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[edit] Torneo Apertura ("Opening" Tournament)

Table positions as of 25 April 2008.

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Lanús	38	19	11	5	3	34	21	+13
2	Tigre	34	19	10	4	5	28	20	+8
3	Banfield	32	19	10	2	7	22	21	+1
4	Boca Juniors	31	19	9	4	6	32	18	+14
5	Argentinos Juniors	31	19	9	4	6	29	20	+9
6	Estudiantes de La Plata	30	19	8	6	5	27	19	+8
7	Huracán	30	19	8	6	5	24	21	+3
8	San Lorenzo	29	19	8	5	6	29	27	+2
9	Independiente	28	19	8	4	7	33	23	+10
10	Vélez Sársfield	27	19	8	3	8	25	25	0
11	Newell's Old Boys	27	19	8	3	8	16	22	-6
12	Arsenal de Sarandí	26	19	7	5	7	19	24	-5
13	Racing Club	25	19	7	4	8	23	24	-1
14	River Plate	23	19	6	5	8	31	33	-2
15	Colón de Santa Fe	22	19	6	4	9	19	22	-3
16	Olimpo	22	19	6	4	9	18	24	-6
17	Gimnasia de Jujuy	20	19	5	5	9	22	31	-9
18	Gimnasia de La Plata	19	19	5	4	10	15	27	-12
19	San Martín (SJ)	18	19	5	3	11	18	29	-11
20	Rosario Central	14	19	2	8	9	21	33	-12

The outstanding game between Gimnasia de La Plata and Arsenal de Sarandí which was postponed due to Arsenal's Copa Sudamericana commitments, was rescheduled for April 24, 2008 and ended in a 1-1 tie.

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Germán Denis	Independiente	18
2	José Sand	Lanús	15
3	Martín Palermo	Boca Juniors	13
4	Leandro Lázzaro	Tigre	10
5	Néstor Silvera	San Lorenzo	9
5	José Vizcarra	Rosario Central	9
7	Facundo Sava	Racing Club	8
8	Fernando Belluschi	River Plate	7
8	Néstor Ayala	Tigre	7
8	Álvaro Pereira	Argentinos Juniors	7
8	Luis Tonelotto	San Martín (SJ)	7

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

Table positions as of June 22, 2008.

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	River Plate	43	19	13	4	2	29	13	+16
2	Boca Juniors	39	19	11	6	2	33	15	+18
3	Estudiantes de La Plata	39	19	11	6	2	29	16	+13
4	San Lorenzo	35	19	11	2	6	30	21	+9
5	Vélez Sársfield	32	19	9	5	5	24	17	+7
6	Independiente	31	19	8	7	4	25	15	+10
7	Argentinos Juniors	30	19	9	3	7	23	24	-1
8	Newell's Old Boys	29	19	8	5	6	21	19	+2
9	Rosario Central	27	19	7	6	6	26	23	+3
10	Arsenal	25	19	7	4	8	22	25	-3
11	Colón de Santa Fe	23	19	6	5	8	25	27	-2
12	Banfield	22	19	6	4	9	36	36	0
13	Huracán	22	19	5	7	7	15	17	-2
14	Tigre	22	19	6	4	9	24	37	-13
15	Olimpo	20	19	6	2	11	21	32	-11
16	Lanús	18	19	5	3	11	26	39	-13
17	Gimnasia de La Plata	17	19	4	5	10	19	26	-7
18	San Martín (SJ)	17	19	5	2	12	20	30	-10
19	Gimnasia de Jujuy	15	19	2	9	8	20	28	-8
20	Racing Club	15	19	2	9	8	14	22	-8

Positions as of June 25, 2008

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Darío Cvitanich	Banfield	13
2	Martín Palermo	Boca Juniors	10
3	Martín Bravo	San Martín (San Juan)	9
	Germán Denis	Independiente
	Santiago Salcedo	Newell's Old Boys
	Diego Buonanotte	River Plate
7	Rubén Ramírez	Colón de Santa Fe	8
	Luciano Leguizamón	Arsenal de Sarandí
	César Carranza	Gimnasia de Jujuy
9	Daniel Montenegro	Independiente	7
	Santiago Silva	Vélez Sársfield
	Gonzalo Bergessio	San Lorenzo
	José Sand	Lanús

positions as of June 22, 2008.

Team	Average	Points	Played	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Boca Juniors	2.070	236	114	83/38	83/38	70/38
Estudiantes de La Plata	1.772	202	114	52/38	81/38	69/38
River Plate	1.746	199	114	62/38	71/38	66/38
San Lorenzo	1.693	193	114	56/38	73/38	64/38
Vélez Sársfield	1.518	173	114	58/38	56/38	59/38
Lanús	1.518	173	114	58/38	59/38	56/38
Independiente	1.500	171	114	55/38	57/38	59/38
Tigre	1.474	56	38	N/A	N/A	56/38
Argentinos Juniors	1.377	157	114	50/38	46/38	61/38
Arsenal de Sarandí	1.377	157	114	44/38	62/38	51/38
Huracán	1.368	52	38	N/A	N/A	52/38
Banfield	1.333	152	114	59/38	39/38	54/38
Gimnasia de La Plata	1.272	145	114	69/38	40/38	36/38
Newell's Old Boys	1.246	142	114	51/38	38/38	53/38
Rosario Central	1.211	138	114	45/38	52/38	41/38
Colón de Santa Fe	1.202	137	114	46/38	46/38	45/38
Racing Club	1.167	133	114	44/38	49/38	40/38
Gimnasia de Jujuy	1.132	129	114	51/38	43/38	35/38
Olimpo	1.105	42	38	N/A	N/A	42/38
San Martín (SJ)	0.921	35	38	N/A	N/A	35/38

Teams and schedules will be decided based on average after the end of the Closing tournament.

The first and second legs of the final are scheduled to be played on June 25 and June 29, respectively.

Date Time	Venue	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Referee	Match Report(s)
2008-06-25 17:00 ET	Estadio 15 de Abril, Santa Fe	Unión de Santa Fe Serrizuela 44'	1-1	Gimnasia de Jujuy Carranza 34'	Alejandro Sabino	Report (Spanish)
2008-06-29 17:10 ET	Estadio 23 de Agosto, San Salvador de Jujuy	Gimnasia de Jujuy Arraya 68'	1-0	Unión de Santa Fe	Diego Abal	Report (Spanish)

Gimnasia de Jujuy wins 2-1 and stays in the Argentine First Division, while Unión de Santa Fe does not get promoted and remains in Argentine Nacional B.

Date Time	Venue	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Referee	Match Report(s)
2008-06-25 20:10 ET	Estadio Córdoba , Córdoba	Belgrano de Córdoba Gigli 76'	1-1	Racing Club Sava 14'	Gustavo Bassi	Report (Spanish)
2008-06-29 14:10 ET	Presidente Perón, Avellaneda	Racing Club Morales 10'	1-0	Belgrano de Córdoba	Sergio Pezzotta	Report (Spanish)

Racing Club wins 2-1 and stays in the Argentine First Division, while Belgrano de Córdoba does not get promoted and remains in Argentine Nacional B.