Torneo Federal A

Founded	2014; 10 years ago (2014)
Country	Argentina
Confederation	CONMEBOL
Number of teams	34
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Primera Nacional
Relegation to	Torneo Regional Federal Amateur
Domestic cup(s)	Copa Argentina
Current champions	Gimnasia y Tiro (1st title) (2023)
Most championships	Nine clubs (1 title each)
TV partners	Argentina: DeporTV TV Pública DirecTV Sports International: InTV Sports InTV Max TyC Sports TNT
Website	afa.com.ar/federala
Current: 2024 Torneo Federal A

The Torneo Federal A (in English "Federal A Tournament") is one of the two professional leagues that form the regionalised third level of the Argentine football league system, along with Primera B Metropolitana. The competition was established in 2014 as a result of a change in the structure of the league system, replacing Torneo Argentino A.

Federal A is organised by "Consejo Federal", a division of the Argentine Football Association. Clubs in Federal A have indirect membership in AFA unlike clubs in Primera B, which have direct membership. All teams with indirect membership are from outside the city of Buenos Aires (playing in regional leagues) and its metropolitan area (Greater Buenos Aires), while most of the direct members are from the aforementioned area.

Format (2023 season)

First stage

The 36 teams were split into four zones of nine teams, where they will play against the other teams in their group four: twice at home and twice away. The top four teams from each zone qualified for the final stages.

Final stages

The final stages was played between the 16 teams that qualified from the first stage. They were seeded in the final stages according to their results in the first stage, with the best eight seeded 1–8, and the worst eight teams seeded 9–16. The teams played four rounds and the winner was declared champion and automatically promoted to the Primera Nacional, the losing team in the final qualified for a promotion playoff against a team from Primera B Metropolitana.

Relegation

After the first stage, the bottom team of each zone were relegated to the Torneo Regional Federal Amateur, giving a total of four teams relegated.

Participating teams (2023 season)

Zone A

Zone B

Zone C

Zone D

List of champions

In brackets, the number of titles won to date

Titles by club

Top scorers

Top scorers by tournament

Season	Player	Team	Goals
2014	Hugo Troche	Sportivo Patria	16
2015	Gustavo Balvorín	Juventud Antoniana	18
	David Romero	San Lorenzo de Alem (C)[n2 1]
	Adrián Toloza	Mitre (SdE)
2016	Matías Zbrun	Libertad (S)	13
2016–17	Pablo Palacios	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	21
2017–18	Pablo Palacios	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	21
2018–19	Franco Olego	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	20
2019–20	Julio Cáceres	Chaco For Ever	10
2020	Nelson Romero	Güemes (SdE)	6
	Maximiliano Tunessi	Villa Mitre
2021	Bruno Nasta	Huracán (LH)	17
	Franco Coronel	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)
	Juan P. Zárate	Cipolletti
2022	Juan M. Amieva	Sansinena	16

Notes

Seasons in Torneo Federal A

• Note: Updated to 2023 season. Teams in bold currently playing in Torneo Federal A.