# 2009–10 Torneo Argentino A

The 2009–10 Argentine Torneo Argentino A was the fifteenth season of third division professional football in Argentina. A total of 25 teams competed; the champion was promoted to Primera B Nacional.

## Club information
### Zone A

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Cipolletti | Cipolletti | La Visera de Cemento |
| Guillermo Brown | Puerto Madryn | Raul Conti |
| Huracán | Tres Arroyos | Roberto Lorenzo Bottino |
| Juventud | Pergamino | José Raymundi |
| Rivadavia | Lincoln | El Coliseo |
| Santamarina | Tandil | Municipal Gral. San Martín |
| Unión | Mar del Plata | (None) $^1$ |
| Villa Mitre | Bahía Blanca | El Fortín |
$^1$ Play their home games at Estadio José María Minella.

### Zone B

| Club | City | Stadium |
| 9 de Julio | Rafaela | El Coloso |
| Ben Hur | Rafaela | Parque Barrio Ilolay |
| Crucero del Norte | Garupá | Andrés Guacurarí |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima | Concepción del Uruguay | Manuel y Ramón Núñez |
| Libertad | Sunchales | Hogar de Los Tigres |
| Patronato | Paraná | Presbítero Bartolomé Grella |
| Sportivo Belgrano | San Francisco | Oscar Boero |
| Unión | Sunchales | La Fortaleza |

### Zone C

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Alumni | Villa María | Manuel Ocampo |
| Central Córdoba | Santiago del Estero | Alfredo Terrara |
| Deportivo Maipú | Maipú | Higinio Sperdutti |
| Desamparados | San Juan | El Serpentario |
| Estudiantes | Río Cuarto | Ciudad de Río Cuarto |
| Juventud Antoniana | Salta | Fray Honorato Pistoia |
| Juventud Unida Universitario | San Luis | Mario Diez |
| Racing | Córdoba | Miguel Sancho |
| Talleres | Córdoba | La Boutique |

## Torneo Apertura 2009
### First stage
#### Zone A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cipolletti | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 27 | Second Stage |
| 2 | Huracán (TA) | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 25 | Second Stage |
| 3 | Rivadavia (L) | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 23 | Second Stage |
| 4 | Santamarina | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 23 | |
| 5 | Unión (MdP) | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 23 | |
| 6 | Villa Mitre | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 19 | |
| 7 | Juventud (P) | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 15 | |
| 8 | Guillermo Brown | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 12 | |

#### Zone B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Crucero del Norte | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 35 | Second Stage |
| 2 | Unión (S) | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 32 | Second Stage |
| 3 | Patronato | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 26 | Second Stage |
| 4 | Libertad (S) | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 26 | Second Stage |
| 5 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 19 | |
| 6 | Sportivo Belgrano | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 19 | |
| 7 | 9 de Julio (R) | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 14 | |
| 8 | Ben Hur | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 9 | |

#### Zone C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Deportivo Maipú | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 30 | Second Stage |
| 2 | Juventud Antoniana | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 27 | Second Stage |
| 3 | Central Córdoba (SdE) | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 26 | Second Stage |
| 4 | Talleres (C) | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 25 | |
| 5 | Juventud Unida Universitario | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 24 | |
| 6 | Racing (C) | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 20 | |
| 7 | Desamparados | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 16 | |
| 8 | Estudiantes (RC) | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 13 | |
| 9 | Alumni (VM) | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 12 | |

### Second stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Unión (S) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Crucero del Norte | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Patronato | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Juventud Antoniana | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | Libertad (S) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cipolletti | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 8 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Huracán (TA) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Central Córdoba (SdE) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 | |
| 4 | Rivadavia (L) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | Deportivo Maipú | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 | |

## Torneo Clausura 2010
### First stage
#### Zone A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Patronato | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 32 | Second Stage |
| 2 | Santamarina | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 29 | Second Stage |
| 3 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 24 | Second Stage |
| 4 | 9 de Julio (R) | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 22 | |
| 5 | Rivadavia (L) | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 18 | |
| 6 | Unión (MdP) | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 16 | |
| 7 | Ben Hur | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 15 | |
| 8 | Juventud (P) | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 10 | |

#### Zone B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Talleres (C) | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 33 | Second Stage |
| 2 | Juventud Antoniana | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 25 | Second Stage |
| 3 | Crucero del Norte | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 24 | Second Stage |
| 4 | Unión (S) | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 24 | |
| 5 | Libertad (S) | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 23 | |
| 6 | Sportivo Belgrano | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 20 | |
| 7 | Racing (C) | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 18 | |
| 8 | Central Córdoba (SdE) | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 16 | |

#### Zone C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Huracán (TA) | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 28 | Second Stage |
| 2 | Guillermo Brown | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 28 | Second Stage |
| 3 | Estudiantes (RC) | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 27 | Second Stage |
| 4 | Desamparados | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 27 | Second Stage |
| 5 | Alumni (VM) | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 21 | |
| 6 | Cipolletti | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 21 | |
| 7 | Juventud Unida Universitario | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 15 | |
| 8 | Villa Mitre | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 14 | |
| 9 | Deportivo Maipú | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 12 | |

### Second stage
#### Pentagonal A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Santamarina | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 10 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Huracán (TA) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | |
| 3 | Talleres (C) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Desamparados | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
| 5 | Estudiantes (RC) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 | |

#### Pentagonal B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Patronato | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Guillermo Brown | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | |
| 3 | Crucero del Norte | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Juventud Antoniana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |

## Final stage
### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Cipolletti | 4–4 (2–3 p) | Patronato | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Santamarina | 4–4 (4–2 p) | Unión (S) | 2–1 | 2–3 |

### Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Patronato | 4–1 | Santamarina | 2–1 | 2–0 |

## Promotion/relegation playoff B Nacional-Torneo Argentino A

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| C.A.I. | 7–2 | Santamarina | 2–2 | 5–0 |
* C.A.I remained in the Primera B Nacional by winning the playoff.

## Relegation Matches

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 20 | Racing (C) | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 38 | |
| 21 | 9 de Julio (R) | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 36 | |
| 22 | Villa Mitre | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 33 | Torneo Argentino B relegation play-off |
| 23 | Alumni (VM) | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 33 | Torneo Argentino B relegation play-off |
| 24 | Juventud (P) | 32 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 25 | Torneo Argentino B |
| 25 | Ben Hur | 32 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 50 | −26 | 24 | Torneo Argentino B |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Relegation/promotion playoff 1 |||||
| La Emilia | 0–0 | Villa Mitre | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Relegation/promotion playoff 2 |||||
| Unión (VK) | 0–3 | Alumni (VM) | 0–0 | 0–3 |
* Alumni (VM) remained in the Torneo Argentino A by winning the playoff.
* Villa Mitre remained in the Torneo Argentino A by drawing the playoff.