The 2011–12 Argentine

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 tea ...

was the 26th season of second division professional of football in

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. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to

Argentine Primera División The Primera División (; en, "First Division"), known officialy as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). T ...

Club information

Standings

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 2011–12 Primera División. , - !colspan="5", Relegation/promotion playoff 1 , - !colspan="5", Relegation/promotion playoff 2 *San Martín (SJ) remained in the Primera División after a 0-0 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. *San Lorenzo remained in the Primera División by winning the playoff.

Results

Relegation

Clubs with an indirect affiliation with

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are relegated to the

Torneo Argentino A The Torneo Argentino A (in English "Argentine A Tournament") was one of the two leagues that formed the regionalised third level of the Argentine football league system. Clubs in the Torneo Argentino have indirect membership in AFA, while clubs ...

, while clubs directly affiliated face relegation to

Primera B Metropolitana Primera B Metropolitana is one of two professional leagues that form the third level of the Argentine football league system. The division is made up of 17 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, Greater Buenos Aires. ...

. Clubs with direct affiliation are all from

Greater Buenos Aires Greater Buenos Aires ( es, Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area ( es, Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, AMBA), refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the adj ...

, with the exception of

Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the English ...

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Football in Argentina, ...

, Central Córdoba and

Argentino de Rosario Club Atlético Argentino, commonly known as Argentino de Rosario, is an Argentine football club from the city of Rosario, Santa Fe. The team currently plays in Primera D Metropolitana, the regionalised fifth division of the Argentine football lea ...

, all from

Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous city in the country, and is also the most po ...

, 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

and

's "Reducido" (reduced tournaments) champions. The Reducidos are played after those leagues' champions are known. Updated to games played on June 23, 2012.

Relegation Playoff Legs

, - !colspan="5", Relegation/promotion playoff 1 (Direct affiliation vs. Primera B Metropolitana) , - !colspan="5", Relegation/promotion playoff 2 (Indirect affiliation vs. Torneo Argentino A) *Nueva Chicago was promoted to

2012–13 Primera B Nacional The 2012–13 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 27th season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion, runner-up and third-placed team were promoted to Argentine Primera División. Clu ...

by winning the playoff and Chacarita Juniors was relegated to 2012–13 Primera B Metropolitana. *Crucero del Norte was promoted to

by winning the playoff and Guillermo Brown was relegated to 2012–13 Torneo Argentino A.

Season statistics

Top scorers

References

External links

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