The 1976 Primera División season was the 85th season of top-flight

football in Argentina Association football is the most popular sport in Argentina and part of the culture in the country. It is the one with the most players (2,658,811 total, 331,811 of which are registered and 2,327,000 unregistered; with 3,650 clubs and 37,161 offi ...

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

won both tournaments, Metropolitano and Nacional, totaling 20 league titles until then. After three consecutive seasons with no relegations,

San Telmo San Telmo ("Saint Pedro González Telmo") is the oldest ''barrio'' (neighborhood) of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is a well-preserved area of the Argentine metropolis and is characterized by its colonial buildings. Cafes, tango parlors and antiqu ...

was relegated to Primera B after playing a small tournament with the worst placed teams in the general table.Argentina 1976
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Metropolitano Championship

Classification round

Group A

Group B

Championship Group

Relegation Group

Nacional Championship

Group A

1st place Playoff 14 December 1976 *

2-1

Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Río de la Plata, Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the Quilmes Partido, eponymous county. With a population of 230 ...

Group B

Group C

Group D

1st place Playoff 14 December 1976 *

Talleres de Córdoba Club Atlético Talleres (; (lit. Workshops Athletic Club) mostly known simply as Talleres (lit. Workshops) or Talleres de Córdoba ) (Córdoba Workshops) is an Argentine sports club from the city of Córdoba. The institution is mostly known f ...

3-1

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

Quarterfinals

16 December 1976 *

2-1 Banfield * River Plate 2-1

* Huracán 2-0

4-0

Unión de Santa Fe Club Atlético Unión (; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe ) is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded on April 15, 1907 and plays in the Argentine Primera División. Althoug ...

Semifinals

19 December 1976 *

1-0 Huracán * River Plate 1-0

Final

References

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