1979 Argentine Primera División

Statistics of Primera División Argentina in season 1979.

Primera División
Season	1979
Champions	River Plate (Metropolitano and Nacional)
← 1978 1980 →

Metropolitano Championship

Metropolitano
Season	1979
Champions	River Plate (18° title)
Promoted	Ferro Carril Oeste
Relegated	Atlanta Chacarita Juniors Gim. y Esgrima LP
1980 Copa Libertadores	River Plate
Top goalscorer	Sergio Fortunato Diego Maradona (18 goals each)
← 1978 1980 →

Group A

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	River Plate	18	9	6	3	28	19	24
2	Vélez Sársfield	18	10	3	5	27	20	23
2	Argentinos Juniors	18	10	3	5	34	26	23
4	Newell's Old Boys	18	8	6	4	27	14	22
4	Racing Club	18	8	6	4	31	20	22
6	Unión (SF)	18	6	7	5	23	20	19
7	Quilmes	18	6	5	7	23	20	17
8	Huracán	18	6	4	8	24	31	16
9	Gimnasia y Esgrima LP	18	3	2	13	11	28	8
10	Platense	18	2	2	14	15	45	6

2nd place playoff

Vélez Sársfield 4-0 Argentinos Juniors

Group B

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Rosario Central	18	10	6	2	37	17	26
2	Independiente	18	11	2	5	36	25	24
3	Estudiantes de La Plata	18	8	6	4	34	27	22
4	Boca Juniors	18	7	6	5	27	19	20
5	Colón de Santa Fe	18	6	7	5	24	23	19
5	Ferro Carril Oeste	18	6	7	5	24	28	19
7	San Lorenzo de Almagro	18	4	9	5	28	25	17
8	All Boys	18	5	5	8	17	28	15
9	Atlanta	18	0	9	9	10	23	9
9	Chacarita Juniors	18	2	5	11	15	37	9

Semifinals

Club	-	Club	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	-	Independiente	4-3	2-1
Rosario Central	-	Vélez Sársfield	0-1	0-0

Final

Club	-	Club	1st leg	2nd leg
Vélez Sársfield	-	River Plate	0-2	1-5

Nacional Championship

Nacional
Season	1979
Champions	River Plate (19° title)
1980 Copa Libertadores	Vélez Sársfield
Top goalscorer	Diego Maradona (12 goals)
← 1978 1980 →

Group A

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Vélez Sársfield	14	7	5	2	26	15	19
2	Unión (SF)	14	6	5	3	20	13	17
2	Ferro Carril Oeste	14	6	5	3	22	17	17
2	San Martín (T)	14	5	7	2	20	18	17
5	Independiente	14	7	1	6	26	22	15
6	Alianza Juv. Pringles (SL) ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	14	3	5	6	15	21	11
7	Atlético Ledesma	14	0	4	10	12	33	4

Group B

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Talleres (C)	14	8	4	2	31	20	20
2	River Plate	14	7	4	3	26	14	18
3	Huracán	14	6	5	3	29	22	17
4	Newell's Old Boys	14	6	4	4	29	20	16
5	Quilmes	14	4	2	8	14	18	10
5	Kimberley (MdP)	14	4	2	8	19	29	10
7	Gimnasia y Tiro (S)	14	1	3	10	10	37	5

Group C

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Racing Club	14	6	5	3	24	17	17
1	At. Tucumán	14	6	5	3	22	15	17
3	Argentinos Juniors	14	5	5	4	20	14	15
3	Colón	14	5	5	4	19	17	15
5	All Boys	14	4	4	6	12	18	12
6	Independiente Rivadavia	14	3	5	6	13	20	11
7	Altos Hornos Zapla	14	2	5	7	13	24	9

Group D

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Instituto (C)	14	7	4	3	24	11	18
1	Rosario Central	14	7	4	3	25	15	18
3	Boca Juniors	14	5	7	2	15	11	17
4	San Lorenzo	14	6	4	4	23	11	16
5	Estudiantes LP	14	7	0	7	24	21	14
6	Chaco For Ever	14	4	2	8	13	30	10
7	Cipolletti	14	2	3	9	11	34	7

Quarterfinals

Club	-	Club	1st leg	2nd leg
Instituto (C)	-	At. Tucumán	3-2	0-3
Unión (SF)	-	Talleres (C)	3-0	0-2
Vélez Sársfield	-	River Plate	1-0	0-1 (PK 3-4)
Racing Club	-	Rosario Central	1-3	0-3

Semifinals

Club	-	Club	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	-	Rosario Central	4-0	3-1
At. Tucumán	-	Unión (SF)	0-2	0-2

Final

Club	-	Club	1st leg	2nd leg
Unión (SF)	-	River Plate	1-1	0-0

River Plate won on goal away rule

Notes

↑ From San Luis Province.

References

Primera División

Argentine Football Association

2016-17 teams	Aldosivi Arsenal Atlético Rafaela Atlético Tucumán Banfield Belgrano Boca Juniors Colón Defensa y Justicia Estudiantes (LP) Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Godoy Cruz Huracán Independiente Lanús Newell's Old Boys Olimpo Patronato Quilmes Racing River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo San Martín (SJ) Sarmiento Talleres (C) Temperley Tigre Unión Vélez Sarsfield

League format	Calendar-year (1891–1966, 2015–2016) Metropolitano and Nacional (1967–85) European style (1985-90, 2016–) Apertura and Clausura (1991–2012) Inicial and Final (2012–14)

Seasons	1891 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014 2015 2016 2016–17

Dissident bodies	Federación Argentina de Football (1912-14) Asociación Amateurs de Football (1919-26) Liga Argentina de Football (1931-34)

Other articles	Champions year by year All-time table Players Records Top scorers Fillol Award Disaffiliated teams

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