The 2022 Argentine Primera Nacional, also known as the Campeonato de Primera Nacional Torneo Malvinas Argentinas 2022, was the 38th season of the Primera Nacional, the second-tier competition of Argentine football. The season began on 11 February and ended on 19 November 2022. Thirty-seven teams competed in the league, thirty-three returning from the 2021 season, two teams promoted from Torneo Federal A and two from Primera B Metropolitana.
Belgrano were the champions, clinching direct promotion as well as their first title in the competition with two matches in hand and a 3–2 victory over Brown (A) on 25 September 2022. Instituto were the other promoted team, winning the Torneo Reducido after defeating Estudiantes (BA) in the final.
Format Thirty-seven teams played each other once for a total of thirty-six rounds. The top-placed team was the champion and also earned promotion to the Primera División. The teams placed from second to thirteenth place competed in the "Torneo Reducido" for the second promotion berth after the regular season ended, with the team placed second entering in the third round, the team placed third entering in the second round and the remaining teams entering in the first round. The bottom two teams were relegated at the end of the season, as relegation was reinstated after being suspended for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The draw to decide the fixture of the season was held on 13 January 2022 at the Argentine Football Association's Ezeiza offices.
Club information Stadia and locations
ClubCityProvinceStadiumCapacity Agropecuario Argentino Carlos Casares Buenos Aires Ofelia Rosenzuaig 8,000 All Boys Buenos Aires — 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 Atlanta Buenos Aires — Don León Kolbowsky 14,000 Atlético de Rafaela Rafaela Santa Fe Nuevo Monumental 16,000 Belgrano Córdoba Córdoba Julio César Villagra 30,000 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 Defensores de Belgrano Buenos Aires — Juan Pasquale 9,000 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 Deportivo Riestra Buenos Aires — Guillermo Laza 3,000 Estudiantes Caseros Buenos Aires Ciudad de Caseros 16,740 Estudiantes Río Cuarto Córdoba Antonio Candini 15,000 Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires — Ricardo Etcheverry 24,442 Flandria Jáuregui Buenos Aires Carlos V 5,000 Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy Jujuy 23 de Agosto 23,200 Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza Mendoza Víctor Legrotaglie 11,500 Güemes Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero Arturo Miranda 15,000 Guillermo Brown Puerto Madryn Chubut Raúl Conti 15,000 Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Mendoza Bautista Gargantini 24,000 Instituto Córdoba Córdoba Presidente Perón 26,535 Mitre Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero José y Antonio Castiglione 10,500 Nueva Chicago Buenos Aires — Nueva Chicago 28,500 Quilmes Quilmes Buenos Aires Centenario 35,200 Sacachispas Buenos Aires — Roberto Larrosa 4,000 San Martín San Juan San Juan Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez 17,000 San Martín Tucumán Tucumán La Ciudadela 30,250 San Telmo Dock Sud Buenos Aires Osvaldo Baletto 2,000 Santamarina Tandil Buenos Aires Municipal General San Martín 8,762 Temperley Temperley Buenos Aires Alfredo Beranger 13,000 Tristán Suárez Tristán Suárez Buenos Aires 20 de Octubre 15,000 Villa Dálmine Campana Buenos Aires El Coliseo de Mitre y Puccini 12,000
League table
Results
Torneo Reducido Teams ending in positions 2 to 13 played the Torneo Reducido for the second and last promotion berth to Primera División, in which teams were seeded in each round according to their final placement in the first stage of the tournament. The first two rounds were played over a single leg, at the stadium of the higher-seeded team. The semi-finals and finals were played over two legs, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. In all rounds, the higher-seeded team advanced in case of a tie.
First round
Second round
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Finals The winners of this double-legged series were the second team promoted to Primera División.
GK 1 Jorge Carranza (c) DF 4 Giuliano Cerato DF 6 Fernando Alarcón DF 2 Matías Ferreira DF 3 Sebastián Corda MF 8 Gabriel Graciani MF 7 Claudio Pombo MF 5 Roberto Bochi MF 10 Franco Watson MF 11 Santiago Rodríguez FW 9 Patricio Cucchi Substitutes: DF 13 Agustín Gómez MF 15 Nicolás Watson MF 19 Jonathan Dellarosa FW 20 Nicolás Mazzola Manager: Lucas Bovaglio
GK 1 Lucas Bruera DF 4 Delfor Minervino DF 2 Juan Cruz Randazzo DF 6 Stefano Brundo DF 3 Lautaro Lusnig MF 8 Sebastián Mayorga MF 5 Nicolás Pelaitay MF 7 Enzo Acosta MF 10 Facundo Pereyra (c) FW 11 Alan Cantero FW 9 Facundo Castelli Substitutes: DF 14 Diego F. López FW 17 Elías Alderete FW 18 Franco Lonardi FW 19 Tomás Bolzicco FW 20 Lautaro Parisi Manager: Walter Otta Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Instituto won on having a better season record.
Season statistics Top scorers {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !Rank !Player !Club !Goals |- |1 |align="left"| Pablo Vegetti |align="left"|Belgrano |17 |- |2 |align="left"| Octavio Bianchi |align="left"|All Boys |15 |- |rowspan=3|3 |align="left"| Luis Silba |align="left"|Estudiantes (RC) |rowspan=3|14 |- |align="left"| Matías Giménez |align="left"|San Martín (SJ) |- |align="left"| Braian Oyola |align="left"|Tristán Suárez |- |rowspan=5|6 |align="left"| Nicolás Servetto |align="left"|Almagro |rowspan=5|13 |- |align="left"| Claudio Bieler |align="left"|Atlético de Rafaela |- |align="left"| Mateo Acosta |align="left"|Brown (A) |- |align="left"| Enzo Díaz |align="left"|Ferro Carril Oeste |- |align="left"| Gabriel Graciani |align="left"|Instituto
See also 2022 Argentine Primera División 2022 Torneo Federal A 2021–22 Copa Argentina
References
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