The Apertura 2007 saw much success for the smaller teams in Argentine football. The eventual champions
Lanús
Lanús () is the capital of Lanús Partido, Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires, in the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, metropolitan area. The List of cities in Argentina, city has a populati ...
won the title for the first time in their history, the first maiden champions since
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...
in
1984
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.
Second place went to
Tigre, a club playing their first season in the
Argentine Primera since 1980 and making their best finish ever in the top flight.
Third place went to
Banfield, completing an extremely unlikely top three.
Another small club,
Arsenal
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won the
2007
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Events
January
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Copa Sudamericana
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, the first major title in their history, making them the first Argentine club other than
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...
to win an international competition since
San Lorenzo won the
Copa Sudamericana 2002.
Another feature of the Apertura was the number of managerial changes, by the end of the Apertura there had been 12
managerial changes.
The Clausura 2008 was won by
River Plate, their first title since 2004.
For the first time the 380 games of the season were broadcast live on television.
Club locations
Torneo Apertura
Standings
Top scorers
Torneo Clausura
Table positions as of June 22, 2008.
Standings
Top scorers
Positions as of June 25, 2008
Relegation
Promotion playoff
Teams and schedules will be decided based on average after the end of the ''Closing'' tournament.
The first and second legs of the final are scheduled to be played on June 25 and June 29, respectively.
Gimnasia (Jujuy) wins 2-1 and stays in the
Argentine First Division, while
Unión de Santa Fe
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does not get promoted and remains in
Argentine Nacional B.
Racing
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wins 2-1 and stays in the
Argentine First Division, while
Belgrano does not get promoted and remains in
Argentine Nacional B.
International qualification
Copa Sudamericana
Qualification for the
2008 Copa Sudamericana
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is determined from an aggregate table of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The top four teams in the aggregate table qualify;
Boca Juniors
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and
River Plate are invited regardless of their standings in the season, this season
Arsenal
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was also invited as
defending champions.
Aggregate table
Managerial Changes
This is a list of the managerial changes in the
Argentine Primera during the 2007-2008 season.
Transfers
See
List of Argentine Primera División transfers (2007–08 season)
See also
*
2007–08 in Argentine football
References
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Argentine Primera División seasons