2024 Primera C Metropolitana

The 2024 Argentine Primera C Metropolitana is the 124th season of the third tier of football in Argentina. The season began on 2 February and scheduled to end in November 2024. Twenty-four teams competed in the league.

Format

Primera C is currently organised into two league tournaments, the Apertura (opening) and the Clausura (closing). Each team plays every other team once in the Apertura, and then once again at the reverse venue in the Clausura.

The winners of the two league titles are recognised as champions. However, the overall championship is decided with an end of season playoff. The overall champion is promoted to Primera B Metropolitana.

The team that finishes with the worst aggregate points total is disaffiliated for next season.

Teams

Club	City	Area / region	Stadium
Argentino	Rosario	Santa Fe Province	José María Olaeta
Atlas	General Rodríguez	Buenos Aires	Ricardo Puga
Berazategui	Berazategui	Buenos Aires	Norman Lee
Central Ballester	José L. Suárez	Greater Buenos Aires	Predio Cacique
Central Córdoba	Rosario	Santa Fe	Gabino Sosa
Centro Español	Villa Sarmiento	Greater Buenos Aires	(none)
Claypole	Claypole	Buenos Aires	Rodolfo Capocasa
Defensores de Cambaceres	Ensenada	Buenos Aires Province	Defensores de Cambaceres
Deportivo Español	Buenos Aires City	Buenos Aires	Nueva España
Deportivo Paraguayo	Constitución	Buenos Aires City	(none)
El Porvenir	Gerli	Greater Buenos Aires	Estadio Gildo Francisco Ghersinich
General Lamadrid	Buenos Aires City	Buenos Aires	Enrique Sexto
Justo José de Urquiza	El Libertador	Buenos Aires	Ramón Roque Martín
Juventud Unida	Muñiz	Greater Buenos Aires	Ciudad de San Miguel
Leandro N. Alem	General Rodríguez	Buenos Aires	Leandro N. Alem
Lugano	Tapiales	Greater Buenos Aires	José María Moraños
Luján	Luján	Buenos Aires	Municipal de Luján
Mercedes	Mercedes	Buenos Aires Province	Liga Mercedina,
Muñiz	Muñiz	Greater Buenos Aires	(none)
Puerto Nuevo	Campana	Buenos Aires	Rubén Vallejos
Real Pilar	Pilar	Buenos Aires	Carlos Barraza
Sportivo Barracas	Barracas, Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires City	(none)
Victoriano Arenas	Valentin Alsina	Buenos Aires	Saturnino Moure
Yupanqui	Buenos Aires City	Buenos Aires	Ciudad Evita

Regular season

Apertura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Qualification
1	General Lamadrid	24	14	7	3	36	16	20	49	Qualification to Championship Finals
2	Berazategui	24	14	7	3	43	25	18	49
3	Argentino de Rosario	24	11	9	4	39	22	17	42
4	Central Córdoba	24	11	9	4	31	20	11	42
5	JJ Urquiza	24	12	4	8	37	21	16	40
6	Claypole	24	11	6	7	31	28	3	39
7	Deportivo Español	24	8	13	3	26	17	9	37
8	Atlas	24	10	6	8	37	35	2	36
9	Luján	24	10	6	8	26	24	2	36
10	Real Pilar	24	7	12	5	37	28	9	33
11	Ituzaingó	24	8	9	7	21	16	5	33
12	Muñiz	24	10	3	11	35	38	−3	33
13	Cambaceres	24	7	11	6	21	23	−2	32
14	Leandro N. Alem	24	8	8	8	26	30	−4	32
15	Yupanqui	24	8	7	9	21	22	−1	31
16	Central Ballester	24	7	10	7	19	23	−4	31
17	Centro Español	24	9	3	12	30	30	0	30
18	El Porvenir	24	8	6	10	27	30	−3	30
19	Mercedes	24	6	9	9	18	29	−11	27
20	Victoriano Arenas	24	5	11	8	20	23	−3	26
21	Puerto Nuevo	24	5	9	10	25	33	−8	24
22	Sportivo Barracas	24	5	8	11	21	35	−14	23
23	Deportivo Paraguayo	24	5	5	14	13	29	−16	20
24	Lugano	24	3	6	15	15	37	−22	15
25	Juventud Unida	24	2	8	14	11	32	−21	14

Source: Soccerway
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.

Clausura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Qualification
1	Real Pilar (Q)	22	14	8	0	28	6	22	50	Qualification to Championship Finals
2	Deportivo Español	22	12	6	4	30	17	13	42
3	General Lamadrid	22	12	5	5	41	21	20	41	Apertura winners, assured of Championship Finals
4	Berazategui	22	11	4	7	29	21	8	37
5	Ituzaingó	22	8	10	4	25	17	8	34
6	Central Córdoba	22	9	6	7	26	22	4	33
7	JJ Urquiza	22	9	6	7	19	18	1	33
8	Leandro N. Alem	22	7	11	4	25	15	10	32
9	Juventud Unida	23	9	5	9	25	26	−1	32
10	Muñiz	22	9	5	8	25	26	−1	32
11	Centro Español	22	9	4	9	22	21	1	31
12	Luján	22	9	4	9	26	26	0	31
13	Claypole	22	8	6	8	28	19	9	30
14	Central Ballester	22	8	6	8	23	29	−6	30
15	Victoriano Arenas	22	7	8	7	18	22	−4	29
16	Sportivo Barracas	22	8	5	9	17	24	−7	29
17	Puerto Nuevo	22	6	10	6	20	22	−2	28
18	Atlas	22	7	6	9	22	23	−1	27
19	El Porvenir	22	5	10	7	12	14	−2	25
20	Cambaceres	22	4	11	7	11	17	−6	23
21	Yupanqui	23	6	5	12	21	39	−18	23
22	Argentino de Rosario	22	5	6	11	25	27	−2	21
23	Lugano	22	4	8	10	22	38	−16	20
24	Mercedes	22	3	7	12	11	26	−15	16
25	Deportivo Paraguayo	22	2	8	12	15	30	−15	14

Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2024. Source: Soccerway
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.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Qualification
1	General Lamadrid (A, Q)	46	26	12	8	77	37	40	90	Advance to Championship Finals and qualification for Copa Argentina
2	Berazategui (Q)	46	25	11	10	72	46	26	86	Qualification for Copa Argentina
3	Real Pilar (A, Q)	46	21	20	5	65	34	31	83	Advance to Championship Finals and qualification for Copa Argentina
4	Deportivo Español	46	20	19	7	56	34	22	79	Qualification for Copa Argentina
5	Central Córdoba	46	20	15	11	57	42	15	75	Qualification for Copa Argentina
6	JJ Urquiza	46	21	10	15	56	39	17	73
7	Claypole	46	19	12	15	59	47	12	69
8	Ituzaingó	46	16	19	11	46	33	13	67
9	Luján	46	19	10	17	52	50	2	67
10	Muñiz	46	19	8	19	60	64	−4	65
11	Leandro N. Alem	46	15	19	12	51	45	6	64
12	Argentino de Rosario	46	16	15	15	64	49	15	63
13	Atlas	46	17	12	17	59	58	1	63
14	Centro Español	46	18	7	21	52	51	1	61
15	Central Ballester	46	15	16	15	42	52	−10	61
16	El Porvenir	46	13	16	17	39	44	−5	55
17	Victoriano Arenas	46	12	19	15	38	45	−7	55
18	Cambaceres	46	11	22	13	32	40	−8	55
19	Yupanqui	47	14	12	21	42	61	−19	54
20	Puerto Nuevo	46	11	19	16	45	55	−10	52
21	Sportivo Barracas	46	13	13	20	38	59	−21	52
22	Juventud Unida	47	11	13	23	36	58	−22	46
23	Mercedes	46	9	16	21	29	55	−26	43
24	Lugano	46	7	14	25	37	75	−38	35
25	Deportivo Paraguayo	46	7	13	26	28	59	−31	34	Disaffiliation for next season

Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2024. Source: Soccerway
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.
(A) Advance to a further round; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Championship Finals

The winners of the Apertura (General Lamadrid) and Clausura (Real Pilar) play a two-legged series to decide the champions and the first team promoted to Primera B Metropolitana.

First leg

7 December 2024

15:45 UTC−3

Real Pilar	v	General Lamadrid

Municipal Carlos Barraza, Pilar

Second leg

14 December 2024

19:00 UTC−3

General Lamadrid	v	Real Pilar

Estadio Enrique Sexto, Villa Devoto

References

External links

soccerway.com