1986–87 Primera B Nacional

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The 1986–87 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 1st season of the newly created professional second division of Argentine football. This was the result of new changes in the entire Argentine football league system, the Metropolitano and Nacional of Primera División disappeared and the previous second division, the Primera B Metropolitana became the third division.

Primera B Nacional
Deportivo Armenio, champion
Season1986–87
Dates19 July 1986 – 2 May 1987
ChampionsDep. Armenio (1st title)
Promoted
Relegated
Top goalscorerArgentina José Iglesias (36)
Highest scoringLanús 5–4 Banfield (18 Oct)

The division was formed by 7 teams from Primera B Metro (the best placed teams from a tournament played previously), 13 teams from regional leagues outside Buenos Aires and 2 teams relegated from Primera División in the 1985–86 season. A total of 22 teams competed, with the champion and runner-up being promoted to Primera División.

Deportivo Armenio won the championship, promoting to Primera along with Banfield (winner of "Torneo Octogonal").[1] On the other hand, Central Norte (Salta), Atlético Concepción (Banda del Río Salí, Tucumán), and Unión of Villa Krause (San Juan) were relegated to Primera B Metropolitana.[2][3]

Club information

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Club City Stadium
Atlético Concepción Banda del Río Salí Ing. José María Paz
Banfield Banfield Florencio Solá
Belgrano Córdoba El Gigante de Alberdi
Central Córdoba Santiago del Estero Alfredo Terrara
Central Norte Salta Dr. Luis Güemes
Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors
Chaco For Ever Resistencia Juan Alberto García
Cipolletti Cipolletti La Visera de Cemento
Colón Santa Fe Brigadier General Estanislao López
Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Deportivo Armenio Ingeniero Maschwitz República de Armenia
Deportivo Maipú Maipú Higinio Sperdutti
Deportivo Mandiyú Corrientes José A. Romero Feris1
Douglas Haig Pergamino Miguel Morales
Ferro Carril Oeste General Pico Coloso de Barrio Talleres
Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy 23 de Agosto
Guaraní Antonio Franco Posadas Clemente Fernandez de Oliveira
Huracán Buenos Aires Tomás Adolfo Ducó
Lanús Lanús Ciudad de Lanús
Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Eduardo Gallardón
Tigre Victoria José Dellagiovanna
Unión Villa Krause 12 de Octubre

1: Property of Huracán Corrientes.

Standings

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Deportivo Armenio was declared champion and was automatically promoted to Primera División, and the teams placed 2nd to 9th qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Deportivo Armenio 42 22 18 2 69 26 +43 62 Champion, promoted to Primera División
2 Banfield 42 20 14 8 87 49 +38 54 Qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff
3 Belgrano 42 22 10 10 75 44 +31 54
4 Huracán 42 22 10 10 78 51 +27 54
5 Colón 42 19 16 7 56 35 +21 54
6 Deportivo Maipú 42 18 13 11 64 50 +14 49
7 Deportivo Mandiyú 42 19 10 13 63 41 +22 48
8 Chaco For Ever 42 15 18 9 55 42 +13 48
9 Lanús 42 18 11 13 67 63 +4 47
10 Defensa y Justicia 42 15 13 14 47 47 0 43
11 Douglas Haig 42 13 15 14 60 53 +7 41
12 Los Andes 42 13 14 15 54 60 −6 40
13 Tigre 42 9 20 13 52 57 −5 38
14 Central Córdoba (SdE) 42 13 11 18 53 62 −9 37
15 Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) 42 13 10 19 53 62 −9 36
16 Guaraní Antonio Franco 42 9 17 16 40 48 −8 35
17 Cipolletti 42 10 15 17 38 49 −11 35
18 Central Norte 42 10 14 18 45 55 −10 34
19 Chacarita Juniors 42 10 14 18 38 57 −19 34
20 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 42 9 16 17 52 82 −30 34
21 Atlético Concepción 42 8 16 18 42 63 −21 32
22 Unión (VK) 42 4 7 31 35 127 −92 15
Source: [citation needed]

Second Promotion Playoff

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The Second Promotion Playoff or Torneo Reducido was played by the teams placed 2nd to 9th in the overall standings: Banfield (2nd), Belgrano (3rd), Huracán (4th), Colón (5th), Deportivo Maipú (6th), Deportivo Mandiyú (7th), Chaco For Ever (8th) and Lanús (9th). The winner was promoted to Primera División.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
2 Banfield 0 3 3
9 Lanús 0 2 2
2 Banfield1 0 1 1
5 Colón 0 1 1
5 Colón 3 0 3
6 Deportivo Maipú 0 1 1
2 Banfield 0 2 2
3 Belgrano 1 0 0
3 Belgrano1 2 2 4
8 Chaco For Ever 1 3 4
3 Belgrano 0 2 2
4 Huracán 0 1 1
4 Huracán 1 1 2
7 Deportivo Mandiyú 0 0 0

1: Qualified because of sport advantage.

Final

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Torneo Reducido Final
(2nd. Promotion playoff)
First leg
Belgrano (C)1–0Banfield
Martellotto   72'
Referee: Jorge Vigliano

Second leg
Banfield2–0Belgrano (C)
Benítez   76'
Aquino   89'
Report
Referee: Juan Carlos Demaro

Relegation

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Pos
Team 1984
Pts
1985
Pts
Ap 1986
Pts
1986–87
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg
Situation Affiliation
1 Deportivo Armenio1 22 62 84 60 1.4 Direct
2 Belgrano 54 54 42 1.286 Indirect
3 Huracán 54 54 42 1.286 Direct
4 Deportivo Maipú 49 49 42 1.167 Indirect
5 Banfield1 43 46 23 54 166 144 1.153 Direct
6 Chaco For Ever 48 48 42 1.143 Indirect
7 Deportivo Mandiyú 48 48 42 1.143 Indirect
8 Lanús1 49 47 21 47 164 144 1.139 Direct
9 Colón1 37 43 21 54 155 144 1.076 Direct
10 Los Andes1 44 47 23 40 154 144 1.069 Direct
11 Defensa y Justicia1 21 43 64 60 1.067 Direct
12 Tigre1 44 36 23 38 141 144 0.979 Direct
13 Douglas Haig 41 42 42 0.976 Indirect
14 Central Córdoba (SdE) 37 37 42 0.881 Indirect
15 Ferro Carril Oeste (Gral. Pico) 36 36 42 0.857 Indirect
16 Guaraní Antonio Franco 35 35 42 0.833 Indirect
17 Cipolletti 35 35 42 0.833 Indirect
18 Chacarita Juniors2 34 34 42 0.81 Additional Playoff Direct
19 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)2 34 34 42 0.81 Indirect
20 Central Norte2 34 34 42 0.81 Indirect
21 Atlético Concepción 32 32 42 0.762 Relegated to Liga Tucumana Indirect
22 Unión (Villa Krause) 15 15 42 0.357 Relegated to Liga Sanjuanina Indirect

1: They kept the points earned in previous editions of the Primera B Metropolitana, although the category was new.

2: They had to play a tiebreaker triangular to see which team was relegated.

Note: Clubs with indirect affiliation with AFA are relegated to their respective league of his province according to the Argentine football league system, 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.

Additional Playoff

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Chacarita Juniors, Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) and Central Norte were tied in points, they had to play a tiebreaker triangular in a neutral field to see which team was relegated.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Chacarita Juniors 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
2 Central Norte 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Source: [citation needed]

As the 3 matches ended in a tie, it was used the overall table and the matches between the 3 teams and Central Norte was the team with less points, so it was relegated to the Liga Salteña de fútbol.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 4 2 2 0 9 7 +2 6
2 Chacarita Juniors 4 1 3 0 6 5 +1 5
3 Central Norte (R) 4 0 1 3 4 7 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
(R) Relegated

Top scorers

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Rank. Player Club Goals
1
  José Iglesias Huracán
36
2
  Abel D. Blasón Belgrano (C)
34
3
  Miguel R. Hernández Banfield
25

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Efemérides Banfileñas: A 29 años del ascenso de 1987
  2. ^ Argentina Second Level 1986/87 on the RSSSF
  3. ^ "Argentina: AFA 1ra. "B" Nacional 1986/87" by José Carluccio (blogsite), 19 July 2011