2016–17 Argentine Primera División
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.
Season | 2016–17 |
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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 → |
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]
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).[3]
Club information
Stadia and locations
Personnel
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | |
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Pre-season changes | ||||||
Independiente | Replaced | May 21, 2016 | May 22, 2016[4] | |||
Belgrano | Mutual agreement | May 25, 2016[5] | June 1, 2016[6] | |||
Sarmiento | End of contract | May 27, 2016[7] | June 4, 2016[8] | |||
San Lorenzo | Resigned | June 15, 2016[9] | June 20, 2016[10] | |||
Temperley | Replaced | June 15, 2016 | June 15, 2016[11] | |||
Colón | Replaced | June 16, 2016 | June 16, 2016[12] | |||
Racing | Sacked | August 16, 2016[13] | August 16, 2016 | |||
Tournament changes | ||||||
Racing | Replaced | August 29, 2016 | August 29, 2016[14] | |||
Vélez Sarsfield | Resigned | September 24, 2016[15] | October 1, 2016[16] | |||
Huracán | Resigned | September 30, 2016[17] | September 30, 2016[18] | |||
Aldosivi | Sacked | November 1, 2016[19] | November 2, 2016[20] | |||
Sarmiento | Mutual agreement | November 1, 2016[21] | November 9, 2016[22] | |||
Unión | Resigned | November 1, 2016[23] | November 2, 2016[24] | |||
Arsenal | Resigned | November 6, 2016[25] | November 8, 2016[26] | |||
Temperley | Sacked | November 8, 2016[27] | November 8, 2016[28] | |||
Defensa y Justicia | Resigned | November 14, 2016[29] | November 15, 2016[30] | |||
Atlético Tucumán | Resigned | November 19, 2016[31] | December 4, 2016[32] | |||
Belgrano | Mutual agreement | November 20, 2016[33] | November 23, 2016[34] | |||
San Martín (SJ) | Mutual agreement | November 28, 2016[35] | December 27, 2016[36] | |||
Huracán | Resigned | December 4, 2016[37] | December 17, 2016[38] | |||
Olimpo | Mutual agreement | December 4, 2016[39] | December 23, 2016[40] | |||
Godoy Cruz | Resigned | December 16, 2016[41] | December 20, 2016[42] | |||
Rosario Central | Resigned | December 16, 2016[43] | January 3, 2017[44] | |||
Independiente | Resigned | December 17, 2016[45] | December 29, 2016[46] | |||
Arsenal | Resigned | December 18, 2016[47] | December 23, 2016[48] | |||
Racing | Resigned | December 18, 2016[49] | December 22, 2016[50] | |||
Colón | Resigned | December 22, 2016[51] | January 2, 2017[52] | |||
Sarmiento | Resigned | December 28, 2016[53] | January 4, 2017[54] | |||
Tigre | Mutual agreement | March 19, 2017[55] | March 26, 2017[56] | |||
Quilmes | Resigned | April 1, 2017[57] | April 5, 2017[58] | |||
Belgrano | Mutual agreement | April 2, 2017[59] | April 3, 2017[60] | |||
Unión | Resigned | April 22, 2017[61] | April 29, 2017[62] | |||
Aldosivi | Resigned | May 8, 2017[63] | May 10, 2017[64] | |||
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | Resigned | May 13, 2017[65] | May 13, 2017[66] | |||
Newell's Old Boys | Resigned | June 3, 2017[67] | June 4, 2017[68] | |||
Tigre | Resigned | June 3, 2017[69] | June 5, 2017[70] | |||
Estudiantes (LP) | Resigned | June 12, 2017[71] | June 14, 2017[72] | |||
Atlético Tucumán | Resigned | June 20, 2017[73] | June 22, 2017[74] | |||
Unión | Sacked | June 23, 2017[75] | June 23, 2017 |
Interim Managers
- 1.^ Interim manager in the 1st round.
- 2.^
Alberto Fanesi was interim manager in the 5th round. - 3.^
Juan Carlos Pires was interim manager in the 9th round. - 4.^ Interim manager, but later promoted to manager.
- 5.^
Luciano Precone was interim manager in the 11th and 12th rounds. - 6.^
Hugo Garelli was interim manager in the 12th–14th rounds. - 7.^
Néstor Apuzzo was interim manager in the 13th and 14th rounds. - 8.^
Juan Barbas was interim manager in the 13th and 14th rounds. - 9.^
Leonardo Fernández was interim manager in the 14th round. - 10.^
Fabián Castro was interim manager in the 17th round. - 11.^
Leonardo Lemos was interim manager in the 19th round. - 12.^
Eduardo Magnín was interim manager in the 22nd round. - 13.^ Interim manager until the end of the tournament.
- 14.^
Diego Erroz was interim manager in the 29th round. - 15.^ Interim manager in the 30th round.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
- Independiente qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2017 Copa Sudamericana.
- Atlético Tucumán qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage as Copa Argentina runners-up.
2016–17 Argentine Primera División Champion |
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Boca Juniors 32nd title |
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.
Season statistics
Top Goalscorers
Source: AFA |
Top Assists
Source: AFA |
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 number 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 |
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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 |
Source: AFA
References
- "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2016–17" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- "San Lorenzo-Banfield, Torneo Primera División: perdió el Taladro y Boca salió campeón" (in Spanish). La Nación. 30 June 2017.
- "Sin Superliga, conocé cómo será el próximo torneo", La Nación, 22 Jul 2016
- "Milito acordó su vuelta y ya es el nuevo DT de Independiente". TyC Sports (in Spanish). May 12, 2016.
- "Ricardo Zielinski se fue de Belgrano". TyC Sports (in Spanish). May 25, 2016.
- "Esteban 'Tete' González será el nuevo entrenador de Belgrano". La Nación (in Spanish). June 1, 2016.
- "Ricardo Caruso Lombardi dejó de ser el entrenador de Sarmiento de Junín". La Nación (in Spanish). May 27, 2016.
- "Gabriel Schurrer es el nuevo entrenador de Sarmiento". TyC Sports (in Spanish). June 4, 2016.
- "Pablo Guede dejó de ser el entrenador de San Lorenzo: renunció por diferencias con la dirigencia". La Nación (in Spanish). June 15, 2016.
- "Diego Aguirre, el elegido para suceder a Guede en San Lorenzo". TyC Sports (in Spanish). June 20, 2016.
- "Carlos Mayor acordó su llegada como DT de Temperley". TyC Sports (in Spanish). June 15, 2016.
- "El uruguayo Paolo Montero es el nuevo técnico de Colón". La Nación (in Spanish). June 16, 2016.
- "Echaron a Facundo Sava de Racing: Zubeldía, Cocca y Lavallén, los candidatos a reemplazarlo". La Nación (in Spanish). August 16, 2016.
- "Zielinski es el nuevo técnico de Racing". TyC Sports (in Spanish). August 29, 2016.
- "Renunció Bassedas como DT de Vélez tras la derrota y los incidentes: la barra quiso entrar al vestuario". La Nación (in Spanish). September 24, 2016.
- "Omar De Felippe es el nuevo entrenador de Vélez". La Nación (in Spanish). September 30, 2016.
- "Eduardo Domínguez renunció como DT de Huracán: "Hay situaciones que no dan para más"". La Nación (in Spanish). September 30, 2016.
- "Ricardo Caruso Lombardi es el nuevo técnico de Huracán: firmó hoy y el lunes debuta". La Nación (in Spanish). September 30, 2016.
- "Quiroz dejó de ser el técnico de Aldosivi". TyC Sports (in Spanish). November 1, 2016.
- "Darío Franco es el elegido para reemplazar a Quiroz en Aldosivi". La Capital de Mar del Plata (in Spanish). November 1, 2016.
- "Sarmiento confirmó la salida de Schurrer". TyC Sports (in Spanish). November 1, 2016.
- "Jorge Burruchaga, nuevo técnico de Sarmiento". TyC Sports (in Spanish). November 9, 2016.
- "Madelón se fue de Unión". TyC Sports (in Spanish). November 1, 2016.
- "Por ahora, la receta de Unión es casera: va Pumpido hijo". El Litoral (in Spanish). November 2, 2016.
- "Sergio Rondina dejó Arsenal y se suma a la salida de técnicos en el torneo". La Nación (in Spanish). November 6, 2016.
- "Lucas Bernardi será el nuevo entrenador de Arsenal". TyC Sports (in Spanish). November 8, 2016.
- "Carlos Mayor fue despedido en Temperley y es el séptimo técnico que deja su cargo en nueve fechas". La Nación (in Spanish). November 8, 2016.
- "Álvarez, el reemplazante de Mayor en Temperley". TyC Sports (in Spanish). November 8, 2016.
- "Ariel Holan presentó la renuncia en Defensa y Justicia luego de la derrota frente a Vélez". La Nación (in Spanish). November 14, 2016.
- "Defensa y Justicia confirmó al sucesor de Holan". Télam (in Spanish). November 15, 2016.
- "El Vasco Azconzábal dejará Atlético Tucumán tras el partido ante Lanús". La Nación (in Spanish). November 19, 2016.
- "Lavallén, el apuntado en Atlético Tucumán". TyC Sports (in Spanish). December 1, 2016.
- "Teté González dejó de ser el entrenador de Belgrano". El Gráfico (in Spanish). November 21, 2016.
- "Tras el adiós a Teté, el nuevo DT de Belgrano es Madelón". Los Andes (in Spanish). November 23, 2016.
- "Golpe final: San Martín perdió 3 a 0 como local y Lavallén dejó de ser el entrenador". San Juan 8 (in Spanish). November 28, 2016.
- "Gorosito, nuevo entrenador de San Martín de San Juan". TyC Sports (in Spanish). December 27, 2016.
- "Caruso Lombardi renunció a su cargo como DT de Huracán". TyC Sports (in Spanish). December 4, 2016.
- "Azconzábal, nuevo entrenador de Huracán". TyC Sports (in Spanish). December 17, 2016.
- "Cristian Díaz ya no es más el entrenador de Olimpo". TyC Sports (in Spanish). December 4, 2016.
- "Mario Sciacqua se convirtió en el nuevo entrenador de Olimpo". TyC Sports (in Spanish). December 23, 2016.
- "Gimnasia amargó la despedida de Méndez de Godoy Cruz". TyC Sports (in Spanish). December 16, 2016.
- "Lucas Bernardi, el elegido en el Tomba para remplazar al Gallego Méndez". Los Andes (in Spanish). December 20, 2016.
- "Coudet renunció a la dirección técnica de Rosario Central". Télam (in Spanish). December 16, 2016.
- "Central confirmó a Paolo Montero como reemplazante de Coudet". El Gráfico (in Spanish). January 3, 2017.
- "Gabriel Milito renunció como DT de Independiente: "Es el momento de dar un paso al costado"". La Nación (in Spanish). December 17, 2016.
- "Holan es el nuevo entrenador del Rojo". Télam (in Spanish). December 29, 2016.
- "Arsenal-Vélez: el local ganó pero renunció el DT Lucas Bernardi". La Nación (in Spanish). December 18, 2016.
- "Humberto Grondona, nuevo DT de Arsenal: "Es el momento de dar una mano"". La Nación (in Spanish). December 23, 2016.
- "Ricardo Zielinski dejó de ser el DT de Racing luego de dirigirlo sólo en 14 partidos". La Nación (in Spanish). December 18, 2016.
- "Cocca retornó a la Academia en reemplazo de Zielinski". Télam (in Spanish). December 22, 2016.
- "Paolo Montero renunció en Colón y es el principal candidato para dirigir en Rosario Central". La Nación (in Spanish). December 22, 2016.
- "Eduardo Domínguez es el nuevo entrenador de Colón". La Nación (in Spanish). January 2, 2017.
- "Burruchaga se fue de Sarmiento". TyC Sports (in Spanish). December 28, 2016.
- "Fernando Quiroz, nuevo técnico de Sarmiento". TyC Sports (in Spanish). January 4, 2017.
- "Troglio dejó de ser el entrenador de Tigre". TyC Sports (in Spanish). March 19, 2017.
- "Tigre se pone Colorado". Olé (in Spanish). March 26, 2017.
- "Grelak presentó la renuncia". TyC Sports (in Spanish). April 1, 2017.
- "Cristian Díaz, el nuevo técnico de Quilmes". TyC Sports (in Spanish). April 5, 2017.
- "Madelón ya no es más el técnico de Belgrano". TyC Sports (in Spanish). April 2, 2017.
- "Sebastián Méndez, el nuevo técnico de Belgrano". TyC Sports (in Spanish). April 3, 2017.
- "Pumpido ya no es más el técnico de Unión". TyC Sports (in Spanish). April 22, 2017.
- "Pablo Marini, nuevo DT de Unión". El Litoral (in Spanish). April 25, 2017.
- "Aldosivi, de mal en peor: después de su sexta derrota al hilo renunció Darío Franco y lo espera un fixture demoledor". La Nación (in Spanish). May 8, 2017.
- "Walter Perazzo llegó, firmó y ya dirigió su primera práctica". La Capital de Mar del Plata (in Spanish). May 10, 2017.
- "Alfaro se alejó de Gimnasia tras el clásico". TyC Sports (in Spanish). May 13, 2017.
- "Gimnasia sigue en la búsqueda de un técnico". El Gráfico (in Spanish). May 18, 2017.
- "Newell's se quedó sin DT: renunció Osella". TyC Sports (in Spanish). June 3, 2017.
- "Ya tiene DT". Olé (in Spanish). June 4, 2017.
- "Sava dejó de ser técnico de Tigre". TyC Sports (in Spanish). June 3, 2017.
- "Caruso Lombardi vuelve a dirigir a Tigre". TyC Sports (in Spanish). June 5, 2017.
- "Las consecuencias del golpe de Pacífico: Nelson Vivas renunció a Estudiantes". Infobae (in Spanish). June 12, 2017.
- "Leandro Benítez tomó las riendas de Estudiantes". TyC Sports (in Spanish). June 14, 2017.
- "Lavallén renunció como técnico de Atlético Tucumán". Télam (in Spanish). June 20, 2017.
- "Ricardo Zielinski es el nuevo DT de Atlético Tucumán tras la renuncia de Pablo Lavallén". La Nación (in Spanish). June 21, 2017.
- "Echaron a Marini". Olé (in Spanish). June 23, 2017.