The Argentine football pyramid

Argentina2026Seasons

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

Standings as of 23 Oct · 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 23 Oct

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	13	9	2	2	20	10	+10	WWWDW	2913
2 (Knockout stage)	Boca Juniors	13	6	6	1	21	14	+7	WWWDW	2413
3 (Knockout stage)	Defensa Y Justicia	13	7	3	3	18	12	+6	WDWWL	2410
4 (Knockout stage)	Vélez Sarsfield	13	6	6	1	18	13	+5	DWDLW	248
5 (Knockout stage)	Lanús	13	7	2	4	16	9	+7	WWDWW	2313
6 (Knockout stage)	Newell's Old Boys	13	5	5	3	13	10	+3	DWDLW	208
7 (Knockout stage)	Gimnasia (Mendoza)	13	6	2	5	15	13	+2	LDLWL	204
8 (Knockout stage)	Independiente	13	5	4	4	12	13	−1	DWLDD	196
9	San Lorenzo	13	5	2	6	7	12	−5	DLLWW	177
10	Estudiantes	13	4	2	7	16	15	+1	WLWDL	147
11	Unión	13	4	2	7	18	22	−4	LLLLD	141
12	Deportivo Riestra	13	2	6	5	10	13	−3	LDDLD	123
13	Platense	13	2	5	6	12	19	−7	LLDDL	112
14	Central Córdoba	13	2	4	7	11	18	−7	LDDDL	103
15	Talleres	13	2	3	8	12	20	−8	WLLDL	94

Group B

Liga Profesional, Group B
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Knockout stage)	Rosario Central	13	7	4	2	20	11	+9	WWDWW	2513
2 (Knockout stage)	Argentinos Juniors	13	7	4	2	17	11	+6	DLWDW	258
3 (Knockout stage)	Belgrano	13	6	4	3	14	10	+4	DWWWL	2210
4 (Knockout stage)	Gimnasia La Plata	13	6	4	3	19	18	+1	DDDDW	227
5 (Knockout stage)	Sarmiento	13	6	3	4	22	19	+3	DLWDD	216
6 (Knockout stage)	River Plate	13	6	2	5	18	13	+5	WLWDW	2010
7 (Knockout stage)	Barracas Central	13	5	4	4	11	10	+1	DLWWD	198
8 (Knockout stage)	Huracán	13	5	4	4	12	12	0	WWWLL	199
9	Independiente Rivadavia	13	5	4	4	17	21	−4	WWDLD	198
10	Atlético Tucumán	13	3	5	5	12	13	−1	LLLDL	141
11	Tigre	13	3	4	6	13	15	−2	LLLLD	131
12	Banfield	13	3	4	6	14	19	−5	DDDWL	136
13	Racing Club	13	3	3	7	14	20	−6	LWWLD	127
14	Estudiantes (Río Cuarto)	13	2	3	8	8	17	−9	LLLLW	93
15	Aldosivi	13	2	2	9	14	22	−8	LWLLL	83

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 22 Oct

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)	Ferro Carril Oeste	34	19	8	7	38	28	+10	WWLDW	6510
2 (Play-offs)	Godoy Cruz	34	17	9	8	48	32	+16	WDWDW	6011
3 (Play-offs)	Deportivo Morón	34	17	7	10	51	36	+15	LLWLL	583
4 (Play-offs)	Deportivo Madryn	34	14	12	8	47	30	+17	WDWLD	548
5 (Play-offs)	Colón	34	14	12	8	41	27	+14	WDWDD	549
6 (Play-offs)	Ciudad de Bolívar	34	13	12	9	30	29	+1	LWWWW	5112
7 (Play-offs)	Almirante Brown	34	12	12	10	28	24	+4	LLLDD	482
8 (Play-offs)	CA Estudiantes	34	13	9	12	34	33	+1	WWLWL	489
9	Los Andes	34	9	14	11	26	25	+1	LWLLD	414
10	Chaco For Ever	34	10	10	14	33	36	−3	WLDWL	407
11	Racing (Córdoba)	34	10	10	14	30	40	−10	LDDWL	405
12	Atlético Mitre	34	8	15	11	31	39	−8	LLWDW	397
13	Defensores De Belgrano	34	8	14	12	25	32	−7	WLDLD	385
14	San Telmo	34	9	11	14	28	37	−9	LWWLD	387
15	Central Norte	34	7	16	11	23	31	−8	LDDDW	376
16	All Boys	34	6	17	11	19	29	−10	DDLDD	354
17 (Relegation)	Acassuso	34	8	9	17	25	35	−10	WWLWD	3310
18 (Relegation)	San Miguel	34	6	14	14	27	41	−14	DLLDL	322

Group 2

Primera Nacional, Group 2
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Final)	Tristan Suarez	34	16	14	4	33	15	+18	DWDDW	629
2 (Play-offs)	Temperley	34	16	12	6	41	28	+13	WLWWD	6010
3 (Play-offs)	Gimnasia Jujuy	34	16	10	8	51	42	+9	DDLDW	586
4 (Play-offs)	Atlanta	34	18	4	12	40	33	+7	DWWWL	5810
5 (Play-offs)	Gimnasia Y Tiro	34	14	10	10	37	31	+6	LWLDW	527
6 (Play-offs)	Midland	34	14	9	11	40	29	+11	WLDWL	517
7 (Play-offs)	Colegiales	34	14	8	12	35	31	+4	LWWDW	5010
8 (Play-offs)	Deportivo Maipu	34	13	9	12	40	33	+7	DWWDL	488
9	San Martín (San Juan)	34	12	11	11	36	34	+2	WLLDD	475
10	San Martín (Tucumán)	34	11	13	10	38	35	+3	LDWLW	467
11	Atlético de Rafaela	34	12	9	13	28	34	−6	WLLLW	456
12	Almagro	34	11	8	15	31	41	−10	LLWWL	416
13	Agropecuario	34	10	10	14	27	38	−11	WLDWL	407
14	Quilmes	34	10	9	15	30	29	+1	LWDLL	394
15	Patronato	34	7	16	11	29	33	−4	DWLWL	377
16	Chacarita Juniors	34	10	6	18	26	35	−9	WLWLW	369
17 (Relegation)	Nueva Chicago	34	9	9	16	24	33	−9	DWLLL	364
18 (Relegation)	Güemes	34	6	8	20	25	57	−32	LLLLW	263

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 20 Oct

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	40	23	9	8	64	31	+33	WWLWD	7810
2 (Play-offs)	Arsenal Sarandi	40	20	13	7	53	26	+27	LWLWD	737
3 (Play-offs)	Sportivo Italiano	40	19	12	9	47	29	+18	DWWWD	6911
4 (Play-offs)	Talleres Remedios	40	19	11	10	42	26	+16	DWLDL	685
5 (Play-offs)	Deportivo Camioneros	40	18	13	9	47	32	+15	LLLDW	674
6 (Play-offs)	Villa Dalmine	40	17	14	9	39	27	+12	WDLDL	655
7 (Play-offs)	Deportivo Armenio	40	17	11	12	42	38	+4	WWWDD	6211
8 (Play-offs)	Real Pilar	40	17	11	12	42	39	+3	WLWLD	627
9 (Play-offs)	Comunicaciones	40	14	15	11	39	34	+5	WDDDD	577
10	Deportivo Laferrere	40	14	13	13	49	52	−3	LLWDW	557
11	San Martín Burzaco	40	12	15	13	41	45	−4	WLWLD	517
12	Villa San Carlos	40	12	14	14	40	43	−3	DWWLW	5010
13	Deportivo Merlo	40	11	15	14	39	53	−14	WLDDW	488
14	Dock Sud	40	11	14	15	41	45	−4	DWLLL	474
15	Liniers	40	10	15	15	33	41	−8	LLWDD	455
16	Flandria	40	12	9	19	36	48	−12	LLDWW	457
17	Argentino de Merlo	40	11	11	18	36	44	−8	WLLLL	443
18	Argentino Quilmes	40	9	17	14	32	40	−8	DDDDL	444
19	Brown de Adrogué	40	9	16	15	25	37	−12	DWDWD	439
20	Defensores Unidos	40	9	15	16	33	40	−7	LWDLD	425
21 (Relegation)	UAI Urquiza	40	6	21	13	23	36	−13	LDWWD	398
22 (Relegation)	Ituzaingó	40	1	14	25	27	64	−37	LLLDD	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 22 Oct

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