Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B , in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system . The competition is made up of 38 teams.
17-644: Platense may refer to: Club Atlético Platense , a football club based in Florida, Buenos Aires, Argentina Club Atlético Platense (Uruguay) , a football club based in Montevideo, Uruguay Platense F.C. , a football club based in Puerto Cortés, Cortés, Honduras C.D. Platense Municipal Zacatecoluca , a football club based in Zacatecoluca, La Paz, El Salvador Platense,
34-517: A club executive added a horizontal (brown) patch to the shirts with the purpose of covering the mud stains caused by the frecquent flooding in the zone where the stadium stood, (Av. del Libertador and Manuela Pedraza in Belgrano, Buenos Aires ). The club has issued some red shirts (as alternate kits) to commemorate the first colors of the club. The model released in 1997 and made by Puma caused great controversy among their fans due to its similarity with
51-566: A demonym for the city of La Plata , Buenos Aires, Argentina Platense, a demonym for the Río de la Plata Basin of Argentina and Uruguay Sisyrinchium platense , a flowering plant of family Iridaceae See also [ edit ] Rioplatense Spanish , a dialect spoken in the Río de la Plata Basin Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
68-532: A heart-stopping penalty shootout. After almost 20 penalties taken, right back Raul Lozano converted the final penalty, leading the team to play in a final after more than 80 years. Platense lost the final against Rosario Central, achieving a historic runner-up finish. The club's main claim to fame during these lean years is the success of Momo and David Trezeguet , who had debuted at Platense but after playing only 5 matches in Argentine Primera División
85-658: Is an Argentine sports club based in Florida, Buenos Aires . The club nickname is Calamar ( Squid ) after the journalist Palacio Zino said that the team moved "like a squid in its ink". Although the club hosts many activities, Platense is mostly known for its football team. Despite being relegated from the Primera División in 1999, it remains on the top 20 of the All-time Argentine Primera División table . Since 2021, Platense again currently competes in
102-524: Is played by teams from all over the country. Clubs from Buenos Aires surroundings , as well as some from Santa Fe Province , are promoted from or relegated to the Primera B Metropolitana ("Metropolitan B Division") while for teams from the other provinces the Torneo Federal A ("Federal A Tournament") is the next level down. In Argentine football, Primera Nacional is the second-highest league, and from it,
119-452: The Argentine Primera División , the top division of the Argentine league system . The team was recently promoted after beating Estudiantes de Río Cuarto in the "Torneo Reducido" final. Founded on 25 May 1905, Platense played in the second division from 1956 to 1964, and from 1972 to 1976, when the team finally won its first title, the Primera B championship that allowed Platense to play in
136-588: The Argentinos Juniors (which had a fierce rivalry with Platense) kit. Along their history, Platense has also introduced some variants to the brown and white colors, such as a vertical stripes shirt worn in 1922 (which had a commemorative edition in 2012). During a long period of their history, Platense also wore a brown shirt with white sleeves. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Argentine Nacional B It
153-399: The Primera División . The club achieved cult status in the late 1970s as they repeatedly staved off relegation through a series of "last-day miracles" (relegating other teams as Temperley after defeating them in decisive matches played to keep a place in the first division. Platense survived at the top level of Argentine football until finally succumbing to relegation in 1999. This would be
170-413: The 2019–20 season, the name was changed dropping the B to simply be known as Primera Nacional. Thirty-seven teams play each other once for a total of thirty-six rounds. The top-placed team will be the champion and will also earn promotion to the Primera División . The teams placed from 2nd to 13th place will compete in the "Torneo Reducido" for the second promotion berth after the regular season ends, with
187-536: The British author Chris Moss were probably the most notable fans. According to the official version, the first Platense shirts were red with black sleeves (the colors of the Platense stable), but the club then adopted the colors of the jacket (white) and cap (brown) worn by the jockey who won the race in 1905. Nevertheless, another historians state that Platense wore white shirts (with no brown elements) until 1908, when
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#1733271993767204-460: The beginning of a steep decline: Platense was subsequently relegated to the regionalised third division, Primera B Metropolitana , at the end of the 2001–02 season. On 17 May 2006, Platense won its second title and was promoted back to the Argentine second division Nacional B . But on 8 May 2010 The Squid would be relegated again to the third category. On 2 May 2018, Platense was directly promoted to
221-658: The old Primera B (until then, the second division) and regional leagues from several Argentine provinces. After the 1985–86 season, the Primera B Nacional became the second hierarchical league in Argentina's professional football, after the Primera División, and it is above the Torneo Federal A and the Primera B Metropolitana, the last one started to act as a third division for the teams directly affiliated to AFA . Beginning in
238-438: The second division after winning the Primera B Metropolitana title in a victory over club Estudiantes de Caseros. In 2021, Platense would make their return to the Primera División for the first time in 22 years after defeating Estudiantes de Río Cuarto on penalties to earn promotion. In 2023, after an irregular campaign in the league and a terrible start, Platense reached the final of the league cup after defeating Godoy Cruz in
255-462: The three best teams are automatically promoted to Primera División . Primera B Nacional games are often transmitted to Argentina and abroad on television by TyC Sports . It was created in 1986 to integrate unaffiliated clubs into the Argentine football structure, which until then had only participated in Nacional championships of Argentina's First Division tournament . It brought together teams from
272-486: The title Platense . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Platense&oldid=1154496379 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Club Atl%C3%A9tico Platense Club Atlético Platense
289-691: Was transferred to AS Monaco . Platense's fans base can be found in Vicente López, Olivos and Florida towns (all of them part of the Vicente López Partido ), as well as in Villa Urquiza and Saavedra neighbourhoods. The club is also cited in Bioy Casares 's book El Sueño de los héroes ("Dream of Heroes" ISBN 0-7043-2634-5 ). Among its supporters, the Tango music singer Roberto Goyeneche and
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