2023 Primera Nacional

The 2023 Argentine Primera Nacional, also known as the Campeonato de Primera Nacional "Campeones del Mundo" 2023,[1] is the 39th season of the Primera Nacional, the second-tier competition of Argentine football. The season began on 3 February and is scheduled to end on 2 December 2023. Thirty-seven teams compete in the league, thirty-three of which took part in the 2022 season, along with two teams relegated from Primera División, one team promoted from Torneo Federal A and another one promoted from Primera B Metropolitana.

Primera Nacional
Season2023
Dates3 February – 2 December 2023
RelegatedFlandria
Villa Dálmine
Matches played647
Goals scored1,380 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorerAlex Arce (25 goals)
Biggest home winPatronato 6–0 Alvarado
(6 March)
Biggest away winTristán Suárez 0–4 Dep. Maipú
(4 March)
Chaco For Ever 0–4 Quilmes
(10 September)
Highest scoringGimnasia y Esgrima (M) 4–3 Almagro
(1 October)
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 16 October 2023.

Format

For this season, the competition is played under a format similar to the one used for the 2021 season, with the thirty-seven participating teams being split into two zones, one of 19 teams and another one of 18 teams, where they played against the other teams in their group twice: once at home and once away, with one team in Zone A having a bye in each round. No interzonal or derby matchdays were played, and teams from the same city were drawn into different zones. Both zone winners will play a final match on neutral ground to decide the first promoted team to the Liga Profesional for the 2024 season, while the teams placed from second to eighth place in each zone will play a knockout tournament (Torneo Reducido) for the second promotion berth along with the loser of the final between the zone winners, which will join the Reducido in the second round. The teams placing in bottom place of each zone were relegated at the end of the season, with a third relegated team slated to be decided in a playoff match between the sides placing second-from-bottom in each group.[2] However, the third relegation from Primera Nacional and consequently, the relegation playoffs, were cancelled by the Argentine Football Association on 23 October 2023 in order to have a 38-team competition for 2024.[3]

This tournament also served as part of the qualification process for the 2024 Copa Argentina, qualifying 15 teams for that competition: the top 7 teams in each group plus the best eighth-placed one.[4] The draw to decide the fixture of the season was held on 29 December 2022 at the Argentine Football Association's Ezeiza offices.[1]

Club information

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2023 Primera Nacional teams outside Greater Buenos Aires.
Locations of the 2023 Primera Nacional teams within Greater Buenos Aires.
Club City Province Stadium Capacity
Agropecuario Argentino Carlos Casares Buenos Aires Ofelia Rosenzuaig 8,000
Aldosivi Mar del Plata Buenos Aires José María Minella 35,180
All Boys Buenos Aires — Islas Malvinas 12,199
Almagro José Ingenieros Buenos Aires Tres de Febrero 12,500
Almirante Brown Isidro Casanova Buenos Aires Fragata Presidente Sarmiento 25,000
Alvarado Mar del Plata Buenos Aires José María Minella 35,180
Atlanta Buenos Aires — Don León Kolbowsky 14,000
Atlético de Rafaela Rafaela Santa Fe Nuevo Monumental 16,000
Brown Adrogué Buenos Aires Lorenzo Arandilla 4,500
Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Buenos Aires Chacarita Juniors 19,000
Chaco For Ever Resistencia Chaco Juan Alberto García 23,000
Defensores de Belgrano Buenos Aires — Juan Pasquale 9,000
Defensores Unidos Zárate Buenos Aires Mario Lossino 6,000
Deportivo Madryn Puerto Madryn Chubut Abel Sastre 8,000
Deportivo Maipú Maipú Mendoza Omar Higinio Sperdutti 8,000
Deportivo Morón Morón Buenos Aires Nuevo Francisco Urbano 32,000
Deportivo Riestra Buenos Aires — Guillermo Laza 3,000
Estudiantes Caseros Buenos Aires Ciudad de Caseros 16,740
Estudiantes Río Cuarto Córdoba Antonio Candini 15,000
Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires — Ricardo Etcheverri 24,442
Flandria Jáuregui Buenos Aires Carlos V 5,000
Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy Jujuy 23 de Agosto 23,200
Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza Mendoza Víctor Legrotaglie 11,500
Güemes Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero Arturo Miranda 15,000
Guillermo Brown Puerto Madryn Chubut Raúl Conti 15,000
Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Mendoza Bautista Gargantini 24,000
Mitre Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero José y Antonio Castiglione 10,500
Nueva Chicago Buenos Aires — Nueva Chicago 28,500
Patronato Paraná Entre Ríos Presbítero Bartolomé Grella 22,000
Quilmes Quilmes Buenos Aires Centenario 35,200
Racing Córdoba Córdoba Miguel Sancho 15,000
San Martín San Juan San Juan Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez 17,000
San Martín Tucumán Tucumán La Ciudadela 30,250
San Telmo Dock Sud Buenos Aires Osvaldo Baletto 2,000
Temperley Temperley Buenos Aires Alfredo Beranger 13,000
Tristán Suárez Tristán Suárez Buenos Aires 20 de Octubre 15,000
Villa Dálmine Campana Buenos Aires El Coliseo de Mitre y Puccini 12,000

Zone A

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Almirante Brown 36 17 10 9 36 30 +6 61 Advance to Final and qualification for Copa Argentina
2 Agropecuario Argentino 36 17 8 11 46 36 +10 59 Advance to Torneo Reducido and qualification for Copa Argentina
3 San Martín (T) 36 15 11 10 38 24 +14 56
4 Estudiantes (RC) 36 16 7 13 34 32 +2 55
5 Defensores de Belgrano 36 15 8 13 44 35 +9 53
6 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 36 13 14 9 45 37 +8 53
7 San Martín (SJ) 36 14 11 11 44 38 +6 53
8 Temperley 36 13 14 9 42 38 +4 53
9 Güemes 36 13 14 9 37 34 +3 53
10 Deportivo Morón 36 14 11 11 38 37 +1 53
11 Nueva Chicago 36 13 13 10 34 25 +9 52
12 Defensores Unidos 36 12 11 13 30 31 −1 47
13 Alvarado 36 10 14 12 35 40 −5 44
14 Patronato 36 11 9 16 39 44 −5 42
15 All Boys 36 10 12 14 31 40 −9 42
16 Guillermo Brown[lower-alpha 1] 36 10 11 15 35 42 −7 38
17 Almagro 36 9 10 17 26 36 −10 37
18 San Telmo 36 10 7 19 40 52 −12 37
19 Flandria (R) 36 9 7 20 33 56 −23 34 Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only for deciding promotion or relegation); 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points; 6) head-to-head goal difference; 7) head-to-head goals scored.[6]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Guillermo Brown were deducted three points due to an assault on referee Adrián Franklin in their match against Defensores de Belgrano.[5]

Relegation play-off tiebreaker

Since Almagro and San Telmo ended up tied in points for 18th place, a tiebreaker match would be played to decide the team that would play the relegation play-off. Since the third relegation from the league was voided, this match was cancelled.

AlmagroCancelledSan Telmo

Results
Home \ Away AGA ALL ALM CAB ALV DBE DUN DMO ERC FLA GEM GÜE GBR NCH PAT SMA SMT STE TEM
Agropecuario Argentino — 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–3
All Boys 2–0 — 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1
Almagro 0–1 0–0 — 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–0 2–0
Almirante Brown 4–1 3–0 1–0 — 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0
Alvarado 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 — 0–0 4–2 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1
Defensores de Belgrano 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 — 1–2 0–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 4–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
Defensores Unidos 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 — 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–1
Deportivo Morón 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–0 — 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–0
Estudiantes (RC) 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 — 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 0–1 2–2 1–0
Flandria 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 — 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–4 2–3
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 2–1 0–0 4–3 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 — 0–1 5–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1
Güemes 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 — 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 2–0
Guillermo Brown 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1[lower-alpha 1] 3–0 0–2 0–1 3–1 1–2 4–1 — 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–2
Nueva Chicago 0–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–4 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 3–2 — 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0
Patronato 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 6–0 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 — 1–2 1–3 1–0 3–1
San Martín (SJ) 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 3–2 4–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 — 0–0 1–2 3–1
San Martín (T) 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 — 1–0 1–1
San Telmo 0–1 0–1 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–2 0–2 3–1 0–2 2–1 — 0–0
Temperley 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–3 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 —
Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. Match suspended at half-time and awarded to Defensores de Belgrano due to an assault on referee Adrián Franklin.[5]

Zone B

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Independiente Rivadavia 34 20 8 6 51 33 +18 68 Advance to Final and qualification for Copa Argentina
2 Chacarita Juniors 34 18 13 3 48 23 +25 67 Advance to Torneo Reducido and qualification for Copa Argentina
3 Deportivo Maipú 34 19 6 9 46 31 +15 63
4 Quilmes 34 15 8 11 44 31 +13 53
5 Atlético de Rafaela 34 14 11 9 38 31 +7 53
6 Mitre (SdE) 34 15 7 12 38 37 +1 52
7 Deportivo Riestra 34 12 14 8 40 34 +6 50
8 Ferro Carril Oeste 34 13 10 11 45 37 +8 49 Advance to Torneo Reducido
9 Brown (A) 34 11 14 9 34 31 +3 47
10 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 34 13 5 16 36 40 −4 44
11 Deportivo Madryn 34 10 13 11 28 28 0 43
12 Racing (C) 34 10 11 13 44 43 +1 41
13 Chaco For Ever 34 11 7 16 30 43 −13 40
14 Estudiantes (BA) 34 8 12 14 31 40 −9 36
15 Atlanta 34 8 11 15 33 41 −8 35
16 Aldosivi 34 8 11 15 33 44 −11 35
17 Tristán Suárez 34 8 10 16 36 53 −17 34
18 Villa Dálmine (R) 34 5 5 24 21 56 −35 20 Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only for deciding promotion or relegation); 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points; 6) head-to-head goal difference; 7) head-to-head goals scored.[6]
(R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away ALD ATL ATR BRO CHA CFE DEM DMA DRI EBA FCO GEJ IND MIT QUI RAC TRI VDA
Aldosivi — 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1
Atlanta 0–0 — 0–0 1–2 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 3–2 2–1
Atlético de Rafaela 2–2 1–0 — 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0
Brown (A) 2–0 2–1 1–1 — 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0
Chacarita Juniors 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 — 1–0 0–0 2–1 4–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–0
Chaco For Ever 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 — 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–4 2–1 1–1 2–0
Deportivo Madryn 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 — 2–3 0–3 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–0
Deportivo Maipú 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 — 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–1
Deportivo Riestra 3–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 — 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–1
Estudiantes (BA) 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 — 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0
Ferro Carril Oeste 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–2 — 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–3 3–1 2–1 3–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 — 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0
Independiente Rivadavia 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 — 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–0
Mitre (SdE) 0–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 — 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–1
Quilmes 4–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 — 1–2 5–1 2–0
Racing (C) 2–0 1–1 3–3 1–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–2 0–1 — 1–1 0–0
Tristán Suárez 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–4 0–0 1–1 2–4 1–2 0–3 3–0 0–0 3–2 — 1–1
Villa Dálmine 0–1 0–2 1–4 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–3 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 —
Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship final

The top-ranked teams of each zone will play a match on neutral ground to decide the champions and the first team promoted to Primera División. The losing team will enter the Torneo Reducido in the second round.

Almirante BrownvIndependiente Rivadavia
Report
Referee: Nicolás Ramírez

Torneo Reducido

The teams placing second to eighth place in each zone, along with the loser of the championship final will play the Torneo Reducido for the second and last promotion berth to Primera División, in which teams will be seeded in each round according to their final placement in the first stage of the tournament. The first round will be played over a single leg, at the stadium of the higher-seeded team. The second round (in which the championship final loser will enter the Reducido) and the semi-finals will be played over two legs, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg, whilst the final will be played as a single match on neutral ground. In all rounds except for the final, the higher-seeded team will advance in case of a tie, with extra time and a penalty shoot-out set to be played in case of a draw in the final.[7]

First round
27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) San Martín (T) v Deportivo Riestra San Miguel de Tucumán
21:10 UTC−3 Report Stadium: La Ciudadela
Referee: Diego Ceballos
28 October 2023 (2023-10-28) Chacarita Juniors v Temperley Villa Maipú
17:30 UTC−3 Report Stadium: Chacarita Juniors
Referee: Mario Ejarque
28 October 2023 (2023-10-28) Agropecuario Argentino v Ferro Carril Oeste Carlos Casares
18:00 UTC−3 Report Stadium: Ofelia Rosenzuaig
Referee: Pablo Giménez
28 October 2023 (2023-10-28) Quilmes v Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) Quilmes
21:30 UTC−3 Report Stadium: Centenario Ciudad de Quilmes
Referee: José Carreras
29 October 2023 (2023-10-29) Deportivo Maipú v San Martín (SJ) Maipú
16:00 UTC−3 Report Stadium: Omar Higinio Sperdutti
Referee: Fabricio Llobet
29 October 2023 (2023-10-29) Estudiantes (RC) v Mitre (SdE) Río Cuarto
19:00 UTC−3 Report Stadium: Antonio Candini
Referee: Nelson Sosa
30 October 2023 (2023-10-30) Atlético de Rafaela v Defensores de Belgrano Rafaela
21:30 UTC−3 Report Stadium: Nuevo Monumental
Referee: Juan Pafundi

Relegation play-off

The teams placing second-from-bottom in each zone would play a match on neutral ground to decide the third and last relegated team. The losing team would be relegated to Primera B Metropolitana or Torneo Federal A according to their affiliation to AFA. Since the third relegation from the league was voided, this match was cancelled.

Zone A relegation play-off tiebreaker loserCancelledTristán Suárez

Copa Argentina qualification

Fifteen Primera Nacional teams qualified for the round of 32 of the 2024 Copa Argentina, which were the top seven teams of each zone and the best eighth-placed team at the end of the season, which was selected according to points earned per game, goal difference, goals scored, and a drawing of lots if needed.[4]

Ranking of eighth-placed teams
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification
1 A Temperley 36 13 14 9 42 38 +4 53 1.47 Qualification for Copa Argentina
2 B Ferro Carril Oeste 34 13 10 11 45 37 +8 49 1.44
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots.

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of 16 October 2023
Rank Player Club Goals[8]
1 Paraguay Alex Arce Independiente Rivadavia 25
2 Argentina Gabriel Benegas Defensores de Belgrano 18
3 Argentina Emanuel Dening San Martín (T) 15
4 Argentina Martín Pino Guillermo Brown 14
5 Argentina Alejandro Melo Agropecuario Argentino 13
Argentina Claudio Bieler Atlético de Rafaela
Argentina Luciano Giménez Chacarita Juniors
Argentina Lucas González Deportivo Madryn
Argentina Franco Coronel Racing (C)
10 Argentina David Romero Neyra Mitre (SdE) 12
Argentina Lázaro Romero Deportivo Riestra
Argentina Milton Céliz Deportivo Riestra

See also

References
  1. "Se realizó el sorteo del campeonato de Primera Nacional 2023" [The draw for the 2023 Primera Nacional championship was held] (in Spanish). AFA. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  2. "Cómo se juega la Primera Nacional 2023: el nuevo formato con 37 equipos, dos grupos y más cambios" [How is the 2023 Primera Nacional played: the new format with 37 teams, two groups and more changes] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  3. "Insólito: se anuló el tercer descenso de la Primera Nacional" [Unbelievable: the Primera Nacional's third relegation was voided] (in Spanish). Olé. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  4. "La AFA definió el sistema de clasificación para la Copa Argentina 2024" [AFA set the qualification system for the 2024 Copa Argentina] (in Spanish). La Voz. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  5. "Las graves sanciones a Guillermo Brown por agredir al árbitro Adrián Franklin" [The severe sanctions to Guillermo Brown for assaulting referee Adrián Franklin] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  6. "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
  7. "ASOCIACIÓN DEL FÚTBOL ARGENTINO BOLETÍN ESPECIAL Nº 6227 REGLAMENTO DEL CAMPEONATO DE PRIMERA NACIONAL 2023" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  8. "Estadísticas Primera B Nacional". AFA.
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