Primera D

Primera D
Founded 1950 (1950) [1]
Country  Argentina
Confederation CONMEBOL
Number of teams 16
Level on pyramid 5
Promotion to Primera C
Relegation to Disaffiliation for one season
Current champions Ituzaingó‎
(2016–17)
Most championships Sportivo Barracas (4 titles)
TV partners TyC Sports
Website Officlal webpage

The Primera D is one of two leagues that form the fifth division of the Argentine football league system. Made up of 16 clubs from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area (Greater Buenos Aires), the league is the only that remains amateur.[2]

The other league at level five is the Torneo Federal C, where teams from regional leagues take part.

Format

The winners of Primera D gain automatic promotion to Primera C. The club finishing in 2nd to 9th place behind enter a playoff series; the winner of which faces the club finishing second bottom in Primera C in a promotion/relegation playoff.

The team that finishes bottom of Primera D faces relegation. However, because Primera D is the lowest league in the Argentine football system relegation this means that the relegated team will not participate in the league system the following season.

Current teams (2016–17 season)

Club City Area Stadium
Argentino (R) Rosario Santa Fe Province José María Olaeta
Atlas General Rodríguez Buenos Aires Province Ricardo Puga
Deportivo Paraguayo Constitución Buenos Aires (none)
Central Ballester José León Suárez Greater Buenos Aires (none)
Centro Español Villa Sarmiento Greater Buenos Aires (none)
Claypole Claypole Greater Buenos Aires Rodolfo Capocasa
Ituzaingó Ituzaingó Greater Buenos Aires Estadio Ituzaingó
Leandro N. Alem General Rodríguez Buenos Aires Province Leandro N. Alem
Liniers Villegas Greater Buenos Aires Juan Antonio Arias
Lugano Tapiales Greater Buenos Aires C.A. Lugano
Muñiz Muñiz Greater Buenos Aires (none)
Liniers Villegas Greater Buenos Aires Juan Antonio Arias
Puerto Nuevo Campana Buenos Aires Province Rubén Vallejos
Sportivo Barracas Barracas Buenos Aires (none)
Victoriano Arenas Valentín Alsina Greater Buenos Aires Saturnino Moure
Yupanqui Villa Lugano Buenos Aires (none)

History

As precedents of the current league, there were tournaments disputed by youth divisions of some of the Primera División clubs, which took part from 1905 to 1926.

The first Primera D championship (under the name "Tercera de Ascenso") was held in 1950. The first champion was Liniers. In 1962 the tournament changed its name to "Primera de Aficionados", which lasted to 1974, when it was called "Primera D", which has remained to date.[3]

Since the restructuring of the league system in 1986, the division became the fifth category of Argentine football (lower than Primera División, Primera B Nacional, Primera B Metropolitana and Primera C).[4]

List of Champions

Season Champion
1950 Liniers
1951[lower-alpha 1]
(Not held)
1952Flandria
1953Deportivo Riestra
1954Sacachispas
1955Deportivo Morón
1956Almirante Brown
1957Leandro N. Alem
1958Deportivo Español
1959Defensores de Cambaceres
1960Sportivo Italiano
1961Villa Dálmine
1962Arsenal (S)
1963Luján
1964 Arsenal (L)
1965 General Mitre (Sarandí) [lower-alpha 2]
1966Luz y Fuerza [lower-alpha 3]
1967 Macabi [lower-alpha 4]
1968 Ferrocarril Midland
1969 Defensores Unidos
1970 Defensores de Almagro
1971Acassuso
1972Deportivo Armenio
1973Luján
1974Barracas Central
1975Tristán Suarez
1976Defensores de Cambaceres
1977General Lamadrid
1978 Piraña
1979San Miguel
1980Brown (A)
1981Barracas Central
1982Defensa y Justicia
1983San Martín (B)
1984Dock Sud
1985Argentino (M)
1986–87Muñiz
1987–88Lugano
1988–89Ferrocarril Midland
1989–90Liniers
1990–91Victoriano Arenas
1991–92Deportivo Paraguayo
1992–93Villa San Carlos
1994-95 J. J. de Urquiza
1995-96 Central Ballester
1996-97 Claypole
1997-98 Juventud Unida
1998–99 Argentino (M)
1999–00 Sacachispas
2000–01 Acassuso
2001–02 Villa San Carlos
2002–03Sacachispas
2003–04 Sportivo Barracas
2004–05 Fénix
2005–06 Ituzaingó
2006–07 Leandro N. Alem
2007–08Defensores Unidos
2008–09Ferrocarril Midland
2009–10UAI Urquiza
2010–11 Dock Sud
2011–12 Fénix
2012–13 Argentino (Q)
2013–14 Deportivo Riestra
2014
(no champion crowned)
2015 Sportivo Barracas
2016 El Porvenir
2016–17 Ituzaingó

Notes

  1. ↑ A special tournament was played, where team from several categories competed together. The champion was Tiro Federal, promoting to Primera División B.
  2. ↑ Affiliated to AFA in 1963, remaining in the Association until 1965.[5]
  3. ↑ The football team from the "Luz y Fuerza" trade union was located in Villa Udaondo[6] and affiliated to AFA in 1964 under the name "Instituto Cultural y Deportivo Luz y Fuerza".[7]
  4. ↑ The team from the Jewish organization of Argentina, got affiliated to AFA in 1953. The team disaffiliated in 1968, just one year after promoting to Primera C.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Campeones de la Cuarta División, AFA website (Archive, 2013-08-13)
  2. ↑ Marcha atrás en el Ascenso: no se juega la fecha de la B Metropolitana y la Primera C, Clarín, 4 Mar 2017
  3. ↑ Argentina fourth level champions - RSSSF
  4. ↑ Campeones de la Quinta División (1986-), AFA website (Archive, 2013-08-13)
  5. ↑ "Desafiliados: General Mitre"
  6. ↑ Argentina - Primera C AFA 1971 by José Carluccio on Historia y Fútbol
  7. ↑ "Desafiliados: Luz y Fuerza", Piel de Ascenso, 14 Aug 2013
  8. ↑ "Querido ascenso - El año inolvidable de Macabi" by Guillermo Tagliaferri, Clarín, 10 Nov 2011
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