Primera D Metropolitana

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Primera D
Founded1950 [1]
Folded2023;1 year ago (2023)
CountryFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Confederation CONMEBOL
Number of teams11 (2023)
Level on pyramid5
Promotion to Primera C
Relegation toDisaffiliation for one season
Domestic cup(s) Copa Argentina
Last champions Centro Español
(2023)
Most championships
TV partners DirecTV Sports

The Primera D was one of two leagues that form the fifth division of the Argentine football league system. Made up of 11 clubs from Buenos Aires Province, the league is the only one that remains amateur. [2] The other league at level five is the Torneo Federal C, where teams from regional leagues take part.

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It was created in 1950 under the name "Tercera de Ascenso" ("third level of promotion"). [1] The first champion was Liniers. In 1962 the tournament changed its name to "Primera de Aficionados", which lasted to 1974, when it was called "Primera D", which has remained to date. [3]

Since the restructuring of the league system in 1986, the division became the fifth category of Argentine football (lower than Primera División, Primera B Nacional, Primera B Metropolitana and Primera C). [4]

In 2023 its last edition was held because from 2024, the category was unified with the Primera C in a single tournament. [5]

Format

The winners of Primera D gain automatic promotion to Primera C. The club finishing in 2nd to 9th place behind enter a playoff series; the winner of which faces the club finishing second bottom in Primera C in a promotion/relegation playoff.

The team that finishes bottom of Primera D Metropolitana faces relegation. However, because Primera D Metropolitana is the lowest league in the Argentine football system relegation this means that the relegated team will not participate in the league system the following season.

List of Champions

Tournament names
Ed.SeasonChampionRunner-up
11950 Liniers (1) Brown (A)
1951 [note 1]
(No championship held)
21952 Flandria (1) J. J. de Urquiza
31953 Deportivo Riestra (1)Juventud de Bernal
41954 Sacachispas (1)Juventud de Bernal
51955 Deportivo Morón (1)Juventud de Bernal
61956 Almirante Brown (1)Juventud de Bernal
71957 Leandro N. Alem (1) Defensores de Cambaceres
81958 Deportivo Español (1) Defensores de Cambaceres
91959 Defensores de Cambaceres (1) Sportivo Italiano
101960 Sportivo Italiano (1) Defensores de Almagro
111961 Villa Dálmine (1) Arsenal
121962 Arsenal (1) Estudiantes (BA)
131963 Luján (1) Estudiantes (BA)
141964 Arsenal (Llavallol) (1) Ituzaingó
151965General Mitre (Sarandí) (1) [note 2] Piraña
161966Luz y Fuerza (1) [note 3] Ferrocarril Midland
171967Macabi (1) [note 4] Central Argentino
181968 Ferrocarril Midland (1) Sportivo Barracas
191969 Defensores Unidos (1) Sportivo Barracas
201970 Defensores de Almagro (1) Sportivo Barracas
211971 Acassuso (1)Central Argentino
221972 Deportivo Armenio (1) Liniers
231973 Luján (2) Villa San Carlos
241974 Barracas Central (1) Victoriano Arenas
251975 Tristán Suarez (1) Deportivo Merlo
261976 Defensores de Cambaceres (2) Berazategui
271977 General Lamadrid (1) Ferrocarril Midland
281978 Piraña (1) J. J. de Urquiza
291979 San Miguel (1) Brown (A)
301980 Brown (A) (1) Juventud Unida
311981 Barracas Central (2) Muñiz
321982 Defensa y Justicia (1) Ituzaingó
331983 San Martín (B) (1) Leandro N. Alem
341984 Dock Sud (1) Argentino (Merlo)
351985 Argentino (Merlo) (1) Deportivo Laferrere
361986–87 Muñiz (1) Brown (A)
371987–88 Lugano (1) Puerto Nuevo
381988–89 Ferrocarril Midland (2) Liniers
391989–90 Liniers (2) Deportivo Paraguayo
401990–91 Victoriano Arenas (1) Puerto Nuevo
411991–92 Deportivo Paraguayo (1) Juventud Unida
421992–93 Villa San Carlos (1) Acassuso
431993–94 Puerto Nuevo Cañuelas
441994–95 J. J. de Urquiza Victoriano Arenas
451995–96 Central Ballester (1) San Martín (B)
461996–97 Claypole (1) Comunicaciones
471997–98 Juventud Unida (1) Sacachispas
481998–99 Argentino (Merlo) (2) Victoriano Arenas
491999–00 Sacachispas (2) Fénix
502000–01 Acassuso (2) Villa San Carlos
512001–02 Villa San Carlos (2) Sacachispas
522002–03 Sacachispas (3) Victoriano Arenas
532003–04 Sportivo Barracas (1) Fénix
542004–05 Fénix (1) Liniers
552005–06 Ituzaingó (1) Liniers
562006–07 Leandro N. Alem (2) Berazategui
572007–08 Defensores Unidos (2) Berazategui
582008–09 Ferrocarril Midland (3) Deportivo Riestra
592009–10 UAI Urquiza (1) San Martín (B)
60 2010–11 Dock Sud (2) Atlas
61 2011–12 Fénix (2) Argentino (Q)
622012–13 Argentino (Q) (1) Deportivo Riestra
632013–14 Deportivo Riestra (1) San Martín (B)
642014 [note 5] [note 5]
652015 Sportivo Barracas (2) Atlas
662016 El Porvenir (1) Ituzaingó
672016–17 Ituzaingó (2) Leandro N. Alem
682017–18 Victoriano Arenas (2) Argentino (Merlo)
692018–19 Argentino (Merlo) (3) Liniers
702019–20
(Abandoned because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina) [note 6]
712020 Claypole (2) Atlas
722021 Liniers (3) Puerto Nuevo
732022 Yupanqui (1) Centro Español
742023 Centro Español (1) Argentino (R)
The division was unified with the Primera C

Titles by club

ClubTitlesYears won
Argentino (Merlo) 31985, 1998–99, 2018–19
Ferrocarril Midland 31968, 1988–89, 2008–09
Liniers 31950, 1989–90, 2021
Sacachispas 31954, 1999–00, 2002–03
Deportivo Riestra 21953, 2013–14
Acassuso 21971, 2000–01
Barracas Central 21974, 1981
Claypole 21996–97, 2020
Defensores de Cambaceres 21959, 1976
Defensores Unidos 21969, 2007–08
Dock Sud 21984, 2010–11
Fénix 22004–05, 2011–12
Ituzaingó 22005–06, 2016–17
Leandro N. Alem 21957, 2006–07
Luján 21963, 1973
Sportivo Barracas 22003–04, 2015
Victoriano Arenas 21990–91, 2017–18
Villa San Carlos 21992–93, 2001–02
Almirante Brown 11956
Argentino (Q) 12012–13
Arsenal (Llavallol) 11964
Arsenal (Sarandí) 11962
Brown (A) 11980
Central Ballester 11995–96
Centro Español 12023
Defensa y Justicia 11982
Defensores de Almagro 11970
Deportivo Armenio 11972
Deportivo Español 11958
Deportivo Paraguayo 11991–92
Deportivo Morón 11955
El Porvenir 12016
Flandria 11952
General Lamadrid 11977
General Mitre11965
J. J. de Urquiza 11994–95
Juventud Unida 11997–98
Lugano 11987–88
Luz y Fuerza11966
Macabi11967
Muñiz 11986–87
Piraña 11978
Puerto Nuevo 11993–94
San Martín (B) 11983
San Miguel 11979
Sportivo Italiano 11960
Tristán Suárez 11975
UAI Urquiza 12009–10
Villa Dálmine 11961
Yupanqui 12022

Notes

  1. A special tournament was played, where team from several categories competed together. The champion was Tiro Federal, promoting to Primera División B.
  2. Affiliated to AFA in 1963, remaining in the Association until 1965. [6]
  3. The football team from the "Luz y Fuerza" trade union was located in Villa Udaondo [7] and affiliated to AFA in 1964 under the name "Instituto Cultural y Deportivo Luz y Fuerza". [8]
  4. The team from the Jewish organization of Argentina, got affiliated to AFA in 1953. The team disaffiliated in 1968, just one year after promoting to Primera C. [9]
  5. 1 2 At the end of the season no champion was crowned. Three teams (Cañuelas, San Martín de Burzaco and San Miguel were promoted while no teams were disaffiliated.
  6. On 28 April 2020, AFA decided to abandon the competition and declare the season finished. All official competitions had been suspended on 17 March. [10]

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