# 2010–11 Primera B Nacional

The 2010–11 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 25th 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 |
| Atlético de Rafaela | Rafaela | Rafaela |
| Atlético Tucumán | San Miguel de Tucumán | Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro |
| Belgrano | Córdoba | El Gigante de Alberdi |
| Boca Unidos | Corrientes | José Antonio Romero Feris |
| CAI | Comodoro Rivadavia | Municipal de Comodoro Rivadavia |
| Chacarita Juniors | Villa Maipú | Chacarita Juniors |
| Defensa y Justicia | Florencio Varela | Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello |
| Deportivo Merlo | Parque San Martín | José Manuel Moreno |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Buenos Aires | Arq. Ricardo Etcheverry |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima | San Salvador de Jujuy | 23 de Agosto |
| Independiente Rivadavia | Mendoza | Bautista Gargantini |
| Instituto | Córdoba | Presidente Perón |
| Patronato | Paraná | Presbítero Bartolomé Grella |
| Rosario Central | Rosario | Gigante de Arroyito |
| San Martín | San Juan | Ing. Hilario Sánchez |
| San Martín | San Miguel de Tucumán | La Ciudadela |
| Tiro Federal | Rosario | Fortín de Ludueña |
| Unión | Santa Fe | 15 de Abril |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Atlético de Rafaela (C, P) | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 65 | 26 | +39 | 77 | Primera División |
| 2 | Unión (P) | 38 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 69 | Primera División |
| 3 | San Martín (SJ) | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 64 | Promotion Playoff Matches |
| 4 | Belgrano | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 59 | Promotion Playoff Matches |
| 5 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 54 | |
| 6 | Almirante Brown | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 52 | |
| 7 | Aldosivi | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 52 | |
| 8 | Boca Unidos | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 52 | |
| 9 | Atlético Tucumán | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 51 | |
| 10 | Instituto | 38 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 51 | |
| 11 | Deportivo Merlo | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 51 | |
| 12 | Rosario Central | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 50 | |
| 13 | Patronato | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 50 | |
| 14 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 47 | |
| 15 | San Martín (T) | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 45 | |
| 16 | Chacarita Juniors | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 44 | |
| 17 | Defensa y Justicia | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 43 | |
| 18 | Independiente Rivadavia | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 40 | |
| 19 | Tiro Federal | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 37 | |
| 20 | CAI | 38 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 34 | |

## 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 2010–11 Primera División.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Promotion playoff 1 |||||
| Belgrano | 3–1 | River Plate | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Promotion playoff 2 |||||
| San Martín (SJ) | 2–1 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 1–0 | 1–1 |
* Belgrano was promoted to 2011–12 Primera División by winning the playoff and River Plate was relegated to 2011–12 Primera B Nacional.
* San Martín (SJ) was promoted to 2011–12 Primera División by winning the playoff and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) was relegated to 2011–12 Primera B Nacional.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALD | ALM | ATR | ATU | BEL | BU | CAI | CHA | D&J | MER | FCO | GJU | IRV | INS | PAT | RCE | SMJ | SMT | TIR | USF |
| Aldosivi | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Almirante Brown | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Atlético de Rafaela | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Atlético Tucumán | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Belgrano | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Boca Unidos | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| CAI | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Chacarita Juniors | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Defensa y Justicia | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 |
| Deportivo Merlo | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Independiente Rivadavia | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Instituto | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Patronato | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 |
| Rosario Central | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| San Martín (SJ) | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| San Martín (T) | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Tiro Federal | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–2 |
| Unión | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |

## Relegation

| Pos | Team | 2008–09 Pts | 2009–10 Pts | 2010–11 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Situation | Affiliation |
| 1 | Atlético de Rafaela | 62 | 63 | 77 | 202 | 114 | 1.772 | | Indirect |
| 2 | Atlético Tucumán | 74 | — | 51 | 125 | 76 | 1.645 | | Indirect |
| 3 | Belgrano | 62 | 57 | 59 | 178 | 114 | 1.561 | | Indirect |
| 4 | Chacarita Juniors | 72 | — | 44 | 116 | 76 | 1.526 | | Direct |
| 5 | Unión | 49 | 53 | 69 | 171 | 114 | 1.5 | | Direct |
| 6 | Instituto | 59 | 60 | 51 | 170 | 114 | 1.491 | | Indirect |
| 7 | San Martín (SJ) | 49 | 56 | 64 | 169 | 114 | 1.482 | | Indirect |
| 8 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | — | 54 | 54 | 108 | 76 | 1.421 | | Indirect |
| 9 | Almirante Brown | — | — | 52 | 52 | 38 | 1.368 | | Direct |
| 10 | Aldosivi | 57 | 42 | 52 | 151 | 114 | 1.325 | | Indirect |
| 11 | Patronato | — | — | 50 | 50 | 38 | 1.316 | | Indirect |
| 12 | Rosario Central | — | — | 50 | 50 | 38 | 1.316 | | Direct |
| 13 | Boca Unidos | — | 48 | 52 | 100 | 76 | 1.316 | | Indirect |
| 14 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 52 | 49 | 47 | 148 | 114 | 1.298 | | Direct |
| 15 | Deportivo Merlo | — | 46 | 51 | 97 | 76 | 1.276 | | Direct |
| 16 | Defensa y Justicia | 49 | 52 | 43 | 144 | 114 | 1.263 | | Direct |
| 17 | San Martín (T) | — | 50 | 45 | 95 | 76 | 1.25 | Relegation Playoff Matches | Indirect |
| 18 | Independiente Rivadavia | 50 | 47 | 40 | 137 | 114 | 1.202 | Relegation Playoff Matches | Indirect |
| 19 | Tiro Federal | 50 | 44 | 37 | 131 | 114 | 1.149 | Torneo Argentino A | Indirect |
| 20 | CAI | 36 | 43 | 34 | 113 | 114 | 0.991 | Torneo Argentino A | Indirect |
Note: Clubs with indirect affiliation with AFA 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 Newell's, Rosario Central, 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.
Updated as of games played on December 9, 2010. Source:

## Relegation Playoff Legs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Relegation/promotion playoff 1 (Indirect affiliation vs. Primera B Metropolitana) |||||
| Defensores de Belgrano | 2–2 | Independiente Rivadavia | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Relegation/promotion playoff 2 (Indirect affiliation vs. Torneo Argentino A) |||||
| Desamparados | 2–1 | San Martín (T) | 1–0 | 1–1 |
* Independiente Rivadavia remained in the Primera B Nacional after a 2-2 aggregate tie by virtue of a "sports advantage". In case of a tie in goals, the team from the Primera B Nacional gets to stay in it.
* Desamparados qualified to the 2011–12 Primera B Nacional and San Martín (T) got relegated to the 2011–12 Torneo Argentino A.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | César Carignano | Atlético de Rafaela | 21 |
| 2 | Sebastián Penco | San Martín (SJ) | 16 |
| 2 | Aldo Visconti | Boca Unidos | 16 |
| 4 | Matías Gigli | Aldosivi | 14 |
| 4 | Diego Jara | Patronato | 14 |
| 4 | César Pereyra | Belgrano | 14 |
| 4 | Matías Quiroga | Unión | 14 |
| 8 | Leandro Armani | Tiro Federal | 13 |
| 8 | Darío Benedetto | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 13 |
| 8 | Federico González | Atlético de Rafaela | 13 |
| 10 | Cristian Chávez | Atlético Tucumán | 12 |