2021_Primera_Nacional

2021 Primera Nacional

2021 Primera Nacional

37th season of the second-tier football league in Argentina


The 2021 Argentine Primera Nacional, also known as the Campeonato de Primera Nacional 2021,[1] was the 37th season of the Primera Nacional, the second tier of Argentine football. The season began on 12 March 2021 and ended on 21 December 2021. Thirty-five teams competed in the league, thirty returning from the 2020 season, two teams promoted from Torneo Federal A and three from Primera B Metropolitana.

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Tigre were the champions, winning their first Primera Nacional title by beating Barracas Central by a 1–0 score in the final played on 22 November 2021 and earned promotion to the Argentine Primera División.[2]

Format

The 35 teams were split into two zones, one of 17 teams and another one of 18 teams, where they played 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 for a total of 34 rounds. Both zone winners played a final match on neutral ground to decide the first promoted team to the Liga Profesional for the 2022 season, while the teams placed from second to fourth place in each zone played a knockout tournament (Torneo Reducido) for the second promotion berth along with the loser of the final between the zone winners, which joined the Reducido in the semi-finals. No teams were relegated to either Primera B Metropolitana or Torneo Federal A this season. The draw to decide the groups and fixture was held on 25 February 2021.[3]

Club information

Stadia and locations

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Zone A

Standings

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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.[4]

Results

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Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone B

Standings

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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.[4]

Results

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Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final

The top-ranked teams of each zone played a match on neutral ground to decide the champions and the first team promoted to Primera División. The losing team advanced to the semi-finals of the Torneo Reducido.

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Torneo Reducido

First round

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First leg

21 November 2021 Deportivo Morón 2–2 Quilmes Morón
19:15
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Francisco Urbano
Referee: Darío Herrera
22 November 2021 Independiente Rivadavia 1–1 Almirante Brown Mendoza
17:00
  • Mayorga 73'
Report Stadium: Bautista Gargantini
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez

Second leg

27 November 2021 Quilmes 1–1
(3–3 agg.)
(5–4 p)
Deportivo MorónQuilmes
19:10
Report
  • Villalba 24'
Stadium: Centenario Ciudad de Quilmes
Referee: Ariel Penel
Penalties
29 November 2021 Almirante Brown 1–0
(2–1 agg.)
Independiente RivadaviaIsidro Casanova
17:00
Report Stadium: Fragata Presidente Sarmiento
Referee: Jorge Baliño
Note: Match originally scheduled for 28 November 2021, 20:00 local time but suspended and rescheduled for 29 November 2021, 17:00 local time due to a failure in the stadium's lighting system.[5]
29 November 2021 Ferro Carril Oeste 0–1
(3–2 agg.)
San Martín (T)Buenos Aires
21:10 Report
Stadium: Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were contested by the three winners from the previous stage, as well as the Final losers Barracas Central. In this round, the four teams were seeded according to their performance in the first stage of the competition, with the best-ranked teams being paired against the worst ranked ones in double-legged ties. The two winners advanced to the final.

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First leg

6 December 2021 Ferro Carril Oeste 1–1 Quilmes Buenos Aires
21:10
Report
Stadium: Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry
Referee: Pablo Echavarría

Second leg

13 December 2021 Barracas Central 3–2
(3–2 agg.)
Almirante BrownBuenos Aires
17:10
Report
Stadium: Claudio Chiqui Tapia
Referee: Andrés Merlos
13 December 2021 Quilmes 1–0
(2–1 agg.)
Ferro Carril OesteQuilmes
21:10
Report Stadium: Centenario Ciudad de Quilmes
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina

Final

The semi-final winners played a match on neutral ground to decide the second team promoted to Primera División.

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2021 Torneo Reducido Final
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Copa Argentina qualification

Fifteen Primera Nacional teams qualified for the round of 32 of the 2021–22 Copa Argentina, which were the top seven teams of each zone at the end of the season and the best eighth-placed team, which was selected according to points earned per game, goal difference, and goals scored.[6]

Ranking of eighth-placed teams

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Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots.

Season statistics

Top scorers

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See also


References

  1. "Se llevaron a cabo los sorteos de la Primera Nacional, Primera B y Primera C" (in Spanish). AFA. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  2. "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
  3. "Suspendido: Independiente Rivadavia y Almirante Brown jugarán mañana a las 17". Los Andes. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  4. "Así es cómo será la clasificación a la Copa Argentina para el Ascenso" (in Spanish). Olé. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  5. "Estadísticas Primera B Nacional". AFA. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

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