2022 Primera Nacional

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Primera Nacional
Season2022
Dates11 February – 19 November 2022
Champions Belgrano (1st title)
PromotedBelgrano
Instituto
Relegated Sacachispas
Santamarina
Matches played682
Goals scored1,382 (2.03 per match)
Top goalscorer Pablo Vegetti (17 goals)
Biggest home win Chacarita Juniors 5–0 Alvarado
(27 March)
San Martín (SJ) 5–0 Sacachispas
(3 July)
Biggest away win San Telmo 0–4 Villa Dálmine
(27 March)
Villa Dálmine 1–5 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)
(2 April)
San Martín (T) 0–4 Mitre (SdE)
(22 April)
Dep. Riestra 0–4 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)
(7 May)
Santamarina 0–4 Instituto
(17 June)
Highest scoring Tristán Suárez 3–4 Nueva Chicago
(18 March)
Villa Dálmine 4–3 Nueva Chicago
(14 July)
2021
2023

The 2022 Argentine Primera Nacional, also known as the Campeonato de Primera Nacional Torneo Malvinas Argentinas 2022, [1] was the 38th season of the Primera Nacional, the second tier competition of Argentine football. The season began on 11 February and ended on 19 November 2022. Thirty-seven teams competed in the league, thirty-three returning from the 2021 season, two teams promoted from Torneo Federal A and two from Primera B Metropolitana.

Contents

Belgrano were the champions, clinching direct promotion as well as their first title in the competition with two matches in hand and a 3–2 victory over Brown (A) on 25 September 2022. [2] Instituto were the other promoted team, winning the Torneo Reducido after defeating Estudiantes (BA) in the final. [3]

Format

Thirty-seven teams played each other once for a total of thirty-six rounds. The top-placed team was the champion and also earned promotion to the Primera División. The teams placed from second to thirteenth place competed in the "Torneo Reducido" for the second promotion berth after the regular season ended, with the team placed second entering in the third round, the team placed third entering in the second round and the remaining teams entering in the first round. The bottom two teams were relegated at the end of the season, as relegation was reinstated after being suspended for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4]

The draw to decide the fixture of the season was held on 13 January 2022 at the Argentine Football Association's Ezeiza offices. [1]

Club information

Stadia and locations

ClubCityProvinceStadiumCapacity
Agropecuario Argentino Carlos Casares Buenos Aires Ofelia Rosenzuaig8,000
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
Belgrano Córdoba Córdoba Julio César Villagra 30,000
Brown Adrogué Buenos Aires Lorenzo Arandilla4,500
Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Buenos Aires Chacarita Juniors 19,000
Chaco For Ever Resistencia Chaco Juan Alberto García23,000
Defensores de Belgrano Buenos Aires Juan Pasquale 9,000
Deportivo Madryn Puerto Madryn Chubut Abel Sastre8,000
Deportivo Maipú Maipú Mendoza Omar Higinio Sperdutti8,000
Deportivo Morón Morón Buenos Aires Nuevo Francisco Urbano 32,000
Deportivo Riestra Buenos Aires Guillermo Laza3,000
Estudiantes Caseros Buenos Aires Ciudad de Caseros 16,740
Estudiantes Río Cuarto Córdoba Antonio Candini15,000
Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires Ricardo Etcheverry 24,442
Flandria Jáuregui Buenos Aires Carlos V5,000
Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy Jujuy 23 de Agosto 23,200
Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza Mendoza Víctor Legrotaglie11,500
Güemes Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero Arturo Miranda15,000
Guillermo Brown Puerto Madryn Chubut Raúl Conti 15,000
Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Mendoza Bautista Gargantini 24,000
Instituto Córdoba Córdoba Presidente Perón 26,535
Mitre Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero José y Antonio Castiglione10,500
Nueva Chicago Buenos Aires Nueva Chicago 28,500
Quilmes Quilmes Buenos Aires Centenario 35,200
Sacachispas Buenos Aires Roberto Larrosa4,000
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 Baletto2,000
Santamarina Tandil Buenos Aires Municipal General San Martín8,762
Temperley Temperley Buenos Aires Alfredo Beranger 13,000
Tristán Suárez Tristán Suárez Buenos Aires 20 de Octubre15,000
Villa Dálmine Campana Buenos Aires El Coliseo de Mitre y Puccini12,000

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1 Belgrano (C, P)3624754823+2579Promotion to Primera División and qualification for Copa Argentina
2 Instituto (P)36191164723+2468Advance to Torneo Reducido semi-finals and qualification for Copa Argentina
3 San Martín (T) 36171544521+2466Advance to Torneo Reducido second round and qualification for Copa Argentina
4 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 36171364120+2164Advance to Torneo Reducido first round and qualification for Copa Argentina
5 All Boys 36151564533+1260
6 Estudiantes (RC) 36141663929+1058
7 Estudiantes (BA) 36169113327+657
8 Almagro 36169113533+257
9 Independiente Rivadavia 361511104534+1156
10 Chaco For Ever 36131673828+1055
11 Deportivo Riestra 36121863426+854
12 Defensores de Belgrano 36131583730+754
13 Deportivo Morón 36121773121+1053
14 San Martín (SJ) 36156155042+851Qualification for Copa Argentina
15 Chacarita Juniors 361212124844+448
16 Ferro Carril Oeste 361211133234247
17 Deportivo Madryn 361016104442+246
18 Atlanta 361113123332+146
19 Quilmes 361113124246446
20 Deportivo Maipú [lower-alpha 1] 361115103932+745
21 Mitre (SdE) 361112133637145
22 Brown (A) 361111143939044
23 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 3611111438501244
24 Guillermo Brown 361271730431343
25 Almirante Brown 36915123843542
26 Temperley 36914133441741
27 Güemes 36815132835739
28 San Telmo 369121536521639
29 Atlético de Rafaela 36814144043338
30 Agropecuario Argentino 36717122530538
31 Villa Dálmine 367171236481238
32 Alvarado 368131531461537
33 Tristán Suárez 36714153744735
34 Nueva Chicago 366141633481532
35 Flandria 366131730491931
36 Santamarina (R)366111929582929Relegation to Torneo Federal A
37 Sacachispas (R)363181521412027Relegation 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.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Deportivo Maipú were deducted 3 points as punishment for incidents in their match against Tristán Suárez. [5]

Results

Home \ Away AGA ALL ALM CAB ALV ATL ATR BEL BRO CHA CFE DBE DEM DMA DMO DRI EBA ERC FCO FLA GEJ GEM GÜE GBR IND INS MIT NCH QUI SAC SMA SMT STE SAN TEM TRI VDA
Agropecuario Argentino 2–21–11–00–11–10–02–00–00–10–00–12–01–12–12–02–01–11–2
All Boys 0–03–11–01–02–21–11–13–12–01–11–03–03–12–12–21–02–02–2
Almagro 0–01–03–11–30–11–11–00–11–12–01–00–12–11–02–11–11–01–0
Almirante Brown 2–20–01–04–22–32–11–11–11–02–20–12–00–12–01–01–12–22–2
Alvarado 0–00–23–10–11–20–30–10–11–12–20–02–11–00–03–01–13–13–0
Atlanta 1–11–10–01–11–13–10–20–01–11–00–03–14–13–10–20–00–11–0
Atlético de Rafaela 2–24–14–01–01–10–21–20–13–04–11–11–21–13–01–12–11–01–1
Belgrano 2–12–11–01–03–03–01–01–02–12–10–02–01–11–01–32–03–14–1
Brown (A) 3–00–01–22–31–20–01–21–01–13–01–21–12–01–12–10–30–11–0
Chacarita Juniors 1–12–05–03–12–10–21–10–11–10–03–12–20–11–10–04–12–20–0
Chaco For Ever 0–10–01–03–12–01–02–21–00–03–02–21–00–01–11–21–02–11–0
Defensores de Belgrano 0–01–12–11–12–01–21–01–02–21–21–11–01–12–00–00–00–20–0
Deportivo Madryn 1–02–01–14–11–11–13–20–11–33–22–00–10–11–01–12–01–21–1
Deportivo Maipú 1–10–10–01–13–12–22–20–13–01–11–11–01–02–22–02–11–14–0
Deportivo Morón 0–03–02–00–11–11–01–10–12–21–11–11–01–00–03–11–10–01–0
Deportivo Riestra 1–03–01–01–01–10–01–00–40–01–01–13–01–12–00–02–01–21–1
Estudiantes (BA) 2–02–02–01–00–00–01–21–03–21–02–11–11–00–02–01–00–02–2
Estudiantes (RC) 1–11–00–02–00–21–10–12–02–13–14–11–10–03–12–10–01–14–1
Ferro Carril Oeste 2–22–01–01–02–00–10–00–11–20–01–20–01–01–00–01–11–41–0
Flandria 0–10–32–11–21–11–10–00–01–20–10–00–10–40–04–03–30–13–1
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 1–03–03–21–11–03–31–10–00–10–30–23–12–03–11–11–11–03–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 1–01–01–10–12–10–11–11–01–02–02–11–12–02–03–00–13–00–0
Güemes 0–21–22–11–10–10–10–02–10–01–12–00–00–01–11–11–10–10–0
Guillermo Brown 0–13–11–00–10–01–00–30–10–00–11–00–11–13–22–02–11–01–0
Independiente Rivadavia 1–11–01–02–33–13–02–02–03–11–21–01–01–00–04–01–12–10–0
Instituto 2–00–00–02–02–13–11–11–03–24–02–10–01–02–12–01–03–00–0
Mitre (SdE) 1–00–02–20–30–01–01–12–01–12–01–10–01–30–12–11–22–13–2
Nueva Chicago 1–02–32–21–00–10–01–01–10–00–10–11–10–22–22–11–10–04–0
Quilmes 1–11–12–01–30–01–12–01–02–11–12–11–00–00–21–01–12–22–0
Sacachispas 0–00–10–10–01–11–20–11–10–20–11–10–00–20–03–11–10–22–1
San Martín (SJ) 3–00–10–00–13–23–20–11–03–04–13–12–15–00–22–14–04–14–0
San Martín (T) 2–02–00–01–02–10–01–00–02–03–00–04–01–02–00–00–44–01–0
San Telmo 0–01–10–11–01–11–12–10–02–00–04–11–13–20–01–01–13–10–4
Santamarina 0–02–21–23–10–12–12–21–10–01–21–11–10–24–20–30–41–10–0
Temperley 2–01–10–00–21–10–10–01–11–02–01–11–00–12–22–31–01–23–1
Tristán Suárez 0–00–13–34–03–20–21–11–12–00–02–23–42–22–13–00–22–11–1
Villa Dálmine 1–01–10–00–10–10–03–31–03–01–50–01–24–32–00–02–00–30–0
Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Reducido

Teams ending in positions 2 to 13 played the Torneo Reducido for the second and last promotion berth to Primera División, in which teams were seeded in each round according to their final placement in the first stage of the tournament. The first two rounds were played over a single leg, at the stadium of the higher-seeded team. The semi-finals and finals were played over two legs, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. In all rounds, the higher-seeded team advanced in case of a tie. [6]

First round

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) Estudiantes (BA) 3–0 Chaco For Ever Caseros
18:10  UTC−3
Report Stadium: Ciudad de Caseros
Referee: Sebastián Zunino
15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) All Boys 0–2 Defensores de Belgrano Buenos Aires
20:10  UTC−3 Report
Stadium: Islas Malvinas
Referee: Yamil Possi
16 October 2022 (2022-10-16) Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) (bsr) 1–1 Deportivo Morón Mendoza
13:10  UTC−3
  • Ciccolini Soccerball shade.svg41' (pen.)
Report
Stadium: Víctor Legrotaglie
Referee: Gastón Brizuela
16 October 2022 (2022-10-16) Almagro 1–2 Independiente Rivadavia José Ingenieros
18:05  UTC−3 Report
Stadium: Tres de Febrero
Referee: Pablo Giménez
16 October 2022 (2022-10-16) Estudiantes (RC) 1–0 Deportivo Riestra Río Cuarto
18:10  UTC−3
Report Stadium: Antonio Candini
Referee: José Carreras

Second round

22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 1–0 Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza
16:50  UTC−3
  • Solari Soccerball shade.svg23'
Report Stadium: Víctor Legrotaglie
Referee: Leandro Rey Hilfer
22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) San Martín (T) 0–3 Defensores de Belgrano Tucumán
21:10  UTC−3 Report
Stadium: La Ciudadela
Referee: Fernando Espinoza
23 October 2022 (2022-10-23) Estudiantes (RC) 0–1 Estudiantes (BA) Río Cuarto
19:05  UTC−3 Report Stadium: Antonio Candini
Referee: Nicolás Ramírez

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Defensores de Belgrano 0–2 Instituto 0–00–2
Estudiantes (BA) 2–0 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 1–01–0

First leg

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) Estudiantes (BA) 1–0 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) Caseros
21:10  UTC−3 Report Stadium: Ciudad de Caseros
Referee: Pablo Giménez
30 October 2022 (2022-10-30) Defensores de Belgrano 0–0 Instituto Buenos Aires
18:05  UTC−3 Report Stadium: Juan Pasquale
Referee: Silvio Trucco

Second leg

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 0–1
(0–2 agg.)
Estudiantes (BA) Mendoza
17:00  UTC−3 Report
Stadium: Víctor Legrotaglie
Referee: Pablo Dóvalo
5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) Instituto 2–0
(2–0 agg.)
Defensores de Belgrano Córdoba
21:10  UTC−3
  • S. Rodríguez Soccerball shade.svg34'
  • Bochi Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Report Stadium: Presidente Perón
Referee: Andrés Merlos

Finals

The winners of this double-legged series were the second team promoted to Primera División.

2022 Torneo Reducido Final
First leg
Estudiantes (BA) 0–0 Instituto
Report
Estadio Ciudad de Caseros , Caseros
Referee: Luis Lobo Medina

Second leg
Instituto 1–1 Estudiantes (BA)
Report
  • Randazzo Soccerball shade.svg13'
Estadio Presidente Perón , Córdoba
Referee: Fernando Espinoza

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Instituto won on having a better season record.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [7]
1 Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Vegetti Belgrano17
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Octavio Bianchi All Boys15
3 Flag of Argentina.svg Luis Silba Estudiantes (RC)14
Flag of Argentina.svg Matías Giménez San Martín (SJ)
Flag of Argentina.svg Braian Oyola Tristán Suárez
6 Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Servetto Almagro13
Flag of Argentina.svg Claudio Bieler Atlético de Rafaela
Flag of Argentina.svg Mateo Acosta Brown (A)
Flag of Argentina.svg Enzo Díaz Ferro Carril Oeste
Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriel Graciani Instituto

See also

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