Torneo Federal A

Torneo Federal A
Founded	2014
Country	Argentina
Confederation	CONMEBOL
Number of teams	35
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Primera B Nacional
Relegation to	Torneo Regional Federal Amateur
Domestic cup(s)	Copa Argentina
Current champions	Estudiantes (RC) ; (2018–19)
Most championships	Talleres (C); San Martín (T); Agropecuario Argentino; Central Córdoba (SdE); Estudiantes (RC) ; (1 title each)
TV partners	List InTV Sports; InTV Max; TyC Sports; TNT ;
Website	Officlal webpage
	2019–20 season

The Torneo Federal A (in English "Federal A Tournament") is one of the two 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 (2019–20 season)

First Stage

The teams were divided into two zones with fifteen teams (a total of 30 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 6th from each zone qualified for the Championship Stage.[1]

Championship Stage

The teams that qualified from the First Stage were divided into the same two zones with six teams each, also called Hexagonal Final. Playing in a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams one time. The winner of each zone was declared champion and automatically promoted to the Primera B Nacional.[1]

Relegation

After the First Stage, the two bottom teams of each zone were relegated to the Torneo Regional Federal Amateur, giving a total of four teams relegated.[1]

Participating teams (2019–20 season)

Zone A

Team	City	Province	Stadium
Boca Unidos	Corrientes	Corrientes	Leoncio Benítez
Central Norte	Salta	Salta	Padre Ernesto Martearena
Chaco For Ever	Resistencia	Chaco	Juan Alberto García
Crucero del Norte	Garupá	Misiones	Andrés Guacurarí
Defensores	Pronunciamiento	Entre Ríos	Delio Cardozo
Defensores de Belgrano	Villa Ramallo	Buenos Aires	Salomón Boeseldín
Douglas Haig	Pergamino	Buenos Aires	Miguel Morales
Gimnasia y Esgrima	Concepción del Uruguay	Entre Ríos	Manuel y Ramón Núñez
Güemes	Santiago del Estero	Santiago del Estero	Arturo Miranda
Juventud Unida	Gualeguaychú	Entre Ríos	Luis Delfino
San Martín	Formosa	Formosa	17 de Octubre
Sarmiento	Resistencia	Chaco	Centenario
Sportivo Belgrano	San Francisco	Córdoba	Oscar Boero
Sportivo Las Parejas	Las Parejas	Santa Fe	Fortaleza del Lobo
Unión	Sunchales	Santa Fe	La Fortaleza

Zone B

Team	City	Province	Stadium
Cipolletti	Cipolletti	Río Negro	La Visera de Cemento
Círculo Deportivo	Comandante Nicanor Otamendi	Buenos Aires	Guillermo Trama
Camioneros	General Rodríguez	Buenos Aires	Hugo Moyano
Deportivo Madryn	Puerto Madryn	Chubut	Coliseo del Golfo
Deportivo Maipú	Maipú	Mendoza	Higinio Sperdutti
Desamparados	San Juan	San Juan	El Serpentario
Estudiantes	San Luis	San Luis	Héctor Odicino - Pedro Benoza
Ferro Carril Oeste	General Pico	La Pampa	El Coloso del Barrio Talleres
Huracán Las Heras	Las Heras	Mendoza	General San Martín
Juventud Unida Universitario	San Luis	San Luis	Mario Diez
Olimpo	Bahía Blanca	Buenos Aires	Roberto Natalio Carminatti
Sansinena	General Cerri	Buenos Aires	Luis Molina
Sol de Mayo	Viedma	Río Negro	El Coliseo
Sportivo Peñarol	Chimbas	San Juan	Ramón Pablo Rojas
Villa Mitre	Bahía Blanca	Buenos Aires	El Fortín

List of champions

Season	Champion/s	Runner-up	Third Place
2014	(No champion crowned)
2015	Talleres (C)	Juventud Unida Universitario	Unión (S)
2016	San Martín (T)	Unión Aconquija	Juventud Antoniana Libertad (S)
2016–17	Agropecuario Argentino	Mitre (SdE)	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)
2017–18	Central Córdoba (SdE)	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)
2018–19	Estudiantes (RC)	Alvarado	San Jorge (T)
2019–20	Abandoned [note 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

Seasons in Torneo Federal A

Note: Updated to 2019–20 season.
Teams in bold currently playing in Torneo Federal A.

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

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 (A)
	Adrián Toloza	Mitre (SdE)
2016	Matías Zbrun	Libertad (S)	13
2016–17	Pablo Palacios Alvarenga	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	21
2017–18	Pablo Palacios Alvarenga	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	21
2018–19	Franco Olego	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	20

Notes

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.

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References

"Torneo Federal A 2019–20 - Forma de disputa" (in Spanish).

External links

Preceded by Torneo Argentino A	Torneo Federal A 2014–	Succeeded by –

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[coronavirus-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.

[rules-1] "Torneo Federal A 2019–20 - Forma de disputa" (in Spanish).