2026 Primera Nacional

Primera Nacional

Season	2026
Dates	February – November 2026
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The 2026 Argentine Primera Nacional, officially known as the Campeonato de Primera Nacional Sur Finanzas 2026 for sponsorship purposes, ^[1] was the 42nd season of the Primera Nacional, the second-tier competition of Argentine football. Thirty-six teams competed in the league, thirty of which took part in the 2025 season, along with two teams relegated from Primera División, two teams promoted from Torneo Federal A and two teams promoted from Primera B Metropolitana. The season began on February and ended on December 2025, and the fixture draw was held on 22 December 2025. ^[1]

Format

For this season, the competition was played under the same format as the previous season, with the thirty-six participating teams 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, 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 played a knockout tournament (Torneo Reducido) for the second promotion berth along with the loser of the final between the zone winners. Four teams were relegated to the third-tier leagues, those being the bottom two teams from each zone. ^[2]

Similar to previous seasons, fifteen Primera Nacional teams qualified for the 2027 Copa Argentina through league performance, those being the top seven teams of each zone plus the best eighth-placed one.

Club information

Stadia and locations

GBA

Agropecuario Argentino

Atlético de Rafaela

Central Norte

Chaco For Ever

Ciudad de Bolivar

Colón

Dep. Madryn

Dep. Maipú

Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)

Gimnasia y Tiro

Godoy Cruz

Güemes

Mitre (SdE)

Patronato

Racing (C)

San Martín (SJ)

San Martín (T)

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Locations of the 2026 Primera Nacional teams outside Greater Buenos Aires.

Acassuso

All Boys

Almagro

Almirante Brown

Atlanta

Chacarita Juniors

Colegiales

Defensores de Belgrano

Deportivo Morón

Estudiantes (BA)

Ferrocarril Midland

Ferro Carril Oeste

Los Andes

Nueva Chicago

Quilmes

San Miguel

San Telmo

Temperley

Tristán Suárez

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Locations of the 2026 Primera Nacional teams within Greater Buenos Aires.

Club	City	Province	Stadium	Capacity
Acassuso	Boulogne Sur Mer	Buenos Aires	La Quema	1,500
Agropecuario Argentino	Carlos Casares	Buenos Aires	Ofelia Rosenzuaig	8,000
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
Atlanta	Buenos Aires	Capital Federal	Don León Kolbowski	14,000
Atlético de Rafaela	Rafaela	Santa Fe	Nuevo Monumental	16,000
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 García	23,000
Ciudad de Bolivar	San Carlos de Bolívar	Buenos Aires	Municipal Eva Perón	4,000
Colegiales	Florida Oeste	Buenos Aires	Libertarios Unidos	6,500
Colón	Santa Fe	Santa Fe	Brigadier Estanislao López	40,000
Defensores de Belgrano	Buenos Aires	Capital Federal	Juan Pasquale	9,000
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
Estudiantes	Caseros	Buenos Aires	Ciudad de Caseros	16,740
Ferrocarril Midland	Libertad	Buenos Aires	Ciudad de Libertad	9,000
Ferro Carril Oeste	Buenos Aires	Capital Federal	Ricardo Etcheverri	24,442
Gimnasia y Esgrima	Jujuy	Jujuy	23 de Agosto	23,200
Gimnasia y Tiro	Salta	Salta	Gigante del Norte	24,300
Godoy Cruz	Godoy Cruz	Mendoza	Feliciano Gambarte	14,000
Güemes	Santiago del Estero	Santiago del Estero	Arturo Miranda	15,000
Los Andes	Lomas de Zamora	Buenos Aires	Eduardo Gallardón	38,000
Mitre	Santiago del Estero	Santiago del Estero	José y Antonio Castiglione	10,500
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	San Juan	San Juan	Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez	26,500
San Martín	Tucumán	Tucumán	La Ciudadela	30,250
San Miguel	Los Polvorines	Buenos Aires	Malvinas Argentinas	7,176
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

Zone A

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Acassuso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Final and qualification for Copa Argentina
2	All Boys	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Torneo Reducido and qualification for Copa Argentina
3	Almirante Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Central Norte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chaco For Ever	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Ciudad de Bolívar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Colón	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Defensores de Belgrano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Torneo Reducido
9	Deportivo Madryn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Deportivo Morón	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Estudiantes (BA)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Ferro Carril Oeste	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Godoy Cruz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Los Andes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Mitre (SdE)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Racing (C)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	San Miguel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana or Torneo Federal A
18	San Telmo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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. ^[3]

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	ALL	ABR	CEN	CFE	CIU	COL	DBE	DEM	DMO	EBA	FCO	GOD	LAN	MIT	RAC	SMI	STE
Acassuso	—
All Boys		—
Almirante Brown			—
Central Norte				—
Chaco For Ever					—
Ciudad de Bolívar						—
Colón							—
Defensores de Belgrano								—
Deportivo Madryn									—
Deportivo Morón										—
Estudiantes (BA)											—
Ferro Carril Oeste												—
Godoy Cruz													—
Los Andes														—
Mitre (SdE)															—
Racing (C)																—
San Miguel																	—
San Telmo																		—

Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone B

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Agropecuario Argentino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Final and qualification for Copa Argentina
2	Almagro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Torneo Reducido and qualification for Copa Argentina
3	Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Atlético de Rafaela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chacarita Juniors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Colegiales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Deportivo Maipú	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Ferrocarril Midland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Torneo Reducido
9	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Gimnasia y Tiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Güemes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Nueva Chicago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Patronato	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Quilmes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	San Martín (SJ)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	San Martín (T)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Temperley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana or Torneo Federal A
18	Tristán Suárez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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. ^[3]

Results

Home \ Away	AGA	ALM	ATL	ATR	CHA	CLG	DMA	FRM	GEJ	GYT	GÜE	NCH	PAT	QUI	SMA	SMT	TEM	TRI
Agropecuario Argentino	—
Almagro		—
Atlanta			—
Atlético de Rafaela				—
Chacarita Juniors					—
Colegiales						—
Deportivo Maipú							—
Ferrocarril Midland								—
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)									—
Gimnasia y Tiro										—
Güemes											—
Nueva Chicago												—
Patronato													—
Quilmes														—
San Martín (SJ)															—
San Martín (T)																—
Temperley																	—
Tristán Suárez																		—

Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Interzonal matches

Played in round 7 and round 25.

Home Score Away Nueva Chicago – All Boys Atlanta – Ferro Carril Oeste Deportivo Madryn – San Martín (T) Chaco For Ever – Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) Almagro – Deportivo Morón Chacarita Juniors – Estudiantes (BA) San Martín (SJ) – Racing (C) Los Andes – Temperley Güemes – Mitre (SdE) Almirante Brown – Tristán Suárez Ciudad de Bolivar – Agropecuario Argentino Patronato – Colón Gimnasia y Tiro – Central Norte Deportivo Maipú – Godoy Cruz San Telmo – Quilmes Colegiales – San Miguel Defensores de Belgrano – Atlético de Rafaela Ferrocarril Midland – Acassuso

Home Score Away All Boys – Nueva Chicago Ferro Carril Oeste – Atlanta San Martín (T) – Deportivo Madryn Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) – Chaco For Ever Deportivo Morón – Almagro Estudiantes (BA) – Chacarita Juniors Racing (C) – San Martín (SJ) Temperley – Los Andes Mitre (SdE) – Güemes Tristán Suárez – Almirante Brown Agropecuario Argentino – Ciudad de Bolivar Colón – Patronato Central Norte – Gimnasia y Tiro Godoy Cruz – Deportivo Maipú Quilmes – San Telmo San Miguel – Colegiales Atlético de Rafaela – Defensores de Belgrano Acassuso – Ferrocarril Midland

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [4]
1
2
3

See also

• 2026 Argentine Primera División
• 2026 Copa Argentina
• 2026 Torneo Federal A

References

1. "Primera Nacional: fixture para la temporada 2026" (in Spanish). AFA. 23 December 2025.
2. "Así se jugará la Primera Nacional en 2026: fixture, formato y los clásicos" (in Spanish). 22 December 2025.
3. "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
4. "Estadísticas Primera B Nacional". AFA.

External links

• Ascenso del Interior (in Spanish)
• Interior Futbolero (in Spanish)
• Promiedos (in Spanish)