The 2016

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. The season began on February 5 and ended on May 29. Thirty teams competed in the league, twenty eight returning from the

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and two promoted from the 2015 Primera B Nacional (

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and

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). Two teams ( Nueva Chicago and

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) were relegated to the Primera B Nacional Championship in the previous tournament.

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won their second title after defeating

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4–0 in the

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Competition format

The tournament for the 2016 season was composed of two zones of 15 teams. Each team played the other 14 teams in its zone in a

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and also played two interzonal matches against its rival team in the other zone, once home and once away. In the end, the winner of each played a final match on a neutral ground to determine the champion.

Club information

Stadia and locations

Personnel

Managerial changes

Interim Managers
:1. Juan Pablo Vojvoda was interim manager in the 3rd and 4th rounds. :2. Interim manager, but later promoted to manager until the end of the tournament. :3.

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was interim manager in the 8th round. :4. Fabián Castro was interim manager in the 8th round. :5. Interim manager in the 12th–16th rounds. :6. Interim manager in the 14th–16th rounds. :7. Interim manager in the 15th and 16th rounds.

League table

Zone 1

Zone 2

Final

Match details

Results

Copa Libertadores playoff

The second-place team in each zone qualified to the

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and played a match at a neutral stadium to determine at which stage each team entered. The winner of this playoff qualified directly to the second stage (earning the ''Argentina 3'' berth), and the loser entered the first stage of the tournament (earning the ''Argentina 4'' berth). Several months after the playoff,

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expanded the

from 38 to 47 teams with Argentina gaining one additional berth. So, Godoy Cruz also qualified directly to the second stage and AFA had to choose between the third places in each zone,

and Independiente, to determine the team qualified as ''Argentine 6'' berth. Finally, AFA gave the extra berth to

by sporting criteria.

Season statistics

Top Goalscorers

Top Assists

Source
AFA

Relegation

Relegation at the end of the season is based on the points per game obtained by the clubs during the present season and the three previous seasons (only seasons in the Primera are counted). The team with the worst average at the end of the season is relegated to

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References

External links

*Fixtures: *
Zone 1
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Zone 2soccerway.com
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