2019–20 Primera Nacional

The 2019–20 Argentine Primera B Nacional, also known as the 2019–20 Primera Nacional,[1] was the 35th season of the Primera B Nacional, the second tier of Argentine football. The season began on 15 August 2019 and was scheduled to end in May 2020. Thirty-two teams compete in the league, twenty-one returning from the 2018–19 season, four teams that were relegated from Primera División, two teams promoted from Federal A and five from B Metropolitana.

Primera Nacional
Season2019–20
Dates15 August 2019 – 28 April 2020
ChampionsNone; abandoned
Matches played333
Goals scored691 (2.08 per match)
Top goalscorerPablo Magnín (15 goals)
2020 →

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Argentine Football Association suspended the tournament on 17 March 2020.[2] On 28 April 2020 AFA announced the abandonment of the competition as well as the culmination of the 2019–20 season in all of its leagues, with no clubs promoted or relegated. AFA also announced that a decision on a suitable method for promotion from the Primera Nacional and lower tiers would be reached in due time.[3]

Club information

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2019–20 Primera B Nacional teams outside Greater Buenos Aires.
Locations of the 2019–20 Primera B Nacional teams within Greater Buenos Aires.
Club City Stadium
Agropecuario Argentino Carlos Casares Ofelia Rosenzuaig
All Boys Buenos Aires Islas Malvinas
Almagro José Ingenieros Tres de Febrero
Alvarado Mar del Plata José María Minella
Atlanta Buenos Aires Don León Kolbowsky
Atlético de Rafaela Rafaela Nuevo Monumental
Belgrano Córdoba Julio César Villagra
Barracas Central Buenos Aires Claudio Chiqui Tapia
Brown Adrogué Lorenzo Arandilla
Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors
Defensores de Belgrano Buenos Aires Juan Pasquale
Deportivo Morón Morón Nuevo Francisco Urbano
Deportivo Riestra Buenos Aires Guillermo Laza
Estudiantes Caseros Ciudad de Caseros
Estudiantes Río Cuarto Antonio Candini
Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry
Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy 23 de Agosto
Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza Víctor Legrotaglie
Guillermo Brown Puerto Madryn Raúl Conti
Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini
Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón
Mitre Santiago del Estero Doctores José y Antonio Castiglione
Nueva Chicago Buenos Aires Nueva Chicago
Platense Florida Este Ciudad de Vicente López
Quilmes Quilmes Centenario
San Martín San Juan Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez
Estadio del Bicentenario
San Martín Tucumán La Ciudadela
Santamarina Tandil Municipal Gral. San Martín
Sarmiento Junín Eva Perón
Temperley Temperley Alfredo Beranger
Tigre Victoria José Dellagiovanna
Villa Dálmine Campana Villa Dálmine

Zone A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Atlanta 20 11 5 4 33 20 +13 38
2 Estudiantes (RC) 21 10 7 4 29 19 +10 37
3 Estudiantes (BA) 21 11 3 7 31 25 +6 36
4 Temperley 21 8 8 5 22 19 +3 32
5 Deportivo Morón 21 9 5 7 19 18 +1 32
6 Ferro Carril Oeste 21 9 4 8 20 20 0 31
7 Platense 21 9 3 9 22 25 −3 30
8 Agropecuario Argentino 21 8 5 8 23 19 +4 29
9 San Martín (SJ) 21 7 7 7 19 22 −3 28
10 Belgrano 21 5 12 4 26 25 +1 27
11 Alvarado 21 7 5 9 27 28 −1 26
12 Guillermo Brown 21 6 7 8 18 21 −3 25
13 Independiente Rivadavia 20 6 6 8 26 28 −2 24
14 Barracas Central 21 5 6 10 19 26 −7 21
15 Mitre (SdE) 21 3 8 10 11 19 −8 17
16 Nueva Chicago[lower-alpha 1] 21 2 11 8 16 27 −11 16
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only for deciding promotion or relegation); 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points; 6) head-to-head goal difference; 7) head-to-head goals scored.[5]
Notes:
  1. Nueva Chicago were deducted one point as punishment for crowd disturbances in their home match against Temperley.[4]

Results
Home \ Away AGA ALV ATL BAC BEL DMO EBA ERC FCO GBR IND MIT NCH PLA SMA TEM
Agropecuario Argentino — 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 — 3–0 — 2–0 — 0–2 0–0
Alvarado 1–2 — 1–2 2–0 — 2–4 4–2 3–2 — 0–0 0–3 2–0 — 2–0 — 0–2
Atlanta — — — 1–1 4–2 — — 1–2 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 — 3–1 1–1
Barracas Central 1–0 2–2 — — 2–3 — 3–4 — 0–0 1–1 1–0 — 2–1 — 2–0 0–1
Belgrano 1–1 2–2 — 1–0 — 1–0 — — 2–2 — 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1
Deportivo Morón — 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 — 1–0 1–3 — 1–0 — — 0–0 0–1 1–1 —
Estudiantes (BA) 1–0 — 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 — 0–1 — 1–1 — 3–2 — 1–2 5–3 2–2
Estudiantes (RC) — — 1–0 0–0 1–1 — — — 2–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 — 3–2 0–1 3–0
Ferro Carril Oeste 0–1 1–0 0–2 — — 1–0 1–0 2–1 — — 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 — —
Guillermo Brown — — 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 — — 2–0 — 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1
Independiente Rivadavia 1–1 3–2 — — — 2–1 0–2 0–0 3–2 0–0 — — 4–1 4–1 — —
Mitre (SdE) 2–1 — 0–1 4–2 — 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 — 0–0 — — 0–1 0–1 0–1
Nueva Chicago 1–3 0–1 2–2 — — 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 — 1–1 0–0 — 1–1 — 1–1
Platense — 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 — — 3–1 0–3 1–2 — — 0–1 — 0–1 0–1
San Martín (SJ) 3–2 1–1 — 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 — 1–0 — 3–1 0–0 1–0 — — 1–2
Temperley 0–0 0–0 — — 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–3 2–0 — 1–1 — — —
Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 San Martín (T) 21 13 5 3 33 13 +20 44
2 Defensores de Belgrano 21 11 8 2 25 13 +12 41
3 Sarmiento (J) 20 9 7 4 31 21 +10 34
4 Deportivo Riestra 21 8 9 4 15 14 +1 33
5 Tigre 20 8 4 8 24 21 +3 28
6 Atlético de Rafaela 21 7 7 7 27 30 −3 28
7 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 20 7 6 7 20 20 0 27
8 Villa Dálmine 21 7 5 9 19 18 +1 26
9 Instituto 21 6 7 8 26 24 +2 25
10 Brown 21 5 9 7 18 22 −4 24
11 Quilmes 21 5 9 7 19 24 −5 24
12 Chacarita Juniors 21 6 6 9 15 26 −11 24
13 Almagro 21 5 8 8 13 20 −7 23
14 All Boys 21 5 7 9 17 23 −6 22
15 Santamarina 20 4 8 8 15 19 −4 20
16 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 21 4 7 10 13 22 −9 19
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only for deciding promotion or relegation); 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points; 6) head-to-head goal difference; 7) head-to-head goals scored.[5]

Results
Home \ Away ALL ALM ATR BRO CHA DBE DRI GEJ GEM INS QUI SMT SAN SAR TIG VDA
All Boys — — 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 — — — 1–0 1–1 1–1 — 2–1 0–1
Almagro 1–0 — — — 0–0 — 0–2 — 0–1 — 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–0
Atlético de Rafaela 3–2 3–1 — 2–0 2–0 1–3 — 2–0 1–5 3–2 0–0 — — 1–1 1–2 —
Brown 2–1 1–1 1–1 — 0–1 0–0 — 0–1 1–1 0–3 — 1–0 0–0 1–1 — —
Chacarita Juniors 0–0 1–2 — — — — 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–3 — 0–3 1–0
Defensores de Belgrano 0–2 1–1 2–2 — 2–1 — — 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 — 1–0 3–0 2–1 —
Deportivo Riestra — 1–0 1–0 1–0 — 0–0 — 2–1 0–0 0–0 — 0–1 1–0 2–2 — 1–1
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 0–0 0–0 — 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 — — 3–0 0–0 — — 1–3 0–0 —
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 0–0 1–0 1–2 — — 0–0 — 2–0 — 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 — — 3–1
Instituto 1–1 2–1 — 1–1 1–0 — 0–0 — — — 1–1 — 2–0 2–3 3–0 1–2
Quilmes 3–1 — 1–1 1–1 — 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 — — 1–4 0–0 — 2–1 1–2
San Martín (T) — 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 — 1–1 — — — 2–0 — 1–0
Santamarina — — 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 — — — 1–3 — 1–1 — 2–1
Sarmiento (J) 1–0 0–1 — — 5–1 — — — 4–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 — 1–1 1–0
Tigre 2–0 — 2–0 1–2 — — 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–1 1–1 — — 1–0
Villa Dálmine — 1–1 0–0 1–2 — 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 — 1–2 — 1–0 — —
Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1 Pablo Magnín Sarmiento (J) 15
2 Pablo Vegetti Belgrano 14
3 Luciano Pons San Martín (T) 12
4 Germán Rivero Alvarado 11
5 Luis Eduardo López Atlanta 10
6 Martín Comachi Agropecuario Argentino 9
Mateo Bajamich Instituto
8 Emanuel Dening Tigre 8
9 Ijiel Protti Atlético de Rafaela 7
Francisco González Estudiantes (BA)
Bruno Sepúlveda Estudiantes (RC)
Gonzalo Castillejos Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)
Leandro González Quilmes
Nicolás Messiniti Temperley

See also

References
  1. "Hoy, a partir de las 16.30, se realizará el sorteo Torneo Primera Nacional (Primera "B" Nacional) 2019/2020 en Ezeiza" (in Spanish). AFA. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  2. "Suspensión del fútbol" (in Spanish). AFA. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  3. "El comunicado completo de la AFA con las decisiones por el coronavirus". TyC Sports. 28 April 2020.
  4. "Nueva Chicago sufrió el descuento de un punto por el enfrentamiento de barras con cuchillos en el partido ante Temperley" (in Spanish). Infobae. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  5. "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
  6. "Goleadores Primera Nacional Campeonato 2019–20".
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