2016–17 Torneo Federal A

IV Torneo Federal A
Season 2016-17
Champions -
Promoted -
-
Relegated -
-
-
Matches played 225
Goals scored 509 (2.26 per match)
Biggest home win Alvarado 4-0 Rivadavia (L) (September 18)
Union Aconquija 4-0 Mitre (SdE) (November 13)
Biggest away win Concepción FC 2-6 Altos Hornos Zapla (November 13)
Highest scoring Juventud Antoniana 3-6 San Jorge (T) (October 7)
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2017-18 →

All statistics correct as of November 24, 2016.

The 2016-17 Argentine Torneo Federal A, will be 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 is scheduled to end on June 18, 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

Agrop. Arg.
Ferro (GP)
Gutiérrez
Unión (VK)
Mitre (SdE)
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 MadrynColiseo del Golfo
Deportivo Roca General RocaLuis Maiolino
Independiente NeuquénJosé Rosas y Perito Moreno
Villa Mitre Bahía BlancaEl 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 PicoEl Coloso del Barrio Talleres
General Belgrano Santa RosaNuevo 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 Krause12 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 CatamarcaBicentenario Ciudad de Catamarca
Sportivo Belgrano San Francisco Oscar Boero
Unión Aconquija AconquijaMunicipal de Aconquija

Zone E

Team City Stadium
Altos Hornos ZaplaPalpaláEmilio Fabrizzi
ConcepciónConcepciónStewart 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 EverResistencia Juan Alberto García
Guaraní Antonio Franco Posadas Clemente F. de Oliveira
Sarmiento ResistenciaCentenario
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 13 6 5 2 19 10 +9 23 Advance to Championship Stages
2 Deportivo Madryn 13 6 4 3 19 15 +4 22
3 Villa Mitre 13 6 3 4 20 16 +4 21
4 Deportivo Roca 13 3 6 4 10 17 −7 15
5 Independiente (N) 12 1 2 9 11 21 −10 5
Updated to match(es) played on November 27, 2016. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–10
Home \ Away[1] CIP DMA DROINEVMI
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 11–20
Home \ Away[1] CIP DMA DROINEVMI
Cipolletti 3–0 1–0
Deportivo Madryn 2–0 0–0 3–2
Deportivo Roca 1–1 2–1 0–0
Independiente (N) 0–2 0–3
Villa Mitre 4–1 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 16 7 5 4 18 10 +8 26 Advance to Championship Stages
2 Defensores de Belgrano (VR) 16 6 6 4 22 17 +5 24
3 Agropecuario Argentino 16 5 8 3 17 14 +3 23
4 Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) 16 5 7 4 20 15 +5 22
5 Rivadavia (L) 16 4 7 5 17 23 −6 19
6 General Belgrano 16 2 5 9 11 26 −15 11
Updated to match(es) played on November 27, 2016. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–10
Home \ Away[1] AGA ALV DEFFCOGBERIV
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 DEFFCOGBERIV
Agrop. Argentino 1–0 1–1 3–0
Alvarado 3–0 0–1 2–1
Def. de Belg. (VR) 4–1 1–0 2–1
Ferro C. O. (GP) 0–1 1–2 2–0
General Belgrano 0–0 1–1 1–4
Rivadavia (L) 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) 12 6 6 0 20 7 +13 24 Advance to Championship Stages
2 Unión (VK) 13 2 10 1 11 11 0 16
3 Desamparados 13 3 6 4 12 17 −5 15
4 Deportivo Maipú 13 2 7 4 10 14 −4 13
5 Gutiérrez SC 13 2 5 6 10 14 −4 11
Updated to match(es) played on November 27, 2016. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–10
Home \ Away[1] DEM DES GEMGSCUVK
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 11–20
Home \ Away[1] DEM DES GEMGSCUVK
Deportivo Maipú 2–0 2–2 0–0
Desamparados 2–2 1–0 2–2
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 3–0 2–2
Gutiérrez SC 2–0 0–0
Unión (VK) 0–0 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) 12 5 4 3 12 9 +3 19 Advance to Championship Stages
2 Unión Aconquija 12 5 3 4 13 11 +2 18
3 Juventud Unida Universitario 12 4 3 5 13 11 +2 15
4 San Lorenzo (A) 12 3 6 3 11 14 −3 15
5 Sportivo Belgrano 12 4 2 6 13 17 −4 14
Updated to match(es) played on November 24, 2016. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–10
Home \ Away[1] JUU MIT SLASPBUAC
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 11–20
Home \ Away[1] JUU MIT SLASPBUAC
Juventud Unida Univ. 1–0 0–1
Mitre (SdE) 1–0 2–0
San Lorenzo (A) 1–3 1–1
Sportivo Belgrano 0–0 2–0
Unión Aconquija 4–0 0–2

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 E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gimnasia y Tiro 13 8 3 2 30 17 +13 27 Advance to Championship Stages
2 Juventud Antoniana 13 7 2 4 22 19 +3 23
3 Altos Hornos Zapla 13 5 5 3 23 17 +6 20
4 Concepción FC 12 3 1 8 13 26 −13 10
5 San Jorge (T) 13 2 3 8 14 23 −9 9
Updated to match(es) played on November 27, 2016. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–10
Home \ Away[1] AHZ CFC GYTJUASJT
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 11–20
Home \ Away[1] AHZ CFC GYTJUASJT
Altos Hornos Zapla 2–3 0–1 1–1
Concepción FC 2–6 2–3
Gimnasia y Tiro 5–3 3–0
Juventud Antoniana 2–0 2–1 2–1
San Jorge (T) 0–0 1–3

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

Zone F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Chaco For Ever 13 6 4 3 13 12 +1 22 Advance to Championship Stages
2 Sportivo Patria 12 5 5 2 12 6 +6 20
3 Sarmiento (R) 13 4 7 2 12 6 +6 19
4 Guaraní Antonio Franco 13 3 5 5 14 16 −2 14
5 Sol de América (F) 13 1 5 7 8 19 −11 8
Updated to match(es) played on November 27, 2016. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–10
Home \ Away[1] CFE GAF SARSOLSPP
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 11–20
Home \ Away[1] CFE GAF SARSOLSPP
Chaco For Ever 1–1 1–0 2–0
Guaraní Antonio Franco 1–1 1–0 3–1
Sarmiento (R) 2–0 3–0
Sol de América (F) 1–1 0–0
Sportivo Patria 2–0 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 G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Unión (S) 13 6 3 4 21 14 +7 21 Advance to Championship Stages
2 Sportivo Las Parejas 13 5 6 2 18 16 +2 21
3 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 13 3 6 4 11 13 −2 15
4 Defensores (P) 12 4 2 6 13 15 −2 14
5 Libertad (S) 13 3 5 5 16 21 −5 14
Updated to match(es) played on November 27, 2016. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–10
Home \ Away[1] DPR GYE LIBSLPUNS
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 11–20
Home \ Away[1] DPR GYE LIBSLPUNS
Defensores (P) 2–0 1–2
Gimnasia y Esg. (CdU) 1–1 1–1
Libertad (S) 1–3 1–1
Sportivo Las Parejas 4–1 3–2 1–1
Unión (S) 2–1 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.

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Third-placed team Zone A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Championship Stages
2 C Third-placed team Zone C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 D Third-placed team Zone D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 E Third-placed team Zone E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 F Third-placed team Zone F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 G Third-placed team Zone G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) draw of lots.

See also

References

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

    External links

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