1978 Argentine Primera División

Statistics of Primera División Argentina in season 1978.

Metropolitano Championship

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Quilmes 40 22 10 8 53 41+12 54
2 Boca Juniors 40 20 13 7 58 45+13 53
3 Unión 40 20 12 8 58 36+22 52
4 San Lorenzo 40 17 13 10 47 41+6 47
5 Argentinos Juniors 40 17 12 11 66 52+14 46
6 River Plate 40 16 13 11 59 47+12 45
7 Newell's Old Boys 40 14 16 10 52 36+16 44
8 Independiente 40 15 13 12 69 54+15 43
9 Racing Club 40 15 12 13 58 46+12 42
10 Rosario Central 40 13 16 11 43 32+11 42
11 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 40 11 18 11 41 44−3 40
12 Colón 40 14 11 15 60 59+1 39
13 Atlanta 40 10 17 13 49 56−7 37
14 Estudiantes (LP) 40 13 10 17 59 51+8 36
15 Huracán 40 11 13 16 47 46+1 35
16 Vélez Sarsfield 40 10 15 15 35 39−4 35
17 All Boys 40 10 11 19 34 58−24 31
18 Chacarita Juniors 40 11 9 20 39 69−30 31
19 Platense 40 8 14 18 41 63−22 30
20 Banfield 40 7 15 18 43 66−23 29
21 Estudiantes (BA) 40 8 13 19 43 73−30 29

Nacional Championship

Group A

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Talleres (C) 14 9 3 2 37 17+20 21
2 Racing Club 14 8 3 3 21 14+7 19
3 Newell's Old Boys 14 7 4 3 27 19+8 18
4 Atlético Ledesma 14 5 5 4 23 22+1 15
5 Ferro Carril Oeste 14 6 3 5 23 22+1 15
6 Estudiantes (LP) 14 5 0 9 28 31−3 10
7 All Boys 14 2 6 6 16 26−10 10
8 Juventud Antoniana 14 0 4 10 16 40−24 4

Group B

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Unión 14 9 3 2 22 6+16 21
2 Huracán 14 7 5 2 31 18+13 19
3 Atlético Tucumán 14 8 3 3 24 12+12 19
4 Boca Juniors 14 7 1 6 19 25−6 15
5 Patronato 14 4 5 5 17 21−4 13
6 Chacarita Juniors 14 4 4 6 20 23−3 12
7 Gimnasia y Esgrima (Mza) 14 4 2 8 17 25−8 10
8 Platense 14 0 3 11 9 29−20 3

Group C

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Independiente 14 9 3 2 31 16+15 21
2 Vélez Sarsfield 14 8 5 1 20 14+6 21
3 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 14 6 5 3 22 13+9 17
4 Racing (C) 14 5 4 5 17 16+1 14
5 Deportivo Roca 14 5 4 5 12 14−2 14
6 Rosario Central 14 2 6 6 9 14−5 10
7 Argentinos Juniors 14 4 1 9 17 26−9 9
8 Altos Hornos Zapla 14 1 4 9 14 29−15 6

Group D

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 River Plate 14 10 3 1 35 13+22 23
2 Colón 14 7 3 4 23 15+8 17
3 San Martín (M) 14 7 2 5 22 220 16
4 Atlanta 14 3 7 4 22 23−1 13
5 San Martín (T) 14 4 4 6 24 22+2 12
6 Quilmes 14 4 3 7 16 27−11 11
7 Alvarado 14 3 4 7 20 28−8 10
8 San Lorenzo 14 3 4 7 13 25−12 10

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Colón 2–4 Independiente 2–2 0–2
Huracán 2–4 Talleres 2–1 0–3
River Plate 3–2 Vélez Sársfield 2–0 1–2
Racing 1–3 Unión 1–2 0–1

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Independiente 0–2 Talleres 2–1 2–1
Unión 1–2 River Plate 0–1 1–1

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
River Plate 0–2 Independiente 0–0 0–2

See also