Torneo Federal A

{{Infobox football league

| name = Torneo Federal A

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| country = {{ARG}}

| confed = CONMEBOL

| founded = {{Start date and age|2014}}

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| teams = 38

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| promotion = Primera Nacional

| relegation = Torneo Regional Federal Amateur

| levels = 3

| domest_cup = Copa Argentina

| confed_cup =

| champions = Central Norte (1st title)

| season = 2024

| most successful club = Nine clubs (1 title each)

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| website = {{url|https://www.afa.com.ar/es/pages/federal-a|afa.com.ar/federala}}

| current = 2025 Torneo Federal A

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The Torneo Federal A ({{lit|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.{{cite web|url=https://www.elmarplatense.com/kimberley-lo-perdio-en-el-final-ante-sol-de-mayo|language=es|title=Kimberley lo perdió en el final ante Sol de Mayo|trans-title=Kimberley lost it in the final against Sol de Mayo|date=1 July 2024|access-date=1 July 2024|author=Marca Deportiva|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701141051/https://www.elmarplatense.com/kimberley-lo-perdio-en-el-final-ante-sol-de-mayo|archive-date=1 July 2024|website=elmarplatense.com}} 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 (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 sixtg 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.

Participating teams (2025 season)

=Zone A=

width=170px\|Team ! width=200px\|City ! width=120px\|Province ! width=180px\|Stadium
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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	rowspan=2\|Chubut	El Fortín
Guillermo Brown	Puerto Madryn	Raul Conti
Kimberley	Mar del Plata	rowspan=3\|Buenos Aires	José Alberto Valle
Olimpo	Bahía Blanca	Roberto Natalio Carminatti
Santamarina	Tandil	Municipal General San Martín
Sol de Mayo	Viedma	Río Negro	El Coliseo
Villa Mitre	Bahía Blanca	Buenos Aires	El Fortín

=Zone B=

width=170px\|Team ! width=200px\|City ! width=120px\|Province ! width=180px\|Stadium
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Argentino	Monte Maíz	rowspan=2\|Córdoba	Modesto Marrone
Atenas	Río Cuarto	9 de Julio
Ciudad de Bolivar	San Carlos de Bolívar	Buenos Aires	Municipal Eva Perón
Costa Brava	General Pico	La Pampa	Nuevo Pacaembú
Estudiantes	San Luis	San Luis	Héctor Odicino - Pedro Benoza
Gutiérrez	General Gutiérrez	rowspan=2\|Mendoza	General Gutiérrez
Huracán Las Heras	Las Heras	General San Martín
Juventud Unida Universitario	San Luis	San Luis	Mario Diez
San Martín	San Martín	Mendoza	Libertador General San Martín

=Zone C=

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9 de Julio	rowspan=2\|Rafaela	rowspan=2\|Santa Fe	Germán Solterman
Ben Hur	Parque Barrio Ilolay
Defensores de Belgrano	Villa Ramallo	rowspan=4\|Buenos Aires	Salomón Boeseldín
Douglas Haig	Pergamino	Miguel Morales
El Linqueño	Lincoln	Leonardo Costa
Gimnasia y Esgrima	Chivilcoy	José María Paz
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=

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Atlético de Rafaela	Rafaela	Santa Fe	Nuevo Monumental
Bartolomé Mitre	Posadas	Misiones	Ernesto Tito Cucchiaroni
Boca Unidos	Corrientes	Corrientes	Leoncio Benítez
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

List of champions

In brackets, the number of titles won to date

width=\| Ed. !width= px\| Season !width= 200px\| Champion/s !width= 220px\| Also Promoted
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{{center\|1}}	2014	{{center\|—{{refn\|group=note\|name=nochamp}} }}	Central Córdoba (SdE) Estudiantes (SL) Guillermo Brown Juventud Unida (G) Unión (MdP) Atlético Paraná Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) {{refn\|Because of being a transicional tournament, the competition had the unusual number of seven clubs promoted to Primera B Nacional and no relegations.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg2015.html#federala Argentina Federal A 2014] by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at the RSSSF They are listed as "winners", although no official champion was crowned.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/argint-champ.html Argentina - Torneo del Interior] at the RSSSF\|group=note\|name=nochamp}}
{{center\|2}}	2015	Talleres (C) {{small\|(1)}}	Juventud Unida Universitario
{{center\|3}}	2016	San Martín (T) {{small\|(1)}}	{{center\|—}}
{{center\|4}}	2016–17	Agropecuario Argentino {{small\|(1)}}	Mitre (SdE)
{{center\|5}}	2017–18	Central Córdoba (SdE) {{small\|(1)}}	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)
{{center\|6}}	2018–19	Estudiantes (RC) {{small\|(1)}}	Alvarado
{{center\|7}}	2019–20	colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#efefef" \| (abandoned){{refn\|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.\|group=note\|name=coronavirus}}
{{center\|8}}	2020	Güemes (SdE) {{small\|(1)}}	Deportivo Maipú
{{center\|9}}	2021	Deportivo Madryn {{small\|(1)}}	Chaco For Ever
{{center\|10}}	2022	Racing (C) {{small\|(1)}}	{{center\|—}}
{{center\|11}}	2023	Gimnasia y Tiro {{small\|(1)}}	{{center\|—}}
{{center\|12}}	2024	Central Norte {{small\|(1)}}	{{center\|—}}

Titles by club

class="wikitable sortable" !width=150px\|Team !width=60px\|Titles !width=200px\|Years won
Talleres (C)	align=center\| 1	2015
San Martín (T)	align=center\| 1	2016
Agropecuario Argentino	align=center\| 1	2016–17
Central Córdoba (SdE)	align=center\| 1	2017–18
Estudiantes (RC)	align=center\| 1	2018–19
Güemes	align=center\| 1	2020
Deportivo Madryn	align=center\| 1	2021
Racing (C)	align=center\| 1	2022
Gimnasia y Tiro	align=center\| 1	2023
Central Norte	align=center\| 1	2024

Top scorers

=Top scorers by tournament=

width=60px\|Season !width=180px\|Player !width=170px\|Team !width=60px\|Goals
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align=center\|2014	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Hugo Troche	Sportivo Patria	align=center\|16
rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" \| 2015	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Gustavo Balvorín	Juventud Antoniana	rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" \| 18
align=left\| {{flagicon\|ARG}} David Romero	San Lorenzo de Alem (C){{refn\|Located in Catamarca Province.\|group=n2\|name=scorers}}
align=left\| {{flagicon\|ARG}} Adrián Toloza	Mitre (SdE)
align=center\|2016	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Matías Zbrun	Libertad (S)	align=center\|13
align=center\|2016–17	{{flagicon\|PAR}} Pablo Palacios	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	align=center\|21
align=center\|2017–18	{{flagicon\|PAR}} Pablo Palacios	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	align=center\|21
align=center\|2018–19	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Franco Olego	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	align=center\|20
{{center\|2019–20}}	{{flagicon\|PAR}} Julio Cáceres	Chaco For Ever	{{center\|10}}
rowspan=2\| {{center\|2020}}	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Nelson Romero	Güemes (SdE)	rowspan=2\| {{center\|6}}
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Maximiliano Tunessi	Villa Mitre
rowspan=3\| {{center\|2021}}	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Bruno Nasta	Huracán (LH)	rowspan=3\|{{center\|17}}
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Franco Coronel	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Juan P. Zárate	Cipolletti
{{center\|2022}}	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Juan M. Amieva	Sansinena	{{center\|16}}

;Notes

Seasons in Torneo Federal A

Note: Updated to 2025 season. Teams in bold currently playing in Torneo Federal A.

width=800px\| Club/s !width=60px\| Seasons
class="wikitable "
align=left\|Cipolletti, Defensores de Belgrano (VR), Sarmiento (R)	align=center\|13
align=left\|Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU), Juventud Unida Universitario, Sportivo Las Parejas	align=center\|12
align=left\|Ferro Carril Oeste (GP), Sportivo Belgrano, Unión (S), Villa Mitre	align=center\|11
align=left\|Defensores (P), Juventud Antoniana	align=center\|10
align=left\|Chaco For Ever, Deportivo Madryn, Douglas Haig, Estudiantes (SL), Gimnasia y Tiro, Huracán Las Heras	align=center\|9
align=left\|Boca Unidos, Crucero del Norte, Deportivo Maipú, Sansinena, Sol de Mayo	align=center\|8
align=left\| Círculo Deportivo, Desamparados, Independiente (Ch), Olimpo, Sol de América (F)	align=center\|7
align=left\|Altos Hornos Zapla, Alvarado, Central Norte, Deportivo Camioneros, Deportivo Roca, Gutiérrez SC, Independiente (N), Juventud Unida (G), San Jorge (T), San Lorenzo (A), San Martín (F)	align=center\|6
align=left\| Ciudad de Bolivar, Libertad (S), Sportivo Patria, Sportivo Peñarol, Unión (VK), Unión Aconquija	align=center\|5
align=left\|Argentino (MM), Atlético Paraná, General Belgrano, Gimnasia y Esgrima (M), Mitre (SdE)	align=center\|4
align=left\|9 de Julio (R), Atenas (RC), Concepción FC, Guaraní Antonio Franco, Güemes, El Linqueño, Germinal, Racing (C), San Martín (M), San Martín (T), Santamarina	align=center\|3
align=left\| Alianza (CC), Américo Tesorieri, Andino, CAI, Central Córdoba (SdE), Deportivo Rincón, Estudiantes (RC), Guillermo Brown, Kimberley, Liniers (BB), Rivadavia (L), Sarmiento (LB), Talleres (C), Textil Mandiyú, Tiro Federal (BB), Tiro Federal (R)	align=center\|2
align=left\|9 de Julio (M), Agropecuario Argentino, Atlético de Rafaela, Bartolomé Mitre (P), Ben Hur, Costa Brava, Deportivo Mandiyú, Gimnasia y Esgrima (Ch), Unión (MdP), Vélez Sársfield (SdE)	align=center\|1

Notes

References

External links

{{official website}}
[http://www.ascensodelinterior.com.ar/etiquetas/1/argentino-a/ Ascenso del Interior]
[http://interiorfutbolero.com.ar/seccion/federal-a/ Interior Futbolero]
[http://www.promiedos.com.ar/federala Promiedos]

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width=\| Ed. !width= px\| Season !width= 200px\| Champion/s !width= 220px\| Also Promoted
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{{center\|1}}	2014	{{center\|—{{refn\|group=note\|name=nochamp}} }}	Central Córdoba (SdE) Estudiantes (SL) Guillermo Brown Juventud Unida (G) Unión (MdP) Atlético Paraná Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) {{refn\|Because of being a transicional tournament, the competition had the unusual number of seven clubs promoted to Primera B Nacional and no relegations.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg2015.html#federala Argentina Federal A 2014] by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at the RSSSF They are listed as "winners", although no official champion was crowned.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/argint-champ.html Argentina - Torneo del Interior] at the RSSSF\|group=note\|name=nochamp}}
{{center\|2}}	2015	Talleres (C) {{small\|(1)}}	Juventud Unida Universitario
{{center\|3}}	2016	San Martín (T) {{small\|(1)}}	{{center\|—}}
{{center\|4}}	2016–17	Agropecuario Argentino {{small\|(1)}}	Mitre (SdE)
{{center\|5}}	2017–18	Central Córdoba (SdE) {{small\|(1)}}	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)
{{center\|6}}	2018–19	Estudiantes (RC) {{small\|(1)}}	Alvarado
{{center\|7}}	2019–20	colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#efefef" \| (abandoned){{refn\|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.\|group=note\|name=coronavirus}}
{{center\|8}}	2020	Güemes (SdE) {{small\|(1)}}	Deportivo Maipú
{{center\|9}}	2021	Deportivo Madryn {{small\|(1)}}	Chaco For Ever
{{center\|10}}	2022	Racing (C) {{small\|(1)}}	{{center\|—}}
{{center\|11}}	2023	Gimnasia y Tiro {{small\|(1)}}	{{center\|—}}
{{center\|12}}	2024	Central Norte {{small\|(1)}}	{{center\|—}}

width=60px\|Season !width=180px\|Player !width=170px\|Team !width=60px\|Goals
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align=center\|2014	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Hugo Troche	Sportivo Patria	align=center\|16
rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" \| 2015	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Gustavo Balvorín	Juventud Antoniana	rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" \| 18
align=left\| {{flagicon\|ARG}} David Romero	San Lorenzo de Alem (C){{refn\|Located in Catamarca Province.\|group=n2\|name=scorers}}
align=left\| {{flagicon\|ARG}} Adrián Toloza	Mitre (SdE)
align=center\|2016	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Matías Zbrun	Libertad (S)	align=center\|13
align=center\|2016–17	{{flagicon\|PAR}} Pablo Palacios	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	align=center\|21
align=center\|2017–18	{{flagicon\|PAR}} Pablo Palacios	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	align=center\|21
align=center\|2018–19	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Franco Olego	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	align=center\|20
{{center\|2019–20}}	{{flagicon\|PAR}} Julio Cáceres	Chaco For Ever	{{center\|10}}
rowspan=2\| {{center\|2020}}	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Nelson Romero	Güemes (SdE)	rowspan=2\| {{center\|6}}
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Maximiliano Tunessi	Villa Mitre
rowspan=3\| {{center\|2021}}	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Bruno Nasta	Huracán (LH)	rowspan=3\|{{center\|17}}
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Franco Coronel	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Juan P. Zárate	Cipolletti
{{center\|2022}}	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Juan M. Amieva	Sansinena	{{center\|16}}

width=800px\| Club/s !width=60px\| Seasons
class="wikitable "
align=left\|Cipolletti, Defensores de Belgrano (VR), Sarmiento (R)	align=center\|13
align=left\|Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU), Juventud Unida Universitario, Sportivo Las Parejas	align=center\|12
align=left\|Ferro Carril Oeste (GP), Sportivo Belgrano, Unión (S), Villa Mitre	align=center\|11
align=left\|Defensores (P), Juventud Antoniana	align=center\|10
align=left\|Chaco For Ever, Deportivo Madryn, Douglas Haig, Estudiantes (SL), Gimnasia y Tiro, Huracán Las Heras	align=center\|9
align=left\|Boca Unidos, Crucero del Norte, Deportivo Maipú, Sansinena, Sol de Mayo	align=center\|8
align=left\| Círculo Deportivo, Desamparados, Independiente (Ch), Olimpo, Sol de América (F)	align=center\|7
align=left\|Altos Hornos Zapla, Alvarado, Central Norte, Deportivo Camioneros, Deportivo Roca, Gutiérrez SC, Independiente (N), Juventud Unida (G), San Jorge (T), San Lorenzo (A), San Martín (F)	align=center\|6
align=left\| Ciudad de Bolivar, Libertad (S), Sportivo Patria, Sportivo Peñarol, Unión (VK), Unión Aconquija	align=center\|5
align=left\|Argentino (MM), Atlético Paraná, General Belgrano, Gimnasia y Esgrima (M), Mitre (SdE)	align=center\|4
align=left\|9 de Julio (R), Atenas (RC), Concepción FC, Guaraní Antonio Franco, Güemes, El Linqueño, Germinal, Racing (C), San Martín (M), San Martín (T), Santamarina	align=center\|3
align=left\| Alianza (CC), Américo Tesorieri, Andino, CAI, Central Córdoba (SdE), Deportivo Rincón, Estudiantes (RC), Guillermo Brown, Kimberley, Liniers (BB), Rivadavia (L), Sarmiento (LB), Talleres (C), Textil Mandiyú, Tiro Federal (BB), Tiro Federal (R)	align=center\|2
align=left\|9 de Julio (M), Agropecuario Argentino, Atlético de Rafaela, Bartolomé Mitre (P), Ben Hur, Costa Brava, Deportivo Mandiyú, Gimnasia y Esgrima (Ch), Unión (MdP), Vélez Sársfield (SdE)	align=center\|1