Primera División (first division) is the top category of Argentina is a country in southern South America, situated between the Andes in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east. It is bordered by Paraguay and Bolivia in the north, Brazil and Uruguay in the northeast and Chile in the west. The country is formally named Rep... Argentine The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. Football is the most widely played and watched team sport in the world. The game is often known... football (soccer), and it's organized by the Categories: Stub | Football (soccer) governing bodies | Argentine football ... Argentine Football Association. Currently, there are 20 teams in the first division.

The Argentine league is currently ranked among the top 5 in the world by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (http://www.iffhs.de/). It is one of the most prolific sources of players for the world's other top leagues such as The Spanish football league is called La Liga. It is divided into various divisions. The top two: Primera división (First division) and Segunda división (Second division) have professional teams. The lower leagues are amateur. The structure of Liga: Primera división (20 teams) Segunda división (22 teams... La Liga ( The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the... Spain), Serie A is the top division of the Italian Football League, the highest football league in Italy. The division consists of 20 clubs from the 2004-05 season. The bottom four clubs in the league table are relegated to Serie B, to be replaced by the top four clubs from... Serie A ( The Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. It comprises a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia, and shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries of San... Italy), and the This article describes the mens leagues. See also: Womens Bundesliga. The text below was translated from the German version; it has been cleaned up a little, but still needs significant work. However, there is a wealth of information not contained in the English version... In football (soccer), Bundesliga... Bundesliga ( The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. Due to its central location, Germany has more neighbours than any other European country: these are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the... Germany).

The league tournament

The 20 teams play two single-round tournaments each year: the In recent times, many Latin American football leagues have divided their championships into two sections, awarding a champion for each. The second of the two, usually held in the spring and summer, is known as the Clausura, the Closing. It can be contrasted with first, fall and winter section, the... Clausura (February to June), and the In recent times, many Latin American football leagues have divided their championships into two sections, awarding a champion for each. The first of the two, usually held in the fall and winter, is known as the Apertura, the Opening. It can be contrasted with second, spring section, the Clausura. In... Apertura (August to December). Thus, there are two champions each season. Unlike most European countries, Argentina has no official Cup competition.

The names of the tournaments (Closing and Opening, respectively) reflect Northern Hemisphere seasons. This scheme was introduced in the 1980s, and is alien to Argentines - who live in the Southern Hemisphere and are thus used to school years and sports seasons that span a single calendar year (for example 2003, as opposed to 2003/04).

Relegation and Promotion

Relegation is based on an In mathematics, there are numerous methods for calculating the average or central tendency of a list of n numbers. The most common method, and the one generally referred to simply as the average, is the arithmetic mean. Please see the table of mathematical symbols for explanations of the symbols used... averaging system. At the end of each season, the two teams with the worst three-year averages are relegated, and the best two teams in the second division are promoted. The teams placed 17th and 18th in the averages table play a best-of-three playoff with the 4rd and 3th placed teams in the second division, respectively. Thus, the number of teams promoted each year varies between two and four. Newly-promoted teams only average the seasons since their last promotion.

It is commonly believed that averaging was instituted in the 1980s to minimize the chance of large clubs being relegated, after San Lorenzo de Almagro is a football team based in the Boedo barrio (neighbourhood), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its colors are blue and red vertical stripes. History In the early 1900s, a street gang based in the Almagro barrio (neighborhood) would invite gangs from other neighborhoods to play street football by... San Lorenzo de Almagro was relegated in 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January-February January - Sarawak Chamber found January 1 - Greece enters the EEC January 1 - Palau becomes self-governing January 4 - Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 10 Townsville International Airport opens (aus) January 16 - Protestant gunmen shoot and... 1981, Racing Club was teetering on the brink, and Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine football (soccer) club. Its home base is the neighbourhood of La Boca, in Buenos Aires, and it hosts its home games at the Bombonera (chocolate box) stadium on 805 Brandsen street. Boca has won 20 Argentine professional championships, five Copa Libertadores titles... Boca Juniors had a dismal 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 1 - Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 - AT&T is broken up into 22 independent units January 5 - Richard Stallman starts developing GNU. January 7 - Brunei becomes the sixth member of the... 1984 season.

History

Professionalism was instituted in 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January-March January 4 - Female aviator Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa January 6 - Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. January 22 - Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia January 25 - Mohandas... 1931. In the early years, only teams from Buenos Aires (Good Winds in Spanish, but more akin to Fair Winds, as in navigation) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest cities in South America. The city proper has a population of 2,776,234 according to the... Buenos Aires, Gran Buenos Aires or Greater Buenos Aires is the metropolitan area next to the city of Buenos Aires and comprises the following 24 partidos (administrative subdivisions) of the Province of Buenos Aires. Gran Buenos Aires had 8,684,437 inhabitans in 2001. When the city of Buenos Aires itself is... Greater Buenos Aires (notably Avellaneda is a city in eastern Argentina, a port in Buenos Aires Province, and capital of Avellaneda District. Its population in 1991 was 344,991. Avellaneda is a suburb of the city of Buenos Aires and is connected to it by several bridges over the Riachuelo River. A major rail... Avellaneda) and La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The city was planned to serve as the capital of the province after the city of Buenos Aires was declared as the federal district in 1880. La Plata was officially founded by governor Dardo Rocha on November... La Plata were affiliated to the national association. Teams from This article or section should be merged with Rosario Rosario is a city in eastern Argentina, in Santa Fe Province, a port on the Paraná River. The city is one of the largest in the country; it is a major railroad terminal and the shipping center for northeastern Argentina. Ocean... Rosario and Santa Fe, is a city in northeastern Argentina, It is the capital of the Santa Fe Province, near the junction of the Parana and Salado rivers, opposite the city of Parana, to which Santa Fe is linked by a sub-fluvial tunnel inaugurated in 1973. The city is connected by... Santa Fé joined in later years.

A single tournament would be played each year, and the champion would be the team with them most points. This arrangement lasted until 1966 (in 1936, the winners of Copa de Honor and the Campeonato played a match for the championship title).

Starting in 1967 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE55Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE60Fixes.css; /**/ 1967 From Wikipedia 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). Events January January 3 - Edward Tyree III is born in Philadelphia, Pa. The Famous... 1967, two championships were played each year: the Metropolitano, with the same structure as the old tournment, and the Nacional, which was open to teams from the provinces.

This change brought about a revolution in Argentine football, as small teams (first Estudiantes de La Plata is a sports club in La Plata, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, with a history of achievement in professional football. History The club was founded in 1905 by students who felt left out by the management of Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, which favored indoor games... Estudiantes, then Vélez Sársfield, Chacarita and others) broke down the hegemony of the five clubs who had won all the championships up to that date.

Originally, the Nacional was a regular one-group championship, from which the six best teams would advance to the Metropolitano. In 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. Events January-February January 1 - Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, located 65, miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. January 1 - Unix epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. January 12 - Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. January 15... 1970 the tournaments where separated; the Metropolitano had its own qualifying groups, and the Nacional two groups and play-offs. In For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January-February January 1 - First woman Episcopal priest ordained. January 6 - EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 - Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious legionnaires disease January 18 - Australia experiences its worst railway disaster... 1977 the Metropolitano became a one-group, two-round league championship.

The Metropolitano was always played first, until the order of the tournaments was reversed in 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 1 - Beat Raaflaub became Basel Boys Choirs new conductor January 1 - the ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. January 1 - compulsory wearing... 1983.

Following the advice of First International Uruguay 2 - 3 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901) Largest win Argentina 12 - 0 Ecuador (Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942) Worst defeat Czechoslovakia 6 - 1 Argentina (Helsingborg, Sweden; 15 June 1958) Uruguay 5 - 0 Argentina (Guayaquil, Ecuador; 16 December 1959) Argentina 0 - 5 Colombia (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5... Argentina national football team's then coach Carlos Salvador Bilardo, the structure of play was modified in 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events Environmental and weather change Asian Tiger Mosquito, an invasive species is first found in Houston, Texas May 25 - Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge which kills approximately 10,000 people. September 19 - 8... 1985. That year, after the Nacional was played, the new single tournament (1985/86) was played for the first time. Five years later, it was split into two single-round tournaments, giving birth to the current arrangement. In 1991 and 1992, the two champions played winner-take-all matches, but this practice was quickly abandoned, so that two equally valid champions are crowned every season.

Even though the current structure provides provincial teams a road to promotion, the dominance of Boca Juniors and River Plate has only increased since the mid-90s. No team from outside the Buenos Aires-Rosario axis has ever won a title, and no major changes in this area are expected in the near future.

International Competition

Traditionally, two teams from Argentina have played in the The Copa Libertadores de América (Liberators of the Americas Cup) is an international football cup competition played annually by the top clubs of South America. In recent years, top clubs from Mexico have also competed. Qualification The competition is organized and run annually in a similar manner to the... Copa Libertadores each year. Since 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. Events Environmental change Varroa destructor, an invasive parasite is found in the US October 15 - Hurricane force winds cause extensive damage in southern England. January January 1 - Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories, changes its name to Iqaluit. In 1999... 1987, CONMEBOL (CONfederación sudaMEricana de FútBOL - South American Football Confederation) was founded July 9, 1916, thanks to Uruguayan Héctor Rivadavia Gómez who materialized his project of uniting football around the continent. Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Chile were the founder nations after a successful South American football tournament... CONMEBOL sponsors other competitions (first the now-extinct Supercopa, and then the The Copa CONMEBOL was played from 1992 to 1999 and it was the South American equivalent to the European UEFA Cup. It hasnt been taken seriously by the big teams who several times have fielded reserve squads to play the competition (eg: S Paulo in 1994). List of Champions... Copa CONMEBOL and the Copa Sudamericana), and the number of Argentine teams playing the Libertadores has gone up to five. Thus, at least eight teams have an international schedule in addition to their league compromises.

The Copa Libertadores remains the most prestigious competition in South America; Independiente has a record seven wins, followed by Boca with five, Estudiantes with three, River Plate with two, and Racing Club, Argentinos Juniors and Vélez Sársfield with one apiece.

Champions of Argentine Football

Top-Three Finishes

Records

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See Also

• Categories: Stub | Football (soccer) governing bodies | Argentine football ... Argentine Football Association
• List of football clubs in Argentina