The 2014
Torneo de Transición or Torneo Doctor Ramón Carrillo was the 124th season of top-flight professional
football in Argentina
Association football is the most popular sport in Argentina and part of the culture of Argentina, culture in the country. It is the one with the most players (2,658,811 total, 331,811 of which are registered and 2,327,000 unregistered; with 3,37 ...
. The season was scheduled to start on August 1, 2014 but was postponed after the death of
Julio Grondona, president of the
AFA on July 30. Finally, it began on August 8, 2014 and ended on December 14, 2014. Originally the last match of the tournament was scheduled on December 7 but as River Plate played the finals of the
2014 Copa Sudamericana the matches Racing-Godoy Cruz and River Plate-Quilmes were played on December 14. Twenty teams competed in the league, seventeen returning from the 2013–14 season and three promoted from the
2013–14 Primera B Nacional (Championship winners
Banfield, runners-up
Defensa y Justicia, and 3rd place
Independiente).
Colón,
Argentinos Juniors
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and
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 ...
had been relegated to the
Primera B Nacional
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championship in the previous season.
Format
The team with most points was the champion and qualified for the
2015 Copa Libertadores group stage.
No teams were relegated this season as the league was expanded to 30 teams in the new
2015 Primera División.
Club information
Personnel and sponsors
Managerial changes
Interim Managers
:1.
Fabián Castro was interim manager in the 6th round.
:2. Interim manager, but later promoted to full-time manager.
:3. Interim manager.
:4. Interim manager.
International qualification
Argentina had 6 berths in the
2015 Copa Libertadores (The first 4 berths were for the second stage and the last 2 for the first stage).
San Lorenzo (Argentina 1), and
River Plate (Argentina 2), were qualified as the
2014 Copa Libertadores and the
2014 Torneo Final champions, respectively. The Torneo de Transición champions (
Racing
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) obtained the Argentina 3 berth. The Argentina 4 berth was awarded to the 2013–14 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified (
Boca Juniors
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). The 2015 Copa Libertadores first stage berths (Argentina 5 and Argentina 6) were awarded via
2013–14 Copa Argentina (
Huracán
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) and via
2014 Copa Sudamericana (
Estudiantes (LP)), respectively.
Argentina had 7 berths in the
2015 Copa Sudamericana.
River Plate was qualified as the
2014 Copa Sudamericana champions. The other 6 berths were awarded to the 5 best teams of the Torneo de Transición if they are not qualified for
2015 Copa Libertadores second stage and the
2014 Supercopa Argentina champions,
Huracán
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.
Standings
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
References
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Argentine Primera División seasons