1999–2000 Primera B Nacional

The 1999–00 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 14th season of second division professional of football in Argentina. 34 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.

Primera B Nacional

Season	1999–00
Champions	Huracán (2nd divisional title)
Promoted	Huracán Los Andes Almagro
Relegated	Deportivo Español Gimnasia y Tiro Argentino (R) Deportivo Morón Aldosivi Temperley
Top goalscorer	Gastón Casas 30 goals
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Club information

Interior Zone

Club	City	Stadium
Aldosivi	Mar del Plata	José María Minella
Almirante Brown	Arrecifes	Estadio Municipal
Atlético de Rafaela	Rafaela	Nuevo Monumental
Atlético Tucumán	San Miguel de Tucumán	Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro
Cipolletti	Cipolletti	La Visera de Cemento
Gimnasia y Esgrima	Concepción del Uruguay	Manuel y Ramón Núñez
Gimnasia y Tiro	Salta	Gigante del Norte
Godoy Cruz	Mendoza	Malvinas Argentinas
Independiente Rivadavia	Mendoza	Bautista Gargantini
Juventud Antoniana	Salta	Fray Honorato Pistoia
Olimpo	Bahía Blanca	Roberto Natalio Carminatti
Racing	Córdoba	Miguel Sancho
San Martín	Mendoza	San Martín
San Martín	San Juan	Ing. Hilario Sánchez
San Martín	San Miguel de Tucumán	La Ciudadela
Villa Mitre	Bahía Blanca	El Fortín

Metropolitana Zone

Club	City	Stadium
All Boys	Floresta	Islas Malvinas
Almagro	José Ingenieros	Tres de Febrero
Argentino	Rosario	José María Olaeta
Arsenal	Sarandí	Julio H. Grondona
Banfield	Banfield	Florencio Solá
Central Córdoba	Rosario	Gabino Sosa
Defensa y Justicia	Florencio Varela	Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Deportivo Español	Parque Avellaneda	Nueva España
Deportivo Morón	Morón	Francisco Urbano
El Porvenir	Gerli	Gildo Francisco Ghersinich
Huracán	Parque Patricios	Tomás Adolfo Ducó
Los Andes	Lomas de Zamora	Eduardo Gallardón
Nueva Chicago	Mataderos	Nueva Chicago
Platense	Florida	Ciudad de Vicente López
Quilmes	Quilmes	Centenario
San Miguel	Los Polvorines	Malvinas Argentinas
Temperley	Temperley	Alfredo Beranger
Tigre	Victoria	José Dellagiovanna

Interior Zone Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético de Rafaela	30	16	3	11	42	35	+7	51	Promotion Playoff
2	San Martín (M)	30	14	8	8	45	31	+14	50
3	San Martín (SJ)	30	13	10	7	41	32	+9	49	Second Promotion Playoff
4	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	30	13	8	9	40	32	+8	47
5	Juventud Antoniana	30	14	4	12	44	43	+1	46
6	Independiente Rivadavia	30	13	6	11	52	53	−1	45
7	Godoy Cruz	30	12	7	11	42	37	+5	43
8	Villa Mitre	30	11	8	11	39	34	+5	41
9	Olimpo	30	10	11	9	42	43	−1	41
10	Gimnasia y Tiro	30	11	7	12	41	42	−1	40
11	Almirante Brown (A)	30	10	10	10	40	42	−2	40
12	Racing (C)	30	9	11	10	44	44	0	38
13	Aldosivi	30	7	10	13	38	47	−9	31
14	Atlético Tucumán	30	10	8	12	39	34	+5	29
15	San Martín (T)	30	6	10	14	25	46	−21	28
16	Cipolletti	30	5	11	14	26	45	−19	23

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Metropolitana Zone Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Huracán	34	18	10	6	71	38	+33	64	Promotion Playoff
2	Quilmes	34	17	12	5	62	42	+20	63
3	Los Andes	34	16	15	3	47	31	+16	63	Second Promotion Playoff
4	Almagro	34	17	11	6	72	42	+30	62
5	Banfield	34	18	8	8	48	28	+20	59
6	Arsenal	34	14	13	7	47	32	+15	55
7	Defensa y Justicia	34	13	13	8	47	34	+13	52
8	El Porvenir	34	13	11	10	44	31	+13	50
9	Tigre	34	12	9	13	40	37	+3	45
10	Platense	34	11	12	11	47	51	−4	45
11	Central Córdoba (R)	34	9	11	14	36	53	−17	38
12	Deportivo Español	34	9	10	15	38	57	−19	37
13	San Miguel	34	6	17	11	33	37	−4	35
14	Nueva Chicago	34	5	18	11	25	41	−16	33
15	Argentino (R)	34	7	9	18	37	55	−18	30
16	All Boys	34	6	11	17	32	59	−27	29
17	Temperley	34	4	13	17	27	55	−28	25
18	Deportivo Morón	34	3	13	18	28	58	−30	22

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Promotion Playoff

The Promotion Playoff was played by the teams placed 1st and 2nd of each zone. The winning team was declared champion and was automatically promoted to Primera División. The teams that lost in semifinal joined into the Quarterfinals of the Second Promotion Playoff, and the team that lost in the final joined in the semifinal of the Second Promotion Playoff.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Semifinals
Atlético de Rafaela	0-2	Quilmes	0–2	0–0
Semifinals
Huracán1	2–2	San Martín (M)	2-1	0-1

1: Qualified because of sport advantage.

Final

Championship playoff

17 June 2000

First leg

Quilmes	0–1	Huracán
Casas

Estadio Centenario, Quilmes

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25 June 2000

Second leg

Huracán	1–1	Quilmes
Di Carlo 89'	Report	Domínguez 46'

Estadio Tomás Ducó, Buenos Aires

Team details

Huracán Quilmes GK 1 Martín Ríos DF 4 Rodolfo Graieb DF 2 Sebastián Morquio DF 6 Dani Cáceres DF 3 Fernando Moner MF 8 Lucho González MF 5 Fabián Carrizo MF 10 Cristian Saboredo FW 7 Alberto Godoy FW 9 Gastón Casas FW 11 Derlis Soto Substitutes: FW Fernando Di Carlo  a' Manager: Carlos Babington GK 1 Gustavo Lema DF 4 Humberto Váttimos DF 2 Alejandro Baigorria DF 6 Hernán Biasotto DF 3 Martín Morello MF 8 Marcos Bartalay MF 5 Ceferino Díaz MF 10 Adrián Giampietri MF 7 Fabio Lenguita FW 9 Adrián Czornomaz FW 11 Alejandro Domínguez Manager: Ricardo Rezza

Note: Huracán won 2–1 on aggregate, promoting to Primera División

Second Promotion Playoff

The Second Promotion Playoff or Torneo Reducido was played by the teams placed 3rd to 6th of each zone. Atlético de Rafaela and San Martín (M) joined in the Quarterfinals, and Quilmes joined in the Semifinals. The winner was promoted to Primera División.

Bracket

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
								2I	San Martín (M)	2	1	3
								5M	Banfield	5	1	6
	4I	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	0	1	1
	5M	Banfield	1	1	2
															3M	Los Andes	0	2	2
															5M	Banfield	0	0	0
	3M	Los Andes	0	2	2
	6I	Independiente Rivadavia	0	0	0
								3M	Los Andes	0	1	1
								4M	Almagro	0	0	0
	4M	Almagro	3	4	7
	5I	Juventud Antoniana	4	0	4
																						2M	Quilmes	0	1	1
																						3M	Los Andes	2	1	3
								1I	Atlético de Rafaela	1	2	3
								6M	Arsenal	1	0	1
	3I	San Martín (SJ)	1	1	2
	6M	Arsenal	1	2	3
															2M	Quilmes 1	1	0	1
															1I	Atlético de Rafaela	1	0	1

1: Qualified because of sport advantage.

• Note: The team in the first line plays at home the second leg.

Match details

1999–2000 Second Promotion Playoff

8 July 2000

First leg

Los Andes	2–0	Quilmes
Ferrer Arce

Estadio Eduardo Gallardón, Lomas de Zamora

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16 July 2000

Second leg

Quilmes	1–1	Los Andes
Czornomaz 17'	Report	Pieters 82'

Estadio Centenario Ciudad de Quilmes, Quilmes

Referee: Horacio Elizondo

Team details

Quilmes Los Andes GK 1 Gustavo Lema DF 2 Alejandro Baigorria DF 3 Jorge Balanda  79' DF 6 Hernán Biasotto  45' MF 4 Humberto Váttimos MF 5 Ceferino Díaz MF 7 Fabio Lenguita MF 8 Rodrigo Braña FW 10 Adrián Giampietri FW 9 Adrián Czornomaz FW 11 Alejandro Domínguez  86' Substitutes: Marcos Barlatay  45' Cristian Quiñonez  79' Leonardo Lemos  86' Manager: Ricardo Rezza GK 1 Darío Sala DF 4 Andrés Bressán DF 6 Gabriel Lobos DF 3 Marcelo Moya MF 2 Germán Noce MF 5 Mauricio Levato MF 8 Sebastián Salomón MF 7 Juan Raúl Arce  38' FW 10 Enrique Romero FW 11 Felipe Desagastizabal  79' FW 9 Rubén Ferrer Substitutes: Fabio Pieters  38' Gabriel Caiafa  79' Manager: Jorge Ginarte

Note: Los Andes won 3–1 on aggregate, promoting to Primera División.

Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional

The best two teams of the overall standings that were not promoted (Quilmes and Almagro) played against the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 1999–2000 Primera División.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Relegation/promotion playoff 1
Almagro	2-1	Instituto	1-0	1–1
Relegation/promotion playoff 2
Quilmes	4-4	Belgrano	3-1	1-3

• Almagro was promoted to 2000–01 Primera División by winning the playoff and Instituto was relegated to the 2000–01 Primera B Nacional.
• Belgrano remains in Primera División after a 4-4 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.

Relegation

Note: Clubs with indirect affiliation with AFA are relegated to the Torneo Argentino A, while clubs directly affiliated face relegation to Primera B Metropolitana. Clubs with direct affiliation are all from Greater Buenos Aires, with the exception of Newell's, Rosario Central, Central Córdoba and Argentino de Rosario, all from Rosario, and Unión and Colón from Santa Fe.

Interior Zone

Pos	Team	1997–98 Pts	1998–99 Pts	1999–00 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Situation	Affiliation
1	Atlético de Rafaela	45	44	51	140	90	1.556		Indirect
2	Juventud Antoniana	—	46	46	92	60	1.533
3	Independiente Rivadavia	—	—	45	45	30	1.5
4	San Martín (SJ)	48	36	49	133	90	1.478
5	Atlético Tucumán	43	57	29	129	90	1.433
6	Almirante Brown (A)	45	42	40	127	90	1.411
7	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	—	37	47	84	60	1.4
8	Villa Mitre	—	—	41	41	30	1.367
9	San Martín (T)	43	51	52	121	90	1.344
10	San Martín (M)	50	57	36	116	90	1.289
11	Godoy Cruz	50	57	36	115	90	1.278
12	Racing (C)	—	—	38	38	30	1.267
13	Olimpo	29	43	41	113	90	1.256
14	Cipolletti	34	53	23	110	90	1.222
15	Gimnasia y Tiro	—	33	40	73	60	1.217	Torneo Argentino A
16	Aldosivi	36	42	31	109	90	1.211

Metropolitana Zone

Pos	Team	1997–98 Pts	1998–99 Pts	1999–00 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Situation	Affiliation
1	Huracán	—	—	64	64	34	1.882		Direct
2	Banfield	62	43	59	164	96	1.708
3	Arsenal	46	57	55	158	96	1.646
4	Quilmes	48	47	63	158	96	1.646
5	El Porvenir	—	45	50	95	66	1.439
6	Defensa y Justicia	42	44	52	138	96	1.438
7	Los Andes	48	28	63	138	96	1.438
8	Central Córdoba (R)	48	43	38	129	96	1.344
9	Tigre	—	43	45	88	66	1.333
10	Platense	—	—	45	45	34	1.324
11	All Boys	46	51	29	126	96	1.313
12	San Miguel	45	43	35	123	96	1.281
13	Almagro	22	36	62	120	96	1.25
14	Nueva Chicago	40	44	33	117	96	1.219
15	Deportivo Español	—	43	37	80	66	1.212	Primera B Metropolitana
16	Argentino (R)	—	—	30	30	34	0.882
17	Deportivo Morón	30	28	22	80	96	0.833
18	Temperley	—	—	25	25	34	0.735

See also

• 1999–2000 in Argentine football

External links

• "Argentina Second Level 1999/00". RSSSF. Retrieved 2014-05-30.