Argentine football league system

The Argentine football league system include tournaments organised by the Argentine Football Association. Clubs affiliated to the body compete in the tournaments, which are split into categories or divisions.

Rules establish a system of promotion and relegation, a process where teams are transferred between two divisions based on their performance for the completed season. The best-ranked team or teams in the lower division are promoted to the higher division for the next season, and the worst-ranked team or teams in the higher division are relegated to the lower division for the next season.^[1]

History

Tournaments organised by the Association and its predecessors have been held since 1893 (the year when the current AFA was established). Nevertheless, the first championship was organised by the Argentine Association Football League in 1891. The body dissolved that same year but the current association included the 1891 in its list of championships.

Only clubs directly affiliated to AFA had taken part in tournaments organised by the body, until the creation of Primera B Nacional in 1986 when teams from regional leagues added to the competition.

The following chart details all league competitions organised by the Argentine Association (National cups are not included):

Division	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
Argentine football league system historical table
Primera División	1891–present
Intermedia		1911–1926	1927–1932
Primera B Metropolitana^{[lower-alpha 1]}		1899-1910 1927-1985	1911-1926 1986–present
Primera B Nacional		1986–present
Primera C Metropolitana			1900–1910 1927–1985	1911–1926 1986–present
Primera D Metropolitana				1950–1985	1986–present
Torneo Argentino A			1995–2014
Torneo Federal A			2015–present
Torneo Argentino B				1995–2014
Torneo Federal B				2015–present
Torneo Argentino C					1995–2014
Torneo Federal C					2015–present

Defunct tournaments

System up to 2017–18 season

Level	Divisions
Argentine football league system (2017-18)
1st	Primera División 28 clubs
2nd	Primera B Nacional 25 clubs
3rd	Primera B Metropolitana 18 clubs	Torneo Federal A 39 clubs
4th	Primera C Metropolitana 22 clubs	Torneo Federal B 160 clubs
5th	Primera D Metropolitana 16 clubs	Torneo Federal C 310 clubs
6th+	(Disaffiliation for one season)	Regional leagues

Below the second division championship (Primera B Nacional) tournaments leagues are split between two groups, the first of them include the promotion/relegation system for clubs directly affiliated to the Association playing in Primera B Metropolitana, Primera C Metropolitana and Primera D Metropolitana. Those are usually called "zona metropolitana" (metropolitan zone) due to those tournaments have been historically played by teams from the city of Buenos Aires and Greater Buenos Aires, plus the addition of some clubs from Rosario, Santa Fe, La Plata and other cities of Buenos Aires Province.

The second group is formed clubs not directly affiliated to AFA that play in regional leagues, under the supervision of "Consejo Federal de Fútbol", dependent on the AFA. Competitions reserved for those clubs are Torneo Federal A, Torneo Federal B and Torneo Federal C.

System for 2018–19 season

Level	Divisions
Argentine football league system (2018–19)
1st	Primera División 26 clubs
2nd	Primera B Nacional 25 clubs
3rd	Primera B Metropolitana	Torneo Federal A
4th	Primera C Metropolitana	Torneo Regional Federal Amateur
5th	Primera D Metropolitana	Regional leagues

System for 2020–21 season

Level	Divisions
Argentine football league system (2020–21)
1st	Primera División 24 clubs
2nd	Primera B Metropolitana	Primera B Interior
3rd	Primera C Metropolitana	Torneo Federal A
4th	Primera D Metropolitana	Torneo Regional Federal Amateur
5th		Regional leagues

Notes

↑ Established under the name "Segunda División", it was renamed "Primera División B" since 1949 edition. In 1986, with the restructuring of the entire league system, the division changed to "Primera B Metropolitana", also becoming the 3rd. level.

References

↑ Asociación del Fútbol Argentino – Reglamento General, Certámenes Oficiales (arts. 98-100). Retrieved 2016-01-20

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[2] Established under the name "Segunda División", it was renamed "Primera División B" since 1949 edition. In 1986, with the restructuring of the entire league system, the division changed to "Primera B Metropolitana", also becoming the 3rd. level.

[1] Asociación del Fútbol Argentino – Reglamento General, Certámenes Oficiales (arts. 98-100). Retrieved 2016-01-20

Primera División
Argentine Football Association
2018–19 teams	Aldosivi Argentinos Juniors Atlético Tucumán Banfield Belgrano Boca Juniors Colón Defensa y Justicia Estudiantes (LP) Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Godoy Cruz Huracán Independiente Lanús Newell's Old Boys Patronato Racing River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo San Martín (SJ) San Martín (T) Talleres (C) Tigre Unión Vélez Sarsfield
League format	Calendar-year (1891–1966, 2015–16) Metropolitano and Nacional (1967–85) European style (1985–90, 2016–present) Apertura and Clausura (1991–2012) Inicial and Final (2012–14)
Seasons	1891 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014 2015 2016 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Dissolved bodies	Federación Argentina de Football (1912–14) Asociación Amateurs de Football (1919–26) Liga Argentina de Football (1931–34)
Other articles	Champions year by year All-time table Players Records Top scorers Fillol Award Disaffiliated teams

Primera B Nacional
2018–19 teams	Agropecuario Almagro Arsenal Atlético de Rafaela Brown Central Córdoba (SdE) Chacarita Juniors Defensores de Belgrano Deportivo Morón Ferro Carril Oeste Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) Guillermo Brown Independiente Rivadavia Instituto Los Andes Mitre (SdE) Nueva Chicago Olimpo Platense Quilmes Santamarina Sarmiento (J) Temperley Villa Dálmine
Formats	European-style (1986-95, 2007-14, 2015, 2016-present) Apertura and Clausura (1995-96, 2001-07) Interior and Metropolitana (1996-2001) Transición (2014, 2016)
Seasons	1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014 2015 2016 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19