# 2021 Torneo Federal A

The 2021 Argentine Torneo Federal A, was the ninth season of the Torneo Federal A, the regionalised third tier of the Argentine football league system. The tournament is reserved for teams indirectly affiliated to the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA), while teams affiliated to AFA have to play the Primera B Metropolitana, which is the other third tier competition. The competition was contested by 27 of the 31 teams that took part in the 2020 season and four teams promoted from Torneo Regional Federal Amateur. Two teams will be promoted to Primera B Nacional and there was no relegation to Torneo Regional Federal Amateur. The season began on 11 April and ended in December 2021.

## Format

The 31 teams were split into two zones, one of 15 teams and another one of 16 teams, where they will play against the other teams in their group twice: once at home and once away, with one team in Zone B having a bye in each round for a total of 30 rounds. Both zone winners will play a final match on neutral ground to decide the first promoted team to the Primera B Nacional for the 2022 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, which will join the Reducido in the Second knockout round. No teams will be relegated to Torneo Regional Federal Amateur this season.

## Club information
### Zone A

| Team | City | Stadium |
| Cipolletti | Cipolletti | La Visera de Cemento |
| Círculo Deportivo | Comandante Nicanor Otamendi | Guillermo Trama |
| Ciudad de Bolivar | San Carlos de Bolívar | Municipal Eva Perón |
| Deportivo Camioneros | General Rodríguez | Hugo Moyano |
| Deportivo Madryn | Puerto Madryn | Coliseo del Golfo |
| Desamparados | San Juan | El Serpentario |
| Estudiantes | San Luis | Héctor Odicino – Pedro Benoza |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | General Pico | El Coloso del Barrio Talleres |
| Huracán Las Heras | Las Heras | General San Martín |
| Independiente | Chivilcoy | Raúl Orlando Lungarzo |
| Juventud Unida Universitario | San Luis | Mario Diez |
| Olimpo | Bahía Blanca | Roberto Natalio Carminatti |
| Sansinena | General Cerri | Luis Molina |
| Sol de Mayo | Viedma | Sol de Mayo |
| Sportivo Peñarol | Chimbas | Ramón Pablo Rojas |
| Villa Mitre | Bahía Blanca | El Fortín |

### Zone B

| Team | City | Stadium |
| Boca Unidos | Corrientes | José Antonio Romero Feris |
| Central Norte | Salta | Doctor Luis Güemes |
| Chaco For Ever | Resistencia | Juan Alberto García |
| Crucero del Norte | Garupá | Andrés Guacurarí |
| Defensores | Pronunciamiento | Delio Cardozo |
| Defensores de Belgrano | Villa Ramallo | Salomón Boeseldín |
| Douglas Haig | Pergamino | Miguel Morales |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima | Concepción del Uruguay | Manuel y Ramón Núñez |
| Gimnasia y Tiro | Salta | Gigante del Norte |
| Juventud Unida | Gualeguaychú | De los Eucaliptos |
| Racing | Córdoba | Miguel Sancho |
| Sarmiento | Resistencia | Centenario |
| Sportivo Belgrano | San Francisco | Oscar Boero |
| Sportivo Las Parejas | Las Parejas | Fortaleza del Lobo |
| Unión | Sunchales | La Fortaleza |

### Resignations

The following teams declined to participate in this season and will return in the next season.
| Team | City | Stadium |
| San Martín | Formosa | 17 De Octubre |

## First stage
### Zone A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Deportivo Madryn | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 56 | Advance to Final and qualification for Copa Argentina |
| 2 | Sol de Mayo | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 50 | Advance to Second Promotion stage and qualification for Copa Argentina |
| 3 | Cipolletti | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 49 | Advance to Second Promotion stage and qualification for Copa Argentina |
| 4 | Sportivo Peñarol | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 49 | Advance to Second Promotion stage and qualification for Copa Argentina |
| 5 | Olimpo | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 49 | Advance to Second Promotion stage and qualification for Copa Argentina |
| 6 | Independiente (Ch) | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 48 | Advance to Second Promotion |
| 7 | Juventud Unida Universitario | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 47 | Advance to Second Promotion |
| 8 | Villa Mitre | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 45 | Advance to Second Promotion |
| 9 | Desamparados | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 43 | |
| 10 | Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 43 | |
| 11 | Sansinena | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 40 | |
| 12 | Ciudad de Bolivar | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 38 | |
| 13 | Huracán Las Heras | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 35 | |
| 14 | Deportivo Camioneros | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 29 | |
| 15 | Estudiantes (SL) | 30 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 48 | −30 | 15 | |
| 16 | Círculo Deportivo | 30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 54 | −36 | 13 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head: Cipolletti 7 points; Sportivo Peñarol 6 points; Olimpo 4 points.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | CIP | CDE | CBO | DEP | DMA | DES | ESL | FCO | HLH | ICH | JUU | OLI | SAN | SOL | SPP | VMI |
| Cipolletti | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Círculo Deportivo | 1–3 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Ciudad de Bolivar | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Deportivo Camioneros | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Deportivo Madryn | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Desamparados | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| Estudiantes (SL) | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Huracán Las Heras | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Independiente (Ch) | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Juventud Unida Universitario | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Olimpo | 0–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 5–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Sansinena | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Sol de Mayo | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Sportivo Peñarol | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| Villa Mitre | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |

### Zone B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Racing (C) | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 43 | 16 | +27 | 57 | Advance to Final and qualification for Copa Argentina |
| 2 | Gimnasia y Tiro | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 55 | Advance to Second Promotion stage and qualification for Copa Argentina |
| 3 | Central Norte | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 40 | 22 | +18 | 49 | Advance to Second Promotion stage and qualification for Copa Argentina |
| 4 | Chaco For Ever | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 47 | Advance to Second Promotion stage and qualification for Copa Argentina |
| 5 | Sportivo Las Parejas | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 41 | Advance to Second Promotion stage and qualification for Copa Argentina |
| 6 | Defensores (P) | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 38 | Advance to Second Promotion |
| 7 | Juventud Unida (G) | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 38 | Advance to Second Promotion |
| 8 | Defensores de Belgrano (VR) | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 37 | Advance to Second Promotion |
| 9 | Sarmiento (R) | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 36 | |
| 10 | Boca Unidos | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 33 | |
| 11 | Unión (S) | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 30 | |
| 12 | Douglas Haig | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 27 | |
| 13 | Sportivo Belgrano | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 26 | |
| 14 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 42 | −21 | 26 | |
| 15 | Crucero del Norte | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 39 | −20 | 22 | |
* 1 2 Defensores (P) ahead of Juventud Unida (G) on head-to-head goal difference: Defensores (P)–Juventud Unida (G) 3–0, Juventud Unida (G)–Defensores (P) 2–1.
* 1 2 Sportivo Belgrano ahead of Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) on head-to-head points: Sportivo Belgrano–Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 1–1, Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)–Sportivo Belgrano 1–2.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | BOU | CNO | CFE | CRU | DPR | DEF | DOU | GYE | GYT | JUG | RAC | SAR | SPB | SLP | UNS |
| Boca Unidos | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| Central Norte | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Chaco For Ever | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Crucero del Norte | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Defensores (P) | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Defensores de Belgrano (VR) | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Douglas Haig | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Gimnasia y Tiro | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Juventud Unida (G) | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Racing (C) | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| Sarmiento (R) | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Sportivo Belgrano | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Sportivo Las Parejas | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 |
| Unión (S) | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |

### First Promotion Final

Deportivo Madryn is promoted to Primera B Nacional.

## Second Promotion
### First knockout round

The first knockout round will be contested by 14 teams: the teams ranked from 2nd to 8th place in their groups of the First stage. In this round, the teams will be seeded according to their performance and placements in the previous stage of the competition and paired against a rival according to their seed: Team 1 vs. Team 14, Team 2 vs. Team 13 and so on, playing a single match on local ground. The 7 winners will advance to the second knockout round.

### Second knockout round

The second knockout round will be contested by 8 teams: the 7 winning teams from First knockout round and the losing team from the First Promotion Final. In this round, the 8 teams will be seeded according to their performance and placements in the previous stage of the competition, and paired against a rival according to their seed: Team 1 vs. Team 8, Team 2 vs. Team 7 and so on, playing a single match on neutral ground. The 4 winners will advance to the third knockout round.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
| 1 | A | Racing (C) | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 43 | 16 | +27 | 57 | 2.04 | Qualified from First Promotion Final |
| 2 | A | Gimnasia y Tiro | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 55 | 1.96 | Qualified from First Stage |
| 3 | A | Central Norte | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 40 | 22 | +18 | 49 | 1.75 | Qualified from First Stage |
| 4 | B | Cipolletti | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 49 | 1.63 | Qualified from First Stage |
| 5 | A | Chaco For Ever | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 47 | 1.68 | Qualified from First Stage |
| 6 | B | Olimpo | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 49 | 1.63 | Qualified from First Stage |
| 7 | A | Defensores (P) | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 38 | 1.36 | Qualified from First Stage |
| 8 | A | Defensores de Belgrano (VR) | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 37 | 1.32 | Qualified from First Stage |
* 1 2 3 4 Central Norte ahead of Cipolletti on points average obtained in the Second Promotion stage.

### Third knockout round

The third knockout round will be contested by 4 teams: all the 4 winning teams from second knockout round. In this round, the 4 teams will be seeded according to their performance and placements in the previous stage of the competition, and paired against a rival according to their seed: Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3 and so on, playing a single match on neutral ground. The 2 winners will advance to the fourth knockout round.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | A | Racing (C) | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 43 | 16 | +27 | 57 | Qualified from First Promotion Final |
| 2 | A | Gimnasia y Tiro | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 55 | Qualified from First Stage |
| 3 | A | Central Norte | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 40 | 22 | +18 | 49 | Qualified from First Stage |
| 4 | A | Chaco For Ever | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 47 | Qualified from First Stage |

#### Fourth knockout round

The fourth knockout round will be contested by 2 teams: all the 2 winning teams from third knockout round. In this round, the 2 teams will be seeded according to their performance and placements in the previous stage of the competition, with teams coming from the First Promotion stage being given a higher seed, and paired against a rival according to their seed: Team 1 vs. Team 2, playing a single match on neutral ground. The winner will be promoted to Primera B Nacional.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | A | Gimnasia y Tiro | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 55 | Qualified from First Stage |
| 2 | A | Chaco For Ever | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 47 | Qualified from First Stage |
Chaco For Ever is promoted to Primera B Nacional.