2011–12 Primera B Metropolitana

The 2011-12 Argentine Primera B Metropolitana was the 113th. season of Primera B Metropolitana, the third division of the Argentine football league system. The season began on 5 August 2011 and ended on 25 May 2012. A total of 21 clubs participated in the competition.^[1]

Primera B Metropolitana

Season	2011–12
Champions	Sarmiento (J)
Promoted	Sarmiento (J) Nueva Chicago
Relegated	Sportivo Italiano General Lamadrid
Matches played	430
Goals scored	912 (2.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ángel Vildozo (21)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Sarmiento de Junín won their 3rd. Primera B Metro title promoting to Primera Nacional. Nueva Chicago was the 2nd. team promoted to the upper division after defeating Chacarita Juniors in the promotion playoff.^[2]

On the other hand, Sportivo Italiano and General Lamadrid were relegated to Primera C.^[1]

Club information

Club	City	Province	Stadium
Acassuso	Boulogne	Buenos Aires	La Quema
Almagro	José Ingenieros	Buenos Aires	Tres de Febrero
Barracas Central	Buenos Aires	autonomous city	Barracas Central
Brown	Adrogué	Buenos Aires	Lorenzo Arandilla
Colegiales	Florida Oeste	Buenos Aires	Libertarios Unidos
Comunicaciones	Buenos Aires	autonomous city	Alfredo Ramos
Defensores de Belgrano	Buenos Aires	autonomous city	Juan Pasquale
Deportivo Morón	Morón	Buenos Aires	Nuevo Francisco Urbano
Estudiantes (BA)	Caseros	Buenos Aires	Ciudad de Caseros
Flandria	Jáuregui	Buenos Aires	Carlos V
General Lamadrid	Buenos Aires	autonomous city
Los Andes	Lomas de Zamora	Buenos Aires	Eduardo Gallardón
Nueva Chicago	Buenos Aires	autonomous city	Nueva Chicago
Platense	Florida	Buenos Aires	Ciudad de Vicente López
San Telmo	Dock Sud	Buenos Aires	Dr. Osvaldo Baletto
Sarmiento	Junín	Buenos Aires	Eva Perón
Deportivo Español	Buenos Aires	(autonomous city)	Nueva España
Sportivo Italiano	Ciudad Evita	Buenos Aires	Sportivo Italiano
Temperley	Temperley	Buenos Aires	Alfredo Beranger
Tristán Suárez	Tristán Suárez	Buenos Aires	20 de Octubre
Villa San Carlos	Berisso	Buenos Aires	Gennasio Salice

Table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Sarmiento (J)	40	24	8	8	52	24	+28	80	Primera B Nacional
2	Colegiales	40	21	10	9	54	33	+21	73	Torneo Reducido
3	Estudiantes (BA)	40	20	12	8	49	29	+20	72
4	Nueva Chicago	40	20	10	10	56	36	+20	70
5	Brown	40	19	12	9	64	34	+30	69
6	Platense	40	16	13	11	44	32	+12	61
7	Los Andes	40	16	13	11	44	38	+6	61
8	Comunicaciones	40	18	6	16	42	38	+4	60
9	Acassuso	40	15	10	15	43	47	−4	55
10	Almagro	40	13	15	12	43	39	+4	54
11	Villa San Carlos	40	14	12	14	32	41	−9	54
12	Deportivo Armenio	40	12	14	14	45	49	−4	50
13	Flandria	40	12	14	14	36	43	−7	50
14	San Telmo	40	11	14	15	29	37	−8	47
15	Temperley	40	11	13	16	40	45	−5	46
16	Sportivo Italiano	40	10	16	14	32	42	−10	46
17	Tristán Suárez	40	12	9	19	48	57	−9	45
18	Defensores de Belgrano	40	10	11	19	31	43	−12	41
19	Barracas Central	40	10	10	20	36	51	−15	40
20	Deportivo Morón	40	9	8	23	39	60	−21	35
21	General Lamadrid	40	7	10	23	28	68	−40	31

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2012. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to determining the champion. If two or more teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship

Torneo Reducido

The quarterfinals will be played as single elimination, at the stadium of the higher-placed team. Seeding for the semifinals and final is determined by the team standings in the regular season.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	2	Colegiales	2	–	2
	9	Acassuso	3	–	3
								9	Acassuso	1	2	3
								3	Estudiantes (BA)	0	1	1
	3	Estudiantes (BA)	1	–	1
	8	Comunicaciones	0	–	0
															9	Acassuso	2	0	2
															4	Nueva Chicago	2	1	3
	4	Nueva Chicago	3	–	3
	7	Los Andes	0	–	0
								4	Nueva Chicago	0	3	3
								6	Platense	0	0	0
	5	Brown	1	–	1
	6	Platense	3	–	3

Promotion playoff matches

Winner of torneo reducido (Nueva Chicago) played in a two-legged tie vs the 2011–12 Primera B Nacional penultimate team (Chacarita Juniors).

Promotion playoff
(B Metro vs B Nacional)

27 June 2012

First leg

Nueva Chicago	1–0	Chacarita Juniors
Carboni 46'	Report

Estadio República de Mataderos, Buenos Aires

Referee: Diego Ceballos

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30 June 2012

Second leg

Chacarita Juniors	1–1	Nueva Chicago
Tellas 88'	ESPN Infobae	Carboni 84'

Estadio Chacarita Juniors, Villa Maipú

Referee: Mauro Vigliano

Team details

Chacarita Juniors Nueva Chicago GK Nicolás Tauber DF Maximiliano Paredes DF Matías Zaldivia 41' DF Sebastián Pena DF Emanuel Morales MF Mauro Pajón MF Franco Dolci  29' MF Damián Toledo MF Emanuel Centurión FW Sebastián Ereros  26' FW Juan Manuel Cobelli Substitutions: FW Gabriel Tellas  26' MF Mauro Bellone  29' Manager: Salvador Pasini GK Daniel Monllor DF Leandro Testa DF Samuel Cáceres DF Matías Escudero  45' DF Lucas Banegas MF Adrián Scifo  42' MF Julio Serrano MF Damián Lemos MF José Ramírez  27' FW Christian Gómez FW Leonardo Carboni Substitutions: DF Ariel Coronel  45' MF Damián Castagno  27' DF Emiliano Lago  42' Manager: Marcelo Franceschini

Nueva Chicago won 2–1 on aggregate, promoting to Primera B Nacional and relegating Chacarita to B Metro.

Relegation

Pos	Team	2009–10 Pts	2010–11 Pts	2011–12 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Estudiantes (BA)	61	73	72	206	122	1.689
2	Brown	54	70	69	193	122	1.582
3	Sarmiento (J)	75	37	80	192	122	1.574
4	Nueva Chicago	51	71	70	192	122	1.574
5	Colegiales	61	53	73	187	122	1.533
6	Platense	—	53	61	114	82	1.39
7	Defensores de Belgrano	55	71	41	167	122	1.369
8	Acassuso	55	56	55	166	122	1.361
9	Villa San Carlos	48	60	54	162	122	1.328
10	Almagro	44	58	54	156	122	1.27
11	Los Andes	60	34	61	155	122	1.27
12	Comunicaciones	35	60	60	155	122	1.27
13	Barracas Central	—	64	40	104	82	1.268
14	Deportivo Armenio	38	65	50	153	122	1.254
15	Tristán Suárez	62	46	45	153	122	1.254
16	Flandria	47	54	50	151	122	1.238
17	Temperley	56	44	46	146	122	1.197
18	San Telmo	54	42	47	143	122	1.172
19	Deportivo Morón	47	61	35	143	122	1.172
20	Sportivo Italiano	—	47	46	93	82	1.134	Relegation Playoff Matches
21	General Lamadrid	—	—	31	31	40	0.775	Primera C Metropolitana

Relegation Playoff Matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Relegation/promotion playoff
Central Córdoba	3–1	Sportivo Italiano	1–1	2–0

See also

• 2011–12 in Argentine football