| 5 | Juan Ignacio Dinenno | Temperley | 7 |
| 7 | César Carranza | Aldosivi | 6 |
| 7 | Cristian Menéndez | Tucumán | 6 |
| 7 | Lucas Alario | Colón | 6 |
| 7 | Luis Miguel Rodríguez | Tucumán | 6 |