Within the years 1931-1966, the Campeonato de Primera División (First Division Championship) of Argentina included only the clubs from Capital Federal and most important cities of the province of Buenos Aires (Avellaneda, La Plata, Lanús, etc.). In 1939, the clubs from Rosario, Newell's and Central, entered in the championship. Meanwhile, other league championships played in the rest of the country, such as those which were competed for in Córdoba, Tucumán or Santiago del Estero.

Finally, in 1967, the first and true national championship was created, named Torneo Nacional. The old Campeonato de Primera División was renamed Torneo Metropolitano and played in the first half of the year. The clubs that finished in the top places of Metropolitano, qualified automatically to the Torneo Nacional. The Nacional was played within the second half of the year. After a complicated process of playoffs, diverse clubs from "Interior

Torneo Argentino C

The Torneo Argentino C is one of the two leagues that form the regionalised fifth level of the Argentine football league system. The competition is organized by the Federal Council , an internal organism of the Argentine Football Association , and is contested by clubs indirectly affiliated to the...

", aggregated to the Metropolitano's qualifieds.

In the beginning, the tournament had a league format. But later that format was replaced, and the play system was likely of a Coup, with a first stage divided in groups, and a system of playoffs in the second stage.

Several clubs won its first championship in the Torneo Nacional: Vélez Sarsfield (1968), Rosario Central (1971), Quilmes (1978), Ferro Carril Oeste (1982), Argentinos Juniors (1985).

With the re-organization of Argentinean football championship system in 1985, the Nacional disappeared.

List of Champions and Runners-up

Año	Champion	Runner-up
1967	Independiente	?
1968	Vélez Sarsfield	River Plate
1969	Boca Juniors	River Plate
1970	Boca Juniors	Rosario Central
1971	Rosario Central	San Lorenzo de Almagro
1972	San Lorenzo de Almagro	River Plate
1973	Rosario Central	River Plate
1974	San Lorenzo de Almagro	Rosario Central?
1975	River Plate	Estudiantes (La Plata)?
1976	Boca Juniors	River Plate
1977	Independiente	Talleres (Córdoba)
1978	Independiente	River Plate
1979	River Plate	Unión (Santa Fe)
1980	Rosario Central	Racing (Córdoba)
1981	River Plate	Ferro Carril Oeste
1982	Ferro Carril Oeste	Quilmes
1983	Estudiantes (La Plata)	Independiente
1984	Ferro Carril Oeste	River Plate
1985	Argentinos Juniors	Vélez Sarsfield