2011–12 Torneo Argentino A

XVII Torneo Argentino A

Season	2011–12
Champions	Douglas Haig (1st divisional title)
Promoted	Douglas Haig Crucero del Norte
Relegated	Unión (S) C.A.I. Huracán (TA)
Top goalscorer	Juan Manuel Aróstegui (24 goals)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Argentine Torneo Argentino A was the seventeenth season of third division professional football in Argentina. A total of 25 teams competed; the champion was promoted to Primera B Nacional.

Club information

Cipolletti

Douglas Haig

Rivadavia

C. A. I.

Unión (MdP)

Santamarina

Dep. Maipú

Juventud Unida
Universitario

T. Federal

Ctral. Córdoba (SdE)

Central Norte

J. Antoniana

Crucero del Norte

Gimnasia (CdU)

Huracán (TA)

Alumni

Sp. Belgrano

Talleres, Racing (C)

Libertad, Unión (S)

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Locations of the 2011−12 season teams

North Zone

Club	City	Stadium
Alumni	Villa María	Manuel Ocampo
Central Córdoba	Santiago del Estero	Alfredo Terrara
Central Norte	Salta	Dr. Luis Güemes
Crucero del Norte	Garupá	Andrés Guacurarí
Gimnasia y Tiro	Salta	Gigante del Norte
Juventud Antoniana	Salta	Fray Honorato Pistoia
Libertad	Sunchales	Hogar de Los Tigres
Racing	Córdoba	Miguel Sancho
San Martín (T)	San Miguel de Tucumán	La Ciudadela
Sportivo Belgrano	San Francisco	Oscar Boero
Talleres	Córdoba	La Boutique
Tiro Federal	Rosario	Fortín de Ludueña
Unión	Sunchales	La Fortaleza

South Zone

Club	City	Stadium
CAI	Comodoro Rivadavia	Estadio Municipal
Cipolletti	Cipolletti	La Visera de Cemento
Defensores de Belgrano	Villa Ramallo	Salomón Boeseldín
Deportivo Maipú	Maipú	Higinio Sperdutti
Douglas Haig	Pergamino	Miguel Morales
Gimnasia y Esgrima	Concepción del Uruguay	Manuel y Ramón Núñez
Huracán	Tres Arroyos	Roberto Lorenzo Bottino
Juventud Unida Universitario	San Luis	Mario Diez
Racing	Olavarría	José Buglione
Rivadavia	Lincoln	El Coliseo
Santamarina	Tandil	Municipal Gral. San Martín
Unión	Mar del Plata	(None) 1

¹ Play their home games at Estadio José María Minella.

Reválida Stage

Zone A

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Overall standings

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Zone B

|} CAI was ineligible for the Second Round, as it was involved in relegation.

Overall standings

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Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cipolletti	2–4	Libertad (S)	0–2	2–2
Gimnasia (CdU)	1–3	Central Norte	0–0	1–3
Gimnasia y Tiro	0–3	Rivadavia (L)	0–1	0–2
Juventud Antoniana	1–1	Juventud Unida Universitario	1–1	0–0

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Central Norte	3–1	Libertad (S)	2–0	1–1
Juventud Unida Universitario	3–1	Rivadavia (L)	0–1	3–0

Third Stage

The Third Stage includes the two teams qualified from the Second Stage of the Reválida, plus the six teams directly qualified to the Third Stage of the Reválida from the Second Stage of the regular season.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Central Norte	4–1	San Martín (T)	2–0	2–1
Juventud Unida Universitario	4–3	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	4–1	0–2
Central Córdoba (SdE)	3–3	Racing (O)	2–0	1–3
Racing (C)	3–1	Unión (MdP)	1–1	2–0

Fourth Stage

The Fourth Stage is played by the four winners of the Third Stage of the Reválida, plus the four teams that qualified directly to the Fourth Stage of the Reválida from the Second Stage of the regular season.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Racing (O)	3–5	Santamarina	1–3	2–2
Racing (C)	2–2	Talleres (C)	1–1	1–1
Juventud Unida Universitario	1–3	Crucero del Norte	0–1	1–2
Central Norte	4–4	Sportivo Belgrano	3–2	1–2

Fifth Stage

The Fifth Stage is played by the four winners of the Fourth Stage.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Talleres (C)	1–2	Crucero del Norte	0–0	1–2
Santamarina	0–4	Sportivo Belgrano	0–1	0–3

Sixth Stage

The Sixth Stage is played by the two winners of the Fifth Stage.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sportivo Belgrano	1–3	Crucero del Norte	1–3	0–0

Promotion/Relegation Playoff Torneo Argentino A-B Nacional

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Crucero del Norte	1–0	Guillermo Brown	0–0	1–0

• Crucero del Norte was promoted to 2012–13 Primera B Nacional by winning the playoff and Guillermo Brown was relegated to 2012–13 Torneo Argentino A

Promotion/Relegation Playoffs Torneo Argentino A-Torneo Argentino B

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Roca	3–3	Alumni (VM)	2–2	1–1
San Jorge (T)	3–2	CAI	0–1	3–1

• Alumni remained in the Torneo Argentino A by drawing the playoff.
• San Jorge (T) was promoted to 2012–13 Torneo Argentino A by winning the playoff and CAI was relegated to 2012–13 Torneo Argentino B

See also

• 2011–12 in Argentine football