The Argentine football pyramid

Argentina2026Seasons

Every league in the top four tiers of Argentine football, from Liga Profesional down to Primera C. Promotion, relegation and play-off places are marked on each table where they apply.

Latest result in these tables: Mon 2 Nov · checked through the day

Tier 1Liga ProfesionalLPF30 clubs · 2 groups Tier 2Primera NacionalPN36 clubs · 2 groups Tier 3Primera B MetropolitanaPBM22 clubs Tier 4Primera CPC28 clubs · 2 groups

Bar width is to scale with the number of clubs in each tier.

Promotion and relegation races

Tier 1

Liga Profesional

30 clubs in 2 groups · as of 9 Nov

Fixtures and results

1–8 in each group Knockout stage

Group A

Liga Profesional, Group A
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Knockout stage)	Instituto	16	10	4	2	26	15	+11	DWWDD	349
2 (Knockout stage)	Boca Juniors	16	9	6	1	24	14	+10	DWWWW	3313
3 (Knockout stage)	Vélez Sarsfield	16	7	7	2	25	17	+8	LWWDL	287
4 (Knockout stage)	Defensa Y Justicia	16	8	4	4	21	15	+6	WLWDL	287
5 (Knockout stage)	Lanús	16	7	5	4	19	12	+7	WWDDD	269
6 (Knockout stage)	Newell's Old Boys	16	5	8	3	16	13	+3	LWDDD	236
7 (Knockout stage)	Independiente	16	6	5	5	15	16	−1	DDLDW	236
8 (Knockout stage)	Gimnasia (Mendoza)	16	6	4	6	18	17	+1	WLLDD	225
9	Unión	16	6	3	7	24	24	0	LDWDW	218
10	Platense	16	5	5	6	18	20	−2	DLWWW	2010
11	San Lorenzo	16	5	4	7	9	16	−7	WWDDL	198
12	Estudiantes	16	4	4	8	21	22	−1	DLLDD	163
13	Talleres	16	3	4	9	17	23	−6	DLLWD	135
14	Deportivo Riestra	16	2	6	8	11	19	−8	LDLLL	121
15	Central Córdoba	16	2	5	9	12	26	−14	DLLLD	112

Group B

Liga Profesional, Group B
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Knockout stage)	Rosario Central	16	10	4	2	26	12	+14	WWWWW	3415
2 (Knockout stage)	Argentinos Juniors	16	9	4	3	20	14	+6	DWWWL	3110
3 (Knockout stage)	Gimnasia La Plata	16	9	4	3	25	20	+5	DWWWW	3113
4 (Knockout stage)	River Plate	16	8	2	6	21	14	+7	DWWLW	2610
5 (Knockout stage)	Barracas Central	16	7	5	4	17	13	+4	WDWDW	2611
6 (Knockout stage)	Belgrano	16	6	5	5	17	15	+2	WLLDL	234
7 (Knockout stage)	Independiente Rivadavia	16	6	5	5	21	24	−3	LDLWD	235
8 (Knockout stage)	Huracán	16	6	4	6	14	16	−2	LLLLW	223
9	Sarmiento	16	6	3	7	23	24	−1	DDLLL	212
10	Tigre	16	5	4	7	16	16	0	LDLWW	197
11	Atlético Tucumán	16	4	6	6	16	17	−1	DLWLD	185
12	Banfield	16	3	6	7	18	25	−7	WLDLD	155
13	Racing Club	16	4	3	9	16	24	−8	LDLWL	154
14	Aldosivi	16	3	2	11	16	26	−10	LLWLL	113
15	Estudiantes (Río Cuarto)	16	2	3	11	10	23	−13	LWLLL	93

These are the Clausura tables.
The year has two tournaments, the Apertura and the Clausura. The top eight in each group go into a knockout stage for the title.
Relegation is decided by a table of the whole year and by average points over recent seasons, so it isn't shown here.

Tier 2

Primera Nacional

36 clubs in 2 groups · as of 5 Nov

Fixtures and results

1st in each group Final
2–8 in each group Play-offs
17–18 in each group Relegation

Group 1

Primera Nacional, Group 1
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Final)	Godoy Cruz	36	19	9	8	53	33	+20	WDWWW	6613
2 (Play-offs)	Ferro Carril Oeste	36	19	9	8	38	31	+7	LDWLD	665
3 (Play-offs)	Deportivo Morón	36	18	7	11	53	37	+16	WLLLW	616
4 (Play-offs)	Deportivo Madryn	36	16	12	8	52	31	+21	WLDWW	6010
5 (Play-offs)	Colón	36	16	12	8	45	27	+18	WDDWW	6011
6 (Play-offs)	Almirante Brown	36	13	12	11	30	26	+4	LDDWL	515
7 (Play-offs)	Ciudad de Bolívar	36	13	12	11	30	33	−3	WWWLL	519
8 (Play-offs)	CA Estudiantes	36	13	10	13	35	35	0	LWLDL	494
9	Chaco For Ever	36	12	10	14	39	37	+2	DWLWW	4610
10	Los Andes	36	9	16	11	27	26	+1	LLDDD	433
11	All Boys	36	8	17	11	22	30	−8	LDDWW	418
12	San Telmo	36	10	11	15	30	41	−11	WLDLW	417
13	Atlético Mitre	36	8	16	12	31	42	−11	WDWLD	408
14	Racing (Córdoba)	36	10	10	16	32	45	−13	DWLLL	404
15	Defensores De Belgrano	36	8	15	13	25	34	−9	DLDDL	393
16	Central Norte	36	7	17	12	23	32	−9	DDWDL	386
17 (Relegation)	Acassuso	36	8	11	17	25	35	−10	LWDDD	356
18 (Relegation)	San Miguel	36	6	15	15	27	42	−15	LDLDL	332

Group 2

Primera Nacional, Group 2
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Final)	Tristan Suarez	36	16	16	4	34	16	+18	DDWDD	647
2 (Play-offs)	Atlanta	36	19	5	12	42	34	+8	WWLWD	6210
3 (Play-offs)	Temperley	36	16	13	7	43	31	+12	WWDLD	618
4 (Play-offs)	Gimnasia Jujuy	36	16	10	10	53	49	+4	LDWLL	584
5 (Play-offs)	Midland	36	15	10	11	43	29	+14	DWLWD	558
6 (Play-offs)	Deportivo Maipu	36	14	10	12	43	34	+9	WDLWD	528
7 (Play-offs)	Colegiales	36	14	10	12	36	32	+4	WDWDD	529
8 (Play-offs)	Gimnasia Y Tiro	36	14	10	12	37	35	+2	LDWLL	524
9	San Martín (San Juan)	36	13	12	11	42	36	+6	LDDDW	516
10	San Martín (Tucumán)	36	11	14	11	39	37	+2	WLWLD	477
11	Atlético de Rafaela	36	12	11	13	29	35	−6	LLWDD	475
12	Agropecuario	36	12	10	14	31	39	−8	DWLWW	4610
13	Quilmes	36	12	9	15	33	30	+3	DLLWW	457
14	Chacarita Juniors	36	12	6	18	29	35	−6	WLWWW	4212
15	Almagro	36	11	9	16	33	44	−11	WWLDL	427
16	Patronato	36	7	17	12	29	35	−6	LWLLD	384
17 (Relegation)	Nueva Chicago	36	9	10	17	25	36	−11	LLLDL	371
18 (Relegation)	Güemes	36	6	9	21	28	62	−34	LLWLD	274

Tier 2 ⇅ Tier 3

Primera Nacional: 17th–18th in each group drop to the third tier

Primera B Metropolitana: 1st goes up; 2nd–9th play off for a second place

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Tier 3

Primera B Metropolitana

22 clubs · as of 5 Nov

Fixtures and results

1st Promotion
2–9 Play-offs
21–22 Relegation

Primera B Metropolitana table
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Promotion)	Excursionistas	42	24	9	9	69	33	+36	LWDWL	817
2 (Play-offs)	Arsenal Sarandi	42	21	14	7	56	28	+28	LWDWD	778
3 (Play-offs)	Sportivo Italiano	42	20	12	10	48	33	+15	WWDLW	7210
4 (Play-offs)	Talleres Remedios	42	20	11	11	46	27	+19	LDLWL	714
5 (Play-offs)	Deportivo Camioneros	42	19	13	10	50	35	+15	LDWLW	707
6 (Play-offs)	Villa Dalmine	42	18	14	10	40	28	+12	LDLWL	684
7 (Play-offs)	Real Pilar	42	18	12	12	45	41	+4	WLDWD	668
8 (Play-offs)	Deportivo Armenio	42	17	12	13	43	40	+3	WDDLD	636
9 (Play-offs)	Comunicaciones	42	15	15	12	40	35	+5	DDDLW	606
10	Deportivo Laferrere	42	15	14	13	51	53	−2	WDWWD	5911
11	Villa San Carlos	42	12	15	15	41	46	−5	WLWLD	517
12	San Martín Burzaco	42	12	15	15	43	49	−6	WLDLL	514
13	Argentino de Merlo	42	13	11	18	39	45	−6	LLLWW	506
14	Flandria	42	13	10	19	40	50	−10	DWWWD	4911
15	Deportivo Merlo	42	11	16	15	40	55	−15	DDWLD	496
16	Liniers	42	11	15	16	36	43	−7	WDDLW	488
17	Argentino Quilmes	42	10	17	15	33	41	−8	DDLWL	475
18	Dock Sud	42	11	14	17	42	51	−9	LLLLL	470
19	Defensores Unidos	42	10	16	16	35	41	−6	DLDWD	466
20	Brown de Adrogué	42	10	16	16	26	38	−12	DWDLW	468
21 (Relegation)	UAI Urquiza	42	8	21	13	28	38	−10	WWDWW	4513
22 (Relegation)	Ituzaingó	42	1	14	27	28	69	−41	LDDLL	172

Clubs from outside Buenos Aires play at this level in the Torneo Federal A, which isn't shown.

Tier 3 ⇅ Tier 4

Primera B Metropolitana: 21st–22nd drop to Primera C

Primera C: The group winners meet in a final; 2nd–7th play off

Tier 4

Primera C

28 clubs in 2 groups · as of 5 Nov

Fixtures and results

1st in each group Final
2–7 in each group Play-offs
14th in each group Relegation play-off

Group A

Primera C, Group A
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Final)	Berazategui	32	13	12	7	40	24	+16	WDWLW	5110
2 (Play-offs)	Sacachispas	32	14	8	10	33	26	+7	LLLDW	504
3 (Play-offs)	Estrella Del Sur	32	12	12	8	33	30	+3	DDWDW	489
4 (Play-offs)	Centro Español	32	12	11	9	43	30	+13	DLWWL	477
5 (Play-offs)	Mercedes	32	12	11	9	31	24	+7	DWWDW	4711
6 (Play-offs)	Victoriano Arenas	32	11	14	7	26	19	+7	LWDWW	4710
7 (Play-offs)	Lugano	32	11	13	8	35	29	+6	DDDLL	463
8	Juventud Unida	32	12	9	11	39	33	+6	LWDWL	457
9	Puerto Nuevo	32	10	11	11	30	36	−6	LLLLW	413
10	Defensores de Cambaceres	32	9	9	14	25	34	−9	WDLLL	364
11	JJ Urquiza	32	7	14	11	21	26	−5	DDLWW	358
12	Deportivo Paraguayo	32	7	11	14	23	41	−18	LWDDL	325
13	Leandro N. Alem	32	8	7	17	30	58	−28	DLWLL	314
14 (Relegation play-off)	Argentino Rosario	32	4	15	13	30	42	−12	LDLWL	274

Group B

Primera C, Group B
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Final)	Lujan	32	19	7	6	46	22	+24	WWWWW	6415
2 (Play-offs)	Canuelas	32	17	10	5	43	22	+21	WWWDW	6113
3 (Play-offs)	Deportivo Español	32	12	16	4	26	16	+10	DWWDW	5211
4 (Play-offs)	Leones de Rosario	32	13	12	7	31	25	+6	DDLWW	518
5 (Play-offs)	Central Córdoba (Rosario)	32	13	10	9	32	23	+9	WDWWL	4910
6 (Play-offs)	General Lamadrid	32	9	14	9	23	27	−4	DDDLD	414
7 (Play-offs)	Sportivo Barracas	32	11	7	14	32	32	0	LLDLD	402
8	El Porvenir	32	8	16	8	28	32	−4	WLLDW	407
9	Central Ballester	32	10	8	14	29	34	−5	WDLLL	384
10	Atletico Atlas	32	9	10	13	24	29	−5	LLDLL	371
11	Claypole	32	9	9	14	27	40	−13	WWLDW	3610
12	Yupanqui	32	8	11	13	33	36	−3	DLDLL	352
13	Fénix	32	8	10	14	24	32	−8	DWLWL	347
14 (Relegation play-off)	Deportivo Muñiz	32	6	11	15	23	38	−15	DLWWL	297