2025 Primera Nacional

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Primera Nacional
Season2025
Dates6 February – December 2025
Champions Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) (1st title)
PromotedGimnasia y Esgrima (M)
Relegated Arsenal
Alvarado
Talleres (RdE)
Defensores Unidos
Matches620
Goals1,119 (1.8 per match)
Top goalscorer Alejandro Gagliardi (18 goals)
Biggest home winArsenal 5–0 Alvarado
(4 October)
Biggest away win San Telmo 0–3 Def. de Belgrano
(23 February)
Def. Unidos 0–3 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)
(16 March)
San Telmo 0–3 Temperley
(5 April)
Temperley 0–3 Chacarita Juniors
(13 April)
Chacarita Juniors 0–3 Chaco For Ever
(4 May)
Chacarita Juniors 0–3 Estudiantes (BA)
(3 August)
San Martín (T) 0–3 Arsenal
(31 August)
Atlanta 0–3 Deportivo Maipú
(4 October)
Highest scoringEstudiantes (BA) 5–2 Almirante Brown
(15 February)
Central Norte 3–4 Colón
(20 July)
Arsenal 5–2 San Miguel
(27 July)
← 2024
2026 →
All statistics correct as of 12 October 2025.

The 2025 Argentine Primera Nacional, officially known as the Campeonato de Primera Nacional Sur Finanzas 2025 for sponsorship purposes, [1] is the 41st season of the Primera Nacional, the second-tier competition of Argentine football. Thirty-six teams compete in the league, thirty-three of which took part in the 2024 season, along with one team promoted from Torneo Federal A and two teams promoted from Primera B Metropolitana. The season began on 6 February and is expected to end in December 2025, and the fixture draw was held on 20 December 2024. [1]

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Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza were the champions, winning their first title in the competition as well as achieving promotion to the Argentine Primera División after defeating Deportivo Madryn on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time in the championship final. [2]

Format

For this season, the competition is played under the same format as the previous season, with the thirty-six participating teams being split into two zones of 18 teams, where they played against the other teams in their group twice: once at home and once away. However, since this season had two teams less than the previous one as no teams were relegated from Primera División, no interzonal matches between rival teams were played, although rival sides were still paired together for the season draw and drawn into different zones. Both zone winners played a final match on neutral ground to decide the first promoted team to the top flight for the following 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. Moreover, the playoff match between the sides placing second-from-bottom in each group was not played this season, and instead four teams were relegated to the third-tier leagues, those being the bottom two teams from each zone. [3]

Similar to previous seasons, 15 Primera Nacional teams qualified for the 2026 Copa Argentina through league performance, those being the top seven teams of each zone plus the best eighth-placed one. [4]

Club information

Stadia and locations

ClubCityProvinceStadiumCapacity
Agropecuario Argentino Carlos Casares Buenos Aires Ofelia Rosenzuaig8,000
All Boys Buenos Aires Capital Federal 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
Arsenal Sarandí Buenos Aires Julio Humberto Grondona 16,300
Atlanta Buenos Aires Capital Federal Don León Kolbowski 14,000
Central Norte Salta Salta Padre Ernesto Martearena 20,408
Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Buenos Aires Chacarita Juniors 19,000
Chaco For Ever Resistencia Chaco Juan Alberto García23,000
Colegiales Munro Buenos Aires Libertarios Unidos6,500
Colón Santa Fe Santa Fe Brigadier Estanislao López 40,000
Defensores de Belgrano Buenos Aires Capital Federal Juan Pasquale 9,000
Defensores Unidos Zárate Buenos Aires Mario Lossino6,000
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
Estudiantes Caseros Buenos Aires Ciudad de Caseros 16,740
Estudiantes Río Cuarto Córdoba Antonio Candini15,000
Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires Capital Federal Ricardo Etcheverri 24,442
Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy Jujuy 23 de Agosto 23,200
Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza Mendoza Víctor Legrotaglie 11,500
Gimnasia y Tiro Salta Salta Gigante del Norte 24,300
Güemes Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero Arturo Miranda15,000
Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Buenos Aires Eduardo Gallardón 38,000
Mitre Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero José y Antonio Castiglione10,500
Nueva Chicago Buenos Aires Capital Federal 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 Tucumán Tucumán La Ciudadela 30,250
San Miguel Los Polvorines Buenos Aires Malvinas Argentinas7,176
San Telmo Dock Sud Buenos Aires Osvaldo Baletto2,000
Talleres Remedios de Escalada Buenos Aires Pablo Comelli16,000
Temperley Temperley Buenos Aires Alfredo Beranger 13,000
Tristán Suárez Tristán Suárez Buenos Aires 20 de Octubre15,000

Zone A

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Deportivo Madryn 34161264528+1760Advance to Final and qualification for Copa Argentina
2 Atlanta 34141373128+355Advance to Torneo Reducido and qualification for Copa Argentina
3 Tristán Suárez 34121663323+1052
4 Gimnasia y Tiro 34131293423+1151
5 San Miguel 34121483228+450
6 San Martín (T) 34121393229+349
7 Deportivo Maipú 341212103430+448
8 Patronato 341212103128+348Advance to Torneo Reducido
9 Colegiales 34138132626047
10 All Boys 3481792625+141
11 Racing (C) 341011133844−641
12 Ferro Carril Oeste 341011132433−941
13 Güemes 34816102832−440
14 Los Andes 341010142731−440
15 Quilmes 34814123032−238
16 Almagro 34714132431−735
17 Arsenal (R)34810163847−934Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana
18 Alvarado (R)34615131833−1533Relegation to Torneo Federal A
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only for deciding relegation); 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points; 6) head-to-head goal difference; 7) head-to-head goals scored. [5]
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ALL ALM ALV ARS ATL CLG DEM DMA FCO GYT GÜE LAN PAT QUI RAC SMT SMI TRI
All Boys —1–01–12–10–00–00–00–00–11–13–13–01–00–04–00–02–10–2
Almagro 1–0—0–03–10–00–01–00–10–10–10–11–02–12–21–10–01–00–1
Alvarado 0–01–1—0–20–01–00–20–03–02–11–11–03–10–00–10–20–00–0
Arsenal 0–02–25–0—1–10–21–11–22–00–02–11–10–10–12–10–15–20–0
Atlanta 0–01–00–24–0—1–01–00–32–11–01–02–11–12–02–03–11–11–0
Colegiales 2–12–00–01–12–0—1–00–11–02–01–00–10–01–00–12–00–01–0
Deportivo Madryn 2–12–11–02–11–13–1—1–11–02–01–01–02–03–11–23–12–10–0
Deportivo Maipú 0–03–13–01–10–11–22–1—2–11–01–11–11–12–01–10–10–11–0
Ferro Carril Oeste 0–01–10–02–00–11–01–12–0—0–00–02–03–11–02–20–20–10–0
Gimnasia y Tiro 0–01–03–03–02–24–01–11–01–2—1–00–02–12–12–02–01–01–1
Güemes 1–21–11–11–02–01–01–31–11–11–1—2–11–10–01–02–11–00–1
Los Andes 1–11–01–01–33–00–02–13–00–10–02–0—1–31–02–01–10–02–0
Patronato 3–10–01–01–00–00–10–01–03–00–01–10–0—1–03–20–12–12–0
Quilmes 3–10–10–03–12–11–01–12–20–01–10–02–01–1—3–01–22–00–1
Racing (C) 0–01–12–13–01–12–12–30–14–01–22–21–11–02–0—1–01–11–1
San Martín (T) 1–11–10–00–34–02–00–02–11–01–01–11–00–11–11–1—0–11–1
San Miguel 1–01–12–01–10–02–11–12–02–01–01–11–00–02–21–02–2—2–1
Tristán Suárez 2–02–12–13–10–02–22–21–11–11–00–02–12–00–04–10–00–0—
Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone B

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 34171253518+1763Advance to Final and qualification for Copa Argentina
2 Estudiantes (RC) 34161263522+1360Advance to Torneo Reducido and qualification for Copa Argentina
3 Estudiantes (BA) 3417894122+1959
4 Deportivo Morón 34151363619+1758
5 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 34151273620+1657
6 Temperley 34141373022+855
7 Agropecuario Argentino 34159104334+954
8 Chaco For Ever 34158113426+853
9 Chacarita Juniors 34121393729+849
10 Defensores de Belgrano 341212103026+448
11 Nueva Chicago 341011132733−641
12 San Telmo 341011133142−1141
13 Mitre (SdE) 341010142831−340
14 Almirante Brown 34812142838−1036
15 Central Norte 34106182741−1436
16 Colón 3495202239−1732
17 Talleres (RdE) (R)3465231740−2323Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana
18 Defensores Unidos (R)34312191752−3521
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only for deciding relegation); 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points; 6) head-to-head goal difference; 7) head-to-head goals scored. [5]
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AGA CAB CEN CHA CFE COL DBE DUN DMO EBA ERC GEJ GEM MIT NCH STE TAL TEM
Agropecuario Argentino —3–12–00–12–02–11–13–01–01–22–11–12–02–11–02–02–10–0
Almirante Brown 0–0—0–01–30–02–01–21–11–10–10–20–01–12–00–01–02–10–0
Central Norte 0–22–1—2–10–13–42–13–00–01–11–21–21–00–21–11–21–02–0
Chacarita Juniors 3–00–14–0—0–33–20–22–01–10–30–20–11–12–20–01–12–10–0
Chaco For Ever 1–12–11–00–0—2–01–02–01–10–12–02–10–20–12–11–21–02–0
Colón 0–11–02–01–12–1—0–11–00–00–00–10–10–20–12–10–11–00–0
Defensores de Belgrano 1–11–12–01–00–01–0—3–10–02–10–00–10–21–01–21–20–00–0
Defensores Unidos 3–21–11–10–00–20–11–2—0–11–11–20–30–10–20–02–20–00–0
Deportivo Morón 1–12–02–00–23–01–01–04–0—1–12–10–01–03–01–01–13–00–1
Estudiantes (BA) 2–15–20–10–21–21–02–03–00–1—1–00–00–02–02–02–02–00–0
Estudiantes (RC) 1–11–11–01–10–02–11–10–01–01–0—1–11–11–00–11–02–01–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 0–21–01–02–02–04–00–01–10–00–12–2—2–00–02–11–11–02–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 2–12–11–00–02–01–11–02–01–01–01–11–0—1–01–12–01–10–1
Mitre (SdE) 3–01–00–20–01–00–11–20–10–01–10–01–11–1—0–13–02–02–2
Nueva Chicago 1–01–30–01–10–01–00–01–01–22–11–21–01–12–0—0–22–00–1
San Telmo 3–30–13–10–10–21–00–32–21–21–00–13–20–00–02–2—1–00–3
Talleres (RdE) 2–01–20–10–21–02–02–00–12–10–10–20–10–11–32–10–0—0–0
Temperley 1–02–01–00–32–22–11–13–01–11–31–01–00–22–03–00–01–0—
Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship final

The top 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 entered the Torneo Reducido in the second round.

Deportivo Madryn 1–1 (a.e.t.) Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)
  • Silba Soccerball shade.svg76'
 Report
  • Lencioni Soccerball shade.svg90+3' (pen.)
Penalties
0–3
Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López , Florida
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 was 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), the semi-finals and the finals will be played over two legs, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. In all rounds except for the final, the higher-seeded team will advance in case of a tie, with a penalty shoot-out set to be played in case of a draw in the final. [6]

First round

11 October 2025 (2025-10-11) Atlanta 3–0 Chaco For Ever Buenos Aires
13:00  UTC−3
Report Stadium: Don León Kolbowski
Referee: Daniel Zamora
11 October 2025 (2025-10-11) Gimnasia y Tiro 2–0 Temperley Salta
20:30  UTC−3
  • Rojas Soccerball shade.svg81'
  • Villarreal Soccerball shade.svg90+6'
 Report Stadium: El Gigante del Norte
Referee: Álvaro Carranza
12 October 2025 (2025-10-12) Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) (bsr) 0–0 San Miguel Jujuy
15:10  UTC−3 Report Stadium: 23 de Agosto
Referee: Bruno Amiconi
12 October 2025 (2025-10-12) Estudiantes (BA) 1–0 Deportivo Maipú Caseros
17:10  UTC−3
  • Berterame Soccerball shade.svg7'
 Report Stadium: Ciudad de Caseros
Referee: Ariel Penel
12 October 2025 (2025-10-12) Tristán Suárez 2–1 Agropecuario Argentino Tristán Suárez
19:00  UTC−3
Report
  • Vásquez Soccerball shade.svg56'
Stadium: 20 de Octubre
Referee: Yamil Possi
12 October 2025 (2025-10-12) Estudiantes (RC) 2–1 Patronato Río Cuarto
19:10  UTC−3
Report
  • Díaz Soccerball shade.svg48'
Stadium: Antonio Candini
Referee: Nahuel Viñas
12 October 2025 (2025-10-12) Deportivo Morón (bsr) 0–0 San Martín (T) Morón
21:15  UTC−3 Report Stadium: Nuevo Francisco Urbano
Referee: Pablo Giménez

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) Deportivo Madryn
Gimnasia y Tiro Estudiantes (RC)
Deportivo Morón Atlanta
Tristán Suárez Estudiantes (BA)

Copa Argentina qualification

Fifteen Primera Nacional teams qualified for the round of 32 of the 2026 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, goal difference, goals scored, and a drawing of lots if needed.

Ranking of eighth-placed teams

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 B Chaco For Ever 34158113426+853Qualification for Copa Argentina
2 A Patronato 341212103128+348
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots.

Season statistics

As of 12 October 2025

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [7]
1 Flag of Argentina.svg Alejandro Gagliardi Agropecuario Argentino18
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Mateo Acosta Estudiantes (BA)13
3 Flag of Argentina.svg Alan Bonansea Patronato11
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Ignacio Sabatini Arsenal10
5 Flag of Argentina.svg Matías Romero Chaco For Ever9
Flag of Argentina.svg Germán Rivero Deportivo Madryn
Flag of Argentina.svg Yair González Deportivo Morón
Flag of Argentina.svg Brian Ferreyra Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)
Flag of Argentina.svg Facundo Lencioni Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)
Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Cocimano San Telmo

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Se realizó el sorteo del torneo de la Primera Nacional 2025" [The draw for the 2025 Primera Nacional tournament was held] (in Spanish). AFA. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Histórico: con Rigamonti figura en los penales, Gimnasia de Mendoza ascendió a Primera" [Historical: with Rigamonti as the MVP in the penalty shootout, Gimnasia de Mendoza promoted to Primera] (in Spanish). Olé. 11 October 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Así será la Primera Nacional 2025: conocé las zonas y formato" [This is how the 2025 Primera Nacional will be: find out the zones and format] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 21 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Primera Nacional: los 36 equipos confirmados y el fixture para 2025" [Primera Nacional: the 36 confirmed teams and the fixture for 2025] (in Spanish). Olé. 21 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
  6. ↑ "Boletín Especial 6612 - Reglamento Primera Nacional 2025" [Special Bulletin 6612 - 2025 Primera Nacional Regulations](PDF) (in Spanish). AFA . Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "Estadísticas Primera B Nacional". AFA.
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