The 2011–12 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 26th 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
Club City Stadium Aldosivi Mar del Plata José María Minella Almirante Brown Isidro Casanova Fragata Presidente Sarmiento Atlanta Buenos Aires Don León Kolbovski Atlético Tucumán Tucumán Monumental José Fierro Boca Unidos Corrientes José Antonio Romero Feris Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello Deportivo Merlo Merlo José Manuel Moreno Desamparados San Juan El Serpentario Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy 23 de Agosto Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Juan Carmelo Zerillo Guillermo Brown Puerto Madryn Raúl Conti Huracán Buenos Aires Tomás Adolfo Ducó Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón Patronato Paraná Presbítero Bartolomé Grella Quilmes Quilmes Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner River Plate Buenos Aires Monumental Antonio V. Liberti Rosario Central Rosario Dr. Lisandro de la Torre Standings
Promotion/relegation playoff Legs Primera División-Primera B Nacional The 3rd and 4th placed of the table played with the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 2011–12 Primera División.
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2
San Martín (SJ) remained in the Primera División after a 0-0 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. San Lorenzo remained in the Primera División by winning the playoff.
Results
Relegation Clubs with an indirect affiliation with Argentine Football Association 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 Rosario Central, Newell's Old Boys, Central Córdoba and Argentino de Rosario, all from Rosario, and Unión and Colón from Santa Fe. The bottom two teams of this table face relegation regardless of their affiliation status. Apart from them, the bottom teams of each affiliation face promotion/relegation playoffs against Torneo Argentino A and Primera B Metropolitana's "Reducido" (reduced tournaments) champions. The Reducidos are played after those leagues' champions are known. TeamRelegation1River Plate — — 737338Direct2Quilmes64—7213676Direct3Instituto605170181114Indirect4Rosario Central — 506911976Direct5Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) — — 545438Direct6Almirante Brown — 525510776Direct7Patronato — 505610676Indirect8Boca Unidos485257157114Indirect9Ferro Carril Oeste494756152114Direct10Defensa y Justicia524354149114Direct11Aldosivi425253147114Indirect12Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)545434142114Indirect13Deportivo Merlo465143140114Direct14Atlético Tucumán — 51429376Indirect15Huracán — — 464638Direct16Independiente Rivadavia474045132114Indirect17Chacarita Juniors — 44327676.000 Relegation Playoff MatchesDirect18Guillermo Brown — — 383838.000 Relegation Playoff MatchesIndirect19Desamparados — — 373738 Torneo Argentino AIndirect 20Atlanta — — 343438Primera B Metropolitana Direct Updated to games played on June 23, 2012.
Relegation Playoff Legs
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1 (Direct affiliation vs. Primera B Metropolitana)
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2 (Indirect affiliation vs. Torneo Argentino A)
Nueva Chicago was promoted to 2012–13 Primera B Nacional by winning the playoff and Chacarita Juniors was relegated to 2012–13 Primera B Metropolitana. Crucero del Norte was promoted to 2012–13 Primera B Nacional by winning the playoff and Guillermo Brown was relegated to 2012–13 Torneo Argentino A.
Season statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Gonzalo CastillejosRosario Central262 Víctor Piriz AlvesDefensa y Justicia203 Fernando CavenaghiRiver Plate194 Paulo DybalaInstituto175 Cristian NúñezBoca Unidos156 Daniel VegaAlmirante Brown147 Martín CauteruccioQuilmes13 Matías GigliAldosivi David TrezeguetRiver Plate10 Miguel CaneoQuilmes12 Aldo ViscontiBoca Unidos
See also 2011–12 in Argentine football
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