Primera División Argentina 1967
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The 1967 Primera División season was the 37th season of the professional football of the Argentine top-flight. It was the first season in which the Metropolitano and Nacional format was used.

Campeonato Metropolitano

The Campeonato Metropolitano was the first championship of the season. It was contested between twenty-two teams directed affiliated with the Argentine Football Association
Argentine Football Association
The 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...

 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 other team typically being a traditional rival). 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
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....

 won the Metropolitano under the leadership of Osvaldo Zubeldía
Osvaldo Zubeldía
Osvaldo Juan Zubeldía, was a football player and an influential Argentine coach.-Playing career:...

. It was their second Primera División title and the first in the professional era. Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

an Bernardo Acosta of 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...

 finished as the top goalscorer with 18 goals.

Group A

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Group B

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Semifinals

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Final

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 (currently the Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....

). 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.
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Promocional

The Promocional was an extra tournament played between four teams from the Campeonato Metropolitano and the four runners-up of the regional leagues.

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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 (San Martín (Mendoza), San Lorenzo (Mar del Plata), Central Córdoba (Santiago del Estero), and Chaco For Ever).

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 Campeonato Nacional for their sixth Primera División title in the professional era. They were led by Oswaldo Brandao and their own Luis Artime
Luis Artime
Luis Artime is a retired Argentine footballer, who played as a striker, and scored more than 1000 goals during his career...

 was the top goalscorer with 11 goals.

Standings

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