Location Argentina Matches played 220 | Goals scored 489 | |
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Biggest home win Villa Dálmine 5-0 Juventud Unida (G) (August 30) Biggest away win Los Andes 0-4 Juventud Unida (G) (November 13) Highest scoring Ferro Carril Oeste 4-3 Central Córdoba (SdE) (August 27)
Instituto 5-2 Brown (October 9) Similar 2016 Primera B Nacional, 2016 Primera B Metropolitana, 2016 Primera C, 2011–12 Primera B Nacional, 2016–17 Argentine Primera | ||
The 2016-17 Argentine Primera B Nacional is the 32 season of the second tier of football in Argentina. The season began in August 2016 and will end in June 2017. Twenty three teams are competing 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.
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Competition format
The league's format has changed from last season. This year there will be twenty-three teams which will play each other twice for a total of forty-four matches. The Champion and the runner-up team are automatically promoted to the Primera División. Four teams will be relegated at the end of the season.
Results
Updated to games played on 19 December 2016.
Source: AFA
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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.
Source: AFA
As of 19 December 2016