1987–88 Primera B Nacional

{{Short description|2nd season of the second-tier football league in Argentina}}

{{Infobox football league season

|competition = Primera B Nacional

|season = 1987–88

|dates =

|winners = Deportivo Mandiyú (1st title)

|image = Mandiyu vs quilmes 1988.jpg

|caption = Deportivo Mandiyú, champion

|promoted = {{plainlist|

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|relegated ={{plainlist|

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|continentalcup1 =

|continentalcup1 qualifiers =

|continentalcup2 =

|continentalcup2 qualifier =

|continentalcup2 qualifiers =

|league topscorer = Daniel Leani (24)

|biggest home win =

|biggest away win =

|highest scoring =

|matches =

|total goals =

|longest wins =

|longest unbeaten =

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|prevseason = 1986–87

|nextseason = 1988–89

}}

The 1987–88 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 2nd. season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 22 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División. Deportivo Mandiyú of Corrientes Province won the championship, promoting to Primera along with San Martín de Tucumán.

On the other hand, Guaraní Antonio Franco, Ferro Carril Oeste (General Pico) and Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy were relegated.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg2-88.html Argentina Second Level 1987/88] by Pablo Ciullini on the RSSSF"Argentina: AFA 1ra. "B" Nacional 1987/88" by José Carluccio, 24 August 2011

Club information

Standings

Deportivo Mandiyú was declared champion and was automatically promoted to Primera División, and the teams placed 2nd to 10th qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff.

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Second Promotion Playoff

The Second Promotion Playoff or Torneo Reducido was played by the teams placed 2nd to 10th in the overall standings: Quilmes (2nd), who entered in the Semifinals, Cipolletti (3rd) who entered in the Second Round, Chaco For Ever (4th), Tigre (5th), Belgrano (6th), Huracán (7th), Colón (8th), Atlético Tucumán (9th), Douglas Haig (10th); the champion of Primera B Metropolitana: Talleres (RE), San Martin (T) and Estación Quequén, both winners of Zonales Noroeste y Sureste from Torneo del Interior. The winner was promoted to Primera División.

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colspan=100% style="with: 100%;" align=center | First Round
colspan=100% style="with: 75%;" align=center | First Leg
width=30%|Home

!width=15%|Result

!width=30%|Away

align=center

|Douglas Haig

|0 - 3

|Huracán

align=center

|Talleres (RE)

|0 - 0

|Belgrano

align=center

|Atlético Tucumán

|1 - 0

|Colón

align=center

|San Martin (T)

|1 - 0

|Tigre

align=center

|Estación Quequén

|1 - 3

|Chaco For Ever

colspan="100%" style="with:75%; text-align:center;"| Second Leg
align=center

|Huracán

|2 - 2

|Douglas Haig

align=center

|Belgrano

|4 - 1

|Talleres (RE)

align=center

|Colón1

|1 - 0

|Atlético Tucumán

align=center

|Tigre

|0 - 1

|San Martin (T)

align=center

|Chaco For Ever

|1 - 1

|Estación Quequén

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colspan=100% style="with: 100%;" align=center | Second Round
colspan=100% style="with: 75%;" align=center | First Leg
width=30%|Home

!width=15%|Result

!width=30%|Away

align=center

|Huracán

|3 - 1

|Belgrano

align=center

|San Martin (T)

|5 - 2

|Cipolletti

align=center

|Colón

|1 - 0

|Chaco For Ever

colspan="100%" style="with:75%; text-align:center;"| Second Leg
align=center

|Belgrano

|1 - 1

|Huracán

align=center

|Cipolletti

|1 - 1

|San Martin (T)

align=center

|Chaco For Ever1

|2 - 1

|Colón

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colspan=100% style="with: 100%;" align=center | Semifinals
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width=30%|Home

!width=15%|Result

!width=30%|Away

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|Huracán

|1 - 0

|Chaco For Ever

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|San Martin (T)

|0 - 0

|Quilmes

colspan="100%" style="with:75%; text-align:center;"| Second Leg
align=center

|Chaco For Ever1

|1 - 0

|Huracán

align=center

|Quilmes

|1 - 2

|San Martin (T)

1: Qualified because of sport advantage.

= Final =

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|date = 24 Jul 1988

|time =

|event = Torneo Reducido Final
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|team2 = Chaco For Ever

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|goals2 =

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|time =

|event =

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|goals1 =

|goals2 = Noriega {{goal|28}}
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|location = Resistencia

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Note: San Martín de Tucumán won 3–0 on aggregate, promoting to Primera División.

Relegation

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!width=28| {{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}

!width=185| Team

!width=50| {{Tooltip|1985
Pts|Total 1985 points}}

!width=50| {{Tooltip|Ap 1986
Pts|Total 1986 points}}

!width=50| {{Tooltip|1986–87
Pts|Total 1986–87 points}}

!width=50| {{Tooltip|1987–88
Pts|Total 1987–88 points}}

!width=50| {{Tooltip|Total
Pts|Total points over the past three seasons}}

!width=50| {{Tooltip|Total
Pld|Total games played over the past three seasons}}

!width=50| {{Tooltip|Avg|Average}}

!Situation

!{{Tooltip|Affiliation|Club affiliation with AFA}}

1

|align="left"|Deportivo Mandiyú

| —

485810684{{#expr:106/84 round 3}}

|rowspan=15|

|Indirect

2

|align="left"|Belgrano

| —

544910384{{#expr:103/84 round 3}}

|Indirect

3

|align="left"|Huracán

| —

544810284{{#expr:102/84 round 3}}

|Direct

4

|align="left"|Chaco For Ever

| —

48519984{{#expr:99/84 round 3}}

|Indirect

5

|align="left"|Colón1

| 43

215448166144{{#expr:166/144 round 3}}

|Direct

6

|align="left"|Quilmes2

| 47

114854160144{{#expr:160/144 round 3}}

|Direct

7

|align="left"|Atlético Tucumán

| —

454542{{#expr:45/42 round 3}}

|Indirect

8

|align="left"|Deportivo Maipú

| —

49408984{{#expr:89/84 round 3}}

|Indirect

9

|align="left"|Lanús1

| 47

214735150144{{#expr:150/144 round 3}}

|Direct

10

|align="left"|Cipolletti

| —

35528784{{#expr:87/84 round 3}}

|Indirect

11

|align="left"|Tigre1

| 36

233849146144{{#expr:146/144 round 3}}

|Direct

12

|align="left"|Defensa y Justicia1

| —

214338102102{{#expr:102/102 round 3}}

|Direct

13

|align="left"|Douglas Haig

| —

41438484{{#expr:84/84 round 3}}

|Indirect

14

|align="left"|Los Andes1

| 47

234033143144{{#expr:143/144 round 3}}

|Direct

15

|align="left"|Sportivo Italiano

| —

414142{{#expr:41/42 round 3}}

|Direct

bgcolor=#ece0f3

| 16

|align="left"|Central Córdoba (SdE)

| —

37427984{{#expr:79/84 round 3}}

| Relegation Playoff Matches

|Indirect

17

|align="left"|Almirante Brown2

| 31

174540133144{{#expr:133/144 round 3}}

|rowspan=3|

|Direct

18

|align="left"|Chacarita Juniors

| —

34437784{{#expr:77/84 round 3}}

|Direct

19

|align="left"|Temperley

| —

383842{{#expr:38/42 round 3}}

|Direct

bgcolor=#ffcccc

| 20

|align="left"|Guaraní Antonio Franco

| —

35387384{{#expr:73/84 round 3}}

|Liga Posadeña de fútbol

|Indirect

bgcolor=#ffcccc

| 21

|align="left"|Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)

| —

36256184{{#expr:61/84 round 3}}

|Liga Pampeana de fútbol

|Indirect

bgcolor=#ffcccc

| 22

|align="left"|Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)

| —

34144884{{#expr:48/84 round 3}}

|Liga Jujeña de Fútbol

|Indirect

1: They kept the points earned in previous editions of the Primera B Metropolitana, although the category was new.

2: Despite they were promoted to play this season the points earned in previous editions of the Primera B Metropolitana were used to calculate averages, plus those achieved in the previous two tournaments.

Note: Clubs with indirect affiliation with AFA are relegated to their respective league of his province according to the Argentine football league system, while clubs directly affiliated face relegation to Primera B Metropolitana. Clubs with direct affiliation are all from Greater Buenos Aires, with the exception of Newell's, Rosario Central, Central Córdoba and Argentino de Rosario, all from Rosario, and Unión and Colón from Santa Fe.

=Relegation Playoff Matches=

Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

This season, Central Córdoba (SdE) had to play against Güemes (SdE) from the Liga Santiagueña de Fútbol.

align=center class="wikitable collapsed" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center; width: 70%;"
colspan=100% style="with: 100%;" align=center | Relegation Playoff 1
colspan=100% style="with: 75%;" align=center | First Leg
width=30%|Home

!width=15%|Result

!width=30%|Away

align=center

|Güemes (SdE)

|1 - 2

|Central Córdoba (SdE)

colspan=100% style="with: 75%;" align=center | Second Leg
align=center

|Central Córdoba (SdE)

|0 - 0

|Güemes (SdE)

Top scorers

class= "wikitable"

! Rank.

! Player

! Club

! Goals

{{center|1}}{{flagicon|ARG}} Daniel LeaniQuilmes{{center|24}}
rowspan=2| {{center|2}}{{flagicon|ARG}} Mario NorembergChaco For Everrowspan=2| {{center|18}}
{{flagicon|ARG}} Marcelo ReggiardoAlmirante Brown
{{center|3}}{{flagicon|ARG}} Raúl AredesAtlético Tucumán{{center|17}}

See also

References