2005–06 Primera B Nacional

The 2005–06 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 20th 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.

Primera B Nacional

Season	2005–06
Champions	Godoy Cruz (1st divisional title)
Promoted	Godoy Cruz Nueva Chicago Belgrano
Relegated	El Porvenir Juventud Antoniana San Martín (M)
Top goalscorer	AP: Daniel Bazán Vera 15 goals CL: Rubén Ferrer 10 goals
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Club information

Club	City	Stadium
Aldosivi	Mar del Plata	José María Minella
Almagro	José Ingenieros	Tres de Febrero
Atlético de Rafaela	Rafaela	Nuevo Monumental
Belgrano	Córdoba	El Gigante de Alberdi
Ben Hur	Rafaela	Parque Barrio Ilolay
CAI	Comodoro Rivadavia	Municipal de Comodoro Rivadavia
Chacarita Juniors	Villa Maipú	Chacarita Juniors
Defensa y Justicia	Florencio Varela	Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
El Porvenir	Gerli	Gildo Francisco Ghersinich
Ferro Carril Oeste	Caballito	Arq. Ricardo Etcheverry
Godoy Cruz	Mendoza	Malvinas Argentinas
Huracán	Parque Patricios	Tomás Adolfo Ducó
Huracán	Tres Arroyos	Roberto Lorenzo Bottino
Juventud Antoniana	Salta	Fray Honorato Pistoia
Nueva Chicago	Mataderos	Nueva Chicago
San Martín	Mendoza	San Martín
San Martín	San Juan	Ing. Hilario Sánchez
Talleres	Córdoba	Estadio La Boutique
Tigre	Victoria	José Dellagiovanna
Unión	Santa Fe	15 de Abril

Torneo Apertura Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Godoy Cruz	19	12	4	3	29	14	+15	40	Promotion Playoff
2	Almagro	19	10	5	4	28	17	+11	35
3	Chacarita Juniors	19	9	7	3	23	9	+14	34
4	Huracán	19	10	4	5	26	16	+10	34
5	Defensa y Justicia	19	7	9	3	19	13	+6	30
6	Ferro Carril Oeste	19	8	5	6	15	15	0	29
7	Belgrano	19	7	6	6	19	20	−1	27
8	Tigre	19	4	12	3	16	13	+3	24
9	Ben Hur	19	6	6	7	20	19	+1	24
10	Unión	19	5	9	5	29	29	0	24
11	Huracán (TA)	19	5	8	6	20	24	−4	23
12	San Martín (SJ)	19	4	10	5	15	15	0	22
13	Talleres (C)	19	4	10	5	18	19	−1	22
14	Atlético de Rafaela	19	5	7	7	19	25	−6	22
15	CAI	19	4	9	6	20	22	−2	21
16	Juventud Antoniana	19	5	6	8	13	16	−3	21
17	Nueva Chicago	19	2	13	4	23	25	−2	19
18	Aldosivi	19	5	4	10	19	29	−10	19
19	El Porvenir	19	4	4	11	18	30	−12	16
20	San Martín (M)	19	3	4	12	13	32	−19	13

Source:

Playoffs

Qrf-Final

Godoy Cruz	1	2	4
San Martín de Mendoza	1	1	3
Club El Potvenir	0	1	1
Chacarita Juniors	0	1	3
Aldosivi	2	3	4
Club Almagro	0	2	3
Nuevo Chicago	1	2	3
Ciub Atlético Huracán	0	2	4

Semifinales

Godoy Cruz	1-1	Nuevos Chaicago
Chacarita Junios	0-0	Ciub Almagro
Nuevo Cahicago	1-2	Godoy Cruz
Ciub Almagro.	2-3	Chacarita Juntos

Final

Godoy Cruz	1-0	Chacarita Juntos
Chacarita Juntos	1-0 (6-7)	Godoy Cruz

Torneo Clausura Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nueva Chicago	19	10	5	4	30	20	+10	35	Promotion Playoff
2	Belgrano	19	11	2	6	29	19	+10	35
3	San Martín (SJ)	19	9	6	4	23	15	+8	33
4	Talleres (C)	19	9	6	4	27	20	+7	33
5	Atlético de Rafaela	19	8	7	4	27	21	+6	31
6	Tigre	19	8	7	4	13	13	0	31
7	San Martín (M)	19	9	3	7	27	25	+2	30
8	Aldosivi	19	9	2	8	20	21	−1	29
9	Chacarita Juniors	19	6	8	5	24	18	+6	26
10	Juventud Antoniana	19	8	2	9	23	20	+3	26
11	Ben Hur	19	6	8	5	17	16	+1	26
12	El Porvenir	19	7	3	9	14	23	−9	24
13	Godoy Cruz	19	5	8	6	20	21	−1	23
14	CAI	19	6	5	8	19	25	−6	23
15	Huracán	19	6	4	9	27	29	−2	22
16	Unión	19	4	10	5	16	19	−3	22
17	Defensa y Justicia	19	6	3	10	28	25	+3	21
18	Almagro	19	3	8	8	14	24	−10	17
19	Huracán (TA)	19	4	4	11	15	26	−11	16
20	Ferro Carril Oeste	19	3	5	11	15	28	−13	14

Source:

Overall standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Godoy Cruz	38	17	12	9	65	31	+34	63	Promotion Playoff
2	Belgrano	38	18	8	12	51	30	+21	62	Second Promotion Playoff
3	Chacarita Juniors	38	15	15	8	62	46	+16	60	Torneo Reducido
4	Huracán	38	16	8	14	51	31	+20	56
5	San Martín (SJ)	38	13	16	9	38	30	+8	55
6	Talleres (C)	38	13	16	9	45	39	+6	55
7	Tigre	38	12	19	7	29	26	+3	55
8	Nueva Chicago	38	12	18	8	53	45	+8	54	Promotion Playoff
9	Atlético de Rafaela	38	13	14	11	46	46	0	53
10	Almagro	38	13	13	12	42	41	+1	52
11	Defensa y Justicia	38	13	12	13	47	38	+9	51
12	Ben Hur	38	12	14	12	37	35	+2	50
13	Aldosivi	38	14	6	18	39	50	−11	48
14	Juventud Antoniana	38	13	8	17	36	36	0	47
15	Unión	38	9	19	10	45	48	−3	46
16	CAI	38	10	14	14	39	47	−8	44
17	Ferro Carril Oeste	38	11	10	17	30	43	−13	43
18	San Martín (M)	38	12	7	19	40	57	−17	43
19	El Porvenir	38	11	7	20	32	53	−21	40
20	Huracán (TA)	38	9	12	17	35	50	−15	39

Source:

Promotion Playoff

This leg was played between the Apertura Winner: Godoy Cruz; and the Clausura Winner: Nueva Chicago. The winning team was declared champion and was automatically promoted to 2006–07 Primera División and the losing team played the Second Promotion Playoff.

Match details

Championship playoff

? May 2006

First leg

Nueva Chicago	1–1	Godoy Cruz
	Report 1 Report 2

Estadio Nueva Chicago, Buenos Aires

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20 May 2006

Second leg

Godoy Cruz	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Nueva Chicago
Villar 14' Giménez 104', 118'	Report 1 Report 2	Carranza 66'

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Gabriel Favale

Team details

Godoy Cruz Nueva Chicago GK 1 Sebastián Torrico DF Gonzalo Prósperi DF Josimar Mosquera DF Gustavo Bordicio DF Silvio Duarte MF Matías Arce MF Gastón Martina MF Mariano Torresi MF 11 Diego Villar  60' FW Enzo Pérez  80' FW Daniel Giménez Substitutions: FW Mauro Poy  60' DF Marcos Barrera  80' Manager: Juan Manuel Llop GK 1 Mario Vega DF Cristian Wernly DF Cristian G. García DF Leandro Testa  21' DF Omar Zarif  105' MF Cristian Pellerano MF Mariano Donda MF Hernán Mattiuzzo MF 10 César Carranza FW 7 Federico Higuaín FW Lucas Simón Substitutions: DF Marcelo Barreña  21' 114' Pérez  105' Manager: Rodolfo Motta

Second Promotion Playoff

This leg was played by Nueva Chicago, the losing team of the Promotion Playoff, and Belgrano, who was the best team in the overall standings under the champions. The winning team was promoted to 2006–07 Primera División and the losing team played the Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional.

Match details

2nd. Promotion playoff

23 May 2006

First leg

Nueva Chicago	3–1	Belgrano (C)
Higuaín 57' (p) Carranza 64' Simón 87'	Report	Gigli 9'

Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires

Referee: Juan Pablo Pompei

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27 May 2006

Second Leg

Belgrano (C)	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Nueva Chicago
Campodónico 68', 103' (p) Bustos 80'	Report	Wernly 105' Simón 113' Pellerano 115'

Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Referee: Rafael Furchi

Team details

Belgrano (C) Nueva Chicago GK Germán Montoya DF Germán Noce DF Franco Peppino DF Gastón Turús DF César Manzanelli MF Walter Bustos MF Raúl Gordillo MF Andrés Aimar MF Paolo Frangipane FW Matías Gigli FW Mariano Campodónico Manager: Carlos Ramacciotti GK Daniel Vega DF Cristian Wernly DF Leonardo Sigali DF Nicolás Sánchez DF Marcelo Barreña MF Omar Zarif MF Cristian Pellerano MF Hernán Mattiuzzo FW Mariano Donda FW Federico Higuaín FW 10 César Carranza Manager: Rodolfo Motta

Nueva Chicago won 6–4 on aggregate, becoming the 2nd. team promoted to Primera División

Torneo Reducido

It was played by the teams placed 3rd, 4th 5th and 6th in the Overall Standings: Chacarita Juniors (3rd), Huracán (4th), San Martín (SJ) (5th) and Talleres (C) (6th). The winning team played the Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Semifinals
Huracán	5–3	San Martín (SJ)	2–3	3–0
Semifinals
Chacarita Juniors	2–0	Talleres (C)	0–0	2–0

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Semifinals
Chacarita Juniors	2–3	Huracán	0–3	2–0

Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional

The Second Promotion playoff loser (Belgrano) and the Torneo Reducido Winner (Huracán) played against the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 2005–06 Primera División.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Relegation/promotion playoff 1
Huracán	3–3	Argentinos Juniors	1–1	2–2
Relegation/promotion playoff 2
Belgrano	4–2	Olimpo	2–1	2–1

• Argentinos Juniors remains in Primera División after a 3-3 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 was promoted to 2006–07 Primera División by winning the playoff and Olimpo de Bahía Blanca was relegated to the 2006–07 Primera B Nacional.

Relegation

Pos	Team	2003–04 Pts	2004–05 Pts	2005–06 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Situation	Affiliation
1	Belgrano	57	53	62	172	114	1.509		Indirect
2	Huracán	54	61	56	171	114	1.5		Direct
3	Godoy Cruz	58	47	63	168	114	1.474		Indirect
4	Atlético de Rafaela	—	58	53	111	76	1.461		Indirect
5	Tigre	—	—	55	55	38	1.447		Direct
6	Almagro	58	—	52	110	76	1.447		Direct
7	Nueva Chicago	—	55	54	109	76	1.434		Direct
8	Chacarita Juniors	—	45	60	105	76	1.382		Direct
9	San Martín (SJ)	50	52	55	157	114	1.377		Indirect
10	Talleres (C)	—	49	55	104	76	1.368		Indirect
11	CAI	47	61	44	152	114	1.333		Indirect
12	Huracán (TA)	62	—	39	101	76	1.329		Indirect
13	Ben Hur	—	—	50	50	38	1.316		Indirect
14	Ferro Carril Oeste	54	52	43	149	114	1.307		Direct
15	Aldosivi	—	—	48	48	38	1.263		Indirect
16	Unión	47	51	46	144	114	1.263		Direct
17	San Martín (M)	42	55	43	140	114	1.228	Relegation Playoff Matches	Indirect
18	Defensa y Justicia	48	40	51	139	114	1.219	Relegation Playoff Matches	Direct
19	El Porvenir	52	46	40	138	114	1.211	Primera B Metropolitana	Direct
20	Juventud Antoniana	42	45	47	134	114	1.175	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.

Relegation Playoff Matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Relegation/promotion playoff 1 (Direct affiliation vs. Primera B Metropolitana)
Deportivo Morón	4–4	Defensa y Justicia	1–1	3–3
Relegation/promotion playoff 2 (Indirect affiliation vs. Torneo Argentino A)
San Martín (T)	1–0	San Martín (M)	1–0	0–0

• Defensa y Justicia remains in Primera B Nacional after a 4-4 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.
• San Martín (T) was promoted to 2006–07 Primera B Nacional by winning the playoff and San Martín (M) was relegated to 2006–07 Torneo Argentino A.

See also

• 2005–06 in Argentine football

External links

• "Argentina Second Level 2005/06". RSSSF. Retrieved 2014-05-24.