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2025 Primera Nacional

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.

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==
Club information
Stadia and locations ==Zone A==
Zone B
Standings Results ==Championship final==
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. ==Torneo Reducido==
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. ==Copa Argentina qualification==
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==
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