# 2016–17 Primera B Nacional

The 2016–17 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 32nd season of the Argentine second division. The season began in August 2016 and ended in July 2017. Twenty-three teams competed in the league, twenty returning from the 2016 season, one team that was relegated from Primera División and two teams promoted from Federal A and B Metropolitana.

## Competition format

The league's format changed from the previous season. Twenty-three teams which played each other twice for a total of forty-four matches each. The Champion and the runner-up earned promotion to the Primera División. Four teams were relegated at the end of the season.

## Club information

| Club | City | Stadium |
| All Boys | Buenos Aires | Islas Malvinas |
| Almagro | José Ingenieros | Tres de Febrero |
| Argentinos Juniors | Buenos Aires | Diego Armando Maradona |
| Atlético Paraná | Paraná | Pedro Mutio |
| Boca Unidos | Corrientes | Leoncio Benítez |
| Brown | Adrogué | Lorenzo Arandilla |
| Central Córdoba | Santiago del Estero | Alfredo Terrera |
| Chacarita Juniors | Villa Maipú | Chacarita Juniors Stadium |
| Crucero del Norte | Garupá | Comandante Andrés Guacurarí |
| Douglas Haig | Pergamino | Miguel Morales |
| Estudiantes | San Luis | Héctor Odicino-Pedro Benoza |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Buenos Aires | Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry |
| Flandria | Jáuregui | Carlos V |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima | Jujuy | 23 de Agosto |
| Guillermo Brown | Puerto Madryn | Raúl Conti |
| Independiente Rivadavia | Mendoza | Bautista Gargantini |
| Instituto | Córdoba | Presidente Perón |
| Juventud Unida | Gualeguaychú | Estadio Luis Delfino |
| Los Andes | Lomas de Zamora | Estadio Eduardo Gallardón |
| Nueva Chicago | Mataderos | Nueva Chicago |
| San Martín | San Miguel de Tucumán | La Ciudadela |
| Santamarina | Tandil | Municipal Gral. San Martín |
| Villa Dálmine | Campana | Villa Dálmine |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Qualification |
| 1 | Argentinos Juniors (C, P) | 44 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 61 | 24 | +37 | 88 | Champion, Promotion to Primera División |
| 2 | Chacarita Juniors (P) | 44 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 77 | Promotion to Primera División |
| 3 | Guillermo Brown | 44 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 75 | |
| 4 | Independiente Rivadavia | 44 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 67 | |
| 5 | Brown | 44 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 65 | |
| 6 | Instituto | 44 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 63 | |
| 7 | San Martín (T) | 44 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 61 | |
| 8 | Santamarina | 44 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 61 | |
| 9 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 44 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 60 | |
| 10 | Nueva Chicago | 44 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 60 | |
| 11 | Almagro | 44 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 60 | |
| 12 | All Boys | 44 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 60 | |
| 13 | Los Andes | 44 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 59 | |
| 14 | Central Córdoba (SdE) | 44 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 58 | |
| 15 | Flandria | 44 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 56 | |
| 16 | Juventud Unida (G) | 44 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 55 | |
| 17 | Estudiantes (SL) | 44 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 54 | |
| 18 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 44 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 52 | |
| 19 | Douglas Haig | 44 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 50 | |
| 20 | Boca Unidos | 44 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 47 | |
| 21 | Villa Dálmine | 44 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 45 | 60 | −15 | 47 | |
| 22 | Atlético Paraná | 44 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 39 | |
| 23 | Crucero del Norte | 44 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 37 | |
* ↑ All Boys were penalized two points.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALL | ALM | ARG | APA | BOU | BRO | CCO | CHA | CRU | DOU | ESL | FCO | FLA | GEJ | GBR | IND | INS | JUG | LAN | NCH | SMT | SAN | VDA |
| All Boys | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Almagro | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Argentinos Juniors | 5–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Atlético Paraná | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Boca Unidos | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Brown | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Central Cba. (SdE) | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Chacarita Juniors | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Crucero del Norte | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Douglas Haig | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Estudiantes (SL) | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 7–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Flandria | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Guillermo Brown | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Independiente Rivadavia | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Instituto | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Juventud Unida (G) | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Los Andes | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Nueva Chicago | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| San Martín (T) | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Santamarina | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 5–0 |
| Villa Dálmine | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |

## Relegation

The bottom four teams of this table were relegated. In the Primera B Nacional, clubs with an indirect affiliation with Argentine Football Association are relegated to the Torneo Federal A, while clubs directly affiliated are relegated to Primera B Metropolitana.
| Pos | Team | 2014 Pts | 2015 Pts | 2016 Pts | 2016–17 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation |
| 1 | Argentinos Juniors | 31 | – | – | 88 | 119 | 64 | 1.859 |
| 2 | Chacarita Juniors | – | 50 | 43 | 77 | 170 | 107 | 1.589 |
| 3 | Brown | – | – | 28 | 65 | 93 | 65 | 1.431 |
| 4 | Guillermo Brown | – | 48 | 30 | 75 | 153 | 107 | 1.43 |
| 5 | Nueva Chicago | 30 | – | 30 | 60 | 120 | 85 | 1.412 |
| 6 | Santamarina | 24 | 66 | 27 | 61 | 178 | 127 | 1.402 |
| 7 | San Martín (T) | – | – | – | 61 | 61 | 44 | 1.386 |
| 8 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 30 | 55 | 38 | 52 | 175 | 127 | 1.378 |
| 9 | Almagro | – | – | 28 | 60 | 88 | 65 | 1.354 |
| 10 | Los Andes | – | 54 | 30 | 59 | 143 | 107 | 1.336 |
| 11 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 16 | 67 | 26 | 60 | 169 | 127 | 1.331 |
| 12 | Villa Dálmine | – | 60 | 33 | 47 | 140 | 107 | 1.308 |
| 13 | Instituto | 25 | 62 | 16 | 63 | 166 | 127 | 1.307 |
| 14 | Boca Unidos | 27 | 54 | 38 | 47 | 166 | 127 | 1.307 |
| 15 | Juventud Unida (G) | – | 54 | 28 | 55 | 137 | 107 | 1.28 |
| 16 | Flandria | – | – | – | 56 | 56 | 44 | 1.273 |
| 17 | All Boys | 22 | 53 | 26 | 60 | 161 | 127 | 1.268 |
| 18 | Independiente Rivadavia | 22 | 51 | 20 | 67 | 160 | 127 | 1.26 |
| 19 | Estudiantes (SL) | – | 56 | 24 | 54 | 134 | 107 | 1.252 |
| 20 | Central Córdoba (SdE) (R) | – | 51 | 20 | 58 | 130 | 107 | 1.215 | Primera B Metropolitana or Torneo Federal A |
| 21 | Douglas Haig (R) | 25 | 58 | 20 | 50 | 153 | 127 | 1.205 | Primera B Metropolitana or Torneo Federal A |
| 22 | Crucero del Norte (R) | 33 | – | 32 | 37 | 102 | 85 | 1.2 | Primera B Metropolitana or Torneo Federal A |
| 23 | Atlético Paraná (R) | – | 58 | 19 | 39 | 116 | 107 | 1.084 | Primera B Metropolitana or Torneo Federal A |
Source: AFA

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of July 30, 2017
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Rodrigo Salinas | Chacarita Juniors | 30 |
| 2 | Tobías Figueroa | Guillermo Brown | 21 |
| 3 | Ramón Lentini | San Martín (T) | 18 |
| 4 | Gonzalo Castillejos | Ferro Carril Oeste | 15 |
| 4 | Nicolás Reniero | Almagro | 15 |
| 4 | Braian Romero | Argentinos Juniors | 15 |