2021 Primera Nacional

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Primera Nacional
Season2021
Dates12 March – 21 December 2021
Champions Tigre (1st title)
Promoted Tigre
Barracas Central
RelegatedNone
Matches played590
Goals scored1,219 (2.07 per match)
Top goalscorer Pablo Magnín (22 goals)
Biggest home win Ferro Carril Oeste 6–0 Indep. Rivadavia
(10 September)
Ferro Carril Oeste 6–0 San Telmo
(26 October)
Biggest away win Def. de Belgrano 1–6 Tristán Suárez
(10 July)
Highest scoring Indep. Rivadavia 4–3 San Telmo
(22 March)
Quilmes 3–4 Alvarado
(10 May)
Def. de Belgrano 1–6 Tristán Suárez
(10 July)
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2022 →

The 2021 Argentine Primera Nacional, also known as the Campeonato de Primera Nacional 2021, [1] was the 37th season of the Primera Nacional, the second tier of Argentine football. The season began on 12 March 2021 and ended on 21 December 2021. Thirty-five teams competed in the league, thirty returning from the 2020 season, two teams promoted from Torneo Federal A and three from Primera B Metropolitana.

Contents

Tigre were the champions, winning their first Primera Nacional title by beating Barracas Central by a 1–0 score in the final played on 22 November 2021 and earned promotion to the Argentine Primera División. [2]

Format

The 35 teams were split into two zones, one of 17 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 for a total of 34 rounds. Both zone winners played a final match on neutral ground to decide the first promoted team to the Liga Profesional for the 2022 season, while the teams placed from second to fourth place in each zone played a knockout tournament (Torneo Reducido) for the second promotion berth along with the loser of the final between the zone winners, which joined the Reducido in the semi-finals. No teams were relegated to either Primera B Metropolitana or Torneo Federal A this season. The draw to decide the groups and fixture was held on 25 February 2021. [3]

Club information

Stadia and locations

ClubCityStadium
Agropecuario Argentino Carlos Casares Ofelia Rosenzuaig
All Boys Buenos Aires Islas Malvinas
Almagro José Ingenieros Tres de Febrero
Almirante Brown Isidro Casanova Fragata Presidente Sarmiento
Alvarado Mar del Plata José María Minella
Atlanta Buenos Aires Don León Kolbowsky
Atlético de Rafaela Rafaela Nuevo Monumental
Belgrano Córdoba Julio César Villagra
Barracas Central Buenos Aires Claudio Chiqui Tapia
Brown (A) Adrogué Lorenzo Arandilla
Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors
Defensores de Belgrano Buenos Aires Juan Pasquale
Deportivo Maipú Maipú Omar Higinio Sperdutti
Deportivo Morón Morón Nuevo Francisco Urbano
Deportivo Riestra Buenos Aires Guillermo Laza
Estudiantes (BA) Caseros Ciudad de Caseros
Estudiantes (RC) Río Cuarto Antonio Candini
Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) Jujuy 23 de Agosto
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) Mendoza Víctor Legrotaglie
Güemes Santiago del Estero Arturo Miranda
Guillermo Brown Puerto Madryn Raúl Conti
Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini
Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón
Mitre (SdE) Santiago del Estero Doctores José y Antonio Castiglione
Nueva Chicago Buenos Aires Nueva Chicago
Quilmes Quilmes Centenario
San Martín (SJ) San Juan Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez
Estadio del Bicentenario
San Martín (T) Tucumán La Ciudadela
San Telmo Dock Sud Osvaldo Baletto
Santamarina Tandil Municipal Gral. San Martín
Temperley Temperley Alfredo Beranger
Tigre Victoria José Dellagiovanna
Tristán Suárez Tristán Suárez 20 de Octubre
Villa Dálmine Campana El Coliseo de Mitre y Puccini

Zone A

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Tigre 3217965025+2560Advance to Final and qualification for Copa Argentina
2 Quilmes 3217874531+1459Advance to Torneo Reducido and qualification for Copa Argentina
3 Almirante Brown 3217874032+859
4 San Martín (T) 32151253418+1657
5 Agropecuario Argentino 3215893626+1053Qualification for Copa Argentina
6 Belgrano 32157103524+1152
7 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 321111103435−144
8 Alvarado 32126143230+242
9 Temperley 321011112934−541
10 Atlanta 32912112734−739
11 Estudiantes (BA) 32814102928+138
12 Mitre (SdE) 32910133744−737
13 Deportivo Maipú 32106162738−1136
14 Estudiantes (RC) 3251982326−334
15 Deportivo Riestra 3297163036−634
16 Chacarita Juniors 3269172950−2127
17 Nueva Chicago 3249192349−2621
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. [4]

Results

Home \ Away AGA CAB ALV ATL BEL CHA DMA DRI EBA ERC GEM MIT NCH QUI SMT TEM TIG
Agropecuario Argentino —3–11–01–01–21–01–10–10–01–12–01–03–03–10–11–00–0
Almirante Brown 2–1—3–20–11–02–11–01–02–11–10–20–01–00–00–03–21–0
Alvarado 2–00–1—1–00–12–11–02–10–10–01–23–14–00–12–01–01–1
Atlanta 0–30–10–0—1–00–30–02–21–01–01–10–00–00–02–11–10–0
Belgrano 0–10–13–02–2—3–01–01–01–01–10–12–10–00–10–12–12–1
Chacarita Juniors 2–22–10–20–12–0—1–20–00–00–00–41–32–31–31–31–22–2
Deportivo Maipú 2–00–11–03–21–21–2—3–10–01–00–21–10–22–10–20–10–4
Deportivo Riestra 1–21–21–03–11–14–00–1—1–00–10–02–02–00–10–00–01–3
Estudiantes (BA) 1–11–21–32–10–01–02–12–1—0–00–05–01–10–01–10–02–1
Estudiantes (RC) 1–10–02–01–20–11–11–12–01–1—1–12–11–10–20–01–30–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 2–03–32–01–20–31–11–11–13–10–0—0–00–10–30–01–20–4
Mitre (SdE) 1–23–21–01–11–01–23–10–20–21–11–2—1–04–00–01–14–2
Nueva Chicago 1–20–31–11–00–21–11–22–30–01–21–21–2—1–10–10–02–4
Quilmes 0–03–13–42–12–33–11–02–12–10–00–12–13–1—0–02–02–1
San Martín (T) 1–02–20–03–00–00–12–02–00–02–13–11–13–11–2—2–10–2
Temperley 0–20–00–00–33–20–00–21–03–21–11–02–01–02–20–1—0–2
Tigre 2–03–11–01–10–01–01–03–02–11–02–03–31–01–00–11–1—
Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone B

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Barracas Central 34151364333+1058Advance to Final and qualification for Copa Argentina
2 Ferro Carril Oeste 34151274928+2157Advance to Torneo Reducido and qualification for Copa Argentina
3 Independiente Rivadavia 34141464739+856
4 Deportivo Morón 34165133634+253
5 Güemes 34131383831+752Qualification for Copa Argentina
6 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 34131383430+452
7 Brown (A) 341211114140+147
8 Tristán Suárez 341112114342+145
9 Almagro 341110134140+143
10 Defensores de Belgrano 34915102732−542
11 Instituto 34816103339−640
12 All Boys 34912133232039
13 San Martín (SJ) 34911143739−238
14 Villa Dálmine 34717102530−538
15 Atlético de Rafaela 34910153437−337
16 Guillermo Brown 34716112532−737
17 San Telmo 34813133450−1637
18 Santamarina 34615132334−1133
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. [4]

Results

Home \ Away ALL ALM ATR BAC BRO DBE DMO FCO GEJ GÜE GBR IND INS SMA STE SAN TRS VDA
All Boys —1–10–10–01–12–01–33–01–01–23–01–11–20–13–00–02–00–0
Almagro 3–0—1–00–15–02–02–12–32–20–02–20–22–10–11–01–11–31–2
Atlético de Rafaela 2–04–1—0–22–00–03–11–12–01–10–12–10–10–22–20–12–20–0
Barracas Central 2–12–12–1—1–11–11–00–01–11–00–01–31–13–03–22–23–11–0
Brown (A) 1–12–02–11–2—0–30–11–31–11–31–01–12–01–02–22–02–12–0
Defensores de Belgrano 0–01–02–00–00–3—0–20–20–11–02–01–20–01–10–00–01–62–0
Deportivo Morón 3–01–00–02–00–23–0—1–02–00–20–02–22–21–02–02–11–00–2
Ferro Carril Oeste 0–01–21–02–11–01–12–0—0–01–10–06–03–13–26–02–02–00–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 1–01–21–02–10–01–32–00–0—1–13–11–12–01–02–11–02–01–0
Güemes 1–00–20–23–01–12–21–22–01–0—0–30–21–11–01–13–00–00–0
Guillermo Brown 1–01–01–10–10–31–10–13–10–01–2—0–21–10–01–20–00–01–1
Independiente Rivadavia 2–21–13–20–02–11–12–01–21–10–00–2—2–11–14–33–11–21–1
Instituto 1–21–12–11–02–20–22–12–21–20–01–10–0—1–11–00–01–21–1
San Martín (SJ) 0–21–14–22–31–21–01–11–12–21–20–00–11–0—5–00–24–01–0
San Telmo 1–12–10–01–12–10–00–11–00–01–11–21–00–12–1—2–20–11–0
Santamarina 2–01–10–01–10–00–22–00–22–11–21–10–10–00–00–2—0–02–0
Tristán Suárez 0–21–11–22–22–20–02–01–02–01–21–01–22–24–11–12–1—1–1
Villa Dálmine 0–00–11–01–31–00–02–01–11–12–11–10–01–21–13–31–01–1—
Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final

The top-ranked teams of each zone played a match on neutral ground to decide the champions and the first team promoted to Primera División. The losing team advanced to the semi-finals of the Torneo Reducido.

Tigre 1–0 Barracas Central
  • Zabala Soccerball shade.svg42'
 Report
Estadio Florencio Sola , Banfield
Referee: Patricio Loustau

Torneo Reducido

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Deportivo Morón 3–3 (4–5 p) Quilmes 2–21–1
San Martín (T) 2–3 Ferro Carril Oeste 1–31–0
Independiente Rivadavia 1–2 Almirante Brown 1–10–1

First leg

21 November 2021 Deportivo Morón 2–2 Quilmes Morón
19:15
 Report
Stadium: Nuevo Francisco Urbano
Referee: Darío Herrera
22 November 2021 Independiente Rivadavia 1–1 Almirante Brown Mendoza
17:00
 Report
Stadium: Bautista Gargantini
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez

Second leg

29 November 2021 Almirante Brown 1–0
(2–1 agg.)		 Independiente Rivadavia Isidro Casanova
17:00
 Report Stadium: Fragata Presidente Sarmiento
Referee: Jorge Baliño
Note: Match originally scheduled for 28 November 2021, 20:00 local time but suspended and rescheduled for 29 November 2021, 17:00 local time due to a failure in the stadium's lighting system. [5]
29 November 2021 Ferro Carril Oeste 0–1
(3–2 agg.)		 San Martín (T) Buenos Aires
21:10 Report
Stadium: Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were contested by the three winners from the previous stage, as well as the Final losers Barracas Central. In this round, the four teams were seeded according to their performance in the first stage of the competition, with the best-ranked teams being paired against the worst ranked ones in double-legged ties. The two winners advanced to the final.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Almirante Brown 2–3 Barracas Central 0–02–3
Ferro Carril Oeste 1–2 Quilmes 1–10–1

First leg

6 December 2021 Almirante Brown 0–0 Barracas Central Isidro Casanova
17:00 Report Stadium: Fragata Presidente Sarmiento
Referee: Leandro Rey Hilfer
6 December 2021 Ferro Carril Oeste 1–1 Quilmes Buenos Aires
21:10
 Report
Stadium: Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry
Referee: Pablo Echavarría

Second leg

13 December 2021 Barracas Central 3–2
(3–2 agg.)		 Almirante Brown Buenos Aires
17:10
 Report
Stadium: Claudio Chiqui Tapia
Referee: Andrés Merlos
13 December 2021 Quilmes 1–0
(2–1 agg.)		 Ferro Carril Oeste Quilmes
21:10
 Report Stadium: Centenario Ciudad de Quilmes
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina

Final

The semi-final winners played a match on neutral ground to decide the second team promoted to Primera División.

2021 Torneo Reducido Final
Barracas Central 0–0 Quilmes
Report
Penalties
5–4
Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón , Avellaneda
Referee: Darío Herrera

Copa Argentina qualification

Fifteen Primera Nacional teams qualified for the round of 32 of the 2021–22 Copa Argentina, which were the top seven teams of each zone at the end of the season and the best eighth-placed team, which was selected according to points earned per game, goal difference, and goals scored. [6]

Ranking of eighth-placed teams

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPPGQualification
1 B Tristán Suárez 341112114342+1451.32Qualification for Copa Argentina
2 A Alvarado 32126143230+2421.31
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [7]
1 Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Magnín Tigre22
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Vegetti Belgrano17
3 Flag of Argentina.svg Facundo Bruera Brown15
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Brian Fernández Ferro Carril Oeste14
5 Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Servetto Almagro13
Flag of Argentina.svg Claudio Bieler Atlético de Rafaela
7 Flag of Argentina.svg Facundo Suárez Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)12
8 Flag of Argentina.svg Axel Rodríguez All Boys11
Flag of Argentina.svg Felipe Cadenazzi Alvarado
10 Flag of Argentina.svg Santiago Vera Almirante Brown10
Flag of Argentina.svg Ignacio Colombini Atlanta
Flag of Argentina.svg Tomás Molina Ferro Carril Oeste
Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Cardozo Independiente Rivadavia
Flag of Argentina.svg Ezequiel Cérica Mitre (SdE)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Se llevaron a cabo los sorteos de la Primera Nacional, Primera B y Primera C" (in Spanish). AFA. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Tigre vence a Barracas Central, es campeón de la Primera Nacional y jugará en la Liga Profesional de Fútbol" (in Spanish). AS Argentina. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Se sorteó la Primera Nacional: los 35 equipos que la jugarán, cómo se definirán los ascensos y cuál será la primera fecha". Infobae. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
  5. ↑ "Suspendido: Independiente Rivadavia y Almirante Brown jugarán mañana a las 17". Los Andes. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Así es cómo será la clasificación a la Copa Argentina para el Ascenso" (in Spanish). Olé. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Estadísticas Primera B Nacional". AFA. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
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