2013–14 Primera B Metropolitana


The 2013-14 season, is the 28º Primera B Metropolitana season since it became part of the third tier of the Argentine football league system, and its 79º season overall. The tournament is reserved for teams directly affiliated to the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino, while teams affiliated to AFA through local leagues have to play the Torneo Argentino A, which is the other third tier competition.
The regular season began on August 2, 2013 and is scheduled to end on May 31, 2014. Post-season matches are scheduled to start on June 4 and end on June 14. 21 teams will take part of the competition with seventeen of them remaining from the 2012–13 season. They'll be joined by two teams relegated from the 2012-13 Primera B Nacional and two teams promoted from the 2012-13 Primera C.

Competition Format

The tournament is composed of 21 teams playing on a double round-robin format, each team then playing a total of 40 matches. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. The team with more points is declared champion and will be promoted to the Primera B Nacional. Teams positioned 2nd to 5th qualify for the Torneo Reducido, which will be played on a, home and away, knock-out system, the pairings will be 2º vs 5º and 3º vs 4º for the semifinals, with the winners advancing to the final, 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.
Relegation is not dependent on the standings table, rather, a points average system is used, creating a separate parallel standings table considering the performances of the teams through the latest 3 seasons. The total of points is divided by the total of matches played on the division to get the average of points per match for each team. The two teams with the worst points average are relegated to the Primera C.

Teams

17 teams remain from the previous season. Nueva Chicago and Deportivo Merlo were relegated from the Primera B Nacional and replace the promoted Villa San Carlos and Brown. UAI Urquiza and Fénix are joining too after winning promotion from the Primera C and replacing the relegated Central Córdoba and San Telmo.
TeamLocationStadium
AcassusoSan IsidroLa Quema
AlmagroJosé IngenierosTres de Febrero
AtlantaBuenos AiresDon León Kolbovsky
Barracas CentralBuenos AiresClaudio Chiqui Tapia
Chacarita JuniorsVilla MaipúChacarita Juniors
ColegialesFlorida OesteColegiales
ComunicacionesBuenos AiresAlfredo Ramos
Defensores de BelgranoBuenos AiresJuan Pasquele
Deportivo ArmenioIngeniero MaschwitzEstadio Armenia
Deportivo MerloParque San MartínJosé Manuel Moreno
Deportivo MorónMorónNuevo Francisco Urbano
Estudiantes CaserosCiudad de Caseros
FénixPilarCarlos Barraza
FlandriaJáureguiCarlos V
Los AndesLomas de ZamoraEduardo Gallardón
Nueva ChicagoBuenos AiresRepública de Mataderos
PlatenseFloridaCiudad de Vicente López
TemperleyTurderaAlfredo Beranger
Tristán SuárezTristán Suárez20 de Octubre
UAI UrquizaVilla LynchMonumental de Villa Lynch
Villa DálmineCampanaEl Coliseo de Mitre y Puccini

Standings

Results

Relegation

PosTeam11/1212/1313/14TotalPldAverage
1ºNueva Chicago70-69139761,829
2ºAtlanta-6558123761,618
3ºPlatense6170561871161,612
4ºEstudiantes7263411761161,517
5ºChacarita Juniors-6051111771,442
6ºAlmagro5464471651161,422
7ºLos Andes6148541631161,405
8ºFénix--5050361,389
9ºTemperley4655591601161,379
10ºDeportivo Merlo--5050371,351
11ºComunicaciones6054401541161,328
12ºDeportivo Armenio5058441521161,310
13ºBarracas Central4056501461161,259
14ºAcassuso5548431461161,259
15ºColegiales7344281451161,250
16ºTristán Suárez4550471421161,224
17ºVilla Dálmine-484290761,184
18ºDeportivo Morón3547551371171,171
19ºUAI Urquiza--4141361,139
20ºDefensores de Belgrano4135541301171,111
21ºFlandria5048301281161,103

Torneo Reducido