Torneo Federal A


The Torneo Federal A 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 and its metropolitan area, while most of the direct members are from the aforementioned area.
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Format (2025 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 teams qualify for the revalida stage.

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 to 4th qualified for the third stage. The remaining ten teams qualified for the second phase of the revalida stage.

Third stage

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

Fourth 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 teams from the second and third stages of championship stages play a two-legged tie and the winners advance to the third phase.

Third to sixth phase

The thirteen teams from the second phase, the losing teams from the fourth, fifth and sixth 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 is promoted to Primera Nacional.

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 four teams relegated.

List of champions

''In brackets, the number of titles won to date''

Titles by club

TeamTitlesYears won
Talleres (C)12015
San Martín (T)12016
Agropecuario Argentino12016–17
Central Córdoba (SdE)12017–18
Estudiantes (RC)12018–19
Güemes12020
Deportivo Madryn12021
Racing (C)12022
Gimnasia y Tiro12023
Central Norte12024
Ciudad de Bolivar12025

Top scorers

Top scorers by tournament

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Seasons in Torneo Federal A

  • Note: Updated to 2026 season. Teams in bold currently playing in Torneo Federal A.
Club/sSeasons
Cipolletti, Defensores de Belgrano (VR), Sarmiento (R)14
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU), Juventud Unida Universitario, Sportivo Las Parejas13
Sportivo Belgrano, Villa Mitre12
Ferro Carril Oeste (GP), Juventud Antoniana, Unión (S)11
Defensores (P), Douglas Haig, Huracán Las Heras10
Boca Unidos, Chaco For Ever, Deportivo Madryn, Estudiantes (SL), Gimnasia y Tiro, Sol de Mayo9
Círculo Deportivo, Crucero del Norte, Deportivo Maipú, Independiente (Ch), Olimpo, Sansinena, Sol de América (F)8
Alvarado, Desamparados, San Martín (F)7
Altos Hornos Zapla, Central Norte, Deportivo Camioneros, Deportivo Roca, Gutiérrez SC, Independiente (N), Juventud Unida (G), San Jorge (T), San Lorenzo (A)6
Argentino (MM), Ciudad de Bolivar, Libertad (S), Sportivo Patria, Sportivo Peñarol, Unión (VK), Unión Aconquija5
9 de Julio (R), Atenas (RC), Atlético Paraná, El Linqueño, General Belgrano, Germinal, Gimnasia y Esgrima (M), Mitre (SdE), San Martín (M), Santamarina4
Concepción FC, Deportivo Rincón, Guaraní Antonio Franco, Güemes, Guillermo Brown, Kimberley, Racing (C), San Martín (T), Sarmiento (LB)3
Alianza (CC), Américo Tesorieri, Andino, Bartolomé Mitre (P), CAI, Central Córdoba (SdE), Costa Brava, Estudiantes (RC), Gimnasia y Esgrima (Ch), Liniers (BB), Rivadavia (L), Talleres (C), Textil Mandiyú, Tiro Federal (BB), Tiro Federal (R)2
9 de Julio (M), Agropecuario Argentino, Atlético de Rafaela, Ben Hur, Deportivo Mandiyú, Unión (MdP), Vélez Sársfield (SdE)1