The 2016–17

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– Torneo de la Independencia was the 127th season of top-flight professional

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. The tournament was named in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the

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. The season began on August 26, 2016 and ended on June 27, 2017. Thirty teams competed in the league, twenty-nine returning from the

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season, and the addition of

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as the

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champion.

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did not take part having been relegated the previous season.

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were crowned champions of Argentina for a 32nd time after rivals Banfield were beaten by San Lorenzo on June 20, 2017. As a result, Boca Juniors qualified for the

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and the

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Competition format

The tournament for the 2016 season was composed of 30 teams. Each team played the other 29 teams in a single

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, and also played an additional match against its main rival team, named "Fecha de Clásicos" (Derbies Fixture)."Sin Superliga, conocé cómo será el próximo torneo"
''La Nación'', 22 Jul 2016

Club information

Stadia and locations

Personnel

Managerial changes

Interim Managers
:1. Interim manager in the 1st round. :2.

Alberto Fanesi Alberto José Fanesi (born 16 February 1948 in Casilda, Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe) is an Argentines, Argentine Association football, footballer manager and former player. As a player, he won the Primera División Argentina, Argentine championshi ...

was interim manager in the 5th round. :3.

Juan Carlos Pires ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

was interim manager in the 9th round. :4. Interim manager, but later promoted to manager. :5. Luciano Precone was interim manager in the 11th and 12th rounds. :6.

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was interim manager in the 12th–14th rounds. :7.

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was interim manager in the 13th and 14th rounds. :8.

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was interim manager in the 13th and 14th rounds. :9. Leonardo Fernández was interim manager in the 14th round. :10. Fabián Castro was interim manager in the 17th round. :11. Leonardo Lemos was interim manager in the 19th round. :12. Eduardo Magnín was interim manager in the 22nd round. :13. Interim manager until the end of the tournament. :14.

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was interim manager in the 29th round. :15. Interim manager in the 30th round.

League table

Results

Teams play every other team once (either at home or away), and play one additional round against their

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rival (or assigned match by AFA if a club doesn't have derby), completing a total of 30 rounds.

Season statistics

Top Goalscorers

Source
AFA

Top Assists

Source

Relegation

Relegation at the end of the season is based on coefficients, which take into consideration the points obtained by the clubs during the present season and the three previous seasons (only seasons at the top-flight are counted). The total tally is then divided by the total number of games played in the top flight on those four seasons and an average is calculated. The four teams with the worst average at the end of the season are relegated to

. Source
AFA

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2016-17 Argentine Primera Division season Argentine Primera División seasons 2016–17 in Argentine football leagues