2025 Argentine Primera División

The 2025 Argentine Primera División - Liga Profesional is the 135th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The league season began on 23 January and will end on 14 December 2025.

Thirty teams compete in the league: twenty-eight returning from the 2024 season as well as two promoted teams from the 2024 Primera Nacional ( Aldosivi and San Martín (SJ)). Vélez Sarsfield were the defending champions, having won the 2024 Argentine Primera División tournament.

Platense won their first national league championship on 1 June 2025, after defeating Huracán 1–0 in the Torneo Apertura Final.

During the Torneo Apertura, the referee Yael Falcón Pérez suspended the match Godoy Cruz vs. Talleres (C) (4 February 2025, 3rd round) before the start of the second half after the assistant referee Diego Martín was hit on the head by an object thrown from the stands of the Estadio Víctor Legrotaglie. The AFA Disciplinary Court decided on 20 February 2025 to resume the match and play the second half on a date to be determined behind closed doors. Godoy Cruz were deducted three points and had to play six more games behind closed doors. They also had to pay the travel expenses of Talleres (C) and a fine. The match was resumed at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas on 22 March 2025. On 8 April 2025, the Court of Appeals returned the three points to Godoy Cruz and ended the punishment of the closed-door games.

On 21 April 2025, the AFA postponed three matches scheduled for that day in mourning for the death of Pope Francis. The postponed matches were played the following day. A moment of silence was also required before the start of all matches scheduled to be played from 22 April to 27 April.

Competition format

The competition format for this season will consist of two tournaments (Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura) each with five stages. In the first stage, the 30 teams have been drawn into two groups or zones of fifteen teams each and will play in a single round-robin format. In addition, each team will play two inter-zone matches: the first against its rival from the other zone, and the second against a second team, determined by a draw. The top eight teams in each group will advance to the round of 16. The final stages (round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) will be played on a single-leg basis.

The winners of the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura will qualify for the 2026 Copa Libertadores as ''Argentina 1'' and ''Argentina 2'', respectively. Qualification for international tournaments will be determined by the overall standings of the 2025 Primera División.

This season, two teams will be relegated to the Primera Nacional. One team will be relegated on the basis of coefficients, while the team that finishes at the bottom of the 2025 aggregate table will also be relegated.

Club information

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

Interim managers

:1. Fernando Zaniratto was interim manager in the Torneo Apertura 3rd–4th rounds and the 2025 Copa Argentina round of 64.
:2. Norberto Fernández and Julio Constantín were interim managers in the Torneo Apertura 5th round.
:3. Marcelo Bravo was interim manager in the Torneo Apertura 9th–10th rounds.
:4. Interim manager, but later promoted to manager.
:5. Interim manager until the end of the Torneo Apertura.
:6. Daniel Jiménez and Bruno Martelotto were interim managers in the Torneo Apertura 13th–14th rounds.
:7. Nicolás Vazzoler was interim manager in the Torneo Apertura 14th–15th rounds and the 2025 Copa Sudamericana Group E 3rd round.
:8. Tobías Kohan and Alejandro Kohan were interim managers in the 2025 Copa Sudamericana Group B 4th–6th rounds and the 2025 Copa Argentina round of 32.
:9. Mariano Levisman was interim manager in the 2025 Copa Libertadores Group D 4th–6th rounds.

Foreign players

* Players marked in bold joined the club during the inter-tournament period and only played with the respective team in the Torneo Clausura.
* Players who participated in the Torneo Apertura but left the team during the inter-tournament period are listed in the last column.

Players holding Argentinian dual nationality

They do not take up a foreign slot.

* Juan José Cardozo (Argentinos Juniors)
* Ariel Gamarra (Argentinos Juniors)
* Ignacio Abraham (Banfield)
* Tomás Adoryán (Banfield)
* Facundo Mater (Barracas Central)
* Lucas Zelarayán (Belgrano)
* Luis Advíncula (Boca Juniors)
* Lucas Blondel (Boca Juniors)
* Frank Fabra (Boca Juniors)
* Miguel Merentiel (Boca Juniors)
* Lenny Lobato (Defensa y Justicia)
* Antony Alonso (Deportivo Riestra)
* Franco Fagúndez (Deportivo Riestra)
* Santiago Arzamendia (Estudiantes (LP))
* Fernando Muslera (Estudiantes (LP))
* Tiago Palacios (Estudiantes (LP))
* Norberto Briasco (Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP))
* Luca Martínez (Godoy Cruz)
* Hernán Galíndez (Huracán)
* Leonardo Gil (Huracán)
* Matko Miljević (Huracán)
* Luciano Cabral (Independiente)
* Lucas Román (Independiente)
* Matías Klimowicz (Instituto)
* Armando Méndez (Lanús)
* Thiago Gigena (Newell's Old Boys)
* Gabriel Arias (Racing)
* Giorgio Costantini (River Plate)
* Paulo Díaz (River Plate)
* Tobías Cervera (Rosario Central)
* Agustín Módica (Rosario Central)
* Agustín Sández (Rosario Central)
* Andrés Vombergar (San Lorenzo)
* Javier Burrai (Talleres (C))
* Matías Catalán (Talleres (C))
* Matías Galarza (Talleres (C))
* Ulises Ortegoza (Talleres (C))
* Imanol Machuca (Vélez Sarsfield)

Source
AFA

:a. Adoryán and Machuca played his first international match during the inter-tournament period.
:b. During the Torneo Apertura, Merentiel was listed as a foreign player. He obtained Argentine citizenship between the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura.

Draw

The draw for the group stages was held on 20 December 2024, 14:30, at the AFA Futsal Stadium in Ezeiza. The 30 teams were drawn into two groups of fifteen containing one team from each of the interzonal matches.

Torneo Apertura

The 2025 Torneo Apertura (officially the Torneo Betano Apertura 2025 for sponsorship reasons) was the first tournament of the 2025 season. It began on 23 January and ended on 1 June 2025.

Group stage

In the group stage, each group was played on a single round-robin basis. In addition, each team played two inter-zone matches: the first against its rival from the other zone, and the second, in the eighth round, against a second team determined by a draw. Teams were ranked according to the following criteria: 1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss); 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head results; 5. Fair play ranking; 6. Draw.

The top eight teams of each group advanced to the round of 16.

Standings

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Results

In the group stage, teams played every other team in their group once (either home or away), plus two interzonal games, for a total of 16 rounds.

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Final stages

Starting from the round of 16, the teams played a single-elimination tournament on a single-leg basis with the following rules:
* In the round of 16, the quarter-finals, and the semi-finals, the higher-seeded team was the host.
** If tied, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners.
* The Final was played at a neutral venue.
** If tied, extra time would be played. If the score is still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the champions.

Bracket

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Match

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Source
AFA

Top assists

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Torneo Clausura

The 2025 Torneo Clausura (officially the Torneo Betano Clausura 2025 for sponsorship reasons) will be the second tournament of the 2025 season. It will begin on 11 July and will end on 14 December 2025.

Group stage

In the group stage, each group will be played on a single round-robin basis. In addition, each team will play two inter-zone matches: the first against its rival from the other zone, and the second, in the eighth round, against a second team determined by a draw. Teams will be ranked according to the following criteria: 1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss); 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head results; 5. Fair play ranking; 6. Draw.

The top eight teams of each group will advance to the round of 16. Teams in relegation or in the relegation play-offs will not be eligible to play in the final stages.

Standings

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Results

In the group stage, teams play every other team in their group once (either home or away), plus two interzonal games, for a total of 16 rounds.

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Final stages

Starting from the round of 16, the teams will play a single-elimination tournament on a single-leg basis with the following rules:
* In the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals, the higher seed will be the host team.
** If tied, a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners.
* The Final will be played at a neutral venue.
** If tied, extra time will be played. If the score is still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the champions.

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Match

Aggregate table

International qualification

The 2025 Torneo Apertura champions, 2025 Torneo Clausura champions and 2025 Copa Argentina champions will earn a berth to the 2026 Copa Libertadores. The remaining berths to the 2026 Copa Libertadores as well as the ones to the 2026 Copa Sudamericana will be determined by an aggregate table from the group stages of the 2025 Torneo Apertura and 2025 Torneo Clausura. The top three teams in the aggregate table not already qualified for any international tournament will qualify for the Copa Libertadores, while the next six teams will qualify for the Copa Sudamericana.

Relegation

In this season, the bottom team of the aggregate table will be relegated to the 2026 Primera Nacional. If two or more teams are level on points, extra matches will be played to decide which team will be relegated.

Relegation based on coefficients

In addition to the relegation based on the aggregate table, one team will be relegated at the end of the season based on coefficients, which will take into consideration the points obtained by the clubs during the present season (aggregate table points) and the two previous seasons (only seasons at the top flight will be counted). The total tally will be then divided by the number of games played in the top flight over those three seasons and an average will be calculated. The team with the worst average at the end of the season will be relegated to Primera Nacional.

Source
AFA

See also

* 2025 Copa Argentina

References

External links

LPF official site

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