# 2011–12 Primera B Nacional

The 2011–12 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 26th 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 |
| Almirante Brown | Isidro Casanova | Fragata Presidente Sarmiento |
| Atlanta | Buenos Aires | Don León Kolbovski |
| Atlético Tucumán | Tucumán | Monumental José Fierro |
| Boca Unidos | Corrientes | José Antonio Romero Feris |
| Chacarita Juniors | Villa Maipú | Chacarita Juniors |
| Defensa y Justicia | Florencio Varela | Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello |
| Deportivo Merlo | Merlo | José Manuel Moreno |
| Desamparados | San Juan | El Serpentario |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Buenos Aires | Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima | Jujuy | 23 de Agosto |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima | La Plata | Juan Carmelo Zerillo |
| Guillermo Brown | Puerto Madryn | Raúl Conti |
| Huracán | Buenos Aires | Tomás Adolfo Ducó |
| Independiente Rivadavia | Mendoza | Bautista Gargantini |
| Instituto | Córdoba | Presidente Perón |
| Patronato | Paraná | Presbítero Bartolomé Grella |
| Quilmes | Quilmes | Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner |
| River Plate | Buenos Aires | Monumental Antonio V. Liberti |
| Rosario Central | Rosario | Dr. Lisandro de la Torre |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | River Plate (C, P) | 38 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 66 | 28 | +38 | 73 | Primera División |
| 2 | Quilmes (P) | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 62 | 21 | +41 | 72 | Primera División |
| 3 | Instituto (Q) | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 70 | Promotion Playoff Matches |
| 4 | Rosario Central (Q) | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 69 | Promotion Playoff Matches |
| 5 | Boca Unidos | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 57 | |
| 6 | Patronato | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 56 | |
| 7 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 56 | |
| 8 | Almirante Brown | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 55 | |
| 9 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 54 | |
| 10 | Defensa y Justicia | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 54 | |
| 11 | Aldosivi | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 53 | |
| 12 | Huracán | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 46 | |
| 13 | Independiente Rivadavia | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 45 | |
| 14 | Deportivo Merlo | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 43 | |
| 15 | Atlético Tucumán | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 42 | |
| 16 | Guillermo Brown | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 38 | |
| 17 | Desamparados | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 37 | |
| 18 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 34 | |
| 19 | Atlanta | 38 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 34 | |
| 20 | Chacarita Juniors | 38 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 33 | |

## Promotion/relegation playoff Legs Primera División-Primera B Nacional

The 3rd and 4th placed of the table played with the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 2011–12 Primera División.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Relegation/promotion playoff 1 |||||
| Rosario Central | 0–0 | San Martín (SJ) | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Relegation/promotion playoff 2 |||||
| Instituto | 1–3 | San Lorenzo | 0–2 | 1–1 |
* San Martín (SJ) remained in the Primera División after a 0-0 aggregate tie by virtue of a "sports advantage". In case of a tie in goals, the team from the Primera División gets to stay in it.
* San Lorenzo remained in the Primera División by winning the playoff.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALD | ALM | ATL | ATU | BU | CHA | D&J | MER | DES | FCO | GJU | GLP | GBR | HUR | INS | IRV | PAT | QUI | RIV | RCE |
| Aldosivi | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Almirante Brown | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Atlanta | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Atlético Tucumán | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 2–1 |
| Boca Unidos | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–6 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Chacarita Juniors | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Defensa y Justicia | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
| Deportivo Merlo | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Desamparados | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 3–2 |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Guillermo Brown | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 |
| Huracán | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Instituto | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Independiente Rivadavia | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Patronato | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Quilmes | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| River Plate | 1–2 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 |
| Rosario Central | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |

## Relegation

Clubs with an indirect affiliation with Argentine Football Association 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 Rosario Central, Newell's Old Boys, Central Córdoba and Argentino de Rosario, all from Rosario, and Unión and Colón from Santa Fe. The bottom two teams of this table face relegation regardless of their affiliation status. Apart from them, the bottom teams of each affiliation face promotion/relegation playoffs against Torneo Argentino A and Primera B Metropolitana's "Reducido" (reduced tournaments) champions. The Reducidos are played after those leagues' champions are known.
| Pos | Team | 2009–10 Pts | 2010–11 Pts | 2011–12 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation | Affiliation |
| 1 | River Plate | — | — | 73 | 73 | 38 | 1.921 | | Direct |
| 2 | Quilmes | 64 | — | 72 | 136 | 76 | 1.789 | | Direct |
| 3 | Instituto | 60 | 51 | 70 | 181 | 114 | 1.588 | | Indirect |
| 4 | Rosario Central | — | 50 | 69 | 119 | 76 | 1.566 | | Direct |
| 5 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | — | — | 54 | 54 | 38 | 1.421 | | Direct |
| 6 | Almirante Brown | — | 52 | 55 | 107 | 76 | 1.408 | | Direct |
| 7 | Patronato | — | 50 | 56 | 106 | 76 | 1.395 | | Indirect |
| 8 | Boca Unidos | 48 | 52 | 57 | 157 | 114 | 1.377 | | Indirect |
| 9 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 49 | 47 | 56 | 152 | 114 | 1.333 | | Direct |
| 10 | Defensa y Justicia | 52 | 43 | 54 | 149 | 114 | 1.307 | | Direct |
| 11 | Aldosivi | 42 | 52 | 53 | 147 | 114 | 1.289 | | Indirect |
| 12 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 54 | 54 | 34 | 142 | 114 | 1.246 | | Indirect |
| 13 | Deportivo Merlo | 46 | 51 | 43 | 140 | 114 | 1.228 | | Direct |
| 14 | Atlético Tucumán | — | 51 | 42 | 93 | 76 | 1.224 | | Indirect |
| 15 | Huracán | — | — | 46 | 46 | 38 | 1.211 | | Direct |
| 16 | Independiente Rivadavia | 47 | 40 | 45 | 132 | 114 | 1.158 | | Indirect |
| 17 | Chacarita Juniors | — | 44 | 32 | 76 | 76 | 1.000 | Relegation Playoff Matches | Direct |
| 18 | Guillermo Brown | — | — | 38 | 38 | 38 | 1.000 | Relegation Playoff Matches | Indirect |
| 19 | Desamparados | — | — | 37 | 37 | 38 | 0.974 | Torneo Argentino A | Indirect |
| 20 | Atlanta | — | — | 34 | 34 | 38 | 0.895 | Primera B Metropolitana | Direct |
Updated to games played on June 23, 2012.

## Relegation Playoff Legs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Relegation/promotion playoff 1 (Direct affiliation vs. Primera B Metropolitana) |||||
| Nueva Chicago | 2–1 | Chacarita Juniors | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Relegation/promotion playoff 2 (Indirect affiliation vs. Torneo Argentino A) |||||
| Crucero del Norte | 1–0 | Guillermo Brown | 0–0 | 1–0 |
* Nueva Chicago was promoted to 2012–13 Primera B Nacional by winning the playoff and Chacarita Juniors was relegated to 2012–13 Primera B Metropolitana.
* Crucero del Norte was promoted to 2012–13 Primera B Nacional by winning the playoff and Guillermo Brown was relegated to 2012–13 Torneo Argentino A.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gonzalo Castillejos | Rosario Central | 26 |
| 2 | Víctor Piriz Alves | Defensa y Justicia | 20 |
| 3 | Fernando Cavenaghi | River Plate | 19 |
| 4 | Paulo Dybala | Instituto | 17 |
| 5 | Cristian Núñez | Boca Unidos | 15 |
| 6 | Daniel Vega | Almirante Brown | 14 |
| 7 | Martín Cauteruccio | Quilmes | 13 |
| 7 | Matías Gigli | Aldosivi | 13 |
| 7 | David Trezeguet | River Plate | 13 |
| 10 | Miguel Caneo | Quilmes | 12 |
| 10 | Aldo Visconti | Boca Unidos | 12 |