2014 Primera B Metropolitana Explained

Competition:Primera B Metropolitana
Season:2014
Promoted:Chacarita Juniors
Los Andes
Villa Dálmine
Relegated:No relegation this season
Matches:224
Total Goals:464
Biggest Home Win:Los Andes 4-0 Deportivo Armenio (August 22)
Colegiales 5-1 Fénix
(October 4)
Platense 4-0 Sportivo Italiano
(October 11)
Biggest Away Win:Deportivo Merlo 0-4 Estudiantes (BA)
(September 28)
Deportivo Merlo 0-4 Chacarita Juniors
(October 4)
Sportivo Italiano 0-4 Comunicaciones
(October 6)
Highest Scoring:Almirante Brown 5-5 Estudiantes (BA)
(November 15)
Prevseason:2013–14
Nextseason:2015

The 2013-14 season, is the 29º Primera B Metropolitana season since it became part of the third tier of the Argentine football league system. The tournament is reserved for teams directly affiliated to the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA), while teams affiliated to AFA through local leagues (known as "indirectly affiliated to AFA") have to play the Torneo Federal A, which is the other third tier competition. For this season, AFA decided to change the structure in the Argentine football league system, and exceptionally 3 teams will be promoted to the next season of Primera B Nacional and there will be no relegations for this season. A total of 22 teams competed.

Competition format

The tournament is composed of 22 teams playing in two zones on a double round-robin format, each team then playing a total of 20 matches. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. The team of each zone with more points is automatically promoted to the Primera B Nacional. Teams positioned 2nd to 4th qualify for the Torneo Reducido, which will be played on a, home and away, knock-out system, the winner of the final is then promoted to the Primera B Nacional. If the playoff ends in a draw, there is a penalty shoot-out to determine a winner.For this season exceptionally there will be no relegation.

Teams

TeamLocationStadium
La Quema
Tres de Febrero
Fragata Presidente Sarmiento
Don León Kolbovsky
Claudio Chiqui Tapia
Lorenzo Arandilla
Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors
Florida Oeste Colegiales
Alfredo Ramos
Estadio Armenia
Nueva España
Parque San Martín José Manuel Moreno
Nuevo Francisco Urbano
Ciudad de Caseros
Pilar Carlos Barraza
Eduardo Gallardón
Ciudad de Vicente López
República de Italia
20 de Octubre
Villa Lynch Monumental de Villa Lynch
Campana El Coliseo de Mitre y Puccini
Gennasio Salice

Standings

Zone 1

Results

Zone 2

Results

Relegation

This season there will be no relegations. The points obtained will be added for the next season.

Torneo Reducido

Final

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