| Competition: | Liga Profesional |
| Season: | 2023 |
| Dates: | 27 January – 30 July 2023 |
| Relegated: | Arsenal Colón |
| Continentalcup1: | Copa Libertadores |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | River Plate Talleres (C) San Lorenzo Godoy Cruz Rosario Central (via Copa de la Liga Profesional) Estudiantes (LP) (via Copa Argentina) |
| Continentalcup2: | Copa Sudamericana |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Boca Juniors Racing Defensa y Justicia Lanús Belgrano Argentinos Juniors |
| League Topscorer: | Michael Santos Pablo Vegetti (13 goals each) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Five matches 4–0 One match 5–1 |
| Biggest Away Win: | Colón 0–4 Racing |
| Highest Scoring: | Godoy Cruz 4–4 Lanús |
| Matches: | 378 |
| Total Goals: | 778 |
| Longest Wins: | River Plate |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Estudiantes (LP) |
| Longest Winless: | Vélez Sarsfield |
| Longest Losses: | Huracán |
| Prevseason: | 2022 |
| Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2023 Argentine Primera División - Liga Profesional (officially the Torneo Binance 2023, until the 26th round, for sponsorship reasons)[1] [2] was the 133rd season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The league season began on 27 January and ended on 30 July 2023.[3]
Twenty-eight teams competed in the league: twenty-six returning from the 2022 season as well as two promoted teams from the 2022 Primera Nacional (Belgrano and Instituto).[4] [5] Boca Juniors were the defending champions.
River Plate won their 38th national league championship with two matches to spare after they defeated Estudiantes (LP) 3–1 on 15 July 2023.[6]
The competition was run under a single round-robin, contested by 28 teams (26 from the previous edition plus 2 promoted from Primera Nacional). The champions qualified for the 2024 Copa Libertadores as Argentina 1. The qualification for international tournaments will be determined by an aggregate table of the 2023 Primera División and 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional first stage tournaments.[7]
In this season two teams were relegated to the Primera Nacional. One team was relegated based on coefficients, while the bottom team of the 2023 aggregate table would also be relegated.[8]
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Córdoba (SdE) |  Abel Balbo | Signed by Estudiantes (LP) | 22 October 2022[9] | Pre-season | Leonardo Madelón | 29 November 2022[10] |
| Estudiantes (LP) | Pablo Quatrocchi | End of caretaker spell | 22 October 2022 | Abel Balbo | 1 December 2022 | |
| Newell's Old Boys | Adrián Coria | 24 October 2022 | Gabriel Heinze | 7 November 2022[11] | ||
| Arsenal | Leonardo Madelón | Resigned | 24 October 2022[12] | 22 November 2022[13] | ||
| Platense | Omar De Felippe | 25 October 2022[14] | Martín Palermo | 5 November 2022[15] | ||
| Godoy Cruz | Favio Orsi and Sergio Gómez | Mutual agreement | 28 October 2022[16] | Diego Flores | 3 November 2022[17] | |
| Rosario Central | Carlos Tevez | Resigned | 3 November 2022[18] | Miguel Ángel Russo | 18 December 2022[19] | |
| Independiente | Julio César Falcioni | Mutual agreement | 9 November 2022[20] | Leandro Stillitano | 12 November 2022[21] | |
| River Plate | Marcelo Gallardo | End of contract | 13 November 2022[22] | Martín Demichelis | 16 November 2022[23] | |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | Néstor Gorosito | Mutual agreement | 30 December 2022[24] | Sebastián Romero | 30 December 2022 | |
| Liga Profesional changes | ||||||
| Colón | Marcelo Saralegui | Mutual agreement | 20 February 2023[25] | 26th | Néstor Gorosito | 22 February 2023[26] |
| Vélez Sarsfield | Alexander Medina | 25 February 2023[27] | 15th | 8 March 2023[28] | ||
| Estudiantes (LP) | Abel Balbo | 4 March 2023[29] | 22nd | Eduardo Domínguez | 7 March 2023[30] | |
| Independiente | Leandro Stillitano | 18 March 2023[31] | 19th | 14 April 2023[32] | ||
| Boca Juniors | Hugo Ibarra | Sacked | 28 March 2023[33] | 14th | 10 April 2023[34] | |
| Unión | Gustavo Munúa | 4 April 2023[35] | 27th | 13 April 2023[36] | ||
| Godoy Cruz | Diego Flores | 10 April 2023[37] | 17th | 11 April 2023[38] | ||
| Barracas Central | Alejandro Milano | Mutual agreement | 11 April 2023[39] | 21st | Sergio Rondina | 12 April 2023[40] |
| Huracán | Diego Dabove | 7 May 2023[41] | 22nd | Sebastián Battaglia | 9 May 2023[42] | |
| Banfield | Javier Sanguinetti | 7 May 2023[43] | 23rd | Julio César Falcioni | 9 May 2023[44] | |
| Arsenal | Carlos Ruiz and Martín Cicotello | Resigned | 8 May 2023[45] | 27th | 20 May 2023[46] | |
| Instituto | Lucas Bovaglio | Mutual agreement | 3 June 2023[47] | 20th | 9 June 2023[48] | |
| Vélez Sarsfield | Ricardo Gareca | Resigned | 4 June 2023[49] | 22nd | 27 June 2023 | |
| Tigre | Diego Martínez | Sacked | 13 June 2023[50] | 20th | Juan Sara | 20 June 2023[51] |
| Unión | Sebastián Méndez | Signed by Vélez Sarsfield | 25 June 2023[52] | 21st | Kily González | 26 June 2023[53] |
| Huracán | Sebastián Battaglia | Sacked | 28 June 2023[54] | 25th | 3 July 2023[55] | |
| Atlético Tucumán | Lucas Pusineri | Resigned | 30 June 2023[56] | 21st | Favio Orsi and Sergio Gómez | 3 July 2023[57] |
| Inter-tournament changes | ||||||
| Sarmiento (J) | Israel Damonte | Resigned | 29 July 2023[58] | N/A | Pablo Lavallén | 2 August 2023[59] |
| Central Córdoba (SdE) | Leonardo Madelón | Sacked | 3 August 2023[60] | Omar De Felippe | 7 August 2023[61] | |
| Copa de la Liga Profesional changes | ||||||
| Independiente | Ricardo Zielinski | Resigned | 20 August 2023[62] | 13th Zone A | Carlos Tevez | 22 August 2023[63] |
| Tigre | Juan Sara | Sacked | 28 August 2023[64] | 13th Zone B | Lucas Pusineri | 30 August 2023[65] |
| Argentinos Juniors | Gabriel Milito | Resigned | 30 August 2023[66] | 7th Zone A | 8 September 2023[67] | |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | Sebastián Romero | Mutual agreement | 2 September 2023[68] | 14th Zone A | Leonardo Madelón | 5 September 2023[69] |
| Lanús | Frank Darío Kudelka | 6 September 2023[70] | 12th Zone B | 7 September 2023[71] | ||
| Arsenal | Federico Vilar | Resigned | 18 September 2023[72] | 12th Zone A | 19 September 2023[73] | |
| Racing | Fernando Gago | 30 September 2023[74] | 1st Zone B | 2 October 2023[75] | ||
| Lanús | Sebastián Salomón | Replaced | 9 October 2023 | 14th Zone B | Ricardo Zielinski | 10 October 2023[76] |
| Pablo Lavallén | Sacked | 25 October 2023[77] | 9th Zone B | Facundo Sava | 27 October 2023[78] | |
| Colón | Néstor Gorosito | Resigned | 26 October 2023[79] | 6th Zone A | Israel Damonte | 27 October 2023[80] |
| Boca Juniors | Jorge Almirón | 5 November 2023[81] | 11th Zone B | 6 November 2023[82] | ||
1. Originally Luca Marcogiuseppe would be manager of Arsenal along with Carlos Ruiz,[83] but he resigned before the beginning of the season.[84] Marcogiuseppe was replaced by Martín Cicotello.Interim managers
2. Marcelo Bravo and Hernán Manrique were interim managers in the 6th round.
3. Pedro Monzón was interim manager in the 2023 Copa Argentina round of 64 and the 9th–11th rounds.
4. Mariano Herrón was interim manager in the 9th–10th rounds and the 2023 Copa Libertadores Group stage 1st round.
5. Marcelo Mosset was interim manager in the 10th–11th rounds.
6. Interim manager, but later promoted to manager.
7. Darío Espínola was interim manager in the 16th–17th rounds.
8. Daniel Jiménez was interim manager in the 2023 Copa Argentina round of 64.
9. Marcelo Bravo was interim manager in the 2023 Copa Argentina round of 64, the postponed 17th round and the 20th–21st rounds.
10. Claudio Cabrera and Marcelo Broggi were interim managers in the 22nd round.
11. Cristian Zermatten was interim manager in the 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional Group stage 3rd round.
12. Salomón would be interim manager until the end of the Copa de la Liga Profesional, but only was interim manager in the 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional Group stage 4th–8th rounds.
13. Interim manager until the end of the Copa de la Liga Profesional.
14. Interim managers until the end of the Copa de la Liga Profesional.
As the championship ended on 30 July 2023, several players left their teams due to expiring contracts or loans, signed with other teams, or had their contracts terminated. Players in italics are those who left their club before the end of the tournament.
They do not take up a foreign slot.
Bruno Zapelli (Belgrano)
Norberto Briasco (Boca Juniors)
Frank Fabra (Boca Juniors)
Luciano Bocco (Central Córdoba (SdE))
Matías Soria (Godoy Cruz)
Catriel Cabellos (Racing) Luca Martínez (Rosario Central) José Mauri (Sarmiento (J))
Daniel Ribera (Talleres (C)) Mateo Retegui (Tigre)
Lenny Lobato (Vélez Sarsfield)
Source: AFA
The Unión vs. Lanús match (14th round, 30 April 2023) was postponed due to a lack of safety guarantees for the occupants of a seating area in the Estadio 15 de Abril, as a result of a landslide from a drainage channel caused by the strong winds that hit the stadium.[85] The match was played on 17 June 2023.
The Vélez Sarsfield vs. Racing match (17th round, 19 May 2023) was postponed due to the death of Hernán Manrique, manager of Vélez Sarsfield reserve team along with Marcelo Bravo.[86] The match was played on 17 June 2023.
During the match between River Plate and Defensa y Justicia at the Estadio Mâs Monumental (19th round, 3 June 2023), a fan fell to his death during the game, resulting in the match being suspended by the referee in the 26th minute.[87] The match resumed on 17 June 2023.
Teams played every other team once (either at home or away) completing a total of 27 rounds.[88]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=2 | 1 | Pablo Vegetti | Belgrano | align=center rowspan=2 | 13 |
| Michael Santos | Talleres (C) | ||||
| align=center rowspan=3 | 3 | Gabriel Ávalos | Argentinos Juniors | align=center rowspan=3 | 12 |
| Nicolás Fernández | Defensa y Justicia | ||||
| Lucas Beltrán | River Plate | ||||
| align=center rowspan=5 | 6 | Martín Cauteruccio | Independiente | align=center rowspan=5 | 11 |
| Adrián Martínez | Instituto | ||||
| Leandro Díaz | Lanús | ||||
| Alejo Véliz | Rosario Central | ||||
| Mateo Retegui | Tigre |
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignacio Malcorra | Rosario Central | 9 | ||
| 2 | Pablo Solari | River Plate | 7 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 3 | Rodrigo Garro | Talleres (C) | align=center rowspan=2 | 6 |
| Diego Valoyes | Talleres (C) | ||||
| align=center rowspan=7 | 5 | Lucas Gamba | Central Córdoba (SdE) | align=center rowspan=7 | 5 |
| David Barbona | Defensa y Justicia | ||||
| Gastón Togni | Defensa y Justicia | ||||
| Salomón Rodríguez | Godoy Cruz | ||||
| Jaminton Campaz | Rosario Central | ||||
| Alan Rodríguez | Rosario Central | ||||
| Michael Santos | Talleres (C) |
The best team was a squad consisting of the most impressive players at the tournament.[89]
| Pos. | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Augusto Batalla | San Lorenzo | |
| DF | Kevin Mac Allister | Argentinos Juniors | |
| DF | Leandro González Pírez | River Plate | |
| DF | Cristian Lema | Lanús | |
| DF | Malcom Braida | San Lorenzo | |
| MF | Rodrigo Aliendro | River Plate | |
| MF | Ignacio Miramón | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | |
| MF | Nahuel Barrios | San Lorenzo | |
| FW | Rodrigo Garro | Talleres (C) | |
| FW | Michael Santos | Talleres (C) | |
| FW | Lucas Beltrán | River Plate |
Substitutes
| Pos. | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Guido Herrera | Talleres (C) | |
| DF | Leonardo Godoy | Estudiantes (LP) | |
| DF | Gastón Hernández | San Lorenzo | |
| MF | Rodrigo Villagra | Talleres (C) | |
| MF | Federico Redondo | Argentinos Juniors | |
| MF | Cristian Medina | Boca Juniors | |
| FW | Benjamín Rollheiser | Estudiantes (LP) | |
| FW | Esequiel Barco | River Plate | |
| FW | Pablo Vegetti | Belgrano | |
| FW | Alejo Véliz | Rosario Central | |
| FW | Nicolás Fernández | Defensa y Justicia |
The 2023 Argentine Primera División champions, 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional champions and 2023 Copa Argentina champions earned a berth to the 2024 Copa Libertadores. The remaining berths to the 2024 Copa Libertadores as well as the ones to the 2024 Copa Sudamericana were determined by an aggregate table of the 2023 Argentine Primera División and 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional first stage tournaments. The top three teams in the aggregate table not already qualified for any international tournament qualified for the Copa Libertadores, while the next six teams qualified for the Copa Sudamericana.[7]
In this season, the bottom team of the aggregate table would be relegated to the 2024 Primera Nacional. If two or more teams were level on points, extra matches would be played to decide which team would be relegated.
As Colón and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) finished with the same number of points in the aggregate table, the tournament rules required them to play a playoff match at a neutral venue to determine the relegated team. If tied, extra time would be played and if the score was still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners.
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) won the match 1–0 and remained in the Primera División, while Colón were relegated to the Primera Nacional.[90]
In addition to the relegation based on the aggregate table, one team was relegated at the end of the season based on coefficients, which took into consideration the points obtained by the clubs during the present season (aggregate table points) and the two previous seasons (only seasons at the top flight were counted). The total tally was then divided by the number of games played in the top flight over those three seasons and an average was calculated. The team with the worst average at the end of the season was relegated to Primera Nacional. Originally two teams would be relegated based on coefficients but, on 22 June 2023, AFA decided to reduce the number of relegated teams to one.[8]
| width=25 | width=185 | Team | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | Relegation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | River Plate | 75 | 76 | 85 | 236 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 63 | 79 | 62 | 204 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Racing | 53 | 80 | 60 | 193 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Estudiantes (LP) | 61 | 61 | 62 | 184 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Defensa y Justicia | 59 | 65 | 58 | 182 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 66 | 46 | 67 | 179 | 120 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Argentinos Juniors | 51 | 67 | 54 | 172 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 8 | San Lorenzo | 48 | 58 | 64 | 170 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Huracán | 51 | 65 | 51 | 167 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Belgrano | — | — | 57 | 57 | 41 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Vélez Sarsfield | 70 | 46 | 49 | 165 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 51 | 65 | 45 | 161 | 120 | |||||||||||
| 13 | Rosario Central | 50 | 46 | 65 | 161 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Tigre | — | 63 | 47 | 110 | 82 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Godoy Cruz | 46 | 51 | 63 | 160 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Independiente | 58 | 51 | 51 | 160 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Newell's Old Boys | 39 | 63 | 53 | 155 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Colón | 64 | 45 | 45 | 154 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Instituto | — | — | 52 | 52 | 41 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 40 | 57 | 54 | 151 | 120 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Barracas Central | — | 53 | 49 | 102 | 82 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Banfield | 47 | 49 | 53 | 149 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Lanús | 56 | 36 | 57 | 149 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Unión | 53 | 49 | 46 | 148 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Platense | 45 | 42 | 54 | 141 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Central Córdoba (SdE) | 43 | 49 | 48 | 140 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Sarmiento (J) | 36 | 53 | 46 | 135 | 120 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Arsenal (R) | 33 | 47 | 35 | 115 | 120 |
