2024 Primera B Metropolitana

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Primera B Metropolitana
Season2024
Dates2 Feb – 14 Dec
Champions Colegiales (2nd. title)
PromotedColegiales
Relegated Cañuelas
Matches played468
Goals scored917 (1.96 per match)
Top goalscorer Flag of Argentina.svg Leonel Barrios (17)
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The 2024 Argentine Primera B Metropolitana is the 127th. season of the third tier of football in Argentina. The season began on 2 February and is expected to end in 14 December 2024. Twenty-two teams competed in the league.

Contents

A total of 22 teams take part of the competition, with six teams from 2023 Primera C, they are Excursionistas, Deportivo Laferrere, Ferrocarril Midland, Sportivo Italiano, Liniers y San Martín de Burzaco, plus two relegated clubs from 2023 Primera Nacional, Flandria and Villa Dálmine.

The championship was won by Colegiales, winner of Torneo Clausura, which defeated Los Andes (winner of Apertura) in a two-legged series, also promoting to 2025 Primera Nacional. [1] [2]

Format

Primera B Metropolitana is currently organized so, during the course of a season, two round-robin tournaments are played.

The two winners play each other and the winner is recognized as the Primera B champion and is automatically promoted to Primera B Nacional.

The loser and the teams that hold the six best positions at the aggregate table have the chance to enter the Torneo Reducido (small tournament) whose winner will be promoted.

The team with the lowest aggregate points total in Primera B Metropolitana is relegated to Primera C Metropolitana. [3]

Besides, the champion and the five best placed teams will qualify to 2025 Copa Argentina. [4]

Regular season

Apertura

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or Qualification
1 Los Andes (Q)2114432916+1346Qualification to Championship Final
2 Colegiales 2113533313+2044
3 Argentino de Quilmes 2111822812+1641
4 Deportivo Armenio 2111643117+1439
5 Dock Sud 2110562722+535
6 Ferrocarril Midland 219752919+1034
7 Excursionistas 219663021+933
8 Flandria 219662117+433
9 Fénix 2161232419+530
10 Acassuso 217591625−926
11 Comunicaciones 216782520+525
12 Argentino de Merlo 216781820−225
13 Deportivo Merlo 216781518−325
14 San Martín de Burzaco 216781520−525
15 Deportivo Laferrere 215972328−524
16 Cañuelas 2164111830−1222
17 Sacachispas 2163121435−2121
18 Villa Dálmine 2131171219−720
19 Liniers 2154121218−619
20 Villa San Carlos 2146112127−618
21 UAI Urquiza 213991931−1218
22 Sportivo Italiano 2121091629−1316
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Clausura

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or Qualification
1 Colegiales (Q)2113352612+1442Qualification to Championship Final
2 Deportivo Armenio 2111643217+1539
3 Argentino de Quilmes 211092249+1539
4 Argentino de Merlo 2111462924+537
5 Deportivo Merlo 2110742116+537
6 Ferrocarril Midland 219842413+1135
7 Comunicaciones 218852218+432
8 UAI Urquiza 219572425−132
9 Excursionistas 2171043425+931
10 Liniers 217952016+430
11 Sportivo Italiano 216962219+327
12 Dock Sud 217682422+227
13 Villa Dálmine 217681013−327
14 Flandria 217681620−427
15 Sacachispas 216691322−924
16 Los Andes 2156101621−521Apertura winners, assured of Championship Final
17 Villa San Carlos 214891219−720
18 Acassuso 214891524−920
19 San Martín de Burzaco 2155111423−920
20 Deportivo Laferrere 2131081427−1319
21 Fénix 214512923−1417
22 Cañuelas 2136121225−1315
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Aggregate table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or Qualification
1 Colegiales 4226885925+3486Advance to Championship Final and qualification for Copa Argentina
2 Argentino de Quilmes 42211745221+3180Advance to Torneo Reducido and qualification for Copa Argentina
3 Deportivo Armenio 42221286334+2978
4 Ferrocarril Midland 42181595332+2169
5 Los Andes 421910134537+867Advance to Championship Final and qualification for Copa Argentina
6 Excursionistas 421616106446+1864Advance to Torneo Reducido and qualification for Copa Argentina
7 Dock Sud 421711145144+762Advance to Torneo Reducido
8 Argentino de Merlo 421711144744+362
9 Deportivo Merlo 421614123634+262
10 Flandria 421612143737060
11 Comunicaciones 421415134738+957
12 UAI Urquiza 421214164356−1350
13 Liniers 421213173234−249
14 Fénix 421017153342−947
15 Villa Dálmine 421017152232−1047
16 Acassuso 421113183149−1846
17 San Martín de Burzaco 421112192943−1445
18 Sacachispas 42129212757−3045
19 Sportivo Italiano 42819153848−1043
20 Deportivo Laferrere 42819153755−1843
21 Villa San Carlos 42814203346−1338
22 Cañuelas 42910233055−2537Relegation to Primera C Metropolitana
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored.

Championship finals

The winners of Torneo Apertura (Los Andes) and Clausura (Colegiales) played a two-legged series to decide the champions and the first team promoted to Primera Nacional. [5] The losing team entered the Torneo Reducido in the second round.

First leg

Los Andes 0–0 Colegiales
Report
Estadio Eduardo Gallardón , Lomas de Zamora
Referee: Felipe Viola

Second leg

Colegiales 2–0 Los Andes
Marra Soccerball shade.svg27'
Camargo Soccerball shade.svg67'		 Report
Estadio Libertarios Unidos, Florida Oeste
Referee: Edgardo Zamora

Note: Colegiales won the series 3–1 on points (2–0 on goal difference), promoting to Primera B Nacional.

Torneo Reducido

The teams best placed in the general table (with the exception of winners of Torneo Apertura and Clausura) qualified to "Torneo Reducido", an elimination tournament played over two legs which will define the team that will play a promotion playoff against a team from Torneo Federal A seeking promotion to Primera Nacional. Best placed teams will face worst placed teams (p.e., 1 vs 6, 2 vs 5, 3 vs 4). In the second round, the championship final loser will enter the Reducido. In case of the series ended in a tie, a penalty shoot-out will be conducted, with no extra time.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Argentino de Quilmes 4–1 Argentino de Merlo 1–03–1
Deportivo Armenio 3–0 Dock Sud 2–01–0
Ferrocarril Midland 1–1 (3–4 p) Excursionistas 1–10–0

First leg

8 Nov 2024 Excursionistas 1–1 Ferrocarril Midland Buenos Aires
20:30  UTC−3 Barrios Soccerball shade.svg61' Report Frattini Soccerball shade.svg46'Stadium: Estadio de Excursionistas
Referee: Wenceslao Meneses
10 Nov 2024 Dock Sud 0–2 Deportivo Armenio Dock Sud
11:00  UTC−3 Report Maldonado Soccerball shade.svg49'
López Soccerball shade.svg81'		Stadium: Estadio de los Inmigrantes
Referee: Gastón Iglesias
10 Nov 2024 Argentino de Merlo 0–1 Argentino de Quilmes Merlo
15:00  UTC−3 Report Alegre Soccerball shade.svg84'Stadium: Estadio Argentino de Merlo
Referee: Américo Monsalvo

Second leg

16 Nov 2024 Deportivo Armenio 1–0 Dock Sud Ingeniero Maschwitz
17:00  UTC−3 Barbieri Soccerball shade.svg83' Report Stadium: Estadio Armenia
Referee: Ariel Cruz
17 Nov 2024 Ferrocarril Midland 0–0
(3–4 p)		 Excursionistas Libertad
17:00  UTC−3 Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Libertad
Referee: Gonzalo Pereira
17 Nov 2024 Argentino de Quilmes 3–1 Argentino de Merlo Quilmes
17:00  UTC−3 Stadium: Estadio Argentino de Quilmes
Referee: Sebastián Bresba

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Argentino de Quilmes 1–0 Excursionistas 0–01–0
Deportivo Armenio 2–3 Los Andes 1–01–3

First leg

Second leg

2 Dec 2024 Argentino de Quilmes 1–0 Excursionistas Quilmes
Stadium: Estadio Argentino de Quilmes
1 Dec 2024 Deportivo Armenio 1–3 Los Andes Ingeniero Maschwitz
Stadium: Estadio Armenia

Final

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Argentino de Quilmes 1–1 (4–5 p) Los Andes 0–11–0

First leg

Second leg

14 Dec 2024 Argentino de Quilmes 1–0
(4–5 p)		 Los Andes Quilmes
J.E. Martínez Soccerball shade.svg6'Stadium: Estadio Argentino de Quilmes
Referee: Ignacio Lupani

Note: Los Andes qualified to play the final v Sarmiento (LB) (winner of "Reválida" of 2024 Torneo Federal A) to define another promotion to Primera Nacional. [6]

Second promotion final

Winners of Torneo Reducido (Los Andes) and Sarmiento (LB) (winner of "Reválida" stage of 2024 Torneo Federal A) will play a match to define which team promote to the second division in order to play the 2025 Primera Nacional season. [6]

Los Andes v Sarmiento (LB)
Estadio Julio César Villagra , Córdoba

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