2005–06 Primera B Nacional


The 2005–06 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 20th season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.

Club information

ClubCityStadium
AldosiviMar del PlataJosé María Minella
AlmagroJosé IngenierosTres de Febrero
Atlético de RafaelaRafaelaNuevo Monumental
BelgranoCórdobaEl Gigante de Alberdi
Ben HurRafaelaParque Barrio Ilolay
CAIComodoro RivadaviaMunicipal de Comodoro Rivadavia
Chacarita JuniorsVilla MaipúChacarita Juniors
Defensa y JusticiaFlorencio VarelaNorberto "Tito" Tomaghello
El PorvenirGerliGildo Francisco Ghersinich
Ferro Carril OesteCaballitoArq. Ricardo Etcheverry
Godoy CruzMendozaMalvinas Argentinas
HuracánParque PatriciosTomás Adolfo Ducó
HuracánTres ArroyosRoberto Lorenzo Bottino
Juventud AntonianaSaltaFray Honorato Pistoia
Nueva ChicagoMataderosNueva Chicago
San MartínMendozaSan Martín
San MartínSan JuanIng. Hilario Sánchez
TalleresCórdobaEstadio La Boutique
TigreVictoriaJosé Dellagiovanna
UniónSanta Fe15 de Abril

Torneo Apertura Standings

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Torneo Clausura Standings

Overall Standings

Promotion Playoff

This leg was played between the Apertura Winner: Godoy Cruz; and the Clausura Winner: Nueva Chicago. The winning team was declared champion and was automatically promoted to 2006–07 Primera División and the losing team played the Second Promotion Playoff.
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Second Promotion Playoff

This leg was played by Nueva Chicago, the losing team of the Promotion Playoff, and Belgrano, who was the best team in the overall standings under the champions. The winning team was promoted to 2006–07 Primera División and the losing team played the Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional.
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Torneo Reducido

It was played by the teams placed 3rd, 4th 5th and 6th in the Overall Standings: Chacarita Juniors, Huracán, San Martín and Talleres . The winning team played the Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional.

Semifinals

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Final

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Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional

The Second Promotion playoff loser and the Torneo Reducido Winner played against the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 2005–06 Primera División.
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2
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.

Relegation Playoff Matches

!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2