The 1998–99 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 13th season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 33 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.
Club information
Interior Zone Club City Stadium Aldosivi Mar del Plata José María Minella Almirante Brown Arrecifes Estadio MunicipalAtlético de RafaelaRafaelaNuevo Monumental Atlético Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro Cipolletti Cipolletti La Visera de Cemento Douglas Haig PergaminoMiguel Morales Gimnasia y Esgrima Concepción del Uruguay Manuel y Ramón Núñez Gimnasia y Tiro Salta Gigante del NorteGodoy Cruz Mendoza Malvinas ArgentinasHuracán Corrientes Corrientes José Antonio Romero Feris Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón Juventud Antoniana Salta Fray Honorato Pistoia Olimpo Bahía Blanca Roberto Natalio Carminatti San Martín Mendoza San Martín San Martín San Juan Ing. Hilario Sánchez San Martín San Miguel de Tucumán La Ciudadela
Metropolitana Zone Club City StadiumAll Boys Floresta Islas Malvinas Almagro José Ingenieros Tres de FebreroArsenal Sarandí Julio H. GrondonaAtlanta Villa Crespo León KolbovskiBanfieldBanfield Florencio Solá Central Córdoba Rosario Gabino SosaChacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello Deportivo Español Parque Avellaneda Nueva España Deportivo Morón Morón Francisco Urbano El Porvenir Gerli Gildo Francisco Ghersinich Estudiantes Caseros Ciudad de Caseros Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Eduardo Gallardón Nueva Chicago Mataderos Nueva ChicagoQuilmes Quilmes CentenarioSan Miguel Los Polvorines Malvinas ArgentinasTigre Victoria José Dellagiovanna
Interior Zone standings
Metropolitana Zone Standings
Promotion Playoff The Promotion Playoff was played by the teams placed 1st and 2nd of each zone. The winning team was declared champion and was automatically promoted to Primera División. The teams that lost in semifinal joined into the Round of 16 of the Second Promotion Playoff, and the team that lost in the final joined in the Quarterfinals of the Second Promotion Playoff.
Semifinals
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!colspan="5"|Semifinals
1: Qualified because of sport advantage.
Final
Match details
GK 1 Jorge Vivaldo DF 4 Diego Otaño DF 2 Leonardo Sciaqua DF 6 Diego Rivero DF 3 Ricardo Pagés MF 8 Edgardo Parisi MF 5 Leonardo Ferrero MF 10 José A. Garay FW 7 Daniel A. Fernández FW 9 Silvio Carrario FW 11 Luciano ÁbalosManager: Héctor Rivoira
GK 1 Roberto Cabrera DF 4 Aníbal Álvarez DF 2 Ramón Galarza DF 6 Damián D. Balbuena DF 3 Diego Alarcón MF 8 Darío Alaniz MF 5 Javier López MF 11 Hernán Buján MF 10 Claudio Sarría FW 7 Fernando Castro FW 9 Daniel Jiménez Substitutes: José Guerrero Raúl Maldonado Silvio Risio Manager: Ernesto Corti Note: Instituto won 3–1 on aggregate, promoting to Primera División
Second Promotion Playoff The Second Promotion Playoff or Torneo Reducido was played by the teams placed 3rd to 14th of each zone. Arsenal and Atlético Tucumán joined in the Round of 16, and Chacarita Juniors joined in the Quarterfinals. The winner was promoted to Primera División.
First Round First LegHomeResultAwaySan Martín (M)0 - 2OlimpoSan Martín (SJ)2 - 0San Martín (T)Banfield2 - 2El PorvenirGimnasia y Tiro0 - 1Juventud AntonianaGimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)0 - 1Atlético de RafaelaAlmagro0 - 1QuilmesAldosivi2 - 0Almirante Brown (A)Deportivo Morón0 - 0All BoysCentral Córdoba (R)1 - 5Defensa y JusticiaDeportivo Español1 - 1Nueva ChicagoGodoy Cruz1 - 1CipollettiSan Miguel0 - 0Tigre Second LegOlimpo2 - 1San Martín (M)San Martín (T)4 - 0San Martín (SJ)El Porvenir1 - 0BanfieldJuventud Antoniana 11 - 2Gimnasia y TiroAtlético de Rafaela 10 - 1Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)Quilmes1 - 0AlmagroAlmirante Brown (A) 12 - 0AldosiviAll Boys2 - 1Deportivo MorónDefensa y Justicia1 - 1Central Córdoba (R)Nueva Chicagow/oDeportivo EspañolCipolletti 10 - 0Godoy CruzTigre 11 - 1San Miguel
Bracket
1: Qualified because of sport advantage. Note: The team in the first line plays at home the second leg.
Final
GK Jorge Vivaldo DF Diego Otaño DF Leonardo Sciaqua DF Fabio Schiavi DF Ricardo Pagés MF Diego Rivero MF Edgardo Boujón MF Diego Bustos MF Alex Rodríguez FW Luciano Ábalos FW Silvio CarrarioSubstitutions: Mariano Mignini Miguel E. Prado MF Sergio Rondina Manager: Héctor Rivoira
GK José Valdiviezo DF Mauro Laspada DF Daniel Jiménez DF Angel Bernuncio DF Alejandro Casal MF Sergio Albornoz MF Raúl Iturrieta MF Emilio Kalujerovich MF Hernán Heinze FW Gerardo Lucco FW Oscar GómezSubstitutions: Miguel Velarde Jara Manager: Fernando Donaires
Relegation 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.
Interior Zone Team Situation 1Instituto 22 58 57 137 76 Indirect 2Atlético Tucumán 21 43 57 121 76 3Atlético de Rafaela 28 45 44 117 76 4Juventud Antoniana — — 46 46 30 5San Martín (T) 23 47 49 116 76 6 San Martín (SJ) 28 48 36 112 76 7Almirante Brown (A) — 45 42 87 60 8Cipolletti 15 34 53 102 76 9Godoy Cruz 28 42 30 100 76 10Olimpo 26 29 43 98 76 11Gimnasia y Tiro 26 — 33 59 46 12Aldosivi 17 36 42 95 76 13Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) — — 37 37 30 14San Martín (M) — 28 38 66 60 15Huracán Corrientes — 35 29 64 60 Relegation Playoff Matches 16Douglas Haig 13 25 24 62 76
Metropolitana Zone Team Situation 1Chacarita Juniors 22 49 63 134 78 Direct 2Banfield — 62 43 105 62 3All Boys 24 46 51 121 78 4Quilmes 25 48 47 120 78 5Arsenal 16 46 57 119 78 6Central Córdoba (R) 23 48 43 114 78 7San Miguel — 45 43 88 62 8Nueva Chicago 26 40 44 110 78 9El Porvenir — — 45 45 32 10Defensa y Justicia — 42 44 86 62 11Los Andes 30 48 28 106 78 12Deportivo Español — — 43 43 32 13Tigre — — 43 43 32 14Almagro 27 22 36 85 78 15Deportivo Morón 27 30 28 85 78 16Atlanta 22 27 35 84 78 Primera B Metropolitana 17Estudiantes (BA) 10 45 21 76 78
Promotion/relegation playoff Teams placed 15th and 16th of the Relegation Table Interior Zone (Huracán Corrientes and Douglas Haig), played a promotion/relegation playoff or Torneo Reclasificatorio, with General Paz Juniors and Villa Mitre, teams from Torneo Argentino A. The winner was Villa Mitre and was promoted to 1999–2000 Primera B Nacional. Huracán Corrientes and Douglas Haig were relegated to Torneo Argentino A and General Paz Juniors stayed on it.
Semifinals
Final
See also 1998–1999 in Argentine football
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