Argentina - Primera B Metropolitana

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

Date	R	Domácí v Hosté	-
05/18 20:00	17	Canuelas FC v Sacachispas	View
05/18 20:00	17	Deportivo Laferrere v Deportivo Merlo	View
05/18 20:00	17	Ferrocarril Midland v Acassuso	View
05/18 20:00	17	Deportivo Liniers v CSD Flandria	View
05/25 20:00	18	Deportivo Merlo v Canuelas FC	View
05/25 20:00	18	Sacachispas v Los Andes	View
05/25 20:00	18	Acassuso v Fenix	View
05/25 20:00	18	San Martín De Burzaco v Argentino Quilmes	View
05/25 20:00	18	UAI Urquiza v Deportivo Armenio	View
05/25 20:00	18	CA Colegiales v Club Comunicaciones	View
05/25 20:00	18	CSD Flandria v Argentino Merlo	View
05/25 20:00	18	Villa San Carlos v Sportivo Italiano	View
05/25 20:00	18	CS Dock Sud v Deportivo Liniers	View
05/25 20:00	18	Excursionistas v Ferrocarril Midland	View
05/25 20:00	18	Deportivo Laferrere v Villa Dalmine	View
06/01 23:00	19	Villa Dalmine v Villa San Carlos	View
06/01 23:00	19	Sportivo Italiano v CSD Flandria	View
06/01 23:00	19	Argentino Merlo v CS Dock Sud	View
06/01 23:00	19	Club Comunicaciones v UAI Urquiza	View
06/01 23:00	19	Deportivo Armenio v San Martín De Burzaco	View
06/01 23:00	19	Argentino Quilmes v Acassuso	View
06/01 23:00	19	Fenix v Excursionistas	View
06/01 23:00	19	Los Andes v Deportivo Merlo	View
06/01 23:00	19	Canuelas FC v Deportivo Laferrere	View
06/01 23:00	19	Ferrocarril Midland v Sacachispas	View
06/01 23:00	19	Deportivo Liniers v CA Colegiales	View
06/08 23:00	20	Canuelas FC v Villa Dalmine	View
06/08 23:00	20	Sacachispas v Fenix	View
06/08 23:00	20	Excursionistas v Argentino Quilmes	View
06/08 23:00	20	Acassuso v Deportivo Armenio	View

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