Competition: | Primera División |
Season: | 2016–17 |
Winners: | Boca Juniors (32nd title) |
Continentalcup1: | Copa Libertadores |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Boca Juniors River Plate Estudiantes (LP) Racing Banfield Independiente (via Copa Sudamericana) Atlético Tucumán (via Copa Argentina) |
Continentalcup2: | Copa Sudamericana |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | San Lorenzo Lanús Newell's Old Boys Defensa y Justicia Colón Rosario Central |
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: | (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) |
Matches: | 450 |
Total Goals: | 1024 |
Longest Wins: | Colón (7 games) |
Longest Winless: | Arsenal (13 games) |
Longest Losses: | Quilmes (7 games) |
Prevseason: | 2016 |
Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
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.
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]
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]
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] | |
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] | 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] | 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] | |
Gabriel Schürrer | Mutual agreement | November 1, 2016[21] | November 9, 2016[22] | |||
Unión | Leonardo Madelón | Resigned | November 1, 2016[23] | 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] | 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] | December 27, 2016[36] | ||
Huracán | Ricardo Caruso Lombardi | Resigned | December 4, 2016[37] | December 17, 2016[38] | ||
Olimpo | Cristian Díaz | Mutual agreement | December 4, 2016[39] | 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] | 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] | |
Jorge Burruchaga | Resigned | December 28, 2016[53] | Fernando Quiroz | January 4, 2017[54] | ||
Tigre | Pedro Troglio | Mutual agreement | March 19, 2017[55] | March 26, 2017[56] | ||
Quilmes | Alfredo Grelak | Resigned | April 1, 2017[57] | 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] | 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] | May 13, 2017[66] | ||
Newell's Old Boys | Diego Osella | Resigned | June 3, 2017[67] | 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] | June 14, 2017[72] | ||
Atlético Tucumán | Pablo Lavallén | Resigned | June 20, 2017[73] | June 22, 2017[74] | ||
Unión | Pablo Marini | Sacked | June 23, 2017[75] | June 23, 2017 |
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.
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.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Darío Benedetto | Boca Juniors | 21 | ||
2 | Sebastián Driussi | River Plate | 17 | ||
3 | José Sand | Lanús | 15 | ||
align=center | 4 | Mariano Pavone | Vélez Sarsfield | 13 | |
align=center rowspan=3 | 5 | Lucas Alario | River Plate | align=center rowspan=3 | 12 |
Carlos Luna | Tigre | ||||
Ignacio Scocco | Newell's Old Boys | ||||
align=center rowspan=3 | 8 | Nicolás Blandi | San Lorenzo | align=center rowspan=3 | 11 |
Emiliano Rigoni | Independiente | ||||
Fernando Zampedri | Atlético Tucumán |
Rank | Player | Club | Assists | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Marcos Acuña | Racing | 13 | ||
2 | Cristian Pavón | Boca Juniors | 9 | ||
align=center rowspan=3 | 3 | Agustín Bouzat | Defensa y Justicia | align=center rowspan=3 | 7 |
Rodrigo Caballuci | Olimpo | ||||
Mauro Formica | Newell's Old Boys | ||||
align=center rowspan=4 | 6 | Lautaro Acosta | Lanús | align=center rowspan=4 | 6 |
Gonzalo Martínez | River Plate | ||||
Alejandro Silva | Lanús | ||||
Carlos Tevez | Boca Juniors |
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]
width=28 | width=185 | Team | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | Relegation | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Boca Juniors | 31 | 64 | 20 | 63 | 178 | 95 | |||||||||||
2 | Racing | 41 | 57 | 24 | 55 | 177 | 95 | |||||||||||
3 | San Lorenzo | 26 | 61 | 34 | 53 | 174 | 95 | |||||||||||
4 | Estudiantes (LP) | 31 | 51 | 32 | 56 | 170 | 95 | |||||||||||
5 | Independiente | 33 | 54 | 27 | 53 | 167 | 95 | |||||||||||
6 | Lanús | 35 | 42 | 38 | 50 | 165 | 95 | |||||||||||
7 | River Plate | 39 | 49 | 18 | 56 | 162 | 95 | |||||||||||
8 | Rosario Central | 21 | 59 | 20 | 44 | 144 | 95 | |||||||||||
9 | Banfield | 20 | 50 | 15 | 54 | 139 | 95 | |||||||||||
10 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 24 | 44 | 25 | 43 | 136 | 95 | |||||||||||
11 | — | — | — | 42 | 42 | 30 | ||||||||||||
12 | — | — | 30 | 33 | 63 | 46 | ||||||||||||
13 | Newell's Old Boys | 25 | 40 | 16 | 49 | 130 | 95 | |||||||||||
14 | Godoy Cruz | 21 | 32 | 33 | 43 | 129 | 95 | |||||||||||
15 | Defensa y Justicia | 20 | 32 | 25 | 49 | 126 | 95 | |||||||||||
16 | Colón | — | 34 | 17 | 49 | 100 | 76 | |||||||||||
17 | Tigre | 26 | 46 | 20 | 31 | 123 | 95 | |||||||||||
18 | Unión | — | 41 | 22 | 32 | 95 | 76 | |||||||||||
19 | Belgrano | 25 | 51 | 16 | 26 | 118 | 95 | |||||||||||
20 | San Martín (SJ) | — | 37 | 23 | 33 | 93 | 76 | |||||||||||
21 | Vélez Sarsfield | 25 | 29 | 24 | 37 | 115 | 95 | |||||||||||
22 | — | — | 20 | 34 | 54 | 46 | ||||||||||||
23 | Arsenal | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 107 | 95 | |||||||||||
24 | Olimpo | 19 | 36 | 13 | 38 | 106 | 95 | |||||||||||
25 | Huracán | — | 30 | 25 | 29 | 84 | 76 | |||||||||||
26 | Temperley | — | 30 | 16 | 37 | 83 | 76 | |||||||||||
27 | Aldosivi (R) | — | 40 | 17 | 25 | 82 | 76 | Primera B Nacional | ||||||||||
28 | Quilmes (R) | 12 | 45 | 15 | 25 | 97 | 95 | |||||||||||
29 | Atlético de Rafaela (R) | 25 | 23 | 9 | 37 | 94 | 95 | |||||||||||
30 | Sarmiento (R) | — | 30 | 17 | 28 | 75 | 76 |