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Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Country Argentina
Confederation CONMEBOL
Founded 1891; 126 years ago (1891)
Number of teams 30
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to Primera B Nacional
Domestic cup(s) Copa Argentina
Supercopa Argentina
International cup(s) Copa Libertadores
Copa Sudamericana
Current champions Lanús (2nd title)
Most championships River Plate (36 titles)
Most capped player Hugo Gatti (817)
Top goalscorer Arsenio Erico (295)
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Website Official webpage
2016–17

The Primera División (Spanish pronunciation: [pɾiˈmeɾa ðiβiˈsjon]; English: First Division) is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by thirty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional (second division), with the team placed lowest at the end of the season being relegated. The season runs from February to May.

In 1891 Argentina was the first country outside the United Kingdom to establish a football league. In the early years, only teams from Buenos Aires and Rosario were affiliated to the national association. Teams from other cities would join in later years.

The Primera División turned professional in 1931 when 18 clubs broke away from the amateur leagues to form a professional one. Since then, the season has been contested annually in four different formats and calendars. The league has been under its current format since the 2015 season.

The Argentine championship was ranked in the top 10 as one of the strongest leagues in the world (for the 1st January 2015 – 31 December 2015 period) by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). Argentina placed 4th after La Liga (Spain), Serie A (Italy) and Bundesliga (Germany).

There are 30 teams competing in the 2016–17 season, with all of them playing each other in a single round-robin tournament (29 rounds plus the "Fecha de Clásicos – derbies). Clásicos will be played in the round 24th (on April 16, 2017). The complete list of derby games (in brackets, the venue city) to be played are: Boca–River (Buenos Aires), Rosario Central–Newell's (Rosario), Independiente–Racing (Avellaneda), San Lorenzo–Huracán (Buenos Aires), Estudiantes–Gimnasia (La Plata), Colón–Unión (Santa Fe).


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