2016–17 Torneo Federal A

IV Torneo Federal A
Season	2016-17
Champions	Agropecuario Argentino; (1st divisional title)
Promoted	Agropecuario Argentino; Mitre (SdE)
Relegated	General Belgrano; Concepción FC; Sol de América (F)
Matches played	516
Goals scored	1,168 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pablo Palacios Alvarenga; (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 5-0 Sol de America (F) (April 9)
Biggest away win	Concepción FC 2-6 Altos Hornos Zapla (November 13)
Highest scoring	Juventud Antoniana 3-6 San Jorge (T) (October 7)
	← 2016 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of July 16, 2017.

The 2016-17 Argentine Torneo Federal A, was the 4th season of the 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 champion was promoted to Primera B Nacional. 36 teams are competing in the league, 32 returning from the 2016 season, 1 team that was relegated from Primera B Nacional and 3 teams promoted from Federal B. The regular season began on September 3, 2016 and ended on July 16, 2017.

Format

First stage

The teams were divided into six (6) zones with five (5) teams and one (1) zone with six (6) teams (a total of 36 teams) in each zone and it was played in a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams four times. The teams placed 1º and 2º from the zones with 5 teams, the teams placed 1º, 2º and 3º from the zone with six teams and the three best 3º team from the zones with five teams qualified for the Second Stage.^[1] The other eighteen (18) teams qualify for the Revalida Stage.

Championship Stages

Second Stage

The teams were divided into two (2) zones with nine (9) 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 1º and 2º and the best 3º team from the two zones qualified for the Third Stage or Pentagonal Final. The other thirteen (13) teams qualify for the Revalida Stage.

Third Stage

The five (5) teams that qualified for the third stage or Pentagonal Final play in a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams one time. The winner was declared champion and automatically promoted to the Primera B Nacional. The other four (4) teams qualify for the Fifth Phase of the Revalida Stage.^[1]

Revalida Stages

The Revalida Stage is divided in several phases: First, the eighteen (18) teams that did not qualified for the Championship Stages were divided into three (3) zones with six (6) teams each and it was played in a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams two times. The teams placed 1º and 2º from the three zones qualified for the Second Phase. The second phase is played between the six teams that qualified from the First Phase. The tree winners qualify for the Third Phase. The Third, Fourth, Five, Sixth and Seventh Phase of the Revalida Stage is played between the other teams that did not qualify for the Championship Stages or were eliminated from it and aims to get the Second promotion to the Primera B Nacional.

Relegation

After the First Phase of the Revalida Stage a table was drawn up with the average of points obtained in the First Stage and the First Phase of the Revalida Stage it is determined by dividing the points by the number of games played and the bottom team of each three zones was relegated to Torneo Federal B.^[1]

Club information

Ferro (GP)

Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)

Gutiérrez

Unión (VK)

San Lorenzo

Un. Aconquija

Defensores (P)

Locations of the 2016-17 season teams.

Blue: Zone A;

Yellow: Zone B;

Green: Zone C;

Red: Zone D

Purple: Zone E;

Orange: Zone F;

Brown: Zone G.

Zone A

Team	City	Stadium
Cipolletti	Cipolletti	La Visera de Cemento
Deportivo Madryn	Puerto Madryn	Coliseo del Golfo
Deportivo Roca	General Roca	Luis Maiolino
Independiente	Neuquén	José Rosas y Perito Moreno
Villa Mitre	Bahía Blanca	El Fortín

Zone B

Team	City	Stadium
Agropecuario Argentino	Carlos Casares	De La Calle Carlos Arroyo
Alvarado	Mar del Plata	(None) ¹
Defensores de Belgrano	Villa Ramallo	Salomón Boeseldín
Ferro Carril Oeste	General Pico	El Coloso del Barrio Talleres
General Belgrano	Santa Rosa	Nuevo Rancho Grande
Rivadavia	Lincoln	El Coliseo

¹ Play their home games at Estadio José María Minella.

Zone C

Team	City	Stadium
Deportivo Maipú	Maipú	Higinio Sperdutti
Desamparados	San Juan	El Serpentario
Gimnasia y Esgrima	Mendoza	Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie
Gutiérrez	General Gutiérrez	General Gutiérrez
Unión	Villa Krause	12 de Octubre

Zone D

Team	City	Stadium
Juventud Unida Universitario	San Luis	Mario Diez
Mitre	Santiago del Estero	Doctores José y Antonio Castiglione
San Lorenzo	Catamarca	Bicentenario Ciudad de Catamarca
Sportivo Belgrano	San Francisco	Oscar Boero
Unión Aconquija	Aconquija	Municipal de Aconquija

Zone E

Team	City	Stadium
Altos Hornos Zapla	Palpalá	Emilio Fabrizzi
Concepción	Concepción	Stewart Shipton
Gimnasia y Tiro	Salta	Gigante del Norte
Juventud Antoniana	Salta	Fray Honorato Pistoia
San Jorge	San Miguel de Tucumán	Senador Luis Cruz

Zone F

Team	City	Stadium
Chaco For Ever	Resistencia	Juan Alberto García
Guaraní Antonio Franco	Posadas	Clemente F. de Oliveira
Sarmiento	Resistencia	Centenario
Sol de América	Formosa	(None)¹
Sportivo Patria	Formosa	Antonio Romero

¹ Play their home games at Estadio Antonio Romero.

Zone G

Team	City	Stadium
Defensores	Pronunciamiento	Delio Cardozo
Gimnasia y Esgrima	Concepción del Uruguay	Manuel y Ramón Núñez
Libertad	Sunchales	Hogar de Los Tigres
Sportivo Las Parejas	Las Parejas	Fortaleza del Lobo
Unión	Sunchales	La Fortaleza

First stage

Zone A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cipolletti	16	7	5	4	20	12	+8	26	Advance to Championship Stages and 2016–17 Copa Argentina
2	Deportivo Madryn	16	7	5	4	21	17	+4	26	Advance to Championship Stages and 2016–17 Copa Argentina
3	Villa Mitre	16	7	4	5	23	21	+2	25	Advance to Championship Stages
4	Deportivo Roca	16	4	7	5	12	20	−8	19	Advance to Reválida Stage
5	Independiente (N)	16	3	3	10	18	24	−6	12	Advance to Reválida Stage

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4 goal scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–8

Home \ Away^[1]	CIP	DMA	DRO	INE	VMI
Cipolletti		1–1	4–1	1–1	2–3
Deportivo Madryn	1–1		1–2	2–1	2–1
Deportivo Roca	0–0	1–1		1–0	1–1
Independiente (N)	0–1	1–2	3–1		0–0
Villa Mitre	0–2	1–0	2–0	3–2

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 9–16

Home \ Away^[1]	CIP	DMA	DRO	INE	VMI
Cipolletti		0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0
Deportivo Madryn	2–0		0–0	1–1	3–2
Deportivo Roca	1–1	1–0		2–1	0–0
Independiente (N)	0–2	0–3	2–0		4–1
Villa Mitre	1–0	4–1	1–1	3–2

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alvarado	20	8	7	5	20	12	+8	31	Advance to Championship Stages and 2016–17 Copa Argentina
2	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	20	7	9	4	24	18	+6	30	Advance to Championship Stages and 2016–17 Copa Argentina
3	Agropecuario Argentino	20	7	9	4	23	18	+5	30	Advance to Championship Stages
4	Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	20	7	8	5	26	18	+8	29	Advance to Reválida Stage
5	Rivadavia (L)	20	5	7	8	18	31	−13	22
6	General Belgrano	20	3	6	11	16	30	−14	15

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4 goal scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–10

Home \ Away^[1]	AGA	ALV	DEF	FCO	GBE	RIV
Agrop. Argentino		1–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–1
Alvarado	1–1		2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0
Def. de Belg. (VR)	1–1	0–0		0–1	4–1	1–1
Ferro C. O. (GP)	0–2	1–1	0–1		3–1	2–0
General Belgrano	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–0		2–3
Rivadavia (L)	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–0

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 11–20

Home \ Away^[1]	AGA	ALV	DEF	FCO	GBE	RIV
Agrop. Argentino		1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0
Alvarado	3–0		0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1
Def. de Belg. (VR)	4–1	1–0		0–0	1–0	2–1
Ferro C. O. (GP)	3–2	0–1	1–2		2–0	3–0
General Belgrano	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–4		4–0
Rivadavia (L)	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–0

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	16	7	6	3	24	11	+13	27	Advance to Championship Stages and 2016–17 Copa Argentina
2	Unión (VK)	16	3	12	1	16	15	+1	21	Advance to Championship Stages and 2016–17 Copa Argentina
3	Deportivo Maipú	16	4	8	4	13	15	−2	20	Advance to Reválida Stage
4	Gutiérrez SC	16	3	7	6	17	20	−3	16
5	Desamparados	16	3	7	6	12	21	−9	16

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4 goal scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–8

Home \ Away^[1]	DEM	DES	GEM	GSC	UVK
Deportivo Maipú		1–1	0–2	4–1	1–1
Desamparados	2–0		0–0	2–0	0–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	0–0	4–1		1–0	3–0
Gutiérrez SC	0–0	3–0	1–2		0–1
Unión (VK)	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 9–16

Home \ Away^[1]	DEM	DES	GEM	GSC	UVK
Deportivo Maipú		2–0	1–0	2–2	0–0
Desamparados	0–1		2–2	1–0	2–2
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	3–0	3–0		1–2	2–2
Gutiérrez SC	2–0	0–0	0–0		3–3
Unión (VK)	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mitre (SdE)	16	6	6	4	15	12	+3	24	Advance to Championship Stages and 2016–17 Copa Argentina
2	Unión Aconquija	16	5	7	4	14	12	+2	22	Advance to Championship Stages and 2016–17 Copa Argentina
3	Juventud Unida Universitario	16	5	5	6	15	13	+2	20	Advance to Reválida Stage
4	San Lorenzo (A)	16	3	10	3	16	19	−3	19
5	Sportivo Belgrano	16	5	4	7	17	21	−4	19

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4 goal scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–8

Home \ Away^[1]	JUU	MIT	SLA	SPB	UAC
Juventud Unida Univ.		0–0	4–1	0–2	1–2
Mitre (SdE)	0–0		3–0	3–0	1–0
San Lorenzo (A)	1–1	1–0		3–1	1–1
Sportivo Belgrano	1–3	3–1	0–0		3–2
Unión Aconquija	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 9–16

Home \ Away^[1]	JUU	MIT	SLA	SPB	UAC
Juventud Unida Univ.		1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1
Mitre (SdE)	1–0		2–2	2–0	0–0
San Lorenzo (A)	1–3	1–1		2–2	0–0
Sportivo Belgrano	1–0	0–1	0–0		2–0
Unión Aconquija	0–0	4–0	0–2	1–1

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gimnasia y Tiro	16	9	3	4	36	25	+11	30	Advance to Championship Stages and 2016–17 Copa Argentina
2	Altos Hornos Zapla	16	7	6	3	28	18	+10	27	Advance to Championship Stages and 2016–17 Copa Argentina
3	Juventud Antoniana	16	7	3	6	23	23	0	24	Advance to Championship Stages
4	Concepción FC	16	5	1	10	16	32	−16	16	Advance to Reválida Stage
5	San Jorge (T)	16	4	3	9	20	25	−5	15	Advance to Reválida Stage

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4 goal scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–8

Home \ Away^[1]	AHZ	CFC	GYT	JUA	SJT
Altos Hornos Zapla		2–1	2–2	1–0	4–1
Concepción FC	1–1		1–3	1–0	2–1
Gimnasia y Tiro	2–2	3–0		0–1	1–0
Juventud Antoniana	3–1	2–0	2–2		3–6
San Jorge (T)	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–1

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 9–16

Home \ Away^[1]	AHZ	CFC	GYT	JUA	SJT
Altos Hornos Zapla		1–0	2–3	0–1	1–1
Concepción FC	2–6		2–3	2–1	1–0
Gimnasia y Tiro	1–4	4–0		5–3	3–0
Juventud Antoniana	0–0	2–0	2–1		2–1
San Jorge (T)	0–0	1–3	4–1	2–0

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sarmiento (R)	16	6	8	2	19	7	+12	26	Advance to Championship Stages and 2016–17 Copa Argentina
2	Chaco For Ever	16	7	5	4	15	14	+1	26	Advance to Championship Stages and 2016–17 Copa Argentina
3	Sportivo Patria	16	6	6	4	15	11	+4	24	Advance to Championship Stages
4	Sol de América (F)	16	3	6	7	13	22	−9	15	Advance to Reválida Stage
5	Guaraní Antonio Franco	16	3	5	8	15	23	−8	14	Advance to Reválida Stage

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4 goal scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–8

Home \ Away^[1]	CFE	GAF	SAR	SOL	SPP
Chaco For Ever		1–1	1–0	0–2	0–2
Guaraní Antonio Franco	1–2		1–2	2–2	1–1
Sarmiento (R)	1–1	2–0		0–0	0–0
Sol de América (F)	1–2	0–2	0–0		1–2
Sportivo Patria	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–0

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 9–16

Home \ Away^[1]	CFE	GAF	SAR	SOL	SPP
Chaco For Ever		1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0
Guaraní Antonio Franco	1–1		1–0	3–1	1–2
Sarmiento (R)	2–0	4–0		3–0	2–0
Sol de América (F)	2–1	1–1	1–1		0–0
Sportivo Patria	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Unión (S)	16	8	3	5	26	18	+8	27	Advance to Championship Stages and 2016–17 Copa Argentina
2	Sportivo Las Parejas	16	5	7	4	22	23	−1	22	Advance to Championship Stages and 2016–17 Copa Argentina
3	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	16	5	7	4	13	13	0	22	Advance to Reválida Stage
4	Defensores (P)	16	5	3	8	16	18	−2	18
5	Libertad (S)	16	4	6	6	18	23	−5	18

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4 goal scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–8

Home \ Away^[1]	DPR	GYE	LIB	SLP	UNS
Defensores (P)		0–0	3–1	2–0	2–1
Gimnasia y Esg. (CdU)	1–0		1–1	0–0	1–0
Libertad (S)	3–1	2–1		1–1	2–1
Sportivo Las Parejas	1–0	1–1	0–0		3–2
Unión (S)	3–0	1–0	3–1	4–1

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 9–16

Home \ Away^[1]	DPR	GYE	LIB	SLP	UNS
Defensores (P)		0–1	2–0	1–2	0–1
Gimnasia y Esg. (CdU)	1–1		0–0	1–1	1–0
Libertad (S)	0–2	1–3		2–0	1–1
Sportivo Las Parejas	1–1	4–1	3–2		1–1
Unión (S)	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–3

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Villa Mitre	16	7	4	5	23	21	+2	25	Advance to Championship Stages
2	F	Sportivo Patria	16	6	6	4	15	11	+4	24
3	E	Juventud Antoniana	16	7	3	6	23	23	0	24
4	G	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	16	5	7	4	13	13	0	22
5	D	Juventud Unida Universitario	16	5	5	6	15	13	+2	20
6	C	Deportivo Maipú	16	4	8	4	13	15	−2	20

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) draw of lots.

Championship Stages

Second Stage

Zone A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gimnasia y Tiro	8	6	1	1	15	7	+8	19	Advance to Third Stage
2	Mitre (SdE)	8	5	1	2	12	8	+4	16	Advance to Third Stage
3	Sportivo Patria	8	4	2	2	11	11	0	14	Advance to Third Phase of Reválida Stage
4	Sarmiento (R)	8	3	4	1	10	9	+1	13
5	Unión (VK)	8	3	3	2	7	5	+2	12
6	Unión Aconquija	8	3	0	5	10	10	0	9
7	Juventud Antoniana	8	2	1	5	3	8	−5	7
8	Chaco For Ever	8	2	1	5	7	13	−6	7
9	Altos Hornos Zapla	8	1	1	6	5	9	−4	4

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) goal scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	AHZ	CFE	GYT	JUA	MIT	SAR	SPP	UVK	UAC
Altos Hornos Zapla		0–1		0–1	0–1		5–1
Chaco For Ever			0–2	3–0	1–3		0–1
Gimnasia y Tiro	3–0					2–2		2–1	2–1
Juventud Antoniana			0–1				0–1	0–1	1–0
Mitre (SdE)			0–2	2–1			1–1		2–1
Sarmiento (R)	1–0	1–1		0–0	0–3
Sportivo Patria			3–1			1–3		1–1	2–0
Unión (VK)	0–0	1–0			2–0	1–1
Unión Aconquija	1–0	5–1				1–2		1–0

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Unión (S) ^{[note 1]}^{[lower-alpha 1]}	8	5	2	1	15	10	+5	17	Advance to Third Stage
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	8	5	0	3	15	8	+7	15
3	Agropecuario Argentino	8	4	3	1	10	9	+1	15
4	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	8	4	2	2	11	7	+4	14	Advance to Third Phase of Reválida Stage
5	Villa Mitre	8	2	5	1	7	5	+2	11
6	Cipolletti	8	3	1	4	7	8	−1	10
7	Deportivo Madryn	8	1	4	3	6	11	−5	7
8	Sportivo Las Parejas	8	1	2	5	5	14	−9	5
9	Alvarado	8	1	1	6	7	11	−4	4

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) goal scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.
Notes:

↑ The match between Unión (S) and Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) in the round 6 of the Second Stage of the Championship Stage was awarded to Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) a 3–0 win as a result of Unión (S) supporters making incidents in the game. The original result was 2–3.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	AGA	ALV	CIP	DEF	DMA	GEM	SLP	UNS	VMI
Agropecuario Argentino		3–2	1–0				2–1	1–1
Alvarado			0–2		0–0		3–0	1–2
Cipolletti					2–1	1–0	0–1		1–1
Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	3–0	1–0	1–0					1–3
Deportivo Madryn	1–1			0–3		2–1			0–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	1–2	2–1		3–1					2–0
Sportivo Las Parejas				1–1	1–1	1–3			0–3
Unión (S)			3–1		3–1	0–3	1–0
Villa Mitre	0–0	1–0		0–0				2–2

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Agropecuario Argentino	8	4	3	1	10	9	+1	15	Advance to Third Stage
2	Sportivo Patria	8	4	2	2	11	11	0	14

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) draw of lots.

Third Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Agropecuario Argentino (C, P)	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	10	Promoted to Primera B Nacional
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	7	Advance to Fifth Phase of Reválida Stage
3	Mitre (SdE)	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	4
4	Gimnasia y Tiro	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3	4
5	Unión (S)	4	0	2	2	4	8	−4	2

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4 goal scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	GYT	MIT	UNS	GEM	AGA
Gimnasia y Tiro			3–3	1–0
Mitre (SdE)	3–1			2–3
Unión (S)		0–0			1–2
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)			3–0		0–0
Agropecuario Argentino	2–0	3–1

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Reválida Stage

First Phase

Zone A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo Maipú	10	5	2	3	10	8	+2	17	Advance to Second Phase of Reválida Stage
2	Rivadavia (L)	10	5	1	4	11	9	+2	16	Advance to Second Phase of Reválida Stage
3	Independiente (N)	10	4	4	2	9	7	+2	16
4	Deportivo Roca	10	4	1	5	11	11	0	13
5	General Belgrano	10	2	4	4	12	13	−1	10
6	Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	10	2	4	4	10	15	−5	10

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) goal scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	DEM	DRO	FCO	GBE	INE	RIV
Deportivo Maipú		1–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–0
Deportivo Roca	1–3		3–1	3–0	0–0	1–0
Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	1–2	2–1		1–1	1–1	0–2
General Belgrano	0–0	2–0	1–1		0–1	5–1
Independiente (N)	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–2		1–0
Rivadavia (L)	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gutiérrez SC	10	4	4	2	14	15	−1	16	Advance to Third Phase of Reválida Stage
2	San Lorenzo (A)	10	4	3	3	14	9	+5	15	Advance to Third Phase of Reválida Stage
3	Juventud Unida Universitario	10	3	5	2	11	13	−2	14
4	San Jorge (T)	10	3	4	3	13	9	+4	13
5	Desamparados	10	2	5	3	10	12	−2	11
6	Concepción FC	10	1	5	4	11	15	−4	8

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) goal scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	CFC	DES	GSC	JUU	SJT	SLA
Concepción FC		1–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	0–2
Desamparados	1–3		2–2	1–2	2–1	1–0
Gutiérrez SC	2–2	3–2		0–1	1–0	2–1
Juventud Unida Universitario	0–0	0–0	1–1		2–2	2–2
San Jorge (T)	0–0	0–0	4–0	3–0		0–2
San Lorenzo (A)	3–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–0

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sportivo Belgrano	10	4	4	2	16	15	+1	16	Advance to Third Phase of Reválida Stage
2	Guaraní Antonio Franco	10	3	5	2	15	15	0	14	Advance to Third Phase of Reválida Stage
3	Libertad (S)	10	3	4	3	12	10	+2	13
4	Defensores (P) ^{[note 2]}^{[lower-alpha 1]}	10	3	3	4	12	12	0	12
5	Sol de América (F)	10	3	3	4	11	13	−2	12
6	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	10	2	5	3	17	18	−1	11

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) goal scored; 5) away goals scored; 6) draw of lots.
Notes:

↑ The match between Defensores (P) and Sol de América (F) in the round 2 of the First Stage of the Revalida was awarded to Sol de América (F) a 2–0 win as a result of Defensores (P) fielding an ineligible player. The original result was 2-2.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	DPR	GYE	GAF	LIB	SOL	SPB
Defensores (P)		3–1	3–0	1–1	0–2	4–1
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	1–1		1–1	1–1	5–0	1–1
Guaraní Antonio Franco	1–0	4–4		2–0	2–1	3–3
Libertad (S)	2–0	3–0	1–1		0–2	1–2
Sol de América (F)	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–3		1–1
Sportivo Belgrano	3–0	1–3	2–1	0–0	2–1

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second to Seventh Phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	8	4	2	2	11	7	+4	14	Qualified from Second Stage
2	Sportivo Patria	8	4	2	2	11	11	0	14
3	Sarmiento (R)	8	3	4	1	10	9	+1	13
4	Unión (VK)	8	3	3	2	7	5	+2	12
5	Villa Mitre	8	2	5	1	7	5	+2	11
6	Cipolletti	8	3	1	4	7	8	−1	10
7	Unión Aconquija	8	3	0	5	10	10	0	9
8	Deportivo Madryn	8	1	4	3	6	11	−5	7
9	Juventud Antoniana	8	2	1	5	3	8	−5	7
10	Chaco For Ever	8	2	1	5	7	13	−6	7
11	Sportivo Las Parejas	8	1	2	5	5	14	−9	5
12	Alvarado	8	1	1	6	7	11	−4	4
13	Altos Hornos Zapla	8	1	1	6	5	9	−4	4
14	Deportivo Maipú	10	5	2	3	10	8	+2	17	Qualified from First Phase of Reválida Stage
15	Sportivo Belgrano	10	4	4	2	16	15	+1	16
16	Gutiérrez SC	10	4	4	2	14	15	−1	16
17	Rivadavia (L)	10	5	1	4	11	9	+2	16
18	San Lorenzo (A)	10	4	3	3	14	9	+5	15
19	Guaraní Antonio Franco	10	3	5	2	15	15	0	14

Source: AFA

Second Phase

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Maipú	2–3	Guaraní Antonio Franco	2–2	0–1
Sportivo Belgrano	3–1	San Lorenzo (A)	0–1	3–0
Gutiérrez SC	2–1	Rivadavia (L)	1–1	1–0

Third Phase

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	1–1 (4–3 p)	Guaraní Antonio Franco	0–1	1–0
Sportivo Patria	2–3	Gutiérrez SC	0–2	2–1
Sarmiento (R)	2–2 (5–3 p)	Sportivo Belgrano	1–1	1–1
Unión (VK)	2–2 (4–5 p)	Altos Hornos Zapla	1–2	1–0
Villa Mitre	2–2 (4–2 p)	Alvarado	2–0	0–2
Cipolletti	3–2	Sportivo Las Parejas	0–2	3–0
Unión Aconquija	0–1	Chaco For Ever	0–1	0–0
Deportivo Madryn	2–2 (2–3 p)	Juventud Antoniana	2–2	0–0

Fourth Phase

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	2–2 (4–1 p)	Gutiérrez SC	1–2	1–0
Sarmiento (R)	2–0	Altos Hornos Zapla	0–0	2–0
Villa Mitre	3–2	Chaco For Ever	1–2	2–0
Cipolletti	1–1 (3–1 p)	Juventud Antoniana	1–1	0–0

Fifth Phase

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gimnasia y Tiro	2–2 (0–3 p)	Cipolletti	0–1	2–1
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	2–1	Villa Mitre	0–1	2–0
Mitre (SdE)	2–1	Sarmiento (R)	1–1	1–0
Unión (S)	2–4	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	1–2	1–2

Sixth Phase

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	2–2 (4–3 p)	Cipolletti	1–1	1–1
Mitre (SdE)	3–0	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	2–0	1–0

Seventh Phase

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	3–3 (3–4 p)	Mitre (SdE)	0–1	3–2

Relegation

Zone A

Pos	Team	First Stage Pts	Reválida Stage Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Deportivo Maipú	20	17	37	26	1.423
2	Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	29	10	39	30	1.3
3	Rivadavia (L)	22	16	38	30	1.267
4	Deportivo Roca	19	13	32	26	1.231
5	Independiente (N)	12	16	28	26	1.077
6	General Belgrano (R)	15	10	25	30	0.833	Torneo Federal B

Zone B

Pos	Team	First Stage Pts	Reválida Stage Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	San Lorenzo (A)	19	15	34	26	1.308
2	Juventud Unida Universitario	20	14	34	26	1.308
3	Gutiérrez SC	16	16	32	26	1.231
4	San Jorge (T)	15	13	28	26	1.077
5	Desamparados	16	11	27	26	1.038
6	Concepción FC (R)	16	8	24	26	0.923	Torneo Federal B

Zone C

Pos	Team	First Stage Pts	Reválida Stage Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Sportivo Belgrano	19	16	35	26	1.346
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	22	11	33	26	1.269
3	Libertad (S)	18	13	31	26	1.192
4	Defensores (P)	18	12	30	26	1.154
5	Guaraní Antonio Franco	14	14	28	26	1.077
6	Sol de América (F) (R)	15	12	27	26	1.038	Torneo Federal B

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[4]
1	Pablo Palacios Alvarenga	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	21
2	Juan Amieva	Gimnasia y Tiro	17
3	Federico Almerares	Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	14
	Gonzalo Sosa	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)
	Esteban Ciaccheri	Rivadavia (L)
	Julio Cáceres	Sarmiento (R)

References

1 2 3 "Torneo Federal A - Forma de disputa" (in Spanish).
↑ "Unión (S) - Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)". 12 April 2017.
↑ "Fallo Defensores (P) - Sol de América (F)". 23 March 2017.
↑ "Top Scorers Torneo Federal A 2016-17". AFA.

↑ The match between Unión (S) and Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) in the round 6 of the Second Stage of the Championship Stage was awarded to Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) a 3–0 win as a result of Unión (S) supporters making incidents in the game. The original result was 2–3.^[2]
↑ The match between Defensores (P) and Sol de América (F) in the round 2 of the First Stage of the Revalida was awarded to Sol de América (F) a 2–0 win as a result of Defensores (P) fielding an ineligible player. The original result was 2–2.^[3]

External links

Sitio Oficial de AFA (in Spanish)
Ascenso del Interior (in Spanish)
Solo Ascenso (in Spanish)
Mundo Ascenso (in Spanish)
Promiedos (in Spanish)

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[table_note_UNS0.61358440323434-4] The match between Unión (S) and Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) in the round 6 of the Second Stage of the Championship Stage was awarded to Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) a 3–0 win as a result of Unión (S) supporters making incidents in the game. The original result was 2–3.

[table_note_DPR0.63765154994915-7] The match between Defensores (P) and Sol de América (F) in the round 2 of the First Stage of the Revalida was awarded to Sol de América (F) a 2–0 win as a result of Defensores (P) fielding an ineligible player. The original result was 2-2.

[rules-1] 1 2 3 "Torneo Federal A - Forma de disputa" (in Spanish).

[2] "Unión (S) - Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)". 12 April 2017.

[5] "Fallo Defensores (P) - Sol de América (F)". 23 March 2017.

[8] "Top Scorers Torneo Federal A 2016-17". AFA.

[Unión_(S)_-_Gimnasia_y_Esgrima_(M)-3] The match between Unión (S) and Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) in the round 6 of the Second Stage of the Championship Stage was awarded to Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) a 3–0 win as a result of Unión (S) supporters making incidents in the game. The original result was 2–3.^[2]

[Defensores_(P)_-_Sol_de_América_(F)-6] The match between Defensores (P) and Sol de América (F) in the round 2 of the First Stage of the Revalida was awarded to Sol de América (F) a 2–0 win as a result of Defensores (P) fielding an ineligible player. The original result was 2–2.^[3]

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2016–17 Torneo Federal A

Format

First stage

Championship Stages

Second Stage

Third Stage

Revalida Stages

Relegation

Club information

Zone A

Zone B

Zone C

Zone D

Zone E

Zone F

Zone G

First stage

Zone A

Results

Matches 1–8

Matches 9–16

Zone B

Results

Matches 1–10

Matches 11–20

Zone C

Results

Matches 1–8

Matches 9–16

Zone D

Results

Matches 1–8

Matches 9–16

Zone E

Results

Matches 1–8

Matches 9–16

Zone F

Results

Matches 1–8

Matches 9–16

Zone G

Results

Matches 1–8

Matches 9–16

Ranking of third-placed teams

Championship Stages

Second Stage

Zone A

Results

Zone B

Results

Ranking of third-placed teams

Third Stage

Results

Reválida Stage

First Phase

Zone A

Results

Zone B

Results

Zone C

Results

Second to Seventh Phase

Second Phase

Third Phase

Fourth Phase

Fifth Phase

Sixth Phase

Seventh Phase

Relegation

Zone A

Zone B

Zone C

Season statistics

Top scorers

See also

References

External links