2022 Torneo Federal A

The 2022 Argentine Torneo Federal A,[1] was the tenth season of the Torneo Federal A, the regionalised 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 competition was contested by 29 of the 31 teams that took part in the 2021 season and four teams promoted from Torneo Regional Federal Amateur. Two teams will be promoted to Primera Nacional and four teams were relegated to Torneo Regional Federal Amateur. The season began on 27 march and ended in November 2022.

X Torneo Federal A
Season2022
Matches played96
Goals scored182 (1.9 per match)
Biggest home winOlimpo 5-0 Sportivo Peñarol (April 24)
Biggest away winJuventud Antoniana 0-4 Racing (C) (April 17)
Highest scoringOlimpo 3-2 Círculo Deportivo (March 26)
← 2021
2023 →
All statistics correct as of May 1, 2022.

Format

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.[1]

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.[1]

Relegation

After the first stage, the two bottom teams of each zone were relegated to the Torneo Regional Federal Amateur, giving a total of four teams relegated.[1]

Club information
Locations of the 2022 season teams.
Yellow: Zone A; Blue: Zone B.

Zone A
Team City Stadium
ArgentinoMonte MaízModesto Marrone
CipollettiCipollettiLa Visera de Cemento
Círculo DeportivoComandante Nicanor OtamendiGuillermo Trama
Ciudad de BolivarSan Carlos de BolívarMunicipal Eva Perón
Deportivo CamionerosGeneral RodríguezHugo Moyano
DesamparadosSan JuanEl Serpentario
EstudiantesSan LuisHéctor Odicino – Pedro Benoza
Ferro Carril OesteGeneral PicoEl Coloso del Barrio Talleres
Huracán Las HerasLas HerasGeneral San Martín
IndependienteChivilcoyRaúl Orlando Lungarzo
Juventud Unida UniversitarioSan LuisMario Diez
LiniersBahía BlancaAlejandro Pérez
OlimpoBahía BlancaRoberto Natalio Carminatti
SansinenaGeneral CerriLuis Molina
Sol de MayoViedmaSol de Mayo
Sportivo PeñarolChimbasRamón Pablo Rojas
Villa MitreBahía BlancaEl Fortín

Zone B
Team City Stadium
Atlético ParanáParanáPedro Mutio
Boca UnidosCorrientesJosé Antonio Romero Feris
Central NorteSaltaDoctor Luis Güemes
Crucero del NorteGarupáAndrés Guacurarí
DefensoresPronunciamientoDelio Cardozo
Defensores de BelgranoVilla RamalloSalomón Boeseldín
Douglas HaigPergaminoMiguel Morales
Gimnasia y EsgrimaConcepción del UruguayManuel y Ramón Núñez
Gimnasia y TiroSaltaGigante del Norte
Juventud AntonianaSaltaFray Honorato Pistoia
Juventud UnidaGualeguaychúDe los Eucaliptos
RacingCórdobaMiguel Sancho
San MartínFormosa17 De Octubre
SarmientoResistenciaCentenario
Sportivo BelgranoSan FranciscoOscar Boero
Sportivo Las ParejasLas ParejasFortaleza del Lobo
UniónSunchalesLa Fortaleza

First Stage

Zone A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or Relegation
1 Olimpo 6 4 2 0 12 4 +8 14 Advance to Final Stages
2 Villa Mitre 5 4 0 1 10 3 +7 12
3 Deportivo Camioneros 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 11
4 Juventud Unida Universitario 6 2 4 0 5 2 +3 10
5 Sol de Mayo 5 3 1 1 5 2 +3 10
6 Cipolletti 5 2 3 0 3 1 +2 9
7 Estudiantes (SL) 6 1 4 1 6 6 0 7
8 Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 6
9 Independiente (Ch) 6 1 3 2 4 6 −2 6
10 Argentino (MM) 5 1 3 1 3 5 −2 6
11 Círculo Deportivo 5 1 2 2 7 7 0 5
12 Liniers (BB) 6 1 2 3 5 7 −2 5
13 Sportivo Peñarol 6 1 2 3 5 11 −6 5
14 Desamparados 6 1 2 3 4 11 −7 5
15 Sansinena 6 1 1 4 5 7 −2 4
16 Ciudad de Bolivar 5 1 1 3 4 6 −2 4 Relegated to Torneo Regional Federal Amateur
17 Huracán Las Heras[lower-alpha 1] 6 1 3 2 3 5 −2 −9
Updated to match(es) played on May 1, 2022. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals; 6) goal difference; 7) goals scored; 8) away goals scored; 9) draw of lots.
Notes:
  1. 15 points deducted due to incidents.[2]

Results
Home \ Away ARG CIP CIR CIU DEP DES ESL FCO HLH ICH JUU LIN OLI SAN SOL SPP VMI
Argentino (MM) 1–0 0–0
Cipolletti 1–0 1–1 1–0
Círculo Deportivo 3–0 2–2
Ciudad de Bolivar 0–0 1–2 1–0
Deportivo Camioneros 0–0 3–1 2–1
Desamparados 2–1 0–1 0–0
Estudiantes (SL) 2–2 2–1 1–1
Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) 0–0 0–1 0–1
Huracán Las Heras 0–0 2–1 0–0
Independiente (Ch) 1–1 0–0 0–1
Juventud Unida Universitario 1–1 1–1 2–0
Liniers (BB) 0–0 2–3 1–2
Olimpo 3–2 0–0 5–0
Sansinena 3–0 0–0 1–0
Sol de Mayo 2–0 0–1
Sportivo Peñarol 2–2 1–0 0–1
Villa Mitre 2–1 4–0 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on May 1, 2022. Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or Relegation
1 Racing (C) 6 5 1 0 15 1 +14 16 Advance to Final Stages
2 Sarmiento (R) 6 4 2 0 8 1 +7 14
3 San Martín (F) 5 4 1 0 7 1 +6 13
4 Crucero del Norte 6 4 1 1 8 6 +2 13
5 Douglas Haig 6 3 0 3 10 6 +4 9
6 Central Norte 5 2 3 0 2 0 +2 9
7 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 5 2 2 1 5 4 +1 8
8 Sportivo Las Parejas 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8
9 Juventud Antoniana 6 2 2 2 3 8 −5 8
10 Sportivo Belgrano 6 2 1 3 6 7 −1 7
11 Gimnasia y Tiro 6 2 1 3 3 7 −4 7
12 Defensores de Belgrano (VR) 6 1 2 3 6 7 −1 5
13 Boca Unidos 5 1 2 2 4 6 −2 5
14 Unión (S) 6 1 2 3 3 6 −3 5
15 Atlético Paraná 6 1 1 4 2 8 −6 4
16 Defensores (P) 5 0 1 4 1 7 −6 1 Relegated to Torneo Regional Federal Amateur
17 Juventud Unida (G) 5 0 0 5 1 9 −8 0
Updated to match(es) played on May 1, 2022. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals; 6) goal difference; 7) goals scored; 8) away goals scored; 9) draw of lots.

Results
Home \ Away APA BOU CNO CRU DPR DEF DOU GYE GYT JUA JUG RAC SAF SAR SPB SLP UNS
Atlético Paraná 0–1 1–0 0–1
Boca Unidos 0–0 0–0 2–3
Central Norte 1–0 0–0
Crucero del Norte 2–1 2–0 1–0
Defensores (P) 1–1 0–1
Defensores de Belgrano (VR) 4–1 1–2 0–0
Douglas Haig 2–0 4–0 1–2
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 1–1 2–0 2–1
Gimnasia y Tiro 2–0 0–2 0–1
Juventud Antoniana 1–0 0–4 0–3
Juventud Unida (G) 1–2 0–1 0–3
Racing (C) 2–0 2–0 4–1
San Martín (F) 0–0 2–0
Sarmiento (R) 0–1 1–1 2–0
Sportivo Belgrano 0–0 0–1 2–2
Sportivo Las Parejas 1–0 0–0 0–1
Unión (S) 0–0 2–0 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on May 1, 2022. Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References
  1. "EL REGLAMENTO DEL TORNEO FEDERAL A 2022" (in Spanish). Ascenso del Interior. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. "Fallo Huracan Las Heras vs. Ferro de Gral. Pico, otras sanciones y resoluciones". Ascenso del Interior. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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