131st season of top-tier football league in Argentina
Football league season
The 2021 Argentine Primera División - Liga Profesional (officially the Torneo Socios.com for sponsorship reasons)[ 1] was the 131st season of top-flight professional football in Argentina . The league season began on 16 July and ended on 13 December 2021.[ 2]
Twenty-six teams competed in the league: the 24 teams that took part in the previous Primera División season as well as two promoted teams from the 2020 Primera Nacional (Sarmiento (J) and Platense ).[ 3] Boca Juniors were the defending champions.
River Plate won their 37th national league championship with three matches to spare after they defeated Racing 4–0 on 25 November 2021.[ 4] [ 5]
The competition was run under a single round-robin , contested by 26 teams (24 from the previous edition plus 2 promoted from Primera Nacional ). The champions qualified for the 2022 Copa Libertadores as Argentina 2 . The qualification for international tournaments was determined by an aggregate table of the 2021 Primera División and 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional first stage tournaments.[ 6]
Stadia and locations
Club
City
Stadium
Capacity
Aldosivi
Mar del Plata
José María Minella
35,354
Argentinos Juniors
Buenos Aires
Diego Armando Maradona
25,000
Arsenal
Sarandí
Julio Humberto Grondona
16,300
Atlético Tucumán
Tucumán
Monumental José Fierro
32,700
Banfield
Banfield
Florencio Sola
34,901
Boca Juniors
Buenos Aires
Alberto J. Armando
54,000
Central Córdoba (SdE)
Santiago del Estero
Único Madre de Ciudades
30,000
Alfredo Terrera
16,000
Colón
Santa Fe
Brigadier General Estanislao López
40,000
Defensa y Justicia
Florencio Varela
Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
12,000
Estudiantes (LP)
La Plata
Jorge Luis Hirschi
30,000
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
La Plata
Juan Carmelo Zerillo
24,544
Godoy Cruz
Godoy Cruz
Feliciano Gambarte
14,000
Huracán
Buenos Aires
Tomás Adolfo Ducó
48,314
Independiente
Avellaneda
Libertadores de América
52,853
Lanús
Lanús
Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez
46,619
Newell's Old Boys
Rosario
Marcelo Bielsa
38,095
Patronato
Paraná
Presbítero Bartolomé Grella
22,000
Platense
Florida Este
Ciudad de Vicente López
28,530
Racing
Avellaneda
Presidente Perón
55,389
River Plate
Buenos Aires
Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
70,074
Rosario Central
Rosario
Gigante de Arroyito
41,654
San Lorenzo
Buenos Aires
Pedro Bidegain
39,494
Sarmiento (J)
Junín
Eva Perón
19,000
Talleres (C)
Córdoba
Mario Alberto Kempes
57,000
Unión
Santa Fe
15 de Abril
22,852
Vélez Sarsfield
Buenos Aires
José Amalfitani
45,540
Personnel
Managerial changes
Foreign players
Players holding Argentinian dual nationality
They do not take foreign slot.
Source: AFA
League table
Source:
AFA Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only if needed to decide championship); 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points; 6) head-to-head goal difference; 7) head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champions
2021 Argentine Primera División champions
River Plate 37th title
Results
Teams played every other team once (either at home or away) completing a total of 25 rounds.[ 65]
Source:
AFA Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Source: AFA
Top assists
Source: AFA
International qualification
The 2021 Argentine Primera División champions, 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional champions and 2019–20 Copa Argentina champions earned a berth to the 2022 Copa Libertadores , while the 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional play-off winners qualified for the 2022 Copa Sudamericana . The remaining berths to the 2022 Copa Libertadores as well as the ones to the 2022 Copa Sudamericana were determined by an aggregate table of the 2021 Argentine Primera División and 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional first stage tournaments. The top three teams in the aggregate table not already qualified for any international tournament qualified for the Copa Libertadores, while the next five teams qualified for the Copa Sudamericana.[ 6]
Aggregate table
Source: AFA Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored. Notes:
Relegation
Relegation at the end of the season would be based on coefficients, which take into consideration the points obtained by the clubs during the present season (aggregate table points) and the two previous seasons (only seasons at the top flight are counted). The total tally is then divided by the number of games played in the top flight over those three seasons and an average is calculated. The three teams with the worst average at the end of the season would have been relegated to Primera Nacional . Relegation was suspended by AFA at the end of the 2019–20 season until 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic , however, the points earned in this season will count towards relegation in the 2022 season.
Source: AFA
References
^ "La competencia de la LPF se llamará Torneo Socios.com" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 15 July 2021.
^ "La Liga Profesional tiene fecha de inicio y de sorteo" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 24 June 2021.
^ "¡Bienvenidos a la Liga Profesional!" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 1 February 2021.
^ "¡River campeón!" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 25 November 2021.
^ "River se consagró campeón del Torneo Socios" (in Spanish). AFA. 25 November 2021.
^ a b "Reglamento de torneos de la temporada 2021 de la Liga Profesional de Fútbol de AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. February 2021.
^ "Sebastián Méndez, nuevo entrenador de Godoy Cruz" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 4 January 2021.
^ "Sorpresa: Falcioni será el técnico de Independiente" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 19 January 2021.
^ "Sebastián Beccacece anunció que se va de Racing cuando termine la Copa Maradona" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 26 December 2020.
^ "Juan Antonio Pizzi, nuevo entrenador de Racing" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 14 January 2021.
^ "Zielinski confirmó que se irá de Atlético Tucumán y buscarán a De Felippe" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 23 December 2020.
^ "Omar De Felippe firmó su contrato con Atlético Tucumán" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 4 January 2021.
^ "Central Córdoba: Gustavo Coleoni asumirá cuando termine la Copa Diego Maradona" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 8 January 2021.
^ "Estudiantes presentó a Ricardo Zielinski con un divertido anuncio en ruso" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 11 January 2021.
^ "Soso renunció a su cargo y San Lorenzo ya busca nuevo DT" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 11 January 2021.
^ "Dabove, nuevo entrenador de San Lorenzo" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 19 January 2021.
^ "Renunció Dabove en Argentinos: San Lorenzo, Racing e Independiente, atentos" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 12 January 2021.
^ "Gabriel Milito fue anunciado como nuevo técnico de Argentinos Juniors" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 19 January 2021.
^ "Fernando Gago dirigirá a Aldosivi" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 16 January 2021.
^ "Hernán Crespo comunicó su renuncia en Defensa y Justicia" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 7 February 2021.
^ "Sebastián Beccacece vuelve a Defensa y Justicia" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 15 February 2021.
^ "Kudelka se va de Newell´s: se despedirá frente a Defensa y Justicia" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 11 March 2021.
^ "Oficial: el Mono Burgos es el nuevo entrenador de Newell's" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 14 March 2021.
^ "Volantazo en Huracán: se va a ir Damonte y asoma Kudelka" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 17 March 2021.
^ "Kudelka asume este viernes en Huracán y debuta contra Gimnasia" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 25 March 2021.
^ "Juan Manuel Llop dejará de ser el entrenador de Platense" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 7 May 2021.
^ "Leonardo Madelón, el reemplazante de Llop en Platense" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 15 May 2021.
^ "San Lorenzo en llamas: renunció Dabove tras la eliminación" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 9 May 2021.
^ "Paolo Montero será el nuevo entrenador de San Lorenzo" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 11 June 2021.
^ "Newell's oficializó la salida de Germán Burgos" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 8 June 2021.
^ "Newell´s oficializó a Fernando Gamboa como nuevo entrenador" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 13 June 2021.
^ "Racing decidió que Pizzi no siga como entrenador" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 9 August 2021.
^ "Víctor Blanco ratificó a Claudio Úbeda como entrenador de Racing hasta diciembre" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 12 August 2021.
^ "Sergio Rondina renunció como entrenador de Arsenal" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 16 August 2021.
^ "Israel Damonte es el nuevo entrenador de Arsenal" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 17 August 2021.
^ "Miguel Angel Russo no seguirá como técnico de Boca" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 16 August 2021.
^ "Battaglia, el encargado de comandar a Boca en el futuro inmediato" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 16 August 2021.
^ "Leandro Martini y Mariano Messera dejaron de ser los entrenadores de Gimnasia" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 29 August 2021.
^ "Una nueva era en Gimnasia: Néstor Gorosito comenzó con los entrenamientos" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 31 August 2021.
^ "Gustavo Coleoni dejó de ser el entrenador de Central Córdoba" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 29 August 2021.
^ "Acuerdo de palabra para que Sergio Rondina asuma en Central Córdoba" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 31 August 2021.
^ "Sebastián Méndez renunció como entrenador de Godoy Cruz" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 29 August 2021.
^ "Diego Flores, de trabajar con Bielsa a ser entrenador en Godoy Cruz" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 30 August 2021.
^ "Platense: Madelón presentó la renuncia y ya no es el director técnico del equipo" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 21 September 2021.
^ "Claudio Spontón fue confirmado como DT" (in Spanish). Club Atlético Platense. 6 October 2021.
^ "Azconzábal dejó de ser el DT de Unión" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 22 September 2021.
^ "Gustavo Munúa es el nuevo entrenador de Unión" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 27 September 2021.
^ "Gago renunció como director técnico de Aldosivi" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 27 September 2021.
^ "Martín Palermo será el nuevo entrenador de Aldosivi" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 28 September 2021.
^ "Omar De Felippe ya no es más técnico de Atlético Tucumán" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 12 October 2021.
^ "Pablo Guiñazú será el entrenador de Atlético Tucumán" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 14 October 2021.
^ "Newell's despidió a Fernando Gamboa" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 17 October 2021.
^ "Adrián Taffarel inició su interinato en Newell's" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 18 October 2021.
^ "Fernando Gago será el nuevo director técnico de Racing" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 18 October 2021.
^ "Sanguinetti dejó de ser el director técnico de Banfield" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 21 October 2021.
^ "Diego Dabove, el nuevo entrenador de Banfield" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 25 October 2021.
^ "Paolo Montero se fue de San Lorenzo" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 21 October 2021.
^ "Oficial: Monarriz y Di Leo, ratificados hasta fin de año en San Lorenzo" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 30 October 2021.
^ "Mario Sciacqua ya no es más técnico de Sarmiento" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 8 November 2021.
^ "Sarmiento: Funes será el DT hasta el final del torneo" (in Spanish). Olé. 11 November 2021.
^ "Israel Damonte dejó de ser el entrenador de Arsenal pese al triunfo vs. Newell's" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 21 November 2021.
^ "Mañana movida en Arsenal: Se despidió Israel Damonte y Darío Espínola dirigió la práctica" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 22 November 2021.
^ "El Cholo Guiñazú dejó de ser el entrenador de Atlético Tucumán" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 25 November 2021.
^ "Atlético Tucumán: lo de Anastacio quedará en interinato" (in Spanish). Radio LV12. 26 November 2021.
^ "El Torneo LFP 2021 tiene fixture" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 29 June 2021.
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