2012–13 Torneo Argentino A

XVIII Torneo Argentino A

Season	2012–13
Champions	Talleres (C) (1st divisional title)
Promoted	Talleres (C) Sportivo Belgrano
Relegated	Racing (C) Alumni (VM) Desamparados
Top goalscorer	Gonzalo Klusener (25 goals)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Argentine Torneo Argentino A was the eighteenth 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

Unión (MdP)

Santamarina

Dep. Maipú

Juventud Unida
Universitario

T. Federal

Ctral. Córdoba (SdE)

Central Norte

J. Antoniana

Crucero del Norte

Gimnasia (CdU)

Alumni

Sp. Belgrano

Talleres, Racing (C)

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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
Gimnasia y Tiro	Salta	Gigante del Norte
Guaraní Antonio Franco	Posadas	Clemente F. de Oliveira
Juventud Antoniana	Salta	Fray Honorato Pistoia
Libertad	Sunchales	Hogar de Los Tigres
Racing	Córdoba	Miguel Sancho
San Jorge	San Miguel de Tucumán	Senador Luis Cruz
San Martín	San Miguel de Tucumán	La Ciudadela
Sportivo Belgrano	San Francisco	Oscar Boero
Talleres	Córdoba	La Boutique
Tiro Federal	Rosario	Fortín de Ludueña

South Zone

Club	City	Stadium
Alvarado	Mar del Plata	(None) 1
Cipolletti	Cipolletti	La Visera de Cemento
Defensores de Belgrano	Villa Ramallo	Salomón Boeseldín
Deportivo Maipú	Maipú	Higinio Sperdutti
Desamparados	San Juan	El Serpentario
Gimnasia y Esgrima	Concepción del Uruguay	Manuel y Ramón Núñez
Guillermo Brown	Puerto Madryn	Raul Conti
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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Racing (C) was ineligible for the Second Round, as it was involved in relegation.

Overall standings

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Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Racing (C)	0–0 (4–5 p)	Alumni (VM)

Zone B

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Torneo Argentino B relegation play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Alumni (VM)	1–2	Guillermo Brown

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Central Córdoba (SdE)	3–4	Libertad (S)	1–2	2–2
Guaraní Antonio Franco	4–1	Tiro Federal	0–1	4–0
Alvarado	4–1	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	0–1	4–0
Unión (MdP)	3–5	Rivadavia (L)	2–1	1–4

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guaraní Antonio Franco	2–3	Libertad (S)	0–3	2–0
Alvarado	1–3	Rivadavia (L)	0–2	1–1

Third Stage

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
San Martín (T)	2 –2	Libertad (S)	1–1	1–1
Gimnasia y Tiro	4–1	Rivadavia (L)	1–0	3–1
Racing (O)	2–2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	1–1	1–1
Juventud Unida Universitario	1–2	Juventud Antoniana	0–2	1–0

Fourth Stage

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sportivo Belgrano	5 –2	Juventud Antoniana	1–1	4–1
Santamarina	3–2	Racing (O)	0–1	3–1
Deportivo Maipú	3–3	Gimnasia y Tiro	1–3	2–0
San Jorge (T)	3–6	San Martín (T)	2–3	1–3

Fifth Stage

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sportivo Belgrano	4–2	San Martín (T)	2–0	2–2
Santamarina	4–3	Deportivo Maipú	0–2	4–1

Sixth Stage

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sportivo Belgrano	1–1	Santamarina	0–0	1–1

See also

• 2012–13 in Argentine football