2014 Torneo Federal A

I Torneo Federal A
Season	2014–15
Promoted	Guillermo Brown Estudiantes (SL) Central Córdoba (SdE) Juventud Unida (G) Unión (MdP) Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) Atlético Paraná
Relegated	No relegation this season
Matches played	283
Goals scored	649 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hugo Troche (16 goals)
Biggest home win	San Martín (T) 7-0 Unión Aconquija (October 16)
Biggest away win	Sol de América (F) 0-4 Sportivo Patria (August 24)
Highest scoring	San Jorge (T) 4-4 Central Córdoba (SdE) (October 19) Sportivo Patria (T) 5-3 Sarmiento (R) (November 2)
← 2013–14 2015 → All statistics correct as of 16 November 2014.

The 2014 season was the first season of the Torneo Federal A, third division professional of football in Argentina. For this season, AFA decided to change the structure in the Argentine football league system, so 21 teams were invited by the Consejo Federal and 17 accepted the invitation and exceptionally 7 teams were promoted to the next season of Primera B Nacional and there were no relegations for this season. A total of 40 teams competed.

Reestructuring

Invitations

Province	Team	City	Stadium
Interior of Buenos Aires	Independiente	Chivilcoy	Raúl Orlando Lungarzo
Catamarca	San Lorenzo de Alem	Catamarca	Bicentenario Ciudad de Catamarca
Catamarca	Unión Aconquija	Aconquija	Club Tiro Federal y Gimnasia^[1]
Chaco	Sarmiento	Resistencia	Centenario
Corrientes	Textil Mandiyú	Corrientes	José Antonio Romero Feris^[2]
Formosa	Sol de América	Formosa	None
Formosa	Sportivo Patria	Formosa	Antonio Romero
Jujuy	Altos Hornos Zapla	Palpalá	Emilio Fabrizzi
La Pampa	Ferro Carril Oeste	General Pico	El Coloso del Barrio Talleres
La Pampa	General Belgrano	Santa Rosa	Nuevo Rancho Grande
La Rioja	Andino Sport Club	La Rioja	Carlos Mercado Luna
La Rioja	Américo Tesorieri	La Rioja	Carlos Mercado Luna
Neuquén	Independiente	Neuquén	José Rosas y Perito Moreno
Neuquén	Alianza	Cutral Có	Coloso del Ruca Quimey
Río Negro	Deportivo Roca	General Roca	Luis Maiolino
San Juan	Unión	Villa Krause	12 de Octubre
Santiago del Estero	Mitre	Santiago del Estero	Doctores José y Antonio Castiglione

Format

First Stage

The teams were divided into five (5) zones with eight (8) teams (a total of 40 teams) in each zone and it was played in a round-robin tournament. The team placed first of each zone was automatically promoted to Primera B Nacional, the teams placed 2º to 4º and the best 5º team from the five zones qualified for the Second Stage.

second Stage

Consists of sixteen (16) teams that qualified from the First Stage. It was played in a double-elimination tournament. The order was:

The five (5) teams placed 2º in their respective zones were enumerated from 1º to 5º according to the points obtained in the First Stage.
The five (5) teams placed 3º in their respective zones were enumerated from 6º to 10º according to the points obtained in the First Stage.
The five (5) teams placed 4º in their respective zones were enumerated from 11º to 15º according to the points obtained in the First Stage.
The best team placed 5º was enumerated 16º.

The playoffs were: 1º vs 16º; 2º vs 15º; 3º vs 14º; 4º vs 13; 5º vs 12º; 6º vs 11º; 7º vs 10º; 8º vs 9º. The winning teams qualified for the Third Stage.

Third Stage

Consists of eight (8) teams that qualified from the Second Stage. It was played in a double-elimination tournament. The teams remain with the designated positions of the Second Stage. The playoffs were: 1º vs 8º; 2º vs 7º; 3º vs 6º; 4º vs 5º. The winning teams qualified for the Fourth Stage.

Fourth Stage

Consists of four(4) teams that qualified from the Second Stage. It was played in a double-elimination tournament. The teams remain with the designated positions of the Second Stage. The playoffs were: 1º vs 4; 2º vs 3º. The winning teams were promoted to Primera B Nacional.

Relegations

As it is a transition tournament there will be no relegations.

Club information

Zone 1

Team	City	Stadium
Alianza	Cutral Có	Coloso del Ruca Quimey
CAI	Comodoro Rivadavia	Estadio Municipal
Cipolletti	Cipolletti	La Visera de Cemento
Deportivo Madryn	Puerto Madryn	Coliseo del Golfo
Deportivo Roca	General Roca	Luis Maiolino
General Belgrano	Santa Rosa	Nuevo Rancho Grande
Guillermo Brown	Puerto Madryn	Raul Conti
Independiente	Neuquén	José Rosas y Perito Moreno

Zone 2

Team	City	Stadium
Américo Tesorieri	La Rioja	Carlos Mercado Luna
Andino Sport Club	La Rioja	Carlos Mercado Luna
Deportivo Maipú	Maipú	Higinio Sperdutti
Estudiantes	San Luis	Héctor Odicino – Pedro Benoza
Gimnasia y Esgrima	Mendoza	Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie
Juventud Unida Universitario	San Luis	Mario Diez
San Lorenzo	Catamarca	Bicentenario Ciudad de Catamarca
Unión	Villa Krause	12 de Octubre

Zone 3

Team	City	Stadium
Altos Hornos Zapla	Palpalá	Emilio Fabrizzi
Central Córdoba	Santiago del Estero	Alfredo Terrara
Gimnasia y Tiro	Salta	Gigante del Norte
Juventud Antoniana	Salta	Fray Honorato Pistoia
Mitre	Santiago del Estero	Doctores José y Antonio Castiglione
San Jorge	San Miguel de Tucumán	Senador Luis Cruz
San Martín	San Miguel de Tucumán	La Ciudadela
Unión Aconquija	Aconquija	Club Tiro Federal y Gimnasia

Zone 4

Team	City	Stadium
Atlético Paraná	Paraná	Pedro Mutio
Chaco For Ever	Resistencia	Juan Alberto García
Gimnasia y Esgrima	Concepción del Uruguay	Manuel y Ramón Núñez
Juventud Unida	Gualeguaychú	Luis Delfino
Sarmiento	Resistencia	Centenario
Sol de América	Formosa	(None)¹
Sportivo Patria	Formosa	Antonio Romero
Textil Mandiyú	Corrientes	José Antonio Romero Feris

¹ Play their home games at Estadio Antonio Romero.

Zone 5

Team	City	Stadium
Alvarado	Mar del Plata	(None) ¹
Defensores de Belgrano	Villa Ramallo	Salomón Boeseldín
Ferro Carril Oeste	General Pico	El Coloso del Barrio Talleres
Independiente	Chivilcoy	Raúl Orlando Lungarzo
Libertad	Sunchales	Hogar de Los Tigres
Talleres	Córdoba	La Boutique
Tiro Federal	Rosario	Fortín de Ludueña
Unión	Mar del Plata	(None) ¹

¹ Play their home games at Estadio José María Minella.

First Stage

The teams were divided into five zones and it was played in a round-robin system. The team placed first of each zone was automatically promoted to Primera B Nacional, the teams placed 2º to 4º and the best 5º team from the five zones qualified for the Second Stage.

Zone 1


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guillermo Brown	14	8	5	1	24	11	+13	29	Primera B Nacional
2	CAI	14	8	4	2	25	14	+11	28	Second Stage
3	Deportivo Madryn	14	7	1	6	20	15	+5	22
4	Deportivo Roca¹	14	6	1	7	15	24	−9	19
5	Independiente (N)	14	5	3	6	15	18	−3	18
6	Cipolletti¹	14	4	2	8	14	18	−4	14
7	General Belgrano	14	2	6	6	13	18	−5	12
8	Alianza (CC)	14	3	2	9	9	22	−13	11

1: Both teams lost the match 0-1 because of incidents.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	ACC	CAI	CIP	DMA	DRO	GBE	GBR	INE
Alianza (CC)		0–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0
CAI	1–2		1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	2–0
Cipolletti	2–1	2–2		3–2	0–1	3–1	0–2	2–1
Deportivo Madryn	5–1	3–2	1–0		2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0
Deportivo Roca	2–1	2–2		0–3		2–1	2–0	1–3
General Belgrano	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–1		1–1	1–1
Guillermo Brown	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–1		3–1
Independiente (N)	3–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1

Updated to games played on November 9, 2014.
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 2


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Estudiantes (SL)	14	10	2	2	26	9	+17	32	Primera B Nacional
2	San Lorenzo (A)	14	6	6	2	17	10	+7	24	Second Stage
3	Unión (VK)	14	7	3	4	20	15	+5	24
4	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	14	7	2	5	15	12	+3	23
5	Juventud Unida Universitario	14	7	2	5	16	11	+5	23
6	Deportivo Maipú	14	6	3	5	19	16	+3	21
7	Américo Tesorieri	14	1	2	11	8	26	−18	5
8	Andino	14	0	4	10	7	28	−21	4

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	ATE	AND	DEM	ESL	GEM	JUU	SLA	UVK
Américo Tesorieri		2–1	2–3	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–1
Andino	1–1		0–2	0–1	0–3	2–2	0–3	0–1
Deportivo Maipú	3–0	3–1		2–3	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1
Estudiantes (SL)	4–1	3–0	4–0		1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2		1–1	2–1	1–2
Juventud Unida Universitario	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–1		0–1	3–2
San Lorenzo (A)	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–3		0–0
Unión (VK)	5–1	1–1	2–4	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1

Updated to games played on November 9, 2014.
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 3


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Central Córdoba (SdE)	14	9	1	4	20	14	+6	28	Primera B Nacional
2	Unión Aconquija	14	9	1	4	14	15	−1	28	Second Stage
3	Mitre (SdE)	14	6	5	3	16	10	+6	23
4	Juventud Antoniana	14	5	6	3	17	14	+3	21
5	San Martín (T)	14	4	5	5	15	11	+4	17
6	Altos Hornos Zapla	14	4	3	7	10	15	−5	15
7	San Jorge (T)	14	2	5	7	15	22	−7	11
8	Gimnasia y Tiro	14	2	4	8	13	19	−6	10

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Central Córdoba (SdE)	3-2 (a.e.t.)	Unión Aconquija

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	AHZ	CCO	GYT	JUA	MIT	SJT	SMT	UAC
Altos Hornos Zapla		0–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1
Central Córdoba (SdE)	2–1		1–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
Gimnasia y Tiro	0–1	1–2		0–2	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–2
Juventud Antoniana	2–2	0–1	0–1		1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0
Mitre (SdE)	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1		2–1	0–0	0–0
San Jorge (T)	1–1	4–4	3–2	1–1	0–3		0–1	1–0
San Martín (T)	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1		7–0
Unión Aconquija	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0

Updated to games played on November 9, 2014.
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 4


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventud Unida (G)	14	7	3	4	17	15	+2	24	Primera B Nacional
2	Sportivo Patria	14	5	8	1	21	13	+8	23	Second Stage
3	Atlético Paraná	14	4	7	3	12	12	0	19
4	Chaco For Ever	14	4	6	4	17	20	−3	18
5	Textil Mandiyú	14	4	5	5	14	12	+2	17
6	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	14	3	6	5	20	19	+1	15
7	Sarmiento (R)	14	3	6	5	17	22	−5	15
8	Sol de América (F)	14	4	3	7	15	20	−5	15

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	APA	CFE	GYE	JUG	SAR	SOL	SPP	TEM
Atlético Paraná		2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0
Chaco For Ever	1–1		2–1	3–2	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–1
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	1–1	5–0		1–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–0
Juventud Unida (G)	2–1	1–1	2–1		1–0	2–0	0–1	0–3
Sarmiento (R)	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–3		1–1	1–1	0–3
Sol de América (F)	2–0	2–2	4–0	0–1	3–1		0–4	1–0
Sportivo Patria	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	5–3	2–0		0–0
Textil Mandiyú	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–4	2–0	1–1

Updated to games played on November 9, 2014.
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 5


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Unión (MdP)	14	7	5	2	21	13	+8	26	Primera B Nacional
2	Talleres (C)	14	7	5	2	21	13	+8	26	Second Stage
3	Libertad (S)	14	6	5	3	22	16	+6	23
4	Tiro Federal	14	3	9	2	18	15	+3	18
5	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	14	4	6	4	14	11	+3	18
6	Independiente (Ch)	14	4	4	6	11	18	−7	16
7	Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	14	3	5	6	10	16	−6	14
8	Alvarado	14	0	5	9	7	22	−15	5

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Talleres (C)	0-1	Unión (MdP)

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	ALV	DVR	FCO	ICH	LIB	TAL	TIF	UNI
Alvarado		0–3	2–4	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–0	1–1
Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	1–0		0–1	0–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–0
Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	0–0	1–0		0–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1
Independiente (Ch)	2–1	0–3	1–0		1–2	0–0	0–2	1–2
Libertad (S)	2–0	0–0	0–0	4–1		1–1	3–3	1–0
Talleres (C)	1–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–0		2–2	1–4
Tiro Federal	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0		1–1
Unión (MdP)	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	4–2	3–1	2–1

Updated to games played on November 9, 2014.
Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second to Fourth Stage

Ordering Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CAI	14	8	4	2	25	14	+11	28	Team placed 2º
2	Unión Aconquija	14	9	1	4	14	15	−1	28
3	Talleres (C)	14	7	5	2	21	13	+8	26
4	San Lorenzo (A)	14	6	6	2	17	10	+7	24
5	Sportivo Patria	14	5	8	1	21	13	+8	23
6	Unión (VK)	14	7	3	4	20	15	+5	24	Team placed 3º
7	Libertad (S)	14	6	5	3	22	16	+6	23
8	Mitre (SdE)	14	6	5	3	16	10	+6	23
9	Deportivo Madryn	14	7	1	6	20	15	+5	22
10	Atlético Paraná	14	4	7	3	12	12	0	19
11	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	14	7	2	5	15	12	+3	23	Team placed 4º
12	Juventud Antoniana	14	5	6	3	17	14	+3	21
13	Deportivo Roca	14	6	1	7	15	20	−5	19
14	Tiro Federal	14	3	9	2	18	15	+3	18
15	Chaco For Ever	14	4	6	4	17	20	−3	18
16	Juventud Unida Universitario	14	7	2	5	16	11	+5	23	Team placed 5º

Second Stage

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CAI	2–2 (5–3 p)	Juventud Unida Universitario	2–1	0–1
Unión Aconquija	1–0	Chaco For Ever	1–0	0–0
Talleres (C)	2–1	Tiro Federal	2–1	0–0
San Lorenzo (A)	3–0	Deportivo Roca	1–0	2–0
Sportivo Patria	3–2	Juventud Antoniana	1–1	2–1
Unión (VK)	2–2 (3–4 p)	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	1–2	1–0
Libertad (S)	3–4	Atlético Paraná	0–3	3–1
Mitre (SdE)	4–2	Deportivo Madryn	1–1	3–1

Third Stage

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CAI	1–2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	0–2	1–0
Unión Aconquija	3–5	Atlético Paraná	2–5	1–0
Talleres (C)	3–3 (4–3 p)	Mitre (SdE)	1–1	2–2
San Lorenzo (A)	3–4	Sportivo Patria	0–2	3–2

Fourth Stage

The winners were promoted.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Talleres (C)	1–3	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	1–2	0–1
Sportivo Patria	1–5	Atlético Paraná	0–2	1–3

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[3]
1	Hugo Troche	Sportivo Patria	16
2	Sergio Viturro	Estudiantes (SL)	10
2	Wilson Albarracin	Unión (MdP)	10
4	Gonzalo Garavano	Sarmiento (R)	8
	Sergio Chitero	Atlético Paraná
	Mauro Villegas	CAI

References

↑ Property of Club Tiro Federal y Gimnasia
↑ Property of Huracán Corrientes.
↑ "Goleadores Torneo Federal A 2014". Solo Ascenso. Retrieved September 8, 2014.

External links

Sitio Oficial de AFA (in Spanish)
Ascenso del Interior (in Spanish)
Interior Futbolero (in Spanish)
Mundo Ascenso (in Spanish)

Torneo Federal A

2017–18 teams

Zone 1	Alvarado Cipolletti Deportivo Madryn Deportivo Roca Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) Independiente (N) Rivadavia (L) Sansinena Villa Mitre
Zone 2	Deportivo Maipú Desamparados Estudiantes (RC) Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) Gutiérrez Huracán Las Heras Juventud Unida Universitario San Lorenzo Unión (VK) Unión Aconquija
Zone 3	Atlético Paraná Central Córdoba (SdE) Defensores (P) Defensores de Belgrano (VR) Douglas Haig Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) Libertad (S) Sportivo Belgrano Sportivo Las Parejas Unión (S)
Zone 4	Altos Hornos Zapla Chaco For Ever Crucero del Norte Deportivo Mandiyú Gimnasia y Tiro Guaraní Antonio Franco Juventud Antoniana San Jorge (T) Sarmiento (R) Sportivo Patria

Seasons

Football in Argentina

Bodies

Current	Argentine Football Association
Defunct	Federación Argentina (1912–14) Asociación Amateurs (1919–26) Liga Argentina (1931–34) Liga Rosarina (1905–30)

National teams

League system

Current	Primera División Primera B Nacional Primera B Federal A Primera C Primera D Regional leagues Fútbol Femenino
Defunct	Intermedia Argentino A Argentino B

Domestic cups

Current	Copa Argentina Supercopa Argentina
Defunct	Copa Bicentenario Copa Bullrich Copa Estímulo Copa de Honor MCBA Copa Jockey Club Copa La Nación Copa Ibarguren Copa de Competencia (AAm) Copa Adrián C. Escobar Copa de Competencia (LAF) Copa Beccar Varela Copa Gral. P. Ramírez Copa de Competencia Británica Copa Suecia Copa Centenario de la AFA Copa Campeonato Copa Presidente de la Nación

Years

Awards

Lists

Champions (League)
Champions (Cups)
Clubs
Players
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Expatriate footballers
Managers
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Women's Players

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2014 Torneo Federal A

Reestructuring

Invitations

Format

First Stage

second Stage

Third Stage

Fourth Stage

Relegations

Club information

Zone 1

Zone 2

Zone 3

Zone 4

Zone 5

First Stage

Zone 1

Results

Zone 2

Results

Zone 3

Tiebreaker

Results

Zone 4

Results

Zone 5

Tiebreaker

Results

Second to Fourth Stage

Ordering Table

Second Stage

Third Stage

Fourth Stage

Season statistics

Top scorers

See also

References

External links