1991–92 Primera B Nacional

Primera B Nacional

Season	1991–92
Champions	Lanús (1st divisional title)
Promoted	Lanús San Martín (T)
Relegated	Deportivo Maipú San Martín (SJ) Central Córdoba (SdE)
Top goalscorer	Daniel Cardozo 26 goals
← 1990–91 1992–93 →

The 1991–92 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 6º season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 22 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.

Club information

Club	City	Stadium
Almirante Brown	Isidro Casanova	Fragata Presidente Sarmiento
Atlético de Rafaela	Rafaela	Nuevo Monumental
Atlético Tucumán	San Miguel de Tucumán	Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro
Banfield	Banfield	Florencio Solá
Central Córdoba	Rosario	Gabino Sosa
Central Córdoba	Santiago del Estero	Alfredo Terrara
Chaco For Ever	Resistencia	Juan Alberto García
Colón	Santa Fe	Brigadier General Estanislao López
Defensa y Justicia	Florencio Varela	Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Deportivo Laferrere	Gregorio de Laferrere	José Luis Sánchez
Deportivo Maipú	Maipú	Higinio Sperdutti
Deportivo Morón	Morón	Francisco Urbano
Douglas Haig	Pergamino	Miguel Morales
Instituto	Córdoba	Presidente Perón
Lanús	Lanús	Ciudad de Lanús
Nueva Chicago	Mataderos	Nueva Chicago
Racing	Córdoba	Miguel Sancho
San Martín	San Juan	Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez
San Martín	San Miguel de Tucumán	La Ciudadela
Sportivo Italiano	Ciudad Evita	Republica de Italia
Talleres	Remedios de Escalada	Talleres de Remedios de Escalada
Villa Dálmine	Campana	El Coliseo

Standings

Lanús was declared champion and was automatically promoted to Primera División, and the teams placed 2º to 10º qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff.

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1º	Lanús	57	42	21	15	6	64	34	+30
2º	Almirante Brown	52	42	19	14	9	56	38	+18
3º	Colón	52	42	20	12	10	56	42	+14
4º	San Martín (T)	51	42	18	15	9	65	49	+16
5º	Douglas Haig	50	42	16	18	8	49	39	+10
6º	Nueva Chicago	49	42	17	15	10	51	42	+9
7º	Instituto	47	42	16	15	11	47	39	+8
8º	Atlético Tucumán	46	42	16	14	12	54	41	+13
9º	Chaco For Ever	46	42	14	18	10	47	37	+10
10º	Talleres (RE)	44	42	14	16	12	45	40	+5
11º	Racing (C)	43	42	16	11	15	47	53	-6
12º	Central Córdoba (R)	42	42	14	14	14	41	43	-2
13º	Deportivo Morón	41	42	12	17	13	49	52	-3
14º	Banfield	40	42	12	16	14	48	52	-4
15º	Deportivo Laferrere	39	42	13	13	16	39	49	-10
16º	Sportivo Italiano	38	42	10	18	14	42	43	-1
17º	Defensa y Justicia	38	42	11	16	15	40	52	-12
18º	Atlético de Rafaela	35	42	8	19	15	24	43	-19
19º	San Martín (SJ)	33	42	8	17	17	26	53	-17
20º	Villa Dálmine	29	42	3	23	16	37	53	-16
21º	Deportivo Maipú	28	42	8	12	22	31	55	-24
22º	Central Córdoba (SdE)	24	42	3	18	21	20	49	-29

	Champion. Automatically Promoted to Primera División.
	Qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff Semifinals.
	Qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff Second Round.
	Qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff First Round.

Second Promotion Playoff

The Second Promotion Playoff or Torneo Reducido was played by the teams placed 2º to 10º in the overall standings: Almirante Brown (2º), who entered in the Semifinals, Colón (3º), who entered in the Second Round, San Martín (T) (4º), Douglas Haig (5º), Nueva Chicago (6º), Instituto (7º), Atlético Tucumán (8º), Chaco For Ever (9º) and Talleres (RE) (10º), the champion of Primera B Metropolitana: Ituzaingó, and Arsenal and Gimnasia y Tiro, both winners of Zonales Noroeste y Sureste from Torneo del Interior entered in the First Round.

Bracket

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
															2	Almirante Brown	1	3	4
														ZSE	Gimnasia y Tiro	0	0	0
								3	Colón	3	0	3
								ZSE	Gimnasia y Tiro	4	1	5
	5	Douglas Haig	0	2	2
	ZSE	Gimnasia y Tiro	2	2	4
																						2	Almirante Brown	0	1	1
																						4	San Martín (T)	1	1	2
	4	San Martín (T)	1	1	2
	ZNO	Arsenal	0	0	0
								4	San Martín (T)1	1	0	1
								8	Atlético Tucumán	1	0	1
	8	Atlético Tucumán	1	2	3
	9	Chaco For Ever	0	0	0
															4	San Martín (T)	0	1	1
														6	Nueva Chicago	0	0	0
	6	Nueva Chicago	3	2	5
	PBM	Ituzaingó	0	1	1
								6	Nueva Chicago	1	3	4
								7	Instituto	2	1	3
	7	Instituto	2	2	4
	10	Talleres (RE)	0	1	1

1: Qualified because of sport advantage.

• Note: The team in the first line plays at home the second leg.

Relegation

Pos	Team	1989-90 Pts	1990-91 Pts	1991-92 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Situation	Affiliation
1	Lanús	47	—	57	104	84	1.238		Direct
2	San Martín (T)	48	48	51	147	126	1.167		Indirect
3	Nueva Chicago	—	—	49	49	42	1.167		Direct
4	Douglas Haig	51	44	50	145	126	1.151		Indirect
5	Atlético Tucumán	43	52	46	141	126	1.135		Indirect
6	Chaco For Ever	—	—	46	46	42	1.095		Indirect
7	Almirante Brown	39	46	52	137	126	1.087		Direct
8	Instituto	—	44	47	91	84	1.083		Indirect
9	Banfield	46	47	40	133	126	1.056		Direct
10	Colón	45	36	52	133	126	1.056		Direct
11	Central Córdoba (R)	—	—	42	42	42	1		Direct
12	Deportivo Morón	—	43	41	84	84	1		Direct
13	Racing (C)	—	40	43	83	84	0.988	Relegation Playoff Matches	Indirect
14	Atlético de Rafaela	47	42	35	124	126	0.984		Indirect
15	Talleres (RE)	35	41	44	120	126	0.952		Direct
16	Sportivo Italiano	46	34	38	118	126	0.937		Direct
17	Deportivo Laferrere	—	39	39	78	84	0.929		Direct
18	Villa Dálmine	44	39	29	112	126	0.889		Direct
19	Defensa y Justicia	35	38	38	111	126	0.881		Direct
20	Deportivo Maipú	35	38	28	101	126	0.802	Liga Mendocina de fútbol	Indirect
21	San Martín (SJ)	—	—	33	33	42	0.786	Liga Sanjuanina de fútbol	Indirect
22	Central Córdoba (SdE)	37	33	24	94	126	0.746	Liga Santiagueña de Fútbol	Indirect

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.

Relegation Playoff Matches

Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, but if the first match was won by the team of Primera B Nacional (who also played the first leg at home), there was no need to play the second. If instead, the team from the Regional leagues wins the first leg, the second leg must be played, leg that, if its won by the team of Primera B Nacional, a third leg must be played, if the third leg finishes in a tie, the team from Primera B Nacional remains on it. This season, Racing (C) had to defend their spot in Primera B Nacional against General Paz Juniors, from the Liga Cordobesa de fútbol, and Atlético de Rafaela had to defend their spot in Primera B Nacional against 9 de Julio (R), from the Liga Rafaelina de fútbol.

Relegation Playoff 1
Home	Result	Away
Racing (C)	2–1	General Paz Juniors

• Racing (C) remains in Primera B Nacional.

Relegation Playoff 2
Home	Result	Away
Atlético de Rafaela	1–0	9 de Julio (R)

• Atletico de Rafaela remains in Primera B Nacional.

See also

• 1991–92 in Argentine football