1989–90 in Argentine football

Contents

League table

Position Team Points Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 River Plate 53 38 20 13 5 48 20 28
2 Independiente 46 38 16 14 8 54 36 18
3 Boca Juniors 43 38 11 21 6 49 35 14
4 Rosario Central 43[1] 38 16 13 9 45 36 9
5 Vélez Sársfield 42 38 14 14 10 46 32 14
6 Ferro Carril Oeste 39 38 11 17 10 24 20 4
7 Gimnasia de La Plata 39 38 12 15 11 34 31 3
8 Racing Club 39 38 11 17 10 34 34 0
9 Argentinos Juniors 38 38 13 12 13 42 40 2
10 Textil Mandiyú 36 38 11 14 13 40 40 0
11 Talleres de Córdoba 36[2] 38 12 14 12 45 46 -1
12 Newell's Old Boys 36[3] 38 12 14 12 40 43 -3
13 Unión de Santa Fe 36 38 10 16 12 40 43 -3
14 Platense 36 38 13 10 15 35 40 -5
15 San Lorenzo 35 38 10 15 13 44 50 -6
16 Estudiantes de La Plata 34 38 7 20 11 34 39 -5
17 Chaco For Ever 32 38 10 12 16 40 56 -16
18 Racing de Córdoba 32 38 11 10 17 32 48 -16
19 Deportivo Español 31 38 12 7 19 39 53 -14
20 Instituto de Córdoba 26 38 8 10 20 31 56 -25
River Plate qualify for the Copa Libertadores 1991 as Argentine champions.
Teams highlighted in light blue qualified for the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

Top Scorers

Position Player Team Goals
1 Ariel Cozzoni Newell's Old Boys 23
2 Marío Bevilacque Talleres de Córdoba 16
3 Alberto Acosta San Lorenzo 15
3 Juan Pizzi Rosario Central 15

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

Teams highlighted in light blue, in the league table above qualified for the Liguella Pre-Libertadores.

Semi-finals

Home (1st leg) Home (2nd leg) 1st Leg 2nd leg Aggregate
Boca Juniors Deportivo Español 1-0 1-1 2-1
Independiente Rosario Central 1-1 3-1 4-2

Final

Home (1st leg) Home (2nd leg) 1st Leg 2nd leg Aggregate
Boca Juniors Independiente 1-0 1-0 2-0
Boca Juniors qualify for the Copa Libertadores 1991.

Relegation

Team Average Points Played 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90
River Plate 1.263 144 114 46 44 53
Independiente 1.211 138 114 37 55 46
Boca Juniors 1.114 127 114 35 49 43
San Lorenzo 1.106 126 114 49 42 35
Racing Club 1.114 127 114 48 40 39
Newell's Old Boys 1.088 124 114 55 33 36
Argentinos Juniors 1.053 120 114 40 42 38
Gimnasia de La Plata 1.035 118 114 43 36 39
Deportivo Español 1.026 117 114 40 46 31
Rosario Central 1.026 117 114 40 34 43
Vélez Sársfield 1.018 116 114 41 33 42
Estudiantes de La Plata 0.947 108 114 32 43 34
Unión de Santa Fe 0.947 36 38 N/A N/A 36
Platense 0.939 107 114 38 33 36
Talleres de Córdoba 0.939 107 114 27 44 36
Textil Mandiyú 0.908 69 76 N/A 33 36
Ferro Carril Oeste 0.895 102 114 33 30 39
Chaco For Ever 0.842 32 38 N/A N/A 32
Racing de Córdoba 0.842 96 114 31 33 32
Instituto de Córdoba 0.719 82 114 33 23 26

Relegation playoff

Argentine clubs in international competitions

Team Recopa 1989 Supercopa 1989 Copa Libertadores 1990
Boca Juniors Champions Champions did not qualify
Independiente N/A Runner up QF
River Plate N/A Round 1 SF
Argentinos Juniors N/A SF did not qualify
Estudiantes N/A QF did not qualify
Racing Club N/A QF did not qualify

References

  1. ^ 2 points deducted due to incidents in the game against Newell's Old Boys
  2. ^ 2 points deducted due to incidents in the game against Instituto
  3. ^ 2 points deducted due to incidents in the game against Rosario Central