2011–12 Argentine Primera División season

Primera División
Season2011–12
ChampionsApertura:
Boca Juniors (30th title)
Clausura:
Arsenal (1st title)
RelegatedBanfield
Olimpo
2012 Copa LibertadoresBoca Juniors
Lanús
Godoy Cruz
2012 Copa SudamericanaIndependiente
Racing
Tigre
Argentinos Juniors
Colón
2013 Copa LibertadoresArsenal
Matches played380
Goals scored813 (2.14 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura:
Rubén Ramírez (12 goals)
Clausura:
Carlos Luna (12 goals)
Biggest home winGodoy Cruz 6–1 All Boys
(September 10, 2011)
Biggest away winArgentinos Juniors 0–4 Lanús
(September 12, 2011)
Banfield 0–4 Vélez Sársfield
(February 17, 2012)
Highest scoringBoca Juniors 4–5 Independiente
(March 11, 2012)
Longest winning runBoca Juniors – 4 matches
(September 4–September 22)
Longest unbeaten runBoca Juniors – 23 matches
(August 5, 2011–March 4, 2012)
Longest losing runBanfield – 6 matches
(August 5–September 10)

The 2011–12 Primera División season is the 121st season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams will compete in the league. It started on August 5, 2011 and ended on July 1, 2012.

Club information

Club City Stadium Capacity
All Boys Buenos Aires Islas Malvinas 21,000
Argentinos Juniors Buenos Aires Diego Armando Maradona 24,800
Arsenal Sarandí Julio H. Grondona 16,300
Atlético de Rafaela Rafaela Nuevo Monumental 16,000
Banfield Banfield Florencio Solá 40,500
Belgrano Córdoba Mario Alberto Kempes 57,000
Boca Juniors Buenos Aires Alberto J. Armando 49,000
Colón Santa Fe Brigadier General Estanislao López 32,500
Estudiantes (LP) La Plata Estadio Ciudad de La Plata 53,000
Godoy Cruz Godoy Cruz Malvinas Argentinas 40,268
Independiente Avellaneda Libertadores de América 32,500
Lanús Lanús Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez 46,619
Newell's Old Boys Rosario Marcelo Bielsa 38,095
Olimpo Bahía Blanca Roberto Natalio Carminatti 18,000
Racing Avellaneda Presidente Juan Domingo Perón 51,389
San Lorenzo Buenos Aires Pedro Bidegain 43,494
San Martín (SJ) San Juan Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez 25,286
Tigre Victoria Monumental de Victoria 26,282
Unión Santa Fe 15 de Abril 22,852
Vélez Sársfield Buenos Aires José Amalfitani 49,540

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure
Date of
vacancy
Replaced by Date of
appointment
Position
in table
Pre-season changes
Racing Miguel Ángel Russo End of contract June 19, 2011 Diego Simeone June 21, 2011 N/A
Estudiantes (LP) Luis Suárez & Guillermo Trama Replaced June 21, 2011 Miguel Ángel Russo June 21, 2011 N/A
Apertura changes
Banfield Sebastián Méndez Resigned August 27, 2011 Ricardo La Volpe August 28, 2011 20th
Independiente Antonio Mohamed Resigned September 5, 2011 Ramón Díaz September 12, 2011 17th
Argentinos Juniors Pedro Troglio Resigned September 18, 2011 Néstor Gorosito September 20, 2011 19th
Newell's Old Boys Javier Torrente Resigned September 27, 2011 Diego Cagna September 29, 2011 16th
Estudiantes (LP) Miguel Ángel Russo Resigned November 7, 2011 Juan Manuel Azconzábal November 9, 2011 19th
San Lorenzo Omar Asad Resigned November 21, 2011 Leonardo Madelón November 22, 2011 15th
Olimpo Omar De Felippe Resigned November 21, 2011 Héctor Rivoira December 2, 2011 17th
Inter-tournament changes
Banfield Ricardo La Volpe Sacked December 14, 2011 Jorge da Silva December 23, 2011 N/A
Godoy Cruz Jorge da Silva Resigned December 14, 2011 Nery Pumpido December 23, 2011 N/A
Newell's Old Boys Diego Cagna Sacked December 19, 2011 Gerardo Martino December 26, 2011 N/A
Racing Diego Simeone Resigned December 19, 2011 Alfio Basile December 26, 2011 N/A
Clausura changes
Colón Mario Sciacqua Resigned February 20, 2012 Roberto Sensini February 21, 2012 16th
Banfield Jorge da Silva Resigned February 27, 2012 Eduardo Mario Acevedo March 10, 2012 15th
Argentinos Juniors Néstor Gorosito Resigned February 28, 2012 Leonardo Astrada March 1, 2012 18th
Independiente Ramón Díaz Resigned March 3, 2012 Cristian Díaz March 5, 2012 20th
Atlético de Rafaela Carlos Trullet Sacked March 12, 2012 Rubén Forestello March 13, 2012 18th
Olimpo Héctor Rivoira Resigned April 1, 2012 Walter Perazzo April 4, 2012 20th
San Lorenzo Leonardo Madelón Resigned April 1, 2012 Ricardo Caruso Lombardi April 3, 2012 17th
Racing Alfio Basile Resigned April 14, 2012 Luis Zubeldía April 15, 2012 16th
San Martín (SJ) Daniel Garnero Resigned April 21, 2012 Facundo Sava April 23, 2012 19th
Estudiantes (LP) Juan Manuel Azconzábal Sacked April 27, 2012 Martín Zuccarelli April 27, 2012 9th
  1. ^ a b Interim manager.
  2. ^ a b Interim manager, but later promoted to full-time manager.
  3. ^ Interim manager, but later replaced by Mauro Laspada as the interim manager.

Torneo Apertura

The 2011 Apertura was the first championship of the season. It began on August 5 and ended on February 4, 2012.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Boca Juniors 19 12 7 0 25 6 +19 43 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Racing 19 7 10 2 16 8 +8 31
3 Vélez Sarsfield 19 9 4 6 22 17 +5 31
4 Belgrano 19 8 7 4 21 16 +5 31
5 Colón 19 8 7 4 19 15 +4 31
6 Lanús 19 7 8 4 20 14 +6 29
7 Tigre 19 7 6 6 22 19 +3 27
8 Independiente 19 7 6 6 18 17 +1 27
9 San Martín (SJ) 19 6 8 5 17 14 +3 26
10 Atlético de Rafaela 19 8 2 9 22 26 −4 26
11 Unión 19 6 7 6 14 18 −4 25
12 Godoy Cruz 19 6 6 7 28 24 +4 24
13 Arsenal 19 6 6 7 21 20 +1 24
14 Estudiantes (LP) 19 6 5 8 24 24 0 23
15 Argentinos Juniors 19 5 7 7 18 24 −6 22
16 All Boys 19 4 9 6 15 23 −8 21
17 San Lorenzo 19 5 4 10 13 19 −6 19
18 Newell's Old Boys 19 1 13 5 13 18 −5 16
19 Olimpo 19 2 10 7 15 25 −10 16
20 Banfield 19 3 2 14 13 29 −16 11
Source:[citation needed]


 Primera División
2011 Apertura champion 
Boca Juniors
30th title

Results

Home \ Away ALL ARJ ARS ATR BAN BEL BOC COL EST GCR IND LAN NOB OLI RAC SLO SMJ TIG USF VEL
All Boys 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0
Argentinos Juniors 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–1
Arsenal 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1
Atlético de Rafaela 3–1 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–3 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0
Banfield 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–1
Belgrano 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 1–3
Boca Juniors 1–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–0
Colón 1–1 1–0 4–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 0–2
Estudiantes (LP) 3–0 4–3 3–0 2–1 2–3 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–3 2–0
Godoy Cruz 6–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1
Independiente 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–1
Lanús 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–2
Newell's Old Boys 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1
Olimpo 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–1
Racing 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
San Lorenzo 0–1 3–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1
San Martín (SJ) 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0
Tigre 1–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–3
Unión 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Vélez Sarsfield 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Nationality Club Goals
1 Rubén Ramírez  Argentine Godoy Cruz 12
2 Mauro Matos  Argentine All Boys 7
César Pereyra  Argentine Belgrano 7
Santiago Salcedo  Paraguayan Argentinos Juniors 7
5 Alexis Castro  Argentine Atlético de Rafaela 6
Facundo Ferreyra  Argentine Banfield 6
Darío Gandín  Argentine Atlético de Rafaela 6
Teófilo Gutiérrez  Colombian Racing 6
Martín Rolle  Argentine Olimpo 6
10 Mauro Boselli  Argentine Estudiantes 5
Darío Cvitanich  Argentine Boca Juniors 5
Gastón Fernández  Argentine Estudiantes 5
Guillermo Franco  Mexican Vélez Sársfield 5
Esteban Fuertes  Argentine Colón 5
Federico Higuaín  Argentine Colón 5
Diego Morales  Argentine Tigre 5
Mauro Obolo  Argentine Arsenal 5
Mario Regueiro  Uruguayan Lanús 5
Paulo Rosales  Argentine Unión 5

Torneo Clausura

The 2012 Clausura was the second and final championship of the season. It started on February 10 and ended on June 24, 2012.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Arsenal 19 11 5 3 30 15 +15 38 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Tigre 19 10 6 3 29 15 +14 36
3 Vélez Sarsfield 19 9 6 4 26 15 +11 33
4 Boca Juniors 19 9 6 4 30 20 +10 33
5 All Boys 19 9 6 4 21 13 +8 33
6 Newell's Old Boys 19 9 5 5 26 19 +7 32
7 Colón 19 7 8 4 24 18 +6 29
8 Argentinos Juniors 19 7 6 6 17 15 +2 27
9 Estudiantes (LP) 19 7 6 6 23 24 −1 27
10 Lanús 19 7 5 7 19 18 +1 26
11 Unión 19 5 10 4 21 20 +1 25
12 San Lorenzo 19 6 7 6 22 23 −1 25
13 Atlético de Rafaela 19 6 6 7 26 24 +2 24
14 Belgrano 19 6 6 7 17 20 −3 24
15 San Martín (SJ) 19 6 4 9 21 29 −8 22
16 Independiente 19 5 5 9 22 28 −6 20
17 Racing 19 5 4 10 19 27 −8 19
18 Godoy Cruz 19 2 8 9 11 25 −14 14
19 Olimpo 19 3 4 12 20 34 −14 13
20 Banfield 19 2 5 12 15 37 −22 11
Source:[citation needed]


 Primera División
2012 Clausura champion 
Arsenal
1st title

Results

Home \ Away ALL ARJ ARS ATR BAN BEL BOC COL EST GCR IND LAN NOB OLI RAC SLO SMJ TIG USF VEL
All Boys 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0
Argentinos Juniors 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0
Arsenal 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0
Atlético de Rafaela 0–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 3–2 4–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–2
Banfield 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 0–4
Belgrano 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0
Boca Juniors 2–1 0–3 1–0 3–0 4–5 2–2 2–0 2–0 0–0
Colón 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–3 3–1 1–1 0–2
Estudiantes (LP) 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–2
Godoy Cruz 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2
Independiente 0–3 1–3 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 0–0
Lanús 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 4–1 1–3 0–0
Newell's Old Boys 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–1
Olimpo 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–5 4–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–3
Racing 3–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–2
San Lorenzo 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 0–2
San Martín (SJ) 1–4 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–3
Tigre 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 4–0
Unión 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–3
Vélez Sarsfield 0–2 3–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Carlos Luna Club Atlético Tigre 12
2 Gastón Caprari San Martín (SJ) 8
3 Ernesto Farías Independiente 7
Esteban Fuertes Colón 7
Darío Gandín Atlético de Rafaela 7
Emanuel Gigliotti San Lorenzo 7
Mariano Pavone Lanús 7

Source: Soccerway

Relegation

Pos
Team 2009–10
Pts
2010–11
Pts
2011–12
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg
Relegation
1 Vélez Sársfield 61 82 64 207 114 1.816
2 Estudiantes (LP) 71 69 50 190 114 1.667
3 Lanús 60 63 55 178 114 1.561
4 Boca Juniors 47 53 76 176 114 1.544
5 Argentinos Juniors 73 54 49 176 114 1.544
6 Arsenal 46 57 62 165 114 1.447
7 Belgrano 55 55 38 1.447
8 Colón 55 47 60 162 114 1.421
9 Newell's Old Boys 69 42 48 159 114 1.395
10 Independiente 68 43 47 158 114 1.386
11 All Boys 51 54 105 76 1.382
12 Godoy Cruz 53 63 38 154 114 1.351
13 Unión 50 50 38 1.316
14 Atlético de Rafaela 50 50 38 1.316
15 Racing 46 52 50 148 114 1.298
16 Tigre 32 50 63 145 114 1.272
17 San Martín (SJ) 48 48 38 1.263 Relegation Playoff Matches
18 San Lorenzo 52 47 44 143 114 1.254
19 Banfield 73 47 22 142 114 1.246 Primera B Nacional
20 Olimpo 48 29 77 76 1.013

Source:

Relegation/promotion playoffs

The 17th and 18th placed teams in the relegation table (San Martín (San Juan) and San Lorenzo, respectively) played the 3rd and 4th-place finishers of the 2011–12 Primera B Nacional season (Instituto and Rosario Central, respectively); the winner of each claiming a spot in the following Primera División season. The Primera División team (Team 1) played the second leg at home with sporty advantage if the aggregate would have been drawn. Both San Lorenzo and San Martín (San Juan) remained in the Primera División. These were the last promotions played between Argentine Primera División and Primera B Nacional teams.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Relegation/promotion playoff 1
San Martín (SJ) 0–0 Rosario Central 0–0 0–0
Relegation/promotion playoff 2
San Lorenzo 3–1 Instituto 2–0 1–1

International qualification

The 2011–12 Primera League table contributes towards qualifying for CONMEBOL tournaments in 2012 and 2013.

2012 CONMEBOL Tournaments

International qualification for the 2012 season presented a change from previous ones. Qualification for the first four Copa Libertadores berths comprises the previous season's Clausura champion, this season's Apertura champion, and the top two non-champions in an aggregate table of the aforementioned tournaments). The fifth Copa Libertadores berth was given to the best team in the Copa Sudamericana who has not already qualified otherwise.

Qualification to the Copa Sudamericana was determined through the same aggregate table as the Copa Libertadores. However, the six berths went to the top five teams that have not qualified for the Copa Libertadores and who were not participating in the relegation/promotion playoffs, and the Copa Argentina champion.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Boca Juniors 38 21 13 4 49 28 +21 76 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2012 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
2 Vélez Sarsfield 38 21 7 10 58 34 +24 70 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
3 Lanús 38 17 13 8 49 30 +19 64 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
4 Godoy Cruz 38 16 10 12 61 52 +9 58
5 Independiente 38 14 14 10 48 37 +11 56 2012 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
6 Racing 38 14 12 12 41 34 +7 54
7 Tigre 38 13 13 12 47 45 +2 52
8 Argentinos Juniors 38 12 16 10 34 35 −1 52
9 Colón 38 14 10 14 39 42 −3 52
10 Arsenal 38 12 13 13 46 42 +4 49 2012 Copa Libertadores First Stage
11 Estudiantes (LP) 38 12 11 15 42 43 −1 47
12 Olimpo 38 10 16 12 43 48 −5 46
13 All Boys 38 11 13 14 29 42 −13 46
14 San Lorenzo 38 10 12 16 33 35 −2 42
15 Banfield 38 10 8 20 37 53 −16 38
16 Newell's Old Boys 38 5 17 16 29 50 −21 32
17 Belgrano 19 8 7 4 21 16 +5 31
18 San Martín (SJ) 19 6 8 5 17 14 +3 26
19 Atlético de Rafaela 19 8 2 9 22 26 −4 26
20 Unión 19 6 7 6 14 18 −4 25
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Boca Juniors is qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana as the 2011–12 Copa Argentina champion.
  2. ^ a b Vélez Sársfield and Boca Juniors are qualified for the 2012 Copa Libertadores as the 2011 Clausura and 2011 Apertura champions, respectively.
  3. ^ Arsenal is qualified for the 2012 Copa Libertadores as the second-best Argentine team in the 2011 Copa Sudamericana, as Vélez Sársfield had qualified for the 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

2013 Copa Libertadores

The winner of the Clausura 2012 tournament (Arsenal) qualified directly. Other teams will qualify based on their combined points in Clausura 2012 and Inicial 2012.


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