2023 Primera Nacional

The 2023 Argentine Primera Nacional, also known as the Campeonato de Primera Nacional "Campeones del Mundo" 2023,^[1] was the 39th season of the Primera Nacional, the second-tier competition of Argentine football. The season began on 3 February and ended on 2 December 2023. Thirty-seven teams competed in the league, thirty-three of which took part in the 2022 season, along with two teams relegated from Primera División, one team promoted from Torneo Federal A and another one promoted from Primera B Metropolitana.

Primera Nacional

Season	2023
Dates	3 February – 2 December 2023
Champions	Independiente Rivadavia (1st title)
Promoted	Independiente Rivadavia Deportivo Riestra
Relegated	Flandria Villa Dálmine
Matches played	664
Goals scored	1,409 (2.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alex Arce (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Patronato 6–0 Alvarado (6 March)
Biggest away win	Tristán Suárez 0–4 Dep. Maipú (4 March) Chaco For Ever 0–4 Quilmes (10 September)
Highest scoring	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 4–3 Almagro (1 October)
← 2022 2024 →

Independiente Rivadavia promoted to Primera División and won the competition for the first time in this season, defeating Almirante Brown 2–0 after extra time in the championship final played on 29 October 2023.^[2] The other promoted side was Deportivo Riestra, who won the Torneo Reducido after defeating Deportivo Maipú in the final.^[3]

Format

For this season, the competition was played under a format similar to the one used for the 2021 season, with the thirty-seven participating teams being split into two zones, one of 19 teams and another one of 18 teams, where they played against the other teams in their group twice: once at home and once away, with one team in Zone A having a bye in each round. No interzonal or derby matchdays were played, and teams from the same city were drawn into different zones. Both zone winners played a final match on neutral ground to decide the first promoted team to the Liga Profesional for the 2024 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, which joined the Reducido in the second round. The teams placing in bottom place of each zone were relegated at the end of the season, with a third relegated team slated to be decided in a playoff match between the sides placing second-from-bottom in each group.^[4] However, the third relegation from Primera Nacional and consequently, the relegation playoffs, were cancelled by the Argentine Football Association on 23 October 2023 in order to have a 38-team competition for 2024.^[5]

This tournament also served as part of the qualification process for the 2024 Copa Argentina, qualifying 15 teams for that competition: the top 7 teams in each group plus the best eighth-placed one.^[6] The draw to decide the fixture of the season was held on 29 December 2022 at the Argentine Football Association's Ezeiza offices.^[1]

Club information

Stadia and locations

GBA

Agropecuario Argentino

Aldosivi

Alvarado

Atlético de Rafaela

Chaco For Ever

Defensores Unidos

Dep. Madryn

Dep. Maipú

Estudiantes (RC)

Flandria

Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)

Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)

Güemes

Guillermo Brown

Indep. Rivadavia

Mitre (SdE)

Patronato

Racing (C)

San Martín (SJ)

San Martín (T)

Villa Dálmine

Locations of the 2023 Primera Nacional teams outside Greater Buenos Aires.

All Boys

Almagro

Almirante Brown

Atlanta

Brown (A)

Chacarita Juniors

Defensores de Belgrano

Deportivo Morón

Dep. Riestra

Estudiantes (BA)

Ferro Carril Oeste

Nueva Chicago

Quilmes

San Telmo

Temperley

Tristán Suárez

Locations of the 2023 Primera Nacional teams within Greater Buenos Aires.

Club	City	Province	Stadium	Capacity
Agropecuario Argentino	Carlos Casares	Buenos Aires	Ofelia Rosenzuaig	8,000
Aldosivi	Mar del Plata	Buenos Aires	José María Minella	35,180
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
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
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
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 Etcheverri	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
Mitre	Santiago del Estero	Santiago del Estero	José y Antonio Castiglione	10,500
Nueva Chicago	Buenos Aires	—	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	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
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

Zone A

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Almirante Brown	36	17	10	9	36	30	+6	61	Advance to Final and qualification for Copa Argentina
2	Agropecuario Argentino	36	17	8	11	46	36	+10	59	Advance to Torneo Reducido and qualification for Copa Argentina
3	San Martín (T)	36	15	11	10	38	24	+14	56
4	Estudiantes (RC)	36	16	7	13	34	32	+2	55
5	Defensores de Belgrano	36	15	8	13	44	35	+9	53
6	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	36	13	14	9	45	37	+8	53
7	San Martín (SJ)	36	14	11	11	44	38	+6	53
8	Temperley	36	13	14	9	42	38	+4	53
9	Güemes	36	13	14	9	37	34	+3	53
10	Deportivo Morón	36	14	11	11	38	37	+1	53
11	Nueva Chicago	36	13	13	10	34	25	+9	52
12	Defensores Unidos	36	12	11	13	30	31	−1	47
13	Alvarado	36	10	14	12	35	40	−5	44
14	Patronato	36	11	9	16	39	44	−5	42
15	All Boys	36	10	12	14	31	40	−9	42
16	Guillermo Brown[a]	36	10	11	15	35	42	−7	38
17	Almagro	36	9	10	17	26	36	−10	37
18	San Telmo	36	10	7	19	40	52	−12	37
19	Flandria (R)	36	9	7	20	33	56	−23	34	Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only for deciding promotion or relegation); 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points; 6) head-to-head goal difference; 7) head-to-head goals scored.^[8]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Guillermo Brown were deducted three points due to an assault on referee Adrián Franklin in their match against Defensores de Belgrano.^[7]

Relegation play-off tiebreaker

Since Almagro and San Telmo ended up tied in points for 18th place, a tiebreaker match would be played to decide the team that would play the relegation play-off. Since the third relegation from the league was voided, this match was cancelled.

28 October 2023 (2023-10-28)

15:30 UTC−3

Almagro	Cancelled	San Telmo

Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López, Florida

Results

Home \ Away	AGA	ALL	ALM	CAB	ALV	DBE	DUN	DMO	ERC	FLA	GEM	GÜE	GBR	NCH	PAT	SMA	SMT	STE	TEM
Agropecuario Argentino	—	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–3
All Boys	2–0	—	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1
Almagro	0–1	0–0	—	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–0	2–0
Almirante Brown	4–1	3–0	1–0	—	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0
Alvarado	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	—	0–0	4–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1
Defensores de Belgrano	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	—	1–2	0–1	1–0	4–2	1–0	4–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1
Defensores Unidos	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	—	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–1
Deportivo Morón	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–0	—	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–0
Estudiantes (RC)	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	0–1	2–2	1–0
Flandria	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	—	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–4	2–3
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	2–1	0–0	4–3	4–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	—	0–1	5–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1
Güemes	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	—	1–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–1	1–1	2–0
Guillermo Brown	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1[a]	3–0	0–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	4–1	—	0–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–2
Nueva Chicago	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–4	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	3–2	—	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0
Patronato	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	6–0	1–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	—	1–2	1–3	1–0	3–1
San Martín (SJ)	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	—	0–0	1–2	3–1
San Martín (T)	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	—	1–0	1–1
San Telmo	0–1	0–1	3–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	3–1	0–2	2–1	—	0–0
Temperley	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	3–3	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	—

Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

1. Match suspended at half-time and awarded to Defensores de Belgrano due to an assault on referee Adrián Franklin.^[7]

Zone B

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Independiente Rivadavia (P)	34	20	8	6	51	33	+18	68	Advance to Final and qualification for Copa Argentina
2	Chacarita Juniors	34	18	13	3	48	23	+25	67	Advance to Torneo Reducido and qualification for Copa Argentina
3	Deportivo Maipú	34	19	6	9	46	31	+15	63
4	Quilmes	34	15	8	11	44	31	+13	53
5	Atlético de Rafaela	34	14	11	9	38	31	+7	53
6	Mitre (SdE)	34	15	7	12	38	37	+1	52
7	Deportivo Riestra (P)	34	12	14	8	40	34	+6	50
8	Ferro Carril Oeste	34	13	10	11	45	37	+8	49	Advance to Torneo Reducido
9	Brown (A)	34	11	14	9	34	31	+3	47
10	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	34	13	5	16	36	40	−4	44
11	Deportivo Madryn	34	10	13	11	28	28	0	43
12	Racing (C)	34	10	11	13	44	43	+1	41
13	Chaco For Ever	34	11	7	16	30	43	−13	40
14	Estudiantes (BA)	34	8	12	14	31	40	−9	36
15	Atlanta	34	8	11	15	33	41	−8	35
16	Aldosivi	34	8	11	15	33	44	−11	35
17	Tristán Suárez	34	8	10	16	36	53	−17	34
18	Villa Dálmine (R)	34	5	5	24	21	56	−35	20	Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only for deciding promotion or relegation); 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points; 6) head-to-head goal difference; 7) head-to-head goals scored.^[8]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	ATL	ATR	BRO	CHA	CFE	DEM	DMA	DRI	EBA	FCO	GEJ	IND	MIT	QUI	RAC	TRI	VDA
Aldosivi	—	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1
Atlanta	0–0	—	0–0	1–2	0–1	4–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	3–2	2–1
Atlético de Rafaela	2–2	1–0	—	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0
Brown (A)	2–0	2–1	1–1	—	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–0
Chacarita Juniors	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	—	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–0
Chaco For Ever	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	—	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–0
Deportivo Madryn	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	—	2–3	0–3	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–0
Deportivo Maipú	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	—	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–1
Deportivo Riestra	3–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	—	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–3	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–1
Estudiantes (BA)	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	—	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0
Ferro Carril Oeste	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–2	—	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–3	3–1	2–1	3–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	—	1–3	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0
Independiente Rivadavia	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	—	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–0
Mitre (SdE)	0–2	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	—	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–1
Quilmes	4–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–3	—	1–2	5–1	2–0
Racing (C)	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–2	0–1	—	1–1	0–0
Tristán Suárez	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–2	0–4	0–0	1–1	2–4	1–2	0–3	3–0	0–0	3–2	—	1–1
Villa Dálmine	0–1	0–2	1–4	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–3	2–3	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	—

Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship final

The top-ranked 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.

29 October 2023 (2023-10-29)

18:00 UTC−3

Almirante Brown	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Independiente Rivadavia
	Report 1 Report 2	Sánchez 114' Ramis 118'

Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba

Referee: Nicolás Ramírez

Team details

Almirante Brown Independiente Rivadavia GK 1 Ramiro Martínez DF 4 Ulises Abreliano DF 2 Agustín Dattola DF 6 Alan Barrionuevo DF 3 Jonathan Zacaría MF 7 Leandro Guzmán MF 5 Marcos Enrique MF 8 Juan Manuel Vázquez FW 11 Mariano Santiago FW 10 Nazareno Bazán FW 9 Martín Batallini Substitutions: DF 14 Axel Ochoa FW 15 Matías Belloso MF 17 José Luis Escurra FW 18 Germán Rivero MF 20 Diego García FW 23 Facundo Miño Manager: Darío Franco GK 1 Maximiliano Gagliardo DF 4 Luciano Abecasis DF 2 Francisco Petrasso DF 6 Mauro Maidana DF 3 Juan Manuel Elordi MF 8 Ezequiel Ham MF 5 Franco Romero MF 11 Maximiliano González FW 7 Jonás Aguirre FW 9 Alex Arce MF 10 Alejo Distaulo Substitutions: DF 14 Santiago Flores FW 18 Ivan Valdez FW 20 Francisco Ilarregui MF 21 Brian Sánchez   FW 22 Victorio Ramis Manager: Alfredo Berti

Torneo Reducido

The teams placing second to eighth place in each zone, along with the loser of the championship final play 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 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) and the semi-finals were played over two legs, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg, whilst the final was played as a single match on neutral ground. In all rounds except for the final, the higher-seeded team advanced in case of a tie, with extra time and a penalty shoot-out set to be played in case of a draw in the final.^[9]

First round

San Martín (T) v Deportivo Riestra

27 October 2023 (2023-10-27)	San Martín (T)	0–1	Deportivo Riestra	San Miguel de Tucumán
21:10 UTC−3		Report	Romero 33'	Stadium: La Ciudadela Referee: Diego Ceballos

Chacarita Juniors v Temperley

28 October 2023 (2023-10-28)	Chacarita Juniors	1–2	Temperley	Villa Maipú
17:30 UTC−3	Beltramone 12'	Report	Arregui 24' Nieto 49'	Stadium: Chacarita Juniors Referee: Mario Ejarque

Agropecuario Argentino v Ferro Carril Oeste

28 October 2023 (2023-10-28)	Agropecuario Argentino	0–2	Ferro Carril Oeste	Carlos Casares
18:00 UTC−3		Report	Díaz 18' Mosca 84'	Stadium: Ofelia Rosenzuaig Referee: Pablo Giménez

Quilmes v Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)

28 October 2023 (2023-10-28)	Quilmes	1–0	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	Quilmes
21:30 UTC−3	Río 83'	Report		Stadium: Centenario Ciudad de Quilmes Referee: José Carreras
Note: Match suspended at halftime with the score at 0–0 due to an aggression on Gimnasia y Esgrima goalkeeper Brian Olivera.[10] The second half resumed on 4 November 2023 (originally 3 November 2023), 15:00 local time at Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López, Florida behind closed doors.[11]

Deportivo Maipú v San Martín (SJ)

29 October 2023 (2023-10-29)	Deportivo Maipú	1–0	San Martín (SJ)	Maipú
16:00 UTC−3	Agorreca 25'	Report		Stadium: Omar Higinio Sperdutti Referee: Fabricio Llobet

Estudiantes (RC) v Mitre (SdE)

29 October 2023 (2023-10-29)	Estudiantes (RC)	1–0	Mitre (SdE)	Río Cuarto
19:00 UTC−3	Cainelli 5'	Report		Stadium: Antonio Candini Referee: Nelson Sosa

Atlético de Rafaela v Defensores de Belgrano

30 October 2023 (2023-10-30)	Atlético de Rafaela	1–0	Defensores de Belgrano	Rafaela
21:30 UTC−3	Bieler 66'	Report		Stadium: Nuevo Monumental Referee: Juan Pafundi

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ferro Carril Oeste	1–1	Almirante Brown (bsr)	1–1	0–0
Temperley	2–3	Deportivo Maipú	2–1	0–2
Deportivo Riestra	2–1	Quilmes	1–1	1–0
Atlético de Rafaela	0–0	Estudiantes (RC) (bsr)	0–0	0–0

First leg

Temperley v Deportivo Maipú

5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)	Temperley	2–1	Deportivo Maipú	Turdera
16:00 UTC−3	Krüger 53' Mazur 62'	Report	González 68'	Stadium: Alfredo Beranger Referee: Sebastián Zunino

Ferro Carril Oeste v Almirante Brown

5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)	Ferro Carril Oeste	1–1	Almirante Brown	Buenos Aires
18:00 UTC−3	Mosca 80'	Report	Bazán 46'	Stadium: Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverri Referee: Yamil Possi

Deportivo Riestra v Quilmes

7 November 2023 (2023-11-07)	Deportivo Riestra	1–1	Quilmes	Buenos Aires
15:30 UTC−3	Romero 58'	Report	Río 66'	Stadium: Guillermo Laza Referee: Sebastián Martínez

Atlético de Rafaela v Estudiantes (RC)

8 November 2023 (2023-11-08)	Atlético de Rafaela	0–0	Estudiantes (RC)	Rafaela
21:05 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Nuevo Monumental Referee: Carlos Córdoba

Second leg

Almirante Brown (bsr) v Ferro Carril Oeste

11 November 2023 (2023-11-11)	Almirante Brown (bsr)	0–0 (1–1 agg.)	Ferro Carril Oeste	Isidro Casanova
16:15 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Fragata Presidente Sarmiento Referee: Jorge Baliño

Deportivo Maipú v Temperley

12 November 2023 (2023-11-12)	Deportivo Maipú	2–0 (3–2 agg.)	Temperley	Maipú
14:30 UTC−3	González 38' Sambueza 82' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Omar Higinio Sperdutti Referee: Darío Herrera

Quilmes v Deportivo Riestra

13 November 2023 (2023-11-13)	Quilmes	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Deportivo Riestra	Quilmes
19:00 UTC−3		Report	Goitía 35'	Stadium: Centenario Ciudad de Quilmes Referee: Luis Lobo Medina

Estudiantes (RC) (bsr) v Atlético de Rafaela

13 November 2023 (2023-11-13)	Estudiantes (RC) (bsr)	0–0 (0–0 agg.)	Atlético de Rafaela	Río Cuarto
21:05 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Antonio Candini Referee: Pablo Giménez

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Riestra	4–0	Almirante Brown	2–0	2–0
Estudiantes (RC)	1–1	Deportivo Maipú (bsr)	0–0	1–1

First leg

Deportivo Riestra v Almirante Brown

20 November 2023 (2023-11-20)	Deportivo Riestra	2–0	Almirante Brown	Buenos Aires
17:00 UTC−3	Tovo 57' Fernández 64'	Report		Stadium: Guillermo Laza Referee: Ariel Penel

Estudiantes (RC) v Deportivo Maipú

22 November 2023 (2023-11-22)	Estudiantes (RC)	0–0	Deportivo Maipú	Río Cuarto
19:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Antonio Candini Referee: Nazareno Araza

Second leg

Almirante Brown v Deportivo Riestra

26 November 2023 (2023-11-26)	Almirante Brown	0–2 (0–4 agg.)	Deportivo Riestra	Isidro Casanova
17:00 UTC−3		Report	Goitía 33' Dematei 73'	Stadium: Fragata Presidente Sarmiento Referee: Pablo Giménez

Deportivo Maipú (bsr) v Estudiantes (RC)

26 November 2023 (2023-11-26)	Deportivo Maipú (bsr)	1–1 (1–1 agg.)	Estudiantes (RC)	Maipú
17:00 UTC−3	Sambueza 90+5'	Report	Villalba 42'	Stadium: Omar Higinio Sperdutti Referee: Nicolás Lamolina

Final

The winner was the second and last team promoted to Primera División for the 2024 season.

2 December 2023 (2023-12-02)

17:00 UTC−3

Deportivo Riestra	1–0	Deportivo Maipú
Fernández 60'	Report

Estadio Presidente Perón, Córdoba

Referee: Darío Herrera

Team details

Deportivo Riestra Deportivo Maipú GK 1 Ignacio Arce DF 2 Jonatan Goitía DF 3 Eric Tovo DF 4 Nahuel Iribarren DF 5 Jonathan Goya MF 6 Nicolás Dematei MF 7 Fermín Antonini MF 8 Milton Céliz (c) FW 9 Lázaro Romero FW 10 Walter Acuña FW 11 Gustavo Fernández Substitutions: 14 Emilio MacEachen 16 Diego Magallanes 17 Tomás Villoldo 18 Leonardo Landriel 20 Ramón González Herrero Manager: Matías Módolo GK 1 Juan Pablo Cozzani DF 4 Santiago Moyano DF 2 Felipe Coronel DF 6 Imanol González DF 3 Guillermo Ferracuti MF 8 Fausto Montero MF 7 Agustín Manzur FW 11 Luciano Herrera MF 10 Rubens Sambueza (c) FW 7 Santiago González FW 9 Ezequiel Almirón Substitutions: 16 Luciano Paredes 19 Marcelo Eggel 20 Emiliano Ozuna 21 Gonzalo Klusener 22 Marcelo Larrondo Manager: Luis Osvaldo García

Relegation play-off

The teams placing second-from-bottom in each zone would play a match on neutral ground to decide the third and last relegated team. The losing team would be relegated to Primera B Metropolitana or Torneo Federal A according to their affiliation to AFA. Since the third relegation from the league was voided, this match was cancelled.

Zone A relegation play-off tiebreaker loser	Cancelled	Tristán Suárez

Copa Argentina qualification

Fifteen Primera Nacional teams qualified for the round of 32 of the 2024 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 earned per game, goal difference, goals scored, and a drawing of lots if needed.^[6]

Ranking of eighth-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
1	A	Temperley	36	13	14	9	42	38	+4	53	1.47	Qualification for Copa Argentina
2	B	Ferro Carril Oeste	34	13	10	11	45	37	+8	49	1.44

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[12]
1	Alex Arce	Independiente Rivadavia	25
2	Gabriel Benegas	Defensores de Belgrano	18
3	Emanuel Dening	San Martín (T)	15
4	Claudio Bieler	Atlético de Rafaela	14
	Martín Pino	Guillermo Brown
	Lázaro Romero	Deportivo Riestra
7	Alejandro Melo	Agropecuario Argentino	13
	Luciano Giménez	Chacarita Juniors
	Lucas González	Deportivo Madryn
	Franco Coronel	Racing (C)

See also

• 2023 Argentine Primera División
• 2023 Torneo Federal A
• 2023 Copa Argentina