2016–17_Argentine_Primera_División

Primera División
Season	2016–17
Champions	Boca Juniors (32nd title)
Relegated	Aldosivi; Atlético de Rafaela; Quilmes; Sarmiento
Copa Libertadores	Boca Juniors; River Plate; Estudiantes (LP); Racing; Banfield; Independiente; (via Copa Sudamericana); Atlético Tucumán; (via Copa Argentina)
Copa Sudamericana	San Lorenzo; Lanús; Newell's Old Boys; Defensa y Justicia; Colón; Rosario Central
Matches played	450
Goals scored	1,024 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Darío Benedetto (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Newell's Old Boys 6-1 San Martín (SJ); (Dec. 15, 2016); Rosario Central 5-0 Arsenal; (Oct. 1, 2016)
Biggest away win	Patronato 0–5 Independiente; (Apr. 9, 2017)
Highest scoring	Newell's Old Boys 6-1 San Martín (SJ); (Dec. 15, 2016); Tigre 4-3 San Lorenzo; (Apr. 2, 2017); Racing 4-3 Atlético Tucumán; (Apr. 23, 2017); Patronato 3-4 Olimpo; (Apr. 24, 2017)
Longest winning run	Colón (7 games)
Longest winless run	Arsenal (13 games)
Longest losing run	Quilmes (7 games)
	← 2016 2017–18 →

2016–17 Argentine Primera División

127th season of top-tier football league in Argentina

The 2016–17 Argentine Primera División – Torneo de la Independencia was the 127th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The tournament was named in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Independence of Argentina.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

The season began on August 26, 2016 and ended on June 27, 2017.^[1] Thirty teams competed in the league, twenty-nine returning from the 2016 season, and the addition of Talleres de Córdoba as the Primera B Nacional champion. Argentinos Juniors did not take part having been relegated the previous season.

Boca Juniors were crowned champions of Argentina for a 32nd time after rivals Banfield were beaten by San Lorenzo on June 20, 2017. As a result, Boca Juniors qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores and the 2017 Supercopa Argentina.^[2]

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.

More information Home \ Away, ALD ...

Home \ Away	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		2–1	1–0		1–3		0–4	0–2	0–0	1–4			0–3	0–0		0–3	0–3	1–1						1–2		2–1				0–0
Arsenal			1–2	1–3	1–3						2–2	1–2		0–2	0–2	0–1	1–0				2–2		1–3	0–0			2–0	2–1		2–1
Atlético de Rafaela				1–0		1–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–2			1–1					3–0	1–1	3–2		0–0			2–3	0–1	1–0		3–0
Atlético Tucumán	0–0		1–0		3–0	0–0	2–2			0–2	0–1		0–2						3–0		0–3		1–0	1–2	2–1				1–1	1–1
Banfield			1–1			2–0	0–2	0–0		3–2			1–0		1–0				2–0	1–3		3–1		3–2	2–0		3–1		3–1	1–0
Belgrano	0–0	1–2						0–1	0–1					0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0		0–2			1–2	1–1	0–0
Boca Juniors		3–0				3–0		4–1	1–0					3–0		1–0		1–1	4–1	4–2	1–3	1–1			2–0	1–2	4–0		2–1
Colón		1–0		2–2					1–0		1–2	1–0		0–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1			0–0		2–1			1–0		2–1	1–1
Defensa y Justicia		2–0		3–0	1–0						1–0	0–0		1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–0		3–3		0–2	0–0				1–0
Estudiantes (LP)		2–0				2–0	0–0	1–0	1–2		1–0		1–1					1–0	1–0	2–1		3–2			1–0	0–0	3–0		2–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	1–0		0–1		1–2	1–1	0–3			0–0			1–0						3–1		1–3		0–1	2–0	1–0		1–1		1–1	2–0
Godoy Cruz	3–1		0–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–1			0–2	0–3		1–0								1–2		2–0	0–0				2–1	2–1	3–0
Huracán		1–2				0–0	1–1	1–3	2–0							0–1		0–0	1–1	1–1		1–1	0–1		0–0	1–0	1–2		1–0
Independiente			1–1	0–2	0–1					2–2	0–0	2–0	2–1		1–1		1–1			2–0	1–0		1–2	0–0				1–1		1–1
Lanús	0–0		2–0	1–0	4–2		1–0			1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0								1–3		2–2	0–0				1–1	0–1	2–0
Newell's Old Boys			1–0	3–1	0–2					0–0	1–0	0–2		2–4	1–1		3–2				1–0	1–3	2–2	6–1				1–0		3–0
Olimpo	2–0		1–2	2–1	1–0		2–2			3–1	0–0	3–0	3–1		0–0						1–2		1–2	0–0				1–4		0–1
Patronato		4–2		1–1	2–0						0–1	0–3		0–5	0–2	1–1	3–4				2–1		1–1	3–0	2–2			0–2		0–0
Quilmes	1–0	2–2						0–1	0–2			1–0		1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1		2–3		0–1			1–3	1–0	1–0
Racing	1–1	1–0		4–3				1–0	1–1		1–0	2–1		3–0	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–0					2–1			1–1		4–1
River Plate	1–0		1–0		4–1	2–1	2–4			1–1			1–0						2–0	2–3		0–0		1–1	1–1		4–1		0–0	3–0
Rosario Central	2–0	5–0		2–1				0–0	0–0		2–1	0–1		0–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–1		4–1						3–3		1–0
San Lorenzo	0–1		2–1		1–0	2–1	1–2			1–2			2–0						3–0		2–1	2–1		2–2	1–0		0–1		3–2	2–1
San Martín (SJ)			0–3			2–1	1–2	0–0		3–2		1–2	0–1						1–0	0–2		1–1			4–2	1–3	0–1		0–0	2–0
Sarmiento	0–2	1–0						0–4	1–0			2–2		0–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–3		1–2		2–2				1–4	2–1	2–0
Talleres (C)		0–0		2–1	0–0	1–1			2–0		0–1	1–0		0–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0			0–1		1–1					1–2
Temperley	1–0	1–1		2–2				3–0	2–3			1–0		0–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–0		3–0		1–2				2–1		3–1
Tigre	1–1		1–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1			0–3	0–1		1–1						3–0		0–2		4–3	1–1					3–1	0–3
Unión	0–0	0–1				0–2		0–2	0–2					0–3		2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0		2–0			1–0	4–2	2–1
Vélez Sarsfield			2–0			1–2	1–3	2–1	2–1	3–2			1–1						0–0	0–3		2–0			5–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–1

Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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"Teté González dejó de ser el entrenador de Belgrano". El Gráfico (in Spanish). November 21, 2016.

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Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Aldosivi	Mar del Plata	José María Minella	35,354
Arsenal	Sarandí	Julio Humberto Grondona	16,300
Atlético de 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 (LP)	La Plata	Ciudad de La Plata	53,000
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	La Plata	Juan Carmelo Zerillo	24,544
Godoy Cruz	Godoy Cruz	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	Avellaneda	Presidente 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 (SJ)	San Juan	Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez	19,000
San Martín (SJ)	San Juan	Estadio del Bicentenario	25,286
Sarmiento	Junín	Eva Perón	22,000
Talleres (C)	Córdoba	Mario Kempes	57,000
Temperley	Temperley	Alfredo Beranger	13,800
Tigre	Victoria	José Dellagiovanna	26,282
Unión	Santa Fe	15 de Abril	22,852
Vélez Sarsfield	Buenos Aires	José Amalfitani	45,540

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Pre-season changes
Independiente	Fernando Berón	Replaced	May 21, 2016	Gabriel Milito	May 22, 2016^[4]
Belgrano	Ricardo Zielinski	Mutual agreement	May 25, 2016^[5]	Esteban González	June 1, 2016^[6]
Sarmiento	Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	End of contract	May 27, 2016^[7]	Gabriel Schürrer	June 4, 2016^[8]
San Lorenzo	Pablo Guede	Resigned	June 15, 2016^[9]	Diego Aguirre	June 20, 2016^[10]
Temperley	Gustavo Álvarez	Replaced	June 15, 2016	Carlos Mayor	June 15, 2016^[11]
Colón	Ricardo Johansen	Replaced	June 16, 2016	Paolo Montero	June 16, 2016^[12]
Racing	Facundo Sava	Sacked	August 16, 2016^[13]	Claudio Úbeda ¹	August 16, 2016
Tournament changes
Racing	Claudio Úbeda	Replaced	August 29, 2016	Ricardo Zielinski	August 29, 2016^[14]
Vélez Sarsfield	Christian Bassedas	Resigned	September 24, 2016^[15]	Omar De Felippe ²	October 1, 2016^[16]
Huracán	Eduardo Domínguez	Resigned	September 30, 2016^[17]	Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	September 30, 2016^[18]
Aldosivi	Fernando Quiroz	Sacked	November 1, 2016^[19]	Darío Franco	November 2, 2016^[20]
Sarmiento	Gabriel Schürrer	Mutual agreement	November 1, 2016^[21]	Jorge Burruchaga ³	November 9, 2016^[22]
Unión	Leonardo Madelón	Resigned	November 1, 2016^[23]	Juan Pablo Pumpido ⁴	November 2, 2016^[24]
Arsenal	Sergio Rondina	Resigned	November 6, 2016^[25]	Lucas Bernardi	November 8, 2016^[26]
Temperley	Carlos Mayor	Sacked	November 8, 2016^[27]	Gustavo Álvarez	November 8, 2016^[28]
Defensa y Justicia	Ariel Holan	Resigned	November 14, 2016^[29]	Sebastián Beccacece	November 15, 2016^[30]
Atlético Tucumán	Juan Manuel Azconzábal	Resigned	November 19, 2016^[31]	Pablo Lavallén ⁵	December 4, 2016^[32]
Belgrano	Esteban González	Mutual agreement	November 20, 2016^[33]	Leonardo Madelón	November 23, 2016^[34]
San Martín (SJ)	Pablo Lavallén	Mutual agreement	November 28, 2016^[35]	Néstor Gorosito ⁶	December 27, 2016^[36]
Huracán	Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	Resigned	December 4, 2016^[37]	Juan Manuel Azconzábal ⁷	December 17, 2016^[38]
Olimpo	Cristian Díaz	Mutual agreement	December 4, 2016^[39]	Mario Sciacqua ⁸	December 23, 2016^[40]
Godoy Cruz	Sebastián Méndez	Resigned	December 16, 2016^[41]	Lucas Bernardi	December 20, 2016^[42]
Rosario Central	Eduardo Coudet	Resigned	December 16, 2016^[43]	Paolo Montero ⁹	January 3, 2017^[44]
Independiente	Gabriel Milito	Resigned	December 17, 2016^[45]	Ariel Holan	December 29, 2016^[46]
Arsenal	Lucas Bernardi	Resigned	December 18, 2016^[47]	Humberto Grondona	December 23, 2016^[48]
Racing	Ricardo Zielinski	Resigned	December 18, 2016^[49]	Diego Cocca	December 22, 2016^[50]
Colón	Paolo Montero	Resigned	December 22, 2016^[51]	Eduardo Domínguez	January 2, 2017^[52]
Sarmiento	Jorge Burruchaga	Resigned	December 28, 2016^[53]	Fernando Quiroz	January 4, 2017^[54]
Tigre	Pedro Troglio	Mutual agreement	March 19, 2017^[55]	Facundo Sava ¹⁰	March 26, 2017^[56]
Quilmes	Alfredo Grelak	Resigned	April 1, 2017^[57]	Cristian Díaz ¹¹	April 5, 2017^[58]
Belgrano	Leonardo Madelón	Mutual agreement	April 2, 2017^[59]	Sebastián Méndez	April 3, 2017^[60]
Unión	Juan Pablo Pumpido	Resigned	April 22, 2017^[61]	Pablo Marini ¹²	April 29, 2017^[62]
Aldosivi	Darío Franco	Resigned	May 8, 2017^[63]	Walter Perazzo	May 10, 2017^[64]
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	Gustavo Alfaro	Resigned	May 13, 2017^[65]	Leandro Martini ¹³	May 13, 2017^[66]
Newell's Old Boys	Diego Osella	Resigned	June 3, 2017^[67]	Juan Pablo Vojvoda ¹³	June 4, 2017^[68]
Tigre	Facundo Sava	Resigned	June 3, 2017^[69]	Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	June 5, 2017^[70]
Estudiantes (LP)	Nelson Vivas	Resigned	June 12, 2017^[71]	Leandro Benítez ¹³	June 14, 2017^[72]
Atlético Tucumán	Pablo Lavallén	Resigned	June 20, 2017^[73]	Ricardo Zielinski ¹⁴	June 22, 2017^[74]
Unión	Pablo Marini	Sacked	June 23, 2017^[75]	Eduardo Magnín ¹⁵	June 23, 2017

2016–17_Argentine_Primera_División

2016–17 Argentine Primera División

Competition format

Club information

Stadia and locations

Personnel

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top Goalscorers

Top Assists

Relegation

See also

References

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Boca Juniors (C)	30	18	9	3	62	25	+37	63	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	River Plate	30	16	8	6	51	28	+23	56
3	Estudiantes (LP)	30	16	8	6	46	26	+20	56
4	Racing	30	17	4	9	51	40	+11	55
5	Banfield	30	17	3	10	42	35	+7	54	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
6	Independiente	30	14	11	5	39	23	+16	53	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	San Lorenzo	30	16	5	9	46	35	+11	53	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
8	Lanús	30	14	8	8	36	25	+11	50
9	Newell's Old Boys	30	14	7	9	40	30	+10	49
10	Defensa y Justicia	30	14	7	9	31	23	+8	49
11	Colón	30	14	7	9	32	25	+7	49
12	Rosario Central	30	11	11	8	40	31	+9	44
13	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	30	12	7	11	26	24	+2	43
14	Godoy Cruz	30	13	4	13	34	34	0	43
15	Talleres (C)	30	11	9	10	35	30	+5	42
16	Olimpo	30	9	11	10	37	32	+5	38
17	Atlético Rafaela	30	10	7	13	31	30	+1	37
18	Temperley	30	10	7	13	30	38	−8	37
19	Vélez Sarsfield	30	10	7	13	31	40	−9	37
20	Patronato	30	8	10	12	30	40	−10	34
21	Atlético Tucumán	30	8	9	13	34	40	−6	33	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage^{[lower-alpha 2]}
22	San Martín (SJ)	30	7	12	11	27	40	−13	33
23	Unión	30	8	8	14	25	39	−14	32
24	Tigre	30	8	7	15	33	43	−10	31
25	Huracán	30	6	11	13	23	30	−7	29
26	Sarmiento	30	7	7	16	31	51	−20	28
27	Arsenal	30	7	6	17	27	50	−23	27
28	Belgrano	30	5	11	14	21	34	−13	26
29	Quilmes	30	6	7	17	18	43	−25	25
30	Aldosivi	30	5	10	15	15	40	−25	25

Pos	Team	2014 Pts	2015 Pts	2016 Pts	2016-17 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Boca Juniors	31	64	20	63	178	95	1.874
2	Racing	41	57	24	55	177	95	1.863
3	San Lorenzo	26	61	34	53	174	95	1.832
4	Estudiantes (LP)	31	51	32	56	170	95	1.789
5	Independiente	33	54	27	53	167	95	1.758
6	Lanús	35	42	38	50	165	95	1.737
7	River Plate	39	49	18	56	162	95	1.705
8	Rosario Central	21	59	20	44	144	95	1.516
9	Banfield	20	50	15	54	139	95	1.463
10	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	24	44	25	43	136	95	1.432
11	Talleres (C)	—	—	—	42	42	30	1.4
12	Atlético Tucumán	—	—	30	33	63	46	1.37
13	Newell's Old Boys	25	40	16	49	130	95	1.368
14	Godoy Cruz	21	32	33	43	129	95	1.358
15	Defensa y Justicia	20	32	25	49	126	95	1.326
16	Colón	—	34	17	49	100	76	1.316
17	Tigre	26	46	20	31	123	95	1.295
18	Unión	—	41	22	32	95	76	1.25
19	Belgrano	25	51	16	26	118	95	1.242
20	San Martín (SJ)	—	37	23	33	93	76	1.224
21	Vélez Sarsfield	25	29	24	37	115	95	1.211
22	Patronato	—	—	20	34	54	46	1.174
23	Arsenal	26	27	27	27	107	95	1.126
24	Olimpo	19	36	13	38	106	95	1.116
25	Huracán	—	30	25	29	84	76	1.105
26	Temperley	—	30	16	37	83	76	1.092
27	Aldosivi (R)	—	40	17	25	82	76	1.079	Primera B Nacional
28	Quilmes (R)	12	45	15	25	97	95	1.021
29	Atlético de Rafaela (R)	25	23	9	37	94	95	0.989
30	Sarmiento (R)	—	30	17	28	75	76	0.987