Primera B Metropolitana

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Primera B Metropolitana
Country Argentina
Confederation CONMEBOL
Founded 1899; 125 years ago (1899) [1]
Number of teams 20
Level on pyramid 3
Promotion to Primera B Nacional
Relegation to Primera C
Domestic cup(s) Copa Argentina
Current champions Brown (A)
(2015)
Most championships Banfield
Ferro
(7 titles each)
TV partners TyC Sports
Website Officlal webpage
2016 Primera B Metropolitana

Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Federal A.

Originally created as the second division, it became the third level after a restructuring of the system in 1985 that ended with the creation of Primera B Nacional, set as the second division since then.

Primera B is made up of 20 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, Greater Buenos Aires.

Format

Primera B Metropolitana is currently organized so, during the course of a season, each club plays the others twice (a double round robin system), once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents.

The team that gets the most points at the end of the season is recognized as the Primera B champion and is automatically promoted to Primera B Nacional. The teams that hold the second to fifth positions have the chance to enter the Torneo Reducido (small tournament) whose winner will be promoted.

The teams with the 2 lowest aggregate points total in Primera B Metropolitana are relegated to Primera C.

History

Established in 1899, the Primera B (originally named "Segunda División") was the first second division championship in Argentine football. Some of the teams participating were youth or reserve teams of Primera División clubs. Since 1906, a promotion and relegation system was established. Porteño would be the first club to achieve promotion under those rules.

In 1911, the Association created the "División Intermedia" as a second level of Argentine football pyramid, therefore the Segunda División became the third division of the system. Three years later, San Lorenzo de Almagro promoted to Primera División after beating Honor y Patria. Tournaments organised by dissident Asociación Amateurs (AAm) were named "Extra". When both associations, AAm and AFA merged in 1926, from the 1927 season, the Segunda División was set as the second level, and Intermedia the third.[2]

In 1986 the Argentine Association created the Primera B Nacional with the purpose of allowing clubs throughout Argentina to play official competitions. Primera B Nacional became the second division of Argentine football while Primera B was set as the third division, being also renamed "Primera B Metropolitana" due to it was contested by teams from the Buenos Aires metropolitan area (including Greater Buenos Aires).

Primera B Metropolitana has received several names since its inception in 1899 as the second division of Argentine football. They were:

Year Name Level
1899-1910 Segunda División
1911-1926 [lower-alpha 1]
1927-1985 Primera División B [lower-alpha 2]
1986- Primera B Metropolitana [lower-alpha 3]

Current teams (2016 season)

Club City/Neighborhood Area Stadium
Acassuso Boulogne Sur Mer Greater Buenos Aires La Quema
Almirante Brown Isidro Casanova Greater Buenos Aires Fragata Pte. Sarmiento
Deportivo Armenio Ingeniero Maschwitz Greater Buenos Aires República de Armenia
Atlanta Villa Crespo Buenos Aires León Kolbovski
Barracas Central Barracas Buenos Aires Barracas Central
Colegiales Munro Greater Buenos Aires Libertarios Unidos
Comunicaciones Agronomía Buenos Aires Alfredo Ramos
Deportivo Riestra Flores Buenos Aires Guillermo Laza
Deportivo Español Parque Avellaneda Buenos Aires Nueva España
Estudiantes (BA) Caseros Greater Buenos Aires Ciudad de Caseros
Fénix Pilar Buenos Aires Province Carlos Barraza
Flandria Jáuregui Buenos Aires Province Carlos V
Defensores de Belgrano Belgrano Buenos Aires Juan Pasquale
Deportivo Morón Morón Greater Buenos Aires Francisco Urbano
Villa San Carlos Berisso Greater Buenos Aires Genacio Sálice
Platense Florida Greater Buenos Aires Ciudad de Vicente López
San Telmo Dock Sud Greater Buenos Aires Osvaldo Baletto
Talleres (BA) Remedios de Escalada Greater Buenos Aires Estadio de Talleres
Tristán Suárez Tristán Suárez Greater Buenos Aires 20 de Octubre
UAI Urquiza Villa Lynch Greater Buenos Aires Monumental de Villa Lynch

List of champions

The tournament has received different names since its first edition in 1899, such as "Segunda División" (1899-1926), "Primera División B" (or simply "Primera B", since 1927).

After the restructuring of the Argentine football league system in 1985, the tournament became the third division, chaging its name to "Primera B Metropolitana" to set a difference with Primera B Nacional.[1][3]

Season Champion Runner-up Third Place
1899 Banfield English High School [lower-alpha 4]
1900 Banfield [lower-alpha 5]
1901 Barracas Athletic
1902 Belgrano A.C. II [lower-alpha 5]
1903 Barracas Athletic II [lower-alpha 5]
1904 Barracas Athletic II [lower-alpha 5]
1905 América
1906 Estudiantes (BA) II [lower-alpha 5]
1907 Nacional A
1908 River Plate
1909 Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)
1910 Racing
1911 Riachuelo B
1912 Banfield
1912 FAF [lower-alpha 6] Tigre
1913 Ferro Carril Oeste
1913 FAF Estudiantes (LP) III [lower-alpha 5]
1914 San Lorenzo
1914 FAF Tigre Juniors [lower-alpha 5]
1915 Martínez
1916 Huracán III [lower-alpha 5]
1917 Sportivo Palermo
1918 San Fernando
1919 El Porvenir
1919 AAm [lower-alpha 7] Sportivo Barracas III [lower-alpha 5]
1920 Sportivo Avellaneda
1920 AAm Oriente del Sud
1921 Huracán III
1921 AAm Villa Crespo
1922 Central Argentino
1922 AAm Nacional (A)
1923 Bristol
1923 AAm Acassuso
1924 Leandro N. Alem
1924 AAm Racing Club III [lower-alpha 5]
1925 Sportivo Balcarce
1925 AAm Perla del Plata
1926 Libertad
1926 AAm Racing Club III [lower-alpha 5]
1927 El Porvenir
1928 Colegiales
1929 Honor y Patria (Bernal)
1930 Nueva Chicago
1931 Liberal Argentino
1931 LAF [lower-alpha 8]
(Not held)
1932 Dock Sud
1932 LAF
(Not held)
1933 Ramsar
1933 LAF
(Not held)
1934 Bella Vista
1934 LAF River Plate II [lower-alpha 5] San Lorenzo II [lower-alpha 5] Boca Juniors II [lower-alpha 5]
1935 Estudiantes (LP) II [lower-alpha 5] Independiente II [lower-alpha 5] River Plate II [lower-alpha 5]
1936 Boca Juniors II [lower-alpha 5] San Lorenzo II [lower-alpha 5] River Plate II [lower-alpha 5]
1937 Almagro Excursionistas El Porvenir
1938 Argentino (Q) Quilmes All Boys
1939 Banfield All Boys Barracas Central
1940 Argentinos Juniors Acasusso Temperley
1941 Chacarita Juniors Colegiales Almagro
1942 Rosario Central Excursionistas Vélez Sarsfield
1943 Vélez Sarsfield Unión Temperley
1944 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Tigre Almagro
1945 Tigre Argentino (R) Temperley
1946 Banfield Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Argentinos Juniors
1947 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Quilmes Ferro Carril Oeste
1948
(Abandoned due to players strike)
1949 Quilmes Colón Unión
1950 Lanús Colón Dock Sud
1951 Rosario Central Colón Almagro
1952 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Tigre Colón
1953 Tigre Atlanta Unión
1954 Estudiantes (LP) Argentinos Juniors Colón
1955 Argentinos Juniors Unión Talleres (RE)
1956 Atlanta Central Córdoba (R) Banfield
1957 Central Córdoba (R) Platense Unión
1958 Ferro Carril Oeste Nueva Chicago Chacarita Juniors
1959 Chacarita Juniors Quilmes Unión
1960 Los Andes Tigre Banfield
1961 Quilmes Banfield Nueva Chicago
1962 Banfield Platense Deportivo Español
1963 Ferro Carril Oeste Sarmiento (J) Unión
1964 Lanús Platense All Boys
1965 Colón Quilmes Deportivo Morón
1966 Unión Argentino (Q) Deportivo Morón
1967 Defensores de Belgrano Tigre Almagro,[lower-alpha 9] Los Andes [lower-alpha 9]
1968 Almagro Nueva Chicago Unión
1969 Ferro Carril Oeste San Telmo Arsenal
1970 Ferro Carril Oeste Almirante Brown Arsenal
1971 Lanús Arsenal San Telmo
1972 All Boys Almirante Brown Nueva Chicago
1973 Banfield Temperley Quilmes
1974 Temperley Unión Estudiantes (LP)
1975 Quilmes San Telmo Lanús
1976 I [lower-alpha 10] Platense Lanús Almagro
1976 II [lower-alpha 10] Lanús Almirante Brown Los Andes
1977 Estudiantes (BA) Los Andes Deportivo Armenio
1978 Ferro Carril Oeste Almirante Brown Los Andes
1979 Tigre Sportivo Italiano Banfield
1980 Sarmiento (J) Atlanta Nueva Chicago
1981 Nueva Chicago Quilmes Banfield
1982 San Lorenzo Atlanta Temperley
1983 Atlanta Chacarita Juniors Los Andes
1984 Deportivo Español Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Racing
1985 Rosario Central Racing Atlanta
1986–87 Quilmes Almirante Brown Arsenal,[lower-alpha 9]
Estudiantes (BA) [lower-alpha 9]
1987–88 Talleres (RE) Almagro Deportivo Morón,[lower-alpha 9]
Nueva Chicago [lower-alpha 9]
1988–89 Villa Dálmine Argentino (R) Central Córdoba (R)
1989–90 Deportivo Morón Atlanta Deportivo Laferrere
1990–91 Central Córdoba Almagro Nueva Chicago
1991–92 Ituzaingó Los Andes Sarmiento (J)
1992–93 All Boys Sarmiento (J) Chacarita Juniors
1993–94 Chacarita Juniors Los Andes Deportivo Armenio
1994–95 Atlanta Tigre Argentino (R)
1995–96 Sportivo Italiano Estudiantes (BA) Almagro
1996–97 Defensa y Justicia San Miguel Dock Sud
1997–98 El Porvenir Tigre Argentino (R)
1998–99 Argentino (R) Temperley Defensores de Belgrano
1999–00 Estudiantes (BA) Sarmiento (J) Brown (A),[lower-alpha 9] Colegiales [lower-alpha 9]
2000–01 Defensores de Belgrano Temperley Sarmiento (J) [lower-alpha 9]
San Telmo [lower-alpha 9]
2001–02 Deportivo Español Ferro Carril Oeste Brown,[lower-alpha 9] Estudiantes (BA) [lower-alpha 9]
2002–03 Ferro Carril Oeste All Boys Central Córdoba (R)
2003–04 Sarmiento (J) Atlanta Tristán Suárez
2004–05 Tigre Platense Tristán Suárez
2005–06 Platense Deportivo Morón Central Córdoba (R)
2006–07 Almirante Brown Estudiantes (BA) Deportivo Morón
2007–08 All Boys Los Andes Sportivo Italiano
2008–09 Sportivo Italiano Deportivo Merlo Defensores de Belgrano
2009–10 Almirante Brown Sarmiento Tristán Suárez
2010–11 Atlanta Estudiantes (BA) Defensores de Belgrano
2011–12 Sarmiento (J) Nueva Chicago Acassuso
2012–13 Villa San Carlos Platense Atlanta
2013–14 Nueva Chicago Temperley Platense
2014 Chacarita Juniors Los Andes Villa Dálmine
2015 Brown (A) Estudiantes (BA) Defensores de Belgrano

Titles by club

Club Titles Winning years
Banfield 7 1899, 1900, 1912, 1939, 1946, 1962, 1973
Ferro Carril Oeste 7 1913, 1958, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1978, 2002–03
Tigre 5 1912 FAF,[lower-alpha 11] 1945, 1953, 1979, 2004–05
Chacarita Juniors 4 1941, 1959, 1993–94, 2014
Defensores de Belgrano 4 1914 FAF, 1917, 1967, 2000–01
Quilmes 4 1949, 1961, 1975, 1986–87
Lanús 4 1950, 1964, 1971, 1976
Barracas Athletic 3 1901, 1903, 1904
Estudiantes (BA) 3 1906, 1977, 1999-2000
Estudiantes (LP) 3 1913 FAF, 1935, 1954
El Porvenir 3 1920, 1927, 1997–98
Nueva Chicago 3 1930, 1981, 2013–14
Atlanta 3 1956, 1983, 2010–11
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 3 1944, 1947, 1952
All Boys 3 1972, 1992–93, 2007–08
Rosario Central 3 1942, 1951, 1985
Nacional (Adrogué) 2 1907, 1922 AAm
San Lorenzo 2 1914, 1982
Huracán III [lower-alpha 5] 2 1916, 1921
Racing III [lower-alpha 5] 2 1924 AAm, 1926 AAm
Talleres (RE) 2 1925 AAm, 1987–88
Almagro 2 1937, 1968
Argentinos Juniors 2 1940, 1955
Central Córdoba (R) 2 1957, 1990–91
Platense 2 1976, 2005–06
Sarmiento (J) 2 1980, 2011–12
Deportivo Español 2 1984, 2001–02
Almirante Brown 2 2006-07, 2009–10
River Plate 1 1908
Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) 1 1909
Racing 1 1910
Riachuelo B [lower-alpha 12] 1 1911
Floresta 1 1913 FAF
Tigre Juniors 1 1914 FAF
Sportivo Palermo 1 1917
San Fernando 1 1918
Sportivo Barracas III [lower-alpha 5] 1 1919 AAm
Palermo 1 1921 AAm
Argentino del Sud 1 1922 AAm
Excursionistas 1 1924 AAm
Sportivo Balcarce 1 1925
Perla del Plata 1 1925 AAm
Colegiales 1 1928
Honor y Patria (Bernal) 1 1929
Ramsar 1 1933
Bella Vista 1 1934
River Plate II [lower-alpha 5] 1 1934 LAF
Boca Juniors II [lower-alpha 5] 1 1936
Argentino (Q) 1 1938
Vélez Sarsfield 1 1943
Los Andes 1 1960
Colón 1 1965
Unión 1 1966
Temperley 1 1974
Deportivo Morón 1 1989-90
Liberal Argentino 1 1931
Dock Sud 1 1932
Argentino (R) 1 1998-99
Sportivo Italiano 1 2008-09
Villa San Carlos 1 2012-13
Brown (A) 1 2015

Notes

  1. With the creation of "División Intermedia" in 1911, the Primera B (Segunda División) became the 3° level of Argentine football.
  2. Some referred to this era with several names, with few variations.
  3. Became the third level when Primera B Nacional was created as the second division of Argentine football league system.
  4. Then renamed "Alumni AC", in 1901.
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 Reserve teams of Primera División clubs which took part of the championship along with the clubs from the Second Division.
  6. The Federación Argentina de Football (FAF) was a rival association that organized its own championships from 1912 to 1914.
  7. The Asociación Amateurs de Football (Aam) was a rival association that organized its own championships from 1919 to 1926.
  8. The Liga Argentina de Football (LAF) was a dissident professional association that organized its own championships from 1931 to 1934, when it merged the official body (AFA).
  9. 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 Both teams shared the third position.
  10. 10.0 10.1 In 1976 two tournaments were disputed, proclaiming one champion each. Both titles were official.
  11. The Federación Argentina de Football (FAF) was a rival amateur association that organized its own championships from 1912 to 1914
  12. Probably a reserve team, due to its name "B", commonly used to denominate minor teams.

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