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Contents 1 Torneo Apertura ("Opening" Tournament) 1.1 Top Scorers 1.2 Relegation 2 Torneo Clausura ("Closing" Tournament) 2.1 Top Scorers 2.2 Relegation 2.2.1 "Promoción" Playoff 3 Argentine clubs in international competitions 4 Lower Leagues 5 Argentina national team

[edit] Torneo Apertura ("Opening" Tournament)

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Independiente	43	19	13	4	2	48	19	29
2	Boca Juniors	40	19	12	4	3	32	15	17
3	River Plate	36	19	11	3	5	35	23	12
4	Chacarita	30	19	9	3	7	19	21	-2
5	Vélez Sársfield	28	19	8	4	7	23	19	4
6	Racing Club	28	19	8	4	7	28	28	0
7	Colón de Santa Fe	28	19	7	7	5	26	26	0
8	Arsenal de Sarandí	27	19	7	6	6	29	25	4
9	San Lorenzo	27	19	7	6	6	28	25	3
10	Newell's Old Boys	27	19	7	6	6	23	22	1
11	Lanús	26	19	6	8	5	21	24	-3
12	Banfield	25	19	6	7	6	21	17	4
13	Rosario Central	25	19	7	4	8	36	34	2
14	Unión de Santa Fe	23	19	6	5	8	26	28	-2
15	Talleres de Córdoba	23	19	5	8	6	23	27	-4
16	Gimnasia de La Plata	20	19	4	8	7	18	24	-6
17	Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	20	19	5	5	9	20	30	-10
18	Nueva Chicago	15	19	3	6	10	20	29	-9
19	Estudiantes La Plata	15	19	4	3	12	21	36	-15
20	Huracán	11	19	2	5	12	17	42	-25

[edit] Top Scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Andrés Silvera	Independiente	16
2	César Carignano	Colón de Santa Fe	11
3	Luciano Figueroa	Rosario Central	10
4	Marcelo Delgado	Boca Juniors	9

[edit] Relegation

There is no relegation after the Apertura. For the relegation results of this tournament see below

[edit] Torneo Clausura ("Closing" Tournament)

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	River Plate	43	19	13	4	2	43	18	25
2	Boca Juniors	39	19	12	3	4	36	23	13
3	Vélez Sársfield	38	19	12	2	5	27	12	15
4	Rosario Central	37	19	10	7	2	40	18	22
5	Colón de Santa Fe	29	19	7	8	4	19	14	5
6	San Lorenzo	29	19	8	5	6	27	28	-1
7	Estudiantes La Plata	28	19	7	7	5	24	18	6
8	Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	28	18	8	4	6	21	17	4
9	Nueva Chicago	26	19	7	5	7	29	33	-4
10	Gimnasia de La Plata	26	19	7	5	7	21	26	-5
11	Racing Club	25	19	6	7	6	26	24	2
12	Lanús	25	19	7	4	8	27	29	-2
13	Banfield	23	19	6	5	8	18	20	-2
14	Arsenal de Sarandí	22	19	4	10	5	12	13	-1
15	Newell's Old Boys	22	19	5	7	7	21	26	-5
16	Talleres de Córdoba	21	19	5	6	8	23	26	-3
17	Independiente	18	19	4	6	9	13	25	-12
18	Unión de Santa Fe	17	19	4	5	10	18	29	-11
19	Chacarita	11	19	2	5	12	11	24	-13
20	Huracán	6	18	1	3	14	12	45	-33

[edit] Top Scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Luciano Figueroa	Rosario Central	17
2	Roberto Nanni	Vélez Sársfield	15
3	Fernando Cavenaghi	River Plate	12
4	Cristian Castillo	Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	11

[edit] Relegation

Team	Average	Points	Played	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
River Plate	2.114	241	114	78	84	79
Boca Juniors	1.912	218	114	71	68	79
San Lorenzo	1.702	194	114	81	57	56
Vélez Sársfield	1.491	170	114	56	48	66
Gimnasia de La Plata	1.447	165	114	55	64	46
Racing Club	1.439	164	114	40	71	53
Colón de Santa Fe	1.421	162	114	49	56	57
Estudiantes La Plata	1.342	153	114	56	54	43
Newell's Old Boys	1.298	148	114	48	51	49
Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	1.289	49	38	N/A	N/A	49
Arsenal de Sarandí	1.289	49	38	N/A	N/A	49
Lanús	1.272	145	114	43	51	51
Independiente	1.263	144	114	42	41	61
Banfield	1.263	96	76	N/A	48	48
Chacarita	1.263	144	114	56	47	41
Rosario Central	1.254	143	114	41	40	62
Talleres de Córdoba	1.184	135	114	61	30	44
Nueva Chicago	1.171	89	76	N/A	48	41
Unión de Santa Fe	1.096	125	114	46	39	40
Huracán	1.026	117	114	55	44	18

[edit] "Promoción" Playoff

Date	Home	Away	Result
July 9, 2003	San Martín de Mendoza	Talleres de Córdoba	0-1
July 13, 2004	Talleres de Córdoba	San Martín de Mendoza	1-0

Talleres de Córdoba wins 2-0 and stays in Argentine First Division. San Martín de Mendoza remains in Argentine Nacional B.

Date	Home	Away	Result
July 9, 2004	Argentinos Juniors	Nueva Chicago	0-1
July 13, 2004	Nueva Chicago	Argentinos Juniors	2-0

Nueva Chicago wins 3-0 and stays in Argentine First Division. Argentinos Juniors remains in Argentine Nacional B.

[edit] Argentine clubs in international competitions

Team	Recopa	Copa Sudamericana 2002	Copa Libertadores 2003
Boca Juniors	N/A	Round 1	Champions
San Lorenzo	Runner up	Champions	did not qualify
River Plate	N/A	Round 1	QF
Racing Club	N/A	QF	Round 2
Gimnasia de La Plata	N/A	QF	Group stage

[edit] Lower Leagues

Level	Tournament	Champion
2nd	Primera B Nacional Apertura Primera B Nacional Clausura	Atlético Rafaela Atlético Rafaela
3rd	Primera B Metropolitana	Ferro Carril Oeste
3rd (Interior)	Torneo Argentino A	Tiro Federal
4th	Primera C Metropolitana	Colegiales
5th	Primera D Metropolitana	Sacachispas

[edit] Argentina national team

This section covers Argentina's games from July 1, 2002 until June 30, 2003

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Comp	Argentina scorers	Match Report(s)
13 February 2002	Millennium Stadium Cardiff, Wales	Wales	1 - 1	F	Cruz (61')	N/A
27 March 2002	Geneva, Switzerland	Cameroon	2 - 2	F	Verón (17' PEN), Aimar (63')	N/A
17 April 2002	Stuttgart, Germany	Germany	0 - 1	F	Sorin (48')	N/A
20 November 2002	Saitama, Japan	Japan	0 - 2	F	Sorin (46') , Crespo (48')	N/A
31 January 2003	Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Honduras	1 - 3	F	D. Milito (15'), L. González (53'), M. González (56')	N/A
04 February 2003	Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, USA	Mexico	0 - 1	F	G. Rodríguez (14')	N/A
08 February 2003	Orange Bowl Miami, USA	United States	0 - 1	F	L. González (8')	N/A
12 February 2003	Amsterdam ArenA Amsterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	1 - 0	F	N/A	N/A
30 April 2003	June 11 Stadium Tripoli, Libya	Libya	1 - 3	F	Saviola (21'), Riquelme (67'), Aimar (89')	N/A
08 June 2003	Osaka, Japan	Japan	1 - 4	F	Saviola (30'), Zanetti (44'), Romeo (79'), Narazaki (82' OG)	N/A
11 June 2003	Seoul, South Korea	Korea Republic	0 - 1	F	Saviola (44')	N/A

KEY: WCQ06 = World Cup 2006 Qualification match - South America; CA = Copa América; F = Friendly match

Seasons in Argentine football v • d • e

Amateur Era 1891–1900 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901–1910 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911–1920 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921–1930 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 Professional Era Year-long seasons 1931–1940 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941–1950 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951–1960 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961–1966 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 Metropolitano and Nacional 1967–1970 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971–1980 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–1985 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 European-style seasons 1985–1990 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Apertura and Clausura 1990s 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000s 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10