# 2012–13 Primera B Nacional

The 2012–13 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 27th season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion, runner-up and third-placed team 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 |
| Atlético Tucumán | Tucumán | Monumental José Fierro |
| Banfield | Banfield | Florencio Solá |
| Boca Unidos | Corrientes | José Antonio Romero Feris |
| Crucero del Norte | Garupá | Comandante Andrés Guacurarí |
| Defensa y Justicia | Florencio Varela | Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello |
| Deportivo Merlo | Merlo | José Manuel Moreno |
| Douglas Haig | Pergamino | Miguel Morales |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Buenos Aires | Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | Jujuy | 23 de Agosto |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | La Plata | Juan Carmelo Zerillo |
| Huracán | Buenos Aires | Tomás Adolfo Ducó |
| Independiente Rivadavia | Mendoza | Bautista Gargantini |
| Instituto | Córdoba | Presidente Perón |
| Nueva Chicago | Buenos Aires | Nueva Chicago |
| Olimpo | Bahía Blanca | Roberto Natalio Carminatti |
| Patronato | Paraná | Presbítero Bartolomé Grella |
| Rosario Central | Rosario | Dr. Lisandro de la Torre |
| Sarmiento (J) | Junín | Eva Perón |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Rosario Central (C, P) | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 74 | Promotion to the 2013–14 Primera División |
| 2 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) (P) | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 73 | Promotion to the 2013–14 Primera División |
| 3 | Olimpo (P) | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 43 | 23 | +20 | 66 | Promotion to the 2013–14 Primera División |
| 4 | Banfield | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 58 | |
| 5 | Sarmiento (J) | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 58 | |
| 6 | Defensa y Justicia | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 57 | |
| 7 | Patronato | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 56 | |
| 8 | Huracán | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 54 | |
| 9 | Atlético Tucumán | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 51 | |
| 10 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 50 | |
| 11 | Douglas Haig | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 49 | |
| 12 | Independiente Rivadavia | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 48 | |
| 13 | Almirante Brown | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 46 | |
| 14 | Boca Unidos | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 45 | |
| 15 | Crucero del Norte | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 45 | |
| 16 | Aldosivi | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 44 | |
| 17 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 43 | |
| 18 | Instituto | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 39 | |
| 19 | Deportivo Merlo | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 37 | |
| 20 | Nueva Chicago | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 54 | −21 | 31 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALD | ALM | ATU | BAN | BOU | CRU | DYJ | MER | DOU | FCO | GJU | GLP | HUR | INS | IRV | NCH | OLI | PAT | RCE | SAR |
| Aldosivi | | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Almirante Brown | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Atlético Tucumán | 0–0 | 4–3 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 |
| Banfield | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Boca Unidos | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Crucero del Norte | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Defensa y Justicia | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Deportivo Merlo | 1–2 | 2–6 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| Douglas Haig | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Huracán | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Instituto | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Independiente Rivadavia | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Nueva Chicago | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 4–4 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Olimpo | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Patronato | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Rosario Central | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 0–1 |
| Sarmiento (J) | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 0–1 | |

## 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.
| Pos | Team | 2010–11 Pts | 2011–12 Pts | 2012–13 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation | Affiliation |
| 1 | Olimpo | — | — | 66 | 66 | 38 | 1.737 | | Indirect |
| 2 | Rosario Central | 50 | 69 | 74 | 193 | 114 | 1.693 | | Direct |
| 3 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | — | 54 | 73 | 127 | 76 | 1.671 | | Direct |
| 4 | Sarmiento (J) | — | — | 58 | 58 | 38 | 1.526 | | Direct |
| 5 | Banfield | — | — | 58 | 58 | 38 | 1.526 | | Direct |
| 6 | Patronato | 50 | 56 | 56 | 162 | 114 | 1.421 | | Indirect |
| 7 | Instituto | 51 | 70 | 39 | 160 | 114 | 1.404 | | Indirect |
| 8 | Defensa y Justicia | 43 | 54 | 57 | 154 | 114 | 1.351 | | Direct |
| 9 | Boca Unidos | 52 | 57 | 45 | 154 | 114 | 1.351 | | Indirect |
| 10 | Almirante Brown | 52 | 55 | 46 | 153 | 114 | 1.342 | | Direct |
| 11 | Huracán | — | 46 | 54 | 100 | 76 | 1.316 | | Direct |
| 12 | Aldosivi | 52 | 53 | 44 | 149 | 114 | 1.307 | | Indirect |
| 13 | Douglas Haig | — | — | 49 | 49 | 38 | 1.289 | | Indirect |
| 14 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 47 | 56 | 43 | 146 | 114 | 1.281 | | Direct |
| 15 | Atlético Tucumán | 51 | 42 | 51 | 144 | 114 | 1.263 | | Indirect |
| 16 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 54 | 34 | 50 | 138 | 114 | 1.211 | | Indirect |
| 17 | Crucero del Norte | — | — | 45 | 45 | 38 | 1.184 | | Indirect |
| 18 | Independiente Rivadavia | 40 | 45 | 48 | 133 | 114 | 1.167 | | Indirect |
| 19 | Deportivo Merlo (R) | 51 | 43 | 37 | 131 | 114 | 1.149 | Primera B Metropolitana | Direct |
| 20 | Nueva Chicago (R) | — | — | 31 | 31 | 38 | 0.816 | Primera B Metropolitana | Direct |
Updated to games played in June 2013.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Luis Rodriguez | Atlético Tucumán | 20 |
| 2 | Facundo Pereyra | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 15 |
| 2 | Andrés Chávez | Banfield | 15 |
| 2 | Cristian Milla | Defensa y Justicia | 15 |
| 5 | Pablo Mazza | Douglas Haig | 12 |
| 5 | Jeronimo Barrales | Huracán | 12 |
| 5 | Cristian Chávez | Almirante Brown | 12 |
| 8 | Mauricio Carrasco | Patronato | 11 |
| 9 | Javier Toledo | Rosario Central | 10 |