1987–88 Primera B Nacional

Primera B Nacional
Deportivo Mandiyú, champion
Season1987–88
ChampionsDeportivo Mandiyú (1st title)
Promoted
Relegated
Top goalscorerDaniel Leani (24)

The 1987–88 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 2nd. season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 22 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División. Deportivo Mandiyú of Corrientes Province won the championship, promoting to Primera along with San Martín de Tucumán.

On the other hand, Guaraní Antonio Franco, Ferro Carril Oeste (General Pico) and Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy were relegated.[1][2]

Club information

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Club City Stadium
Almirante Brown Isidro Casanova Fragata Presidente Sarmiento
Atlético Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro
Belgrano Córdoba El Gigante de Alberdi
Central Córdoba Santiago del Estero Alfredo Terrara
Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors
Chaco For Ever Resistencia Juan Alberto García
Cipolletti Cipolletti La Visera de Cemento
Colón Santa Fe Brigadier General Estanislao López
Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Deportivo Maipú Maipú Higinio Sperdutti
Deportivo Mandiyú Corrientes José A. Romero Feris1
Douglas Haig Pergamino Miguel Morales
Ferro Carril Oeste General Pico Coloso de Barrio Talleres
Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy 23 de Agosto
Guaraní Antonio Franco Posadas Clemente Fernandez de Oliveira
Huracán Buenos Aires Tomás Adolfo Ducó
Lanús Lanús Ciudad de Lanús
Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Eduardo Gallardón
Quilmes Quilmes Centenario
Sportivo Italiano Ciudad Evita Republica de Italia
Temperley Temperley Alfredo Beranger
Tigre Victoria José Dellagiovanna

1: Property of Huracán Corrientes.

Standings

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Deportivo Mandiyú was declared champion and was automatically promoted to Primera División, and the teams placed 2nd to 10th qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Deportivo Mandiyú 42 20 18 4 54 24 +30 58 Champion, promoted to Primera División
2 Quilmes 42 20 14 8 50 34 +16 54 Qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff Semifinals
3 Cipolletti 42 19 14 9 51 31 +20 52 Qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff Second Round
4 Chaco For Ever 42 18 15 9 59 44 +15 51 Qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff First Round
5 Tigre 42 19 11 12 55 44 +11 49
6 Belgrano 42 18 13 11 50 44 +6 49
7 Huracán 42 19 10 13 54 38 +16 48
8 Colón 42 18 12 12 50 45 +5 48
9 Atlético Tucumán 42 14 17 11 57 51 +6 45
10 Douglas Haig 42 12 19 11 45 41 +4 43
11 Chacarita Juniors 42 13 17 12 42 43 −1 43
12 Central Córdoba (SdE) 42 13 16 13 57 58 −1 42
13 Sportivo Italiano 42 13 15 14 51 54 −3 41
14 Almirante Brown 42 14 12 16 51 54 −3 40
15 Deportivo Maipú 42 11 18 13 47 52 −5 40
16 Defensa y Justicia 42 11 16 15 43 35 +8 38
17 Guaraní Antonio Franco 42 13 12 17 45 47 −2 38
18 Temperley 42 11 16 15 47 51 −4 38
19 Lanús 42 11 13 18 64 69 −5 35
20 Los Andes 42 12 9 21 45 63 −18 33
21 Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) 42 6 13 23 31 67 −36 25
22 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 42 4 6 32 23 82 −59 14
Source: [citation needed]

Second Promotion Playoff

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The Second Promotion Playoff or Torneo Reducido was played by the teams placed 2nd to 10th in the overall standings: Quilmes (2nd), who entered in the Semifinals, Cipolletti (3rd) who entered in the Second Round, Chaco For Ever (4th), Tigre (5th), Belgrano (6th), Huracán (7th), Colón (8th), Atlético Tucumán (9th), Douglas Haig (10th); the champion of Primera B Metropolitana: Talleres (RE), San Martin (T) and Estación Quequén, both winners of Zonales Noroeste y Sureste from Torneo del Interior. The winner was promoted to Primera División.

1: Qualified because of sport advantage.

Final

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Torneo Reducido Final
(2nd. Promotion playoff)
First leg
San Martin (T)1–0Chaco For Ever
Noriega Report

Second leg
Chaco For Ever0–2San Martin (T)
Report Noriega 28'
J. López 69'
Estadio Juan A. García, Resistencia

Note: San Martín de Tucumán won 3–0 on aggregate, promoting to Primera División.

Relegation

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Pos
Team 1985
Pts
Ap 1986
Pts
1986–87
Pts
1987–88
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg
Situation Affiliation
1 Deportivo Mandiyú 48 58 106 84 1.262 Indirect
2 Belgrano 54 49 103 84 1.226 Indirect
3 Huracán 54 48 102 84 1.214 Direct
4 Chaco For Ever 48 51 99 84 1.179 Indirect
5 Colón1 43 21 54 48 166 144 1.153 Direct
6 Quilmes2 47 11 48 54 160 144 1.111 Direct
7 Atlético Tucumán 45 45 42 1.071 Indirect
8 Deportivo Maipú 49 40 89 84 1.06 Indirect
9 Lanús1 47 21 47 35 150 144 1.042 Direct
10 Cipolletti 35 52 87 84 1.036 Indirect
11 Tigre1 36 23 38 49 146 144 1.014 Direct
12 Defensa y Justicia1 21 43 38 102 102 1 Direct
13 Douglas Haig 41 43 84 84 1 Indirect
14 Los Andes1 47 23 40 33 143 144 0.993 Direct
15 Sportivo Italiano 41 41 42 0.976 Direct
16 Central Córdoba (SdE) 37 42 79 84 0.94 Relegation Playoff Matches Indirect
17 Almirante Brown2 31 17 45 40 133 144 0.924 Direct
18 Chacarita Juniors 34 43 77 84 0.917 Direct
19 Temperley 38 38 42 0.905 Direct
20 Guaraní Antonio Franco 35 38 73 84 0.869 Liga Posadeña de fútbol Indirect
21 Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) 36 25 61 84 0.726 Liga Pampeana de fútbol Indirect
22 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 34 14 48 84 0.571 Liga Jujeña de Fútbol Indirect

1: They kept the points earned in previous editions of the Primera B Metropolitana, although the category was new. 2: Despite they were promoted to play this season the points earned in previous editions of the Primera B Metropolitana were used to calculate averages, plus those achieved in the previous two tournaments.

Note: Clubs with indirect affiliation with AFA are relegated to their respective league of his province according to the Argentine football league system, 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.

Relegation Playoff Matches

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Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. This season, Central Córdoba (SdE) had to play against Güemes (SdE) from the Liga Santiagueña de Fútbol.

Top scorers

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Rank. Player Club Goals
1
Argentina Daniel Leani Quilmes
24
2
Argentina Mario Noremberg Chaco For Ever
18
Argentina Marcelo Reggiardo Almirante Brown
3
Argentina Raúl Aredes Atlético Tucumán
17

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Argentina Second Level 1987/88 by Pablo Ciullini on the RSSSF
  2. ^ "Argentina: AFA 1ra. "B" Nacional 1987/88" by José Carluccio, 24 August 2011