The 2008–09 Argentine

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (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 38 team ...

was the 23rd season of second division professional of

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

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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 2008–09 Primera División. , - !colspan="5", Relegation/promotion playoff 1 , - !colspan="5", Relegation/promotion playoff 2 *Gimnasia de La Plata (LP) remains in Primera División after a 3-3 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. *Rosario Central remains in Primera División by winning the playoff.

Relegation

Note: Clubs with indirect affiliation with AFA are relegated to the

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, 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

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, with the exception of Newell's,

Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central (), more commonly referred to as Rosario Central, or simply Central, is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on 24 December 1889, ...

, Central Córdoba and Argentino de Rosario, all from

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, 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.

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) , - * Deportivo Merlo was promoted to 2009–10 Primera B Nacional by winning the playoff and Los Andes was relegated to the 2009–10 Primera B Metropolitana. * CAI remained in the

by winning the playoff.

Season statistics

Top scorers

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2008-09 Primera B Nacional 2008–09 in Argentine football Primera B Nacional seasons