Competition: | X Torneo Federal A |
Season: | 2022 |
Winners: | Racing (C) (3rd divisional title) |
Promoted: | Racing (C) |
Relegated: | Atlético Paraná Deportivo Camioneros Desamparados Juventud Unida (G) |
Biggest Home Win: | Olimpo 5-0 Sportivo Peñarol (April 24) |
Biggest Away Win: | Juventud Antoniana 0-4 Racing (C) (April 17) |
Highest Scoring: | Gimnasia y Tiro 4-3 Douglas Haig (July 20) |
Matches: | 559 |
Total Goals: | 1151 |
Prevseason: | 2021 |
Nextseason: | 2023 |
Updated: | November 13, 2022 |
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 13 November 2022.
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]
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]
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]
Team | City | Stadium | |
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Argentino | Monte Maíz | Modesto Marrone | |
La Visera de Cemento | |||
Círculo Deportivo | Comandante Nicanor Otamendi | Guillermo Trama | |
Municipal Eva Perón | |||
Hugo Moyano | |||
El Serpentario | |||
Héctor Odicino – Pedro Benoza | |||
General Pico | El Coloso del Barrio Talleres | ||
Huracán Las Heras | Las Heras | General San Martín | |
Independiente | Chivilcoy | Raúl Orlando Lungarzo | |
Mario Diez | |||
Alejandro Pérez | |||
Roberto Natalio Carminatti | |||
Sansinena | Luis Molina | ||
Sol de Mayo | |||
Ramón Pablo Rojas | |||
Bahía Blanca | El Fortín |
Team | City | Stadium | |
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Atlético Paraná | Pedro Mutio | ||
Corrientes | José Antonio Romero Feris | ||
Central Norte | Salta | Doctor Luis Güemes | |
Crucero del Norte | Garupá | Andrés Guacurarí | |
Delio Cardozo | |||
Salomón Boeseldín | |||
Douglas Haig | Pergamino | Miguel Morales | |
Manuel y Ramón Núñez | |||
Gigante del Norte | |||
Fray Honorato Pistoia | |||
De los Eucaliptos | |||
Miguel Sancho | |||
17 De Octubre | |||
Sarmiento | Resistencia | Centenario | |
Oscar Boero | |||
Sportivo Las Parejas | Fortaleza del Lobo | ||
Unión | La Fortaleza |
Teams ending in positions 1 to 8 will play the final stages for the second and last promotion berth to Primera Nacional, in which teams will be seeded in each round according to their final placement in the first stage of the tournament.In all rounds, the teams were seeded according to their performance and placements in the previous stage of the competition and paired against a rival according to their seed: Team 1 vs. Team 16, Team 2 vs. Team 15 and so on, playing a single match on local ground, except the final that will be played in neutral ground. In all rounds, in case of tie, penalties will decide the winner.[1]