2001–02 Primera B Nacional

Primera B Nacional
Season 2001–02
Champions Olimpo
(1st divisional title)
Promoted Olimpo
Arsenal
Relegated Central Córdoba (R)
Atlético Tucumán
Tigre
Independiente Rivadavia
Racing (C)
Platense
Villa Mitre
Top goalscorer Diego Ceballos 26 goals

The 2001–02 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 16º season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 25 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.

Club information

Club City Stadium
Almagro José Ingenieros Tres de Febrero
Almirante Brown Arrecifes Estadio Municipal
Arsenal Sarandí Julio H. Grondona
Atlético de Rafaela Rafaela Nuevo Monumental
Atlético Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro
Central Córdoba Rosario Gabino Sosa
Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Defensores de Belgrano Núñez Juan Pasquale
El Porvenir Gerli Gildo Francisco Ghersinich
Gimnasia y Esgrima Concepción del Uruguay Manuel y Ramón Núñez
Gimnasia y Esgrima San Salvador de Jujuy 23 de Agosto
Godoy Cruz Mendoza Malvinas Argentinas
Huracán Tres Arroyos Roberto Lorenzo Bottino
Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini
Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón
Juventud Antoniana Salta Fray Honorato Pistoia
Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Eduardo Gallardón
Olimpo Bahía Blanca Roberto Natalio Carminatti
Platense Florida Ciudad de Vicente López
Quilmes Quilmes Centenario
Racing Córdoba Miguel Sancho
San Martín Mendoza San Martín
San Martín San Juan Ing. Hilario Sánchez
Tigre Victoria José Dellagiovanna
Villa Mitre Bahía Blanca El Fortín

Torneo Apertura Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpo 24 13 7 4 36 20 +16 46 Primera División
2 Quilmes 24 13 6 5 36 24 +12 45
3 San Martín (M) 24 12 8 4 37 24 +13 44
4 Huracán (TA) 24 13 2 9 33 32 +1 41
5 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 24 11 6 7 35 29 +6 39
6 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 24 11 6 7 35 29 +6 39
7 Juventud Antoniana 24 11 5 8 32 27 +5 38
8 Instituto 24 11 5 8 38 34 +4 38
9 El Porvenir 24 9 11 4 24 20 +4 38
10 Defensores de Belgrano 24 10 7 7 37 25 +12 37
11 San Martín (SJ) 24 9 8 7 32 28 +4 35
12 Atlético de Rafaela 24 10 5 9 33 30 +3 35
13 Arsenal 24 8 9 7 17 22 5 33
14 Los Andes 24 10 3 11 25 28 3 33
15 Defensa y Justicia 24 9 6 9 16 27 11 33
16 Almagro 24 8 8 8 16 17 1 32
17 Independiente Rivadavia 24 7 10 7 31 24 +7 31
18 Atlético Tucumán 24 7 8 9 35 40 5 29
19 Central Córdoba (R) 24 7 6 11 36 41 5 27
20 Almirante Brown (A) 24 6 7 11 22 38 16 25
21 Platense 24 6 6 12 24 35 11 24
22 Villa Mitre 24 6 5 13 22 36 14 23
23 Godoy Cruz 24 5 6 13 33 47 14 21
24 Racing (C) 24 4 7 13 25 46 21 19
25 Tigre 24 3 5 16 27 47 20 14

Torneo Clausura Standings

It was divided in 3 Zones with 8 teams in each zone. Olimpo did not competed as it was promoted to Primera División.

Zone A

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Arsenal 14 10 1 3 27 8 +19 31 Second Promotion Playoff
2 Central Córdoba (R) 14 9 3 2 30 21 +9 30
3 Instituto 14 6 3 5 20 23 3 21
4 Quilmes1 14 6 2 6 17 15 +2 20
5 Almirante Brown (A) 14 5 4 5 18 19 1 19
6 Los Andes 14 4 4 6 20 23 3 16
7 Juventud Antoniana 14 4 1 9 12 23 11 13
8 Tigre 14 2 2 10 12 24 12 8

1: 3 points deducted in the overall standings.

Zone B

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 14 7 4 3 25 16 +9 25 Second Promotion Playoff
2 Platense 14 7 4 3 24 16 +8 25
3 Defensa y Justicia 14 7 3 4 24 19 +5 24
4 Atlético de Rafaela 14 7 3 4 28 23 +5 24
5 Racing (C) 14 7 3 4 29 25 +4 24
6 El Porvenir 14 6 3 5 25 23 +2 21
7 San Martín (M) 14 0 6 8 14 30 16 6
8 Atlético Tucumán 14 0 4 10 8 25 17 4

Zone C

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Godoy Cruz 14 7 5 2 22 15 +7 26 Second Promotion Playoff
2 San Martín (SJ) 14 6 4 4 22 17 +5 22
3 Huracán (TA) 14 6 4 4 24 20 +4 22
4 Villa Mitre 14 6 3 5 17 18 1 21
5 Defensores de Belgrano 14 5 4 5 20 18 +2 19
6 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 14 5 4 5 16 17 1 19
7 Independiente Rivadavia 14 3 4 7 10 20 10 13
8 Almagro 14 3 2 9 17 23 6 11

Overall Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Arsenal2 38 18 10 10 57 30 +27 64
2 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)2 38 18 10 10 60 45 +15 64
3 Huracán (TA) 38 19 6 13 57 52 +5 63 Second Promotion Playoff
4 Quilmes1 38 19 8 11 53 39 +14 65
5 Atlético de Rafaela 38 17 8 13 61 53 +8 59
6 El Porvenir 38 15 14 9 49 43 +6 59
7 Instituto 38 17 8 13 58 57 +1 59
8 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 38 16 10 12 51 40 +11 58
9 San Martín (SJ) 38 15 12 11 54 45 +9 57
10 Central Córdoba (R) 38 16 9 13 66 61 +5 57
11 Defensa y Justicia 38 16 9 13 56 55 +1 57
12 Defensores de Belgrano 38 15 11 12 57 43 +14 56
13 Juventud Antoniana 38 15 6 17 44 50 6 51
14 San Martín (M) 38 12 14 12 51 54 3 50
15 Los Andes 38 14 7 17 56 58 2 49
16 Platense 38 13 10 15 48 51 3 49
17 Godoy Cruz2 38 12 11 15 51 62 11 47
18 Independiente Rivadavia 38 10 14 14 41 44 3 44
19 Villa Mitre 38 12 8 18 39 54 15 44
20 Almirante Brown (A) 38 11 11 16 40 57 17 44
21 Almagro 38 11 10 17 52 56 4 43
22 Racing (C) 38 11 10 17 54 71 17 43
23 Atlético Tucumán 38 7 12 19 43 65 22 33
24 Tigre 38 5 7 26 39 72 33 22

1: 3 points deducted.

2: Already qualified to the Second Promotion Playoff by winning their zones.

Second Promotion Playoff

The Second Promotion Playoff or Torneo Reducido was played by the teams who won their respective zones in the Torneo Clausura: Arsenal (winner of Zone A), Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) (winner of Zone B) and Godoy Cruz (winner of Zone C) and the five best teams placed in the overall standings: Huracán (TA) (3º), Quilmes (4º), Atlético de Rafaela (5º), El Porvenir (6º) and Instituto (7º). The winner was promoted to Primera División.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                         
1  Arsenal 1 4 5  
17  Godoy Cruz 2 1 3  
  1  Arsenal 1 2 3  
  6  El Porvenir 0 0 0  
3  Huracán (TA) 0 0 0
6  El Porvenir 0 1 1  
  1  Arsenal 2 1 3
  2  Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 1 1 2
2  Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 0 5 5  
7  Instituto 0 2 2  
  2  Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 2 4 6
  5  Atlético de Rafaela 0 2 2  
4  Quilmes 0 2 2
5  Atlético de Rafaela 2 1 3  

Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional

The best two teams in the overall standings that weren't promoted (Huracán (TA) and Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)) played against the 18º and the 17º placed of the Relegation Table of 2001-02 Primera División.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Relegation/promotion playoff 1
Huracán (TA) 2–3 Lanús 1–2 1–1
Relegation/promotion playoff 2
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 3–4 Unión de Santa Fe 3-1 0-3

Relegation

7 teams were relegated: 2 teams with the worst co-efficient from Interior Zone, 2 teams with the worst co-efficient from Metropolitana Zone and 3 more teams regardless their affiliation.

Pos
Team 1999-00
Pts
2000–01
Pts
2001–02
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg
Situation Affiliation
1 Instituto 71 59 130 70 1.857 Indirect
2 Quilmes 63 50 62 175 96 1.823 Direct
3 Arsenal 55 44 64 163 96 1.698 Direct
4 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 47 55 64 166 100 1.66 Indirect
5 Huracán (TA) 63 63 38 1.658 Indirect
6 San Martín (SJ) 49 50 57 156 100 1.56 Indirect
7 Los Andes 63 49 112 72 1.556 Direct
8 Atlético de Rafaela 51 45 59 155 100 1.55 Indirect
9 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 50 58 108 70 1.543 Indirect
10 San Martín (M) 50 51 50 151 100 1.51 Indirect
11 Defensores de Belgrano 56 56 38 1.474 Direct
12 Defensa y Justicia 52 29 57 138 96 1.438 Direct
13 Almagro 62 40 102 72 1.417 Direct
14 Juventud Antoniana 46 43 51 140 100 1.4 Indirect
15 Almirante Brown (A) 40 50 44 134 100 1.34 Indirect
16 Godoy Cruz 43 44 47 134 100 1.34 Indirect
17 El Porvenir 50 19 59 128 96 1.333 Direct
18 Racing (C) 38 52 43 133 100 1.33 Torneo Argentino A Indirect
19 Platense 45 33 49 127 96 1.323 Primera B Metropolitana Direct
20 Central Córdoba (R) 38 31 57 126 96 1.313 Direct
21 Villa Mitre 41 43 44 128 100 1.28 Torneo Argentino A Indirect
22 Independiente Rivadavia 45 35 44 124 100 1.24 Indirect
23 Atlético Tucumán 29 43 33 105 100 1.05 Indirect
24 Tigre 45 26 22 93 96 0.969 Primera B Metropolitana Direct

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.

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