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The 2017–18
Argentine Primera División The Primera División (; en, "First Division"), known officialy as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). T ...
- Superliga Argentina (officially the Superliga Quilmes Clásica for sponsorship reasons) was the 128 season of top-flight professional
football in Argentina Association football is the most popular sport in Argentina and part of the 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 3,650 clubs and 37,161 offi ...
. The season began on 25 August 2017 and ended on 14 May 2018. For the first time since 1893, the AFA did not organise the championship, now being administrated by the Superliga Argentina de Fútbol. Twenty-eight teams competed in the league, twenty-six returning from the 2016–17 season and two promoted from the
2016–17 Primera B Nacional The 2016–17 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 32nd season of the Argentine second division. The season began in August 2016 and ended in July 2017. Twenty-three teams competed in the league, twenty returning from the 2016 season, one team t ...
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Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of th ...
and
Chacarita Juniors Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Greater Buenos Aires. ...
). Four teams ( Aldosivi,
Atlético de Rafaela Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela, known simply as Atlético de Rafaela, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Rafaela, in Santa Fe Province. The club is mostly known for its professional football team, that ...
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Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the eponymous county. With a population of 230,810, it is located south of th ...
and Sarmiento) were relegated to the Primera B Nacional Championship in the previous tournament.
Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...
, who were the defending champions, won their thirty-third league title with one match to spare after a 2–2 draw against Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) on 9 May 2018. As a result, Boca Juniors qualified for both the
2019 Copa Libertadores The 2019 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 60th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the ''Copa Libertadores''), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Flamengo defeated defending champions ...
and the 2018 Supercopa Argentina.


Competition format

The tournament was contested by 28 teams. Each team played the other 27 teams in a single
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. The additional match against the main rival team in the so-called "Fecha de Clásicos" was not played in this season.


Club information


Stadia and locations


Personnel


Managerial changes

Interim Managers
:1. Néstor Apuzzo was interim manager in the 2017 Copa Sudamericana second stage
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. :2.
Leandro Benítez Leandro Benítez (born 5 April 1981) is a retired Argentine footballer who usually played as a midfielder on the left side of the pitch. Career A native of Ensenada, Benítez grew in the youth system of Estudiantes de La Plata, and in 2001 wa ...
was interim manager in the 4th round. :3. Interim manager, but later promoted to manager. :4. Manuel Fernández was interim manager in the 5th round and the 2016–17 Copa Argentina
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. :5. Marcelo Gómez was interim manager in the 9th–12th rounds. :6. Juan Ramón Fleita was interim manager in the 11th and 12th rounds. :7.
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was interim manager in the 12th round. :8. Fabián Garfagnoli was interim manager in the 17th and 18th rounds. :9. Interim manager until the end of the tournament. :10. Interim manager in the 26th and 27th rounds and the 2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage second leg.


Foreign players


Players holding Argentinian dual nationality

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Lucas Barrios Lucas Ramón Barrios Cáceres (; born 13 November 1984) is an Argentine-born Paraguayan former footballer. Barrios was known for his effectiveness in the target area. This earned him his nickname ''La Pantera'', which means ''The Panther''. Ev ...
(Argentinos Juniors) * Dylan Gissi (Defensa y Justicia) *
David Depetris David Alberto Depetris (born 11 November 1988) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a forward for Železiarne Podbrezová in the Niké liga. Born in Argentina, he played for the Slovakia national team. He started his European career in Slovak ...
(Olimpo) *
Camilo Mayada Camilo Sebastián Mayada Mesa (born 8 January 1991) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a full-back and midfielder for Primera División Paraguaya club Libertad. Club career A youth academy graduate of Danubio, Mayada made h ...
(River Plate) *
Rodrigo Mora Rodrigo Nicanor Mora Núñez (born 29 October 1987) is a former Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Born in Rivera, Mora started his professional career with modest Juventud de Las Piedras. In 2008, aged 20, ...
(River Plate) *
Marcelo Larrondo Marcelo Alejandro Larrondo (born 16 August 1988) is an Argentine-born Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career Early career Larrondo began his youth career with Fernández Álvarez in 2005. The next year, he moved t ...
(River Plate) *
Néstor Ortigoza Néstor Ezequiel Ortigoza (; born 7 October 1984) is a professional football central midfielder, who currently plays for San Lorenzo de Almagro. Born in Argentina, he represented the Paraguay national team. Club career Ortigoza started his car ...
(Rosario Central) * Joel Soñora (Talleres (C))


League table


Results

Teams played every other team once (either at home or away) completing a total of 27 rounds.


Season statistics


Top goalscorers

Source
AFA


Top assists

Source


Relegation

Relegation at the end of the season is based on coefficients, which take into consideration the points obtained by the clubs during the present season and the three previous seasons (only seasons at the top-flight are counted). The total tally is then divided by the total number of games played in the top flight on those four seasons and an average is calculated. The four teams with the worst average at the end of the season were relegated to the
Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in 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 37 tea ...
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AFA


Awards

The following players were rewarded for their performances during the season. *Best goalkeeper: Franco Armani ( River Plate) *Best defender:
Alejandro Donatti Alejandro César Donatti (born 24 October 1986) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a centre-back. Career Tigre Donatti played in 2012-13 season on loan for Tigre and was a member of the campaign in the 2012 Copa Sudamericana in which ...
(
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) *Best midfielder: Pablo Guiñazú ( Talleres (C)) *Best forward: Santiago García ( Godoy Cruz) *Best save:
Gonzalo Rehak Gonzalo Rehak is an Argentine footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Deportivo Maipú Club Deportivo Maipú, mostly known as Deportivo Maipú is an Argentine football club based in the city of Maipú, Mendoza. The team currently plays in ...
( Independiente) against
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*Best goal:
Edwin Cardona Edwin Andrés Cardona Bedoya (; born 8 December 1992) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Argentine Primera Division club Racing Club and the Colombia national team. Club career Colombia Cardona made his professional de ...
(
Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...
) against River Plate *Best coach:
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( Talleres (C)) *Best player:
Cristian Pavón Cristian David Pavón (born 21 January 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Atlético Mineiro. Club career Talleres Pavón played for Talleres de Córdoba's youth setup until 7 February 2012, when he signed ...
(
Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...
) *Topscorer: Santiago García ( Godoy Cruz) *Honorary Award: Daniel Montenegro (
Huracán Huracan (; es, Huracán; myn, Hunraqan, "one legged"), often referred to as ''U Kʼux Kaj'', the "Heart of Sky", is a Kʼicheʼ people, Kʼicheʼ Maya mythology, Maya god of wind, storm, fire and one of the creator deities who participated in ...
) *Breakthrough player:
Lautaro Martínez Lautaro Javier Martínez (born 22 August 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Inter Milan and the Argentina national team. Martínez began his football career in his native Argentina, where he made hi ...
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See also

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2017–18 Primera B Nacional The 2017–18 Argentine Primera B Nacional is the 33rd season of the Argentine second division. The season began in September 2017 and ended in June 2018. Twenty-five teams competed in the league, seventeen returning from the 2016–17 season, f ...
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2016–17 Copa Argentina The 2016–17 Copa Argentina (officially the Copa Total Argentina 2016-17 for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth edition of the Copa Argentina, and the sixth since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on February 2 and en ...
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2017–18 Copa Argentina The 2017–18 Copa Argentina (officially the Copa Total Argentina 2017–18 for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth edition of the Copa Argentina, and the seventh since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on 19 January 20 ...


References


External links


AFA - SITIO OFICIAL
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