Primera División Argentina 1987-88
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1987-1988 in Argentine football saw 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...

 win the Argentine championship
Primera División Argentina
The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...

, their first title since 1974.

League standings

Position Team Points Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 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...

55 38 21 13 4 68 22 46
2 San Lorenzo 49 38 16 17 5 49 28 21
3 Racing Club
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...

48 38 15 18 5 51 33 18
4 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....

46 38 17 12 9 51 40 11
5 Gimnasia de La Plata 43 38 11 21 6 44 36 8
6 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...

41 38 14 13 11 51 41 10
7 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....

40 38 12 16 10 53 41 12
8 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...

40 38 15 10 13 49 44 5
9 Deportivo Español 40 38 11 18 9 49 47 2
10 Platense
Club Atlético Platense
Club Atlético Platense is an Argentine sports club based in Vicente López, in the north side of Greater Buenos Aires. The club nickname is Calamar after the journalist Palacio Zino said that the team moved "like a squid in its ink"....

38 38 12 14 12 42 45 -3
11 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....

37 38 12 13 13 37 44 -7
12 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....

35 38 12 11 15 40 55 -15
13 Deportivo Armenio
Club Deportivo Armenio
Club Deportivo Armenio, known simply as Deportivo Armenio or Armenio, is a football club from Ingeniero Maschwitz, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina...

34 38 8 18 12 37 45 -8
14 Ferro Carril Oeste
Ferro Carril Oeste
Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or Ferro, is a sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club was founded on July 28, 1904 by 95 railway workers from the Buenos Aires Western Railway...

33 38 7 19 12 27 35 -8
15 Instituto de Córdoba 33 38 10 15 13 43 53 -10
16 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....

32 38 6 20 12 31 43 -12
17 Racing de Córdoba 31 38 10 11 17 31 44 -13
18 Unión de Santa Fe
Unión de Santa Fe
Club Atlético Unión is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the province with the same name in Argentina. The club, founded in 1907, has a strong rivalry with Colón de Santa Fe....

28 38 8 12 18 39 52 -13
19 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...

28 38 7 14 17 36 56 -20
20 Talleres de Córdoba
Talleres de Córdoba
Club Atlético Talleres is a sports club from the city of Córdoba, Argentina, mostly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the regionalised third division, the Torneo Argentino A...

27 38 6 15 17 40 64 -24

  • Newells Old Boys qualified for Copa Libertadores 1988 as champions of Argentina.
  • Teams highlighted in light blue qualified for the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores.

Top scorers

Position Player Team Goals
1 José Luis Rodríguez
José Luis Rodríguez
José Luis Rodríguez may refer to:*José Luis Rodríguez , , former Argentine football striker*José Luis Rodríguez González , El Puma, , Venezuelan singer and actor...

Deportivo Español 18
2 Marío Bevilaqua Talleres de Córdoba
Talleres de Córdoba
Club Atlético Talleres is a sports club from the city of Córdoba, Argentina, mostly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the regionalised third division, the Torneo Argentino A...

17
3 José Iglesias
José Iglesias
José Iglesias may refer to:*José Iglesias Fernández, a former Spanish footballer*José Iglesias , a Cuban baseball player*Julio Iglesias, Jr...

Racing Club
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...

16
3 Walter Perazzo
Walter Perazzo
Walter Osvaldo Perazzo Otero is a Colombian born Argentine football manager and former centre forward. He currently manages the Argentina national under-20 football team....

San Lorenzo 16

Relegation

Unión de Santa Fe
Unión de Santa Fe
Club Atlético Unión is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the province with the same name in Argentina. The club, founded in 1907, has a strong rivalry with Colón de Santa Fe....

 and 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...

 were relegated with the worst points averages.

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

Quarter-finals
Home (1st leg) Home (2nd leg) 1st Leg 2nd leg Aggregate
Argentinos Juniors Racing Club 1-1 1-3 2-4
Deportivo Mandiyú San Lorenzo 1-1 1-1 2-2
Rosario Central River Plate 0-0 0-1 0-1
Velez Sarsfield Gimnasia La Plata 3-0 1-1 4-1


Semi-finals
Home (1st leg) Home (2nd leg) 1st Leg 2nd leg Aggregate
River Plate Racing Club 3-3 0-1 3-4
Velez Sarsfield San Lorenzo 0-1 0-0 0-1


Final
Home (1st leg) Home (2nd leg) 1st Leg 2nd leg Aggregate
Racing Club San Lorenzo 0-2 1-0 1-2

  • San Lorenzo qualify for Copa Libertadores 1988.
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