The 1969
Primera División season was the 78th season of top-flight
football in Argentina
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. The entire season (Metropolitano and Nacional championship) ran from 21 February to 22 December.
Club Deportivo Morón and
Unión de Santa Fe
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were promoted from
Primera B Metropolitana via "Torneo de Reclasificación".
The Metropolitano was won by
Chacarita Juniors
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(1st title in Primera División) while
Boca Juniors
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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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Newell's Old Boys
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1–0
Rosario Central
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Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 0-3
Unión (SF)
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Unión (SF) 4–3
Newell's Old Boys
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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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