2014 Argentine Primera División
The 2014 Torneo de Transición or Torneo Doctor Ramón Carrillo was the 124th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season was scheduled to start on August 1, 2014 but was postponed after the death of Julio Grondona, president of the AFA on July 30. Finally, it began on August 8, 2014 and ended on December 14, 2014. Originally the last match of the tournament was scheduled on December 7 but as River Plate played the finals of the 2014 Copa Sudamericana the matches Racing-Godoy Cruz and River Plate-Quilmes were played on December 14. Twenty teams competed in the league, seventeen returning from the 2013–14 season and three promoted from the 2013–14 Primera B Nacional.
Colón, Argentinos Juniors and All Boys had been relegated to the Primera B Nacional championship in the previous season.
Format
The team with most points was the champion and qualified for the 2015 Copa Libertadores group stage.No teams were relegated this season as the league was expanded to 30 teams in the new 2015 Primera División.
Club information
Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | Manager |
Arsenal | Sarandí | Julio H. Grondona | 16,300 | |
Atlético de Rafaela | Rafaela | Nuevo Monumental | 16,000 | |
Banfield | Banfield | Florencio Solá | 34,901 | |
Belgrano | Córdoba | Julio César Villagra | 28,000 | |
Boca Juniors | Buenos Aires | Alberto J. Armando | 49,000 | |
Defensa y Justicia | Florencio Varela | Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello | 12,000 | |
Estudiantes | La Plata | Ciudad de La Plata | 53,000 | |
Gimnasia y Esgrima | La Plata | Juan Carmelo Zerillo | 24,544 | |
Godoy Cruz | Godoy Cruz | Malvinas Argentinas | 40,268 | |
Independiente | Avellaneda | Libertadores de América | 52,853 | |
Lanús | Lanús | Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez | 46,619 | |
Newell's Old Boys | Rosario | Marcelo Bielsa | 38,095 | |
Olimpo | Bahía Blanca | Roberto Natalio Carminatti | 20,000 | |
Quilmes | Quilmes | Centenario | 30,200 | |
Racing | Avellaneda | Presidente Juan Domingo Perón | 55,389 | |
River Plate | Buenos Aires | Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti | 61,321 | |
Rosario Central | Rosario | Dr. Lisandro de la Torre | 41,654 | |
San Lorenzo | Buenos Aires | Pedro Bidegain | 39,494 | |
Tigre | Victoria | José Dellagiovanna | 26,282 | |
Vélez Sarsfield | Buenos Aires | José Amalfitani | 45,540 |
Managerial changes
Interim ManagersInternational qualification
Argentina had 6 berths in the 2015 Copa Libertadores. San Lorenzo, and River Plate, were qualified as the 2014 Copa Libertadores and the 2014 Torneo Final champions, respectively. The Torneo de Transición champions obtained the Argentina 3 berth. The Argentina 4 berth was awarded to the 2013–14 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified. The 2015 Copa Libertadores first stage berths were awarded via 2013–14 Copa Argentina and via 2014 Copa Sudamericana, respectively.Argentina had 7 berths in the 2015 Copa Sudamericana. River Plate was qualified as the 2014 Copa Sudamericana champions. The other 6 berths were awarded to the 5 best teams of the Torneo de Transición if they are not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores second stage and the 2014 Supercopa Argentina champions, Huracán.