Liga Tucumana de futbol is a football league based in Tucumán Province in Argentina. It started in 1977 as a reorgnaised version of the Federacion Tucumana de Futbol (whose first championship was competed for in 1919) but is now effectively at the 6th level of the Argentine football league system, although prior to 1967 it was the main tournament for Tucuman teams. Between 1967-85 local teams were also able to qualify for the Nacional championship, and then in 1985 the current Argentine structure was put in place meaning the league was effectively demoted a number of levels.
The tournament runs through the spring/summer and still features teams who play in the higher levels of Argentine football.
As of 2009 there are 36 teams competing in the league playing in 6 groups of six.[1] This includes the following teams who in 2008-09 were also competing in one of the top 5 levels of the Argentine football system:
Atletico Tucuman, San Martin, La Florida, Concepción Fútbol Club, Atletico Famaillá, Atletico Concepción de Banda del Río Salí, Sportivo Guzmán, Amalia, Unión Tranviarios Automotor, Deportivo Aguilares and Ñuñorco.
The most successful teams have traditionally been San Martin and Atletico.[2] The 2007 champions were San Ramon.