The 2013–14 Primera B Nacional was the 28th season of professional Argentine second division. For this season, the total teams was raised to 22; the champion, runner-up and winner of the tiebreaker playoff were promoted to Primera División.

Club information Club City Stadium Aldosivi Mar del Plata José María Minella Almirante Brown Isidro Casanova Fragata Presidente Sarmiento Atlético Tucumán Tucumán Monumental José Fierro Banfield BanfieldFlorencio Solá Boca Unidos Corrientes José Antonio Romero Feris Brown Adrogué Lorenzo Arandilla Crucero del Norte Garupá Comandante Andrés Guacurarí Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello Douglas Haig Pergamino Miguel Morales Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy 23 de Agosto Huracán Buenos Aires Tomás Adolfo DucóIndependiente Avellaneda Libertadores de América Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón Patronato Paraná Presbítero Bartolomé GrellaSan Martín San Juan Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez Sarmiento Junín Eva Perón Sportivo Belgrano San Francisco Oscar Boero Talleres Córdoba La BoutiqueUnión Santa Fe 15 de Abril Villa San Carlos Buenos Aires Genacio Sálice

Standings

3rd. promotion playoff Since Huracán and Independiente finished tied in points, a one-match playoff had to be held to determine the 3rd. team to promote to Primera División. The match was played on June 11 at Estadio Único in La Plata.Independiente y Huracán jugarán partido desempate para definir ascenso

GK 1 Diego Rodríguez DF 4 Jorge Figal DF 2 Cristian Tula DF 6 Sergio Ojeda DF 3 Claudio Morel Rodríguez MF 8 Martín Zapata MF 5 Franco Bellocq MF 11 Federico Mancuello MF 7 Matías Pisano MF 10 Daniel Montenegro FW 9 Sebastián PencoSubstitutions: FW 16 Francisco Pizzini MF 14 Hernán Fredes MF 18 Federico Insúa Manager: Omar De Felippe

GK 1 Marcos Díaz DF 8 Germán Mandarino DF 2 Federico Mancinelli DF 6 Eduardo Domínguez DF 3 Carlos Arano MF 11 Patricio Toranzo MF 4 Víctor Cuesta MF 5 Alejandro Capurro FW 7 Cristian Espinoza FW 9 Leandro Caruso FW 10 Pity MartínezSubstitutions: FW 18 Ramón Ábila MF 16 Lucas Villafáñez MF 17 Alejandro Romero Manager: Frank Kudelka

Results

Relegation

The bottom two teams of this table faced 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. TeamRelegation1Banfield — 58 78 136 80 Direct 2Independiente — — 67 67 42Direct3Defensa y Justicia 54 57 75 186 118 Direct 4Instituto 70 39 62 171118Indirect5Huracán 46 54 67 167118Direct6Sarmiento (J) — 58 55 113 80 Direct 7Patronato 56 56 49 161 118 Indirect 8San Martín (SJ) — — 57 5742Indirect9Atlético Tucumán 42 51 64 157 118 Indirect10Boca Unidos5745 54 156114Indirect11Unión — — 55 55 42 Direct12Ferro Carril Oeste 56 43 55 154118 Direct13Crucero del Norte — 45 59 10480 Indirect14Sportivo Belgrano — — 53 5342 Indirect15Aldosivi53 44 51 148118Indirect16Independiente Rivadavia4548 55 148118Indirect17Douglas Haig — 49 51 100 80 Indirect 18Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)345061145118Indirect19Almirante Brown (R) 55 46 42143118Primera B MetropolitanaDirect20Brown (R)—— 505042Direct21Talleres (C) (R) — — 45 45 42 Torneo Argentino AIndirect22Villa San Carlos (R) — — 24 24 42 Primera B MetropolitanaDirect Updated to games played on 8 June 2014.

Season statistics

Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Juan Martín LuceroDefensa y Justicia232 Gonzalo KlusenerTalleres (C)183 Ernesto AlvarezCrucero del Norte174 Andrés ChávezBanfield16 Santiago SalcedoBanfield5 Mariano GuerreiroBrown (A)14 Juan MartínInstituto

See also 2013–14 in Argentine football

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