2013–14 Torneo Argentino A

The 2013-14 season, was the nineteenth Torneo Argentino A season since it became part 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 will be promoted to Primera B Nacional.

XIX Torneo Argentino A
Season2013–14
ChampionsSantamarina
(1st divisional title)
PromotedSantamarina
Guaraní Antonio Franco
RelegatedRivadavia
Racing (O)
Central Norte
Matches played387
Goals scored929 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorerFernando Zampedri (22 Goals)

The regular season began on August 16, 2013 and was scheduled to end on June 7, 2014. A total of 24 teams competed with 20 of them remaining from the 2012–13 season. They were joined by four teams promoted from 2012–13 Torneo Argentino B.

Club information

North Zone
Team City Stadium
Central CórdobaSantiago del EsteroAlfredo Terrara
Central NorteSaltaDr. Luis Güemes
Chaco For EverResistenciaJuan Alberto García
Gimnasia y EsgrimaConcepción del UruguayManuel y Ramón Núñez
Gimnasia y TiroSaltaGigante del Norte
Guaraní Antonio FrancoPosadasClemente F. de Oliveira
Juventud AntonianaSaltaFray Honorato Pistoia
Juventud UnidaGualeguaychúLuis Delfino
LibertadSunchalesHogar de Los Tigres
San JorgeSan Miguel de TucumánSenador Luis Cruz
San MartínSan Miguel de TucumánLa Ciudadela
Tiro FederalRosarioFortín de Ludueña

South Zone
Club City Stadium
AlvaradoMar del Plata(None) 1
CAIComodoro RivadaviaEstadio Municipal
CipollettiCipollettiLa Visera de Cemento
Defensores de BelgranoVilla RamalloSalomón Boeseldín
Deportivo MaipúMaipúHiginio Sperdutti
EstudiantesSan LuisHéctor Odicino – Pedro Benoza
Guillermo BrownPuerto MadrynRaul Conti
Juventud Unida UniversitarioSan LuisMario Diez
RacingOlavarríaJosé Buglione
RivadaviaLincolnEl Coliseo
SantamarinaTandilMunicipal Gral. San Martín
UniónMar del Plata(None) 1

1 Play their home games at Estadio José María Minella.

Geographical distribution
Province Amount Teams
Interior of Buenos Aires6Alvarado, Defensores de Belgrano (VR), Racing (O), Rivadavia (L), Santamarina, Unión (MdP)
Salta3Central Norte, Gimnasia y Tiro, Juventud Antoniana
Chubut2CAI, Guillermo Brown
Entre Ríos2Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU), Juventud Unida (G)
San Luis2Estudiantes (SL), Juventud Unida Universitario
Santa Fe2Libertad (S), Tiro Federal
Tucumán2San Jorge (T), San Martín (T)
Chaco1Chaco For Ever
Mendoza1Deportivo Maipú
Misiones1Guaraní Antonio Franco
Río Negro1Cipolletti
Santiago del Estero1Central Córdoba (SdE)
Total24

First stage

The teams were divided into two zones, North and South, all of which went to the Second Stage: the first four of each zone and the fifth best team of both zones qualified to the "Nonagonal Final", and the other teams qualified to Revalida Stage.

North Zone
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tiro Federal 22 9 8 5 30 20 +10 35 Qualified for the Nonagonal Final
2 Guaraní Antonio Franco 22 10 5 7 19 20 −1 35
3 San Martín (T) 22 8 10 4 21 16 +5 34
4 Juventud Unida (G) 22 10 4 8 22 19 +3 34
5 Central Córdoba (SdE) 22 8 7 7 23 23 0 31 Qualified for the Revalida Stage
6 San Jorge (T) 22 9 4 9 22 23 −1 31
7 Juventud Antoniana 22 7 9 6 21 17 +4 30
8 Libertad (S) 22 7 9 6 22 19 +3 30
9 Central Norte 22 6 8 8 26 27 −1 26
10 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 22 7 4 11 25 36 −11 25
11 Gimnasia y Tiro 22 5 6 11 26 30 −4 21
12 Chaco For Ever 22 3 12 7 24 31 −7 21
Source:

Results
Home \ Away CCO CNO CFE GYE GYT GAF JUA JUG LIB SJT SMT TIF
Central Córdoba (SdE) 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0
Central Norte 0–1 3–3 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1
Chaco For Ever 1–0 1–1 4–4 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–2
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 1–0 2–1 1–2 4–3 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 4–2 1–2 3–2
Gimnasia y Tiro 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–3 3–1 1–2 4–2 0–1 2–1
Guaraní Antonio Franco 4–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1
Juventud Antoniana 0–0 0–0 2–2 4–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1
Juventud Unida (G) 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–0
Libertad (S) 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0
San Jorge (T) 3–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0
San Martín (T) 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1
Tiro Federal 2–2 3–0 2–2 4–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on March 9, 2014. Source: AFA
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South Zone
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santamarina 22 13 6 3 33 21 +12 45 Qualified for the Nonagonal Final
2 Juventud Unida Universitario 22 11 5 6 35 20 +15 38
3 Defensores de Belgrano (VR) 22 11 4 7 34 23 +11 37
4 Guillermo Brown 22 9 6 7 31 24 +7 33
5 CAI 22 10 3 9 37 33 +4 33
6 Cipolletti 22 9 5 8 29 25 +4 32 Qualified for the Revalida Stage
7 Deportivo Maipú 22 7 8 7 24 32 −8 29
8 Unión (MdP) 22 7 7 8 26 27 −1 28
9 Alvarado 22 6 9 7 13 16 −3 27
10 Estudiantes (SL) 22 7 6 9 28 32 −4 27
11 Racing (O) 22 4 6 12 22 37 −15 18
12 Rivadavia (L) 22 4 3 15 18 40 −22 15
Source:

Results
Home \ Away ALV CAI CIP DVR DMA ESL GBR JUU RAC RIV SAN UNI
Alvarado 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 4–0
CAI 0–1 2–0 2–3 1–2 5–4 0–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–0
Cipolletti 2–0 1–2 1–0 5–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–2 2–2 0–1
Defensores de Belgrano (VR) 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 5–2 3–1 2–2 2–0
Deportivo Maipú 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 2–0
Estudiantes (SL) 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–2
Guillermo Brown 3–0 1–1 1–0 4–2 5–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–2
Juventud Unida Universitario 1–0 5–2 1–0 2–2 3–3 0–1 5–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0
Racing (O) 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–4 2–1 1–2 2–2
Rivadavia (L) 0–1 3–2 1–2 0–4 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1
Santamarina 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 4–2 2–0 2–1
Unión (MdP) 0–0 4–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on March 9, 2014. Source: AFA
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Stage

Nonagonal Final

It consisted of nine teams that qualified from the First Stage (4 from the North Zone and 5 from the South Zone). The winner was promoted to the Primera B Nacional. It was played in a round-robin system. The 2 and 3 team advanced directly to the Fourth Stage, while the 4th to the 9th advanced to the Third Stage.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santamarina (C, P) 8 6 1 1 15 6 +9 19 Champion, promoted to Primera B Nacional
2 CAI 8 5 2 1 19 9 +10 17 Qualified for the Fourth Stage
3 Guaraní Antonio Franco 8 4 1 3 15 16 −1 13
4 Defensores de Belgrano (VR) 8 4 0 4 10 15 −5 12 Qualified for the Third Stage
5 San Martín (T) 8 3 2 3 14 10 +4 11
6 Guillermo Brown 8 2 3 3 8 13 −5 9
7 Tiro Federal 8 2 2 4 9 12 −3 8
8 Juventud Unida Universitario 8 2 1 5 11 15 −4 7
9 Juventud Unida (G) 8 1 2 5 7 12 −5 5
Source:
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Results
Home \ Away CAI DVR GAF GBR JUG JUU SAN SMT TIF
CAI 5–1 1–1 3–1 2–0
Defensores de Belgrano (VR) 1–4 3–1 2–1 2–0
Guaraní Antonio Franco 3–0 2–0 2–2 3–2
Guillermo Brown 3–0 1–0 0–4 0–0
Juventud Unida (G) 2–2 1–2 1–3 1–2
Juventud Unida Universitario 1–2 4–2 0–2 2–1
Santamarina 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
San Martín (T) 1–2 4–0 2–2 3–1
Tiro Federal 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on April 29, 2014. Source: AFA
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Reválida Stage

The fifteen clubs that did not qualify for the Nonagonal Final were grouped into three zones of five teams each. To integrate the zones a table was drawn with the fifteen clubs and its overall standings with points obtained in the First Stage. Teams in position 1,6,7,12,15 went to Zone A; teams in position 2,5,8,11,14 went to Zone B and teams in position 3,4,9,10,13 went to Zone C.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cipolletti 22 9 5 8 29 25 +4 32 Zone A
2 Central Córdoba (SdE) 22 8 7 7 23 23 0 31 Zone B
3 San Jorge (T) 22 9 4 9 22 23 −1 31 Zone C
4 Juventud Antoniana 22 7 9 6 21 17 +4 30
5 Libertad (S) 22 7 9 6 22 19 +3 30 Zone B
6 Deportivo Maipú 22 7 8 7 24 32 −8 29 Zone A
7 Unión (MdP) 22 7 7 8 26 27 −1 28
8 Alvarado 22 6 9 7 13 16 −3 27 Zone B
9 Estudiantes (SL) 22 7 6 9 28 32 −4 27 Zone C
10 Central Norte 22 6 8 8 26 27 −1 26
11 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 22 7 4 11 25 36 −11 25 Zone B
12 Gimnasia y Tiro 22 5 6 11 26 30 −4 21 Zone A
13 Chaco For Ever 22 3 12 7 24 31 −7 21 Zone C
14 Racing (O) 22 4 6 12 22 37 −15 18 Zone B
15 Rivadavia (L) 22 4 3 15 18 40 −22 15 Zone A
Source:

Zone A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cipolletti 8 4 2 2 7 8 −1 14 Qualified for the Third Stage
2 Gimnasia y Tiro 8 3 3 2 11 7 +4 12
3 Unión (MdP) 8 2 4 2 11 9 +2 10
4 Rivadavia (L) 8 2 3 3 11 14 −3 9
5 Deportivo Maipú 8 1 4 3 13 15 −2 7
Source:
Results
Home \ Away CIP DMA GYT RIV UNI
Cipolletti 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Deportivo Maipú 1–0 2–2 4–5 1–1
Gimnasia y Tiro 4–0 3–2 1–0 0–0
Rivadavia (L) 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–2
Unión (MdP) 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–1
Updated to match(es) played on April 27, 2014. Source: AFA
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Overall standings

Addition of points of First Stage and Reválida Stage.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Cipolletti 30 13 7 10 36 33 +3 46
2 Unión (MdP) 30 9 11 10 37 36 +1 38
3 Deportivo Maipú 30 8 12 10 37 47 −10 36
4 Gimnasia y Tiro 30 8 9 13 37 37 0 33
5 Rivadavia (L) 30 6 6 18 29 54 −25 24 Relegated to the Torneo Argentino B
Source:

Zone B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Central Córdoba 8 4 3 1 12 6 +6 15 Qualified for the Third Stage
2 Libertad (S) 8 2 6 0 10 6 +4 12
3 Alvarado 8 3 3 2 11 9 +2 12
4 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 8 2 4 2 7 5 +2 10
5 Racing (O) 8 0 2 6 3 17 −14 2
Source:
Results
Home \ Away ALV CCO GYE LIB RAC
Alvarado 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0
Central Córdoba 2–0 1–0 1–1 5–1
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–0
Libertad (S) 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–2
Racing (O) 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–3
Updated to match(es) played on April 27, 2014. Source: AFA
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Overall standings

Addition of points of First Stage and Reválida Stage.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Central Córdoba 30 12 10 8 35 29 +6 46
2 Libertad (S) 30 9 15 6 32 25 +7 42
3 Alvarado 30 9 12 9 24 25 −1 39
4 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 30 9 8 13 32 41 −9 35
5 Racing (O) 30 4 8 18 25 54 −29 20 Relegated to the Torneo Argentino B
Source:

Zone C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Chaco For Ever 8 6 0 2 13 5 +8 18 Qualified for the Third Stage
2 Estudiantes (SL) 8 3 3 2 8 7 +1 12
3 Central Norte 8 3 2 3 8 9 −1 11
4 San Jorge (T) 8 2 2 4 6 9 −3 8
5 Juventud Antoniana 8 2 1 5 7 12 −5 7
Source:
Results
Home \ Away CNO CFE ESL JUA SJT
Central Norte 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–0
Chaco For Ever 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–1
Estudiantes (SL) 1–2 2–0 3–2 0–0
Juventud Antoniana 0–0 1–3 0–1 2–1
San Jorge (T) 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on April 27, 2014. Source: AFA
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Overall standings

Addition of points of First Stage and Reválida Stage.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Chaco For Ever 30 9 12 9 37 36 +1 39
2 San Jorge (T) 30 11 6 13 28 32 −4 39
3 Estudiantes (SL) 30 10 9 11 36 39 −3 39
4 Juventud Antoniana 30 9 10 11 28 29 −1 37
5 Central Norte 30 9 10 11 34 36 −2 37 Relegated to the Torneo Argentino B
Source:
Tiebreaker
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Juventud Antoniana 0–0(5–3 p) Central Norte

Third to Sixth Stage

Was played by the teams ranked 2nd to 9th in the Nonagonal Final and the teams that qualified from Revalida Stage. To order the matches a table was drawn which contained the teams from the Nonagonal Final and the teams from the Revalida numbering them from 2º to 15º (teams from Nonagonal Final were 2º to 9º and teams from Revalida were 10º to º15).

From Nonagonal Final
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2 CAI 8 5 2 1 19 9 +10 17
3 Guaraní Antonio Franco 8 4 1 3 15 16 −1 13
4 Defensores de Belgrano (VR) 8 4 0 4 10 15 −5 12
5 San Martín (T) 8 3 2 3 14 10 +4 11
6 Guillermo Brown 8 2 3 3 8 13 −5 9
7 Tiro Federal 8 2 2 4 9 12 −3 8
8 Juventud Unida Universitario 8 2 1 5 11 15 −4 7
9 Juventud Unida (G) 8 1 2 5 7 12 −5 5
Source:

From Revalida
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Chaco For Ever 8 6 0 2 13 5 +8 18
11 Central Córdoba 8 4 3 1 12 6 +6 15
12 Cipolletti 8 4 2 2 7 8 −1 14
13 Gimnasia y Tiro 8 3 3 2 14 10 +4 12
14 Libertad (S) 8 2 6 0 10 6 +4 12
15 Estudiantes (SL) 8 3 3 2 8 7 +1 12
Source:

Third Stage

This Stage was played by the teams in position 4º to 9º from the Nonagonal Final and the teams from the Revalida. The winning teams qualify for Fourth Stage. In case of a tie the teams from position 4º to 9º qualified for the next stage (teams of the left column).

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Defensores de Belgrano (VR) 4–5 Estudiantes (SL) 2–1 2–4
San Martín (T) 4–2 Libertad (S) 2–1 2–1
Guillermo Brown1 3–3 Gimnasia y Tiro 1–2 2–1
Tiro Federal 3–2 Cipolletti 0–2 3–0
Juventud Unida Universitario 3–0 Central Córdoba (SdE) 2–0 1–0
Juventud Unida (G) 5–2 Chaco For Ever 1–1 4–1

1: Qualified because of sport advantage.

Bracket
  Fourth Stage Fifth Stage Sixth Stage
                                         
2 CAI 1 3 4  
15 Estudiantes (SL) 2 2 4  
  2 CAI 1 1 2  
  8 Juventud Unida Univ. 2 1 3  
5 San Martín (T) 0 1 1
8 Juventud Unida Univ. 1 1 2  
  3 Guaraní Antonio Franco 1 1 2
  8 Juventud Unida Univ. 2 0 2
3 Guaraní Antonio Franco 1 4 5  
9 Juventud Unida (G) 3 0 3  
  3 Guaraní Antonio Franco 2 1 3
  7 Tiro Federal 1 2 3  
6 Guillermo Brown 0 1 1
7 Tiro Federal 1 1 2  
  • Note: The team in the first line plays at home the second leg.

Fourth Stage

This Stage was played by the teams ranked 2º and 3º Nonagonal Final and the teams that qualified from the Third Stage. In case of a tie the teams from position 2º, 3º, W1 and W2 qualified for the next stage (teams of the left column).

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CAI1 4–4 Estudiantes (SL) 1–2 3–2
Guaraní Antonio Franco 5–3 Juventud Unida (G) 1–3 4–0
Guillermo Brown 1–2 Tiro Federal 0–1 1–1
San Martín (T) 1–2 Juventud Unida Universitario 0–1 1–1

1: Qualified because of sport advantage.

Fifth Stage

This Stage was played by the teams that qualified from the Fourth Stage. The matches will be W1 vs W4 and W2 vs W3. In case of a tie, W1 and W2 qualified for the next stage (teams of the left column).

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CAI 2–3 Juventud Unida Universitario 1–2 1–1
Guaraní Antonio Franco1 3–3 Tiro Federal 2–1 1–2

1: Qualified because of sport advantage.

Sixth Stage

This Stage was played by the teams that qualified from the Fifth Stage, W1 vs W2. The winning team will be promoted to Primera B Nacional. In case of a tie, W1 was promoted (team of the left column).

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guaraní Antonio Franco 2–2 Juventud Unida Universitario 1–2 1–0

1: Promoted because of sport advantage.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Fernando Zampedri Guillermo Brown 22
2 Mauro Villegas CAI 21
3 Pablo Vilchez Santamarina 17
Aldo Visconti Chaco For Ever 17
Jorge Piñero Da Silva CAI 17
6 Oscar Altamirano Central Norte 16

See also

References
  1. "Goleadores del Torneo Argentino A 2013/2014". AFA. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
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