| Competition: | Primera B Nacional |
| Season: | 2015 |
| Winners: | Atlético Tucumán |
| Relegated: | Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) Guaraní Antonio Franco Sportivo Belgrano Unión (MdP) |
| League Topscorer: | Fernando Zampedri (25 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Juventud Unida (G) 5-0 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) (29 March) Atletico Tucumán (G) 5-0 Los Andes (M) (8 November) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 1-4 Juventud Unida (G) (8 July) Ramón Santamarina 1-4 Guillermo Brown (22 August) Douglas Haig 1-4 Atlético Tucumán (27 September) |
| Highest Scoring: | Patronato 6-2 Chacarita Juniors (11 November) |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 974 |
| Prevseason: | 2014 |
| Nextseason: | 2016 |
| Updated: | 18 November 2015 |
The 2015 Argentine Primera B Nacional season was the 30th season of Argentine second division, with a total of 22 competing teams. It began 14 February and ended 14 November 2015. Although there was some use of a different name earlier in the year, the AFA has consistently used the Primera B Nacional moniker in releases of late.[1]
The league's format has changed from last season. This year there will be twenty-two teams which will play each other twice for a total of forty-two matches.[1]
In November 2014, the AFA announced two teams from this season will be promoted to the Primera División.[2] It was later reported that the champion will be promoted directly and positions 2-5 will compete in the "Torneo Reducido" for the second place after the regular season.[3] At the end of the season, four teams will be relegated.[4]
| width=180px | Club | width=200px | City | width=250px | Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Boys | Buenos Aires | Islas Malvinas | |||
| Atlético Paraná | Paraná | Pedro Mutio | |||
| Atlético Tucumán | Tucumán | Monumental José Fierro | |||
| Corrientes | José Antonio Romero Feris | ||||
| Central Córdoba | Santiago del Estero | Alfredo Terrera | |||
| Chacarita Juniors | Villa Maipú | Chacarita Juniors Stadium | |||
| Douglas Haig | Pergamino | Miguel Morales | |||
| Estudiantes | San Luis | Héctor Odicino-Pedro Benoza | |||
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Buenos Aires | Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry | |||
| Guillermo Brown | Puerto Madryn | Raúl Conti | |||
| Gimnasia y Esgrima | Mendoza | Víctor Legrotaglie | |||
| Gimnasia y Esgrima | Jujuy | 23 de Agosto | |||
| Guaraní Antonio Franco | Posadas | Clemente Fernandez de Oliveira | |||
| Independiente Rivadavia | Mendoza | Bautista Gargantini | |||
| Instituto | Córdoba | Presidente Perón | |||
| Juventud Unida | Gualeguaychú | Estadio Luis Delfino | |||
| Los Andes | Lomas de Zamora | Estadio Eduardo Gallardón | |||
| Paraná | Presbítero Bartolomé Grella | ||||
| Santamarina | Tandil | Municipal Gral. San Martín | |||
| Oscar Boero | |||||
| Unión | Mar del Plata | José María Minella | |||
| Villa Dálmine | Campana | Villa Dálmine |
At the end of the regular season, the four teams placed 2-5 will advance to compete for one place next season in the 2016 Primera División. If a team finishes in 2-5 place but will be relegated, the next highest placed team will advance to the playoff. Teams will play each other over two legs in each round. Matches were played between 19 November – 5 December.[5]
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The bottom four teams of this table face relegation. Clubs with an indirect affiliation with Argentine Football Association are relegated to the Torneo Federal A, while clubs directly affiliated face relegation to Primera B Metropolitana.
| width=28 | width=185 | Team | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | Relegation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlético Tucumán | 51 | 64 | 29 | 85 | 229 | 142 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Patronato | 56 | 49 | 22 | 82 | 209 | 142 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Santamarina | – | – | 24 | 66 | 90 | 62 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Villa Dálmine | — | — | — | 60 | 60 | 42 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Atlético Paraná | — | — | — | 58 | 58 | 42 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 50 | 61 | 30 | 55 | 196 | 142 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Estudiantes (SL) | — | — | — | 56 | 56 | 42 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Instituto | 39 | 62 | 25 | 62 | 188 | 142 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Los Andes | — | — | — | 54 | 54 | 42 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Douglas Haig | 49 | 51 | 25 | 58 | 183 | 142 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Juventud Unida (G) | — | — | — | 54 | 54 | 42 | |||||||||||
| 12 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 43 | 55 | 16 | 67 | 181 | 142 | |||||||||||
| 13 | Boca Unidos | 45 | 54 | 27 | 54 | 180 | 142 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Independiente Rivadavia | 48 | 55 | 22 | 51 | 176 | 142 | |||||||||||
| 15 | Central Córdoba (SdE) | — | — | — | 51 | 51 | 42 | |||||||||||
| 16 | All Boys | – | – | 22 | 53 | 75 | 62 | |||||||||||
| 17 | Chacarita Juniors | — | — | — | 50 | 50 | 42 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Guillermo Brown | – | – | – | 48 | 48 | 42 | Relegation Playoff | ||||||||||
| 19 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) (R) | — | — | — | 48 | 48 | 42 | |||||||||||
| 20 | Guaraní Antonio Franco (R) | — | — | 18 | 50 | 68 | 62 | Torneo Federal A | ||||||||||
| 21 | Sportivo Belgrano (R) | — | 53 | 17 | 40 | 110 | 104 | |||||||||||
| 22 | Unión (MdP) (R) | — | — | — | 37 | 37 | 42 |
A single play-off match was played on 25 November 2015 to determine the fourth team to be relegated. Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza lost the play-off match on penalties and were relegated. [6] [7]