2016-17 Torneo Federal A
| Season | 2016-17 |
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| Champions |
Agropecuario Argentino (1st divisional title) |
| Promoted |
Agropecuario Argentino - |
| Relegated |
General Belgrano Concepción FC Sol de América (F) |
| Matches played | 501 |
| Goals scored | 1,138 (2.27 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 5-0 Sol de America (F) (April 9) |
| Biggest away win | Concepción FC 2-6 Altos Hornos Zapla (November 13) |
| Highest scoring | Juventud Antoniana 3-6 San Jorge (T) (October 7) |
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← 2016
2017-18 →
All statistics correct as of June 6, 2017.
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The 2016-17 Argentine Torneo Federal A, will be the 4th 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. 36 teams are competing in the league, 32 returning from the 2016 season, 1 team that was relegated from Primera B Nacional and 3 teams promoted from Federal B. The regular season began on September 3, 2016 and is scheduled to end on June 18, 2017.
The teams were divided into six (6) zones with five (5) teams and one (1) zone with six (6) teams (a total of 36 teams) in each zone and it was played in a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams four times. The teams placed 1º and 2º from the zones with 5 teams, the teams placed 1º, 2º and 3º from the zone with six teams and the three best 3º team from the zones with five teams qualified for the Second Stage. The other eighteen (18) teams qualify for the Revalida Stage.
The teams were divided into two (2) zones with nine (9) 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 other thirteen (13) teams qualify for the Revalida Stage.
The five (5) 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 (4) teams qualify for the Fifth Phase of the Revalida Stage.
The Revalida Stage is divided in several phases: First, the eighteen (18) teams that did not qualified for the Championship Stages were divided into three (3) zones with six (6) teams each 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 and 2º from the three zones qualified for the Second Phase. The second phase is played between the six teams that qualified from the First Phase. The tree winners qualify for the Third Phase. The Third, Fourth, Five, Sixth and Seventh Phase of the Revalida Stage is played between the other teams that did not qualify for the Championship Stages or were eliminated from it and aims to get the Second promotion to the Primera B Nacional.
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