The 2018–19 Argentine Primera División – Superliga Argentina (officially the Superliga Quilmes Clásica for sponsorship reasons) was the 129 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 began on 10 August 2018 and ended on 7 April 2019.

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 ...

were the defending champions. Twenty-six teams competed in the league, twenty-four returning from the 2017–18 season and two promoted from the 2017–18 Primera B Nacional ( Aldosivi and San Martín (T)). Four teams (

Temperley Temperley may refer to: * Temperley, Argentina, a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, that forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires metro area. * Temperley (surname) * Club Atlético Temperley, Temperley, Buenos Aires, Argentina; a sport ...

, Olimpo,

Arsenal An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...

, and

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 ...

) were relegated to the Primera B Nacional championship in the previous tournament.

Racing In sports, racing is a competition of speed, in which competitors try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time. Typically this involves traversing some distance, but it can be any other task involving speed to reach a specific g ...

won their eighteenth national league championship with one match to spare after a 1–1 draw against Tigre on 31 March 2019.

Competition format

The tournament was contested by 26 teams. It began on 10 August 2018 and ended on 7 April 2019. Each team played the other 25 teams in a single

round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & ...

. The additional match against the main rival team in the so-called "Fecha de Clásicos" was once again omitted in this season. From 14 April to 2 June 2019, the Primera División played a new competition named " Copa de la Superliga".

Club information

Stadia and locations

Personnel

Managerial changes

Interim managers
:1. Darío Cavallo was interim manager in the 2017–18 Copa Argentina round of 64. :2. Rodrigo Acosta was interim manager in the 4th round. :3. Martín De León was interim manager in the 6th round. :4. Ariel Martos was interim manager in the 6th round. :5. Juan Carlos Blengio was interim manager in the 7th round. :6. Diego Monarriz was interim manager in the 11th round. :7. Esteban Fuertes was interim manager until the end of 2018. :8. Raúl Sanzotti was interim manager until the end of 2018. :9. Interim manager, but later promoted to manager. :10. Floreal García was interim manager in the 20th round. :11. Daniel Oldrá was interim manager in the 21st round. :12. Pablo Quatrocchi was interim manager in the 21st and 22nd rounds. :13. Marcelo Goux was interim manager in the 22nd round.

Foreign players

Players holding Argentinian dual nationality

They do not take foreign slot. * Raúl Bobadilla (Argentinos Juniors) *

Lucas Barrios Lucas Ramón Barrios Cáceres (; born 13 November 1984) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a forward. Barrios is known for his effectiveness in the target area. This earned him his nickname ''La Pantera'', which means ...

(Huracán) * Norberto Briasco-Balekian (Huracán) * Pablo Hernández (Independiente) * Dylan Gissi (Patronato) * Gabriel Arias (Racing) * Carlos Olses (Racing) *

Camilo Mayada Camilo Sebastián Mayada Mesa (born 8 January 1991) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a full-back and midfielder for Peñarol. Club career A youth academy graduate of Danubio, Mayada made his professional debut on 4 October ...

(River Plate) * Néstor Ortigoza (Rosario Central) * Joel Soñora (Talleres (C)) * Mauricio Toni (Talleres (C)) Source
AFA

League table

Results

Teams played every other team once (either at home or away) completing a total of 25 rounds.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Source

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 two previous seasons (only seasons at the top flight are counted). The total tally is then divided by the number of games played in the top flight over those three seasons and an average is calculated. The four teams with the worst average at the end of the season were relegated to

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 ...

. Source
AFA

Awards

The following players were rewarded for their performances during the season. *Best goalkeeper: Esteban Andrada (

) *Best defender: Javier Pinola ( River Plate) *Best midfielder: Nicolás Domínguez ( Vélez Sarsfield) *Best forward: Lisandro López (

) *Best save: Alan Aguerre (

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

) against San Lorenzo *Best goal: Emanuel Reynoso (

) against San Martín (T) *Best coach: Eduardo Coudet (

) *Best player: Lisandro López (

) *Topscorer: Lisandro López (

) *Honorary Award: Pablo Guiñazú ( Talleres (C)), Rodrigo Mora ( River Plate), Rodrigo Braña ( Estudiantes (LP)) and Sebastián Bertoli ( Patronato) *Breakthrough player: Matías Zaracho (

) *Fair Play: Defensa y Justicia *SAF de Oro:

2018–19 Superliga Argentina de Fútbol team

References

External links

AFA - Sitio Oficial

Superliga Argentina official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:2018-19 Argentine Primera Division season Argentine Primera División seasons 2018–19 in Argentine football leagues