2011–12 Torneo Argentino A

Football league season
XVII Torneo Argentino A
Season2011–12
ChampionsDouglas Haig
(1st divisional title)
PromotedDouglas Haig
Crucero del Norte
RelegatedUnión (S)
C.A.I.
Huracán (TA)
Top goalscorerJuan Manuel Aróstegui (24 goals)

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

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.

First stage

North Zone

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Crucero del Norte 24 11 8 5 31 21 +10 41 Second Stage
2 San Martín (T) 24 8 13 3 27 21 +6 37
3 Sportivo Belgrano 24 10 7 7 32 27 +5 37
4 Talleres 24 8 11 5 35 31 +4 35
5 Racing (C) 24 10 4 10 29 28 +1 34
6 Central Córdoba (SdE) 24 7 11 6 21 20 +1 32
7 Tiro Federal 24 8 8 8 26 28 −2 32 Reválida Stage
8 Libertad (S) 24 7 10 7 30 25 +5 31
9 Central Norte 24 7 10 7 24 25 −1 31
10 Gimnasia y Tiro 24 8 7 9 27 30 −3 31
11 Juventud Antoniana 24 7 9 8 28 27 +1 30
12 Alumni (VM) 24 5 6 13 23 32 −9 21
13 Unión (S) 24 4 8 12 16 34 −18 20
Updated to match(es) played on March 13, 2012. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to determining the champion. If two or more teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship

South Zone

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santamarina 22 9 11 2 37 20 +17 38 Second Stage
2 Defensores de Belgrano (VR) 22 10 6 6 35 25 +10 36
3 Douglas Haig 22 10 5 7 33 20 +13 35
4 Racing (O) 22 10 4 8 21 18 +3 34
5 Unión (MdP) 22 9 5 8 27 26 +1 32
6 Deportivo Maipú 22 8 7 7 21 21 0 31 Reválida Stage
7 Huracán (TA) 22 7 7 8 22 27 −5 28
8 Cipolletti 22 7 5 10 29 35 −6 26
9 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 22 6 7 9 20 27 −7 25
10 Rivadavia (L) 22 6 6 10 25 31 −6 24
11 Juventud Unida Universitario 22 5 8 9 23 29 −6 23
12 CAI 22 4 9 9 22 37 −15 21
Updated to match(es) played on 13 March 2012. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to determining the champion. If two or more teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship

Second stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Douglas Haig (C, P) 10 6 3 1 19 9 +10 21 Primera B Nacional
2 Sportivo Belgrano 10 6 2 2 18 10 +8 20 Fourth Stage
3 Crucero del Norte 10 6 2 2 11 3 +8 20
4 Talleres 10 4 4 2 20 11 +9 16
5 Santamarina 10 4 2 4 12 10 +2 14
6 San Martín (T) 10 4 2 4 10 13 −3 14 Third Stage
7 Defensores de Belgrano (VR) 10 2 4 4 8 10 −2 10
8 Racing (O) 10 3 1 6 9 17 −8 10
9 Unión (MdP) 10 2 3 5 7 13 −6 9
10 Racing (C) 10 1 5 4 10 16 −6 8
11 Central Córdoba (SdE) 10 2 2 6 8 20 −12 8
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2012. Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to determining the champion. If two or more teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Reválida Stage

Zone A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Libertad (S) 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13 Second round
2 Central Norte 6 3 0 3 7 8 −1 9
3 Unión (S) 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8
4 Gimnasia y Tiro 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8 Second round
5 Alumni (VM) 6 2 2 2 10 11 −1 8
6 Juventud Antoniana 6 2 2 2 7 9 −2 8 Second round
7 Tiro Federal 6 1 1 4 6 7 −1 4
Source: [citation needed]

Unión de Sunchales and Alumni de Villa María were ineligible for the Second round because they were involved in relegation.

Overall standings

The overall standings for the seven teams of Zone A include the regular season and the first round of the Reválida. The bottom team relegates to the Torneo Argentino B, while the next-to-last team plays the relegation play-off with a team from such category. Those two teams cannot qualify for the second round of the Reválida.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Libertad (S) 30 11 11 8 40 30 +10 44
2 Central Norte 30 10 10 10 31 33 −2 40
3 Gimnasia y Tiro 30 10 9 11 33 36 −3 39
4 Juventud Antoniana 30 9 11 10 35 36 −1 38
5 Tiro Federal 30 9 9 12 32 35 −3 36
6 Alumni (VM) 30 7 8 15 35 45 −10 29 Torneo Argentino B relegation play-off
7 Unión (S) 30 6 10 14 23 41 −18 28 Torneo Argentino B
Source: [citation needed]

Zone B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CAI 6 3 3 0 9 4 +5 12
2 Juventud Unida Universitario 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11 Second round
3 Rivadavia (L) 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10
4 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9
5 Cipolletti 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8
6 Deportivo Maipú 6 1 1 4 3 6 −3 4
7 Huracán (TA) 6 0 2 4 0 9 −9 2
Source: [citation needed]

CAI was ineligible for the Second round, as it was involved in relegation.

Overall standings

The overall standings for the seven teams of Zone B include the regular season and the first round of the Reválida. The bottom team relegates to the Torneo Argentino B, while the next-to-last team plays the relegation play-off with a team from such category. Those two teams cannot qualify for the second round of the Reválida.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Deportivo Maipú 28 9 8 11 24 27 −3 35
2 Rivadavia (L) 28 9 7 12 32 35 −3 34
3 Juventud Unida Universitario 28 8 10 10 29 33 −4 34
4 Cipolletti 28 9 7 12 36 41 −5 34
5 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 28 8 10 10 26 32 −6 34
6 CAI 28 7 12 9 31 41 −10 33 Torneo Argentino B relegation play-off
7 Huracán (TA) 28 7 9 12 22 36 −14 30 Torneo Argentino B
Source: [citation needed]

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) 4–4 Santamarina 2–2 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

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

See also

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