| Competition: | Primera B Nacional |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Winners: | Argentinos Juniors |
| Relegated: | Atlético Paraná Central Córdoba (SdE) Crucero del Norte Douglas Haig |
| Biggest Home Win: | Villa Dálmine 5-0 Juventud Unida (G) (August 30) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Los Andes 0-4 Juventud Unida (G) (November 13) |
| Highest Scoring: | Ferro Carril Oeste 4-3 Central Córdoba (SdE) (August 27) Instituto 5-2 Brown (October 9) |
| Matches: | 506 |
| Total Goals: | 1082 |
| Prevseason: | 2016 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
| Updated: | 30 July 2017 |
The 2016–17 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 32nd season of the Argentine second division. The season began in August 2016 and ended in July 2017. Twenty-three teams competed in the league, twenty returning from the 2016 season, one team that was relegated from Primera División and two teams promoted from Federal A and B Metropolitana.
The league's format changed from the previous season. Twenty-three teams which played each other twice for a total of forty-four matches each. The Champion and the runner-up earned promotion to the Primera División. Four teams were relegated at the end of the season.[1]
| width=200px | Club | width=250px | City | width=250px | Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Boys | Buenos Aires | Islas Malvinas | |||
| Almagro | José Ingenieros | Tres de Febrero | |||
| Argentinos Juniors | Buenos Aires | Diego Armando Maradona | |||
| Atlético Paraná | Paraná | Pedro Mutio | |||
| Corrientes | Leoncio Benítez | ||||
| Brown | Adrogué | Lorenzo Arandilla | |||
| Central Córdoba | Santiago del Estero | Alfredo Terrera | |||
| Chacarita Juniors | Villa Maipú | Chacarita Juniors Stadium | |||
| Crucero del Norte | Garupá | Comandante Andrés Guacurarí | |||
| Douglas Haig | Pergamino | Miguel Morales | |||
| Estudiantes | San Luis | Héctor Odicino-Pedro Benoza | |||
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Buenos Aires | Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry | |||
| Flandria | Jáuregui | Carlos V | |||
| Gimnasia y Esgrima | Jujuy | 23 de Agosto | |||
| Guillermo Brown | Puerto Madryn | Raúl Conti | |||
| Independiente Rivadavia | Mendoza | Bautista Gargantini | |||
| Instituto | Córdoba | Presidente Perón | |||
| Juventud Unida | Gualeguaychú | Estadio Luis Delfino | |||
| Los Andes | Lomas de Zamora | Estadio Eduardo Gallardón | |||
| Nueva Chicago | Mataderos | Nueva Chicago | |||
| San Martín | San Miguel de Tucumán | La Ciudadela | |||
| Santamarina | Tandil | Municipal Gral. San Martín | |||
| Villa Dálmine | Campana | Villa Dálmine |
The bottom four teams of this table were relegated. In the Primera B Nacional, clubs with an indirect affiliation with Argentine Football Association are relegated to the Torneo Federal A, while clubs directly affiliated are relegated 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 | Argentinos Juniors | 31 | – | – | 88 | 119 | 64 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Chacarita Juniors | – | 50 | 43 | 77 | 170 | 107 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Brown | – | – | 28 | 65 | 93 | 65 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Guillermo Brown | – | 48 | 30 | 75 | 153 | 107 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Nueva Chicago | 30 | – | 30 | 60 | 120 | 85 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Santamarina | 24 | 66 | 27 | 61 | 178 | 127 | |||||||||||
| 7 | San Martín (T) | – | – | – | 61 | 61 | 44 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 30 | 55 | 38 | 52 | 175 | 127 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Almagro | – | – | 28 | 60 | 88 | 65 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Los Andes | – | 54 | 30 | 59 | 143 | 107 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 16 | 67 | 26 | 60 | 169 | 127 | |||||||||||
| 12 | Villa Dálmine | – | 60 | 33 | 47 | 140 | 107 | |||||||||||
| 13 | Instituto | 25 | 62 | 16 | 63 | 166 | 127 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Boca Unidos | 27 | 54 | 38 | 47 | 166 | 127 | |||||||||||
| 15 | Juventud Unida (G) | – | 54 | 28 | 55 | 137 | 107 | |||||||||||
| 16 | – | – | – | 56 | 56 | 44 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | All Boys | 22 | 53 | 26 | 60 | 161 | 127 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Independiente Rivadavia | 22 | 51 | 20 | 67 | 160 | 127 | |||||||||||
| 19 | Estudiantes (SL) | – | 56 | 24 | 54 | 134 | 107 | |||||||||||
| 20 | Central Córdoba (SdE) (R) | – | 51 | 20 | 58 | 130 | 107 | Primera B Metropolitana or Torneo Federal A | ||||||||||
| 21 | Douglas Haig (R) | 25 | 58 | 20 | 50 | 153 | 127 | |||||||||||
| 22 | Crucero del Norte (R) | 33 | – | 32 | 37 | 102 | 85 | |||||||||||
| 23 | Atlético Paraná (R) | – | 58 | 19 | 39 | 116 | 107 |
