# 2013–14 Primera B Metropolitana

The 2013-14 season, is the 28º Primera B Metropolitana season since it became part of the third tier of the Argentine football league system, and its 79º season overall. The tournament is reserved for teams directly affiliated to the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA), while teams affiliated to AFA through local leagues (known as "indirectly affiliated to AFA") have to play the Torneo Argentino A, which is the other third tier competition.
The regular season began on August 2, 2013 and is scheduled to end on May 31, 2014. Post-season matches are scheduled to start on June 4 and end on June 14. 21 teams will take part of the competition with seventeen of them remaining from the 2012–13 season. They'll be joined by two teams relegated from the 2012-13 Primera B Nacional and two teams promoted from the 2012-13 Primera C.

## Competition format

The tournament is composed of 21 teams playing on a double round-robin format, each team then playing a total of 40 matches. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. The team with more points is declared champion and will be promoted to the Primera B Nacional. Teams positioned 2nd to 5th qualify for the Torneo Reducido, which will be played on a, home and away, knock-out system, the pairings will be 2º vs 5º and 3º vs 4º for the semifinals, with the winners advancing to the final, the winner of the final is then promoted to the Primera B Nacional. If the playoff ends in a draw, there is a penalty shoot-out to determine a winner.
Relegation is not dependent on the standings table, rather, a points average system is used, creating a separate parallel standings table considering the performances of the teams through the latest 3 seasons (2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14). The total of points is divided by the total of matches played on the division to get the average of points per match for each team. The two teams with the worst points average are relegated to the Primera C.

## Teams

17 teams remain from the previous season. Nueva Chicago and Deportivo Merlo were relegated from the Primera B Nacional and replace the promoted Villa San Carlos and Brown (Adrogué). UAI Urquiza and Fénix are joining too after winning promotion from the Primera C and replacing the relegated Central Córdoba and San Telmo.
| Team | Location | Stadium |
| Acassuso | San Isidro | La Quema |
| Almagro | José Ingenieros | Tres de Febrero |
| Atlanta | Buenos Aires | Don León Kolbovsky |
| Barracas Central | Buenos Aires | Claudio Chiqui Tapia |
| Chacarita Juniors | Villa Maipú | Chacarita Juniors |
| Colegiales | Florida Oeste | Colegiales |
| Comunicaciones | Buenos Aires | Alfredo Ramos |
| Defensores de Belgrano | Buenos Aires | Juan Pasquele |
| Deportivo Armenio | Ingeniero Maschwitz | Estadio Armenia |
| Deportivo Merlo | Parque San Martín | José Manuel Moreno |
| Deportivo Morón | Morón | Nuevo Francisco Urbano |
| Estudiantes (BA) | Caseros | Ciudad de Caseros |
| Fénix | Pilar | Carlos Barraza |
| Flandria | Jáuregui | Carlos V |
| Los Andes | Lomas de Zamora | Eduardo Gallardón |
| Nueva Chicago | Buenos Aires | República de Mataderos |
| Platense | Florida | Ciudad de Vicente López |
| Temperley | Turdera | Alfredo Beranger |
| Tristán Suárez | Tristán Suárez | 20 de Octubre |
| UAI Urquiza | Villa Lynch | Monumental de Villa Lynch |
| Villa Dálmine | Campana | El Coliseo de Mitre y Puccini |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Nueva Chicago (P) | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 41 | 20 | +21 | 69 | Promoted to the 2014 Primera B Nacional |
| 2 | Temperley (P) | 36 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 59 | Promoted to the 2014 Primera B Nacional by winning the Torneo Reducido |
| 3 | Atlanta | 36 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 37 | 23 | +14 | 58 | Qualified to the Torneo Reducido |
| 4 | Platense | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 56 | Qualified to the Torneo Reducido |
| 5 | Deportivo Morón | 37 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 55 | Qualified to the Torneo Reducido |
| 6 | Los Andes | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 54 | |
| 7 | Defensores de Belgrano | 37 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 54 | |
| 8 | Chacarita Juniors | 37 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 51 | |
| 9 | Deportivo Merlo | 37 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 50 | |
| 10 | Fénix | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 50 | |
| 11 | Barracas Central | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 50 | |
| 12 | Tristán Suárez | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 47 | |
| 13 | Almagro | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 47 | |
| 14 | Deportivo Armenio | 36 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 44 | |
| 15 | Acassuso | 36 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 43 | |
| 16 | Villa Dálmine | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 42 | |
| 17 | Estudiantes | 36 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 41 | |
| 18 | UAI Urquiza | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 41 | |
| 19 | Comunicaciones | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 40 | |
| 20 | Flandria | 36 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 30 | |
| 21 | Colegiales | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 43 | −24 | 28 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | ALM | ATL | BAR | CHA | COL | COM | DEF | ARM | MER | MOR | EST | FEN | FLA | LAN | NCH | PLA | TEM | TRI | UAI | VDA |
| Acassuso | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Almagro | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Atlanta | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Barracas Central | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Chacarita Juniors | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Colegiales | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Comunicaciones | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Defensores de Belgrano | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Deportivo Armenio | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| Deportivo Merlo | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Deportivo Morón | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Estudiantes | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Fénix | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Flandria | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Los Andes | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Nueva Chicago | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Platense | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Temperley | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Tristán Suárez | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| UAI Urquiza | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | | 1–2 |
| Villa Dálmine | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |

## Relegation

| Pos | Team | 11/12 | 12/13 | 13/14 | Total | Pld | Average |
| 1º | Nueva Chicago | 70 | - | 69 | 139 | 76 | 1,829 |
| 2º | Atlanta | - | 65 | 58 | 123 | 76 | 1,618 |
| 3º | Platense | 61 | 70 | 56 | 187 | 116 | 1,612 |
| 4º | Estudiantes | 72 | 63 | 41 | 176 | 116 | 1,517 |
| 5º | Chacarita Juniors | - | 60 | 51 | 111 | 77 | 1,442 |
| 6º | Almagro | 54 | 64 | 47 | 165 | 116 | 1,422 |
| 7º | Los Andes | 61 | 48 | 54 | 163 | 116 | 1,405 |
| 8º | Fénix | - | - | 50 | 50 | 36 | 1,389 |
| 9º | Temperley | 46 | 55 | 59 | 160 | 116 | 1,379 |
| 10º | Deportivo Merlo | - | - | 50 | 50 | 37 | 1,351 |
| 11º | Comunicaciones | 60 | 54 | 40 | 154 | 116 | 1,328 |
| 12º | Deportivo Armenio | 50 | 58 | 44 | 152 | 116 | 1,310 |
| 13º | Barracas Central | 40 | 56 | 50 | 146 | 116 | 1,259 |
| 14º | Acassuso | 55 | 48 | 43 | 146 | 116 | 1,259 |
| 15º | Colegiales | 73 | 44 | 28 | 145 | 116 | 1,250 |
| 16º | Tristán Suárez | 45 | 50 | 47 | 142 | 116 | 1,224 |
| 17º | Villa Dálmine | - | 48 | 42 | 90 | 76 | 1,184 |
| 18º | Deportivo Morón | 35 | 47 | 55 | 137 | 117 | 1,171 |
| 19º | UAI Urquiza | - | - | 41 | 41 | 36 | 1,139 |
| 20º | Defensores de Belgrano | 41 | 35 | 54 | 130 | 117 | 1,111 |
| 21º | Flandria | 50 | 48 | 30 | 128 | 116 | 1,103 |
* Relegation Zone: the teams that occupy these positions once the tournament is finished will be relegated to the Primera C

## Torneo Reducido

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Temperley | 2–0 | Fénix | 0-0 | 2–0 |
| Platense | 1–1 (4–3p) | Atlanta | 0-0 | 1–1 |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Temperley | 1–1 (5–4p) | Platense | 0-1 | 1–0 |