2016–17 Torneo Federal A Explained

Competition:	IV Torneo Federal A
Season:	2016–17
Winners:	Agropecuario Argentino (1st divisional title)
Promoted:	Agropecuario Argentino Mitre (SdE)
Relegated:	General Belgrano Concepción FC Sol de América (F)
League Topscorer:	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)
Matches:	516
Total Goals:	1168
Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2017–18
Updated:	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 zones with five teams and one zone with six 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 teams qualify for the Revalida Stage.

Championship stages

Second stage

The teams were divided into two zones with nine 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 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 teams qualify for the Fifth Phase of the Revalida Stage.^[1]

Revalida stages

The Revalida Stage is divided in several phases: First, the eighteen teams that did not qualify for the Championship Stages were divided into three zones with six 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

Zone A

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

Zone B

Team	City	Stadium
		De La Calle Carlos Arroyo
		(None) ¹
		Salomón Boeseldín
	General Pico	El Coloso del Barrio Talleres
General Belgrano	Santa Rosa	Nuevo Rancho Grande
		El Coliseo

¹ Play their home games at Estadio José María Minella.

Zone C

Team	City	Stadium
		Higinio Sperdutti
		El Serpentario
		Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie
	General Gutiérrez	General Gutiérrez
Unión	Villa Krause	12 de Octubre

Zone D

Team	City	Stadium
		Mario Diez
Mitre		Doctores José y Antonio Castiglione
San Lorenzo	Catamarca	Bicentenario Ciudad de Catamarca
		Oscar Boero
Unión Aconquija	Aconquija	Municipal de Aconquija

Zone E

Team	City	Stadium
Altos Hornos Zapla	Palpalá	Emilio Fabrizzi
Concepción	Concepción	Stewart Shipton
		Gigante del Norte
		Fray Honorato Pistoia
		Senador Luis Cruz

Zone F

Team	City	Stadium
Chaco For Ever		Juan Alberto García
		Clemente F. de Oliveira
Sarmiento	Resistencia	Centenario
	Formosa	(None)¹
		Antonio Romero

¹ Play their home games at Estadio Antonio Romero.

Zone G

Team	City	Stadium
		Delio Cardozo
		Manuel y Ramón Núñez
		Hogar de Los Tigres
Sportivo Las Parejas		Fortaleza del Lobo
Unión		La Fortaleza

First stage

Zone A

Results

Matches 9–16

Zone B

Results

Matches 11–20

Zone C

Results

Matches 9–16

Zone D

Results

Matches 9–16

Zone E

Results

Matches 9–16

Zone F

Results

Matches 9–16

Zone G

Results

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

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Third phase

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Fourth phase

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Fifth phase

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Sixth phase

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Seventh phase

Relegation

Zone A

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1	Deportivo Maipú	20	17	37	26
2	Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	29	10	39	30
3	Rivadavia (L)	22	16	38	30
4	Deportivo Roca	19	13	32	26
5	Independiente (N)	12	16	28	26
6	General Belgrano (R)	15	10	25	30		Torneo Federal B

Zone B

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1	San Lorenzo (A)	19	15	34	26
2	Juventud Unida Universitario	20	14	34	26
3	Gutiérrez SC	16	16	32	26
4	San Jorge (T)	15	13	28	26
5	Desamparados	16	11	27	26
6	Concepción FC (R)	16	8	24	26		Torneo Federal B

Zone C

width=28		width=185	Team	width=50		width=50		width=50	width=50	width=50	Relegation
1	Sportivo Belgrano	19	16	35	26
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	22	11	33	26
3	Libertad (S)	18	13	31	26
4	Defensores (P)	18	12	30	26
5	Guaraní Antonio Franco	14	14	28	26
6	Sol de América (F) (R)	15	12	27	26		Torneo Federal B

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
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)

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Torneo Federal A - Forma de disputa. es.
News: Top Scorers Torneo Federal A 2016-17 . AFA .

2016–17 Torneo Federal A Explained

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 9–16

Zone B

Results

Matches 11–20

Zone C

Results

Matches 9–16

Zone D

Results

Matches 9–16

Zone E

Results

Matches 9–16

Zone F

Results

Matches 9–16

Zone G

Results

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

External links

Notes and References