2024 TORNEO FEDERAL A

XII Torneo Federal A
Season	2024
Relegated	Sansinena (withdrew)
Matches played	215
Goals scored	399 (1.86 per match)
Biggest home win	Santamarina 5-0 Sol de Mayo (June 2)
Biggest away win	Defensores (P) 0-4 Douglas Haig (March 31)
Highest scoring	Sportivo Las Parejas 6-1 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) (May 5)
	← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of June 17, 2024.

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.

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]

Championship stages

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

Bahía Blanca

San Luis

Salta

Formosa

Bahía Blanca teams

Olimpo

Villa Mitre

Formosa teams

San Martín (F)

Sol de América

Salta teams

Central Norte

Juventud Antoniana

San Luis teams

Estudiantes (SL)

Juventud Unida Universitario

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Locations of the 2024 season teams.

Yellow: Zone A;

Blue: Zone B;

Green: Zone C;

Red: Zone D.

Zone A

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

Zone B

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

Zone C

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

Zone D

Team	City	Stadium
Boca Unidos	Corrientes	José Antonio Romero Feris
Central Norte	Salta	Doctor Luis Güemes
Crucero del Norte	Garupá	Andrés Guacurarí
Juventud Antoniana	Salta	Fray Honorato Pistoia
San Martín	Formosa	17 De Octubre
Sarmiento	La Banda	Ciudad de La Banda
Sarmiento	Resistencia	Centenario
Sol de América	Formosa	Sol de América
Unión	Sunchales	La Fortaleza

First stage

Zone A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or Relegation
1	Olimpo	18	10	6	2	23	10	+13	36	Advance to Championship Stages
2	Villa Mitre	18	10	4	4	24	12	+12	34
3	Germinal	18	8	9	1	24	12	+12	33
4	Santamarina	18	6	7	5	20	15	+5	25
5	Kimberley	18	5	10	3	15	11	+4	25
6	Círculo Deportivo	18	6	3	9	18	28	−10	21	Advance to Revalida Stages
7	Sol de Mayo	18	6	3	9	17	30	−13	21
8	Deportivo Rincón	18	5	5	8	14	18	−4	20
9	Cipolletti	18	3	8	7	10	16	−6	17
10	Sansinena^[a] (R)	18	1	5	12	8	21	−13	8	Relegated to Torneo Regional Federal Amateur

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:

^ 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	1–1	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	1–3	2–0	1–1
Deportivo Rincón	1–0	1–0		2–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1
Germinal	1–1	3–0	0–0		2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–0
Kimberley	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–0		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	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	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0		5–0	0–0
Sol de Mayo	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	3–2	0–3	2–1	2–0		0–2
Villa Mitre	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–3	3–2	2–0	3–1

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}
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	18	10	5	3	19	12	+7	35	Advance to Championship Stages
2	Ciudad de Bolivar	18	10	2	6	22	12	+10	32
3	Argentino (MM)	18	8	6	4	15	10	+5	30
4	Deportivo Camioneros	18	7	6	5	21	14	+7	27
5	Atenas (RC)	18	8	3	7	22	19	+3	27
6	Juventud Unida Universitario	18	6	5	7	13	17	−4	23	Advance to Revalida Stages
7	San Martín (M)	18	6	4	8	10	12	−2	22
8	Huracán Las Heras	18	5	7	6	14	17	−3	22
9	Estudiantes (SL)	18	3	5	10	17	27	−10	14
10	Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	18	2	7	9	7	20	−13	13

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	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
Atenas (RC)	1–0		1–0	2–2	4–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–1
Ciudad de Bolivar	1–0	1–0		0–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0
Deportivo Camioneros	1–2	2–0	0–2		3–1	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	0–1	3–1
Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	0–0	0–0	0–4	1–1	1–2		1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0
Gutiérrez	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1		0–1	2–2	1–0
Huracán Las Heras	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	0–1		1–2	1–0
Juventud Unida Universitario	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1		1–2
San Martín (M)	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[
citation needed]}
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	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	16	7	8	1	19	8	+11	29	Advance to Championship Stages
2	Sportivo Belgrano	16	8	5	3	13	5	+8	29
3	9 de Julio (R)	16	7	5	4	20	15	+5	26
4	Sportivo Las Parejas	16	6	5	5	19	13	+6	23
5	El Linqueño	16	6	4	6	13	12	+1	22	Advance to Revalida Stages
6	Douglas Haig	16	4	7	5	14	13	+1	19
7	Independiente (Ch)	16	4	7	5	13	13	0	19
8	Defensores (P)	16	3	4	9	11	29	−18	13
9	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	16	2	5	9	9	23	−14	11

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	9JU	DPR	DEF	DOU	ELI	GYE	ICH	SPB	SLP
9 de Julio (R)		2–1	0–2	4–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1
Defensores (P)	3–1		1–0	0–4	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–1
Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	2–0	3–0		1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1
Douglas Haig	1–1	3–0	0–0		0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0
El Linqueño	0–2	4–0	2–2	0–1		1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1		0–0	0–1	1–0
Independiente (Ch)	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–0		0–2	2–4
Sportivo Belgrano	1–1	1–0	0–0	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	2–1	0–0

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}
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	Central Norte	16	10	4	2	23	10	+13	34	Advance to Championship Stages
2	Sarmiento (LB)	16	10	3	3	23	11	+12	33
3	Sol de América (F)	16	8	4	4	17	13	+4	28
4	San Martín (F)	16	7	4	5	19	13	+6	25
5	Juventud Antoniana	16	5	4	7	14	17	−3	19	Advance to Revalida Stages
6	Crucero del Norte	16	3	6	7	11	17	−6	15
7	Boca Unidos	16	3	5	8	13	19	−6	14
8	Unión (S)	15	3	4	8	10	24	−14	13
9	Sarmiento (R)	15	2	6	7	8	14	−6	12

Updated to match(es) played on 14 July 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	BOU	CNO	CRU	JUA	SAF	SLB	SAR	SOL	UNS
Boca Unidos		0–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1
Central Norte	2–0		2–1	2–0	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	0–0
Juventud Antoniana	2–0	1–1	0–0		1–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	3–0
San Martín (F)	1–3	2–1	2–0	2–0		1–1	2–0	0–0	3–0
Sarmiento (LB)	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–0		1–0	3–1	2–0
Sarmiento (R)	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1		1–0
Sol de América (F)	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0		3–1
Unión (S)	2–1	1–4	0–2	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Stages

Second stage

Zone A

Pos	Team	Qualification or Relegation
1	Argentino (MM)	Advance to Semifinals of Championship Stages and qualification for Copa Argentina
2	Ciudad de Bolivar
3	Deportivo Camioneros	Advance to Second phase of Revalida Stages and qualification for Copa Argentina
4	Germinal
5	Gutiérrez
6	Kimberley	Advance to Second phase of Revalida Stages
7	Olimpo
8	Santamarina
9	Villa Mitre

Updated to match(es) played on 21 July 2024. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.

Results

Home \ Away	ARG	CIU	DEP	GER	GUT	KIM	OLI	RSA	VMI
Argentino (MM)
Ciudad de Bolivar
Deportivo Camioneros
Germinal
Gutiérrez
Kimberley
Olimpo
Santamarina
Villa Mitre

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone B

Pos	Team	Qualification or Relegation
1	9 de Julio (R)	Advance to Semifinals of Championship Stages and qualification for Copa Argentina
2	Atenas (RC)
3	Central Norte	Advance to Second phase of Revalida Stages and qualification for Copa Argentina
4	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)
5	San Martín (F)
6	Sarmiento (LB)	Advance to Second phase of Revalida Stages
7	Sol de América (F)
8	Sportivo Belgrano
9	Sportivo Las Parejas

Updated to match(es) played on 21 July 2024. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.

Results

Home \ Away	9JU	ATE	CNO	DEF	SAF	SLB	SOL	SPB	SLP
9 de Julio (R)
Atenas (RC)
Central Norte
Defensores de Belgrano (VR)
San Martín (F)
Sarmiento (LB)
Sol de América (F)
Sportivo Belgrano
Sportivo Las Parejas

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Revalida Stages

First phase

Zone A

Pos	Team	Qualification or Relegation
1	Cipolletti	Advance to Second phase of Revalida Stages
2	Círculo Deportivo
3	Deportivo Rincón
4	Estudiantes (SL)
5	Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)
6	Huracán Las Heras
7	Juventud Unida Universitario
8	San Martín (M)
9	Sol de Mayo
10	Sansinena^[a] (R)	Excluded

Updated to match(es) played on 21 July 2024. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Sansinena retired from the competition before week 13 due to economic reasons, as a result they were relegated. ^[3]

Results

Home \ Away	CIP	CIR	DRI	ESL	FCO	HLH	JUU	SMA	SOL
Cipolletti
Círculo Deportivo
Deportivo Rincón
Estudiantes (SL)
Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)
Huracán Las Heras
Juventud Unida Universitario
San Martín (M)
Sol de Mayo

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone B

Pos	Team	Qualification or Relegation
1	Boca Unidos	Advance to Second phase of Revalida Stages
2	Crucero del Norte
3	Defensores (P)
4	Douglas Haig
5	El Linqueño
6	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)
7	Independiente (Ch)
8	Juventud Antoniana
9	Sarmiento (R)
10	Unión (S)

Updated to match(es) played on 21 July 2024. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.

Results

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation

Zone A

Pos	Team	First Stage Pts	Total Pts	Relegation
1	Juventud Unida Universitario	23	23
2	Huracán Las Heras	22	22
3	San Martín (M)	22	22
4	Círculo Deportivo	21	21
5	Sol de Mayo	21	21
6	Deportivo Rincón	20	20
7	Cipolletti	17	17
8	Estudiantes (SL)	14	14
9	Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	13	13	Torneo Regional Amateur
10	Sansinena^[3]	8	8	Torneo Regional Amateur

Zone B

Pos	Team	First Stage Pts	Total Pts	Relegation
1	El Linqueño	22	22
2	Douglas Haig	19	19
3	Independiente (Ch)	19	19
4	Juventud Antoniana	19	19
5	Crucero del Norte	15	15
6	Boca Unidos	14	14
7	Defensores (P)	13	13
8	Unión (S)	13	13
9	Sarmiento (R)	12	12	Torneo Regional Amateur
10	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	11	11	Torneo Regional Amateur

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Reglamento Oficial Torneo Federal 2024" (in Spanish). Ascenso del Interior.
^ "Sanciones del Torneo Federal A y fallos. OFICIAL DEL TDDI: Sansinena será uno de los cuatro descensos" (in Spanish).
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference sansinena was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

External links

Sitio Oficial de AFA (in Spanish)
Ascenso del Interior (in Spanish)
Interior Futbolero (in Spanish)
Solo Ascenso (in Spanish)
Mundo Ascenso (in Spanish)
Promiedos (in Spanish)

[table_note_SAN0.69490972426483-3] 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]

[table_note_SAN0.43052772685444-5] Sansinena retired from the competition before week 13 due to economic reasons, as a result they were relegated. ^[3]

[rules-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).

[sansinena-4] Cite error: The named reference sansinena was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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Format

First stage

Championship stages

Second stage

Third stage

Fourth stage

Revalida stages

Second phase

Third to sixth phase

Relegation

Club information

Zone A

Zone B

Zone C

Zone D

First stage

Zone A

Results

Zone B

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Zone C

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Zone D

Results

Championship Stages

Second stage

Zone A

Results

Zone B

Results

Revalida Stages

First phase

Zone A

Results

Zone B

Results

Relegation

Zone A

Zone B

See also

References

External links

Format

First stage

Championship stages

Second stage

Third stage

Fourth stage

Revalida stages

Second phase

Third to sixth phase

Relegation

Club information

Zone A

Zone B

Zone C

Zone D

First stage

Zone A

Results

Zone B

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Zone C

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Zone D

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Championship Stages

Second stage

Zone A

Results

Zone B

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Revalida Stages

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Zone A

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Zone B

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Relegation

Zone A