2008–09 Primera B Nacional

23rd season of the second-tier football league in Argentina Primera B Nacional 2008–09 Atlético Tucumán(1st divisional title) Atlético Tucumán Chacarita Juniors AlmagroTalleres (C) Luis Rodriguez 20 goals 380 898 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 23rd 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. Club information Club City Stadium Aldosivi Mar del Plata José María Minella All Boys Floresta Islas Malvinas Almagro José Ingenieros Tres de FebreroAtlético de RafaelaRafaelaNuevo Monumental Atlético Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro Belgrano Córdoba El Gigante de Alberdi CAI Comodoro Rivadavia Municipal de Comodoro Rivadavia Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello Ferro Carril Oeste Caballito Arq. Ricardo Etcheverry Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Eduardo Gallardón Olimpo Bahía Blanca Roberto Natalio Carminatti Platense Florida Ciudad de Vicente LópezQuilmes Quilmes Centenario San Martín San Juan Ing. Hilario Sánchez Talleres Córdoba Estadio La Boutique Tiro Federal Rosario Fortín de Ludueña Unión Santa Fe 15 de Abril Standings main WDL PQ ATU Atlético Tucumán CHA Chacarita Juniors ATR Atlético de Rafaela BEL Belgrano INS Instituto ALD Aldosivi FCO Ferro Carril Oeste QUI Quilmes ALL All Boys TIR Tiro Federal IRV Independiente Rivadavia TDC Talleres (C) SMJ San Martín (SJ) D&J Defensa y Justicia USF Unión AND Los Andes OLI Olimpo PLA Platense CAI CAI ALM Almagro 21 11 6 59 30 C,P 20 12 6 58 30 P 17 11 10 47 39 17 11 10 36 29 17 8 13 50 43 16 9 13 32 33 15 7 16 52 48 13 12 13 39 41 13 11 14 46 46 11 17 10 45 46 13 11 14 46 48 13 11 14 49 54 12 13 13 46 41 11 16 11 47 47 13 10 15 48 52 11 12 15 51 57 10 10 18 39 59 9 10 19 37 51 8 12 18 35 45 6 14 18 36 60 #D0F0C0 Primera División P P #E8FFD8 Promotion Playoff Matches PP PP 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to determining the champion. If two or more teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship June 20, 2009 AFA Promotion/relegation playoff Legs Primera División-Primera B Nacional The 3rd and 4th placed of the table played with the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 2008–09 Primera División. |- !colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1 Atlético de Rafaela 3–3 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 3–0 0–3 |- !colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2 Belgrano 1–2 Rosario Central 0–1 1–1 Gimnasia de La Plata (LP) 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. Rosario Central remains in Primera División by winning the playoff. Relegation Pos Position Team 2006–07Pts Total 2006–07 points 2007–08Pts Total 2007–08 points 2008–09Pts Total 2008–09 points TotalPts Total points over the past three seasons TotalPld Total games played over the past three seasons Avg AverageSituationAffiliation Club affiliation with AFA 1Atlético Tucumán — — 74 74 38 Indirect 2Chacarita Juniors 61 56 72 189 114 Direct 3Atlético de Rafaela 68 53 62 183 114 Indirect 4Belgrano — 56 62 118 76 Indirect 5Olimpo 75 — 40 118 76 Indirect 6San Martín (SJ) 69 — 49 118 76 Indirect 7Unión 57 56 49 162 114 Direct 8Quilmes — 55 51 106 76 Direct 9Aldosivi 45 48 57 150 114 Indirect 10All Boys — — 50 50 38 Direct 11Defensa y Justicia 57 43 49 149 114 Direct 12Independiente Rivadavia — 47 50 97 76 Indirect 13Instituto 43 43 59 145 114 Indirect 14Tiro Federal 39 54 50 143 114 Indirect 15Ferro Carril Oeste 39 51 52 142 114 Direct 16Platense 61 41 37 139 114 Direct 17Los Andes — — 45 45 38 Relegation Playoff MatchesDirect 18CAI 45 51 36 132 114 Relegation Playoff MatchesIndirect 19Almagro 49 43 32 124 114 Primera B MetropolitanaDirect 20Talleres (C) 26 46 50 122 114 Torneo Argentino AIndirect 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. The bottom two teams of this table face relegation regardless of their affiliation status. Apart from them, the bottom teams of each affiliation face promotion/relegation playoffs against Torneo Argentino A and Primera B Metropolitana's "Reducido" (reduced tournaments) champions. The Reducidos are played after those leagues' champions are known. Relegation Playoff Legs |- !colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1 (Direct affiliation vs. Primera B Metropolitana) Deportivo Merlo 2–0 Los Andes 1–0 1–0 |- !colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2 (Indirect affiliation vs. Torneo Argentino A) Patronato 1–5 CAI 0–2 1–3 |- |} Deportivo Merlo was promoted to 2009–10 Primera B Nacional by winning the playoff and Los Andes was relegated to the 2009–10 Primera B Metropolitana. CAI remained in the Primera B Nacional by winning the playoff. Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1ARG Luis RodriguezAtlético Tucumán202ARG Luis SalmerónTalleres (C)183ARG Emanuel GigliottiAll Boys16ARG Javier ToledoChacarita JuniorsARG Juan José MoralesQuilmes6ARG Matías AlustizaChacarita Juniors14ARG Javier RossiTiro Federal See also 2008–09 in Argentine football References External links https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg2-09.html Argentina Second Level 2008/09 RSSSF 2014-05-19 collapsed Category:2008–09 in Argentine football Category:Primera B Nacional seasons