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 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. Paraguayan Bernardo Acosta of Lanús finished as the top goalscorer with 18 goals.
Classification round
Group A
Group B
Semifinals
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Final
Team details
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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. 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.
Promocional
The Promocional was an extra tournament played between four teams from the Campeonato Metropolitano and the four runners-up of the regional leagues.
Campeonato Nacional
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. They are: San Martín, San Lorenzo, Central Córdoba and Chaco For Ever. Independiente won the Campeonato Nacional achieving their 8th league title. They were led by Oswaldo Brandao and their own Luis Artime was the top goalscorer with 11 goals.
