2016–17 Primera B Metropolitana

Primera B Metropolitana

Season	2016–17
Dates	26 Aug 2016 – 3 Aug 2017
Champions	Deportivo Morón (2nd. title)
Promoted	Deportivo Morón Deportivo Riestra
Relegated	Excursionistas
2016–17 Copa Argentina	Atlanta Defensores de Belgrano Deportivo Morón Deportivo Riestra Estudiantes (BA)
Matches played	342
Goals scored	729 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Juan Martín (22)
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The 2016-17 Argentine Primera B Metropolitana was the 118th. season of Primera B Metropolitana, the third division of the Argentine football league system. The season began on 26 August 2016 and end on 3 August 2017. Nineteen teams competed in the league.

With four rounds remaining for the end of the season, Deportivo Morón won the championship and promoted to Primera Nacional. In that fixture, Morón defeated Platense 2–1, totalising 63 points. ^{[1] [2]}

Deportivo Riestra was the second team promoted after winning the "torneo reducido" defeating Comunicaciones 21 (on goal difference) in the finals. ^[3] On the other hand, Excursionistas was relegated to Primera C Metropolitana. ^[4]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Qualification
1	Deportivo Morón (C)	36	17	15	4	47	22	+25	66	Promotion to Primera B Nacional
2	Deportivo Riestra	36	16	10	10	53	37	+16	58	Qualification to Primera B Nacional play-off
3	Atlanta	36	15	12	9	45	33	+12	57
4	Comunicaciones	36	15	10	11	45	33	+12	55
5	Defensores de Belgrano	36	14	12	10	32	28	+4	54
6	Estudiantes	36	14	12	10	42	38	+4	54
7	Barracas Central	36	13	12	11	50	40	+10	51
8	Deportivo Español	36	14	9	13	38	33	+5	51
9	Platense	36	13	12	11	32	30	+2	51
10	Almirante Brown	36	13	12	11	30	38	−8	51
11	San Telmo	36	14	7	15	42	38	+4	49
12	UAI Urquiza	36	13	9	14	33	39	−6	48
13	Fénix	36	10	16	10	40	37	+3	46
14	Tristán Suárez	36	10	11	15	31	47	−16	41
15	Acassuso	36	6	22	8	36	35	+1	40
16	Talleres	36	11	7	18	43	52	−9	40
17	Colegiales	36	9	10	17	32	48	−16	37
18	Villa San Carlos	36	8	12	16	26	41	−15	36
19	Excursionistas	36	6	13	17	32	60	−28	31	Relegation to Primera C

Updated to match(es) played on 6 June 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only for deciding promotion or relegation); 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points; 6) head-to-head goal difference; 7) head-to-head goals scored. (C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Deportivo Morón is the champion of the 2016–17 Primera B Metropolitana at 34th week.

Torneo reducido

The winner was the 2nd. team promoted to Primera Nacional.

Quarterfinals

Played as a single-elimination tournament:

Home team	Score	Away team
Deportivo Riestra	0–0	Platense
Atlanta	0–1	Deportivo Español
Comunicaciones	1–1	Barracas Central
Defensores de Belgrano	0–1	Estudiantes (BA)

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Riestra	2–1	Deportivo Español	2–0	0–1
Estudiantes de Buenos Aires	2–3	Comunicaciones	1–1	1–2

Finals

Torneo Reducido finals
(2nd. promotion playoff)

23 July 2017

First leg

Comunicaciones	1–0	Deportivo Riestra
Rose 63'	Report

Estadio Nueva España , Buenos Aires

Attendance: 0 ^{[n 1]}

Referee: Américo Monsalvo

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30 July 2017

Second leg

Deportivo Riestra	2–0	Comunicaciones
Benítez 12' Ortiz 33'	Report

Estadio Guillermo Laza , Buenos Aires

Attendance: 2,100

Referee: Paulo Vigliano

Team details

Deportivo Riestra Comunicaciones GK Carlos Morel DF Jorge Visintini  35' DF Daniel Silvani DF Gustavo Benítez DF Roberto Bochi MF Sebastián O. López MF Mauricio Soto MF Sebastián E. Soto  73' FW Mauro Ortiz FW Nahuel Benítez FW Gonzalo Bravo  81' Substitutions: DF Gastón Montero  35' MF Jonathan Goya  73' DF Sebastián Lamacchia  81' Manager: Jorge G. Benítez GK Germán Yacaruso DF Sebastián Silguero DF Agustín Cattaneo DF Lucas Banegas  79' DF Sebastián Corda MF Nicolás E. Varela MF Rodrigo Melo MF Luis Soria  70' MF Tomás Asprea FW Hernán Salazar FW Maximiliano Zárate  74' Substitutions: MF Federico Barrionuevo  70' FW Lucas Rodríguez  74' FW Martín Blanco  79' Manager: Alejandro Orfila

Deportivo Riestra won 2–1 on aggregate, promoting to Primera Nacional.

See also

• 2016–17 Argentine Primera División
• 2016–17 Primera B Nacional
• 2016–17 Torneo Federal A
• 2016–17 Copa Argentina

Notes

1. No spectators were allowed for the match.

References

1. Deportivo Morón campeón on AFA.org.ar, 6 Jun 2017
2. ¡¡¡Morón campeón, y al Nacional!!! by Gabriel Paladino on Revista Ascenso
3. El partido de 5 minutos: Riestra resistió ante Comunicaciones y ascendió a la B Nacional on Infobae, 3 Aug 2017
4. Platense volvió al triunfo y sentenció el descenso de Excursionistas on TyC, 9 Nov 2017

External links

• 2016-17 season on Soccerway.com