2016–17 Primera B Metropolitana

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Primera B Metropolitana
Season2016–17
Dates26 Aug 2016 – 3 Aug 2017
ChampionsDeportivo Morón (2nd. title)
PromotedDeportivo Morón
Deportivo Riestra
RelegatedExcursionistas
2016–17 Copa Argentina
Matches342
Goals729 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorerArgentina 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

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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

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

Quarterfinals

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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

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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

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Torneo Reducido finals
(2nd. promotion playoff)
First leg
Comunicaciones1–0Deportivo Riestra
Rose 63' Report
Attendance: 0 [n 1]
Referee: Américo Monsalvo
Second leg
Deportivo Riestra2–0Comunicaciones
Benítez 12'
Ortiz 33'		 Report
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Paulo Vigliano

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

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ No spectators were allowed for the match.

References

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  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
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