2017–18 Torneo Federal A

V Torneo Federal A
Season	2017–18
Champions	Central Córdoba (SdE); (1st divisional title)
Promoted	Central Córdoba (SdE); Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)
Relegated	Deportivo Mandiyú; Guaraní Antonio Franco; Gutiérrez SC; Libertad (S); Rivadavia (L); Sportivo Patria; Unión (VK); Unión Aconquija
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,224 (2.22 per match)
Biggest home win	Rivadavia (L) 6-0 Deportivo Madryn (October 29)
Biggest away win	Libertad (S) 2-6 Central Córdoba (SdE) (October 8)
Highest scoring	Libertad (S) 2-6 Central Córdoba (SdE) (October 8); Gimnasia y Tiro 3-5 Central Córdoba (SdE) (February 11)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of May 27, 2018.

The 2017–18 Argentine Torneo Federal A, was the 5th season of the 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 champion was promoted to Primera B Nacional. 39 teams are competing in the league, 31 returning from the 2016–17 season, 4 teams that were relegated from Primera B Nacional and 4 teams promoted from Federal B. The regular season began on September 17, 2017 and ended in May 2018.

Format

First stage

The teams were divided into three zones with ten teams and one zone with nine teams (a total of 39 teams) in each zone and it was played in a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams two times. The teams placed 1º to 4º from each zone qualified for the Second Stage. The remaining twenty three teams qualify for the Revalida Stage.^[1]

Championship stages

Second stage

The teams were divided into two zones with eight teams each and it was played in a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams one time. The teams placed 1º and 2º and the best 3º team from the two zones qualified for the Third Stage or Pentagonal Final. The remaining team placed 3º qualify for the Third Phase of the Revalida Stage. The other ten teams qualify for the Second Phase of the Revalida Stage.

Third stage

The five teams that qualified for the third stage or Pentagonal Final play in a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams one time. The winner was declared champion and automatically promoted to the Primera B Nacional. The other four teams qualify for the Fourth Phase of the Revalida Stage.^[1]

Revalida Stages

The Revalida Stage is divided in several phases: First, the twenty three teams that did not qualify for the Championship Stages were divided into the same four zones of the First Stage and it was played in a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams two times. The team placed 1º of each zone qualified for the Second Phase. The second phase is played between the four teams that qualified from the First Phase and the ten teams that qualified from the Second Stage of the Championship Stage. The seven winners qualify for the Third Phase.

The Third Phase is played between the seven teams that qualified from the Second Phase and the team that qualified from the Second Stage of the Championship Stage. The four winners qualify for the Fourth Phase.

The Fourth Phase is played between the four teams that qualified from the Third Phase and the four teams that qualified from the Third Stage of the Championship Stage. The four winners qualify for the Fifth Phase. The Fifth and Sixth Phase is played between the remaining teams and aims to get the Second promotion to the Primera B Nacional.

Relegation

After the First Phase of the Revalida Stage a table was drawn up with the average of points obtained in the First Stage and the First Phase of the Revalida Stage. It is determined by dividing the points by the number of games played and the bottom team of each four zones was relegated to the Torneo Federal B. Also, another table was drawn up with the remaining teams that played the Revalida Stage and the bottom four teams were relegated to the Torneo Federal B. Giving a total of eight teams relegated.^[1]

Club information

Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)

Central Córdoba (SdE)

Locations of the 2017-18 season teams.

Blue: Zone A;

Yellow: Zone B;

Green: Zone C;

Red: Zone D.

Zone A

Team	City	Stadium
Alvarado	Mar del Plata	(None) ¹
Cipolletti	Cipolletti	La Visera de Cemento
Deportivo Madryn	Puerto Madryn	Coliseo del Golfo
Deportivo Roca	General Roca	Luis Maiolino
Ferro Carril Oeste	General Pico	El Coloso del Barrio Talleres
Independiente	Neuquén	José Rosas y Perito Moreno
Rivadavia	Lincoln	El Coliseo
Sansinena	General Cerri	Luis Molina
Villa Mitre	Bahía Blanca	El Fortín

¹ Play their home games at Estadio José María Minella.

Zone B

Team	City	Stadium
Deportivo Maipú	Maipú	Higinio Sperdutti
Desamparados	San Juan	El Serpentario
Estudiantes	Río Cuarto	Ciudad de Río Cuarto
Gimnasia y Esgrima	Mendoza	Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie
Gutiérrez	General Gutiérrez	General Gutiérrez
Huracán Las Heras	Las Heras	General San Martín
Juventud Unida Universitario	San Luis	Mario Diez
San Lorenzo	Catamarca	Malvinas Argentinas
Unión	Villa Krause	12 de Octubre
Unión Aconquija	Aconquija	Municipal de Aconquija

Zone C

Team	City	Stadium
Atlético Paraná	Paraná	Pedro Mutio
Central Córdoba	Santiago del Estero	Alfredo Terrera
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
Libertad	Sunchales	Hogar de Los Tigres
Sportivo Belgrano	San Francisco	Oscar Boero
Sportivo Las Parejas	Las Parejas	Fortaleza del Lobo
Unión	Sunchales	La Fortaleza

Zone D

Team	City	Stadium
Altos Hornos Zapla	Palpalá	Emilio Fabrizzi
Chaco For Ever	Resistencia	Juan Alberto García
Crucero del Norte	Garupá	Andrés Guacurarí
Deportivo Mandiyú	Corrientes	(None) ¹
Gimnasia y Tiro	Salta	Gigante del Norte
Guaraní Antonio Franco	Posadas	Clemente F. de Oliveira
Juventud Antoniana	Salta	Fray Honorato Pistoia
San Jorge	San Miguel de Tucumán	Senador Luis Cruz
Sarmiento	Resistencia	Centenario
Sportivo Patria	Formosa	Antonio Romero

¹ Play their home games at Estadio José Antonio Romero Feris.

First stage

Zone A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alvarado	16	8	5	3	23	11	+12	29	Advance to Championship Stages and 2017–18 Copa Argentina
2	Villa Mitre	16	6	8	2	16	11	+5	26
3	Deportivo Roca	16	7	3	6	23	21	+2	24
4	Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	16	6	5	5	18	17	+1	23^[a]
5	Cipolletti	16	6	5	5	18	16	+2	23^[a]	Advance to Reválida Stage and 2017–18 Copa Argentina
6	Independiente (N)	16	5	4	7	13	21	−8	19
7	Rivadavia (L)	16	4	5	7	19	16	+3	17
8	Sansinena	16	3	7	6	12	16	−4	16^[b]
9	Deportivo Madryn	16	4	4	8	11	24	−13	16^[b]	Advance to Reválida Stage

Updated to match(es) played on December 11, 2017. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals; 6) goal difference; 7) goals scored; 8) away goals scored; 9) draw of lots.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) ahead of Cipoletti on head-to-head points: Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)–Cipolletti 2–1, Cipolletti–Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) 1–1.
^ ^a ^b Sansinena ahead of Deportivo Madryn on head-to-head goal difference: Sansinena–Deportivo Madryn 3–0, Deportivo Madryn–Sansinena 2–1.

Results

Home \ Away	ALV	CIP	DMA	DRO	FCO	INE	RIV	SAN	VMI
Alvarado		2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1
Cipolletti	1–0		2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–2
Deportivo Madryn	1–2	1–0		2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0
Deportivo Roca	1–1	3–1	1–0		2–3	4–0	2–1	0–0	2–2
Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	0–0	2–1	4–1	1–2		2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1
Independiente (N)	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	4–2		0–1	0–0	0–0
Rivadavia (L)	0–1	0–1	6–0	1–0	4–0	1–2		2–2	1–1
Sansinena	0–2	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–0		1–1
Villa Mitre	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	18	11	7	0	28	9	+19	40	Advance to Championship Stages and 2017–18 Copa Argentina
2	Estudiantes (RC)	18	10	3	5	27	13	+14	33
3	Desamparados	18	8	4	6	19	11	+8	28
4	Juventud Unida Universitario	18	6	8	4	17	16	+1	26^[a]
5	Deportivo Maipú	18	7	5	6	23	22	+1	26^[a]	Advance to Reválida Stage and 2017–18 Copa Argentina
6	Huracán Las Heras	18	4	10	4	14	18	−4	22
7	San Lorenzo	18	5	5	8	12	18	−6	20
8	Unión (VK)	18	4	5	9	15	25	−10	17
9	Unión Aconquija	18	1	10	7	7	20	−13	13^[b]	Advance to Reválida Stage
10	Gutiérrez SC	18	2	7	9	14	24	−10	13^[b]	Advance to Reválida Stage

Updated to match(es) played on December 11, 2017. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals; 6) goal difference; 7) goals scored; 8) away goals scored; 9) draw of lots.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Juventud Unida Universitario ahead of Deportivo Maipú on head-to-head away goals: Juventud Unida Universitario–Deportivo Maipú 0–0, Deportivo Maipú–Juventud Unida Universitario 1–1.
^ ^a ^b Unión Aconquija ahead of Gutiérrez SC on head-to-head away goals: Unión Aconquija–Gutiérrez SC 0–0, Gutiérrez SC–Unión Aconquija 1–1.

Results

Home \ Away	DEM	DES	EST	GEM	GSC	HLH	JUU	SLA	UVK	UAC
Deportivo Maipú		2–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–1
Desamparados	1–2		1–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–0
Estudiantes (RC)	2–0	0–2		1–1	4–1	4–0	1–0	5–1	0–0	1–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	2–0	1–0	1–0		0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	5–0
Gutiérrez	2–3	1–2	2–2	0–1		0–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1
Huracán Las Heras	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–1		1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0
Juventud Unida Universitario	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–2		0–0	2–1	0–0
San Lorenzo	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–1		0–0	2–2
Unión (VK)	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0		0–0
Unión Aconquija	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Central Córdoba (SdE)	18	9	6	3	35	19	+16	33	Advance to Championship Stages and 2017–18 Copa Argentina
2	Sportivo Belgrano	18	7	6	5	27	23	+4	27
3	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	18	6	8	4	23	16	+7	26^[a]
4	Unión (S)	18	6	8	4	20	19	+1	26^[a]
5	Douglas Haig	18	7	5	6	26	28	−2	26^[a]	Advance to Reválida Stage and 2017–18 Copa Argentina
6	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	18	7	4	7	29	24	+5	25
7	Sportivo Las Parejas	18	5	8	5	17	19	−2	23
8	Defensores (P)	18	4	10	4	20	25	−5	22
9	Atlético Paraná	18	3	7	8	13	20	−7	16	Advance to Reválida Stage
10	Libertad (S)	18	4	2	12	19	36	−17	14	Advance to Reválida Stage

Updated to match(es) played on December 11, 2017. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals; 6) goal difference; 7) goals scored; 8) away goals scored; 9) draw of lots.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head: Defensores de Belgrano (VR) 12 points, +12 goal difference; Unión (S) 3 points, -5 goal difference; Douglas Haig 3 points, -7 goal difference.

Results

Home \ Away	APA	CCO	DPR	DEF	DOU	GYE	LIB	SPB	SLP	UNS
Atlético Paraná		1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1
Central Córdoba (SdE)	1–0		1–1	4–1	2–1	4–1	6–1	0–1	1–0	1–2
Defensores (P)	1–0	2–2		1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	5–2	0–0	2–2
Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	2–0	0–0	1–1		5–0	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	3–0
Douglas Haig	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–2		1–0	2–1	4–1	2–2	3–1
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	4–3		3–1	3–1	2–0	1–1
Libertad (S)	0–1	2–6	4–0	3–1	1–2	2–1		1–1	1–3	1–0
Sportivo Belgrano	3–2	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–0		4–0	0–0
Sportivo Las Parejas	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0		2–2
Unión (S)	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sarmiento (R)	18	10	7	1	25	13	+12	37	Advance to Championship Stages and 2017–18 Copa Argentina
2	Chaco For Ever	18	8	7	3	18	10	+8	31
3	Gimnasia y Tiro	18	7	8	3	22	17	+5	29
4	Crucero del Norte	18	7	7	4	25	16	+9	28
5	Altos Hornos Zapla	18	7	6	5	14	17	−3	27	Advance to Reválida Stage and 2017–18 Copa Argentina
6	Juventud Antoniana	18	5	9	4	14	15	−1	24
7	San Jorge (T)	18	5	5	8	15	17	−2	20
8	Sportivo Patria	18	4	4	10	21	29	−8	16
9	Deportivo Mandiyú	18	3	6	9	14	23	−9	15	Advance to Reválida Stage
10	Guaraní Antonio Franco	18	3	3	12	17	28	−11	12	Advance to Reválida Stage

Updated to match(es) played on December 7, 2017. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals; 6) goal difference; 7) goals scored; 8) away goals scored; 9) draw of lots.

Results

Home \ Away	AHZ	CFE	CRU	DEP	GYT	GAF	JUA	SJT	SAR	SPP
Altos Hornos Zapla		1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–0
Chaco For Ever	3–0		1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0
Crucero del Norte	5–1	2–0		0–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–3	4–2
Deportivo Mandiyú	1–2	1–0	0–0		1–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–1
Gimnasia y Tiro	0–0	1–3	4–2	0–0		1–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–0
Guaraní Antonio Franco	0–1	1–2	0–1	4–1	1–3		2–3	2–0	0–0	2–2
Juventud Antoniana	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0		1–0	0–1	1–0
San Jorge (T)	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1		0–1	1–0
Sarmiento (R)	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1		4–2
Sportivo Patria	2–0	0–1	0–2	4–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–3	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship stages

Second stage

Zone A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Estudiantes (RC)	7	5	0	2	13	6	+7	15	Advance to Third Stage
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	7	4	2	1	11	6	+5	14
3	Juventud Unida Universitario	7	4	1	2	9	7	+2	13
4	Alvarado	7	3	1	3	8	8	0	10	Advance to Second Phase of Reválida Stage
5	Deportivo Roca	7	3	0	4	12	14	−2	9
6	Desamparados	7	2	2	3	4	6	−2	8
7	Villa Mitre	7	1	2	4	6	10	−4	5^[a]
8	Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	7	1	2	4	5	11	−6	5^[a]

Updated to match(es) played on March 19, 2018. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) draw of lots.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Villa Mitre ahead of Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) on goal difference: Villa Mitre -4 goal difference; Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) -6 goal difference

Results

Home \ Away	ALV	DRO	DES	EST	FCO	GEM	JUU	VMI
Alvarado			0–0		3–1	1–2		1–0
Deportivo Roca	4–2				4–1	0–2
Desamparados		1–0		0–1			0–1
Estudiantes (RC)	1–0	6–1					4–2	1–0
Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)			0–1	1–0			1–1
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)			1–1	2–0	1–0			2–2
Juventud Unida Universitario	0–1	2–0				2–1
Villa Mitre		0–3	3–1		1–1		0–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Central Córdoba (SdE)	7	4	2	1	10	5	+5	14	Advance to Third Stage
2	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	7	4	1	2	11	5	+6	13	Advance to Third Stage
3	Unión (S)	7	3	1	3	9	8	+1	10^[a]	Advance to Third Phase of Reválida Stage
4	Sportivo Belgrano	7	3	1	3	8	7	+1	10^[a]	Advance to Second Phase of Reválida Stage
5	Crucero del Norte	7	3	1	3	7	6	+1	10^[a]
6	Sarmiento (R)	7	2	3	2	5	9	−4	9
7	Chaco For Ever	7	2	0	5	5	8	−3	6^[b]
8	Gimnasia y Tiro	7	1	3	3	7	14	−7	6^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on March 19, 2018. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) draw of lots.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Goals scored: Unión (S) 9 goals; Sportivo Belgrano 8 goals; Crucero del Norte 7 goals.
^ ^a ^b Chaco For Ever ahead of Gimnasia y Tiro on goal difference: Chaco For Ever -3 goal difference; Gimnasia y Tiro -7 goal difference.

Results

Home \ Away	CCO	CFE	CRU	DEF	GYT	SAR	SPB	UNS
Central Córdoba (SdE)		1–0	2–1				2–0	0–0
Chaco For Ever			1–0	0–1	1–2			3–0
Crucero del Norte				2–1			1–0	3–1
Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	1–0				5–0	2–2
Gimnasia y Tiro	3–5		0–0			1–1
Sarmiento (R)	0–0	1–0	1–0					0–2
Sportivo Belgrano		3–0		1–0	0–0	4–0
Unión (S)				0–1	2–1		4–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Juventud Unida Universitario	7	4	1	2	9	7	+2	13	Advance to Third Stage
2	B	Unión (S)	7	3	1	3	9	8	+1	10	Advance to Third Phase of Reválida Stage

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goal scored; 4) draw of lots.

Third stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Central Córdoba (SdE) (C, P)	4	3	1	0	8	3	+5	10	Promoted to Primera B Nacional
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7	Advance to Fourth Phase of Reválida Stage
3	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	4	1	1	2	3	3	0	4
4	Juventud Unida Universitario	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4
5	Estudiantes (RC)	4	1	0	3	2	6	−4	3

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) draw of lots.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	EST	GEM	CCO	DEF	JUU
Estudiantes (RC)		2–1	0–2
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)			1–1		4–2
Central Córdoba (SdE)				2–1	3–1
Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	2–0	0–1
Juventud Unida Universitario	1–0			0–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Reválida Stage

First phase

Zone A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo Madryn	8	5	2	1	10	5	+5	17	Advance to Second Phase of Reválida Stage
2	Sansinena	8	4	2	2	9	7	+2	14
3	Independiente (N)	8	2	3	3	7	12	−5	9
4	Rivadavia (L)	8	2	2	4	9	11	−2	8
5	Cipolletti	8	2	1	5	9	9	0	7

Updated to match(es) played on March 26, 2018. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals; 6) goal difference; 7) goals scored; 8) away goals scored; 9) draw of lots.

Results

Home \ Away	CIP	DMA	INE	RIV	SAN
Cipolletti		0–1	0–1	3–0	0–1
Deportivo Madryn	2–1		1–1	0–0	1–0
Independiente (N)	0–3	1–2		3–1	1–1
Rivadavia (L)	1–1	0–2	4–0		0–2
Sansinena	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–3

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Huracán Las Heras	10	5	4	1	15	7	+8	19	Advance to Second Phase of Reválida Stage
2	Unión (VK)	10	4	3	3	9	8	+1	15
3	San Lorenzo	10	3	4	3	10	13	−3	13^[a]
4	Deportivo Maipú	10	2	7	1	15	14	+1	13^[a]
5	Unión Aconquija	10	2	4	4	9	13	−4	10
6	Gutiérrez SC	10	2	2	6	11	14	−3	8

Updated to match(es) played on March 26, 2018. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals; 6) goal difference; 7) goals scored; 8) away goals scored; 9) draw of lots.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b San Lorenzo ahead of Deportivo Maipú on head-to-head away goals: San Lorenzo–Deportivo Maipú 1–1, Deportivo Maipú–San Lorenzo 2–2.

Results

Home \ Away	DEM	GSC	HLH	SLA	UVK	UAC
Deportivo Maipú		1–1	2–2	2–2	3–2	2–2
Gutiérrez SC	0–2		0–1	4–1	0–1	3–4
Huracán Las Heras	2–0	1–1		3–0	0–0	3–0
San Lorenzo	1–1	1–0	3–1		1–1	0–0
Unión (VK)	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–0		1–0
Unión Aconquija	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Paraná	10	5	3	2	15	9	+6	18	Advance to Second Phase of Reválida Stage
2	Sportivo Las Parejas	10	5	2	3	13	8	+5	17
3	Defensores (P)	10	3	4	3	12	12	0	13
4	Douglas Haig	10	2	6	2	15	19	−4	12
5	Libertad (S)	10	2	4	4	13	16	−3	10
6	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	10	2	3	5	12	16	−4	9

Updated to match(es) played on March 26, 2018. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals; 6) goal difference; 7) goals scored; 8) away goals scored; 9) draw of lots.

Results

Home \ Away	APA	DPR	DOU	GYE	LIB	SLP
Atlético Paraná		1–0	5–1	1–0	2–0	1–1
Defensores (P)	0–0		4–1	2–2	2–1	1–0
Douglas Haig	1–1	1–1		4–2	2–2	1–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	1–3	3–0	0–0		2–2	1–0
Libertad (S)	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1		0–1
Sportivo Las Parejas	3–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Jorge (T)	10	5	4	1	14	9	+5	19	Advance to Second Phase of Reválida Stage
2	Sportivo Patria	10	3	5	2	18	14	+4	14^[a]
3	Deportivo Mandiyú	10	3	5	2	10	10	0	14^[a]
4	Juventud Antoniana	10	3	3	4	12	12	0	12
5	Altos Hornos Zapla	10	1	6	3	8	11	−3	9
6	Guaraní Antonio Franco	10	1	5	4	10	16	−6	8

Updated to match(es) played on March 26, 2018. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals; 6) goal difference; 7) goals scored; 8) away goals scored; 9) draw of lots.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Sportivo Patria ahead of Deportivo Mandiyú on head-to-head points: Sportivo Patria–Deportivo Mandiyú 5–1, Deportivo Mandiyú–Sportivo Patria 1–1.

Results

Home \ Away	AHZ	DEP	GAF	JUA	SJT	SPP
Altos Hornos Zapla		0–0	2–3	2–2	0–1	2–1
Deportivo Mandiyú	0–0		0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1
Guaraní Antonio Franco	0–0	2–4		1–4	2–3	0–0
Juventud Antoniana	1–1	0–2	1–0		1–2	1–2
San Jorge (T)	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0		2–3
Sportivo Patria	1–1	5–1	2–2	1–2	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sportivo Belgrano	7	3	1	3	8	7	+1	10	Qualified from Second Stage
2	Alvarado	7	3	1	3	8	8	0	10
3	Crucero del Norte	7	3	1	3	7	6	+1	10
4	Deportivo Roca	7	3	0	4	12	14	−2	9
5	Sarmiento (R)	7	2	3	2	5	9	−4	9
6	Desamparados	7	2	2	3	4	6	−2	8
7	Chaco For Ever	7	2	0	5	5	8	−3	6
8	Villa Mitre	7	1	2	4	6	10	−4	5
9	Gimnasia y Tiro	7	1	3	3	7	14	−7	6
10	Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	7	1	2	4	5	11	−6	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team	Reválida Stage Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Goal Difference	Qualification
11	Deportivo Madryn	17	8	2.125	+1	Qualified from First Phase of Reválida Stage
12	Huracán Las Heras	19	10	1.9	+8
13	San Jorge (T)	19	10	1.9	+5
14	Atlético Paraná	18	10	1.8	+6

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sportivo Belgrano	5–3	Atlético Paraná	1–1	4–2
Alvarado	1–1 (4–2 p)	San Jorge (T)	1–1	0–0
Crucero del Norte	2–1	Huracán Las Heras	0–1	2–0
Deportivo Roca	1–2	Deportivo Madryn	0–1	1–1
Sarmiento (R)	2–0	Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	2–0	0–0
Desamparados	1–1 (3–4 p)	Gimnasia y Tiro	0–1	1–0
Chaco For Ever	2–0	Villa Mitre	0–0	2–0

Third phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Unión (S)	7	3	1	3	9	8	+1	10	Qualified from Second Stage
2	Sportivo Belgrano	7	3	1	3	8	7	+1	10
3	Alvarado	7	3	1	3	8	8	0	10
4	Crucero del Norte	7	3	1	3	7	6	+1	10
5	Sarmiento (R)	7	2	3	2	5	9	−4	9
6	Chaco For Ever	7	2	0	5	5	8	−3	6
7	Gimnasia y Tiro	7	1	3	3	7	14	−7	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team	Reválida Stage Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Goal Difference	Qualification
8	Deportivo Madryn	17	8	2.125	+1	Qualified from First Phase of Reválida Stage

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Unión (S)	1–3	Deportivo Madryn	0–2	1–1
Sportivo Belgrano	3–3 (4–2 p)	Gimnasia y Tiro	1–2	2–1
Alvarado	4–3	Chaco For Ever	1–2	3–1
Crucero del Norte	1–0	Sarmiento (R)	1–0	0–0

Fourth to Sixth phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	11	6	3	2	18	11	+7	21	Qualified from Third Stage
2	Estudiantes (RC)	11	6	0	5	15	12	+3	18
3	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	11	5	2	4	14	8	+6	17
4	Juventud Unida Universitario	11	5	2	4	13	14	−1	17
5	Sportivo Belgrano	7	3	1	3	8	7	+1	10	Qualified from Second Stage
6	Alvarado	7	3	1	3	8	8	0	10
7	Crucero del Norte	7	3	1	3	7	6	+1	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team	Reválida Stage Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Goal Difference	Qualification
8	Deportivo Madryn	17	8	2.125	+1	Qualified from First Phase of Reválida Stage

Fourth phase

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	5–4	Deportivo Madryn	2–4	3–0
Estudiantes (RC)	0–0 (5–3 p)	Crucero del Norte	0–0	0–0
Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	0–0 (4–3 p)	Alvarado	0–0	0–0
Juventud Unida Universitario	3–4	Sportivo Belgrano	2–2	1–2

Fifth phase

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	2–0	Sportivo Belgrano	1–0	1–0
Estudiantes (RC)	2–2 (3–4 p)	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	1–1	1–1

Sixth phase

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	1–0	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	0–0	1–0

Relegation

Zone A

Pos	Team	First Stage Pts	Reválida Stage Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Deportivo Madryn	16	17	33	24	1.375
2	Cipolletti	23	7	30	24	1.25
3	Sansinena	16	14	30	24	1.25
4	Independiente (N)	19	9	28	24	1.167
5	Rivadavia (L)	17	8	25	24	1.042	Torneo Federal B

Zone B

Pos	Team	First Stage Pts	Reválida Stage Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Huracán Las Heras	22	19	41	28	1.464
2	Deportivo Maipú	26	13	39	28	1.393
3	San Lorenzo	20	13	33	28	1.179
4	Unión (VK)	17	15	32	28	1.143
5	Unión Aconquija	13	10	23	28	0.821
6	Gutiérrez SC	13	8	21	28	0.75	Torneo Federal B

Zone C

Pos	Team	First Stage Pts	Reválida Stage Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Sportivo Las Parejas	23	17	40	28	1.429
2	Douglas Haig	26	12	38	28	1.357
3	Defensores (P)	22	13	35	28	1.25
4	Atlético Paraná	16	18	34	28	1.214
5	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	25	9	34	28	1.214
6	Libertad (S)	14	10	24	28	0.857	Torneo Federal B

Zone D

Pos	Team	First Stage Pts	Reválida Stage Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	San Jorge (T)	20	19	39	28	1.393
2	Juventud Antoniana	24	12	36	28	1.286
3	Altos Hornos Zapla	24	12	36	28	1.286
4	Sportivo Patria	16	14	30	28	1.071
5	Deportivo Mandiyú	15	14	29	28	1.036
6	Guaraní Antonio Franco	12	8	20	28	0.714	Torneo Federal B

General table

Pos	Team	First Stage Pts	Reválida Stage Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Huracán Las Heras	22	19	41	28	1.464
2	Sportivo Las Parejas	23	17	40	28	1.429
3	Deportivo Maipú	26	13	39	28	1.393
4	San Jorge (T)	20	19	39	28	1.393
5	Deportivo Madryn	16	17	33	24	1.375
6	Douglas Haig	26	12	38	28	1.357
7	Juventud Antoniana	24	12	36	28	1.286
8	Altos Hornos Zapla	24	12	36	28	1.286
9	Cipolletti	23	7	30	24	1.25
10	Sansinena	16	14	30	24	1.25
11	Defensores (P)	22	13	35	28	1.25
12	Atlético Paraná	16	18	34	28	1.214
13	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	25	9	34	28	1.214
14	San Lorenzo	20	13	33	28	1.179
15	Independiente (N)	19	9	28	24	1.167
16	Unión (VK)	17	15	32	28	1.143	Torneo Federal B
17	Sportivo Patria	16	14	30	28	1.071
18	Deportivo Mandiyú	15	14	29	28	1.036
19	Unión Aconquija	13	10	23	28	0.821

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of May 21, 2018

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Pablo Palacios Alvarenga	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	21
1	Luis Silba	Sarmiento (R)	16
3	Diego Jara	Central Córdoba (SdE)	13
4	Cristian Campozano	Sportivo Patria	12

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Torneo Federal A 2017–18 - Forma de disputa" (in Spanish).
^ "Top Scorers Torneo Federal A 2017-18". AFA.

External links

Sitio Oficial de AFA (in Spanish)
Ascenso del Interior (in Spanish)
Solo Ascenso (in Spanish)
Mundo Ascenso (in Spanish)
Promiedos (in Spanish)

[table_hth_FCO0.6894961226217-2] Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) ahead of Cipoletti on head-to-head points: Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)–Cipolletti 2–1, Cipolletti–Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) 1–1.

[table_hth_SAN0.6894961226217-3] Sansinena ahead of Deportivo Madryn on head-to-head goal difference: Sansinena–Deportivo Madryn 3–0, Deportivo Madryn–Sansinena 2–1.

[table_hth_JUU0.17520883734115-4] Juventud Unida Universitario ahead of Deportivo Maipú on head-to-head away goals: Juventud Unida Universitario–Deportivo Maipú 0–0, Deportivo Maipú–Juventud Unida Universitario 1–1.

[table_hth_UAC0.17520883734115-5] Unión Aconquija ahead of Gutiérrez SC on head-to-head away goals: Unión Aconquija–Gutiérrez SC 0–0, Gutiérrez SC–Unión Aconquija 1–1.

[table_hth_DEF0.74574935750372-6] Head-to-head: Defensores de Belgrano (VR) 12 points, +12 goal difference; Unión (S) 3 points, -5 goal difference; Douglas Haig 3 points, -7 goal difference.

[table_hth_VMI0.73647893161349-7] Villa Mitre ahead of Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) on goal difference: Villa Mitre -4 goal difference; Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) -6 goal difference

[table_hth_UNS0.015043901752235-8] Goals scored: Unión (S) 9 goals; Sportivo Belgrano 8 goals; Crucero del Norte 7 goals.

[table_hth_CFE0.015043901752235-9] Chaco For Ever ahead of Gimnasia y Tiro on goal difference: Chaco For Ever -3 goal difference; Gimnasia y Tiro -7 goal difference.

[table_hth_SLA0.55362642349379-10] San Lorenzo ahead of Deportivo Maipú on head-to-head away goals: San Lorenzo–Deportivo Maipú 1–1, Deportivo Maipú–San Lorenzo 2–2.

[table_hth_SPP0.85532508970021-11] Sportivo Patria ahead of Deportivo Mandiyú on head-to-head points: Sportivo Patria–Deportivo Mandiyú 5–1, Deportivo Mandiyú–Sportivo Patria 1–1.

[rules-1] "Torneo Federal A 2017–18 - Forma de disputa" (in Spanish).

[12] "Top Scorers Torneo Federal A 2017-18". AFA.

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Format

First stage

Championship stages

Second stage

Third stage

Revalida Stages

Relegation

Club information

Zone A

Zone B

Zone C

Zone D

First stage

Zone A

Results

Zone B

Results

Zone C

Results

Zone D

Results

Championship stages

Second stage

Zone A

Results

Zone B

Results

Ranking of third-placed teams

Third stage

Results

Reválida Stage

First phase

Zone A

Results

Zone B

Results

Zone C

Results

Zone D

Results

Second phase

Third phase

Fourth to Sixth phase

Fourth phase

Fifth phase

Sixth phase

Relegation

Zone A

Zone B

Zone C

Zone D

General table

Season statistics

Top scorers

See also

References

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