The Torneo Federal A (in English "Federal A Tournament") is one of the two professional leagues that form the regionalised third level of the

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, along with

Primera B Metropolitana Primera B Metropolitana is one of two professional leagues that form the third level of the Argentine football league system. The division is made up of 17 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, Greater Buenos Aires. ...

. The competition was established in 2014 as a result of a change in the structure of the league system, replacing

Torneo Argentino A The Torneo Argentino A (in English "Argentine A Tournament") was one of the two leagues that formed the regionalised third level of the Argentine football league system. Clubs in the Torneo Argentino have indirect membership in AFA, while clubs ...

. Federal A is organised by "Consejo Federal", a division of the

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. 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

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(playing in

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) and its metropolitan area (

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), while most of the direct members are from the aforementioned area.

Format (2022 season)

First Stage

The 34 teams were split into two zones of 17 teams, where they will play against the other teams in their group twice: once at home and once away. The top eight teams from each zone qualified for the final stages.

Final Stages

The final stages was played between the 16 teams that qualified from the first stage. They were seeded in the final stages according to their results in the first stage, with the best eight seeded 1–8, and the worst eight teams seeded 9–16. The teams played four rounds and the winner was declared champion and automatically promoted to the

Primera Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 tea ...

Relegation

After the first stage, the two bottom teams of each zone were relegated to the

Torneo Regional Federal Amateur The Torneo Regional Federal Amateur (in English "Regional Federal Amateur Tournament") is one of the two professional leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system, along with Primera C Metropolitana. The ...

, giving a total of four teams relegated.

Participating teams (2021 season)

Zone A

Zone B

List of champions

Titles by club

Seasons in Torneo Federal A

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season. Teams in bold currently playing in Torneo Federal A.

Top scorers

Top Scorers by Tournament

Notes

References

External links

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