Argentine División de Honor de Futsal explained

Country:Argentina
Confed:CONMEBOL
Teams:16
Relegation:Primera B
Levels:1
Domest Cup:Copa Argentina
Confed Cup:Copa Libertadores
Champions:San Lorenzo
Season:2019
Most Successful Club:Pinocho (14)
Website:Futsal on AFA

The Primera División de Futsal (formerly, División de Honor), is the main futsal league in Argentina. Organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA),[1] the first championship was held in 1986.

The Argentine futsal league system is made up of four divisions (Primera A to Primera D), with a total of 87 clubs competing in all of them, which also take part of Copa Argentina de Futsal.

This league is the main division of futsal in Argentina, contested by clubs from the provinces of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe. The Argentine league is regarded as one of the main futsal leagues in South America.[2]

Clubs

There are 16 clubs competing in the 2019 season, they are:

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América del Sud Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
17 de Agosto
Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Pinocho Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
SECLA Greater Buenos Aires
Sociedad Hebraica Greater Buenos Aires
El Talar Buenos Aires
Villa La Ñata Benavídez Greater Buenos Aires

Champions

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1986 Rosario Central
1987 Newell's Old Boys
1988 Muñiz
1989 Atlanta
1990 Atlanta
1991 River Plate
1992 Boca Juniors
1993 Boca Juniors
1994 Newell's Old Boys
1995 Deportivo Laferrere
1996 Atlanta
1997 Apertura Lugano
1997 Clausura Boca Juniors
1998 Apertura Boca Juniors
1998 Clausura Tigre
1999 Apertura San Lorenzo
1999 Clausura San Lorenzo
2000 Apertura Argentinos Juniors
2000 Clausura San Lorenzo
2001 Apertura Franja de Oro
2001 Clausura San Lorenzo
2002 Apertura Villa Modelo
2002 Clausura River Plate
2003 Apertura River Plate
2003 Clausura Boca Juniors
2004 Apertura Argentinos Juniors
2004 Clausura San Lorenzo
2005 Apertura Pinocho
2005 Clausura Pinocho
2006 Apertura Pinocho
2006 Clausura San Lorenzo
2007 Apertura Pinocho
2007 Clausura Pinocho
2008 Apertura Pinocho
2008 Clausura Pinocho
2009 Apertura Pinocho
2009 Clausura Pinocho
2010 Apertura Pinocho
2010 Clausura Pinocho
2011 Apertura Pinocho
2011 Clausura Boca Juniors
2012 Apertura Boca Juniors
2012 Clausura Pinocho
2013 Apertura Boca Juniors
2013 Clausura Boca Juniors
2014 Apertura Boca Juniors
2014 Clausura Boca Juniors
2015 Clausura Kimberley
2015 Apertura Pinocho
2016 Kimberley
2017 Boca Juniors
2018 San Lorenzo
2019 San Lorenzo
2020 Boca Juniors
2021 Barracas Central

Titles by club

The list include all the titles won by each club since the first futsal championship held in 1986

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Pinocho 14 2005 Apertura, 2005 Clausura, 2006 Apertura, 2007 Apertura, 2007 Clausura, 2008 Apertura, 2008 Clausura, 2009 Apertura, 2009 Clausura, 2010 Apertura, 2010 Clausura, 2011 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2015 Clausura
13 1992, 1993, 1997 Clausura, 1998 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2011 Clausura, 2012 Apertura, 2013 Apertura, 2013 Clausura, 2014 Apertura, 2014 Clausura, 2017, 2020
8 1999 Apertura, 1999 Clausura, 2000 Clausura, 2001 Clausura, 2004 Clausura, 2006 Clausura, 2018, 2019
3 1991, 2002 Clausura, 2003 Apertura
3 1989, 1990, 1996
2 2015, 2016
2 2000 Apertura, 2004 Apertura
2 1987, 1994
Franja de Oro 1 2001 Apertura
1 1986
1 1998 Clausura
1 1995
1 1997 Apertura
1 1988
Villa Modelo 1 2002 Apertura
1 2021

Notable players

Many notable Argentine football players started playing futsal when they were children. Some of them are Fernando Redondo, Juan Pablo Sorín, Andrés D'Alessandro, Esteban Cambiasso and Juan Román Riquelme (in Club Parque), Marcelo Gallardo in Estrella de Maldonado and Leandro Romagnoli in Franja de Oro.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.afa.com.ar/upload/reglamento/FUTSAL%20PRIMERA%20DIVI%204a.%20a%203a.%20-%20TORNEO%20APERTURA%202019.pdf Fixture Torneo Futsal 2019
  2. https://www.elgrafico.com.ar/articulo/0/1366/los-pies-magicos Los pies mágicos