Torneo Federal A

Torneo Federal A
Founded	2014
Country	Argentina
Confederation	CONMEBOL
Number of teams	34
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Primera Nacional
Relegation to	Torneo Regional Federal Amateur
Domestic cup(s)	Copa Argentina
Current champions	Gimnasia y Tiro (1st title) ; (2023)
Most championships	Nine clubs (1 title each)
TV partners	Argentina:; DeporTV; TV Pública; DirecTV SportsInternational:; InTV Sports; InTV Max; TyC Sports; TNT;
Website	afa.com.ar/federala
	Current: 2024 Torneo Federal A

The Torneo Federal A (in English "Federal A Tournament") is one of the two professional leagues that form the regionalised third level of the Argentine football league system, along with Primera B Metropolitana. The competition was established in 2014 as a result of a change in the structure of the league system, replacing Torneo Argentino A.

Federal A is organised by "Consejo Federal", a division of the Argentine Football Association. Clubs in Federal A have indirect membership in AFA unlike clubs in Primera B, which have direct membership. All teams with indirect membership are from outside the city of Buenos Aires (playing in regional leagues) and its metropolitan area (Greater Buenos Aires), while most of the direct members are from the aforementioned area.

Format (2024 season)

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.

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.

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.

Participating teams (2024 season)

Zone A

Team	City	Province	Stadium
Cipolletti	Cipolletti	Río Negro	La Visera de Cemento
Círculo Deportivo	Comandante Nicanor Otamendi	Buenos Aires	Guillermo Trama
Deportivo Rincón	Rincón de Los Sauces	Neuquén	Elías Moisés Gómez
Germinal	Rawson	Chubut	El Fortín
Kimberley	Mar del Plata	Buenos Aires	José Alberto Valle
Olimpo	Bahía Blanca		Roberto Natalio Carminatti
Sansinena	General Cerri		Luis Molina
Santamarina	Tandil		Municipal General San Martín
Sol de Mayo	Viedma	Río Negro	El Coliseo
Villa Mitre	Bahía Blanca	Buenos Aires	El Fortín

Zone B

Team	City	Province	Stadium
Argentino	Monte Maíz	Córdoba	Modesto Marrone
Atenas	Río Cuarto	Córdoba	9 de Julio
Ciudad de Bolivar	San Carlos de Bolívar	Buenos Aires	Municipal Eva Perón
Deportivo Camioneros	General Rodríguez	Buenos Aires	Hugo Moyano
Estudiantes	San Luis	San Luis	Héctor Odicino - Pedro Benoza
Ferro Carril Oeste	General Pico	La Pampa	El Coloso del Barrio Talleres
Gutiérrez	General Gutiérrez	Mendoza	General Gutiérrez
Huracán Las Heras	Las Heras	Mendoza	General San Martín
Juventud Unida Universitario	San Luis	San Luis	Mario Diez
San Martín	San Martín	Mendoza	Libertador General San Martín

Zone C

Team	City	Province	Stadium
9 de Julio	Rafaela	Santa Fe	Germán Solterman
Defensores	Pronunciamiento	Entre Ríos	Delio Cardozo
Defensores de Belgrano	Villa Ramallo	Buenos Aires	Salomón Boeseldín
Douglas Haig	Pergamino		Miguel Morales
El Linqueño	Lincoln		Leonardo Costa
Gimnasia y Esgrima	Concepción del Uruguay	Entre Ríos	Manuel y Ramón Núñez
Independiente	Chivilcoy	Buenos Aires	Raúl Orlando Lungarzo
Sportivo Belgrano	San Francisco	Córdoba	Oscar Boero
Sportivo Las Parejas	Las Parejas	Santa Fe	Fortaleza del Lobo

Zone D

Team	City	Province	Stadium
Boca Unidos	Corrientes	Corrientes	Leoncio Benítez
Central Norte	Salta	Salta	Doctor Luis Güemes
Crucero del Norte	Garupá	Misiones	Andrés Guacurarí
Juventud Antoniana	Salta	Salta	Fray Honorato Pistoia
San Martín	Formosa	Formosa	17 de Octubre
Sarmiento	La Banda	Santiago del Estero	Ciudad de La Banda
Sarmiento	Resistencia	Chaco	Centenario
Sol de América	Formosa	Formosa	Sol de América
Unión	Sunchales	Santa Fe	La Fortaleza

List of champions

In brackets, the number of titles won to date

Ed.	Season	Champion/s	Also Promoted
1	2014	— [note 1]	Central Córdoba (SdE) Estudiantes (SL) Guillermo Brown Juventud Unida (G) Unión (MdP) Atlético Paraná Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) [note 1]
2	2015	Talleres (C) (1)	Juventud Unida Universitario
3	2016	San Martín (T) (1)	—
4	2016–17	Agropecuario Argentino (1)	Mitre (SdE)
5	2017–18	Central Córdoba (SdE) (1)	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)
6	2018–19	Estudiantes (RC) (1)	Alvarado
7	2019–20	(abandoned) [note 2]
8	2020	Güemes (SdE) (1)	Deportivo Maipú
9	2021	Deportivo Madryn (1)	Chaco For Ever
10	2022	Racing (C) (1)	—
11	2023	Gimnasia y Tiro (1)	—

Titles by club

Team	Titles	Years won
Talleres (C)	1	2015
San Martín (T)	1	2016
Agropecuario Argentino	1	2016–17
Central Córdoba (SdE)	1	2017–18
Estudiantes (RC)	1	2018–19
Güemes	1	2020
Deportivo Madryn	1	2021
Racing (C)	1	2022
Gimnasia y Tiro	1	2023

Top scorers

Top scorers by tournament

Season	Player	Team	Goals
2014	Hugo Troche	Sportivo Patria	16
2015	Gustavo Balvorín	Juventud Antoniana	18
	David Romero	San Lorenzo de Alem (C)[n2 1]
	Adrián Toloza	Mitre (SdE)
2016	Matías Zbrun	Libertad (S)	13
2016–17	Pablo Palacios	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	21
2017–18	Pablo Palacios	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	21
2018–19	Franco Olego	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	20
2019–20	Julio Cáceres	Chaco For Ever	10
2020	Nelson Romero	Güemes (SdE)	6
2020	Maximiliano Tunessi	Villa Mitre	6
2021	Bruno Nasta	Huracán (LH)	17
	Franco Coronel	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)
	Juan P. Zárate	Cipolletti
2022	Juan M. Amieva	Sansinena	16

Notes

Located in Catamarca Province.

Seasons in Torneo Federal A

Note: Updated to 2024 season. Teams in bold currently playing in Torneo Federal A.

Club/s	Seasons
Cipolletti, Defensores de Belgrano (VR), Sarmiento (R)	12
Ferro Carril Oeste (GP), Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU), Juventud Unida Universitario, Sportivo Las Parejas, Unión (S)	11
Defensores (P), Sportivo Belgrano, Villa Mitre	10
Chaco For Ever, Deportivo Madryn, Gimnasia y Tiro, Juventud Antoniana	9
Deportivo Maipú, Douglas Haig, Estudiantes (SL), Huracán Las Heras, Sansinena	8
Boca Unidos, Crucero del Norte, Desamparados, Sol de Mayo	7
Altos Hornos Zapla, Alvarado, Central Norte, Círculo Deportivo, Deportivo Camioneros, Deportivo Roca, Independiente (Ch), Independiente (N), Juventud Unida (G), Olimpo, San Jorge (T), San Lorenzo (A), Sol de América (F)	6
Gutiérrez SC, Libertad (S), San Martín (F), Sportivo Patria, Sportivo Peñarol, Unión (VK), Unión Aconquija	5
Atlético Paraná, Ciudad de Bolivar, General Belgrano, Gimnasia y Esgrima (M), Mitre (SdE)	4
Argentino (MM), Concepción FC, Guaraní Antonio Franco, Güemes, Racing (C), San Martín (T)	3
9 de Julio (R), Alianza (CC), Américo Tesorieri, Andino, Atenas (RC), CAI, Central Córdoba (SdE), El Linqueño, Estudiantes (RC), Germinal, Liniers (BB), Rivadavia (L), San Martín (M), Santamarina, Talleres (C), Textil Mandiyú, Tiro Federal (BB), Tiro Federal (R)	2
9 de Julio (M), Agropecuario Argentino, Deportivo Mandiyú, Deportivo Rincón, Guillermo Brown, Kimberley, Sarmiento (LB), Unión (MdP), Vélez Sársfield (SdE)	1

Notes

Because of being a transicional tournament, the competition had the unusual number of seven clubs promoted to Primera B Nacional and no relegations.[1] They are listed as "winners", although no official champion was crowned.[2]
On 28 April 2020, AFA decided to abandon the competition and declare the season finished due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All official competitions were suspended since 17 March.

References

Argentina Federal A 2014 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at the RSSSF
Argentina - Torneo del Interior at the RSSSF

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[scorers-5] Located in Catamarca Province.

[nochamp-1] Because of being a transicional tournament, the competition had the unusual number of seven clubs promoted to Primera B Nacional and no relegations.[1] They are listed as "winners", although no official champion was crowned.[2]

[coronavirus-4] On 28 April 2020, AFA decided to abandon the competition and declare the season finished due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All official competitions were suspended since 17 March.

[2] Argentina Federal A 2014 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at the RSSSF

[3] Argentina - Torneo del Interior at the RSSSF