1987–88 Primera B Nacional Explained

Competition:	Primera B Nacional
Season:	1987–88
Winners:	Deportivo Mandiyú (1st title)
Promoted:
Relegated:	Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)
League Topscorer:	Daniel Leani (24)
Prevseason:	1986–87
Nextseason:	1988–89

The 1987–88 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 2nd. season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 22 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División. Deportivo Mandiyú of Corrientes Province won the championship, promoting to Primera along with San Martín de Tucumán.

On the other hand, Guaraní Antonio Franco, Ferro Carril Oeste (General Pico) and Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy were relegated.^{[1] [2]}

Club information

Club	City	Stadium
Almirante Brown	Isidro Casanova	Fragata Presidente Sarmiento
Atlético Tucumán	San Miguel de Tucumán	Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro
Belgrano	Córdoba	El Gigante de Alberdi
Central Córdoba	Santiago del Estero	Alfredo Terrara
Chacarita Juniors	Villa Maipú	Chacarita Juniors
Chaco For Ever	Resistencia	Juan Alberto García
Cipolletti	Cipolletti	La Visera de Cemento
Colón	Santa Fe	Brigadier General Estanislao López
	Florencio Varela	Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Deportivo Maipú	Maipú	Higinio Sperdutti
Deportivo Mandiyú	Corrientes	José A. Romero Feris^1
Douglas Haig	Pergamino	Miguel Morales
Ferro Carril Oeste	General Pico	Coloso de Barrio Talleres
Gimnasia y Esgrima	Jujuy	23 de Agosto
Guaraní Antonio Franco	Posadas	Clemente Fernandez de Oliveira
Huracán	Buenos Aires	Tomás Adolfo Ducó
Lanús	Lanús	Ciudad de Lanús
Los Andes	Lomas de Zamora	Eduardo Gallardón
Quilmes	Quilmes	Centenario
Sportivo Italiano	Ciudad Evita	Republica de Italia
Temperley	Temperley	Alfredo Beranger
Tigre	Victoria	José Dellagiovanna

1: Property of Huracán Corrientes.

Standings

Deportivo Mandiyú was declared champion and was automatically promoted to Primera División, and the teams placed 2nd to 10th qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff.

Second Promotion Playoff

The Second Promotion Playoff or Torneo Reducido was played by the teams placed 2nd to 10th in the overall standings: Quilmes (2nd), who entered in the Semifinals, Cipolletti (3rd) who entered in the Second Round, Chaco For Ever (4th), Tigre (5th), Belgrano (6th), Huracán (7th), Colón (8th), Atlético Tucumán (9th), Douglas Haig (10th); the champion of Primera B Metropolitana: Talleres (RE), San Martin (T) and Estación Quequén, both winners of Zonales Noroeste y Sureste from Torneo del Interior. The winner was promoted to Primera División.

First Round
First Leg
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Douglas Haig	0 - 3	Huracán
Talleres (RE)	0 - 0	Belgrano
Atlético Tucumán	1 - 0	Colón
San Martin (T)	1 - 0	Tigre
Estación Quequén	1 - 3	Chaco For Ever
Second Leg
Huracán	2 - 2	Douglas Haig
Belgrano	4 - 1	Talleres (RE)
Colón^1	1 - 0	Atlético Tucumán
Tigre	0 - 1	San Martin (T)
	1 - 1	Estación Quequén

Second Round
First Leg
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Huracán	3 - 1	Belgrano
San Martin (T)	5 - 2	Cipolletti
Colón	1 - 0	Chaco For Ever
Second Leg
Belgrano	1 - 1	Huracán
Cipolletti	1 - 1	San Martin (T)
Chaco For Ever^1	2 - 1	Colón

Semifinals
First Leg
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Huracán	1 - 0	Chaco For Ever
San Martin (T)	0 - 0	Quilmes
Second Leg
Chaco For Ever^1	1 - 0	Huracán
Quilmes	1 - 2	San Martin (T)

1: Qualified because of sport advantage.

Final

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Note: San Martín de Tucumán won 3–0 on aggregate, promoting to Primera División.

Relegation

width=28		width=185	Team	width=50		width=50		width=50		width=50		width=50		width=50		width=50		Situation
1	Deportivo Mandiyú	—	—	48	58	106	84			Indirect
2	Belgrano	—	—	54	49	103	84			Indirect
3	Huracán	—	—	54	48	102	84			Direct
4	Chaco For Ever	—	—	48	51	99	84			Indirect
5	Colón^1	43	21	54	48	166	144			Direct
6	Quilmes^2	47	11	48	54	160	144			Direct
7	Atlético Tucumán	—	—	—	45	45	42			Indirect
8	Deportivo Maipú	—	—	49	40	89	84			Indirect
9	Lanús^1	47	21	47	35	150	144			Direct
10	Cipolletti	—	—	35	52	87	84			Indirect
11	Tigre^1	36	23	38	49	146	144			Direct
12	Defensa y Justicia^1	—	21	43	38	102	102			Direct
13	Douglas Haig	—	—	41	43	84	84			Indirect
14	Los Andes^1	47	23	40	33	143	144			Direct
15	Sportivo Italiano	—	—	—	41	41	42			Direct
16	Central Córdoba (SdE)	—	—	37	42	79	84		Relegation Playoff Matches	Indirect
17	Almirante Brown^2	31	17	45	40	133	144			Direct
18	Chacarita Juniors	—	—	34	43	77	84			Direct
19	Temperley	—	—	—	38	38	42			Direct
20	Guaraní Antonio Franco	—	—	35	38	73	84		Liga Posadeña de fútbol	Indirect
21	Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	—	—	36	25	61	84		Liga Pampeana de fútbol	Indirect
22	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	—	—	34	14	48	84		Liga Jujeña de Fútbol	Indirect

1: They kept the points earned in previous editions of the Primera B Metropolitana, although the category was new.2: Despite they were promoted to play this season the points earned in previous editions of the Primera B Metropolitana were used to calculate averages, plus those achieved in the previous two tournaments.

Note: Clubs with indirect affiliation with AFA are relegated to their respective league of his province according to the Argentine football league system, 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

Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. This season, Central Córdoba (SdE) had to play against Güemes (SdE) from the Liga Santiagueña de Fútbol.

Relegation Playoff 1
First Leg
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Güemes (SdE)	1 - 2	Central Córdoba (SdE)
Second Leg
Central Córdoba (SdE)	0 - 0	Güemes (SdE)

• Central Córdoba (SdE) remains in Primera B Nacional.

Top scorers

Rank.	Player	Club	Goals
	Daniel Leani
	Mario Noremberg
	Marcelo Reggiardo

See also

• 1987–88 in Argentine football

Notes and References

1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg2-88.html Argentina Second Level 1987/88
2. "Argentina: AFA 1ra. "B" Nacional 1987/88" by José Carluccio, 24 August 2011