1993–94 Primera B Nacional

Primera B Nacional
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy, champion
Season	1993–94
Champions	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) (1st divisional title)
Promoted	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) Talleres (C)
Relegated	Ituzaingó Sarmiento (J) Chaco For Ever
Top goalscorer	Dante Fernández (29 goals)
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

The 1993–94 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the eight 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.

Club information

Club	City	Stadium
All Boys	Floresta	Islas Malvinas
Almirante Brown	Isidro Casanova	Fragata Presidente Sarmiento
Arsenal	Sarandí	Julio H. Grondona
Atlético de Rafaela	Rafaela	Nuevo Monumental
Atlético Tucumán	San Miguel de Tucumán	Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro
Central Córdoba	Rosario	Gabino Sosa
Chaco For Ever	Resistencia	Juan Alberto García
Colón	Santa Fe	Brigadier General Estanislao López
Deportivo Laferrere	Gregorio de Laferrere	José Luis Sánchez
Deportivo Morón	Morón	Francisco Urbano
Douglas Haig	Pergamino	Miguel Morales
Gimnasia y Esgrima	San Salvador de Jujuy	23 de Agosto
Instituto	Córdoba	Presidente Perón
Ituzaingó	Ituzaingó	Ituzaingó
Nueva Chicago	Mataderos	Nueva Chicago
Quilmes	Quilmes	Centenario
San Martín	San Miguel de Tucumán	La Ciudadela
Sarmiento	Junín	Eva Perón
Sportivo Italiano	Ciudad Evita	Republica de Italia
Talleres	Córdoba	La Boutique
Talleres	Remedios de Escalada	Talleres de Remedios de Escalada
Unión	Santa Fe	15 de Abril

Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) was declared champion and was automatically promoted to Primera División, and the teams placed 2nd to 8th qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	42	21	16	5	66	36	+30	58	Champion, promoted to Primera División
2	Quilmes	42	20	15	7	71	41	+30	55	Qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff
3	San Martín (T)	42	14	19	9	51	39	+12	47
4	Colón	42	17	13	12	59	49	+10	47
5	Talleres (C)	42	15	17	10	42	34	+8	47
6	Nueva Chicago	42	16	14	12	70	52	+18	46
7	Instituto	42	16	14	12	59	50	+9	46
8	Atlético Tucumán	42	18	9	15	64	52	+12	45
9	All Boys	42	18	9	15	55	59	−4	45
10	Deportivo Morón	42	15	15	12	61	72	−11	45
11	Arsenal	42	13	17	12	42	39	+3	43
12	Unión	42	15	13	14	55	54	+1	43
13	Atlético de Rafaela	42	13	16	13	52	50	+2	42
14	Douglas Haig	42	12	17	13	50	52	−2	41
15	Deportivo Laferrere	42	11	17	14	45	54	−9	39
16	Almirante Brown	42	12	14	16	51	63	−12	38
17	Sportivo Italiano	42	11	14	17	41	43	−2	36
18	Sarmiento (J)	42	9	18	15	43	55	−12	36
19	Central Córdoba (R)	42	9	16	17	44	63	−19	34
20	Talleres (RE)	42	9	14	19	35	58	−23	32
21	Ituzaingó	42	9	12	21	36	52	−16	30
22	Chaco For Ever	42	6	17	19	28	53	−25	29

Source:^{[citation needed]}

The Second Promotion Playoff or Torneo Reducido was played by the teams placed 2nd to 8th in the overall standings: Quilmes (2nd), San Martín (T) (3rd), Colón (4th), Talleres (C) (5th), Nueva Chicago (6th), Instituto (7th) and Atlético Tucumán (8th), and the champion of Primera B Metropolitana: Chacarita Juniors. The winning team was promoted to Primera División.

Torneo Reducido final
(2nd. promotion playoff)

30 July 1994

First leg

Instituto	1–1	Talleres (C)

6 August 1994

Second leg

Talleres (C)	3–1	Instituto
Kesman 5' Benítez 76' Osorio 86'	Report	Guerrero 40' (p)

Team details

Talleres

Instituto

Note: Talleres de Córdoba won 4–2 on aggregate, promoting to Primera División.

Pos	Team	1991–92 Pts	1992–93 Pts	1993–94 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Situation	Affiliation
1	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	—	—	58	58	42	1.381		Indirect
2	Colón	52	56	47	155	126	1.23		Direct
3	Quilmes	—	45	55	100	84	1.19		Direct
4	San Martín (T)	51	—	47	98	84	1.167		Indirect
5	Talleres (C)	—	—	47	47	42	1.119		Indirect
6	Nueva Chicago	49	44	46	139	126	1.103		Direct
7	All Boys	—	—	45	45	42	1.071		Direct
8	Almirante Brown	52	45	38	135	126	1.071		Direct
9	Instituto	47	41	46	134	126	1.063		Indirect
10	Atlético Tucumán	46	42	45	133	126	1.056		Indirect
11	Arsenal	—	45	43	88	84	1.048		Direct
12	Unión	—	43	43	86	84	1.024		Direct
13	Douglas Haig	50	34	41	125	126	0.992		Indirect
14	Central Córdoba (R)	42	46	34	122	126	0.968		Direct
15	Sportivo Italiano	38	48	36	122	126	0.968		Direct
16	Deportivo Morón	41	35	45	121	126	0.96		Direct
17	Atlético de Rafaela	35	43	42	120	126	0.952		Indirect
18	Deportivo Laferrere	39	40	39	118	126	0.937		Direct
19	Talleres (RE)	44	41	32	117	126	0.929		Direct
20	Chaco For Ever	46	41	29	116	126	0.921	Liga Chaqueña de fútbol	Indirect
21	Sarmiento (J)	—	—	36	36	42	0.857	Primera B Metropolitana	Direct
22	Ituzaingó	—	38	30	68	84	0.81	Primera B Metropolitana	Direct

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.