# 2013–14 Primera B Nacional

The 2013–14 Primera B Nacional was the 28th season of professional Argentine second division. For this season, the total teams was raised to 22; the champion, runner-up and winner of the tiebreaker playoff were promoted to 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 |
| Brown | Adrogué | Lorenzo Arandilla |
| Crucero del Norte | Garupá | Comandante Andrés Guacurarí |
| Defensa y Justicia | Florencio Varela | Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello |
| Douglas Haig | Pergamino | Miguel Morales |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Buenos Aires | Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima | Jujuy | 23 de Agosto |
| Huracán | Buenos Aires | Tomás Adolfo Ducó |
| Independiente | Avellaneda | Libertadores de América |
| Independiente Rivadavia | Mendoza | Bautista Gargantini |
| Instituto | Córdoba | Presidente Perón |
| Patronato | Paraná | Presbítero Bartolomé Grella |
| San Martín | San Juan | Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez |
| Sarmiento | Junín | Eva Perón |
| Sportivo Belgrano | San Francisco | Oscar Boero |
| Talleres | Córdoba | La Boutique |
| Unión | Santa Fe | 15 de Abril |
| Villa San Carlos | Buenos Aires | Genacio Sálice |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Banfield (C) | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 71 | 40 | +31 | 78 | Primera División |
| 2 | Defensa y Justicia | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 75 | Primera División |
| 3 | Huracán | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 67 | Tiebreaker Playoff |
| 4 | Independiente (P) | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 67 | Tiebreaker Playoff |
| 5 | Atlético Tucumán | 42 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 64 | |
| 6 | Instituto | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 62 | |
| 7 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 61 | |
| 8 | Crucero del Norte | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 59 | |
| 9 | San Martín (SJ) | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 57 | |
| 10 | Unión | 42 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 55 | |
| 11 | Independiente Rivadavia | 42 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 50 | 51 | −1 | 55 | |
| 12 | Sarmiento | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 55 | |
| 13 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 55 | |
| 14 | Boca Unidos | 42 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 54 | |
| 15 | Sportivo Belgrano | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 53 | |
| 16 | Aldosivi | 42 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 51 | |
| 17 | Douglas Haig | 42 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 51 | |
| 18 | Brown | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 50 | |
| 19 | Patronato | 42 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 49 | |
| 20 | Talleres (C) | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 45 | |
| 21 | Almirante Brown | 42 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 42 | |
| 22 | Villa San Carlos | 42 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 31 | 69 | −38 | 24 | |

### 3rd. promotion playoff

Since Huracán and Independiente finished tied in points, a one-match playoff had to be held to determine the 3rd. team to promote to Primera División. The match was played on June 11 at Estadio Único in La Plata.
Team details :
Independiente
Huracán
GK1Diego Rodríguez
DF4Jorge Figal
DF2Cristian Tula
DF6Sergio Ojeda
DF3Claudio Morel Rodríguez
MF8Martín Zapata 35'
MF5Franco Bellocq 9'
MF11Federico Mancuello 90'
MF7Matías Pisano 66'
MF10Daniel Montenegro 47' 78'
FW9Sebastián Penco
Substitutions:
FW16Francisco Pizzini 66'  89'
MF14Hernán Fredes 78'
MF18Federico Insúa 90'
Manager:
Omar De Felippe
GK1Marcos Díaz
DF8Germán Mandarino 78'
DF2Federico Mancinelli
DF6Eduardo Domínguez 28'
DF3Carlos Arano  87'
MF11Patricio Toranzo
MF4Víctor Cuesta
MF5Alejandro Capurro 82'
FW7Cristian Espinoza 71'
FW9Leandro Caruso
FW10Pity Martínez
Substitutions:
FW18Ramón Ábila 71'  88'
MF16Lucas Villafáñez 78'
MF17Alejandro Romero 82'
Manager:
Frank Kudelka :
Note: Independiente promoted to Primera División.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALD | ALM | ATU | BAN | BOU | BRO | CRU | DYJ | DOU | FCO | GJU | HUR | IND | IRV | INS | PAT | SMA | SAR | SPB | TAL | UNI | VSC |
| Aldosivi | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Almirante Brown | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Atlético Tucumán | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Banfield | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 |
| Boca Unidos | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Brown (A) | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 2–1 |
| Crucero del Norte | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 1–3 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Defensa y Justicia | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Douglas Haig | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Huracán | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Independiente | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Independiente Rivadavia | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Instituto | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 |
| Patronato | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| San Martín (SJ) | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Sarmiento | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Sportivo Belgrano | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Talleres (C) | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Unión | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| Villa San Carlos | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | |

## Relegation

The bottom two teams of this table faced 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.
| Pos | Team | 2011–12 Pts | 2012–13 Pts | 2013–14 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation | Affiliation |
| 1 | Banfield | — | 58 | 78 | 136 | 80 | 1.7 | | Direct |
| 2 | Independiente | — | — | 67 | 67 | 42 | 1.595 | | Direct |
| 3 | Defensa y Justicia | 54 | 57 | 75 | 186 | 118 | 1.576 | | Direct |
| 4 | Instituto | 70 | 39 | 62 | 171 | 118 | 1.449 | | Indirect |
| 5 | Huracán | 46 | 54 | 67 | 167 | 118 | 1.415 | | Direct |
| 6 | Sarmiento (J) | — | 58 | 55 | 113 | 80 | 1.413 | | Direct |
| 7 | Patronato | 56 | 56 | 49 | 161 | 118 | 1.364 | | Indirect |
| 8 | San Martín (SJ) | — | — | 57 | 57 | 42 | 1.357 | | Indirect |
| 9 | Atlético Tucumán | 42 | 51 | 64 | 157 | 118 | 1.331 | | Indirect |
| 10 | Boca Unidos | 57 | 45 | 54 | 156 | 114 | 1.322 | | Indirect |
| 11 | Unión | — | — | 55 | 55 | 42 | 1.31 | | Direct |
| 12 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 56 | 43 | 55 | 154 | 118 | 1.305 | | Direct |
| 13 | Crucero del Norte | — | 45 | 59 | 104 | 80 | 1.3 | | Indirect |
| 14 | Sportivo Belgrano | — | — | 53 | 53 | 42 | 1.262 | | Indirect |
| 15 | Aldosivi | 53 | 44 | 51 | 148 | 118 | 1.254 | | Indirect |
| 16 | Independiente Rivadavia | 45 | 48 | 55 | 148 | 118 | 1.254 | | Indirect |
| 17 | Douglas Haig | — | 49 | 51 | 100 | 80 | 1.25 | | Indirect |
| 18 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 34 | 50 | 61 | 145 | 118 | 1.229 | | Indirect |
| 19 | Almirante Brown (R) | 55 | 46 | 42 | 143 | 118 | 1.212 | Primera B Metropolitana | Direct |
| 20 | Brown (R) | — | — | 50 | 50 | 42 | 1.19 | Primera B Metropolitana | Direct |
| 21 | Talleres (C) (R) | — | — | 45 | 45 | 42 | 1.071 | Torneo Argentino A | Indirect |
| 22 | Villa San Carlos (R) | — | — | 24 | 24 | 42 | 0.571 | Primera B Metropolitana | Direct |
Updated to games played on 8 June 2014.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Juan Martín Lucero | Defensa y Justicia | 23 |
| 2 | Gonzalo Klusener | Talleres (C) | 18 |
| 3 | Ernesto Alvarez | Crucero del Norte | 17 |
| 4 | Andrés Chávez | Banfield | 16 |
| 4 | Santiago Salcedo | Banfield | 16 |
| 5 | Mariano Guerreiro | Brown (A) | 14 |
| 5 | Juan Martín | Instituto | 14 |