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
Argentine
Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...
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
See also
* 2016–17 Argentine Primera División
* 2016–17 Torneo Federal A
* 2015–16 Copa Argentina
References
External links
soccerway.com
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Primera B Nacional seasons
2016–17 in Argentine football leagues