Primera División

Season	2008–09
Champions	Apertura: Boca Juniors (23rd title) Clausura: Vélez Sársfield (7th title)
Relegated	Gimnasia (Jujuy) San Martín (Tucumán)
Copa Libertadores	2009: Boca Juniors San Lorenzo (by average) Estudiantes (by average) 2010: Vélez Sársfield
Copa Sudamericana	Lanús Vélez Sársfield San Lorenzo Tigre
Top goalscorer	Apertura: José Sand (15) Clausura: José Sand (13) Season: José Sand (28)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008-09 Primera División season was the 80th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina and the nineteenth season in which the Apertura and Clausura system is used.

Boca Juniors won the Apertura championship for their 23rd national title after a three team playoff with Tigre and San Lorenzo. The Clausura championship was won by Vélez Sársfield for their 7th national title. Gimnasia de Jujuy and San Martin de Tucuman were relegated to the Primera B Nacional.

Contents 1 Format 2 Club information 2.1 Promotion and relegation 2.2 Managerial changes 2.3 Transfers 3 Torneo Apertura 3.1 Standings 3.2 Results 3.3 Championship playoff 3.4 Top-ten goalscorers 4 Torneo Clausura 4.1 Standings 4.2 Results 4.3 Top-ten goalscorers 5 Relegation 5.1 Relegation/promotion playoffs 6 International qualification 6.1 Copa Libertadores 6.2 Copa Sudamericana 7 See also 8 External links

[edit] Format

The format for the 2008-09 season remains unchanged. The season will be split into two tournaments called Apertura and Clausura. Each tournament will be contested by the same 20 teams in a single round-robin format. The champion of each tournament will be determined by points. Should the tops teams be tied at points at the end of each tournament, a playoff will be held at a neutral site. Relegation is determined at the end of the season.

[edit] Club information

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Argentinos Juniors	Buenos Aires	Diego Armando Maradona	24,800
Arsenal	Sarandí	Julio H. Grondona	16,300
Banfield	Banfield	Florencio Solá	40,500
Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires	Alberto J. Armando	49,000
Colón	Santa Fe	Brigadier General Estanislao López	32,500
Estudiantes	La Plata	Jorge Luis Hirschi	23,000
Gimnasia (Jujuy)	Jujuy	23 de Agosto	24,000
Gimnasia (La Plata)	La Plata	Juan Carlos Zerillo	24,544
Godoy Cruz	Mendoza	Malvinas Argentinas	40,268
Huracán	Buenos Aires	Tomás Adolfo Ducó	48,314
Independiente	Avellaneda	Libertadores de América	52,823
Lanús	Lanús	Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez	46,619
Newell's Old Boys	Rosario	Newell's Old Boys	38,095
Racing Club	Avellaneda	Presidente Juan Domingo Perón	51,000
River Plate	Buenos Aires	Monumental Antonio V. Liberti	65,645
Rosario Central	Rosario	Dr. Lisandro de la Torre	41,824
San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires	Pedro Bidegain	43,494
San Martín (Tucumán)	Tucumán	La Cuidadela	35,000
Tigre	Victoria	Monumental de Victoria	26,282
Vélez Sársfield	Buenos Aires	José Amalfitani	49,540

[edit] Promotion and relegation

Olimpo and San Martín de San Juan were relegated at the end of the 2007–08 Primera División season. They were replaced by Godoy Cruz and San Martín de Tucumán, both of whom were promoted from the Primera B Nacional.

Gimnasia de Jujuy and Racing played the relegation/promotion playoffs against Unión de Santa Fe and Belgrano, respectively. Both Gimnasia de Jujuy and Racing won their playoff matches and retained their status in top-flight football.

[edit] Managerial changes

This is a list of the managerial changes in the Primera División made during the season.

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Huracán	Claudio Ubeda	Resigned	Sep. 14, 2008	Héctor Martínez (interim)	Sep. 15, 2008	20th (A)
Estudiantes	Roberto Sensini	Resigned	Sep. 17, 2008	Leonardo Astrada	Sep. 20, 2008	18th (A)
Gimnasia (La Plata)	Guillermo Sanguinetti	Resigned	Sep. 29, 2008	Leonardo Madelón	Oct. 2, 2008	12th (A)
Independiente	Claudio Borghi	Resigned	Oct. 5, 2008	Miguel Santoro	Oct. 6, 2008	15th (A)
Rosario Central	Pablo Sánchez	Sacked	Oct. 6, 2008	Gustavo Alfaro	Oct. 10, 2008	19th (A)
Godoy Cruz	Daniel Oldrá	Resigned	Oct. 28, 2008	Diego Cocca	Oct. 29, 2008	18th (A)
Huracán	Héctor Martínez (interim)	End of contract	Nov. 3, 2008	Ángel Cappa	Nov. 4, 2008	15th (A)
River Plate	Diego Simeone	Resigned	Nov. 9, 2008	Gabriel Rodríguez (interim)	Nov. 10, 2008	20th (A)
Vélez Sársfield	Hugo Tocalli	Resigned	Dec. 3, 2008	Pedro Larraquy (interim)	Dec. 4, 2008	6th (A)
Argentinos Juniors	Nestor Gorosito	Resigned	Dec. 14, 2008	Claudio Vivas	Dec. 27, 2008	11th (A)
Vélez Sársfield	Pedro Larraquy (interim)	End of contract	Dec. 15, 2008	Ricardo Gareca	Dec. 16, 2008	9th (A)
River Plate	Gabriel Rodríguez (interim)	End of contract	Dec. 15, 2008	Nestor Gorosito	Dec. 23, 2008	20th (A)
Racing	Juan Manuel Llop	Sacked	Feb. 21, 2009	Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	Feb. 24, 2009	20th (C)
Rosario Central	Gustavo Alfaro	Sacked	Feb. 28, 2009	Reinaldo Merlo	Mar. 2, 2009	18th (C)
Gimnasia (Jujuy)	Omar Labruna	Resigned	Mar. 10, 2009	Héctor Arzubialde	Mar. 11, 2009	19th (C)
Estudiantes	Leonardo Astrada	Resigned	Mar. 11, 2009	Alejandro Sabella	Mar. 15, 2009	18th (C)
Independiente	Miguel Santoro	Resigned	Mar. 21, 2009	Américo Gallego	Mar. 27, 2009	8th (C)
Banfield	Jorge Burruchaga	Resigned	Mar. 22, 2009	Julio Falcioni	Mar. 23, 2009	9th (C)
San Lorenzo	Miguel Ángel Russo	Resigned	Apr. 9, 2009	Diego Simeone	Apr. 16, 2009	10th (C)
Rosario Central	Reinaldo Merlo	Resigned	Apr. 14, 2009	Miguel Ángel Russo	Apr. 16, 2009	9th (C)
Arsenal	Daniel Garnero	Sacked	Apr. 25, 2009	José Rizzo (interim)	Apr. 26, 2009	16th (C)
Arsenal	José Rizzo (interim)	End of contract	May 4, 2009	Jorge Burruchaga	May 5, 2009	18th (C)
Argentinos Juniors	Claudio Vivas	Resigned	May 23, 2009	Claudio Borghi	Jun. 2, 2009	20th (C)
Boca Juniors	Carlos Ischia	Resigned	Jun. 16, 2009	Abel Alvez (interim)	Jun. 17, 2009	15th (C)

[edit] Transfers

[edit] Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura (English: Opening Tournament) was played between August 6 to December 14, 2008. The champion will earn a spot in the 2009 Copa Libertadores.

[edit] Standings

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	San Lorenzo	19	12	3	4	34	17	+17	39	Qualification to the Championship playoff
	Boca Juniors	19	12	3	4	33	21	+12	39
	Tigre	19	12	3	4	31	19	+12	39
4	Lanús	19	11	4	4	34	23	+11	37
5	Newell's Old Boys	19	8	7	4	26	18	+8	31
6	Arsenal	19	8	4	7	26	27	−1	28
7	Estudiantes	19	8	4	7	24	25	−1	28
8	Gimnasia (La Plata)	19	6	9	4	17	15	+2	27
9	Vélez Sársfield	19	7	5	7	22	27	−5	26
10	Colón	19	5	8	6	29	25	+4	23
11	Godoy Cruz	19	6	5	8	25	28	−3	23
12	Banfield	19	5	8	6	18	21	−3	23
13	Argentinos Juniors	19	5	8	6	25	26	−1	23
14	Racing	19	5	7	7	19	22	−3	22
15	Gimnasia (Jujuy)	19	6	3	10	19	31	−12	21
16	San Martín (Tucumán)	19	5	5	9	15	18	−3	20
17	Huracán	19	5	5	9	18	29	−11	20
18	Independiente	19	4	6	9	15	23	−8	18
19	Rosario Central	19	4	3	12	20	26	−6	15
20	River Plate	19	2	8	9	20	29	−9	14

Updated to games played on December 14, 2008
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored This does not apply to the top teams.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Results

Home \ Away1

ARJ

ARS

BAN

BOC

COL

EST

GJY

GLP

GCR

HUR

IND

LAN

NOB

RAC

RIV

RCE

SLO

SMT

TIG

VEL

Argentinos Juniors

0–0

5–0

2–0

0–4

0–1

0–0

0–1

2–0

4–1

Arsenal

3–0

3–2

0–1

3–2

2–1

1–0

1–1

2–2

2–2

3–3

Banfield

2–2

0–1

0–0

1–2

0–0

2–1

1–0

2–1

1–3

2–2

Boca Juniors

3–2

1–2

4–0

1–1

2–1

2–1

2–1

1–0

2–3

2–3

Colón

5–2

0–1

0–0

1–1

1–2

3–3

1–1

1–1

2–2

Estudiantes

2–0

2–2

2–0

3–1

1–0

1–0

1–1

1–1

3–1

Gimnasia (Jujuy)

1–1

0–1

2–0

1–4

1–1

2–1

4–3

1–0

1–0

1–0

Gimnasia (La Plata)

1–1

0–1

0–0

0–0

1–0

3–1

1–0

0–1

0–0

1–0

Godoy Cruz

1–1

4–1

2–1

2–3

0–0

1–0

1–0

1–2

1–3

Huracán

0–3

1–0

1–0

1–1

1–0

0–2

1–4

0–3

3–0

Independiente

1–1

1–2

0–1

3–2

1–1

1–1

0–2

0–1

1–0

Lanús

4–2

2–1

1–1

3–2

1–1

4–3

0–0

2–0

1–0

Newell's Old Boys

2–4

1–1

1–0

2–1

3–0

1–0

3–3

2–0

1–0

Racing

0–2

2–1

0–0

1–1

1–1

0–2

4–1

2–1

0–0

0–0

River Plate

1–2

0–1

1–2

3–3

1–1

3–3

2–0

0–0

1–2

Rosario Central

3–0

0–0

0–1

3–2

3–0

0–1

1–2

1–2

1–1

2–3

San Lorenzo

2–0

3–0

3–0

2–1

1–1

4–1

1–3

2–1

1–0

0–1

San Martín (Tucumán)

0–0

1–0

0–1

1–2

1–1

1–1

2–0

2–0

0–2

3–1

Tigre

2–1

1–0

1–0

3–1

2–0

1–0

3–0

3–1

1–2

Vélez Sársfield

0–3

1–0

2–0

0–2

0–0

0–2

2–1

0–1

2–0

1–1

Updated to games played on December 14, 2008
Source: RSSSF
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

[edit] Championship playoff

Since San Lorenzo, Tigre and Boca Juniors ended the tournament with the same number of points, a three-way playoff was played to determine the champion.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Boca Juniors  (C)	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3	2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Tigre	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	San Lorenzo	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3

Updated to games played on December 23, 2008
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

December 17, 2008	Tigre	1 – 2	San Lorenzo	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Referee: Saúl Laverni
	Lázzaro  76'	Report	Barrientos  18' Bergessio  20'

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December 20, 2008	San Lorenzo	1 – 3	Boca Juniors	Estadio "El Cilindro", Avellaneda Referee: Héctor Baldassi
	Solari  61'	Report	Viatri  45' Palacio  77' Chávez  90'

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December 23, 2008	Boca Juniors	0 – 1	Tigre	Estadio "El Cilindro", Avellaneda Referee: Sergio Pezzotta
		Report	Lázzaro  68'

[edit] Top-ten goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	José Sand	Lanús	15
2	Martín Morel	Tigre	13
3	Esteban Fuertes	Colón	11
4	Alejandro Gómez	Arsenal	8
	Mauro Boselli	Estudiantes
6	Rubén Ramírez	Colón	7
	Lucas Viatri	Boca Juniors
	Pablo Barrientos	San Lorenzo
	Leonel Núñez	Independiente
	Carlos Luna	Tigre

Updated as of games played on December 14, 2008.
Source: Scorer Stats (Spanish)

[edit] Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura (English: Closing Tournament) began on February 6, 2009 and ended on July 5, 2009. The champion will earn a spot in the 2010 Copa Libertadores.

[edit] Standings

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vélez Sársfield  (C)	19	11	7	1	29	13	+16	40	2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Huracán	19	12	2	5	35	19	+16	38
3	Lanús	19	12	2	5	32	26	+6	38
4	Colón	19	10	4	5	29	19	+10	34
5	Racing	19	8	6	5	23	21	+2	30
6	Estudiantes	19	8	5	6	22	18	+4	29
7	Gimnasia (La Plata)	19	7	7	5	23	21	+2	28
8	River Plate	19	7	6	6	24	25	−1	27
9	Godoy Cruz	19	7	5	7	23	26	−3	26
10	Rosario Central	19	7	4	8	23	21	+2	25
11	San Lorenzo	19	7	3	9	27	26	+1	24
12	Banfield	19	6	5	8	25	25	0	23
13	Tigre	19	6	5	8	24	25	−1	23
14	Boca Juniors	19	6	4	9	22	25	−3	22
15	Newell's Old Boys	19	4	9	6	21	22	−1	21
16	Independiente	19	6	3	10	22	36	−14	21
17	San Martín (Tucumán)	19	5	5	9	20	23	−3	20
18	Arsenal	19	4	6	9	19	30	−11	18
19	Gimnasia (Jujuy)	19	4	5	10	15	24	−9	17
20	Argentinos Juniors	19	2	9	8	19	32	−13	15

Updated to games played on July 5, 2009
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored This does not apply to the top teams.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Results

Home \ Away1

ARJ

ARS

BAN

BOC

COL

EST

GJY

GLP

GCR

HUR

IND

LAN

NOB

RAC

RIV

RCE

SLO

SMT

TIG

VEL

Argentinos Juniors

0–2

1–1

2–0

0–1

1–1

2–4

1–1

2–1

0–0

2–2

Arsenal

3–1

0–1

0–0

1–1

4–1

0–5

1–1

1–1

2–0

Banfield

2–0

1–0

2–2

3–1

5–0

0–1

3–1

0–0

0–3

Boca Juniors

3–0

2–1

2–3

1–2

1–1

3–1

0–2

1–1

3–0

Colón

1–1

2–0

1–3

1–0

2–0

0–0

2–0

3–0

2–0

2–4

Estudiantes

3–2

1–0

1–3

1–0

1–0

1–1

1–0

0–0

0–0

2–1

0–1

Gimnasia (Jujuy)

1–2

0–0

4–1

0–2

0–2

0–1

0–3

1–1

0–1

Gimnasia (La Plata)

1–1

2–0

2–0

3–2

0–0

1–1

1–2

0–1

3–1

Godoy Cruz

1–0

1–1

1–3

2–2

1–1

2–0

0–1

1–0

3–2

0–2

Huracán

4–1

3–0

2–1

0–1

2–1

0–2

3–2

3–0

4–0

1–0

Independiente

2–0

0–1

1–5

2–1

4–1

2–0

3–1

0–1

4–1

0–0

Lanús

1–0

2–1

0–3

5–1

2–1

3–1

2–1

2–1

2–1

1–1

Newell's Old Boys

1–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

3–0

1–1

2–2

1–0

0–1

Racing

1–1

4–1

1–0

3–0

1–0

1–4

2–1

1–0

1–2

River Plate

3–1

2–0

2–2

1–2

1–0

2–2

2–0

1–1

2–1

3–1

Rosario Central

2–1

2–0

0–1

1–2

1–1

0–1

1–2

3–1

1–1

San Lorenzo

3–0

3–1

1–1

1–2

0–1

0–2

1–1

5–1

0–1

San Martín (Tucumán)

1–0

0–1

0–1

3–0

2–3

0–1

3–0

2–2

0–0

Tigre

1–1

0–0

2–1

2–0

0–1

1–1

4–1

0–1

1–3

1–2

Vélez Sársfield

1–1

2–0

2–1

2–0

4–0

1–0

2–0

2–2

1–1

Updated to games played on July 5, 2009
Source: RSSSF
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

[edit] Top-ten goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	José Sand	Lanús	13
2	Daniel Montenegro	Independiente	12
	Esteban Fuertes	Colón
4	Hernán López	Vélez Sársfield	11
	Carlos Luna	Tigre
6	Santiago Silva	Banfield	9
7	Leandro Caruso	Godoy Cruz	8
	Radamel Falcao	River Plate
	Gonzalo Bergessio	San Lorenzo
10	Javier Pastore	Huracán	7
	Martín Palermo	Boca Juniors

Updated as of games played on July 5, 2009.
Source: AFA

[edit] Relegation

Relegation from the Primera Division is determined on the basis of performance over the last three seasons. Every club has its points earned divided by the number of matches played and an average (Spanish: promedio) is determined. The clubs who finish in 17th and 18th play a relegation play-off against the 3rd and 4th placed clubs in Primera B Nacional. The clubs who finish in 19th and 20th are directly relegated to Primera B Nacional.

Pos Team 2006–07 Pts. 2007–08 Pts. 2008–09 Pts. Total Pts Total Pld Avg 1 Boca Juniors 83 70 61 214 114 1.877 2 Estudiantes 81 69 57 207 114 1.815 3 San Lorenzo 73 64 63 200 114 1.754 4 Lanús 59 56 73 190 114 1.666 5 Vélez Sársfield 56 59 66 181 114 1.587 6 River Plate 71 66 41 178 114 1.561 7 Tigre 0 56 62 118 76 1.552 8 Huracán 0 52 58 110 76 1.447 9 Arsenal 62 51 46 159 114 1.394 10 Independiente 57 59 39 155 114 1.359 11 Colón 46 45 57 148 114 1.298 12 Godoy Cruz 0 0 49 49 38 1.289 13 Argentinos Juniors 46 61 37 145 114 1.271 14 Newell's Old Boys 35 56 52 143 114 1.254 15 Racing 49 40 52 141 114 1.236 16 Banfield 39 54 46 139 114 1.219 17 Rosario Central 52 41 40 133 114 1.166 18 Gimnasia (La Plata) 40 36 55 131 114 1.149 19 San Martín (Tucumán) 0 0 40 40 38 1.052 20 Gimnasia (Jujuy) 43 35 38 116 114 1.017 Updated as of July 5, 2009; Source:AFA

Relegation play-off match Relegated to the Primera B Nacional

[edit] Relegation/promotion playoffs

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Relegation/promotion playoff 1
Atlético de Rafaela	3–3	Gimnasia (La Plata)	3–0	0–3
Relegation/promotion playoff 2
Belgrano	1–2	Rosario Central	0–1	1–1

[edit] International qualification

[edit] Copa Libertadores

The Apertura champion qualifies to the 2009 Copa Libertadores and the Clausura champion qualifies to the 2010 Copa Libertadores. The last two Argentina spots for the 2009 Copa Libertadores were determined by a combined average (points earned divided by games played) of the past three tournaments.

Pos	Team	2007 Apertura		2008 Clausura		2008 Apertura		Total		Avg
		Pts	Pld	Pts	Pld	Pts	Pld	Pts	Pld
1	Boca Juniors	31	19	39	19	39	19	109	57	1.912
2	San Lorenzo	29	19	35	19	39	19	103	57	1.807
3	Estudiantes	30	19	39	19	28	19	97	57	1.702
4	Tigre	34	19	22	19	39	19	95	57	1.667
5	Lanús	38	19	18	19	37	19	93	57	1.632
6	Newell's Old Boys	27	19	29	19	31	19	87	57	1.526
7	Vélez Sársfield	27	19	32	19	26	19	85	57	1.491
8	Argentinos Juniors	31	19	30	19	23	19	84	57	1.474
9	River Plate	23	19	43	19	14	19	80	57	1.404
10	Arsenal	26	19	25	19	28	19	79	57	1.386
11	Independiente	28	19	31	19	18	19	77	57	1.351
12	Banfield	32	19	22	19	23	19	77	57	1.351
13	Huracán	30	19	22	19	20	19	72	57	1.263
14	Godoy Cruz	0	0	0	0	23	19	23	19	1.211
15	Colón	22	19	23	19	23	19	68	57	1.193
16	Gimnasia (La Plata)	19	19	17	19	27	19	63	57	1.105
17	Racing	25	19	15	19	22	19	62	57	1.088
18	San Martín (T)	0	0	0	0	20	19	20	19	1.053
19	Rosario Central	14	19	27	19	15	19	56	57	0.982
20	Gimnasia (Jujuy)	20	19	15	19	21	19	54	57	0.947

	Qualified to the Second Stage
	Qualified to the First Stage
	Already qualified as the 2007 Apertura, 2008 Clausura, or 2008 Apertura champion.

[edit] Copa Sudamericana

Qualification for the 2009 Copa Sudamericana is determined from an aggregate table of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The top four teams in the aggregate table qualify; Boca Juniors and River Plate are invited every year, regardless of their standings in the season.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lanús  (Q)	38	23	6	9	66	49	+17	75	2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2	Vélez Sársfield  (Q)	38	18	12	8	51	40	+11	66
3	San Lorenzo  (Q)	38	19	6	13	61	43	+18	63
4	Tigre  (Q)	38	18	8	12	55	44	+11	62
5	Boca Juniors	38	18	7	13	55	46	+9	61
6	Huracán	38	17	7	14	53	48	+5	58
7	Colón	38	15	12	11	58	44	+14	57
8	Estudiantes	38	16	9	13	46	43	+3	57
9	Gimnasia (La Plata)	38	13	16	9	40	36	+4	55
10	Newell's Old Boys	38	12	16	10	47	40	+7	52
11	Racing	38	13	13	12	42	43	−1	52
12	Godoy Cruz	38	13	10	15	48	54	−6	49
13	Arsenal	38	12	10	16	45	57	−12	46
14	Banfield	38	11	13	14	43	46	−3	46
15	River Plate	38	9	14	15	44	54	−10	41
16	Rosario Central	38	11	7	20	43	47	−4	40
17	San Martín (Tucumán)	38	10	10	18	35	41	−6	40
18	Independiente	38	10	9	19	37	59	−22	39
19	Gimnasia (Jujuy)	38	10	8	20	34	55	−21	38
20	Argentinos Juniors	38	7	17	14	44	58	−14	38

Updated to games played on July 5, 2009
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd head-to-head points; 3^rd head-to-head goal difference; 4^th head-to-head goals.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] See also

• 2008–09 in Argentine football

[edit] External links

• Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA) website (Spanish)
• Season regulations (Spanish)

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