2020 Primera Nacional

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Primera Nacional
Season	2020
Dates	28 November 2020 – 31 January 2021
Champions	Sarmiento (J) (1st title)
Promoted	Sarmiento (J) Platense
Relegated	None
Matches played	131
Goals scored	291 (2.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Claudio Bieler (6 goals)
Biggest home win	Almagro 4–0 All Boys (27 December 2020) Estudiantes (RC) 4–0 Agropecuario (10 January 2021)
Biggest away win	Nueva Chicago 2–5 Alvarado (5 December 2020) Ferro Carril Oeste 0–3 Atlanta (7 December 2020) San Martín (T) 0–3 Atl. de Rafaela (13 December 2020)
Highest scoring	Nueva Chicago 2–5 Alvarado (5 December 2020)
← 2019–20 2021 →

The 2020 Argentine Primera Nacional, also known as the 2020 Campeonato de Transición Primera Nacional,^[1] was the 36th season of the Primera Nacional, the second tier of Argentine football. The season began on 28 November 2020 and concluded on 31 January 2021. The competition was contested by the thirty-two teams that took part in the 2019–20 season, which was suspended and subsequently abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Format

The competition was split into two stages: First Promotion and Second Promotion, which in turn, were split into two groups according to the groupings and placements of teams in the previous season. The top eight teams of each group at the time of suspension of the previous season played in the First Promotion stage, where they were split into two groups, while the remaining eight teams from each group played in the first round of the Second Promotion stage. In both stages, the teams were placed in groups according to the ones they were in for the previous season. In the First Promotion stage, each team played against the other teams in their group once, with the group winners playing a final match on neutral ground to decide the first promoted team to the Liga Profesional for the 2021 season.

In the Second Promotion stage, each team also played against the other teams in their group once, with the top two in each group qualifying for a knockout tournament where they were joined by the teams that failed to earn promotion in the First Promotion stage, with the two group runners-up from that stage having a bye to the third knockout round and the loser from the First Promotion final having a bye to the semi-finals. The winners of that knockout tournament earned the second promotion berth to the Liga Profesional.^[3]

Club information

Stadia and locations

GBA

Agropecuario Argentino

Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)

Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)

Guillermo Brown

Independiente Rivadavia

Locations of the 2020 Primera B Nacional teams outside Greater Buenos Aires.

Defensores de Belgrano

Locations of the 2020 Primera B Nacional teams within Greater Buenos Aires.

Club	City	Stadium
Agropecuario Argentino	Carlos Casares	Ofelia Rosenzuaig
All Boys	Buenos Aires	Islas Malvinas
Almagro	José Ingenieros	Tres de Febrero
Alvarado	Mar del Plata	José María Minella
Atlanta	Buenos Aires	Don León Kolbowsky
Atlético de Rafaela	Rafaela	Nuevo Monumental
Belgrano	Córdoba	Julio César Villagra
Barracas Central	Buenos Aires	Claudio Chiqui Tapia
Brown	Adrogué	Lorenzo Arandilla
Chacarita Juniors	Villa Maipú	Chacarita Juniors
Defensores de Belgrano	Buenos Aires	Juan Pasquale
Deportivo Morón	Morón	Nuevo Francisco Urbano
Deportivo Riestra	Buenos Aires	Guillermo Laza
Estudiantes (BA)	Caseros	Ciudad de Caseros
Estudiantes (RC)	Río Cuarto	Antonio Candini
Ferro Carril Oeste	Buenos Aires	Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	Jujuy	23 de Agosto
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	Mendoza	Víctor Legrotaglie
Guillermo Brown	Puerto Madryn	Raúl Conti
Independiente Rivadavia	Mendoza	Bautista Gargantini
Instituto	Córdoba	Presidente Perón
Mitre (SdE)	Santiago del Estero	Doctores José y Antonio Castiglione
Nueva Chicago	Buenos Aires	Nueva Chicago
Platense	Florida Este	Ciudad de Vicente López
Quilmes	Quilmes	Centenario
San Martín (SJ)	San Juan	Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez
San Martín (SJ)	San Juan	Estadio del Bicentenario
San Martín (T)	Tucumán	La Ciudadela
Santamarina	Tandil	Municipal Gral. San Martín
Sarmiento	Junín	Eva Perón
Temperley	Temperley	Alfredo Beranger
Tigre	Victoria	José Dellagiovanna
Villa Dálmine	Campana	Villa Dálmine

First Promotion stage

Zone A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ERC	PLA	EBA	AGA	ATL	DMO	TEM	FCO
1	Estudiantes (RC)	7	3	4	0	11	5	+6	13	Advance to Championship final	—	1–1	—	4–0	—	0–0	—	2–1
2	Platense	7	3	4	0	10	6	+4	13	Advance to Eliminatory stage third knockout round	—	—	—	1–1	—	1–1	2–1	—
3	Estudiantes (BA)	7	3	3	1	13	10	+3	12	Advance to Eliminatory stage first knockout round	2–2	1–1	—	3–1	3–3	—	—	—
4	Agropecuario Argentino	7	3	1	3	7	11	−4	10		—	—	—	—	—	1–0	1–0	0–1
5	Atlanta	7	2	2	3	12	12	0	8		1–2	0–2	—	2–3	—	—	1–1	—
6	Deportivo Morón	7	1	3	3	6	8	−2	6		—	—	2–1	—	1–2	—	—	2–3
7	Temperley	7	1	3	3	3	5	−2	6		0–0	—	0–1	—	—	0–0	—	1–0
8	Ferro Carril Oeste	7	2	0	5	7	12	−5	6		—	1–2	1–2	—	0–3	—	—	—

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored.^[4]

Zone B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SAR	ATR	DBE	TIG	GEM	DRI	VDA	SMT
1	Sarmiento (J)	7	4	3	0	8	4	+4	15	Advance to Championship final	—	—	1–0	1–1	—	—	0–0	1–0
2	Atlético de Rafaela	7	4	2	1	13	8	+5	14	Advance to Eliminatory stage third knockout round	0–0	—	—	3–2	2–1	—	—	—
3	Defensores de Belgrano	7	4	1	2	6	3	+3	13	Advance to Eliminatory stage first knockout round	—	2–0	—	—	0–0	1–0	—	0–1
4	Tigre	7	2	2	3	9	9	0	8		—	—	0–1	—	—	1–2	3–1	—
5	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	7	1	4	2	10	10	0	7		2–3	—	—	1–1	—	—	1–1	—
6	Deportivo Riestra	7	1	3	3	8	11	−3	6		1–2	3–3	—	—	1–3	—	—	0–0
7	Villa Dálmine	7	1	3	3	5	9	−4	6		—	0–2	1–2	—	—	1–1	—	—
8	San Martín (T)	7	1	2	4	3	8	−5	5		—	0–3	—	0–1	2–2	—	0–1	—

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored.^[4]

Championship final

16 January 2021

19:10

Estudiantes (RC)	1–1	Sarmiento (J)
Sepúlveda 21'	Report 1 Report 2	Pombo 40'
Penalties
Ortigoza Ferreira Ardente Vester Sepúlveda	3–4	Torres Garnier Graciani Mancinelli Vismara

Estadio 15 de Abril, Santa Fe

Attendance: 0

Referee: Fernando Rapallini

Match details

Team details

Sarmiento (J)

Estudiantes (RC)


GK	1	Manuel Vicentini (c)
DF	4	Martín García
DF	2	Federico Mancinelli
DF	6	Brian Salvareschi
DF	3	Facundo Castet
MF	7	Gabriel Graciani
MF	5	Federico Vismara
MF	10	Sergio Quiroga
FW	8	Claudio Pombo
FW	9	Jonathan Torres
FW	11	Mauro Albertengo
Substitutions:
DF	13	Francisco Oliver
DF	14	Yamil Garnier
MF	15	Fabio Vázquez
FW	16	Benjamín Borasi
Manager:
Mario Sciacqua


GK	1	Luis Ardente
DF	4	Gastón Benavídez
DF	2	Nicolás Ferreyra
DF	6	Gonzalo Maffini
DF	3	Lucas Suárez
MF	7	Nahuel Cainelli
MF	5	Gastón Bottino (c)
MF	10	Víctor Beraldi
MF	8	Maximiliano Comba
FW	11	Bruno Sepúlveda
FW	9	Ibrahim Hesar
Substitutions:
DF	13	Alan Vester
DF	14	Maximiliano Padilla
MF	15	Néstor Ortigoza
FW	17	Yair Arismendi
FW	18	Javier Ferreira
Manager:
Marcelo Vázquez

Second Promotion stage

Zone A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SMA	BAC	BEL	ALV	MIT	GBR	NCH	IND
1	San Martín (SJ)	7	4	3	0	5	1	+4	15	Advance to Eliminatory stage first knockout round	—	0–0	0–0	—	1–1	—	1–0	—
2	Barracas Central	7	4	2	1	7	4	+3	14	Advance to Eliminatory stage first knockout round	—	—	1–0	—	—	2–1	0–1	2–1
3	Belgrano	7	3	3	1	8	3	+5	12		—	—	—	2–2	—	—	2–0	3–0
4	Alvarado	7	2	3	2	12	8	+4	9		0–1	0–1	—	—	—	0–0	—	3–0
5	Mitre (SdE)	7	1	5	1	8	9	−1	8		—	1–1	0–0	2–2	—	—	1–1	—
6	Guillermo Brown	7	1	3	3	6	7	−1	6		0–1	—	0–1	—	4–2	—	—	—
7	Nueva Chicago	7	1	2	4	6	12	−6	5		—	—	—	2–5	—	1–1	—	1–2
8	Independiente Rivadavia	7	1	1	5	3	11	−8	4		0–1	—	—	—	0–1	0–0	—	—

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored.^[4]

Zone B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	QUI	INS	ALM	SAN	BRO	GEJ	ALL	CHA
1	Quilmes	7	4	1	2	9	7	+2	13	Advance to Eliminatory stage first knockout round	—	—	—	—	1–0	3–2	—	3–2
2	Instituto	7	3	3	1	11	9	+2	12	Advance to Eliminatory stage first knockout round	2–1	—	0–1	3–2	—	—	—	2–1
3	Almagro	7	4	0	3	7	5	+2	12		0–1	—	—	—	—	1–0	4–0	0–2
4	Santamarina	7	3	1	3	11	10	+1	10		1–0	—	2–0	—	1–3	—	—	3–1
5	Brown	7	2	3	2	6	5	+1	9		—	1–1	0–1	—	—	2–1	0–0	—
6	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	7	2	2	3	9	9	0	8		—	1–1	—	2–2	—	—	2–0	—
7	All Boys	7	1	4	2	3	8	−5	7		0–0	2–2	—	1–0	—	—	—	—
8	Chacarita Juniors	7	1	2	4	6	9	−3	5		—	—	—	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	—

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored.^[4]

Eliminatory stage

First knockout round

The first knockout round was contested by 16 teams: the 12 teams ranked from third to eighth place in their groups of the First Promotion stage and the top two teams from each group of the Second Promotion stage. In this round, the 16 teams were seeded according to their performance and placements in the previous stage of the competition, with teams coming from the First Promotion stage being given a higher seed, and paired against a rival according to their seed: Team 1 vs. Team 16, Team 2 vs. Team 15 and so on, playing a single match on neutral ground. The eight winners advanced to the second knockout round.^[1]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Defensores de Belgrano	7	4	1	2	6	3	+3	13	Qualified from First Promotion stage
2	A	Estudiantes (BA)	7	3	3	1	13	10	+3	12
3	A	Agropecuario Argentino	7	3	1	3	7	11	−4	10
4	B	Tigre	7	2	2	3	9	9	0	8
5	A	Atlanta	7	2	2	3	12	12	0	8
6	B	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	7	1	4	2	10	10	0	7
7	A	Deportivo Morón	7	1	3	3	6	8	−2	6
8	B	Deportivo Riestra	7	1	3	3	8	11	−3	6
9	A	Temperley	7	1	3	3	3	5	−2	6
10	B	Villa Dálmine	7	1	3	3	5	9	−4	6
11	A	Ferro Carril Oeste	7	2	0	5	7	12	−5	6
12	B	San Martín (T)	7	1	2	4	3	8	−5	5

13	A	San Martín (SJ)	7	4	3	0	5	1	+4	15	Qualified from Second Promotion stage
14	B	Quilmes	7	4	1	2	9	7	+2	13
15	A	Barracas Central	7	4	2	1	7	4	+3	14
16	B	Instituto	7	3	3	1	11	9	+2	12

Source: AFA

17 January 2021	Defensores de Belgrano	2–0	Instituto	Campana
17:10	Benegas 9' Núñez 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Coliseo de Mitre y Puccini Attendance: 0 Referee: Yamil Possi

17 January 2021	Atlanta	2–2 (4–1 p)	San Martín (T)	Río Cuarto
17:10	Giménez 55' (pen.) Marcioni 90'	Report	Noir 49' A. Costa 70'	Stadium: Antonio Candini Attendance: 0 Referee: Adrián Franklin
	Penalties
	Giménez Marinucci Previtali Marcioni		A. Costa Diarte R. Costa

17 January 2021	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	1–4	Ferro Carril Oeste	Córdoba
17:10	Lentini 72'	Report	Toloza 5' Bordacahar 24' Gómez 59' Ramírez 86'	Stadium: Presidente Perón Attendance: 0 Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez

17 January 2021	Deportivo Morón	2–1	Villa Dálmine	Florida Este
17:10	Villalba 38' Álvarez 90+2'	Report	Sánchez 73'	Stadium: Ciudad de Vicente López Attendance: 0 Referee: Nazareno Arasa

17 January 2021	Estudiantes (BA)	2–2 (3–2 p)	Barracas Central	Buenos Aires
19:10	Bandiera 41' Verón 44'	Report	Estigarribia 24', 66'	Stadium: Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 0 Referee: Diego Ceballos
	Penalties
	Ruiz Gómez González Bandiera Figueroa Rinaldi		Tapia Colitto Estigarribia Vásquez Acuña

17 January 2021	Tigre	1–1 (3–4 p)	San Martín (SJ)	Caseros
19:15	Protti 20'	Report	Alarcón 30' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ciudad de Caseros Attendance: 0 Referee: Pablo Echavarría
	Penalties
	Magnín Moiraghi Giacopuzzi Marinelli Luna		Sánchez Campana Berterame Ramírez Rescaldani

17 January 2021	Deportivo Riestra	1–0	Temperley	Villa Maipú
20:00	Brito 57'	Report		Stadium: Chacarita Juniors Attendance: 0 Referee: Gerardo Méndez Cerro

18 January 2021	Agropecuario Argentino	0–1	Quilmes	Buenos Aires
17:00		Report	Pavone 69'	Stadium: Don León Kolbowski Attendance: 0 Referee: Leandro Rey Hilfer
Note: The match was originally scheduled on 17 January 2021 at 21:10 but was suspended due to an electric failure at Estadio Don León Kolbowski. It was rescheduled to 18 January 2021 at 17:00.

Second knockout round

The second knockout round was contested by the eight winners from the previous stage. In this round, the eight teams were once again seeded according to their performance and placements in the first stage of the competition, with teams coming from the First Promotion stage being given a higher seed and paired against a rival according to their seed, playing a single match on neutral ground. The four winners advanced to the third knockout round.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Defensores de Belgrano	7	4	1	2	6	3	+3	13	Qualified from First Promotion stage
2	Estudiantes (BA)	7	3	3	1	13	10	+3	12
3	Atlanta	7	2	2	3	12	12	0	8
4	Deportivo Morón	7	1	3	3	6	8	−2	6
5	Deportivo Riestra	7	1	3	3	8	11	−3	6
6	Ferro Carril Oeste	7	2	0	5	7	12	−5	6

7	San Martín (SJ)	7	4	3	0	5	1	+4	15	Qualified from Second Promotion stage
8	Quilmes	7	4	1	2	9	7	+2	13	Qualified from Second Promotion stage

Source: AFA

21 January 2021	Estudiantes (BA)	3–1	San Martín (SJ)	Buenos Aires
17:10	Garay 63' Bolzicco 67', 81'	Report	Berterame 6'	Stadium: Don León Kolbowski Attendance: 0 Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez

21 January 2021	Deportivo Morón	0–1	Deportivo Riestra	Victoria
19:15		Report	Gómez 59'	Stadium: José Dellagiovanna Attendance: 0 Referee: Adrián Franklin

21 January 2021	Atlanta	2–1	Ferro Carril Oeste	Florida Este
19:20	Ochoa 32' Tecilla 46'	Report	Rago 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ciudad de Vicente López Attendance: 0 Referee: Pablo Echavarría

21 January 2021	Defensores de Belgrano	0–1	Quilmes	Caseros
21:30		Report	Pavone 68'	Stadium: Ciudad de Caseros Attendance: 0 Referee: Pablo Giménez

Third knockout round

The third knockout round was contested by the four winners from the previous stage, as well as the two group runners-up from the First Promotion stage, Platense and Atlético de Rafaela. In this round, the six teams were once again seeded according to their performance and placements in the first stage of the competition, with teams coming from the First Promotion stage being given a higher seed and paired against a rival according to their seed, playing a single match on neutral ground. The three winners advanced to the semi-finals.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético de Rafaela	7	4	2	1	13	8	+5	14	Qualified from First Promotion stage
2	Platense	7	3	4	0	10	6	+4	13
3	Estudiantes (BA)	7	3	3	1	13	10	+3	12
4	Atlanta	7	2	2	3	12	12	0	8
5	Deportivo Riestra	7	1	3	3	8	11	−3	6

6	Quilmes	7	4	1	2	9	7	+2	13	Qualified from Second Promotion stage

Source: AFA

24 January 2021	Atlético de Rafaela	2–2 (10–9 p)	Quilmes	Rosario
18:20	Portillo 58' Bieler 78' (pen.)	Report	Pavone 41' Acevedo 83'	Stadium: Marcelo Bielsa Attendance: 0 Referee: Darío Herrera
	Penalties
	Bieler Brundo Lesman Copetti Castro Martino Romero Blondel Piñero Sara Bieler		Calello Arias Moreira González Matheu Acevedo Blanco Ortega Alegre Glellel Calello

24 January 2021	Estudiantes (BA)	1–0	Atlanta	Victoria
20:25	Bandiera 51'	Report		Stadium: José Dellagiovanna Attendance: 0 Referee: Fernando Echenique

24 January 2021	Platense	0–0 (8–7 p)	Deportivo Riestra	Caseros
22:25		Report		Stadium: Ciudad de Caseros Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrés Merlos
	Penalties
	Bogado Callegari Recalde Tissera Vega Lluy Palacios Baldassarra De Olivera Sinisterra		Pereira Brito Romero Zaninovic Tovo Gómez Soto Murillo Villoldo Vega

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were contested by the three winners from the previous stage, as well as the First Promotion final losers Estudiantes (RC). In this round, the four teams were once again seeded according to their performance and placements in the first stage of the competition, with teams coming from the First Promotion stage being given a higher seed and paired against a rival according to their seed, playing a single match on neutral ground. The two winners advanced to the final.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Estudiantes (RC)	7	3	4	0	11	5	+6	13	Qualified from First Promotion final

2	Atlético de Rafaela	7	4	2	1	13	8	+5	14	Qualified from First Promotion stage
3	Platense	7	3	4	0	10	6	+4	13
4	Estudiantes (BA)	7	3	3	1	13	10	+3	12

Source: AFA

27 January 2021	Estudiantes (RC)	1–0	Estudiantes (BA)	Rosario
19:15	Hesar 18'	Report		Stadium: Gigante de Arroyito Attendance: 0 Referee: Jorge Baliño

27 January 2021	Atlético de Rafaela	0–2	Platense	Rosario
21:30		Report	Recalde 1' Baldassarra 76'	Stadium: Marcelo Bielsa Attendance: 0 Referee: Ariel Penel

Final

2020 Torneo Reducido Final

31 January 2021

21:10

Estudiantes (RC)	1–1	Platense
Hesar 37'	Report 1 Report 2	Tissera 4'
Penalties
Ortigoza Fernández Padilla Benavídez	2–4	Lamberti Zalazar Recalde Tissera

Estadio Marcelo Bielsa, Rosario

Attendance: 0

Referee: Néstor Pitana

Team details

Estudiantes (RC)

Platense


GK	1	Brian Olivera
DF	4	Gastón Benavídez
DF	2	Nicolás Ferreyra
DF	6	Gonzalo Maffini
DF	3	Lucas Suárez	a'
MF	8	Nahuel Cainelli	b'
MF	5	Gastón Bottino (c)
MF	10	Víctor Beraldi	e'
MF	11	Bruno Sepúlveda	c'
FW	7	Yair Arismendi	d'
FW	9	Ibrahim Hesar
Substitutes:
DF	13	Maximiliano Padilla	a'
MF	15	Néstor Ortigoza	e'
FW	16	Maximiliano Comba	b'
MF	17	Marcos G. Fernández	d'
FW	18	Javier Ferreira	c'
Manager:
Marcelo Vázquez


GK	1	Jorge De Olivera
DF	4	Brian Lluy
DF	2	Nicolás Zalazar
DF	6	Luciano Recalde
DF	3	Juan Infante
MF	11	Franco Baldassarra		a'
MF	8	Mauro Bogado
MF	5	Hernán Lamberti (c)
MF	10	José Luis Sinisterra	b'
FW	7	Matías Tissera
FW	9	Facundo Curuchet	c'
Substitutes:
MF	15	Roberto Bochi	a'
MF	16	Tiago Palacios	b'
MF	17	Ignacio Schor	c'
Manager:
Juan Manuel Llop

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[5]
1	Claudio Bieler	Atlético de Rafaela	6
2	Enzo Copetti	Atlético de Rafaela	5
	Neri Bandiera	Estudiantes (BA)
	Ibrahim Hesar	Estudiantes (RC)
	Mariano Pavone	Quilmes
6	Julián Marcioni	Atlanta	4
	Bruno Sepúlveda	Estudiantes (RC)
	Matías Tissera	Platense
	Jonathan Torres	Sarmiento (J)