The 1969 Primera División season was the 78th season of top-flight

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. The entire season (Metropolitano and Nacional championship) ran from 21 February to 22 December. Club Deportivo Morón and

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were promoted from Primera B Metropolitana via "Torneo de Reclasificación". The Metropolitano was won by

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(1st title in Primera División) while

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won the Nacional (17th league title).Argentina 1969
by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF Unlike previous editions, in 1969 there was only one team relegated, Deportivo Morón.

Campeonato Metropolitano

Group A

Group B

Semifinals

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Final

Match details

Petit Tournament

Matches

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Reclasificatorio "A" Tournament

Teams placed 9th to 11th in each zone of Metropolitano championship, plus 3 teams eliminated from Petit tournament, contested the "Torneo Reclasificatorio". Out of those 9 clubs, teams placed 1st to 7th would remain in Primera División while the last two teams plus two first of Primera B Metropolitana "Campeonato Zone" would play a new Reclasificatorio to determine which would be promoted or relegated. Los Andes won the Reclasificatorio A, with no official title awarded."Argentina: 1ra. División AFA 1969 Torneo Reclasificación" by José Carluccio, 13 Nov 2009

Reclasificatorio de Primera Tournament

Contested by the two last teams of Torneo Reclasificación plus two teams from Primera B

Top scorers

Campeonato Nacional

Final standings

2nd place playoffs

After River Plate and San Lorenzo finished equaled on points, they played a two-legged series in neutral venues to determine which team would be the second qualified for 1970 Copa Libertadores:

Top scorers

References

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