1995–96_Argentine_Primera_División

Clausura
Season	1996
Dates	8 March – 22 August
Champions	Vélez Sársfield (4th. title)
Relegated	Belgrano (C) ; Argentinos Juniors ;
Top goalscorer	Ariel López (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Vélez 5–1 Lanús (26 May) ; Vélez 5–1 Boca (16 June)
Biggest away win	Boca Juniors 0–6 GELP (5 May)
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Apertura
	Vélez Sársfield, champions
Season	1995
Dates	4 August – 18 December
Champions	Vélez Sársfield (3rd. title)
Promoted	Estudiantes LP ; Colón ;
Top goalscorer	José Luis Calderón (13 goals)
Biggest home win	GELP 6–0 Racing (10 Aug)
Biggest away win	Banfield 2–5 San Lorenzo (10 Dec)
Highest scoring	Boca Juniors 4–6 Racing (3 Dec)
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Primera División
Season	1995–96
Dates	4 August 1995 – 22 August 1996
Champions	Apertura: Vélez Sársfield (3rd. title); Clausura: Vélez Sársfield (4th. title);
1997 Copa Libertadores	Vélez Sarsfield ; Racing
1996 Copa CONMEBOL	Lanús
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

1995–96 Argentine Primera División

Football league season

The 1995–96 Argentine Primera División was a season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The league season had Vélez Sársfield winning both, Apertura and Clausura championships (3rd. and 4th. league titles for the club). Estudiantes de La Plata (as champion of 1994–95 Primera B Nacional) and Colón de Santa Fe (winner of "Torneo Octogonal" after beating San Martín de Tucumán in a two-legged series)^[1] promoted from the Primera B Nacional (second division).^[2]

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On the other hand, Belgrano (Córdoba) and Argentinos Juniors were relegated to Primera B Nacional.^[2]^[3]

The 1994 Apertura was the first season in which the league implemented a system awarding 3 points per match won, after FIFA had ruled it worldwide.^[4]

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Se cumplen 24 años del ascenso de Colón, El Litoral, 29 Jul 2019

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Argentina 1995/96 by Pablo Ciullini on the RSSSF

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"Argentina: 1ra. División AFA - Torneo Clausura 1996" by José Carluccio on Historia y Futbol (blogsite), 12 June 2012

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La FIFA obliga a todas las ligas a conceder tres puntos por victoria, El País, 28 Oct 1994

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vélez Sársfield	19	13	2	4	29	13	+16	41
2	Racing	19	10	5	4	35	24	+11	35
3	Lanús	19	9	6	4	25	16	+9	33
4	Boca Juniors	19	9	5	5	27	19	+8	32
5	San Lorenzo	19	9	5	5	30	24	+6	32
6	Huracán	20	8	6	6	25	22	+3	30
7	River Plate	19	7	8	4	21	20	+1	29
8	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	19	8	4	7	28	30	−2	28
9	Estudiantes (LP)	19	6	7	6	29	23	+6	25
10	Rosario Central	19	5	9	5	18	20	−2	24
11	Platense	19	5	8	6	25	24	+1	23
12	Newell's Old Boys	19	5	8	6	26	32	−6	23
13	Colón	19	5	6	8	22	20	+2	21
14	Independiente	19	4	9	6	15	18	−3	21
15	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	5	6	8	14	25	−11	21
16	Argentinos Juniors	19	5	4	10	18	22	−4	19
17	Ferro Carril Oeste	19	3	8	8	21	29	−8	17
18	Deportivo Español	19	3	8	8	18	26	−8	17
19	Banfield	19	2	8	9	17	29	−12	14
20	Belgrano	19	2	7	10	12	23	−11	13

Rank.	Player	Team	Goals
1	José Luis Calderón	Estudiantes (LP)	13
2	Claudio Biaggio	San Lorenzo	10
2	Rubén Capria	Racing	10
3	Claudio López	Racing	9

Rank.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Ariel López	Lanús	12
2	Martín Palermo	Estudiantes (LP)	11
3	Claudio Caniggia	Boca Juniors	10
	Adrián Coria	Platense
	Alberto Márcico	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)

1995–96_Argentine_Primera_División

1995–96 Argentine Primera División

Torneo Apertura

League table

Top scorers

Torneo Clausura

League standings

Top scorers

See also

References

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