# 2015 Primera B Nacional

The 2015 Argentine Primera B Nacional season was the 30th season of Argentine second division, with a total of 22 competing teams. It began 14 February and ended 14 November 2015. Although there was some use of a different name earlier in the year, the AFA has consistently used the Primera B Nacional moniker in releases of late.

## Competition format

The league's format has changed from last season. This year there will be twenty-two teams which will play each other twice for a total of forty-two matches.
In November 2014, the AFA announced two teams from this season will be promoted to the Primera División. It was later reported that the champion will be promoted directly and positions 2-5 will compete in the "Torneo Reducido" for the second place after the regular season. At the end of the season, four teams will be relegated.

## Club information

| Club | City | Stadium |
| All Boys | Buenos Aires | Islas Malvinas |
| Atlético Paraná | Paraná | Pedro Mutio |
| Atlético Tucumán | Tucumán | Monumental José Fierro |
| Boca Unidos | Corrientes | José Antonio Romero Feris |
| Central Córdoba | Santiago del Estero | Alfredo Terrera |
| Chacarita Juniors | Villa Maipú | Chacarita Juniors Stadium |
| Douglas Haig | Pergamino | Miguel Morales |
| Estudiantes | San Luis | Héctor Odicino-Pedro Benoza |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Buenos Aires | Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry |
| Guillermo Brown | Puerto Madryn | Raúl Conti |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima | Mendoza | Víctor Legrotaglie |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima | Jujuy | 23 de Agosto |
| Guaraní Antonio Franco | Posadas | Clemente Fernandez de Oliveira |
| Independiente Rivadavia | Mendoza | Bautista Gargantini |
| Instituto | Córdoba | Presidente Perón |
| Juventud Unida | Gualeguaychú | Estadio Luis Delfino |
| Los Andes | Lomas de Zamora | Estadio Eduardo Gallardón |
| Patronato | Paraná | Presbítero Bartolomé Grella |
| Santamarina | Tandil | Municipal Gral. San Martín |
| Sportivo Belgrano | San Francisco | Oscar Boero |
| Unión | Mar del Plata | José María Minella |
| Villa Dálmine | Campana | Villa Dálmine |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético Tucumán (C, P) | 42 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 69 | 31 | +38 | 85 | Promotion to Primera División and Qualification to 2015–16 Copa Argentina |
| 2 | Patronato (O, P) | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 82 | Qualification for Torneo Reducido and Qualification to 2015–16 Copa Argentina |
| 3 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 67 | Qualification for Torneo Reducido and Qualification to 2015–16 Copa Argentina |
| 4 | Santamarina | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 66 | Qualification for Torneo Reducido and Qualification to 2015–16 Copa Argentina |
| 5 | Instituto | 42 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 62 | Qualification for Torneo Reducido and Qualification to 2015–16 Copa Argentina |
| 6 | Villa Dálmine | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 60 | Qualification for 2015–16 Copa Argentina |
| 7 | Atlético Paraná | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 58 | Qualification for 2015–16 Copa Argentina |
| 8 | Douglas Haig | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 58 | Qualification for 2015–16 Copa Argentina |
| 9 | Estudiantes (SL) | 42 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 56 | Qualification for 2015–16 Copa Argentina |
| 10 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 55 | Qualification for 2015–16 Copa Argentina |
| 11 | Los Andes | 42 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 54 | Qualification for 2015–16 Copa Argentina |
| 12 | Juventud Unida (G) | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 54 | Qualification for 2015–16 Copa Argentina |
| 13 | Boca Unidos | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 54 | |
| 14 | All Boys | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 53 | |
| 15 | Central Córdoba (SdE) | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 51 | |
| 16 | Independiente Rivadavia | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 51 | |
| 17 | Guaraní Antonio Franco | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 50 | |
| 18 | Chacarita Juniors | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 50 | |
| 19 | Guillermo Brown | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 48 | |
| 20 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 48 | |
| 21 | Sportivo Belgrano | 42 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 40 | |
| 22 | Unión (MdP) | 42 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 37 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALL | APA | ATU | BOC | CCO | CHA | DOU | ESL | FCO | GBR | GEM | GEJ | GUA | IND | INS | JUG | LAN | PAT | SAN | SPO | UNI | VDA |
| All Boys | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Atlético Paraná | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Atlético Tucumán | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Boca Unidos | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| C. Córdoba (SdE) | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Chacarita Juniors | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Douglas Haig | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 |
| Estudiantes (SL) | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Guillermo Brown | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Guaraní A. Franco | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Independiente Rivadavia | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Instituto | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Juventud Unida (G) | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Los Andes | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Patronato | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Santamarina | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| Sportivo Belgrano | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Unión (MdP) | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | | 1–3 |
| Villa Dálmine | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | |

## Torneo Reducido

At the end of the regular season, the four teams placed 2-5 will advance to compete for one place next season in the 2016 Primera División. If a team finishes in 2-5 place but will be relegated, the next highest placed team will advance to the playoff. Teams will play each other over two legs in each round. Matches were played between 19 November – 5 December.

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Instituto | 2–4 | Patronato | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Santamarina | 4–2 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 2–2 | 2–0 |

### Finals

Team details :
Patronato
Santamarina
GK1Sebastián Bertoli
DF4Lautaro Geminiani a'
DF2Walter Andrade
DF6Carlos Quintana
DF3Diego Martínez
MF10Matías Garrido
MF5Marcos Minetti
MF8Marcos Quiroga b'
MF7Esteban Orfano c'
FW11Diego Jara
FW9Matías Quiroga
Substitutions:
MF15Marcelo Guzmán a'
MF16Leandro Becerra c'
FW18Lautaro Comas c'
Manager:
Iván Delfino
GK1Leandro Requena
DF4Alfredo G. Bordón
DF2Roberto Tucker
DF6Emiliano Capella
DF3Federico Azcárate
MF11Juan Gáspari
MF5Federico Scoppa
MF10Mariano González
MF8Arnaldo González a'
FW9Fernando Telechea b'
FW7Martín Michel
Substitutions:
MF16Nicolás Fassino a'
FW17Facundo Curuchet b'
Manager:
Gustavo Coleoni :
Note: After the series ended 3–3 on aggregate, Patronato won 6–5 on penalties, promoting to Primera División.

## Relegation

The bottom four teams of this table face relegation. Clubs with an indirect affiliation with Argentine Football Association are relegated to the Torneo Federal A, while clubs directly affiliated face relegation to Primera B Metropolitana.
| Pos | Team | 2012–13 Pts | 2013–14 Pts | 2014 Pts | 2015 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation |
| 1 | Atlético Tucumán | 51 | 64 | 29 | 85 | 229 | 142 | 1.613 |
| 2 | Patronato | 56 | 49 | 22 | 82 | 209 | 142 | 1.472 |
| 3 | Santamarina | – | – | 24 | 66 | 90 | 62 | 1.452 |
| 4 | Villa Dálmine | — | — | — | 60 | 60 | 42 | 1.429 |
| 5 | Atlético Paraná | — | — | — | 58 | 58 | 42 | 1.381 |
| 6 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 50 | 61 | 30 | 55 | 196 | 142 | 1.38 |
| 7 | Estudiantes (SL) | — | — | — | 56 | 56 | 42 | 1.333 |
| 8 | Instituto | 39 | 62 | 25 | 62 | 188 | 142 | 1.324 |
| 9 | Los Andes | — | — | — | 54 | 54 | 42 | 1.286 |
| 10 | Douglas Haig | 49 | 51 | 25 | 58 | 183 | 142 | 1.289 |
| 11 | Juventud Unida (G) | — | — | — | 54 | 54 | 42 | 1.286 |
| 12 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 43 | 55 | 16 | 67 | 181 | 142 | 1.275 |
| 13 | Boca Unidos | 45 | 54 | 27 | 54 | 180 | 142 | 1.268 |
| 14 | Independiente Rivadavia | 48 | 55 | 22 | 51 | 176 | 142 | 1.239 |
| 15 | Central Córdoba (SdE) | — | — | — | 51 | 51 | 42 | 1.214 |
| 16 | All Boys | – | – | 22 | 53 | 75 | 62 | 1.21 |
| 17 | Chacarita Juniors | — | — | — | 50 | 50 | 42 | 1.19 |
| 18 | Guillermo Brown | – | – | – | 48 | 48 | 42 | 1.143 | Relegation Playoff |
| 19 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) (R) | — | — | — | 48 | 48 | 42 | 1.143 | Relegation Playoff |
| 20 | Guaraní Antonio Franco (R) | — | — | 18 | 50 | 68 | 62 | 1.097 | Torneo Federal A |
| 21 | Sportivo Belgrano (R) | — | 53 | 17 | 40 | 110 | 104 | 1.058 | Torneo Federal A |
| 22 | Unión (MdP) (R) | — | — | — | 37 | 37 | 42 | 0.881 | Torneo Federal A |
Source: AFA
    As of 18 November 2015

### Relegation playoff

A single play-off match was played on 25 November 2015 to determine the fourth team to be relegated. Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza lost the play-off match on penalties and were relegated.