Primera B Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English National B Division) is the second most important category of Argentine football (soccer), and it's organized by the Argentine Football Association.

It is played by teams from all over the country. Clubs from Buenos Aires surroundings, as well as some from Santa Fe province, qualify via the Primera B Metropolitana (Metropolitan B Division) while teams from the other provinces can reach the second division tournament via the Torneo Argentino A (Argentine A Tourney). According to the league system of Argentine football, Nacional B is the second-highest league, which two best team are automatically promoted to Primera División Argentina while 3rd and 4th ranked teams played promotion/relegation playoffs against the 17th/18th Primera Division teams.

Contents 1 2009-10 Teams 2 Champions 2.1 Amateur (1899 - 1910) 2.2 División Intermedia (1911 - 1926) 2.3 Primera B (1927 - 1932) 2.4 Segunda División (1933 - 1948) 2.5 División B (1949 - 1968) 2.6 Nacional B (1986 - Present) 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] 2009-10 Teams

Aldosivi All Boys Atlético de Rafaela Belgrano de Córdoba Boca Unidos C.A.I Defensa y Justicia Deportivo Merlo Ferro Carril Oeste Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy

Instituto Independiente Rivadavia Olimpo de Bahía Blanca Platense Quilmes San Martín de San Juan San Martín de Tucumán Sportivo Italiano Tiro Federal Unión de Santa Fe

[edit] Champions

[edit] Amateur (1899 - 1910)

Season	Winner
1899	Bánfield
1900	Bánfield
1901	Barracas Athletic
1902	Belgrano Athletic II
1903	Barracas Athletic II
1904	Barracas Athletic II
1905	América
1906	Estudiantes (BA) II
1907	Nacional
1908	River Plate
1909	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires
1910	Racing Club

[edit] División Intermedia (1911 - 1926)

Season	Winner
1911	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
1912 AAF	Ferro Carril Oeste
1912 FAF	Tigre
1913 AAF	Huracán
1913 FAF	Floresta
1914 AAF	Honor y Patria
1914 FAF	Defensores de Belgrano
1915	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
1916	Sportivo Barracas
1917	Defensores de Belgrano
1918	Eureka
1919 AAF	Bánfield
1920 AAm	Barracas Central
1920 AAF	El Porvenir
1920 AAm	General Mitre
1921 AAF	Sportivo Dock Sud
1921 AAm	Palermo
1922 AAF	Boca Juniors II
1922 AAm	Argentino del Sud
1923 AAF	Boca Juniors II
1923 AAm	Liberal Argentino
1924 AAF	Chacarita Juniors
1924 AAm	Excursionistas
1925 AAF	Sportivo Balcarce
1925 AAm	Talleres de Remedios de Escalada
1926 AAF	Nacional (Androgué)
1926 AAm	Honor y Patria

[edit] Primera B (1927 - 1932)

Season	Winner
1927	El Porvenir
1928	Colegiales
1929	Honor y Patria
1930	Nueva Chicago
1931 AAF	Liberal Argentino
1931 LAF	No final
1932 AAF	Sportivo Dock Sud
1932 LAF	No final

[edit] Segunda División (1933 - 1948)

Season	Winner
1933 AAF	Ramsar
1933 LAF	No final
1934 AAF	Bella Vista
1934 LAF	River Plate II
1935	Estudiantes de La Plata II
1936	Boca Juniors II
1937	Almagro
1938	Argentino de Quilmes
1939	Bánfield
1940	Argentinos Juniors
1941	Chacarita Juniors
1942	Rosario Central
1943	Vélez Sársfield
1944	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
1945	Tigre
1946	Bánfield
1947	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
1948	Argentinos Juniors *(Abandoned because of players' strike)

[edit] División B (1949 - 1968)

Season	Winner
1949	Quilmes
1950	Lanús
1951	Rosario Central
1952	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
1953	Tigre
1954	Estudiantes de La Plata
1955	Argentinos Juniors
1956	Atlanta
1957	Central Córdoba
1958	Ferro Carril Oeste
1959	Chacarita Juniors
1960	Los Andes
1961	Quilmes
1962	Bánfield
1963	Ferro Carril Oeste
1964	Lanús
1965	Colón
1966	Unión
1967	Defensores de Belgrano
1968	Almagro
1969	Ferro Carril Oeste
1970	Ferro Carril Oeste
1971	Lanús
1972	All Boys
1973	Bánfield
1974	Temperley
1975	Quilmes
1976	Platense (first round)
1976	Lanús (final)
1977	Estudiantes (BA)
1978	Ferro Carril Oeste
1979	Tigre
1980	Sarmiento
1981	Nueva Chicago
1982	San Lorenzo de Almagro
1983	Atlanta
1984	Deportivo Español
1985	Rosario Central
1986	Deportivo Italiano (re-Qualification tournament)

[edit] Nacional B (1986 - Present)

Season	Champion	Also promoted
1986-87	Deportivo Armenio	Bánfield
1987-88	Deportivo Mandiyú	San Martín de Tucumán
1988-89	Chaco For Ever	Unión
1989-90	Huracán	Lanús
1990-91	Quilmes	Belgrano
1991-92	Lanús	San Martín de Tucumán
1992-93	Bánfield	Gimnasia y Tiro
1993-94	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy	Talleres
1994-95	Estudiantes de La Plata	Colón
1995-96	Huracán de Corrientes	Unión
1996-97	Argentinos Juniors	Gimnasia y Tiro
1997-98	Talleres	Belgrano
1998-99	Instituto	Chacarita Juniors
1999-00	Huracán	Los Andes Almagro
2000-01	Bánfield	Nueva Chicago
2001-02	Olimpo	Arsenal
2002A	Atlético de Rafaela
2003C	Atlético de Rafaela
2003A	Instituto
2004C	Almagro
2004A	Tiro Federal
2005C	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy
2005A	Godoy Cruz
2006C	Nueva Chicago
2006A	Olimpo
2007C	Olimpo
2007-08A	San Martín de Tucumán	Godoy Cruz
2008-09C	Atlético Tucumán	Chacarita Juniors

[edit] See also

• Argentine football league system
• List of football clubs in Argentina

[edit] External links

• List of Argentine second division champions by RSSSF

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