2016 Torneo Federal A

III Torneo Federal A

Season	2016
Relegated	Güemes Tiro Federal (BB)
Matches played	196
Goals scored	490 (2.5 per match)
Biggest home win	Defensores de Belgrano (VR) 4-0 General Belgrano (February 22) Juventud Antoniana 4-0 Gimnasia y Tiro (March 13) Deportivo Madryn 4-0 Deportivo Roca (April 3) Concepcion FC 4-0 Güemes (May 2)
Biggest away win	Sportivo Las Parejas 0-5 Unión (S) (March 27)
Highest scoring	Tiro Federal (BB) 3-4 General Belgrano (April 3) Libertad (S) 3-4 Defensores (P) (April 8)
← 2015 2016-17 → All statistics correct as of May 3, 2016.

The 2016 Argentine Torneo Federal A, is the 3rd 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 will be promoted to Primera B Nacional. 35 teams are competing in the league, 30 returning from the 2015 season, 4 teams that were relegated from Primera B Nacional, 3 teams promoted from Federal B. Also 2 teams resigned their participation in this season: 9 de Julio (M) and Unión (MdP) alleging economic difficulties.^[1][2] The regular season began on February 7 and is scheduled to end on July.

Format

First Stage

The teams were divided into seven (7) zones with five (5) teams (a total of 35 teams) in each zone and it was played in a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams three times. The teams placed 1º and 2º and the two best 3º team from the seven zones qualified for the Second Stage.^[3]

Championship Stages

The sixteen teams that qualified from the First Stage played against each other in a Double-elimination tournament from second to the fifth stage. The qualified teams 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 winning team was promoted to the Primera B Nacional.^[3]

Relegation Stage

After the first stage was played, a table was drawn with the thirty five (35) clubs and its overall standings with points obtained in the First Stage. The two last teams will be relegated to Torneo Federal B.^[3]

Club information

Cipolletti

Deportivo Madryn

Deportivo Roca

Independiente (N)

Dep. Maipú

Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)

Gutiérrez

Sp. Belgrano

Unión (VK)

Alvarado

Def. de Belgrano

Ferro (GP)

General Belgrano

Altos Hornos Zapla

Gimnasia y Tiro

Juventud Antoniana

San Lorenzo

Un. Aconquija

Concepción

Güemes

Mitre (SdE)

San Jorge

San Martín (T)

Chaco For Ever

G.A.F.

Sarmiento (R)

Sol de América

Sportivo Patria

Defensores (P)

Gimnasia (CdU)

Libertad

Sp. Las Parejas

Unión (S)

Bahía Blanca

Bahía Blanca teams

Villa Mitre
Tiro Federal (BB)

Locations of the 2016 season teams.
Blue: Zone A; Yellow: Zone B;
Green: Zone C; Red: Zone D
Purple: Zone E; Orange: Zone F;
Brown: Zone G.

Zone A

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

Zone B

Team	City	Stadium
Deportivo Maipú	Maipú	Higinio Sperdutti
Gimnasia y Esgrima	Mendoza	Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie
Gutiérrez	General Gutiérrez	General Gutiérrez
Sportivo Belgrano	San Francisco	Oscar Boero
Unión	Villa Krause	12 de Octubre

Zone C

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
General Belgrano	Santa Rosa	Nuevo Rancho Grande
Tiro Federal	Bahía Blanca	Onofre Pirrone

¹ Play their home games at Estadio José María Minella.

Zone D

Team	City	Stadium
Altos Hornos Zapla	Palpalá	Emilio Fabrizzi
Gimnasia y Tiro	Salta	Gigante del Norte
Juventud Antoniana	Salta	Fray Honorato Pistoia
San Lorenzo	Catamarca	Bicentenario Ciudad de Catamarca
Unión Aconquija	Aconquija	Municipal de Aconquija

Zone E

Team	City	Stadium
Concepción	Concepción	Stewart Shipton
Güemes	Santiago del Estero	Arturo Miranda
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

Zone F

Team	City	Stadium
Chaco For Ever	Resistencia	Juan Alberto García
Guaraní Antonio Franco	Posadas	Clemente F. de Oliveira
Sarmiento	Resistencia	Centenario
Sol de América	Formosa	(None)^1
Sportivo Patria	Formosa	Antonio Romero

¹ Play their home games at Estadio Antonio Romero.

Zone G

Team	City	Stadium
Defensores	Pronunciamiento	Delio Cardozo
Gimnasia y Esgrima	Concepción del Uruguay	Manuel y Ramón Núñez
Libertad	Sunchales	Hogar de Los Tigres
Sportivo Las Parejas	Las Parejas	Fortaleza del Lobo
Unión	Sunchales	La Fortaleza

First Stage

Zone A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo Madryn	11	6	2	3	26	16	+10	20	Advance to Championship Stages
2	Independiente (N)	11	6	2	3	16	14	+2	20
3	Cipolletti	11	3	5	3	14	11	+3	14
4	Deportivo Roca	12	3	3	6	11	20	−9	12
5	Villa Mitre	11	3	2	6	12	18	−6	11

Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2016. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–10

Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home \ Away^[1]	CIP	DMA	DRO	INE	VMI
Cipolletti		1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0
Deportivo Madryn	2–1		4–0	3–1	3–1
Deportivo Roca	0–0	3–2		1–0	3–1
Independiente (N)	2–2	3–2	1–0		2–0
Villa Mitre	0–0	1–3	4–1	1–3

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 11–15

Teams played every other team once (either at home or away).

Home \ Away^[1]	CIP	DMA	DRO	INE	VMI
Cipolletti			3–0
Deportivo Madryn	3–1
Deportivo Roca		1–1		0–1
Independiente (N)		3–2			0–0
Villa Mitre	2–1		2–1

Updated to games played on May 2, 2016.
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 B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Unión (VK)	11	5	5	1	9	6	+3	20	Advance to Championship Stages
2	Sportivo Belgrano	11	4	3	4	12	11	+1	15
3	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	11	3	5	3	11	10	+1	14
4	Gutiérrez SC	11	3	5	3	9	10	−1	14
5	Deportivo Maipú	12	1	6	5	11	15	−4	9

Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2016. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–10

Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home \ Away^[1]	DEM	GEM	GSC	SPB	UVK
Deportivo Maipú		2–2	1–1	0–2	0–1
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	1–1		2–1	3–0	1–1
Gutiérrez SC	1–0	1–0		1–0	0–0
Sportivo Belgrano	2–0	1–0	3–1		0–0
Unión (VK)	1–4	0–0	0–0	2–1

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 11–15

Teams played every other team once (either at home or away).

Home \ Away^[1]	DEM	GEM	GSC	SPB	UVK
Deportivo Maipú		0–0	1–1
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)			2–1		0–2
Gutiérrez SC				1–1
Sportivo Belgrano	2–2
Unión (VK)	1–0			1–0

Updated to games played on May 2, 2016.
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 C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	11	5	5	1	18	7	+11	20	Advance to Championship Stages
2	Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	11	5	4	2	15	10	+5	19
3	Alvarado	11	5	3	3	14	10	+4	18
4	General Belgrano	12	4	2	6	13	20	−7	14
5	Tiro Federal (BB)	11	1	2	8	8	21	−13	5

Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2016. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–10

Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home \ Away^[1]	ALV	DEF	FCO	GBE	TIF
Alvarado		0–2	1–2	2–0	2–1
Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	0–2		1–1	4–0	3–0
Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	1–1	0–0		2–1	3–0
General Belgrano	2–1	1–1	2–0		1–0
Tiro Federal (BB)	0–0	1–1	0–2	3–4

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 11–15

Teams played every other team once (either at home or away).

Home \ Away^[1]	ALV	DEF	FCO	GBE	TIF
Alvarado		0–0		2–0
Defensores de Belgrano (VR)				2–1
Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	2–3				1–0
General Belgrano			1–1		0–2
Tiro Federal (BB)		1–4

Updated to games played on May 2, 2016.
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 D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Unión Aconquija	11	8	1	2	21	9	+12	25	Advance to Championship Stages
2	Gimnasia y Tiro	11	5	2	4	14	13	+1	17
3	Juventud Antoniana	11	4	3	4	16	12	+4	15
4	San Lorenzo (A)	11	3	3	5	12	17	−5	12
5	Altos Hornos Zapla	12	3	1	8	12	24	−12	10

Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2016. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–10

Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home \ Away^[1]	AHZ	GYT	JUA	SLA	UAC
Altos Hornos Zapla		2–1	1–2	1–1	0–2
Gimnasia y Tiro	2–0		3–1	2–0	3–0
Juventud Antoniana	1–2	4–0		2–2	1–1
San Lorenzo (A)	1–2	2–0	1–0		1–3
Unión Aconquija	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–0

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 11–15

Teams played every other team once (either at home or away).

Home \ Away^[1]	AHZ	GYT	JUA	SLA	UAC
Altos Hornos Zapla		1–3	0–4
Gimnasia y Tiro			0–0	0–0
Juventud Antoniana					0–2
San Lorenzo (A)	3–1				1–5
Unión Aconquija	2–1

Updated to games played on May 2, 2016.
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 E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mitre (SdE)	11	6	2	3	14	8	+6	20	Advance to Championship Stages
2	Concepción FC	12	5	4	3	19	13	+6	19
3	San Martín (T)	11	5	4	2	12	9	+3	19
4	San Jorge (T)	11	3	4	4	11	12	−1	13
5	Güemes	11	0	4	7	8	22	−14	4

Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2016. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–10

Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home \ Away^[1]	CFC	GÜE	MIT	SJT	SMT
Concepción FC		4–1	1–2	1–1	1–0
Güemes	1–2		0–2	0–2	1–1
Mitre (SdE)	1–1	1–1		2–0	0–1
San Jorge (T)	2–3	1–1	2–1		0–1
San Martín (T)	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–2

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 11–15

Teams played every other team once (either at home or away).

Home \ Away^[1]	CFC	GÜE	MIT	SJT	SMT
Concepción FC		4–0	0–1
Güemes					1–2
Mitre (SdE)		1–0		2–0
San Jorge (T)	1–1				0–0
San Martín (T)	3–1

Updated to games played on May 2, 2016.
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 F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sol de América (F)	11	7	2	2	16	9	+7	23	Advance to Championship Stages
2	Guaraní Antonio Franco	12	4	5	3	16	13	+3	17
3	Sarmiento (R)	11	3	3	5	12	15	−3	12
4	Sportivo Patria	11	3	3	5	10	14	−4	12
5	Chaco For Ever	11	3	3	5	11	14	−3	12

Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2016. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–10

Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home \ Away^[1]	CFE	GAF	SAR	SOL	SPP
Chaco For Ever		1–0	1–1	2–3	2–0
Guaraní Antonio Franco	2–0		2–2	1–1	2–1
Sarmiento (R)	0–2	0–3		1–0	1–2
Sol de América (F)	0–0	1–0	1–2		1–0
Sportivo Patria	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–3

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 11–15

Teams played every other team once (either at home or away).

Home \ Away^[1]	CFE	GAF	SAR	SOL	SPP
Chaco For Ever					0–1
Guaraní Antonio Franco	2–2		1–0
Sarmiento (R)	3–0			1–2
Sol de América (F)		3–1			1–0
Sportivo Patria		1–1

Updated to games played on May 2, 2016.
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 G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Libertad (S)	11	5	4	2	21	15	+6	19	Advance to Championship Stages
2	Sportivo Las Parejas	12	5	3	4	17	17	0	18
3	Unión (S)	11	4	2	5	15	13	+2	14
4	Defensores (P)	11	4	2	5	17	20	−3	14
5	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	11	4	1	6	16	21	−5	13

Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2016. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) draw of lots.

Results

Matches 1–10

Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home \ Away^[1]	DPR	GYE	LIB	SLP	UNS
Defensores (P)		1–4	2–3	1–1	3–2
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	2–1		3–1	2–1	1–2
Libertad (S)	3–4	4–1		1–1	0–0
Sportivo Las Parejas	1–0	3–0	2–2		0–5
Unión (S)	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–2

Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 11–15

Teams played every other team once (either at home or away).

Home \ Away^[1]	DPR	GYE	LIB	SLP	UNS
Defensores (P)					2–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	2–2		0–2
Libertad (S)				2–0	1–0
Sportivo Las Parejas	2–0	3–1
Unión (S)				2–1

Updated to games played on May 2, 2016.
Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		Third Place Zone A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Championship Stages
2		Third Place Zone B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3		Third Place Zone C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4		Third Place Zone D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5		Third Place Zone E	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6		Third Place Zone F	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7		Third Place Zone G	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on July 20. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) draw of lots.

See also

• 2016 Primera B Nacional
• 2015–16 Copa Argentina

References

1. 9 de Julio de Morteros no jugará el Federal A 2016
2. FEDERAL A: Unión de Mar del Plata dejará de competir profesionalmente
3. "Torneo Federal A - Forma de disputa" (in Spanish).

External links

• Sitio Oficial de AFA (Spanish)
• Ascenso del Interior (Spanish)
• Solo Ascenso (Spanish)
• Mundo Ascenso (Spanish)
• Promiedos (Spanish)