2018–19 Argentine Primera División


The 2018–19 Argentine Primera División – Superliga Argentina was the 129 season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season began on 10 August 2018 and ended on 7 April 2019. Boca Juniors were the defending champions.
Twenty-six teams competed in the league, twenty-four returning from the 2017–18 season and two promoted from the 2017–18 Primera B Nacional. Four teams were relegated to the Primera B Nacional championship in the previous tournament.
Racing won their eighteenth national league championship with one match to spare after a 1–1 draw against Tigre on 31 March 2019.

Competition format

The tournament was contested by 26 teams. It began on 10 August 2018 and ended on 7 April 2019. Each team played the other 25 teams in a single round-robin tournament. The additional match against the main rival team in the so-called "Fecha de Clásicos" was once again omitted in this season. From 14 April to 2 June 2019, the Primera División played a new competition named "Copa de la Superliga".

Club information

Stadia and locations

ClubCityStadiumCapacity
AldosiviMar del PlataJosé María Minella35,354
Argentinos JuniorsBuenos AiresDiego Armando Maradona25,000
Atlético TucumánTucumánMonumental José Fierro32,700
BanfieldBanfieldFlorencio Sola34,901
BelgranoCórdobaJulio César Villagra28,000
BelgranoCórdobaMario Alberto Kempes57,000
Boca JuniorsBuenos AiresAlberto J. Armando49,000
ColónSanta FeBrigadier General Estanislao López40,000
Defensa y JusticiaFlorencio VarelaNorberto "Tito" Tomaghello12,000
Estudiantes La PlataCiudad de La Plata53,000
Gimnasia y Esgrima La PlataJuan Carmelo Zerillo24,544
Godoy CruzGodoy CruzMalvinas Argentinas40,268
HuracánBuenos AiresTomás Adolfo Ducó48,314
IndependienteAvellanedaLibertadores de América52,853
LanúsLanúsCiudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez46,619
Newell's Old BoysRosarioMarcelo Bielsa38,095
PatronatoParanáPresbítero Bartolomé Grella22,000
RacingAvellanedaPresidente Juan Domingo Perón55,389
River PlateBuenos AiresMonumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti61,321
Rosario CentralRosarioDr. Lisandro de la Torre41,654
San LorenzoBuenos AiresPedro Bidegain39,494
San Martín San JuanIngeniero Hilario Sánchez19,000
San Martín San JuanEstadio del Bicentenario25,286
San Martín TucumánLa Ciudadela28,000
Talleres CórdobaMario Alberto Kempes57,000
TigreVictoriaJosé Dellagiovanna26,282
UniónSanta Fe15 de Abril22,852
Vélez SarsfieldBuenos AiresJosé Amalfitani45,540

Personnel

Managerial changes

Interim managers

Foreign players

Players holding Argentinian dual nationality

They do not take foreign slot.
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League table

Results

Teams played every other team once completing a total of 25 rounds.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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Top assists

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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 two previous seasons. The total tally is then divided by the number of games played in the top flight over those three seasons and an average is calculated. The four teams with the worst average at the end of the season were relegated to Primera B Nacional.
TeamRelegation
1Boca Juniors63585117282'
2Racing55455715782'
3Defensa y Justicia49445314682'
4River Plate56454514682'
5Independiente53463813782'
6Godoy Cruz43563213182'
7San Lorenzo53502312682'
8Talleres 42463312182'
9Estudiantes 56362912182'
10Banfield54352911882'
11Vélez Sarsfield37384011582'
12Lanús50293411382'
13Colón49412311382'
14Huracán29483511282'
15Atlético Tucumán33364211182'
16Unión32433611182'
17Aldosivi——333325'
18Newell's Old Boys49292910782'
19Rosario Central44322610282'
20Argentinos Juniors—41226352'
214327299982'
22Patronato3433269382'
23Tigre '3124369182'
24San Martín '3333259182'
25Belgrano '2640249082'
26San Martín '——232325'

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Awards

The following players were rewarded for their performances during the season.
Pos.PlayerTeam
GKEsteban AndradaBoca Juniors
DFDamián MartínezUnión
DFLeonardo SigaliRacing
DFJavier PinolaRiver Plate
DFLisandro MartínezDefensa y Justicia
MFNicolás DomínguezVélez Sarsfield
MFWalter MontilloTigre
MFJuan Fernando QuinteroRiver Plate
MFMatías RojasDefensa y Justicia
FWLisandro LópezRacing
FWFederico GonzálezTigre