The 2024 Argentine Primera Nacional, was the 40th season of the Primera Nacional, the second-tier competition of Argentine football. The season began on 2 February and ended on 8 December 2024. Thirty-eight teams competed in the league, thirty-three of which took part in the 2023 season, along with two teams relegated from Primera División, one team promoted from Torneo Federal A and two teams promoted from Primera B Metropolitana.
Aldosivi won their second Primera Nacional title and promoted to Primera División in this season, defeating San Martín (T) 2–0 in the championship final played on 3 November 2024. San Martín (SJ) were the other promoted side, winning the Torneo Reducido after defeating Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) in the final.
Format For this season, the competition was played under a format similar to the one used in the last season, with the thirty-eight participating teams being split into two zones of 19 teams each, where they played against the other teams in their group twice: once at home and once away, additionally, each team played two interzonal matches against its rival team, which was drawn into the other zone. Teams from the same city or nearby cities were also paired together and drawn into different zones. Both zone winners played a final match on neutral ground to decide the first promoted team to the Liga Profesional for the 2025 season, while the teams placed from second to eighth 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 entered the Reducido in the second round. The teams placing last in each zone were relegated at the end of the season, with a third relegated team decided in a playoff match between the sides placing second-from-bottom in each group.
Similar to previous seasons, 15 Primera Nacional teams qualified for the 2025 Copa Argentina through league performance, those being the top seven teams of each zone plus the best eighth-placed one.
Club information Stadia and locations
ClubCityProvinceStadiumCapacity Agropecuario Argentino Carlos Casares Buenos Aires Ofelia Rosenzuaig 8,000 Aldosivi Mar del Plata Buenos Aires José María Minella 35,180 All Boys Buenos Aires Capital Federal Islas Malvinas 12,199 Almagro José Ingenieros Buenos Aires Tres de Febrero 12,500 Almirante Brown Isidro Casanova Buenos Aires Fragata Presidente Sarmiento 25,000 Alvarado Mar del Plata Buenos Aires José María Minella 35,180 Arsenal Sarandí Buenos Aires Julio Humberto Grondona 16,300 Atlanta Buenos Aires Capital Federal Don León Kolbowsky 14,000 Atlético de Rafaela Rafaela Santa Fe Nuevo Monumental 16,000 Brown Adrogué Buenos Aires Lorenzo Arandilla 4,500 Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Buenos Aires Chacarita Juniors 19,000 Chaco For Ever Resistencia Chaco Juan Alberto García 23,000 Colón Santa Fe Santa Fe Brigadier Estanislao López 40,000 Buenos Aires Capital Federal Juan Pasquale 9,000 Defensores Unidos Zárate Buenos Aires Mario Lossino 6,000 Deportivo Madryn Puerto Madryn Chubut Abel Sastre 8,000 Deportivo Maipú Maipú Mendoza Omar Higinio Sperdutti 8,000 Deportivo Morón Morón Buenos Aires Nuevo Francisco Urbano 32,000 Estudiantes Caseros Buenos Aires Ciudad de Caseros 16,740 Estudiantes Río Cuarto Córdoba Antonio Candini 15,000 Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires Capital Federal Ricardo Etcheverri 24,442 Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy Jujuy 23 de Agosto 23,200 Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza Mendoza Víctor Legrotaglie 11,500 Gimnasia y Tiro Salta Salta Gigante del Norte 24,300 Güemes Arturo Miranda 15,000 Guillermo Brown Puerto Madryn Chubut Raúl Conti 15,000 Mitre Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero José y Antonio Castiglione 10,500 Nueva Chicago Buenos Aires Capital Federal Nueva Chicago 28,500 Patronato Paraná Entre Ríos Presbítero Bartolomé Grella 22,000 Quilmes Quilmes Buenos Aires Centenario 35,200 Racing Córdoba Córdoba Miguel Sancho 15,000 San Martín San Juan San Juan Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez 17,000 San Martín Tucumán Tucumán La Ciudadela 30,250 San Miguel Los Polvorines Buenos Aires Malvinas Argentinas 7,176 San Telmo Dock Sud Buenos Aires Osvaldo Baletto 2,000 Talleres Remedios de Escalada Buenos Aires Pablo Comelli 16,000 Temperley Temperley Buenos Aires Alfredo Beranger 13,000 Tristán Suárez Tristán Suárez Buenos Aires 20 de Octubre 15,000
Zone A Standings
Results
Zone B Standings
Relegation tiebreaker match Since Atlético de Rafaela and Brown (A) ended up tied in points for 18th place, a tiebreaker match was played to decide the team that would play the relegation play-off as well as the team from Zone B that would be directly relegated. Brown (A) were relegated to Primera B Metropolitana after losing this match.
GK 1 Emanuel Bilbao DF 4 Rodrigo Colombo DF 2 Francisco Oliver DF 6 Kevin Jappert (c) DF 3 Franco Quiroz MF 11 Matías Pardo MF 5 Matías Fissore MF 8 Juan Galeano MF 7 Jonás Aguirre FW 10 Bautista Tomatis FW 9 Ricardo Dichiara Substitutions: DF 13 Gustavo Navarro MF 16 Damiano Jaime FW 19 Patricio Vidal Manager: Iván Juárez
GK 1 Gonzalo Rehak DF 7 Rafael Sangiovani DF 4 Carlos Aguirre DF 2 Abel Masuero (c) DF 6 Máximo Heredia DF 3 Francisco Nouet MF 11 Franco Benítez MF 5 Gonzalo Desio MF 8 Lautaro Lovazzano FW 9 Leonel Buter FW 10 Matías Sproat Substitutions: DF 16 Jonatan Bogado MF 17 Tomás Patrizio FW 18 Lucio Castillo FW 19 Gabriel Tellas FW 20 Matías Nouet Manager: Jorge Vivaldo
Results
Interzonal matches
RoundHomeScoreAway1Quilmes2–0Temperley2Almirante Brown1–2Tristán Suárez3Talleres (RdE)2–0Brown (A)4Colón4–0Patronato5Estudiantes (BA)1–1Almagro6Estudiantes (RC)0–0Racing (C)7Chacarita Juniors1–4Defensores de Belgrano8Aldosivi0–0Alvarado9San Martín (T)1–0Chaco For Ever10Mitre (SdE)2–0Güemes11Arsenal0–0San Telmo12Gimnasia y Tiro0–0Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)13San Martín (SJ)2–1Atlético de Rafaela14Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)0–1Deportivo Maipú15Guillermo Brown0–1Deportivo Madryn16Nueva Chicago3–1Ferro Carril Oeste17Agropecuario Argentino0–0Defensores Unidos18Deportivo Morón0–1San Miguel19All Boys1–0Atlanta
RoundHomeScoreAway20Temperley1–0Quilmes21Tristán Suárez2–2Almirante Brown22Brown (A)0–0Talleres (RdE)23Patronato1–0Colón24Almagro1–0Estudiantes (BA)25Racing (C)0–1Estudiantes (RC)26Defensores de Belgrano2–2Chacarita Juniors27Alvarado1–0Aldosivi28Chaco For Ever0–1San Martín (T)29Güemes0–0Mitre (SdE)30San Telmo4–0Arsenal31Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)2–0Gimnasia y Tiro32Atlético de Rafaela0–0San Martín (SJ)33Deportivo Maipú0–0Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)34Deportivo Madryn1–0Guillermo Brown35Ferro Carril Oeste1–2Nueva Chicago36Defensores Unidos3–3Agropecuario Argentino37San Miguel0–1Deportivo Morón38Atlanta0–1All Boys
Championship 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 entered the Torneo Reducido in the second round.
GK 1 Jorge Carranza (c) DF 4 Rodrigo González DF 2 Gonzalo Soto DF 6 Juan Sills DF 3 Ignacio Guerrico MF 7 Elías Torres MF 5 Marcelo Esponda MF 8 Gonzalo Piñeiro MF 10 Natanael Guzmán MF 11 Nicolás Laméndola FW 9 Agustín Colazo Substitutions: DF 14 Gabriel Paredes DF 15 Gonzalo Mottes MF 19 Matías Morello FW 18 Santiago Luján FW 21 Agustín Alonso Manager: Andrés Yllana
GK 1 Darío Sand (c) DF 4 Gonzalo Bettini DF 2 Juan Orellana DF 6 Agustín Dattola DF 3 Lucas Diarte MF 10 Juan Cuevas MF 5 Gustavo Abregú MF 8 Ulises Vera MF 11 Matías García FW 7 Lautaro Fedele FW 9 Junior AriasSubstitutions: MF 16 Pablo Hernández FW 18 Nicolás Moreno FW 19 Gonzalo E. Rodríguez FW 20 Gonzalo Klusener Manager: Diego Flores
Torneo Reducido The teams placing second to eighth place in each zone, along with the loser of the championship final will play the Torneo Reducido for the second and last promotion berth to Primera División, in which teams will be seeded in each round according to their final placement in the first stage of the tournament. The first round was played over a single leg, at the stadium of the higher-seeded team. The second round (in which the championship final loser will enter the Reducido) and the semi-finals will be played over two legs, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg, whilst the final will be played as a single match on neutral ground. In all rounds except for the final, the higher-seeded team will advance in case of a tie, with extra time and a penalty shoot-out set to be played in case of a draw in the final.
First round
Second round
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final The winning team promoted to Primera División for the 2025 season.
GK 1 Matías Tagliamonte DF 4 Federico Torres DF 2 Diego Mondino DF 6 Maximiliano Padilla (c) DF 3 Matías Recalde MF 10 Jeremías Rodríguez MF 5 Ignacio Antonio MF 11 Fermín Antonini MF 7 Nazareno Solís FW 8 Nicolás Romano FW 9 Luis SilbaSubstitutions: FW 13 Gastón Espósito FW 19 Leandro Ciccolini FW 20 Aarón Spetale DF 21 Agustín Bindella Manager: Ezequiel Medrán
GK 1 Matías Borgogno DF 4 Alejandro Molina DF 2 Rodrigo Cáseres DF 6 Agustín Sienra DF 3 Dante Álvarez MF 5 Nicolás Pelaitay (c) MF 8 Lautaro Escalante MF 10 Sebastián González FW 7 Maximiliano Casa FW 9 Federico González FW 11 Ezequiel Montagna Substitutions: DF 13 Agustín Heredia MF 15 Gino Olguín DF 16 Máximo Masino MF 19 Maximiliano Gutiérrez FW 23 Nazareno Fúnez Manager: Raúl Antuña
Relegation play-off The teams placing second-from-bottom in each zone played a match on neutral ground to decide the third and last relegated team. Atlético de Rafaela were relegated to Torneo Federal A after being defeated by Talleres (RdE) in this match.
GK 1 Damián Tello DF 4 Luciano Sánchez DF 2 Nicolás Monserrat DF 6 Nicolás Malvacio DF 3 Patricio Romero MF 7 Diego Nakache MF 5 Fernando Duré MF 10 Fernando Enrique (c) MF 8 Tomás Asprea FW 9 Nicolás Molina FW 11 Franco Pulicastro Substitutions: DF 13 David Achucarro MF 19 Alejandro Benítez MF 20 Jeremías Denis FW 22 Matías Donato Manager: Mario Gómez
GK 1 Emanuel Bilbao DF 4 Rodrigo Colombo DF 6 Kevin Jappert (c) DF 2 Francisco Oliver DF 3 Franco Quiroz MF 11 Matías Pardo MF 5 Matías Fissore MF 8 Juan Galeano MF 7 Jonás Aguirre FW 10 Bautista Tomatis FW 9 Ricardo Dichiara Substitutions: FW 17 Matías J. Valdivia FW 18 Lucas Albertengo FW 19 Patricio Vidal FW 20 Valentín Luciani FW 21 Valentino Gandín FW 23 Lisandro Merlino Manager: Iván Juárez
Copa Argentina qualification Fifteen Primera Nacional teams qualified for the round of 32 of the 2025 Copa Argentina, which were the top seven teams of each zone and the best eighth-placed team at the end of the season, which was selected according to points, goal difference, goals scored, and a drawing of lots if needed.
Ranking of eighth-placed teams
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Agustín LavezziTristán Suárez182 Bruno NastaRacing (C)173 Agustín ColazoAldosivi154 Facundo CastroNueva Chicago135 Ezequiel AguirreDefensores de Belgrano126 Alejandro GagliardiAgropecuario Argentino11 Misael SosaDeportivo Maipú Nicolás RetamarFerro Carril Oeste Nazareno FunezSan Martín (SJ) Junior AriasSan Martín (T)
See also 2024 Argentine Primera División 2024 Copa Argentina 2024 Primera B Metropolitana 2024 Torneo Federal A 2024 Primera C Metropolitana
References
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