The 2016–17 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 32nd season of the

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second division. The season began in August 2016 and ended in July 2017. Twenty-three teams competed in the league, twenty returning from the 2016 season, one team that was relegated from Primera División and two teams promoted from Federal A and B Metropolitana.

Competition format

The league's format changed from the previous season. Twenty-three teams which played each other twice for a total of forty-four matches each. The Champion and the runner-up earned promotion to the Primera División. Four teams were relegated at the end of the season.Reglamento Primera B Nacional 2016–17

Club information

League table

Results

Relegation

The bottom four teams of this table were relegated. In the Primera B Nacional, clubs with an indirect affiliation with

Argentine Football Association The Argentine Football Association (, ; AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires. It organises the main divisions of Argentine football league system, Argentine league system (from Argentine Primera División, Pri ...

are relegated to the Torneo Federal A, while clubs directly affiliated are relegated to Primera B Metropolitana. Source
AFA

Season statistics

Top scorers

References

External links

soccerway.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:2016-17 Primera B Nacional Primera B Nacional seasons 2016–17 in Argentine football leagues