| Competition: | Primera División |
| Season: | 1976 |
| Winners: | Boca Juniors (Metropolitano and Nacional) |
| Prevseason: | 1975 |
| Nextseason: | 1977 |
The 1976 Primera División season was the 85th season of top-flight football in Argentina. Boca Juniors won both tournaments, Metropolitano and Nacional, totaling 20 league titles until then.
After three consecutive seasons with no relegations, San Telmo was relegated to Primera B after playing a small tournament with the worst placed teams in the general table.[1]
| Competition: | Metropolitano |
| Season: | 1976 |
| Winners: | Boca Juniors (19th title) |
| Promoted: | Quilmes San Telmo |
| Relegated: | San Telmo |
| Continentalcup1: | 1977 Copa Libertadores |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Boca Juniors |
| League Topscorer: |  Mario Kempes (21 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1975 |
| Nextseason: | 1977 |
| Competition: | Nacional |
| Season: | 1976 |
| Winners: | Boca Juniors (20th title) |
| Promoted: | Platense |
| Continentalcup1: | 1977 Copa Libertadores |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | River Plate |
| League Topscorer: | Norberto Eresuma Luis Ludueña Víctor Marchetti (12 goals each) |
| Prevseason: | 1975 |
| Nextseason: | 1977 |
1st place Playoff
14 December 1976
1st place Playoff
14 December 1976
16 December 1976
19 December 1976
| GK | 1 | Hugo Gatti | ||
| DF | 4 | Vicente Pernía | ||
| DF | 2 | Francisco Sá | ||
| DF | 6 | Roberto Mouzo | ||
| DF | 3 | Alberto Tarantini | ||
| MF | 8 | Carlos Veglio | ||
| MF | 5 | Rubén Suñé | ||
| MF | 10 | Jorge Ribolzi | ||
| FW | 7 | Ernesto Mastrángelo | ||
| FW | 9 | Juan Taverna | ||
| FW | 11 | Darío Felman | ||
| Manager: | ||||
| Juan Carlos Lorenzo | ||||
| GK | 1 | Ubaldo Fillol | ||
| DF | 4 | Pablo Comelles | ||
| DF | 2 | Roberto Perfumo | ||
| DF | 6 | Daniel Passarella | ||
| DF | 3 | Héctor López | ||
| MF | 8 | Juan José López | ||
| MF | 5 | Reinaldo Merlo | ||
| MF | 10 | Alberto Beltrán | ||
| FW | 7 | Pedro Alexis González | ||
| FW | 9 | Leopoldo Luque | ||
| FW | 11 | Oscar Más | ||
| Manager: | ||||
| Angel Labruna | ||||