Fixtures

DateRGazde vs Oaspeti-
03/19 23:10 8 Club Comunicaciones vs Fenix View
03/23 16:30 9 Los Andes vs Sportivo Italiano View
03/23 18:00 9 Deportivo Merlo vs CS Dock Sud View
03/23 18:30 9 Canuelas FC vs Villa San Carlos View
03/23 18:30 9 Sacachispas vs CA Colegiales View
03/23 18:30 9 Excursionistas vs UAI Urquiza View
03/23 20:00 9 Ferrocarril Midland vs Argentino Merlo View
03/23 20:40 9 Argentino Quilmes vs Club Comunicaciones View
03/25 09:30 9 Fenix vs Deportivo Liniers View
03/25 18:30 9 Villa Dalmine vs Deportivo Armenio View
03/25 18:30 9 Acassuso vs San Martin de Burzaco View
03/27 18:30 9 Deportivo Laferrere vs CSD Flandria View

Results

Date R Gazde vs Oaspeti -
03/17 18:30 8 [13] Sportivo Italiano vs Canuelas FC [9] 2-2
03/17 18:30 8 [20] Deportivo Liniers vs Ferrocarril Midland [15] 2-0
03/17 18:30 8 [6] CSD Flandria vs Deportivo Merlo [19] 0-2
03/17 18:30 8 [4] CS Dock Sud vs Sacachispas [11] 0-0
03/16 18:35 8 [10] CA Colegiales vs Excursionistas [4] 2-1
03/16 18:30 8 [13] Villa San Carlos vs Deportivo Laferrere [19] 2-2
03/16 18:30 8 [16] Deportivo Armenio vs Argentino Quilmes [1] 2-1
03/16 18:30 8 [17] Argentino Merlo vs Los Andes [3] 0-1
03/16 18:30 8 [22] UAI Urquiza vs Acassuso [11] 4-1
03/15 23:00 8 [6] San Martin de Burzaco vs Villa Dalmine [21] 1-0
03/13 20:00 1 [8] Canuelas FC vs Ferrocarril Midland [14] PPT.
03/13 00:10 7 Fenix vs Deportivo Armenio PPT.

Primera B Metropolitana is one of two professional leagues that form the third level of the Argentine football league system. The division is made up of 17 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, Greater Buenos Aires.

Originally created as the second division, it became the third level after a restructuring of the system in 1985 that ended with the creation of Primera B Nacional, set as the second division since then.

The other league at level three is the Torneo Federal A, where teams from regional leagues take part.

History

Established in 1899, the Primera B Metropolitana (originally named "Segunda División") was the first second division championship in Argentine football. Some of the teams participating were youth or reserve teams of Primera División clubs. Since 1906, a promotion and relegation system was established. Porteño would be the first club to achieve promotion under those rules.

In 1911, the Association created the "División Intermedia" as a second level of Argentine football pyramid, therefore the Segunda División became the third division of the system. Three years later, San Lorenzo de Almagro promoted to Primera División after beating Honor y Patria. Tournaments organised by dissident Asociación Amateurs (AAm) were named "Extra". When both associations, AAmF and AAF merged in 1926, from the 1927 season, the "Primera División Sección B" (predecessor of Primera B) is created and the Segunda División was set as the fourth level (level of youth team), and Intermedia the third.

In 1933, the Primera División Sección B and División Intermedia are eliminated and, its participants, become part of the Second Division and Third Division, which are again second and third level.

In 1949, the Primera División B was recreated and was contested by teams from the Segunda Division, which returned to the third level in 1950.

In 1986 the Argentine Association created the Primera B Nacional with the purpose of allowing clubs throughout Argentina to play official competitions. Primera B Nacional became the second division of Argentine football while Primera B was set as the third division, being also renamed "Primera B Metropolitana" due to it was contested by teams from the Buenos Aires metropolitan area (including Greater Buenos Aires).

Primera B Metropolitana has received several names since its inception in 1899 as the second division of Argentine football. The following charts describe the changes made to the division since its creation:

Division levels

Since its inception in 1899 as "Segunda División", the Primera B Metropolitana has changed levels (between 2 and 3) and names several times. The table below shows them in details:

Year Level Promotion to Relegation to
1899–1910
2
Primera División (None)
1911–1926
3
Intermedia Tercera División
1927–1985
2
Primera División Tercera División
1986–present
3
Primera Nacional Primera C