1992–93 in Argentine football explained

Country:	Argentina
Season:	1992–93
Prevseason:	1991–92
Nextseason:	1993–94

1992–93 saw Boca Juniors win the Apertura, it was their first official league title since 1981. The Clausura was won by Vélez Sársfield, their first title since 1968.

Torneo Apertura ("Opening" Tournament)

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Boca Juniors	27	19	10	7	2	24	11	13
2	River Plate	23^[1]	19	10	5	4	28	13	15
3	San Lorenzo	23	19	9	5	5	28	19	9
4	Ferro Carril Oeste	22	19	6	10	3	16	9	7
5	Huracán	22	19	9	4	6	26	22	4
6	Vélez Sársfield	21	19	8	5	6	23	15	8
7	Estudiantes de La Plata	20	19	7	6	6	21	14	7
8	Belgrano de Córdoba	20	19	7	6	6	22	22	0
9	Lanús	20	19	8	4	7	22	22	0
10	Talleres de Córdoba	20^[2]	19	6	8	5	18	20	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-2
11	Deportivo Español	19	19	7	5	7	19	18	1
12	San Martín de Tucumán	18	19	6	8	5	18	14	4
13	Textil Mandiyú	18	19	5	8	6	21	24	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-3
14	Rosario Central	18	19	7	4	8	19	29	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-10
15	Independiente	17	19	5	7	7	15	22	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-7
16	Racing Club	15	19	4	7	8	14	20	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-6
17	Gimnasia de La Plata	15	19	4	7	8	19	27	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-8
18	Platense	14	19	3	8	8	16	21	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-5
19	Argentinos Juniors	14	19	3	8	8	17	25	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-8
20	Newell's Old Boys	10	19	3	4	12	12	31	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-19

Top scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Alberto Acosta	San Loernzo	12
2	Jorge Cruz	Huracán	11
3	Luis Fabián Artime	Belgrano de Córdoba	10
3	Fernando di Carlo	Lanús	10

Relegation

There is no relegation after the Apertura. For the relegation results of this tournament see below

Torneo Clausura ("Closing" Tournament)

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Vélez Sársfield	27	19	10	7	2	23	7	16
2	Independiente	24	19	6	12	1	23	14	9
3	River Plate	23	19	10	3	6	33	21	12
4	San Lorenzo	22	19	8	6	5	27	19	8
5	Deportivo Español	22	19	9	4	6	24	18	6
6	Rosario Central	21	19	6	9	4	25	19	6
7	Boca Juniors	21	19	6	9	4	23	18	5
8	Racing Club	21	19	9	3	7	22	17	5
9	Huracán	21	19	7	7	5	24	23	1
10	Argentinos Juniors	19	19	3	13	3	12	12	0
11	Gimnasia de La Plata	19	19	5	9	5	14	15	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-1
12	Textil Mandiyú	19	19	5	9	5	19	22	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-3
13	Estudiantes de La Plata	18	19	5	8	6	23	20	3
14	Belgrano de Córdoba	18	19	4	10	5	13	22	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-9
15	Lanús	17	19	3	11	5	12	15	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-3
16	Ferro Carril Oeste	16	19	5	6	8	15	21	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-6
17	Newell's Old Boys	15	19	4	7	8	13	19	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-6
18	Platense	14	19	3	8	8	14	26	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-12
19	San Martín de Tucumán	12	19	4	4	11	17	30	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-13
20	Talleres de Córdoba	11	19	2	7	10	13	31	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-18

Notes

• Velez 1-1 Boca: Awarded to Velez 1-0
• Talleres 2-2 River Plate: Awarded to River 0-2
• Newell's 0-1 Talleres: Awarded to Newell's 1-0
• Talleres 1-0 Gimnasia La Plata: Awarded 0-1 to Gimnasia

Top scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Rubén Da Silva	River Plate	13
2	Sergio Martínez	Boca Juniors	12

Relegation

Team	Average	Points	Played	1991-92	1992-93	1993-94
Boca Juniors	1.307	149	114	51	50	48
River Plate	1.281	146	114	45	55	46
Vélez Sársfield	1.237	141	114	45	48	48
San Lorenzo	1.088	124	114	45	45	45
Huracán	1.061	121	114	40	38	43
Independiente	1.026	117	114	40	36	41
Newell's Old Boys	1.026	117	114	48	44	25
Racing Club	1.009	115	114	40	39	36
Deportivo Español	1.000	114	114	28	45	41
Ferro Carril Oeste	0.991	113	114	38	37	38
Rosario Central	0.982	112	114	39	34	39
Lanús	0.974	37	38	N/A	N/A	37
Belgrano de Córdoba	0.961	73	76	N/A	35	38
Textil Mandiyú	0.947	108	114	38	33	37
Gimnasia de La Plata	0.947	108	114	33	41	34
Estudiantes de La Plata	0.930	106	114	39	29	38
Platense	0.921	105	114	35	42	28
Argentinos Juniors	0.912	104	114	36	35	33
Talleres de Córdoba	0.851	97	114	29	37	31
San Martín de Tucumán	0.789	30	38	N/A	N/A	30

Argentine clubs in international competitions

width= 25%	Team	width= 25%	Supercopa 1992	width= 25%	CONMEBOL 1992	width= 25%	Copa Libertadores 1993
Racing Club	runner up	N/A
Gimnasia de La Plata	N/A	Semi final	did not qualify
Deportivo Español	N/A	QF	did not qualify
Estudiantes de La Plata	QF	N/A	did not qualify
River Plate	QF	N/A	Round 1
Newell's Old Boys	N/A	N/A	Round 2
Vélez Sársfield	N/A	Round 1	did not qualify
Argentinos Juniors	Round 1	N/A	did not qualify
Boca Juniors	Round 1	N/A	did not qualify
Independiente	Round 1	N/A	did not qualify

References

• Argentina 1992-1993 by Pablo Ciullini at rsssf.
• Argentina 1990s by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi and Victor Hugo Kurhy at rsssf.
• Copa CONMEBOL 1992 by Juan Pablo Andrés and Julio Bovi Diogo at rsssf.
• Copa Libertadores 1993 by Juan Pablo Andrés and Frank Ballesteros at rsssf.

Notes and References

1. River Plate had 2 points deducted
2. Talleres had 2 points deducted