2019–20 Argentine Primera División


The 2019–20 Argentine Primera División - Superliga Argentina was the 130 season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The league season began on 26 July 2019 and ended on 9 March 2020.
Twenty-four teams competed in the league, twenty-two returning from the 2018–19 season and two promoted from the 2018–19 Primera B Nacional. Racing were the defending champions.
On 7 March 2020, Boca Juniors won their 34th national league championship in the last round after they defeated Gimnasia y Esgrima 1–0 and, simultaneously, Atlético Tucumán and River Plate drew 1–1.
On 28 April 2020 AFA announced the abandonment of the Copa de la Superliga and the culmination of the 2019–20 season in all of its league competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. International berths were awarded according to the [|aggregate table of both the Primera División and Copa de la Superliga first stage] until 17 March, when the Copa de la Superliga was suspended, while no teams were relegated in this season. Relegation from Primera División was suspended until 2022.

Competition format

The season was contested by 24 teams. The season began on 26 July 2019 and was scheduled to end on 31 May 2020, featuring two tournaments: the Superliga and the Copa de la Superliga. In the Superliga, which was played from 26 July 2019 to 9 March 2020, each team played the other 23 teams in a single round-robin tournament. At the conclusion of the league season, the Primera División teams would take part in the Copa de la Superliga, in which they were sorted into two groups of 12 teams each. Unlike the previous season, in which only the league matches were considered for international tournaments qualification and relegation, in this season Copa de la Superliga first stage matches would also be taken into account, for a total of 34 games.

Club information

Stadia and locations

ClubCityStadiumCapacity
AldosiviMar del PlataJosé María Minella35,354
Argentinos JuniorsBuenos AiresDiego Armando Maradona25,000
ArsenalSarandíJulio Humberto Grondona16,300
Atlético TucumánTucumánMonumental José Fierro32,700
BanfieldBanfieldFlorencio Sola34,901
Boca JuniorsBuenos AiresAlberto J. Armando49,000
Central Córdoba Santiago del Estero:es:Estadio_Alfredo_Terrera|Alfredo Terrera16,000
ColónSanta FeBrigadier General Estanislao López40,000
Defensa y JusticiaFlorencio VarelaNorberto "Tito" Tomaghello12,000
Estudiantes La PlataCiudad de La Plata53,000
Estudiantes La PlataJorge Luis Hirschi30,000
Gimnasia y Esgrima La PlataJuan Carmelo Zerillo24,544
Godoy CruzGodoy CruzMalvinas Argentinas40,268
HuracánBuenos AiresTomás Adolfo Ducó48,314
IndependienteAvellanedaLibertadores de América52,853
LanúsLanúsCiudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez46,619
Newell's Old BoysRosarioMarcelo Bielsa38,095
PatronatoParanáPresbítero Bartolomé Grella22,000
RacingAvellanedaPresidente Juan Domingo Perón55,389
River PlateBuenos AiresMonumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti70,074
Rosario CentralRosarioDr. Lisandro de la Torre41,654
San LorenzoBuenos AiresPedro Bidegain39,494
Talleres CórdobaMario Alberto Kempes57,000
UniónSanta Fe15 de Abril22,852
Vélez SarsfieldBuenos AiresJosé Amalfitani45,540

Personnel

Managerial changes

Interim managers

Foreign players

Players with 30 months in a row on the same team

They do not take foreign slot.
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League table

Results

Teams played every other team once completing a total of 23 rounds.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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Top assists

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International qualification

International qualification for the 2021 season presented a change from previous ones. The 2019–20 Superliga champions, 2020 Copa de la Superliga champions and 2019–20 Copa Argentina champions would earn a berth to the 2021 Copa Libertadores, however, with the decision by AFA to end the season on 28 April, only the Superliga champions were awarded a berth. The berth originally allocated to the Copa de la Superliga champions will go instead to the winners of a tournament to be potentially played in the second semester of 2020, while the berth for the Copa Argentina champions will remain in place, provided that government directives allow for the realization of both competitions.
The remaining berths to the 2021 Copa Libertadores as well as the ones to the 2021 Copa Sudamericana were determined by an aggregate table of the 2019–20 Superliga and 2020 Copa de la Superliga first stage tournaments. The top three teams in the aggregate table not already qualified for any international tournament qualified for the Copa Libertadores, while the next six teams qualified for the Copa Sudamericana.

Aggregate table

Relegation

Relegation at the end of the season would be based on coefficients, which take into consideration the points obtained by the clubs during the present season and the two previous seasons. The total tally is then divided by the number of games played in the top flight over those three seasons and an average is calculated. The three teams with the worst average at the end of the season would have been relegated to Primera B Nacional, however, with the decision by AFA to declare the culmination of the season it was also decided that no teams would be relegated.
Team
1Boca Juniors58515116076'
2Racing45574214476'
3River Plate45454713775'
4Defensa y Justicia44533613375'
5Vélez Sarsfield38403911776'
6Independiente46383211676'
7Talleres 46333711676'
8San Lorenzo50233911276'
9Arsenal——353524'
10Atlético Tucumán36422910775'
11Unión43362810776'
12Godoy Cruz56321810676'
13Argentinos Juniors41224210576'
14Huracán48352210576'
15Lanús2934369976'
16Estudiantes 3629309575'
17Newell's Old Boys2929389676'
18Rosario Central3226369476'
19Banfield3529279176'
20Aldosivi—33225549'
21Colón4123218576'
22Central Córdoba ——262624'
23Patronato3326238276'
242729248076'

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