Argentine Primera División
The Primera División ( Spanish for " premier league " ) is the highest Argentine Football League. It exists since 1985 as a successor to the League Argentina de Fútbol ( 1931-1966 ) and the Torneo Metropolitano ( 1967-1985 ) and operated by the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA ) and organized. Currently playing 20 clubs in the league. In the Argentine fans the league has a special significance, since the championship for a long time was the only national title, which a club can win. There is only since 2011 a national cup competition ( Copa Argentina ) and no super or League Cup.
The Argentine league is a leader in South America with the Brazilian league. This is especially evident on the international success of the clubs. So winning Argentine clubs so far with 22 titles (as of 2011 ) the most important international competition for the South American club teams, the Copa Libertadores.
Mode
Since the last major reform of the game mode in 2012, ie from the 2012/13 season, round-trip round under the name Torneo Torneo Inicial and Final will be played separately, but there is only one master per season. The top two teams from the season - halves meet each other in a playoff. The winner of this final is Argentine champion. Return round of a season were to 2011/12 discharged as independent Championships ( Apertura and Clausura system).
The winners of the Torneo Inicial and the Torneo Final as well as the best of the three added together table of Apertura and Clausura Inicial and the Final or take part in the Copa Libertadores part of the following year ( the third party has to through the first stage of the tournament, the others are set in the second phase). At the Copa Sudamericana against it qualify the top six together counted table of the two tournaments of the year, for example, in the case of the Copa Sudamericana 2012, the top six discharged in all 2011 games, with the exception of teams that participate in the Copa Libertadores in the same year.
The descent is determined by the average points in the last three years; with climbers only the games in the Primera División be taken into account since the last climb. The three teams with the worst points average rise directly from the Primera B Nacional. The existing until 2011/2012 Relegation games were abolished.
Participants (season 2012 /13)
For change of season 2012 there were two climbers from the Primera B Nacional: CA River Plate as a master and Quilmes AC as the runner up directly while the two games the promotion round ( promoción ) were obtained from the Erstligavereinen CA San Lorenzo de Almagro and CA San Martín. In return, the two last of the descent three-year rating, CA Banfield and Olimpo de Bahía Blanca dismounted.
Participants and their stages in the Primera División 2012/2013:
Championship
Liga Argentina de Fútbol 1931-1966
Torneo Metropolitano 1967-1985
Argentine champion 1985-1991
Argentine master of the mode Apertura / Clausura 1991-2012
Championship Statistics
CA River Plate is currently the most successful club in Argentinian football. The following teams ( according to the number of championships ordered) have been able to win the championship in Argentina: