The 2025 Argentine Primera Nacional, officially known as the Campeonato de Primera Nacional Sur Finanzas 2025 for sponsorship purposes, was the 41st season of the Primera Nacional, the second-tier competition of Argentine football. Thirty-six teams competed in the league, thirty-three of which took part in the 2024 season, along with one team promoted from Torneo Federal A and two teams promoted from Primera B Metropolitana. The season began on 6 February and ended on 30 November 2025, and the fixture draw was held on 20 December 2024.
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza were the champions, winning their first title in the competition as well as achieving promotion to the AFA Liga Profesional de Fútbol after defeating Deportivo Madryn on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time in the championship final. The other team that promoted to the top flight at the end of the season was Estudiantes de Río Cuarto, who won the Torneo Reducido after defeating Deportivo Madryn in the finals by a 3–1 aggregate score.
Format For this season, the competition was played under the same format as the previous season, with the thirty-six participating teams split into two zones of 18 teams, where they played against the other teams in their group twice: once at home and once away. However, since this season had two teams less than the previous one as no teams were relegated from Primera División, no interzonal matches between rival teams were played, although rival sides were still paired together for the season draw and drawn into different zones. Both zone winners played a final match on neutral ground to decide the first promoted team to the top flight for the following 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. Moreover, the playoff match between the sides placing second-from-bottom in each group was not played this season, and instead four teams were relegated to the third-tier leagues, those being the bottom two teams from each zone.
Similar to previous seasons, fifteen Primera Nacional teams qualified for the 2026 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 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 Kolbowski 14,000 Central Norte Salta Salta Padre Ernesto Martearena 20,408 Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Buenos Aires Chacarita Juniors 19,000 Chaco For Ever Resistencia Chaco Juan Alberto García 23,000 Colegiales Florida Oeste Buenos Aires Libertarios Unidos 6,500 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 Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Buenos Aires Eduardo Gallardón 38,000 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 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
Results
Championship final The top 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 Yair Bonnín (c) DF 4 Agustín Sosa DF 2 Facundo Giacopuzzi DF 6 Alejandro Gutiérrez DF 3 Diego Martínez MF 7 Diego Crego MF 5 Federico Recalde MF 8 Bruno Pérez MF 10 Nazareno Solís FW 9 Luis Silba FW 11 Germán Rivero Substitutions: DF 14 Santiago Postel MF 15 Abel Bustos FW 17 Ezequiel Montagna FW 19 Nicolás Maná FW 20 Elías Ayala Manager: Leandro Gracián
GK 1 César Rigamonti DF 4 Facundo Nadalín DF 2 Diego Mondino (c) DF 6 Imanol González DF 3 Franco Saavedra MF 5 Fermín Antonini MF 8 Matías Muñoz MF 11 Facundo Lencioni MF 10 Nicolás Romano FW 7 Nicolás Servetto FW 9 Brian FerreyraSubstitutions: DF 14 Matías Recalde DF 18 Ismael Cortez MF 16 Ignacio Antonio MF 19 Jeremías Rodríguez FW 21 Luciano Cingolani FW 23 Mario Galeano Manager: Ariel Broggi
Torneo Reducido The teams placing second to eighth place in each zone, along with the loser of the championship final played the Torneo Reducido for the second and last promotion berth to the Liga Profesional, in which teams were 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 entered the Reducido), the semi-finals and the finals were played over two legs, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. In all rounds except for the final, the higher-seeded team advanced in case of a tie, with 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
Finals
Estudiantes (RC) won 3–1 on aggregate and promoted to the Liga Profesional.
GK 1 Yair Bonnín (c) DF 4 Agustín Sosa DF 2 Facundo Giacopuzzi DF 6 Alejandro Gutiérrez DF 3 Diego Martínez MF 5 Federico Recalde MF 8 Bruno Juncos MF 10 Nazareno Solís MF 7 Diego Crego FW 9 Luis Silba FW 11 Germán Rivero Substitutions: FW 18 Ezequiel Montagna MF 19 Juan Galeano FW 20 Elías Ayala Manager: Leandro Gracián
GK 1 Brian Olivera DF 4 Juan Antonini DF 2 Gonzalo Maffini (c) DF 6 Sergio Ojeda DF 3 Lucas Angelini MF 8 Martín Garnerone MF 5 Alejandro Cabrera MF 11 Mauro Valiente MF 10 Tomás González FW 7 Lucas González FW 9 Javier Ferreira Substitutions: DF 14 Facundo Cobos MF 19 Fabio Vázquez FW 18 Agustín Morales FW 20 Agustín Fontana Manager: Iván Delfino
Copa Argentina qualification Fifteen Primera Nacional teams qualified for the round of 32 of the 2026 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 Alejandro GagliardiAgropecuario Argentino182 Mateo AcostaEstudiantes (BA)143 Alan BonanseaPatronato114 Ignacio SabatiniArsenal105 Matías RomeroChaco For Ever9 Germán RiveroDeportivo Madryn Yair GonzálezDeportivo Morón Ivo ConstantinoDeportivo Morón Lucas GonzálezEstudiantes (RC) Alejandro QuintanaGimnasia y Esgrima (J) Brian FerreyraGimnasia y Esgrima (M) Facundo LencioniGimnasia y Esgrima (M) Sebastián CocimanoSan Telmo
See also 2025 Argentine Primera División 2025 Copa Argentina 2025 Torneo Federal A
References
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