1978 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Season	1978
Champions	Quilmes (Metropolitano) Independiente (Nacional)
← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 Primera División season was the 87° season of top-flight football in Argentina. Quilmes won the Metropolitano (2° title) and Independiente achieved the Nacional championship (12° title).

Banfield and Estudiantes (BA) were relegated.^[1]

Metropolitano Championship

Metropolitano
Season	1978
Champions	Quilmes (2° title)
Promoted	Estudiantes (BA)
Relegated	Banfield Estudiantes (BA)
1979 Copa Libertadores	Quilmes
Top goalscorer	Luis Andreuchi Diego Maradona (22 goals each)
← 1977 1979 →


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 (SF)	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

Nacional
Season	1978
Champions	Independiente (12° title)
1979 Copa Libertadores	Independiente
Top goalscorer	José Reinaldi (16 goals)
← 1977 1979 →


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 (SF)	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 (M)	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	22	0	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 (C)	2–1	2–1
Unión (SF)	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

Primera División
Argentine Football Association
2017–18 teams	Argentinos Juniors Arsenal Atlético Tucumán Banfield Belgrano Boca Juniors Chacarita Colón Defensa y Justicia Estudiantes (LP) Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Godoy Cruz Huracán Independiente Lanús Newell's Old Boys Olimpo Patronato Racing River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo San Martín (SJ) Talleres (C) Temperley Tigre Unión Vélez Sarsfield
League format	Calendar-year (1891–1966, 2015–2016) Metropolitano and Nacional (1967–85) European style (1985-90, 2016–) Apertura and Clausura (1991–2012) Inicial and Final (2012–14)
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Dissident bodies	Federación Argentina de Football (1912-14) Asociación Amateurs de Football (1919-26) Liga Argentina de Football (1931-34)
Other articles	Champions year by year All-time table Players Records Top scorers Fillol Award Disaffiliated teams

References

↑ Argentina 1978 on RSSSF.com

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