2016–17 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Season	2016–17
Matches played	172
Goals scored	361 (2.1 per match)
Biggest home win	River Plate 4–1 Banfield (Aug. 28, 2016) Boca Juniors 3–0 Belgrano (Sep. 11, 2016)
Biggest away win	Tigre 0–3 Estudiantes (LP) (Aug. 28, 2016)
Highest scoring	River Plate 4–1 Banfield (Aug. 28, 2016)
Longest winning run	5 games Talleres (C)
← 2016 All statistics correct as of December 3, 2016.

The 2016–17 Argentine Primera División - Torneo de la Independencia is the 127th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season began on August 26, 2016, ending on 29 May 2017.^[1] Thirty teams competed in the league, twenty nine returning from the 2016 season, with the addition of Talleres de Córdoba as Primera B Nacional champion. Argentinos Juniors did not take part because of having been relegated in the previous season.

The tournament was named in commemoration of the 200° anniversary of the Independence of Argentina.

Competition format

The tournament for the 2016 season was composed of 30 teams. Each team played the other 29 teams in a single round-robin tournament, and also played an additional match against its main rival team, named "Fecha de Clásicos" (Derbies Fixture).^[2]

Club information

Stadia and locations

GBA

Aldosivi

Atlético Tucumán

Belgrano
Talleres (C)

Locations of the 2016-17 Argentine Primera División teams outside Greater Buenos Aires.

Locations of the 2016–17 Argentine Primera División teams within Greater Buenos Aires.

Club ^[3]	City	Stadium	Capacity
Aldosivi	Mar del Plata	José María Minella	35,354
Arsenal	Sarandí	Julio Humberto Grondona	16,300
Atlético Rafaela	Rafaela	Nuevo Monumental	16,000
Atlético Tucumán	Tucumán	Monumental José Fierro	32,700
Banfield	Banfield	Florencio Solá	34,901
Belgrano	Córdoba	Julio César Villagra	28,000
Belgrano	Córdoba	Mario Alberto Kempes	57,000
Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires	Alberto J. Armando	49,000
Colón	Santa Fe	Brigadier General Estanislao López	40,000
Defensa y Justicia	Florencio Varela	Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello	12,000
Estudiantes	La Plata	Ciudad de La Plata	53,000
Gimnasia La Plata	La Plata	Juan Carmelo Zerillo	24,544
Godoy Cruz	Mendoza	Malvinas Argentinas	40,268
Huracán	Buenos Aires	Tomás Adolfo Ducó	48,314
Independiente	Avellaneda	Libertadores de América	52,853
Lanús	Lanús	Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez	46,619
Newell's Old Boys	Rosario	Marcelo Bielsa	38,095
Olimpo	Bahía Blanca	Roberto Natalio Carminatti	20,000
Patronato	Paraná	Presbítero Bartolomé Grella	22,000
Quilmes	Quilmes	Centenario	30,200
Racing Club	Avellaneda	Presidente Juan Domingo Perón	55,389
River Plate	Buenos Aires	Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti	61,321
Rosario Central	Rosario	Dr. Lisandro de la Torre	41,654
San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires	Pedro Bidegain	39,494
San Martín de San Juan	San Juan	Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez	19,000
San Martín de San Juan	San Juan	Estadio del Bicentenario	25,286
Sarmiento	Junín	Eva Perón	22,000
Talleres de Córdoba	Córdoba	Mario Kempes	57,000
Temperley	Temperley	Alfredo Beranger	13,800
Tigre	Victoria	José Dellagiovanna	26,282
Unión Santa Fe	Santa Fe	15 de Abril	22,852
Vélez Sarsfield	Buenos Aires	José Amalfitani	45,540

Personnel

Updated as of 01 Nov, 2016.^[4]

Club	Manager
Aldosivi	Quiroz, FernandoFernando Quiroz
Arsenal	Darío Espínola
Atlético de Rafaela	Llop, Juan ManuelJuan Manuel Llop
Atlético Tucumán	Azconzábal, Juan ManuelJuan Manuel Azconzábal
Banfield	Falcioni, Julio CésarJulio César Falcioni
Belgrano	González, Esteban NicolásEsteban Nicolás González
Boca Juniors	Barros Schelotto, GuillermoGuillermo Barros Schelotto
Colón	Montero, PaoloPaolo Montero
Defensa y Justicia	Ariel Holan
Estudiantes (LP)	Vivas, NelsonNelson Vivas
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	Alfaro, GustavoGustavo Alfaro
Godoy Cruz	Méndez, SebastiánSebastián Méndez
Huracán	Caruso Lombardi, RicardoRicardo Caruso Lombardi
Independiente	Milito, GabrielGabriel Milito
Lanús	Almirón, JorgeJorge Almirón
Newell's Old Boys	Diego Osella
Olimpo	Díaz, ChristianChristian Díaz
Patronato	Rubén Forestello
Quilmes	Grelak, AlfredoAlfredo Grelak
Racing	Zielinski, RicardoRicardo Zielinski
River Plate	Gallardo, MarceloMarcelo Gallardo
Rosario Central	Coudet, EduardoEduardo Coudet
San Lorenzo	Aguirre, DiegoDiego Aguirre
San Martín (SJ)	Lavallén, PabloPablo Lavallén
Sarmiento	Burruchaga, JorgeJorge Burruchaga
Talleres (C)	Frank Darío Kudelka
Temperley	Mayor, CarlosCarlos Mayor
Tigre	Troglio, PedroPedro Troglio
Unión (SF)	Madelón, LeonardoLeonardo Madelón
Vélez Sarsfield	De Felippe, OmarOmar De Felippe

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Estudiantes (LP)	11	8	2	1	20	8	+12	26	2018 Copa Libertadores group stage
2	San Lorenzo	12	7	3	2	22	14	+8	24	2018 Copa Libertadores group stage
3	Newell's Old Boys	12	7	3	2	14	9	+5	24
4	Boca Juniors	11	6	4	1	23	8	+15	22
5	Racing	11	6	3	2	19	9	+10	21	2018 Copa Libertadores first stage
6	Banfield	12	6	3	3	17	14	+3	21	2018 Copa Sudamericana
7	Colón	12	6	2	4	12	7	+5	20
8	River Plate	11	5	4	2	18	11	+7	19
9	Lanús	11	5	4	2	12	6	+6	19
10	Talleres (C)	11	5	3	3	11	6	+5	18
11	Tigre	12	4	5	3	18	14	+4	17
12	Godoy Cruz	12	5	2	5	14	17	−3	17
13	Patronato	11	5	1	5	12	10	+2	16
14	Unión	11	4	4	3	10	11	−1	16
15	Independiente	11	4	4	3	8	9	−1	16
16	Quilmes	12	4	4	4	10	15	−5	16
17	Atlético Tucumán	12	4	3	5	13	15	−2	15
18	Atlético Rafaela	12	4	2	6	10	11	−1	14
19	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	11	3	5	3	7	8	−1	14
20	Sarmiento	12	3	4	5	11	13	−2	13
21	Rosario Central	11	2	6	3	12	10	+2	12
22	Olimpo	12	2	6	4	10	12	−2	12
23	Defensa y Justicia	12	2	5	5	8	13	−5	11
24	San Martín (SJ)	11	2	4	5	10	18	−8	10
25	Vélez Sarsfield	11	3	1	7	7	17	−10	10
26	Aldosivi	12	1	6	5	6	13	−7	9
27	Temperley	11	2	3	6	6	16	−10	9
28	Huracán	12	1	5	6	8	14	−6	8
29	Belgrano	11	1	5	5	5	11	−6	8
30	Arsenal	11	0	4	7	8	22	−14	4

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: AFA

Results

Teams play every other team once (either at home or away), and play one additional round against their local derby rival (or assigned match by AFA if a club doesn't have derby), completing a total of 30 rounds.

Home \ Away^[1]	ALD	ARS	ATR	ATU	BAN	BEL	BOC	COL	DYJ	EST	GLP	GOD	HUR	IND	LAN	NOB	OLI	PAT	QUI	RAC	RIV	RCE	SLO	SMA	SAR	TAL	TEM	TIG	UNI	VEL
Aldosivi					1–3			0–2	0–0															1–2		2–1				0–0
Arsenal				1–3	1–3						2–2										2–2		1–3
Atlético de Rafaela								0–2	0–1											3–2		0–0				0–1	1–0
Atlético Tucumán			1–0			0–0	2–2			0–2			0–2																1–1
Banfield			1–1					0–0		3–2														3–2						1–0
Belgrano	0–0													0–1	1–1		0–0		0–0						1–2
Boca Juniors						3–0													4–1		a	1–1			2–0		4–0
Colón		1–0							1–0							1–2		0–1								1–0			a
Defensa y Justicia					1–0													1–2			3–3		0–2	0–0
Estudiantes (LP)								1–0			a									2–1		3–2			1–0		3–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)			0–1				0–3			0–0			1–0																1–1	2–0
Godoy Cruz	3–1			1–2		2–0	1–1						1–0															2–1	2–1
Huracán								1–3											1–1	1–1		1–1			0–0		1–2
Independiente				0–2							0–0	2–0								a			1–2					1–1
Lanús	0–0			1–0			1–0					3–0																1–1	0–1
Newell's Old Boys				3–1	0–2						1–0										1–0	a	2–2					1–0
Olimpo				2–1							0–0	3–0			0–0								1–2					1–4
Patronato					2–0						0–1										2–1		1–1	3–0
Quilmes	1–0											1–0		1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1								1–3
Racing Club		1–0							1–1					3–0		2–1		2–0								1–1
River Plate			1–0		4–1		a			1–1			1–0											1–1						3–0
Rosario Central		5–0							0–0					0–0		0–1	1–1	2–1
San Lorenzo			2–1				1–2			1–2			2–0											2–2						2–1
San Martín (SJ)			0–3					0–0												0–2						1–3				2–0
Sarmiento		1–0										2–2		0–1	1–2	1–1	1–1
Talleres (C)		0–0			0–0				2–0									1–0			0–1
Temperley		1–1												0–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–0
Tigre	1–1					2–1	1–1			0–3			1–1						3–0										3–1
Unión	0–0					0–2		a									1–0		1–1						1–0		2–1
Vélez Sarsfield								2–1	2–1											0–3		2–0				0–2

Updated to games played on December 3, 2016.
Source: AFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals

Top Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists

Relegation

Relegation at the end of the season is based on coefficients, which take into consideration the points obtained by the clubs during the present season and the three previous seasons (only seasons at the top-flight are counted). The total tally is then divided by the total amount of games played in the top flight on those four seasons and an average is calculated. The four teams with the worst average at the end of the season are relegated to Primera B Nacional.^[1]

Pos	Team	2014 Pts	2015 Pts	2016 Pts	2016-17 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	San Lorenzo	26	61	34	24	145	77	1.883
2	Racing	41	57	24	21	143	76	1.882
3	Estudiantes (LP)	31	51	32	26	140	76	1.842
4	Boca Juniors	31	64	20	22	137	76	1.803
5	Lanús	35	42	38	19	134	76	1.763
6	Independiente	33	54	27	16	130	76	1.711
7	River Plate	39	49	18	19	125	76	1.645
8	Talleres (C)	—	—	—	18	18	11	1.636
9	Atlético Tucumán	—	—	30	15	45	28	1.607
10	Rosario Central	21	59	20	12	112	76	1.474
11	Tigre	26	46	20	17	109	77	1.416
12	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	24	44	25	14	107	76	1.408
13	Unión	—	41	22	16	79	57	1.386
14	Banfield	20	50	15	21	106	77	1.377
15	Newell's Old Boys	25	40	16	24	105	77	1.364
16	Godoy Cruz	21	32	33	17	103	77	1.338
17	Patronato	—	—	20	16	36	27	1.333
18	Belgrano	25	51	16	8	100	76	1.316
19	San Martín (SJ)	—	37	23	10	70	57	1.228
20	Colón	—	34	17	20	71	58	1.224
21	Vélez Sarsfield	25	29	24	10	88	76	1.158
22	Quilmes	12	45	15	16	88	77	1.143
23	Defensa y Justicia	20	32	25	11	88	77	1.143
24	Aldosivi	—	40	17	9	66	58	1.138
25	Arsenal	26	27	27	4	84	76	1.105
26	Huracán	—	30	25	8	63	58	1.086
27	Olimpo	19	36	13	12	80	77	1.039	Primera B Nacional
28	Sarmiento	—	30	17	13	60	58	1.034
29	Temperley	—	30	16	9	55	57	0.965
30	Atlético de Rafaela	25	23	9	14	71	77	0.922

Source: AFA

References

1 2 "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2016–17" (PDF) (in Spanish).
↑ "Sin Superliga, conocé cómo será el próximo torneo", La Nación, 22 Jul 2016
↑ "Primera División". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
↑ "De largo aliento", guía del torneo de Primera División 2016-17, Clarín, 26 Aug 2016

Primera División

Argentine Football Association

2016-17 teams	Aldosivi Arsenal Atlético Rafaela Atlético Tucumán Banfield Belgrano Boca Juniors Colón Defensa y Justicia Estudiantes (LP) Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Godoy Cruz Huracán Independiente Lanús Newell's Old Boys Olimpo Patronato Quilmes Racing River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo San Martín (SJ) Sarmiento Talleres (C) Temperley Tigre Unión Vélez Sarsfield

League format	Calendar-year (1891–1966, 2015–2016) Metropolitano and Nacional (1967–85) European style (1985-90, 2016–) Apertura and Clausura (1991–2012) Inicial and Final (2012–14)

Seasons	1891 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014 2015 2016 2016–17

Dissident bodies	Federación Argentina de Football (1912-14) Asociación Amateurs de Football (1919-26) Liga Argentina de Football (1931-34)

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Domestic cups	Argentina (2015–16, 2016–17) Brazil Chile Colombia Venezuela

CONMEBOL competitions	Copa Libertadores (first stage, second stage, final stages, finals) Copa Sudamericana (elimination stages, final stages, finals) Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship Copa Libertadores Femenina

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