1992–93 Primera B Nacional

Primera B Nacional

Season	1992–93
Champions	Banfield (1st divisional title)
Promoted	Banfield Gimnasia y Tiro
Relegated	Racing (C) Defensa y Justicia Villa Dálmine
Top goalscorer	Miguel Amaya 21 goals
← 1991-92 1993-94 →

The 1992-93 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 7º 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
Arsenal	Sarandí	Julio H. Grondona
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
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 Morón	Morón	Francisco Urbano
Douglas Haig	Pergamino	Miguel Morales
Gimnasia y Tiro	Salta	Gigante del Norte
Instituto	Córdoba	Presidente Perón
Ituzaingó	Ituzaingó	Ituzaingó
Nueva Chicago	Mataderos	Nueva Chicago
Quilmes	Quilmes	Centenario
Racing	Córdoba	Miguel Sancho
Sportivo Italiano	Ciudad Evita	Republica de Italia
Talleres	Remedios de Escalada	Talleres de Remedios de Escalada
Unión	Santa Fe	15 de Abril
Villa Dálmine	Campana	El Coliseo

Standings

Banfield after a tiebreaker playoff was declared champion and was automatically promoted to Primera División, and the teams placed 2º to 8º qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff.

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1º	Banfield	56	42	23	10	9	77	40	+37
2º	Colón	56	42	20	16	6	59	42	+17
3º	Gimnasia y Tiro	51	42	20	11	11	63	39	+24
4º	Sportivo Italiano	48	42	17	14	11	65	49	+16
5º	Central Córdoba (R)	46	42	17	12	13	54	50	+4
6º	Arsenal	45	42	12	21	9	38	31	+7
7º	Quilmes	45	42	11	23	8	43	37	+6
8º	Almirante Brown	45	42	16	13	13	42	47	-5
9º	Nueva Chicago	44	42	17	10	15	46	48	-2
10º	Unión	43	42	13	17	12	61	49	+12
11º	Atlético de Rafaela	43	42	12	19	11	44	39	+5
12º	Atlético Tucumán	42	42	13	16	13	47	43	+4
13º	Chaco For Ever	41	42	13	15	14	46	43	+2
14º	Talleres (RE)	41	42	11	19	12	40	47	-7
15º	Instituto	41	42	10	21	11	46	55	-9
16º	Deportivo Laferrere	40	42	11	18	13	35	41	-6
17º	Ituzaingó	38	42	10	18	14	35	51	-16
18º	Deportivo Morón	35	42	8	19	15	39	47	-8
19º	Douglas Haig	34	42	9	16	17	39	51	-12
20º	Defensa y Justicia	33	42	10	13	19	46	54	-8
21º	Villa Dálmine	29	42	6	17	19	22	57	-35
22º	Racing (C)	28	42	5	18	19	37	64	-27

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

Tiebreaker Playoff

As Banfield and Colón finished the season tied in 56 points, was necessary to play a tiebreaker to see which team was crowned as Champion and which team had to play the Second Promotion Playoff. The match was played on June 26 in Córdoba.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Banfield	0–0 (5-4 p)	Colón

Second Promotion Playoff

The Second Promotion Playoff or Torneo Reducido was played by the teams placed 2º to 8º in the overall standings: Colón (2º), Gimnasia y Tiro (3º), Sportivo Italiano (4º), Central Córdoba (R) (5º), Arsenal (6º), Quilmes (7º) and Almirante Brown (8º), and the champion of Primera B Metropolitana: All Boys. The winning team was promoted to Primera División.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	3	Gimnasia y Tiro	1	4	5
	8	Almirante Brown	1	0	1
								3	Gimnasia y Tiro	2	1	3
								4	Sportivo Italiano	2	0	2
	4	Sportivo Italiano	0	1	1
	7	Quilmes	0	0	0
															3	Gimnasia y Tiro	2	3	5
														5	Central Córdoba (R)	0	2	2
	2	Colón	1	1	2
	PBM	All Boys	0	1	1
								2	Colón	2	0	2
								5	Central Córdoba (R)	1	3	4
	5	Central Córdoba (R)	1	2	3
	6	Arsenal	1	0	1

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

Relegation

Pos	Team	1990-91 Pts	1991-92 Pts	1992-93 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Situation	Affiliation
1	Gimnasia y Tiro	—	—	51	51	42	1.214		Indirect
2	Quilmes	54	—	45	99	84	1.179		Direct
3	Colón	36	52	56	144	126	1.143		Direct
4	Almirante Brown	46	52	45	143	126	1.135		Direct
5	Banfield	47	40	56	143	126	1.135		Direct
6	Atlético Tucumán	52	46	42	140	126	1.111		Indirect
7	Nueva Chicago	—	49	44	93	84	1.107		Direct
8	Arsenal	—	—	45	45	42	1.071		Direct
9	Instituto	44	47	41	132	126	1.048		Indirect
10	Central Córdoba (R)	—	42	46	88	84	1.048		Direct
11	Chaco For Ever	—	46	41	87	84	1.036		Indirect
12	Unión	—	—	43	43	42	1.024		Direct
13	Douglas Haig	44	50	34	128	126	1.016		Indirect
14	Talleres (RE)	41	44	31	126	126	1		Direct
15	Atlético de Rafaela	42	35	43	120	126	0.952		Indirect
16	Sportivo Italiano	34	38	48	120	126	0.952		Direct
17	Deportivo Morón	43	41	35	119	126	0.944		Direct
18	Deportivo Laferrere	39	39	40	118	126	0.937		Direct
19	Ituzaingó	—	—	38	38	42	0.905		Direct
20	Racing (C)	40	43	28	111	126	0.881	Liga Cordobesa de fútbol	Indirect
21	Defensa y Justicia	38	38	33	109	126	0.865	Primera B Metropolitana	Direct
22	Villa Dálmine	39	29	29	97	126	0.77		Direct

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.

See also

• 1992–93 in Argentine football