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1979 Argentine Primera División

88th season of top-tier football league in Argentina

Field	Value
competition	Primera División
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season	1979
winners	River Plate (Metropolitano and Nacional)
matches
prevseason	1978
nextseason	1980

The 1979 Primera División season was the 88th season of top-flight football in Argentina. River Plate won both the Metropolitano and Nacional championship, achieving 19 titles total.

There were three teams relegated, Atlanta, Chacarita Juniors and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP).

Metropolitano Championship

Chacarita Juniors Gim. y Esgrima LP ARG Diego Maradona (14 goals each)

Group A

2nd place playoff

Vélez Sársfield 4-0 Argentinos Juniors

Group B

Semifinals

Club		-		Club		1st leg		2nd leg
	River Plate
	Rosario Central

Metropolitano Final

Club		-		Club		1st leg		2nd leg
	Vélez Sársfield

Nacional Championship

(12 goals)

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Quarterfinals

Club		-		Club		1st leg		2nd leg
	Instituto
	Unión
	Vélez Sársfield
	Racing

Semifinals

Club		-		Club		1st leg		2nd leg
	River Plate
	Atético Tucumán

Nacional Final

Club		-		Club		1st leg		2nd leg
	Unión

River Plate won on goal away rule

First leg

Second leg

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ARG Ángel Labruna

ARG Reynaldo Volken

References

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg79.html Argentina 1979] on RSSSF.com

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