Two clubs from the current 30-team top-flight division will lose their top-flight status once the regular stage of the Clausura concludes, provided the Argentine Football Association (AFA) enforces the competition rules established at the start of the tournament, as reported by ole.com.ar. The looming threat of relegation hangs over the bottom of both the aggregate table and the coefficient standings, a double-edged system designed to weigh short-term struggles against multi-year consistency.
How the Relegation Tables Are Calculated
The Argentine Football Association evaluates relegation through two distinct mechanisms: a multi-year coefficient table (promedios) and the single-season aggregate table (tabla anual). According to ole.com.ar, the aggregate table compiles points earned across the 16 matches of the Apertura group stage and the 16 matches of the Clausura. This same aggregate standings list also dictates qualification for international continental cups and crowns the yearly champion.
Concurrently, the coefficient table divides total points accumulated across the 2024, 2025, and 2026 seasons by the total number of matches played. Certain newly promoted clubs divide their points total by a smaller match count due to their recent arrival in the division. Ole.com.ar notes that if a single club finishes last in both the coefficient standings and the aggregate table, the drop zone extends to rescue the dual-last club, forcing the team sitting second-to-last in the aggregate table down instead.
Estudiantes de Río Cuarto Anchor the Coefficient Bottom
At the 11th round of the current tournament, the newly promoted side Estudiantes de Río Cuarto sits directly at the foot of the coefficient table. As a newly arrived club dividing their points across fewer total fixtures, every dropped point weighs heavily on their mathematical survival.
Aldosivi Face the Aggregate Drop Zone Danger
While Estudiantes de Río Cuarto anchor the coefficient danger zone, the race at the bottom of the aggregate table introduces additional complications. Ole.com.ar reported that Aldosivi currently occupy the second-to-last spot in the aggregate standings with 16 points. Because Estudiantes de Río Cuarto sit dead last in both the aggregate table and the coefficient table, competition rules dictate that the relegation spot shifts to the next eligible side in the aggregate table—placing Aldosivi directly in the firing line.
Regardless of the exact point tally fluctuations reported across outlets, the structural reality remains identical: the overlap of last-place finishes forces the danger threshold upward to ensnare the penúltimo side.
AFA May Nullify Relegation Based on Past Precedents
Ole.com.ar emphasizes that the enforcement of these two descending spots depends entirely on whether the AFA strictly follows the regulations put in place at the opening of the competition. Past seasons offer clear precedent for dramatic policy shifts; the governing body ultimately nullified all relegation consequences during both the 2023 and 2024 campaigns, sparing struggling clubs at the eleventh hour.
With the regular stage of the Clausura still unfolding toward its definitive conclusion, clubs in the lower tiers of both tables continue to chase vital points to escape the mathematical crosshairs before league officials face formal decisions regarding tournament structures.
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