Primera C Metropolitana

Primera C Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) football league system. The other league at level four is is the Torneo Argentino B.

Primera C is made up of 20 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area (Greater Buenos Aires).

Format

Primera C Metropolitana 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 teams finishing 2nd to 8th enter a playoff series to determine which team will play in a promotion/relegation playoff against the 2nd lowest finishing team from Primera B Metropolitana.

The team that finishes with the worst aggregate points total is automatically relegated to Primera D Metropolitana. The team with the 2nd worst aggregate points total plays a promotion/relegation playoff with the winner of the Primera D Metropolitana playoff series. And the winner then competes in Primera C the following season.

History

The metropolitan fourth tier of Argentine football has been known as Primera C Metropolitana since the reorganisation for the start of the 1998-1999 season.

Deportivo Merlo are the only team to have won the Primera C title more than once, in 1999-2000 and in 2005-06.

List of champions

*1998-1999: Defensores de Cambaceres
*1999-2000: Deportivo Merlo
*2000-2001: Atlético Ituzaingó
*2001-2002: Deportivo Laferrere
*2002-2003: Atlético Colegiales
*2003-2004: Argentino de Rosario
*2004-2005: Comunicaciones
*2005-2006: Deportivo Merlo
*2006-2007: Atlético Acassuso
*2007-2008: Atlético Colegiales

Participating clubs 2007-08

ee also

*List of football clubs in Argentina
*Argentine football league system

External links

* [http://www.futboldeascenso.com/clubes_lista.asp?categoria_club=Primera%20C Futbol de Ascenso Primera C] es icon