2024 Torneo Federal A

The 2024 Argentine Torneo Federal A,[1] was the twelfth season of the Torneo Federal A, the regionalised third tier of the Argentine football league system. The tournament is reserved for teams indirectly affiliated to the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA), while teams affiliated to AFA have to play the Primera B Metropolitana, which is the other third-tier competition. The competition was contested by 33 of the 36 teams that took part in the 2023 season, with no teams relegated from Primera Nacional and five teams promoted from Torneo Regional Federal Amateur. One team was promoted to Primera Nacional, other team qualified for a promotion playoff against a team from Primera B Metropolitana and four teams were relegated to Torneo Regional Federal Amateur. The season began on 24 March and ended on 1 December 2024.

XII Torneo Federal A
Season2024
RelegatedSansinena (withdrew)
Matches played215
Goals scored399 (1.86 per match)
Biggest home winSantamarina 5-0 Sol de Mayo (June 2)
Biggest away winDefensores (P) 0-4 Douglas Haig (March 31)
Highest scoringSportivo Las Parejas 6-1 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) (May 5)
← 2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of June 17, 2024.

Format

First stage

The thirty-eight teams were divided into four zones, two with ten teams and two with nine teams in each zone and it was played in a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams two times. The teams placed 1st to 5th from each zone with ten teams, and the teams placed 1st to 4th from each zone with nine teams qualified for the championship stages. The remaining twenty-three teams qualify for the revalida stage.[1]

Second stage

The eighteen teams were divided into two zones with nine teams each and it was played in a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams one time. The teams placed 1st and 2nd qualified for the third stage. The remaining fourteen teams qualified for the second phase of the revalida stage.

Third stage

The four teams play a two-legged tie and the winners advance to the fourth stage. The losing teams qualified for the third phase of the revalida stage.

Fourth stage

Both tie winners will play a final match on neutral ground to decide the champion and first promoted team to Primera Nacional. The losing team qualified for the third phase of the revalida stage.[1]

Revalida stages

The revalida stage is divided in several phases: First, the twenty teams that did not qualify for the championship stages were divided into two zones and it was played in a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams one time. The teams placed 1st to 6th from each zone advance too the second phase.

Second phase

The twelve teams from the first phase of revalida stage and the fourteen team from the second stage of championship stage play a two-legged tie and the winners advance to the third stage.

Third to sixth phase

The thirteen teams from the second phase, the losing teams from the third stage and the losing team from the fourth stage of championship stages, play a torneo reducido, with teams seeded according to their previous results; playing a two-legged tie over the phases. The winner of the sixth phase played a promotion playoff against one team from Primera B Metropolitana.

Relegation

After the first phase of the revalida stage a table was drawn up with the points obtained in the first stage and the first phase of the revalida stage and the bottom two teams of each two zones were relegated to the Torneo Regional Federal Amateur, giving a total of eight teams relegated.[1]

Club information
Círculo Dvo.
Dvo. Rincón
Germinal
Bahía Blanca
Sol de Mayo
Argentino (MM)
Dvo. Camioneros
Ferro (GP)
Gutiérrez
Huracán LH
San Luis
Defensores (P)
Independiente (Ch)
Salta
Formosa
Bahía Blanca teams
Olimpo
Villa Mitre
Formosa teams
San Martín (F)
Sol de América
Locations of the 2024 season teams.
Yellow: Zone A; Blue: Zone B;
Green: Zone C; Red: Zone D.

Zone A
Team City Stadium
CipollettiCipollettiLa Visera de Cemento
Círculo DeportivoCdte. Nicanor OtamendiGuillermo Trama
Deportivo RincónRincón de Los SaucesElías Moisés Gómez
GerminalRawsonEl Fortín
KimberleyMar del PlataJosé Alberto Valle
OlimpoBahía BlancaRoberto Natalio Carminatti
SansinenaGeneral CerriLuis Molina
SantamarinaTandilMunicipal General San Martín
Sol de MayoViedmaSol de Mayo
Villa MitreBahía BlancaEl Fortín

Zone B
Team City Stadium
ArgentinoMonte MaízModesto Marrone
AtenasRío Cuarto9 de Julio
Ciudad de BolivarSan Carlos de BolívarMunicipal Eva Perón
Deportivo CamionerosGeneral RodríguezHugo Moyano
EstudiantesSan LuisHéctor Odicino – Pedro Benoza
Ferro Carril OesteGeneral PicoEl Coloso del Barrio Talleres
GutiérrezGeneral GutiérrezGeneral Gutiérrez
Huracán Las HerasLas HerasGeneral San Martín
Juventud Unida UniversitarioSan LuisMario Diez
San MartínSan MartínLibertador General San Martín

Zone C
Team City Stadium
9 de JulioRafaelaGermán Solterman
DefensoresPronunciamientoDelio Cardozo
Defensores de BelgranoVilla RamalloSalomón Boeseldín
Douglas HaigPergaminoMiguel Morales
El LinqueñoLincolnLeonardo Costa
Gimnasia y EsgrimaConcepción del UruguayManuel y Ramón Núñez
IndependienteChivilcoyRaúl Orlando Lungarzo
Sportivo BelgranoSan FranciscoOscar Boero
Sportivo Las ParejasLas ParejasFortaleza del Lobo

Zone D
Team City Stadium
Boca UnidosCorrientesJosé Antonio Romero Feris
Central NorteSaltaDoctor Luis Güemes
Crucero del NorteGarupáAndrés Guacurarí
Juventud AntonianaSaltaFray Honorato Pistoia
San MartínFormosa17 De Octubre
SarmientoLa BandaCiudad de La Banda
SarmientoResistenciaCentenario
Sol de AméricaFormosaSol de América
UniónSunchalesLa Fortaleza

First stage

Zone A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or Relegation
1 Olimpo 15 9 4 2 21 9 +12 31 Advance to Championsip Stages
2 Germinal 15 8 6 1 22 10 +12 30
3 Villa Mitre 15 8 3 4 19 11 +8 27
4 Kimberley 16 5 9 2 13 8 +5 24
5 Círculo Deportivo 16 6 3 7 17 23 −6 21
6 Santamarina 16 4 7 5 14 12 +2 19 Advance to Revalida Stages
7 Deportivo Rincón 15 5 3 7 11 14 −3 18
8 Sol de Mayo 15 5 2 8 13 26 −13 17
9 Cipolletti 15 3 6 6 8 12 −4 15
10 Sansinena[lower-alpha 1] (R) 18 1 5 12 8 21 −13 8 Relegated to Torneo Regional Federal Amateur
Updated to match(es) played on June 23, 2024. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) goals scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Sansinena retired from the competition before week 13 due to economic reasons, as a result they were relegated and lost all of their remaining matches by walkover 0-1. [2]

Results
Home \ Away CIP CIR DRI GER KIM OLI SAN RSA SOL VMI
Cipolletti 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1
Círculo Deportivo 2–1 3–2 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1
Deportivo Rincón 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0
Germinal 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–0
Kimberley 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Olimpo 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
Sansinena 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–2
Santamarina 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 5–0 0–0
Sol de Mayo 3–0 1–0 2–2 0–3 2–1 2–0 0–2
Villa Mitre 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–3 3–2 2–0 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on June 15, 2024. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or Relegation
1 Gutiérrez 15 8 4 3 16 11 +5 28 Advance to Championsip Stages
2 Ciudad de Bolivar 15 8 2 5 18 9 +9 26
3 Deportivo Camioneros 14 6 4 4 14 8 +6 22
4 Argentino (MM) 15 5 6 4 11 9 +2 21
5 San Martín (M) 15 6 3 6 10 10 0 21
6 Atenas (RC) 14 6 2 6 17 15 +2 20 Advance to Revalida Stages
7 Juventud Unida Universitario 15 5 5 5 12 14 −2 20
8 Huracán Las Heras 15 4 6 5 11 15 −4 18
9 Estudiantes (SL) 15 3 5 7 15 21 −6 14
10 Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) 15 2 5 8 7 19 −12 11
Updated to match(es) played on June 23, 2024. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) goals scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.

Results
Home \ Away ARG ATE CIU DEP ESL FCO GUT HLH JUU SMA
Argentino (MM) 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Atenas (RC) 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 0–1
Ciudad de Bolivar 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Deportivo Camioneros 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–1
Estudiantes (SL) 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1
Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) 0–0 0–0 0–4 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0
Gutiérrez 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–0
Huracán Las Heras 0–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–0
Juventud Unida Universitario 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–2
San Martín (M) 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or Relegation
1 Sportivo Belgrano 14 8 3 3 13 5 +8 27 Advance to Championsip Stages
2 Defensores de Belgrano (VR) 13 7 5 1 18 7 +11 26
3 El Linqueño 14 6 4 4 12 8 +4 22
4 Sportivo Las Parejas 13 5 5 3 17 10 +7 20
5 9 de Julio (R) 13 5 4 4 15 14 +1 19 Advance to Revalida Stages
6 Independiente (Ch) 13 4 5 4 12 11 +1 17
7 Douglas Haig 13 3 5 5 12 12 0 14
8 Defensores (P) (A) 14 2 3 9 8 27 −19 9
9 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) (A) 13 1 4 8 6 19 −13 7
Updated to match(es) played on June 24, 2024. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) goals scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.
(A) Advance to a further round

Results
Home \ Away 9JU DPR DEF DOU ELI GYE ICH SPB SLP
9 de Julio (R) 2–1 0–2 4–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1
Defensores (P) 3–1 1–0 0–4 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–1
Defensores de Belgrano (VR) 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Douglas Haig 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1
El Linqueño 4–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1
Independiente (Ch) 3–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 0–2 2–4
Sportivo Belgrano 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
Sportivo Las Parejas 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 6–1 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on June 24, 2024. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or Relegation
1 Sarmiento (LB) 14 9 2 3 20 9 +11 29 Advance to Championsip Stages
2 Central Norte 13 8 4 1 19 8 +11 28
3 San Martín (F) 13 7 3 3 17 7 +10 24
4 Sol de América (F) 14 6 4 4 12 11 +1 22
5 Juventud Antoniana 13 4 4 5 9 12 −3 16 Advance to Revalida Stages
6 Crucero del Norte 14 3 5 6 10 14 −4 14
7 Sarmiento (R) 13 2 5 6 7 12 −5 11
8 Boca Unidos (A) 13 2 4 7 9 15 −6 10
9 Unión (S) (A) 13 2 3 8 7 22 −15 9
Updated to match(es) played on 23 June 2024. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) goals scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.
(A) Advance to a further round

Results
Home \ Away BOU CNO CRU JUA SAF SLB SAR SOL UNS
Boca Unidos 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–1
Central Norte 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0
Crucero del Norte 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–0
Juventud Antoniana 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–0
San Martín (F) 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0
Sarmiento (LB) 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0
Sarmiento (R) 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0
Sol de América (F) 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1
Unión (S) 2–1 1–4 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 16 June 2024. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References
  1. "Reglamento Oficial Torneo Federal 2024" (in Spanish). Ascenso del Interior.
  2. "Sanciones del Torneo Federal A y fallos. OFICIAL DEL TDDI: Sansinena será uno de los cuatro descensos" (in Spanish).
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