2010–11 Argentine Primera División season
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The 2010–11 Primera División season was the eighty-second season of top-flight professional football in Argentina
. A total of 20 teams competed in two championships —the Apertura and Clausura— over the course of the season, which started on August 6, 2010 and ended on June 30, 2011, one day prior to the start of the 2011 Copa América
, held in Argentina
.
and Atlético Tucumán
were relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season. They were replaced by Olimpo
and Quilmes, both of whom were promoted from the Primera B Nacional. Rosario Central
and Gimnasia (La Plata)
played in the relegation/promotion playoffs against All Boys
and Atlético de Rafaela, respectively, to determine the other two teams for this season. Following those matches, Gimnasia stayed in the Primera División, while Rosario Central was relegated and replaced by All Boys.
During the season, Estudiantes used Estadio Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner in Quilmes and Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
in La Plata
since their home stadium, Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi
, was undergoing renovations.
, President of Argentina
from 2003–2007, on October 27, all matches for the following weekend were postponed. This pushed the match schedule for the remainder of the season back a week, changing the end of the tournament from December 12 to December 19. The schedule was later adjusted again end on December 12 as planned. Due to Independiente's participation in the 2010 Copa Sudamericana
, their match against Tigre was postponed to February 6, 2011.
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to defining the champion. If two or more teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship.
Source:
2011, began on February 11 and ended on June 19.
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to defining the champion. If two or more teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship.
Source:
Source:
and Gimnasia (La Plata)
finished with the same relegation co-efficient at the dividing line, a one-match playoff was held to determine who had to play in the relegation/promotion playoffs and who had to be directly relegated to the Primera B Nacional. The match was played on June 22, 2011 at Estadio Alberto J. Armando
in Buenos Aires
. Gimnasia won the match 2–0 and continued to the relegation/promotion playoff against San Martín de San Juan; Huracán was relegated to the Primera B Nacional.
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and Gimnasia de La Plata, respectively) played the 3rd and 4th place finishers of the 2010–11 Primera B Nacional
season (San Martín de San Juan and Belgrano, respectively), the winner of each claiming a spot in the following Primera División season. The Primera División team (Team 1) played the second leg at home. Both San Martín de San Juan and Belgrano defeated their Primera División counterparts—Gimnasia de La Plata and River Plate, respectively—to successfully earn promotion to the Primera División for th 2011–12 season
. Of historic note, this is the first time River Plate got relegated to the Primera B Nacional.
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) and the 2010 Apertura champion (Estudiantes de La Plata
) earned a berth to the 2011 Copa Libertadores
. Independiente
won the 2010 Copa Sudamericana
and earned a berth into the competition. The remaining two berths were determined by an aggregate table of the 2010 Clausura and 2010 Apertura tournaments.
|}Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored.
1 Argentinos Juniors and Estudiantes qualified as the 2010 Clausura and 2010 Apertura champion, respectively.
2 Independiente qualified as the 2010 Copa Sudamericana champion.
3 Gimnasia de La Plata was ineligible for the competition for having participated in the promotion/relegation playoffs following the 2009-10 season.
was determined by an aggregate table of the Apertura 2010 and Clausura 2011 tournaments.
|}Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored.
1 Independiente qualified as the 2010 Copa Sudamericana champion.
2 River Plate is ineligible for the competition since they were relegated to Primera B Nacional.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. A total of 20 teams competed in two championships —the Apertura and Clausura— over the course of the season, which started on August 6, 2010 and ended on June 30, 2011, one day prior to the start of the 2011 Copa América
2011 Copa América
The 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, better known as the 2011 Copa América or the Copa América Argentina 2011, was the 43rd edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South America...
, held in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
.
Club information
Twenty clubs participated in the 2010–11 season. Chacarita JuniorsChacarita Juniors
Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors is an Argentine sports club from Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido in Greater Buenos Aires, which football squad is currently playing in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.The club was founded on May 1, 1906, in...
and Atlético Tucumán
Club Atlético Tucumán
Club Atlético Tucumán is a sports club from the city of San Miguel in Tucumán, Argentina. Its football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional....
were relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season. They were replaced by Olimpo
Olimpo de Bahía Blanca
Club Olimpo, usually referred to as Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, is a sports club based in the city of Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The club was founded on October 15, 1910, and their main activities are basketball and association football. The football team currently plays in the...
and Quilmes, both of whom were promoted from the Primera B Nacional. Rosario Central
Rosario Central
Club Atlético Rosario Central is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina. Its football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second tier of the Argentine football league system, after being relegated in the 2009-10 season....
and Gimnasia (La Plata)
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División...
played in the relegation/promotion playoffs against All Boys
All Boys
Club Atlético All Boys is a sports club based in the Floresta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The institution is mostly known by its football team, which currently plays at the Primera División, the top division of Argentine football league system....
and Atlético de Rafaela, respectively, to determine the other two teams for this season. Following those matches, Gimnasia stayed in the Primera División, while Rosario Central was relegated and replaced by All Boys.
During the season, Estudiantes used Estadio Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner in Quilmes and Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
The Estadio Ciudad de La Plata is a multi-purpose stadium located in the city of La Plata, Argentina. It is also known popularly as the Estadio Único and is owned by the Province of Buenos Aires, administered jointly by the provincial government, the Municipality of La Plata, and the football clubs...
in La Plata
La Plata
La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....
since their home stadium, Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi
Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi
Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi is a football stadium in La Plata, Argentina. It is the home field of Estudiantes de La Plata.The stadium, named after Jorge Luis Hirschi, who served as Estudiantes' president between 1927 and 1932, is located on 1st Avenue between 55th and 57th Streets, and thus is also...
, was undergoing renovations.
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | Current manager |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Boys All Boys Club Atlético All Boys is a sports club based in the Floresta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The institution is mostly known by its football team, which currently plays at the Primera División, the top division of Argentine football league system.... |
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
Islas Malvinas Islas Malvinas Stadium Islas Malvinas Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the home ground for All Boys of the Argentine Primera División. The stadium holds 25,000 spectators.... |
21,000 | |
| Argentinos Juniors Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early... |
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
Diego Armando Maradona Estadio Diego Armando Maradona Estadio Diego Armando Maradona is a football venue in the La Paternal neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the home of Argentinos Juniors football club.... |
24,800 | |
| Arsenal Arsenal de Sarandí Arsenal Fútbol Club, usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí, is a football club from the Sarandí neighbourhood in the city of Avellaneda, Argentina, which was founded in 1957 by the Grondona brothers. Arsenal currently plays in the top tier of Argentine football, the Primera División Argentina.... |
Sarandí Sarandí Sarandí is a city of the Avellaneda Partido in the Gran Buenos Aires metropolitan area, Argentina. Sarandí is located to the south of the Capital Federal district.... |
Julio H. Grondona Estadio Julio H. Grondona Estadio Julio H. Grondona is a multi-use stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is currently used primarily for football matches and is the home stadium of Arsenal de Sarandí .... |
16,300 | |
| Banfield Club Atlético Banfield Club Atlético Banfield is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Banfield, part of Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province. Founded on 21 January 1896 by residents of the town of British origin , its main activity is football... |
Banfield | Florencio Solá Estadio Florencio Solá Estadio Florencio Sola is a multi-use stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is currently used primarily for football matches, and it is the home of Banfield of the Argentine Primera División... |
40,500 | |
| Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División.... |
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
Alberto J. Armando Estadio Alberto J. Armando The Estadio Alberto J. Armando is a stadium located in the La Boca district of Buenos Aires. Widely known as La Bombonera due to its shape, with a "flat" stand on one side of the pitch and three steep stands round the rest of the stadium... |
49,000 | |
| Colón | Santa Fe Santa Fe, Argentina Santa Fe is the capital city of province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It sits in northeastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paraná and Salado rivers. It lies opposite the city of Paraná, to which it is linked by the Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel. The city is also connected by canal with the... |
Brigadier General Estanislao López | 32,500 | |
| Estudiantes Estudiantes de La Plata Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history.... |
La Plata La Plata La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants.... |
Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi is a football stadium in La Plata, Argentina. It is the home field of Estudiantes de La Plata.The stadium, named after Jorge Luis Hirschi, who served as Estudiantes' president between 1927 and 1932, is located on 1st Avenue between 55th and 57th Streets, and thus is also... |
23,000 | |
| Gimnasia (La Plata) Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División... |
La Plata La Plata La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants.... |
Juan Carmelo Zerillo | 24,544 | |
| Godoy Cruz Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, known simply as Godoy Cruz, is a sports club from Godoy Cruz, Mendoza Province, Argentina. The club is best known for their football team, that plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system.-History:The club was founded... |
Mendoza Mendoza, Argentina Mendoza is the capital city of Mendoza Province, in Argentina. It is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes. As of the , Mendoza's population was 110,993... |
Malvinas Argentinas Estadio Malvinas Argentinas The Estadio Malvinas Argentinas is a stadium, in the city of Mendoza, Argentina, at General San Martín Park.It was built in 1976 in preparation for the 1978 World Cup... |
40,268 | |
| Huracán Club Atlético Huracán Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was... |
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
Tomás Adolfo Ducó Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó is a stadium in Argentina. It is located in the Parque Patricios neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Argentine football club Huracán owns this stadium, which was built thanks to the support of the Argentinian Army, especially due to the efforts of Tomás Ducó.... |
48,314 | |
| Independiente Club Atlético Independiente Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División.... |
Avellaneda Avellaneda Avellaneda is a port city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the seat of the Avellaneda Partido, whose population was 328,980 as per the .... |
Libertadores de América Estadio Libertadores de América The Estadio Libertadores de América is a stadium located in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province.It is home to the Argentine football club Independiente... |
32,500 | |
| Lanús Club Atlético Lanús Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet... |
Lanús Lanús Lanús is the capital of Lanús Partido, Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires, in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. The city has a population of 212,152 , and the Partido de Lanús has a total population of 453,500.A major industrial centre,... |
Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez | 46,619 | |
| Newell's Old Boys Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario. The club was founded on November 3, 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football... |
Rosario | Marcelo Bielsa | 38,095 | |
| Olimpo | Bahía Blanca Bahía Blanca Bahía Blanca is a city located in the south-west of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, and seat of government of Bahía Blanca Partido. It has a population of 274,509 inhabitants according to the... |
Roberto Natalio Carminatti Estadio Roberto Natalio Carminatti Estadio Roberto Natalio Carminatti is a multi-use stadium in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Olimpo. The stadium holds 20,000 people.-External links:*... |
18,000 | |
| Quilmes Quilmes Atlético Club Quilmes Atlético Club is a sports clubs of Argentina, based on the Partido de Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province. Quilmes is one of the oldest clubs of Argentina, having been founded in 1887. Its football squad currently plays in the Primera B Nacional Division.... |
Quilmes | Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner Estadio José Luis Meiszner Estadio Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner is football stadium in Quilmes, Argentina. The stadium has a capacity of 30,200 people. It was re-built in 1998.... |
30,200 | |
| Racing Racing Club de Avellaneda Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football... |
Avellaneda Avellaneda Avellaneda is a port city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the seat of the Avellaneda Partido, whose population was 328,980 as per the .... |
Presidente Juan Domingo Perón Estadio Juan Domingo Perón The Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón is a stadium located in Avellaneda, Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires. It is situated on the streets of Corbatta Mozart adjoining with Italy and Columbus.Racing Club owns the stadium and plays its home matches there... |
51,389 | |
| River Plate Club Atlético River Plate Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football.... |
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
Monumental Antonio V. Liberti | 65,645 | |
| San Lorenzo Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine sports club based in Boedo neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, mostly known because of its football team.... |
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
Pedro Bidegain Estadio Pedro Bidegain The Estadio Pedro Bidegain, nicknamed el Nuevo Gasómetro , is the home stadium of San Lorenzo football club in the Nueva Pompeya neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is a multi use stadium but mostly used for football matches. Capacity is 43,494 and inauguration was in 1993... |
43,494 | |
| Tigre Club Atlético Tigre Club Atlético Tigre is a football club from Victoria, San Fernando Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the end of the 2006-2007 season the club was promoted to the Primera Division Argentina... |
Victoria Victoria, Buenos Aires Victoria is a city in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, located in the San Fernando Partido.The city gradually built up around a station on the Central Argentino railway named after Queen Victoria of England.... |
Monumental de Victoria Estadio Monumental de Victoria Estadio José Dellagiovanna is a multi-use stadium in Victoria, Argentina. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 26,282 people and was built in 1936.... |
26,282 | |
| Vélez Sársfield Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system... |
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
José Amalfitani Estadio José Amalfitani The Estadio José Amalfitani is a stadium located in the Liniers neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The venue is mainly used for football matches and is the home of the Argentine Primera División club Vélez Sársfield. The stadium is nicknamed El Fortín or El Fortín de Liniers... |
49,540 |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy |
Replaced by | Date of appointment |
Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-season changes | ||||||
| San Lorenzo Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine sports club based in Boedo neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, mostly known because of its football team.... |
Sebastián Méndez Sebastián Méndez Sebastián Ariel Méndez Pardiñas is an Argentine football manager and former player. He currently manages Banfield.As a player, Méndez was a central defender... (interim) |
End of contract | May 14, 2010 | Ramón Díaz Ramón Díaz Ramón Ángel Díaz , is a former Argentine football player. For most of his career, he played for, and later coached, Club Atlético River Plate. He is also known by the nickname of El Pelado .... |
May 25, 2010 | N/A |
| Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División.... |
Roberto Pompei Roberto Pompei Roberto Fabián Pompei is a former Argentine footballer and is currently the manager of Huracán. Pompei previously work as the Boca Juniors youth manager and also as their interim manager in two different occasions during 2010.-External links:*... (interim) |
End of contract | May 14, 2010 | Claudio Borghi Claudio Borghi Claudio Daniel Borghi Bidos, , nicknamed Bichi, is an Argentine former footballer and current football manager of Chile.-Club:Borghi started his career as an Attacking midfielder for Argentinos Juniors in the early 1980s... |
May 20, 2010 | N/A |
| Independiente Club Atlético Independiente Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División.... |
Américo Gallego Américo Gallego Américo Rubén "El Tolo" Gallego is an Argentine football coach and former player, he played 73 times for the Argentina national team during his playing career.-Playing career:... |
End of contract | May 18, 2010 | Daniel Garnero Daniel Garnero Daniel Oscar Garnero is a retired Argentine football midfielder.- Career :Garnero played most of his career for Club Atlético Independiente... |
May 20, 2010 | N/A |
| Argentinos Juniors Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early... |
Claudio Borghi Claudio Borghi Claudio Daniel Borghi Bidos, , nicknamed Bichi, is an Argentine former footballer and current football manager of Chile.-Club:Borghi started his career as an Attacking midfielder for Argentinos Juniors in the early 1980s... |
End of contract | May 16, 2010 | Pedro Troglio | June 1, 2010 | N/A |
| Arsenal Arsenal de Sarandí Arsenal Fútbol Club, usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí, is a football club from the Sarandí neighbourhood in the city of Avellaneda, Argentina, which was founded in 1957 by the Grondona brothers. Arsenal currently plays in the top tier of Argentine football, the Primera División Argentina.... |
Carlos Ruiz Carlos Ruiz (Argentine footballer) Carlos David Ruiz is a retired Argentine footballer and now Assistant manager of Arsenal de Sarandí.-Career:... (interim) |
End of contract | July 12, 2010 | Gustavo Alfaro Gustavo Alfaro Gustavo Julio Alfaro is a former Argentine footballer currently working as a football manager. Alfaro most recently managed Rosario Central, but left due to poor results in the beginning of the Clausura 2009 with Central in danger of relegation.Alfaro had a short career as a footballer, he was... |
July 12, 2010 | N/A |
| Apertura changes | ||||||
| Independiente Club Atlético Independiente Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División.... |
Daniel Garnero Daniel Garnero Daniel Oscar Garnero is a retired Argentine football midfielder.- Career :Garnero played most of his career for Club Atlético Independiente... |
Resigned | September 20, 2010 | Antonio Mohamed Antonio Mohamed Antonio 'El Turco' Mohamed is a retired Argentine football striker, and soccer manager. He is given the nickname 'El Turco' due to his Syrian and Lebanese ethnicity. In Argentina the Arabs are usually mistakenly called Turks since they came to Argentina with Ottoman documents in the 1900s... |
October 5, 2010 | 17th |
| Huracán Club Atlético Huracán Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was... |
Héctor Rivoira Héctor Rivoira Héctor Oscar Rivoira is an Argentine football manager and former player who works as the manager of Rosario Central.-Playing career:... |
Resigned | September 20, 2010 | Miguel Ángel Brindisi Miguel Ángel Brindisi Miguel Angel Brindisi is an Argentine football coach and former attacking midfield player. He played for the Argentine national team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup and currently works as manager.-Playing career:... |
September 22, 2010 | 14th |
| Colón | Antonio Mohamed Antonio Mohamed Antonio 'El Turco' Mohamed is a retired Argentine football striker, and soccer manager. He is given the nickname 'El Turco' due to his Syrian and Lebanese ethnicity. In Argentina the Arabs are usually mistakenly called Turks since they came to Argentina with Ottoman documents in the 1900s... |
Resigned | September 21, 2010 | Fernando Gamboa Fernando Gamboa Fernando Andrés Gamboa is a retired Argentine footballer and coach.-Career:Gamboa started his playing career in 1988 with Newell's Old Boys where he won two league championships.... |
September 27, 2010 | 15th |
| Gimnasia (La Plata) Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División... |
Diego Cocca Diego Cocca Diego Martín Cocca is a former Argentine footballer and the current manager of the Mexican Primera División club Santos Laguna. He played professional football for a number of clubs in Argentina, Spain and Mexico.-Club:... |
Resigned | September 29, 2010 | Pablo Morant Pablo Morant Pablo Javier Morant is a retired Argentine footballer. He played for a number of clubs both in Argentina and Spain, including Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Colón de Santa Fe and Hércules CF.-External links:... (interim) |
September 30, 2010 | 19th |
| Quilmes Quilmes Atlético Club Quilmes Atlético Club is a sports clubs of Argentina, based on the Partido de Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province. Quilmes is one of the oldest clubs of Argentina, having been founded in 1887. Its football squad currently plays in the Primera B Nacional Division.... |
Hugo Tocalli Hugo Tocalli Hugo Daniel Tocalli is a former Argentine football goalkeeper and coach. He played over 400 games in Argentine football and went on to coach a number of clubs and the Argentina U-20 side.-Playing career:... |
Resigned | October 15, 2010 | Leonardo Madelón Leonardo Madelón Leonardo Carol Madelón is an Argentine former footballer and current manager.-Career:Madelón played club football for San Lorenzo, Unión de Santa Fe and Rosario Central between 1982 and 1993.-Coaching career:... |
October 18, 2010 | 19th |
| River Plate Club Atlético River Plate Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football.... |
Ángel Cappa | Sacked | November 8, 2010 | Juan José López Juan José López Juan José "J. J." López, is an Argentine football manager and former player.-Club:López started his playing career with River Plate in 1970. He became an important player at the club, winning seven league titles and playing 466 games with 84 goals scored... |
November 10, 2010 | 11th |
| Lanús Club Atlético Lanús Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet... |
Luis Zubeldía Luis Zubeldía Luis Francisco Zubeldía is an Argentine former footballer and current manager of Ecuadorian club Barcelona.At club level, Zubeldía played from 1998 to 2004 for Lanús, and had to retire because of an osteochondritis. Immediately after retiring, he started working in Lanús as an assistant coach to... |
Resigned | November 15, 2010 | Gabriel Schürrer Gabriel Schürrer Gabriel Francisco Schürrer Peralta is a retired Argentine football central defender, and the current manager of Club Atlético Lanús.... |
November 15, 2010 | 14th |
| Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División.... |
Claudio Borghi Claudio Borghi Claudio Daniel Borghi Bidos, , nicknamed Bichi, is an Argentine former footballer and current football manager of Chile.-Club:Borghi started his career as an Attacking midfielder for Argentinos Juniors in the early 1980s... |
Resigned | November 17, 2010 | Roberto Pompei Roberto Pompei Roberto Fabián Pompei is a former Argentine footballer and is currently the manager of Huracán. Pompei previously work as the Boca Juniors youth manager and also as their interim manager in two different occasions during 2010.-External links:*... (interim) |
November 17, 2010 | 15th |
| Inter-tournament changes | ||||||
| Godoy Cruz Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, known simply as Godoy Cruz, is a sports club from Godoy Cruz, Mendoza Province, Argentina. The club is best known for their football team, that plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system.-History:The club was founded... |
Omar Asad Omar Asad Omar Andrés Asad is an Argentine football manager and former player.As a player, Asad spent all of his career in Vélez Sársfield, winning 8 titles with the club .... |
Resigned | December 14, 2010 | Jorge da Silva | December 15, 2010 | N/A |
| Gimnasia (La Plata) Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División... |
Pablo Morant Pablo Morant Pablo Javier Morant is a retired Argentine footballer. He played for a number of clubs both in Argentina and Spain, including Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Colón de Santa Fe and Hércules CF.-External links:... (interim) |
End of contract | December 18, 2010 | Ángel Cappa | December 21, 2010 | N/A |
| Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División.... |
Roberto Pompei Roberto Pompei Roberto Fabián Pompei is a former Argentine footballer and is currently the manager of Huracán. Pompei previously work as the Boca Juniors youth manager and also as their interim manager in two different occasions during 2010.-External links:*... (interim) |
End of contract | December 18, 2010 | Julio César Falcioni Julio César Falcioni Julio César Falcioni is an Argentine football manager and former goalkeeper. He currently works as the manager of Boca Juniors in Argentina.-Club career:... |
December 18, 2010 | N/A |
| Banfield Club Atlético Banfield Club Atlético Banfield is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Banfield, part of Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province. Founded on 21 January 1896 by residents of the town of British origin , its main activity is football... |
Julio César Falcioni Julio César Falcioni Julio César Falcioni is an Argentine football manager and former goalkeeper. He currently works as the manager of Boca Juniors in Argentina.-Club career:... |
Resigned | December 18, 2010 | Sebastián Méndez Sebastián Méndez Sebastián Ariel Méndez Pardiñas is an Argentine football manager and former player. He currently manages Banfield.As a player, Méndez was a central defender... |
December 21, 2010 | N/A |
| Tigre Club Atlético Tigre Club Atlético Tigre is a football club from Victoria, San Fernando Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the end of the 2006-2007 season the club was promoted to the Primera Division Argentina... |
Ricardo Caruso Lombardi Ricardo Caruso Lombardi Ricardo Daniel Caruso Lombardi is a football coach. He is currently manager for the Argentine side Quilmes Atlético Club.-Playing career:Lombardi started his playing career with Argentinos Juniors in 1981... |
Resigned | December 29, 2010 | Rodolfo Arruabarrena Rodolfo Arruabarrena Rodolfo Martín Arruabarrena is a former Argentine football left back. His last club was Universidad Católica in the Primera División de Chile... |
January 5, 2011 | N/A |
| Estudiantes | Alejandro Sabella Alejandro Sabella Alejandro Sabella is an Argentine football manager and former player. He is currently the coach of the Argentina national football team.-Early career:... |
Resigned | February 3, 2011 | Eduardo Berizzo Eduardo Berizzo Manolo Eduardo Berizzo is a retired Argentine football central defender and a current coach.... |
February 7, 2011 | N/A |
| Clausura changes | ||||||
| Huracán Club Atlético Huracán Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was... |
Miguel Ángel Brindisi Miguel Ángel Brindisi Miguel Angel Brindisi is an Argentine football coach and former attacking midfield player. He played for the Argentine national team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup and currently works as manager.-Playing career:... |
Resigned | February 22, 2011 | Roberto Pompei Roberto Pompei Roberto Fabián Pompei is a former Argentine footballer and is currently the manager of Huracán. Pompei previously work as the Boca Juniors youth manager and also as their interim manager in two different occasions during 2010.-External links:*... |
February 24, 2011 | 18th |
| Quilmes Quilmes Atlético Club Quilmes Atlético Club is a sports clubs of Argentina, based on the Partido de Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province. Quilmes is one of the oldest clubs of Argentina, having been founded in 1887. Its football squad currently plays in the Primera B Nacional Division.... |
Leonardo Madelón Leonardo Madelón Leonardo Carol Madelón is an Argentine former footballer and current manager.-Career:Madelón played club football for San Lorenzo, Unión de Santa Fe and Rosario Central between 1982 and 1993.-Coaching career:... |
Resigned | March 6, 2011 | Ricardo Caruso Lombardi Ricardo Caruso Lombardi Ricardo Daniel Caruso Lombardi is a football coach. He is currently manager for the Argentine side Quilmes Atlético Club.-Playing career:Lombardi started his playing career with Argentinos Juniors in 1981... |
March 8, 2011 | 20th |
| Colón | Fernando Gamboa Fernando Gamboa Fernando Andrés Gamboa is a retired Argentine footballer and coach.-Career:Gamboa started his playing career in 1988 with Newell's Old Boys where he won two league championships.... |
Sacked | April 9, 2011 | Mario Sciacqua (interim) | April 11, 2011 | 10th |
| Newell's Old Boys | Roberto Sensini | Resigned | April 10, 2011 | Javier Torrente | April 18, 2011 | 19th |
| San Lorenzo Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine sports club based in Boedo neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, mostly known because of its football team.... |
Ramón Díaz Ramón Díaz Ramón Ángel Díaz , is a former Argentine football player. For most of his career, he played for, and later coached, Club Atlético River Plate. He is also known by the nickname of El Pelado .... |
Resigned | April 24, 2011 | Miguel Tojo (interim) | May 24, 2011 | 11th |
| Gimnasia (La Plata) Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División... |
Ángel Cappa | Sacked | May 1, 2011 | Darío Ortiz (interim) | May 2, 2011 | 18th |
| Estudiantes | Eduardo Berizzo Eduardo Berizzo Manolo Eduardo Berizzo is a retired Argentine football central defender and a current coach.... |
Resigned | May 30, 2011 | Luis Suárez and Guillermo Trama (interim) | May 30, 2011 | 15th |
Torneo Apertura
The Torneo Apertura 2010 (known as the Torneo IVECO del Bicentenario Apertura 2010 for sponsorship reasons) was the first championship of the season. It began on August 6 and it ended on February 6, 2011.Due to the passing of Néstor KirchnerNéstor Kirchner
Néstor Carlos Kirchner was an Argentine politician who served as the 54th President of Argentina from 25 May 2003 until 10 December 2007. Previously, he was Governor of Santa Cruz Province since 10 December 1991. He briefly served as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations ...
, President of Argentina
President of Argentina
The President of the Argentine Nation , usually known as the President of Argentina, is the head of state of Argentina. Under the national Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.Through Argentine history, the...
from 2003–2007, on October 27, all matches for the following weekend were postponed. This pushed the match schedule for the remainder of the season back a week, changing the end of the tournament from December 12 to December 19. The schedule was later adjusted again end on December 12 as planned. Due to Independiente's participation in the 2010 Copa Sudamericana
2010 Copa Sudamericana
The 2010 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the 9th edition of CONMEBOL's secondary international club tournament. The winner qualified for the 2011 Copa Libertadores, the 2011 Recopa Sudamericana, and the 2011 Suruga Bank Championship...
, their match against Tigre was postponed to February 6, 2011.
Standings
|}Source:Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to defining the champion. If two or more teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship.
| Primera División 2010 Apertura Champion |
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| Estudiantes Estudiantes de La Plata Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history.... 5th Title |
Results
Top goalscorers
| Name | Player nationality | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santiago Silva Santiago Silva Santiago Martín Silva Olivera is a Uruguayan football forward currently playing for Fiorentina in the Italian Serie A.-Career:... |
Vélez Sársfield Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system... |
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| Denis Stracqualursi Denis Stracqualursi Denis Andrés Stracqualursi is an Argentine football striker who plays for Everton in the Premier League on loan from Tigre.-Career:... |
Tigre Club Atlético Tigre Club Atlético Tigre is a football club from Victoria, San Fernando Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the end of the 2006-2007 season the club was promoted to the Primera Division Argentina... |
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| 3 | Juan Manuel Martínez Juan Manuel Martínez Juan Manuel Martínez , nicknamed el Burrito , is an Argentine football forward. He currently plays for Vélez Sársfield in the Argentine Primera División.-Club career:... |
Vélez Sársfield Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system... |
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| 4 | Mauro Matos Mauro Matos Mauro Matos is an Argentine football striker who plays for All Boys.-Career:Matos emerged from the lower leagues of Argentine football in 2008 when he joined Arsenal de Sarandí of the Argentine Primera from Deportivo Armenio. He made his top flight debut on 16 August 2008 against Tigre and made a... |
All Boys All Boys Club Atlético All Boys is a sports club based in the Floresta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The institution is mostly known by its football team, which currently plays at the Primera División, the top division of Argentine football league system.... |
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| Martín Palermo Martín Palermo Martín Palermo is a retired Argentine footballer who formerly played for Boca Juniors of Argentina, and the Argentina national team... |
Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División.... |
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| David Ramírez David Ramírez Arturo David Ramírez Torres is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Vélez Sársfield in the Argentine Primera División.-Career:... |
Godoy Cruz Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, known simply as Godoy Cruz, is a sports club from Godoy Cruz, Mendoza Province, Argentina. The club is best known for their football team, that plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system.-History:The club was founded... |
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| 7 | Iván Obolo Iván Óbolo Mauro Iván Obolo |Córdoba]]) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Arsenal de Sarandí in Argentina.-Vélez Sársfield:Obolo started his professional career with Vélez Sársfield. He made his flight top debut in the Argentine Primera on April 27, 1999 against Gimnasia de Jujuy. Obolo's first spell... |
Arsenal Arsenal de Sarandí Arsenal Fútbol Club, usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí, is a football club from the Sarandí neighbourhood in the city of Avellaneda, Argentina, which was founded in 1957 by the Grondona brothers. Arsenal currently plays in the top tier of Argentine football, the Primera División Argentina.... |
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| 8 | Jairo Castillo Jairo Castillo Jairo Fernando "el Tigre" Castillo Cortés is a Colombian football player who plays for América de Cali... |
Godoy Cruz Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, known simply as Godoy Cruz, is a sports club from Godoy Cruz, Mendoza Province, Argentina. The club is best known for their football team, that plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system.-History:The club was founded... |
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| Gastón Fernández Gastón Fernández Gastón Nicolás Fernández is an Argentine footballer plays for Estudiantes de La Plata.-Club career:Nicknamed La Gata , Fernández began his professional career with River Plate. After a stint with Racing and another season back with River, in 2006 he was loaned to Monterrey... |
Estudiantes Estudiantes de La Plata Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history.... |
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| Gabriel Hauche Gabriel Hauche Gabriel Agustín Hauche, nicknamed Demonio , is an Argentine footballer forward currently playing for Racing Club in the Argentine Primera División.-Club career:... |
Racing Racing Club de Avellaneda Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football... |
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Torneo Clausura
The Torneo Clausura 2011, officially called the Torneo Clausura Néstor KirchnerNéstor Kirchner
Néstor Carlos Kirchner was an Argentine politician who served as the 54th President of Argentina from 25 May 2003 until 10 December 2007. Previously, he was Governor of Santa Cruz Province since 10 December 1991. He briefly served as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations ...
2011, began on February 11 and ended on June 19.
Standings
|}Source:Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to defining the champion. If two or more teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship.
| Primera División 2011 Clausura Champion |
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| Vélez Sársfield Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system... 8th Title |
Results
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Name | Player nationality | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javier Cámpora Javier Cámpora Javier Edgardo Cámpora is an Argentine Footballer who plays for Huracán.- Career :He is a striker who has played professional football in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Mexico and Aris Thessaloniki FC in Greece.... |
Huracán Club Atlético Huracán Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was... |
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| Teófilo Gutiérrez Teófilo Gutiérrez Teófilo Gutiérrez Triófilo is a Colombian international footballer who is playing for Racing Club de Avellaneda in Argentina.-Barranquilla FC:... |
Racing Racing Club de Avellaneda Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football... |
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| 3 | Denis Stracqualursi Denis Stracqualursi Denis Andrés Stracqualursi is an Argentine football striker who plays for Everton in the Premier League on loan from Tigre.-Career:... |
Tigre Club Atlético Tigre Club Atlético Tigre is a football club from Victoria, San Fernando Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the end of the 2006-2007 season the club was promoted to the Primera Division Argentina... |
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| 4 | Esteban Fuertes Esteban Fuertes Oscar Esteban "Bichi" Fuertes is an Argentine football striker who currently plays for Colón de Santa Fe- Club :... |
Colón | 9 | |
| Iván Obolo Iván Óbolo Mauro Iván Obolo |Córdoba]]) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Arsenal de Sarandí in Argentina.-Vélez Sársfield:Obolo started his professional career with Vélez Sársfield. He made his flight top debut in the Argentine Primera on April 27, 1999 against Gimnasia de Jujuy. Obolo's first spell... |
Arsenal Arsenal de Sarandí Arsenal Fútbol Club, usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí, is a football club from the Sarandí neighbourhood in the city of Avellaneda, Argentina, which was founded in 1957 by the Grondona brothers. Arsenal currently plays in the top tier of Argentine football, the Primera División Argentina.... |
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| 6 | David Ramírez David Ramírez Arturo David Ramírez Torres is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Vélez Sársfield in the Argentine Primera División.-Career:... |
Vélez Sársfield Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system... |
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| Silvio Romero Silvio Romero (footballer) Silvio Romero is an Argentine football forward. He currently plays for Lanús.-External links:... |
Lanús Club Atlético Lanús Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet... |
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| Diego Valeri Diego Valeri Diego Hernán Valeri is an Argentine football midfielder who currently plays for Lanús in the Argentine Primera División.-Club career:Valeri started his professional career with his hometown club Lanús in 2003... |
Lanús Club Atlético Lanús Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet... |
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| 9 | Facundo Parra Facundo Parra Facundo Manuel Carlos Parra is an Argentine football striker who plays for Independiente.-Club career:Parra played from 2004 to 2007 for Chacarita Juniors' first team, earning 91 caps and scoring 21 goals in the Primera B Nacional . During the 2006–07 season he was the team's top scorer with 9 goals... |
Independiente Club Atlético Independiente Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División.... |
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| Santiago Silva Santiago Silva Santiago Martín Silva Olivera is a Uruguayan football forward currently playing for Fiorentina in the Italian Serie A.-Career:... |
Vélez Sársfield Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system... |
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Relegation
| Team | Relegation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vélez Sársfield Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system... |
66 | 61 | 82 | 209 | 114 | ||
| 2 | Lanús Club Atlético Lanús Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet... |
75 | 60 | 63 | 198 | 114 | ||
| 3 | Estudiantes Estudiantes de La Plata Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history.... |
57 | 71 | 69 | 197 | 114 | ||
| 4 | Banfield Club Atlético Banfield Club Atlético Banfield is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Banfield, part of Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province. Founded on 21 January 1896 by residents of the town of British origin , its main activity is football... |
46 | 73 | 47 | 166 | 114 | ||
| 5 | Godoy Cruz Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, known simply as Godoy Cruz, is a sports club from Godoy Cruz, Mendoza Province, Argentina. The club is best known for their football team, that plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system.-History:The club was founded... |
49 | 53 | 63 | 165 | 114 | ||
| 6 | Argentinos Juniors Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early... |
38 | 73 | 54 | 165 | 114 | ||
| 7 | Newell's Old Boys Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario. The club was founded on November 3, 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football... |
52 | 69 | 42 | 163 | 114 | ||
| 8 | San Lorenzo | 63 | 52 | 48 | 162 | 114 | ||
| 9 | Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División.... |
61 | 47 | 53 | 161 | 114 | ||
| 10 | Colón | 57 | 55 | 47 | 159 | 114 | ||
| 11 | All Boys All Boys Club Atlético All Boys is a sports club based in the Floresta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The institution is mostly known by its football team, which currently plays at the Primera División, the top division of Argentine football league system.... |
0 | 0 | 51 | 51 | 38 | ||
| 12 | Racing Racing Club de Avellaneda Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football... |
52 | 46 | 52 | 150 | 114 | ||
| 13 | Independiente Club Atlético Independiente Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División.... |
39 | 68 | 43 | 150 | 114 | ||
| 14 | Arsenal Arsenal de Sarandí Arsenal Fútbol Club, usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí, is a football club from the Sarandí neighbourhood in the city of Avellaneda, Argentina, which was founded in 1957 by the Grondona brothers. Arsenal currently plays in the top tier of Argentine football, the Primera División Argentina.... |
46 | 46 | 57 | 149 | 114 | ||
| 15 | Tigre Club Atlético Tigre Club Atlético Tigre is a football club from Victoria, San Fernando Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the end of the 2006-2007 season the club was promoted to the Primera Division Argentina... |
62 | 32 | 50 | 144 | 114 | ||
| 16 | Olimpo | 0 | 0 | 48 | 48 | 38 | ||
| 17 | River Plate Club Atlético River Plate Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football.... |
41 | 43 | 57 | 141 | 114 | Relegation Playoff Matches | |
| 18 | Gimnasia (La Plata) Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División... |
55 | 37 | 33 | 125 | 114 | Additional Playoff | |
| 19 | Huracán Club Atlético Huracán Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was... |
58 | 37 | 30 | 125 | 114 | ||
| 20 | Quilmes Quilmes Atlético Club Quilmes Atlético Club is a sports clubs of Argentina, based on the Partido de Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province. Quilmes is one of the oldest clubs of Argentina, having been founded in 1887. Its football squad currently plays in the Primera B Nacional Division.... |
0 | 0 | 39 | 39 | 38 | Relegated to the Primera B Nacional 2011–12 Primera B Nacional -Standings:-Results:... |
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Playoff for relegation/promotion playoff 1
Since HuracánClub Atlético Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was...
and Gimnasia (La Plata)
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División...
finished with the same relegation co-efficient at the dividing line, a one-match playoff was held to determine who had to play in the relegation/promotion playoffs and who had to be directly relegated to the Primera B Nacional. The match was played on June 22, 2011 at Estadio Alberto J. Armando
Estadio Alberto J. Armando
The Estadio Alberto J. Armando is a stadium located in the La Boca district of Buenos Aires. Widely known as La Bombonera due to its shape, with a "flat" stand on one side of the pitch and three steep stands round the rest of the stadium...
in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. Gimnasia won the match 2–0 and continued to the relegation/promotion playoff against San Martín de San Juan; Huracán was relegated to the Primera B Nacional.
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Relegation/promotion playoffs
The 17th and 18th placed teams in the relegation table (River PlateClub Atlético River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....
and Gimnasia de La Plata, respectively) played the 3rd and 4th place finishers of the 2010–11 Primera B Nacional
2010–11 Primera B Nacional
The 2010–11 Argentine Primera B Nacional is the season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams will compete; the champion and runner-up will be promoted to Argentine Primera División.-Club...
season (San Martín de San Juan and Belgrano, respectively), the winner of each claiming a spot in the following Primera División season. The Primera División team (Team 1) played the second leg at home. Both San Martín de San Juan and Belgrano defeated their Primera División counterparts—Gimnasia de La Plata and River Plate, respectively—to successfully earn promotion to the Primera División for th 2011–12 season
2011–12 Argentine Primera División season
The 2011–12 Primera División season is the eighty-third season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams will compete in the league. It started on August 5, 2011 and will end on June 2012.-Club information:...
. Of historic note, this is the first time River Plate got relegated to the Primera B Nacional.
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International qualification
See also: Clubs in international competitionsCopa Libertadores
The 2010 Clausura champion (Argentinos JuniorsArgentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early...
) and the 2010 Apertura champion (Estudiantes de La Plata
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....
) earned a berth to the 2011 Copa Libertadores
2011 Copa Libertadores
The 2011 Copa Libertadores de América was the 52nd edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier international club tournament. It was held from January 25 to June 22 of the same year...
. Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....
won the 2010 Copa Sudamericana
2010 Copa Sudamericana
The 2010 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the 9th edition of CONMEBOL's secondary international club tournament. The winner qualified for the 2011 Copa Libertadores, the 2011 Recopa Sudamericana, and the 2011 Suruga Bank Championship...
and earned a berth into the competition. The remaining two berths were determined by an aggregate table of the 2010 Clausura and 2010 Apertura tournaments.
|}Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored.
1 Argentinos Juniors and Estudiantes qualified as the 2010 Clausura and 2010 Apertura champion, respectively.
2 Independiente qualified as the 2010 Copa Sudamericana champion.
3 Gimnasia de La Plata was ineligible for the competition for having participated in the promotion/relegation playoffs following the 2009-10 season.
Copa Sudamericana
Qualification for the 2011 Copa Sudamericana2011 Copa Sudamericana
The 2011 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes is the 10th edition of CONMEBOL's secondary international club tournament. The winner will qualify for the 2012 Copa Libertadores, the 2012 Recopa Sudamericana, and the 2012 Suruga Bank Championship...
was determined by an aggregate table of the Apertura 2010 and Clausura 2011 tournaments.
|}Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored.
1 Independiente qualified as the 2010 Copa Sudamericana champion.
2 River Plate is ineligible for the competition since they were relegated to Primera B Nacional.
External links
- Official website of the Argentine Football AssociationArgentine Football AssociationThe Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...
- Season regulations
- Universofutbol.com Clausura 2010