2000–01 Primera B Nacional

The 2000–01 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 15th season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 30 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.

Primera B Nacional
Season2000–01
ChampionsBanfield
(2nd divisional title)
PromotedBanfield
Nueva Chicago
RelegatedEstudiantes (BA)
Cipolletti
Ferro Carril Oeste
General Paz Juniors
San Martín (T)
All Boys
San Miguel
Top goalscorerDaniel Jiménez 23 goals

Club information

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Interior Zone

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Club City Stadium
Almirante Brown Arrecifes Estadio Municipal
Atlético de Rafaela Rafaela Nuevo Monumental
Atlético Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro
Cipolletti Cipolletti La Visera de Cemento
General Paz Juniors Córdoba General Paz Juniors
Gimnasia y Esgrima Concepción del Uruguay Manuel y Ramón Núñez
Gimnasia y Esgrima San Salvador de Jujuy 23 de Agosto
Godoy Cruz Mendoza Malvinas Argentinas
Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini
Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón
Juventud Antoniana Salta Fray Honorato Pistoia
Olimpo Bahía Blanca Roberto Natalio Carminatti
Racing Córdoba Miguel Sancho
San Martín Mendoza San Martín
San Martín San Juan Ing. Hilario Sánchez
San Martín San Miguel de Tucumán La Ciudadela
Villa Mitre Bahía Blanca El Fortín

Metropolitana Zone

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Club City Stadium
All Boys Floresta Islas Malvinas
Arsenal Sarandí Julio H. Grondona
Banfield Banfield Florencio Solá
Central Córdoba Rosario Gabino Sosa
Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
El Porvenir Gerli Gildo Francisco Ghersinich
Estudiantes Caseros Ciudad de Caseros
Ferro Carril Oeste Caballito Arq. Ricardo Etcheverry
Nueva Chicago Mataderos Nueva Chicago
Platense Florida Ciudad de Vicente López
Quilmes Quilmes Centenario
San Miguel Los Polvorines Malvinas Argentinas
Tigre Victoria José Dellagiovanna

Interior Zone Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Instituto 32 21 8 3 71 23 +48 71 Promotion Playoff
2 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 32 15 10 7 42 32 +10 55
3 Racing (C) 32 15 7 10 43 42 +1 52 Second Promotion Playoff
4 San Martín (M) 32 14 9 9 45 35 +10 51
5 San Martín (SJ) 32 14 8 10 44 33 +11 50
6 Almirante Brown (A) 32 14 8 10 44 37 +7 50
7 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 32 14 8 10 39 32 +7 50
8 Atlético de Rafaela 32 13 6 13 48 47 +1 45
9 Godoy Cruz 32 12 8 12 46 47 −1 44
10 Atlético Tucumán 32 11 10 11 38 38 0 43
11 Villa Mitre 32 13 4 15 41 51 −10 43
12 Juventud Antoniana 32 12 7 13 32 43 −11 43
13 Independiente Rivadavia 32 9 8 15 38 37 +1 35
14 San Martín (T) 32 9 5 18 42 32 +10 32
15 Olimpo 32 9 5 18 36 52 −16 32
16 General Paz Juniors 32 7 8 17 36 56 −20 29
17 Cipolletti 32 5 10 17 34 69 −35 25
Source: [citation needed]

Metropolitana Zone Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Quilmes 24 15 5 4 46 18 +28 50 Promotion Playoff
2 Banfield 24 14 7 3 41 19 +22 49
3 Arsenal 24 13 5 6 30 21 +9 44 Second Promotion Playoff
4 Nueva Chicago 24 10 7 7 40 36 +4 37
5 Platense 24 9 6 9 32 25 +7 33
6 Central Córdoba (R) 24 8 7 9 20 23 −3 31
7 All Boys 24 8 6 10 20 31 −11 30
8 Defensa y Justicia 24 8 5 11 29 31 −2 29
9 San Miguel 24 6 10 8 27 37 −10 28
10 Tigre 24 5 11 8 18 22 −4 26
11 Estudiantes (BA) 24 5 9 10 22 35 −13 24
12 El Porvenir 24 2 13 9 17 27 −10 19
13 Ferro Carril Oeste 24 3 9 12 22 39 −17 18
Source: [citation needed]

Promotion Playoff

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The Promotion Playoff was played by the teams placed 1st and 2nd of each zone. The winning team was declared champion and was automatically promoted to Primera División. The teams that lost in semifinal joined into the Quarterfinals of the Second Promotion Playoff, and the team that lost in the final joined in the semifinal of the Second Promotion Playoff.

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Semifinals
Instituto 3–4 Banfield 2–2 1–2
Semifinals
Quilmes1 1–1 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 1-0 0-1

1: Qualified because of sport advantage.

Championship final

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Championship Final
First leg
Banfield2–1Quilmes
Leeb   13'
Forestello  
Report Clementz  
Referee: Héctor Baldasi

Second leg
Quilmes2–4Banfield
Giampietri   32', 43' Report Sánchez   27' (p)
Leeb   40'
Del Río   75'
Forestello   87'

Note: Banfield won 6–3 on aggregate, promoting to Primera División

Second Promotion Playoff

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The Second Promotion Playoff or Torneo Reducido was played by the teams placed 3rd to 6th of each zone. Instituto and Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) joined in the Quarterfinals, and Quilmes joined in the Semifinals. The winner was promoted to Primera División.

Bracket

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                    
4M Nueva Chicago 2 1 3
5I San Martín (SJ) 2 0 2
2I Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 1 0 1
4M Nueva Chicago 0 2 2
 
 
1M Quilmes 0 0 0
4M Nueva Chicago 1 0 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
1I Instituto 0 2 2
4M Nueva Chicago 1 3 4
4I San Martín (M) 1 1 0 1
5M Platense 0 1 1
4I San Martín (M) 1 1 2 3
6I Almirante Brown (A) 1 2 3
3M Arsenal 0 0 0
6I Almirante Brown (A) 1 0 0
1I Instituto 0 3 3
4I San Martín (M) 1 1 2
 
 
1I Instituto 3 3 6
6M Central Córdoba (R) 1 1 2
3I Racing (C) 0 2 2
6M Central Córdoba (R) 4 1 5

1: Qualified because of sport advantage.

  • Note: The team in the first line plays at home the second leg.

Reducido Final

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Torneo Reducido Final
(2nd. promotion playoff)
First leg
Nueva Chicago1–0Instituto (C)
Manrique  

Second leg
Instituto (C)3–2Nueva Chicago
Felicia   7'
Brusco   44' (p)
Report Sánchez   3'
Gómez   11' (90)
Referee: Daniel Giménez

Note: Nueva Chicago won 4–2 on aggregate, promoting to Primera División.

Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional

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The best two teams of each zone that were not promoted (Quilmes and Instituto) played against the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 2000–01 Primera División.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Relegation/promotion playoff 1
Instituto 1-1 Argentinos Juniors 0-0 1–1
Relegation/promotion playoff 2
Quilmes 1–1 Belgrano 1-0 0-1
  • Argentinos Juniors remains in Primera División after a 1-1 aggregate tie by virtue of a "sports advantage". In case of a tie in goals, the team from the Primera División gets to stay in it.
  • Belgrano remains in Primera División after a 1-1 aggregate tie by virtue of a "sports advantage". In case of a tie in goals, the team from the Primera División gets to stay in it.

Relegation

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7 teams were relegated: 2 teams with the worst co-efficient from Interior Zone, 2 teams with the worst co-efficient from Metropolitana Zone and 3 more teams regardless their affiliation.

Pos
Team 1998–99
Pts
1999–00
Pts
2000–01
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg
Situation Affiliation
1 Instituto 57 71 128 62 2.065 Indirect
2 Quilmes 47 63 50 160 90 1.778 Direct
3 Arsenal 57 55 44 156 90 1.733 Direct
4 Banfield 43 59 49 151 90 1.678 Direct
5 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 50 50 32 1.563 Indirect
6 Atlético de Rafaela 44 51 45 140 92 1.522 Indirect
7 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 37 47 55 139 92 1.511 Indirect
8 San Martín (M) 38 50 51 139 92 1.511 Indirect
9 Racing (C) 38 52 90 62 1.452 Indirect
10 Juventud Antoniana 46 46 43 135 92 1.467 Indirect
11 San Martín (SJ) 36 49 50 135 92 1.467 Indirect
12 Almirante Brown (A) 42 40 50 132 92 1.435 Indirect
13 Atlético Tucumán 57 29 43 129 92 1.402 Indirect
14 Defensa y Justicia 44 52 29 125 90 1.389 Direct
15 Villa Mitre 41 43 84 62 1.355 Indirect
16 Platense 45 33 78 58 1.345 Direct
17 Independiente Rivadavia 45 35 80 62 1.29 Indirect
18 Godoy Cruz 30 43 44 117 92 1.272 Indirect
19 Tigre 43 45 26 114 90 1.267 Direct
20 El Porvenir 45 50 19 114 90 1.267 Direct
21 Nueva Chicago 44 33 37 114 90 1.267 Direct
22 Olimpo 43 41 32 116 92 1.261 Indirect
23 Central Córdoba (R) 43 38 31 112 90 1.244 Direct
24 All Boys 51 29 30 110 90 1.222 Primera B Metropolitana Direct
25 San Miguel 43 35 28 106 90 1.178 Direct
26 San Martín (T) 46 28 32 106 92 1.152 Torneo Argentino A Indirect
27 Cipolletti 53 23 25 101 92 1.098 Indirect
28 Estudiantes (BA) 24 24 24 1 Primera B Metropolitana Direct
29 General Paz Juniors 29 29 32 0.906 Torneo Argentino A Indirect
30 Ferro Carril Oeste 18 18 24 0.75 Primera B Metropolitana Direct

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.

See also

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References

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  • "Argentina Second Level 2000/01". RSSSF. Retrieved 2014-05-30.