2009–10 Argentine Primera División Season
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The 2009–10 Primera División season was the 119th season of top-flight professional football in
Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
. A total of 20 teams competed in the season, which started on 21 August 2009 and ended on 23 May 2010.


Changes from 2008–09

The major changes for this season apply to international qualification. For the 2010 Copa Libertadores, an aggregate table of the two tournaments held in 2009 (2009 Clausura and 2009 Apertura) will be taken into account, instead of an average of the past three tournaments. For the 2010 Copa Sudamericana, River Plate and Boca Juniors will no longer be invited without merit. Their open berths will be up for qualification to any team, including themselves. On 21 August, the
Argentine Football Association The Argentine Football Association (, ; AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires. It organises the main divisions of Argentine football league system, Argentine league system (from Argentine Primera División, Pri ...
revoked the television broadcasting contract with TyC in the hopes of increasing revenue to help the financially struggling clubs. On 18 August, the AFA and the
Government of Argentina The government of Argentina, within the framework of a federal system, is a presidential system, presidential Representative democracy, representative democratic republic. The president of Argentina is both head of state and head of government. ...
struck a deal to broadcast the season for free on non-cable channels, which allowed the season to start on the 21st.


Club information

Twenty clubs will participate in the 2009–10 season, with eighteen sides remaining from the previous season.
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy Club Atlético Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy , (usually known as Gimnasia de Jujuy or just GEJ) is an Argentine sports club based in San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy Province. The club was founded in 1931 and is best known for its football team, whic ...
and
San Martín de Tucumán Club Atlético San Martín (mostly known as San Martín de Tucumán) is an Argentine sports club founded in 1909 and based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province. The club is notable for its football team, which currently plays ...
were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season. They were replaced by
Chacarita Juniors Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine association football, football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Gre ...
and
Atlético Tucumán Club Atlético Tucumán (mostly known as Atlético Tucumán) is an Argentine football club based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán of Tucumán Province. Although several sports are practised at the club, Atlético is mostly known for its footba ...
, both of whom were promoted from the
Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (English "National B Division"), and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 38 team ...
.
Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central (), more commonly referred to as Rosario Central, or simply Central, is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on 24 December 1889, ...
and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) played the relegation/promotion playoffs against Belgrano and Atlético de Rafaela, respectively. Both Gimnasia y Esgrima and Rosario Central won their playoff matches and retained their status in top-flight football. :1.Chacarita Juniors played all their home games on Argentinos Juniors' Diego Armando Maradona stadium. :2.Estudiantes' own stadium is undergoing renovation and the team is playing in Quilmes. :3.The first match Independiente played in Estadio Libertadores de América after reconstruction was on 28 October 2009. Prior to that, Independiente used Estadio Ciudad de Lanús. :4.Newell's Old Boys changed the name of their stadium to Estadio Marcelo Bielsa from Estadio Newell's Old Boys on 22 December 2009.


Personnel and kits


Managerial changes


Transfers


Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura was scheduled to begin on 14 August 2009 and end on 13 December 2009. However, the AFA delayed the start of the tournament until 21 August 2009 due to financial debts in some clubs.


Standings


Results


Top ten goalscorers

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Torneo Clausura


Standings


Results


Top ten goalscorers

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Relegation

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Relegation/promotion playoffs

, - !colspan="5", Relegation/promotion playoff 1 , - !colspan="5", Relegation/promotion playoff 2
All Boys Club Atlético All Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Floresta, Buenos Aires. The institution is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Arge ...
won 4–1 and was promoted for the next season to Primera División, while
Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central (), more commonly referred to as Rosario Central, or simply Central, is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on 24 December 1889, ...
was relegated to the Primera B Nacional. Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) won 3–2 and stayed in the Primera División.


International qualification


Copa Libertadores

The first two of Argentina's five allocated berths to the 2010 Copa Libertadores went to the 2009 Clausura champion ( Vélez Sársfield) and the 2009 Apertura champion ( Banfield). The remaining three berths went to the teams with the best average of the past two tournaments. Additionally, Estudiantes had a berth as the defending
Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournam ...
champion.


Copa Sudamericana

Qualification for the
2010 Copa Sudamericana The 2010 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes (officially the 2010 Copa Nissan Sudamericana de Clubes for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th edition of CONMEBOL's secondary international club tournament. The winner qualified for the 2011 Copa Libertadores, t ...
is determined by an aggregate table of the Apertura 2009 and Clausura 2010 tournaments. The top six teams in the aggregate table qualify.
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 ...
and River Plate will no longer be invited to the tournament without merit.


See also

* 2009–10 in Argentine football


References


External links


Season regulations

Universofutbol.com Clausura 2010
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