2023 Primera Nacional

The 2023 Argentine Primera Nacional, also known as the Campeonato de Primera Nacional "Campeones del Mundo" 2023,[1] is the 39th season of the Primera Nacional, the second tier competition of Argentine football. The season began on 3 February and is scheduled to end in December 2023. Thirty-seven teams compete in the league, thirty-three of which took part in the 2022 season, along with two teams relegated from Primera División, one team promoted from Torneo Federal A and another one promoted from Primera B Metropolitana.

Primera Nacional
Season2023
Dates3 February – December 2023
Matches played170
Goals scored352 (2.07 per match)
Top goalscorerMartín Pino
Milton Céliz
(6 goals each)
Biggest home winPatronato 6–0 Alvarado
(6 March)
Biggest away winTristán Suárez 0–4 Dep. Maipú
(4 March)
Highest scoringPatronato 6–0 Alvarado
(6 March)
Dep. Riestra 3–3 Ind. Rivadavia
(2 April)
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 8 April 2023.

Format

For this season, the competition is played under a format similar to the one used for the 2021 season, with the thirty-seven participating teams being split into two zones, one of 19 teams and another one of 18 teams, where they will play against the other teams in their group twice: once at home and once away, with one team in Zone A having a bye in each round. No interzonal or derby matchdays will be played, and teams from the same city were drawn into different zones. Both zone winners will play a final match on neutral ground to decide the first promoted team to the Liga Profesional for the 2024 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, which will join the Reducido in the second round. The teams placing in bottom place of each zone will be relegated at the end of the season, and the ones placing second-from-bottom in each group will play a playoff match to decide the third relegated team.[2]

The draw to decide the fixture of the season was held on 29 December 2022 at the Argentine Football Association's Ezeiza offices.[1]

Club information

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2023 Primera Nacional teams outside Greater Buenos Aires.
Locations of the 2022 Primera Nacional teams within Greater Buenos Aires.
Club City Province Stadium Capacity
Agropecuario Argentino Carlos Casares Buenos Aires Ofelia Rosenzuaig 8,000
Aldosivi Mar del Plata Buenos Aires José María Minella 35,180
All Boys Buenos Aires — 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
Atlanta Buenos Aires — Don León Kolbowsky 14,000
Atlético de Rafaela Rafaela Santa Fe Nuevo Monumental 16,000
Brown Adrogué Buenos Aires Lorenzo Arandilla 4,500
Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Buenos Aires Chacarita Juniors 19,000
Chaco For Ever Resistencia Chaco Juan Alberto García 23,000
Defensores de Belgrano Buenos Aires — Juan Pasquale 9,000
Defensores Unidos Zárate Buenos Aires Gigante de Villa Fox 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
Deportivo Riestra Buenos Aires — Guillermo Laza 3,000
Estudiantes Caseros Buenos Aires Ciudad de Caseros 16,740
Estudiantes Río Cuarto Córdoba Antonio Candini 15,000
Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires — Ricardo Etcheverry 24,442
Flandria Jáuregui Buenos Aires Carlos V 5,000
Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy Jujuy 23 de Agosto 23,200
Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza Mendoza Víctor Legrotaglie 11,500
Güemes Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero Arturo Miranda 15,000
Guillermo Brown Puerto Madryn Chubut Raúl Conti 15,000
Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Mendoza Bautista Gargantini 24,000
Mitre Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero José y Antonio Castiglione 10,500
Nueva Chicago Buenos Aires — 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 San Juan San Juan Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez 17,000
San Martín Tucumán Tucumán La Ciudadela 30,250
San Telmo Dock Sud Buenos Aires Osvaldo Baletto 2,000
Temperley Temperley Buenos Aires Alfredo Beranger 13,000
Tristán Suárez Tristán Suárez Buenos Aires 20 de Octubre 15,000
Villa Dálmine Campana Buenos Aires El Coliseo de Mitre y Puccini 12,000

Zone A

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Agropecuario Argentino 11 6 2 3 13 12 +1 20 Advance to Final
2 Almirante Brown 10 5 4 1 12 5 +7 19 Advance to Torneo Reducido
3 Defensores Unidos 10 4 5 1 10 5 +5 17
4 Temperley 9 4 4 1 13 7 +6 16
5 San Martín (SJ) 10 3 5 2 7 5 +2 14
6 Nueva Chicago 9 3 4 2 6 3 +3 13
7 Estudiantes (RC) 10 4 1 5 9 11 −2 13
8 Güemes 10 3 4 3 8 10 −2 13
9 Defensores de Belgrano 10 3 3 4 12 11 +1 12
10 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 9 2 6 1 7 6 +1 12
11 All Boys 11 2 6 3 11 13 −2 12
12 Almagro 10 3 2 5 6 7 −1 11
13 San Martín (T) 9 3 2 4 6 7 −1 11
14 Guillermo Brown 10 2 5 3 9 11 −2 11
15 Alvarado 10 2 5 3 8 14 −6 11
16 Patronato 8 2 4 2 11 6 +5 10
17 Flandria 9 2 4 3 8 10 −2 10
18 San Telmo 9 2 2 5 10 16 −6 8 Qualification for Relegation playoff
19 Deportivo Morón 10 1 4 5 5 12 −7 7 Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana or Torneo Federal A
Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2023. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only for deciding promotion or relegation); 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points; 6) head-to-head goal difference; 7) head-to-head goals scored.[3]

Results
Home \ Away AGA ALL ALM CAB ALV DBE DUN DMO ERC FLA GEM GÜE GBR NCH PAT SMA SMT STE TEM
Agropecuario Argentino — 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–1
All Boys — 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1
Almagro 0–1 — 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0
Almirante Brown 4–1 — 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0
Alvarado 0–1 — 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0
Defensores de Belgrano 1–0 1–1 — 4–1 0–1 1–1
Defensores Unidos 3–1 1–0 — 2–0 1–1 1–0
Deportivo Morón 0–1 1–1 — 0–0 0–1 1–0
Estudiantes (RC) 2–1 1–0 — 2–0 0–1 2–2
Flandria 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 — 1–1
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 — 0–0
Güemes 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 —
Guillermo Brown 0–0 0–1 4–1 — 0–2 2–2
Nueva Chicago 0–1 0–0 — 1–0 2–0
Patronato 6–0 0–0 — 1–2
San Martín (SJ) 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 —
San Martín (T) 2–1 1–0 0–1 — 1–1
San Telmo 0–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 —
Temperley 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2023. 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 Chacarita Juniors 9 5 4 0 15 4 +11 19 Advance to Final
2 Quilmes 9 6 1 2 16 7 +9 19 Advance to Torneo Reducido
3 Deportivo Maipú 9 5 1 3 12 7 +5 16
4 Atlético de Rafaela 8 4 2 2 10 5 +5 14
5 Racing (C) 8 4 1 3 11 8 +3 13
6 Estudiantes (BA) 8 4 1 3 8 6 +2 13
7 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 9 3 3 3 12 12 0 12
8 Independiente Rivadavia 9 3 3 3 16 17 −1 12
9 Brown (A) 9 2 5 2 9 8 +1 11
10 Deportivo Riestra 8 3 2 3 12 12 0 11
11 Aldosivi 9 3 2 4 10 12 −2 11
12 Villa Dálmine 9 3 2 4 9 11 −2 11
13 Mitre (SdE) 8 3 2 3 7 9 −2 11
14 Atlanta 9 2 4 3 7 9 −2 10
15 Tristán Suárez 9 3 1 5 10 18 −8 10
16 Deportivo Madryn 9 2 3 4 6 11 −5 9
17 Ferro Carril Oeste 9 1 3 5 7 13 −6 6 Qualification for Relegation playoff
18 Chaco For Ever 8 1 2 5 5 13 −8 5 Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana or Torneo Federal A
Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2023. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only for deciding promotion or relegation); 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points; 6) head-to-head goal difference; 7) head-to-head goals scored.[3]

Results
Home \ Away ALD ATL ATR BRO CHA CFE DEM DMA DRI EBA FCO GEJ IND MIT QUI RAC TRI VDA
Aldosivi — 0–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–1
Atlanta — 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–1
Atlético de Rafaela — 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–0
Brown (A) 2–0 1–1 — 1–1 1–0 1–2
Chacarita Juniors 1–1 — 3–0 1–1 3–0
Chaco For Ever 1–1 1–1 — 2–1
Deportivo Madryn 0–1 0–0 0–0 — 0–3 3–1
Deportivo Maipú 1–0 0–2 2–0 — 1–1 3–2
Deportivo Riestra 0–2 2–1 — 3–3 2–1
Estudiantes (BA) 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 — 1–2
Ferro Carril Oeste 0–0 0–1 0–2 — 2–3
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 — 2–0
Independiente Rivadavia 2–1 — 4–1 1–1 1–3
Mitre (SdE) 2–0 1–0 — 0–1
Quilmes 4–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 —
Racing (C) 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 —
Tristán Suárez 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–4 —
Villa Dálmine 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2023. Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of 8 April 2023
Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1 Argentina Martín Pino Guillermo Brown 6
Argentina Milton Céliz Deportivo Riestra
3 Paraguay Alex Arce Independiente Rivadavia 5
Argentina Ramiro Luna San Telmo
5 Argentina Alejandro Melo Agropecuario Argentino 4
Argentina Claudio Bieler Atlético de Rafaela
Argentina Patricio Vidal Brown (A)
Argentina Javier Velásquez Defensores Unidos
Argentina Claudio Salto Defensores de Belgrano
Argentina Gabriel Benegas Defensores de Belgrano
Argentina Lucas González Deportivo Madryn
Argentina Braian Sánchez Independiente Rivadavia
Argentina Facundo Castro Quilmes
Argentina Federico Anselmo Quilmes
Argentina Francisco Molina Villa Dálmine

See also

References
  1. "Se realizó el sorteo del campeonato de Primera Nacional 2023" [The draw for the 2023 Primera Nacional championship was held] (in Spanish). AFA. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  2. "Cómo se juega la Primera Nacional 2023: el nuevo formato con 37 equipos, dos grupos y más cambios" [How is the 2023 Primera Nacional played: the new format with 37 teams, two groups and more changes] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  3. "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
  4. "Estadísticas Primera B Nacional". AFA.
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