2021 Primera Nacional

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.

Primera Nacional
Season2021
Dates12 March – 21 December 2021
ChampionsTigre (1st title)
PromotedTigre
Barracas Central
RelegatedNone
Matches played590
Goals scored1,219 (2.07 per match)
Top goalscorerPablo Magnín (22 goals)
Biggest home winFerro Carril Oeste 6–0 Indep. Rivadavia
(10 September)
Ferro Carril Oeste 6–0 San Telmo
(26 October)
Biggest away winDef. de Belgrano 1–6 Tristán Suárez
(10 July)
Highest scoringIndep. Rivadavia 4–3 San Telmo
(22 March)
Quilmes 3–4 Alvarado
(10 May)
Def. de Belgrano 1–6 Tristán Suárez
(10 July)
← 2020
2022 →

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
Locations of the 2021 Primera Nacional teams outside Greater Buenos Aires.
Locations of the 2021 Primera Nacional teams within Greater Buenos Aires.
Club City Stadium
Agropecuario Argentino Carlos Casares Ofelia Rosenzuaig
All Boys Buenos Aires Islas Malvinas
Almagro José Ingenieros Tres de Febrero
Almirante Brown Isidro Casanova Fragata Presidente Sarmiento
Alvarado Mar del Plata José María Minella
Atlanta Buenos Aires Don León Kolbowsky
Atlético de Rafaela Rafaela Nuevo Monumental
Belgrano Córdoba Julio César Villagra
Barracas Central Buenos Aires Claudio Chiqui Tapia
Brown (A) Adrogué Lorenzo Arandilla
Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors
Defensores de Belgrano Buenos Aires Juan Pasquale
Deportivo Maipú Maipú Omar Higinio Sperdutti
Deportivo Morón Morón Nuevo Francisco Urbano
Deportivo Riestra Buenos Aires Guillermo Laza
Estudiantes (BA) Caseros Ciudad de Caseros
Estudiantes (RC) Río Cuarto Antonio Candini
Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) Jujuy 23 de Agosto
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) Mendoza Víctor Legrotaglie
Güemes Santiago del Estero Arturo Miranda
Guillermo Brown Puerto Madryn Raúl Conti
Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini
Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón
Mitre (SdE) Santiago del Estero Doctores José y Antonio Castiglione
Nueva Chicago Buenos Aires Nueva Chicago
Quilmes Quilmes Centenario
San Martín (SJ) San Juan Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez
Estadio del Bicentenario
San Martín (T) Tucumán La Ciudadela
San Telmo Dock Sud Osvaldo Baletto
Santamarina Tandil Municipal Gral. San Martín
Temperley Temperley Alfredo Beranger
Tigre Victoria José Dellagiovanna
Tristán Suárez Tristán Suárez 20 de Octubre
Villa Dálmine Campana El Coliseo de Mitre y Puccini

Zone A

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tigre 32 17 9 6 50 25 +25 60 Advance to Final and qualification for Copa Argentina
2 Quilmes 32 17 8 7 45 31 +14 59 Advance to Torneo Reducido and qualification for Copa Argentina
3 Almirante Brown 32 17 8 7 40 32 +8 59
4 San Martín (T) 32 15 12 5 34 18 +16 57
5 Agropecuario Argentino 32 15 8 9 36 26 +10 53 Qualification for Copa Argentina
6 Belgrano 32 15 7 10 35 24 +11 52
7 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 32 11 11 10 34 35 −1 44
8 Alvarado 32 12 6 14 32 30 +2 42
9 Temperley 32 10 11 11 29 34 −5 41
10 Atlanta 32 9 12 11 27 34 −7 39
11 Estudiantes (BA) 32 8 14 10 29 28 +1 38
12 Mitre (SdE) 32 9 10 13 37 44 −7 37
13 Deportivo Maipú 32 10 6 16 27 38 −11 36
14 Estudiantes (RC) 32 5 19 8 23 26 −3 34
15 Deportivo Riestra 32 9 7 16 30 36 −6 34
16 Chacarita Juniors 32 6 9 17 29 50 −21 27
17 Nueva Chicago 32 4 9 19 23 49 −26 21
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
Home \ Away AGA CAB ALV ATL BEL CHA DMA DRI EBA ERC GEM MIT NCH QUI SMT TEM TIG
Agropecuario Argentino — 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–0
Almirante Brown 2–1 — 3–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–0
Alvarado 2–0 0–1 — 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 4–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1
Atlanta 0–3 0–1 0–0 — 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0
Belgrano 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 — 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1
Chacarita Juniors 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 — 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–4 1–3 2–3 1–3 1–3 1–2 2–2
Deportivo Maipú 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–2 — 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–4
Deportivo Riestra 1–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 — 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–3
Estudiantes (BA) 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 — 0–0 0–0 5–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1
Estudiantes (RC) 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 — 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–3 0–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 2–0 3–3 2–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 — 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–4
Mitre (SdE) 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 — 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 4–2
Nueva Chicago 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 — 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–4
Quilmes 0–0 3–1 3–4 2–1 2–3 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 — 0–0 2–0 2–1
San Martín (T) 1–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 — 2–1 0–2
Temperley 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–3 3–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 — 0–2
Tigre 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 —
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
1 Barracas Central 34 15 13 6 43 33 +10 58 Advance to Final and qualification for Copa Argentina
2 Ferro Carril Oeste 34 15 12 7 49 28 +21 57 Advance to Torneo Reducido and qualification for Copa Argentina
3 Independiente Rivadavia 34 14 14 6 47 39 +8 56
4 Deportivo Morón 34 16 5 13 36 34 +2 53
5 Güemes 34 13 13 8 38 31 +7 52 Qualification for Copa Argentina
6 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 34 13 13 8 34 30 +4 52
7 Brown (A) 34 12 11 11 41 40 +1 47
8 Tristán Suárez 34 11 12 11 43 42 +1 45
9 Almagro 34 11 10 13 41 40 +1 43
10 Defensores de Belgrano 34 9 15 10 27 32 −5 42
11 Instituto 34 8 16 10 33 39 −6 40
12 All Boys 34 9 12 13 32 32 0 39
13 San Martín (SJ) 34 9 11 14 37 39 −2 38
14 Villa Dálmine 34 7 17 10 25 30 −5 38
15 Atlético de Rafaela 34 9 10 15 34 37 −3 37
16 Guillermo Brown 34 7 16 11 25 32 −7 37
17 San Telmo 34 8 13 13 34 50 −16 37
18 Santamarina 34 6 15 13 23 34 −11 33
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
Home \ Away ALL ALM ATR BAC BRO DBE DMO FCO GEJ GÜE GBR IND INS SMA STE SAN TRS VDA
All Boys — 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 3–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–0
Almagro 3–0 — 1–0 0–1 5–0 2–0 2–1 2–3 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–2
Atlético de Rafaela 2–0 4–1 — 0–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–1 2–2 0–0
Barracas Central 2–1 2–1 2–1 — 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–2 3–1 1–0
Brown (A) 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 — 0–3 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–0
Defensores de Belgrano 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–3 — 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–6 2–0
Deportivo Morón 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 — 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–2
Ferro Carril Oeste 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 — 0–0 1–1 0–0 6–0 3–1 3–2 6–0 2–0 2–0 0–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 2–0 0–0 — 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0
Güemes 1–0 0–2 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 — 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–0
Guillermo Brown 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 — 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1
Independiente Rivadavia 2–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 — 2–1 1–1 4–3 3–1 1–2 1–1
Instituto 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 — 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1
San Martín (SJ) 0–2 1–1 4–2 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 — 5–0 0–2 4–0 1–0
San Telmo 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 — 2–2 0–1 1–0
Santamarina 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 — 0–0 2–0
Tristán Suárez 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 4–1 1–1 2–1 — 1–1
Villa Dálmine 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 —
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.

Tigre1–0Barracas Central
  • Zabala 42'
 Report

Torneo Reducido

First round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportivo Morón 3–3 (4–5 p) Quilmes 2–2 1–1
San Martín (T) 2–3 Ferro Carril Oeste 1–3 1–0
Independiente Rivadavia 1–2 Almirante Brown 1–1 0–1

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
22 November 2021 San Martín (T) 1–3 Ferro Carril Oeste Tucumán
19:05
Report
Stadium: La Ciudadela
Referee: Mauro Vigliano

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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Almirante Brown 2–3 Barracas Central 0–0 2–3
Ferro Carril Oeste 1–2 Quilmes 1–1 0–1

First leg
6 December 2021 Almirante Brown 0–0 Barracas Central Isidro Casanova
17:00 Report Stadium: Fragata Presidente Sarmiento
Referee: Leandro Rey Hilfer
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.

2021 Torneo Reducido Final
Barracas Central0–0Quilmes
Report
Penalties
 5–4
Referee: Darío Herrera

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
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification
1 B Tristán Suárez 34 11 12 11 43 42 +1 45 1.32 Qualification for Copa Argentina
2 A Alvarado 32 12 6 14 32 30 +2 42 1.31
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1 Argentina Pablo Magnín Tigre 22
2 Argentina Pablo Vegetti Belgrano 17
3 Argentina Facundo Bruera Brown 15
4 Argentina Brian Fernández Ferro Carril Oeste 14
5 Argentina Nicolás Servetto Almagro 13
Argentina Claudio Bieler Atlético de Rafaela
7 Argentina Facundo Suárez Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 12
8 Argentina Axel Rodríguez All Boys 11
Argentina Felipe Cadenazzi Alvarado
10 Argentina Santiago Vera Almirante Brown 10
Argentina Ignacio Colombini Atlanta
Argentina Tomás Molina Ferro Carril Oeste
Argentina Diego Cardozo Independiente Rivadavia
Argentina Ezequiel Cérica Mitre (SdE)

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. "Tigre vence a Barracas Central, es campeón de la Primera Nacional y jugará en la Liga Profesional de Fútbol" (in Spanish). AS Argentina. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  3. "Se sorteó la Primera Nacional: los 35 equipos que la jugarán, cómo se definirán los ascensos y cuál será la primera fecha". Infobae. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  4. "Reglamento General AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
  5. "Suspendido: Independiente Rivadavia y Almirante Brown jugarán mañana a las 17". Los Andes. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  6. "Así es cómo será la clasificación a la Copa Argentina para el Ascenso" (in Spanish). Olé. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  7. "Estadísticas Primera B Nacional". AFA. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
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