2012–13 Primera B Nacional

The 2012–13 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 27th season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion, runner-up and third-placed team were promoted to Argentine Primera División.

Club information

Club	City	Stadium
Aldosivi	Mar del Plata	José María Minella
Almirante Brown	Isidro Casanova	Fragata Presidente Sarmiento
Atlético Tucumán	Tucumán	Monumental José Fierro
Banfield	Banfield	Florencio Solá
Boca Unidos	Corrientes	José Antonio Romero Feris
Crucero del Norte	Garupá	Comandante Andrés Guacurarí
Defensa y Justicia	Florencio Varela	Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Deportivo Merlo	Merlo	José Manuel Moreno
Douglas Haig	Pergamino	Miguel Morales
Ferro Carril Oeste	Buenos Aires	Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	Jujuy	23 de Agosto
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	La Plata	Juan Carmelo Zerillo
Huracán	Buenos Aires	Tomás Adolfo Ducó
Independiente Rivadavia	Mendoza	Bautista Gargantini
Instituto	Córdoba	Presidente Perón
Nueva Chicago	Buenos Aires	Nueva Chicago
Olimpo	Bahía Blanca	Roberto Natalio Carminatti
Patronato	Paraná	Presbítero Bartolomé Grella
Rosario Central	Rosario	Dr. Lisandro de la Torre
Sarmiento (J)	Junín	Eva Perón

Relegation

Clubs with an indirect affiliation with Argentine Football Association 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 Rosario Central, Newell's Old Boys, 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.

	Team							Relegation
1	Olimpo	—	—	66	66	38	'		Indirect
2	Rosario Central	50	69	74	193	114	'		Direct
3	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	—	54	73	127	76	'		Direct
4	Sarmiento (J)	—	—	58	58	38	'		Direct
5	Banfield	—	—	58	58	38	'		Direct
6	Patronato	50	56	56	162	114	'		Indirect
7	Instituto	51	70	39	160	114	'		Indirect
8	Defensa y Justicia	43	54	57	154	114	'		Direct
9	Boca Unidos	52	57	45	154	114	'		Indirect
10	Almirante Brown	52	55	46	153	114	'		Direct
11	Huracán	—	46	54	100	76	'		Direct
12	Aldosivi	52	53	44	149	114	'		Indirect
13	Douglas Haig	—	—	49	49	38	'		Indirect
14	Ferro Carril Oeste	47	56	43	146	114	'		Direct
15	Atlético Tucumán	51	42	51	144	114	'		Indirect
16	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	54	34	50	138	114	'		Indirect
17	Crucero del Norte	—	—	45	45	38	'		Indirect
18	Independiente Rivadavia	40	45	48	133	114	'		Indirect
19	Deportivo Merlo '	51	43	37	131	114	'	Primera B Metropolitana	Direct
20	Nueva Chicago '	—	—	31	31	38	'	Primera B Metropolitana	Direct

Updated to games played in June 2013.