Newell's, Apertura champions 18 months ago, are relegated to the second division after just two wins in all of 2026

Newell's will play in the second division of Argentine women's football in 2027. Relegation was confirmed on Friday 6 November, when the 2-2 draw between Racing and Huracán took Huracán to 22 points in the aggregate table, a gap the Rosario club could no longer close: Newell's sit bottom with 9 points and only three rounds left in the Torneo Clausura. Hours later, Carlos Polenta's side lost 1-0 to Belgrano in Córdoba and finished matchday 12 with a single point in the second tournament of the year.

A year to forget

The 2026 numbers tell the story. According to El Femenino's review, Newell's won two matches, drew three and lost 22 over the season, scoring nine goals and conceding 47. Both wins came away from home: a 1-0 at Lanús on 21 March, on matchday 2 of the Apertura, and a 2-0 at Unión on 22 July. They have not won since.

They finished the Apertura second from bottom with 8 points, and their only point in the Clausura is the 0-0 draw with SAT, as El Ciudadano notes. The three games left before they leave the top flight are Ferro at home, Huracán away and Unión at home.

From champions to relegation

The contrast with 2025 is stark. That year Newell's lifted the Copa Federal, the most recent edition played to date, beating Boca on penalties, and then won the Torneo Apertura with 40 points from 15 rounds and a single defeat. The title was sealed on 16 May 2025 at Rosario Central's ground, with a 1-0 decided by a Mariana Larroquette free kick at the end of the first half, according to La Capital's match report. That double, which El Ciudadano recalls as having been won barely a year ago, now feels a long way off.

El Femenino frames the collapse within the club's wider institutional troubles: the men's team spent much of the year fighting relegation, and the women's section, which had given Newell's its happiest moments in recent times, ended up paying for the crisis.

The match in Córdoba

Belgrano, coached by Mariana Sánchez, were returning to domestic action after their Copa Libertadores campaign and won through a Dalma Mancilla goal in the 40th minute of the first half, a shot from the edge of the box after a cut-back. According to Canal Showsport, it was the player's first goal in more than a year. The win took Las Piratas to 20 points and sixth place in the Clausura.

One relegation spot still open

Two teams go down this season and the second spot is still undecided. El Femenino points to Unión, on ten points in the Clausura, as the side in most danger: to stay alive they must win every remaining game and hope that neither Independiente nor Huracán picks up even a draw. If that combination fails, their relegation could be confirmed as early as next matchday.

Matchday 12 also produced San Lorenzo's 5-1 win over Independiente with a Luciana Zacmon hat-trick and Talleres' 3-2 victory over Unión, two results that tightened both the title race and the battle at the bottom.

Sources: El Femenino, El Ciudadano, Canal Showsport, La Capital.