2025 Primera Nacional

Primera Nacional
Season2025
Dates6 February – December 2025
Matches played484
Goals scored877 (1.81 per match)
Top goalscorerAlejandro Gagliardi (14 goals)
Biggest home winAll Boys 4–0 Racing (C)
(3 March)
Racing (C) 4–0 Ferro Carril Oeste
(27 April)
Dep. Morón 4–0 Def. Unidos
(3 May)
Chacarita Juniors 4–0 Central Norte
(18 May)
Gimnasia y Tiro 4–0 Colegiales
(18 May)
Atlanta 4–0 Arsenal
(6 July)
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 4–0 Colón
(3 August)
Biggest away winSan 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)
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 20 August 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]

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 will play against the other teams in their group twice: once at home and once away. However, since this season has two teams less than the previous one as no teams were relegated from Primera División, no interzonal matches between rival teams will be played, although rival sides were still paired together for the season draw and drawn into different zones. Both zone winners will play 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 will not be played this season, and instead four teams will be relegated to the third-tier leagues, those being the bottom two teams from each zone.[2]

Similar to previous seasons, 15 Primera Nacional teams will qualify for the 2026 Copa Argentina through league performance, those being the top seven teams of each zone plus the best eighth-placed one.[3]

Club information

Stadia and locations

Locations of the 2025 Primera Nacional teams outside Greater Buenos Aires.
Locations of the 2025 Primera Nacional teams within Greater Buenos Aires.
Club City Province Stadium Capacity
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
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 Kolbowsky 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 García 23,000
Colegiales Munro 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
Defensores Unidos Zárate Buenos Aires Mario Lossino 6,000
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
Estudiantes Río Cuarto Córdoba Antonio Candini 15,000
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 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 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
Talleres Remedios de Escalada Buenos Aires Pablo Comelli 16,000
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 Deportivo Madryn 27 12 11 4 38 24 +14 47 Advance to Final and qualification for Copa Argentina
2 Atlanta 27 11 11 5 25 18 +7 44 Advance to Torneo Reducido and qualification for Copa Argentina
3 San Miguel 27 11 10 6 28 22 +6 43
4 San Martín (T) 27 11 10 6 25 20 +5 43
5 Patronato 27 11 8 8 29 24 +5 41
6 Gimnasia y Tiro 27 10 10 7 23 15 +8 40
7 Tristán Suárez 27 9 13 5 24 19 +5 40
8 Deportivo Maipú 27 9 9 9 25 25 0 36 Advance to Torneo Reducido and possible qualification for Copa Argentina
9 Los Andes 27 9 8 10 25 24 +1 35
10 All Boys 27 7 12 8 22 22 0 33
11 Racing (C) 27 8 9 10 31 34 −3 33
12 Colegiales 27 9 6 12 17 22 −5 33
13 Almagro 27 7 10 10 20 24 −4 31
14 Quilmes 26 7 9 10 25 27 −2 30
15 Ferro Carril Oeste 27 7 9 11 16 27 −11 30
16 Güemes 27 5 13 9 23 29 −6 28
17 Alvarado 26 5 11 10 17 24 −7 26 Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana or Torneo Federal A
18 Arsenal 27 5 9 13 26 39 −13 24
Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2025. 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.[4]

Results

Home \ Away ALL ALM ALV ARS ATL CLG DEM DMA FCO GYT GÜE LAN PAT QUI RAC SMT SMI TRI
All Boys — 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 0–2
Almagro 1–0 — 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1
Alvarado 1–1 — 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–0
Arsenal 0–0 2–2 — 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 5–2
Atlanta 0–0 1–0 0–2 4–0 — 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–1
Colegiales 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 — 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0
Deportivo Madryn 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 — 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–0
Deportivo Maipú 3–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 — 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0
Ferro Carril Oeste 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 — 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–0
Gimnasia y Tiro 0–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 — 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1
Güemes 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 — 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1
Los Andes 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 — 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0
Patronato 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 — 3–2 0–1 2–1 2–0
Quilmes 3–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 — 3–0 1–2
Racing (C) 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 0–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 — 1–1 1–1
San Martín (T) 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 — 0–1 1–1
San Miguel 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 — 2–1
Tristán Suárez 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2025. 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 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 26 14 10 2 29 12 +17 52 Advance to Final and qualification for Copa Argentina
2 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 27 13 11 3 31 13 +18 50 Advance to Torneo Reducido and qualification for Copa Argentina
3 Chacarita Juniors 27 12 9 6 32 20 +12 45
4 Estudiantes (RC) 27 11 11 5 27 17 +10 44
5 Temperley 27 11 11 5 23 17 +6 44
6 Deportivo Morón 26 11 10 5 28 16 +12 43
7 Chaco For Ever 27 13 4 10 28 23 +5 43
8 Estudiantes (BA) 27 12 6 9 28 19 +9 42 Advance to Torneo Reducido and possible qualification for Copa Argentina
9 Agropecuario Argentino 27 10 8 9 31 31 0 38
10 San Telmo 27 8 11 8 25 29 −4 35
11 Defensores de Belgrano 27 8 10 9 22 22 0 34
12 Nueva Chicago 27 8 9 10 24 26 −2 33
13 Mitre (SdE) 27 8 8 11 19 22 −3 32
14 Central Norte 27 8 6 13 22 30 −8 30
15 Colón 27 8 3 16 20 33 −13 27
16 Almirante Brown 27 5 10 12 21 31 −10 25
17 Talleres (RdE) 27 4 5 18 13 32 −19 17 Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana or Torneo Federal A
18 Defensores Unidos 27 2 10 15 15 45 −30 16
Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2025. 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.[4]

Results

Home \ Away AGA CAB CEN CHA CFE COL DBE DUN DMO EBA ERC GEJ GEM MIT NCH STE TAL TEM
Agropecuario Argentino — 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0
Almirante Brown 0–0 — 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0
Central Norte 2–1 — 0–1 3–4 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0
Chacarita Juniors 3–0 4–0 — 0–3 3–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–3 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0
Chaco For Ever 2–1 1–0 — 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0
Colón 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 — 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0
Defensores de Belgrano 1–1 1–1 1–0 — 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–0
Defensores Unidos 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 — 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–0
Deportivo Morón 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 — 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–0
Estudiantes (BA) 2–1 5–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 — 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0
Estudiantes (RC) 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 — 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 1–0 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 — 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 — 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1
Mitre (SdE) 3–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 — 0–1 2–2
Nueva Chicago 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 — 0–2 2–0 0–1
San Telmo 3–3 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 — 1–0 0–3
Talleres (RdE) 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 — 0–0
Temperley 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2025. Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Copa Argentina qualification

Fifteen Primera Nacional teams will qualify for the round of 32 of the 2026 Copa Argentina, which will be the top seven teams of each zone and the best eighth-placed team at the end of the season, which will be selected according to points, goal difference, goals scored, and a drawing of lots if needed.

Ranking of eighth-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B Estudiantes (BA) 27 12 6 9 28 19 +9 42 Qualification for Copa Argentina
2 A Deportivo Maipú 27 9 9 9 25 25 0 36
Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2025. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots.

Season statistics

As of 20 August 2025

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[5]
1 Argentina Alejandro Gagliardi Agropecuario Argentino 14
2 Argentina Alan Bonansea Patronato 11
3 Argentina Germán Rivero Deportivo Madryn 8
Argentina Mateo Acosta Estudiantes (BA)
Argentina Pablo Chavarría Racing (C)
6 Argentina Ignacio Sabatini Arsenal 7
Argentina Matías Romero Chaco For Ever
Argentina Emmanuel Gigliotti Colón
Argentina Facundo Pons Defensores de Belgrano
Argentina Ivo Constantino Deportivo Morón
Argentina Alejandro Quintana Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)
Argentina Cristian Menéndez Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)
Argentina Brian Ferreyra Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)
Argentina Facundo Lencioni Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)
Argentina Ignacio Rodríguez Nueva Chicago
Argentina Iván Maggi Nueva Chicago
Argentina Federico Castro Patronato
Argentina Martín Pino San Martín (T)
Argentina Sebastián Cocimano San Telmo

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
  5. ^ "Estadísticas Primera B Nacional". AFA.
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