2024 Torneo Federal A

XII Torneo Federal A
Season	2024
Matches played	90
Goals scored	157 (1.74 per match)
Biggest home win	Sarmiento (LB) 4-0 Juventud Antoniana (April 21)
Biggest away win	Defensores (P) 0-4 Douglas Haig (March 31)
Highest scoring	Villa Mitre 3-2 Sansinena (March 30)
	← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of April 23, 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[edit]

First stage[edit]

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[edit]

Second stage[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Bahía Blanca

San Luis

Salta

Formosa

Bahía Blanca teams

Olimpo

Formosa teams

Salta teams

San Luis teams

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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