1967 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Season 1967
Champions Metropolitano:
Estudiantes (1st title)
Nacional:
Independiente (6th title)
1968 Copa Libertadores Estudiantes
Independiente
1966
1968

The 1967 Primera División season was the 37th season of the professional football of the Argentine top-flight. It was the first season in which the Metropolitano and Nacional format was used.

Campeonato Metropolitano

Campeonato Metropolitano
Champions Estudiantes
Matches played 245
Goals scored 606 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer Bernardo Acosta (18 goals)

The Campeonato Metropolitano was the first championship of the season. It was contested between twenty-two teams directed affiliated with the Argentine Football Association from March 3 to August 6.

The format championship was in two rounds. The first round saw the 22 teams divided into two groups of 11. They would play within that group in a double round-robin format. In addition, they would play one team in the other group twice (the other team typically being a traditional rival). The top two teams in each group would advance to the semifinals and qualify for the Campeonato Nacional, the next four teams would qualify to the Campeonato Nacional, the next two teams would go to the Promocional tournament, and the bottom three teams would go to the Reclasificatorio. The four teams qualified to the semifinals would then compete in a one leg, single elimination tournament.

Estudiantes de La Plata won the Metropolitano under the leadership of Osvaldo Zubeldía. It was their second Primera División title and the first in the professional era. Paraguayan Bernardo Acosta of Lanús finished as the top goalscorer with 18 goals.

Classification round

Group A

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Racing 22 10 9 3 30 16+14 29 Advanced to the Semifinals &
Qualified to the Campeonato Nacional
2 Estudiantes (LP) 22 11 7 4 24 15+9 29
3 Vélez Sársfield 22 10 7 5 35 22+13 27 Qualified to the Campeonato Nacional
4 Boca Juniors 22 8 10 4 29 20+9 26
5 Lanús 22 7 8 7 40 29+11 22
6 Quilmes 22 6 9 7 27 325 21
7 Huracán 22 5 10 7 30 344 20 To the Promocional
8 Colón 22 3 13 6 17 236 19
9 Newell's Old Boys 22 5 7 10 22 275 17 To the Reclasificatorio
10 Argentinos Juniors 22 4 7 11 21 4322 15
11 Atlanta 22 3 8 11 23 3512 14

Group B

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Platense 22 13 2 7 40 28+12 28 Advanced to the Semifinals &
Qualified to the Campeonato Nacional
2 Independiente 22 10 7 5 33 15+18 27
3 Rosario Central 22 9 8 5 24 22+2 26 Qualified to the Campeonato Nacional
4 San Lorenzo 22 10 5 7 32 27+5 25
5 Ferro Carril Oeste 22 9 6 7 23 21+2 24
6 River Plate 22 9 5 8 31 23+8 23
7 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 22 8 5 9 25 327 21 To the Promocional
8 Banfield 22 6 8 8 21 221 20
8 Unión 22 5 10 7 21 254 20 To the Reclasificatorio
10 Deportivo Español 22 5 6 11 20 3616 16
11 Chacarita Juniors 22 4 7 11 26 4721 15

Semifinals

August 3
Estudiantes 43 Platense
Estadio Camilo Cichero, Buenos Aires

Final

August 6
Estudiantes 30 Racing
Madero  52'
Verón  69'
Ribaudo  72'
Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 59,453
Referee: Guillermo Nimo

Reclasificatorio

The Reclasificatorio was a promotion/relegation tournament between the bottom six teams from the Campeonato Metropolitano and the top four teams from the Primera B (currently the Primera B Metropolitana). At the end of the Reclasificatorio, the top six teams would stay/be promoted in the league; the bottom four teams would remain/be relegated to the Primera B.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Newell's Old Boys 18 8 7 3 20 12+8 23 Remains the Primera División
2 Atlanta 18 9 4 5 27 14+13 22
3 Tigre 18 6 8 4 15 12+3 20 Promoted to the Primera División
4 Los Andes 18 6 7 5 20 16+4 19
4 Chacarita Juniors 18 6 7 5 18 16+2 19 Remains the Primera División
6 Argentinos Juniors 18 7 4 7 21 243 18
7 Almagro 18 5 7 6 20 244 17 Remains in the Primera B
7 Unión 18 6 5 7 17 203 17 Relegated to the Primera B
9 Deportivo Español 18 5 5 8 15 216 15
10 Defensores de Belgrano 18 3 4 11 9 2314 10 Remains in the Primera B

Promocional

The Promocional was an extra tournament played between four teams from the Campeonato Metropolitano and the four runners-up of the regional leagues.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 14 10 2 2 35 11+24 22
2 Huracán 14 9 3 2 36 15+21 21
3 Colón 14 6 6 2 23 17+6 18
4 Banfield 14 7 3 4 37 18+19 17
5 Sportivo Guzmán 14 4 5 5 20 244 13
6 Racing (C) 14 3 2 9 16 3014 8
6 Olimpo 14 3 2 9 17 3922 8
8 Atlético Juventud 14 2 1 11 18 4830 5

Campeonato Nacional

Campeonato Nacional
Champions Independiente
Matches played 120
Goals scored 342 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer Luis Artime (11 goals)

The Campeonato Nacional was the second and last championship of the season. It was played between September 8 to December 17.

The format for the Nacional was a single round-robin tournament. The team with the highest points at the end would be the champion. The champion and runner-up would qualify to the 1968 Copa Libertadores. Sixteen teams played in the Nacional: twelve qualified from the Metropolitano, and four qualified from the Regional Tournament – (San Martín (Mendoza), San Lorenzo (Mar del Plata), Central Córdoba (Santiago del Estero) and Chaco For Ever.

Independiente won the Campeonato Nacional for their sixth Primera División title in the professional era. They were led by Oswaldo Brandao and their own Luis Artime was the top goalscorer with 11 goals.

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Independiente 15 12 2 1 43 14+29 26 1968 Copa Libertadores
2 Estudiantes (LP) 15 9 6 0 19 8+11 24
3 Vélez Sarsfield 15 8 4 3 28 14+14 20
Rosario Central 15 8 4 3 26 13+13 20
5 River Plate 15 9 1 5 33 15+18 19
6 San Lorenzo 15 7 4 4 32 15+17 18
7 Lanús 15 8 0 7 23 263 16
Boca Juniors 15 6 4 5 21 20+1 16
9 Ferro Carril Oeste 15 5 5 5 21 221 15
Platense 15 5 5 5 19 201 15
11 Quilmes 15 5 3 7 16 193 13
San Martín (M) 15 3 4 8 17 3114 10
13 Racing 15 2 6 7 11 2312 10
14 Central Córdoba (SdE) 15 2 5 8 11 2514 9
15 San Lorenzo (Mar del Plata) 15 1 4 10 11 3322 6
16 Chaco For Ever 15 1 1 13 11 4433 3

See also

References

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