The 2009–10 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 24th season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.
Club information
Club City Stadium Aldosivi Mar del Plata José María Minella All Boys Floresta Islas MalvinasAtlético de RafaelaRafaelaNuevo Monumental Belgrano Córdoba El Gigante de Alberdi Boca Unidos Corrientes José Antonio Romero Feris CAI Comodoro Rivadavia Municipal de Comodoro Rivadavia Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello Deportivo Merlo Parque San Martín José Manuel Moreno Ferro Carril Oeste Caballito Arq. Ricardo Etcheverry Gimnasia y Esgrima San Salvador de Jujuy 23 de Agosto Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón Olimpo Bahía Blanca Roberto Natalio Carminatti Platense Florida Ciudad de Vicente LópezQuilmes Quilmes Centenario San Martín San Juan Ing. Hilario Sánchez San Martín San Miguel de Tucumán La Ciudadela Sportivo Italiano Ciudad Evita Republica de Italia Tiro Federal Rosario Fortín de Ludueña Unión Santa Fe 15 de Abril
Standings
Promotion/relegation playoff Legs Primera División-Primera B Nacional The 3rd and 4th placed of the table played with the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 2009–10 Primera División.
!colspan="5"|Promotion playoff 1
!colspan="5"|Promotion playoff 2
All Boys was promoted to 2010–11 Primera División by winning the playoff and Rosario Central was relegated to 2010–11 Primera B Nacional. Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) remained in the Primera División by winning the playoff.
Relegation Team Situation 1Atlético de Rafaela 53 62 53 178 114 Indirect 2Belgrano 56 62 57 175 114 Indirect 3San Martín (T) 66 — 50 116 76 Indirect 4Quilmes 55 51 64 170 114 Direct 5All Boys — 50 63 113 76 Direct 6Olimpo — 40 71 111 76 Direct 7Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) — — 54 54 38 Indirect 8Instituto 43 59 60 162 114 Indirect 9San Martín (SJ) — 49 58 107 76 Indirect 10Unión 56 49 53 158 114 Direct 11Ferro Carril Oeste 51 52 48 151 114 Direct 12Tiro Federal 54 50 44 148 114 Indirect 13Aldosivi 48 57 48 147 114 Indirect 14Boca Unidos — — 48 48 38 Indirect 15Defensa y Justicia 43 49 52 144 114 Direct 16Independiente Rivadavia 47 50 47 144 114 Indirect 17Deportivo Merlo — — 46 46 38 Relegation Playoff MatchesDirect 18CAI 51 36 43 130 114 Relegation Playoff MatchesIndirect 19Platense 41 37 49 127 114 Primera B MetropolitanaDirect 20Sportivo Italiano — — 22 22 38 Primera B MetropolitanaDirect Note: Clubs with indirect affiliation with AFA are relegated to the Torneo Argentino A, 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.
The bottom two teams of this table face relegation regardless of their affiliation status. Apart from them, the bottom teams of each affiliation face promotion/relegation playoffs against Torneo Argentino A and Primera B Metropolitana's "Reducido" (reduced tournaments) champions. The Reducidos are played after those leagues' champions are known.
Updated as of games played on June 18, 2010.Source:
Relegation Playoff Legs
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1 (Direct affiliation vs. Primera B Metropolitana)
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2 (Indirect affiliation vs. Torneo Argentino A)
Deportivo Merlo remained in the Primera B Nacional by winning the playoff. CAI remained in the Primera B Nacional by winning the playoff.
See also 2009–10 in Argentine football
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