AFA launches streaming platform, Tapia calls it a landmark for Argentine football

The Argentine Football Association (AFA) officially launched on Monday its very own football streaming platform, “LPF Play.” The service will show every game of the Liga Profesional de Fútbol (Professional Football League) from the second to the fourth tiers, as well as the youth teams and the women’s national teams, and will be free for the first three months. “This is a landmark for Argentine football,” AFA president Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia said at the launch event. “With great courage and skill, we dreamt [of this] a long time ago […]. Here are the men who did what had to be done, so that football could once again belong to the clubs.” The AFA president went on to celebrate the accomplishments of his tenure, from “strengthening football across the nation” and backing Lionel Scaloni as head coach of the men’s national team “when nobody else did.” Tapia’s comments come amid a longstanding feud between the AFA and the Milei administration. The fight, which started over the government’s proposal to privatize football clubs, has since become a fully fledged legal and public battle. While the official launch of LPF Play was on Monday, it has been live since the beginning of February, showing matches of the Primera Nacional, the second tier of Argentine football, that kicked off in the summer. The platform was launched after the contract with Torneos y Competencias S.A. and Tele Red Imagen S.A. — which had been broadcasting the tournament since 2016 — expired at the end of 2025. Till then, matches were televised exclusively on cable, with no extra subscription required, unlike the First Division, which is still only available to those who pay. The rights to Argentina’s First Division football league are split between ESPN Premium and TNT Sports, with contracts running through 2030 and 2031, respectively. The matches are broadcast through the “Pack Fútbol” subscription, for which an additional fee is charged. “Last year, you couldn’t watch our lower leagues across the country. The signal broke. Now we can, we’ve had 11 games simultaneously,” Tapia said. “Five years ago, there was almost no women’s football in our country. Today it continues to grow day by day.” How does LPF Play work? Fans looking to watch any of the games, as well as replays and highlight reels, can do so by visiting the official website. Those looking to watch on their mobile devices or smart TVs can do so by downloading the official app from the Google Play Store or the App Store. The service is available internationally. Registration is required to view the content, which is available for free for the first three months, and will then require a paid subscription to watch live games, expected to cost around U$S10. According to AFA, 175 matches have been broadcast live since February, watched by almost half a million people in more than 150 countries. The broadcast is run by production company “La Corte,” part of Grupo Indalo, also the parent company of the Buenos Aires Herald.