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1985–86 Argentine Primera División

95th season of top-tier football league in Argentina

Field	Value
competition	Primera División
image	River 1986 primeradivision.jpg
pixels
caption	River Plate, champions
season	1985–86
winners	River Plate (21st title)
relegated	Chacarita Juniors
Huracán
continentalcup1	[1986 Copa Libertadores](1986-copa-libertadores)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	River Plate
Boca Juniors
matches
league topscorer	URU Enzo Francescoli (25 goals)
prevseason	[1985](1985-argentine-primera-division)
nextseason	[1986–87](1986-87-argentine-primera-division)

Huracán Boca Juniors

The 1985–86 Argentine Primera División was the 95th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on July 6, 1985 and ended on April 20, 1986.

This tournament saw a major reform in Argentine football, as the European calendar was adopted for the tournament format. River Plate won the league title for the 21st time.

League table

Relegation

Relegation was determined by averaging the number of points obtained over the three previous seasons

Relegation table

Team	[1983](1983-argentine-primera-division)	[1984](1984-argentine-primera-division)	1985–86	Total points	Seasons	Points average
Deportivo Español	N/A	N/A	46	46	1	46.00
Ferro Carril Oeste	46	50	40	136	3	45.33
Argentinos Juniors	36	51	44	131	3	43.66
River Plate	29	43	56	128	3	42.33
San Lorenzo	47	37	40	124	3	41.33
Vélez Sársfield	44	42	34	120	3	40.00
Newell's Old Boys	35	38	46	119	3	39.67
Independiente	48	31	36	115	3	38.33
Estudiantes (LP)	38	48	27	113	3	37.67
Boca Juniors	37	30	41	108	3	36.00
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	N/A	N/A	36	36	1	36.00
Talleres (C)	33	34	37	104	3	34.67
Instituto	35	33	35	103	3	34.33
Unión	38	30	31	99	3	33.00
Racing (C)	27	43	26	96	3	32.00
Platense	34	33	27	94	3	31.33
Temperley	33	31	29	93	3	31.00
Huracán	32	27	32	91	3	30.33
Chacarita Juniors	N/A	34	21	55	2	27.50

Chacarita Juniors were relegated directly
Huracán played in the Octagonal promotion tournament.

Qualification for Copa Libertadores 1986

River Plate qualified as League champions
Argentinos Juniors qualified as Copa Libertadores holders
The remaining qualification place was determined by the Liguella Pre-Libertadores

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

Qualifying round

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Alianza (CCo)	Boca Juniors	1-2	1-2	2-4
Concepción	Vélez Sársfield	0-3	1-2	1-5
Ferro Carril Oeste	Güemes	2-1	2-1	4-2
San Lorenzo	Guaraní Antonio Franco	4-1	3-0	7-1

Quarter-finals

Score
Ferro Carril Oeste
Newell's Old Boys
Olimpo
San Lorenzo

Semi-finals

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Newell's Old Boys	Ferro Carril Oeste	1-0	1-1	2-1
San Lorenzo	Boca Juniors	1-2	0-0	1-2

Final

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Boca Juniors	Newell's Old Boys	0-2	4-1	4-3

Boca Juniors qualified for the 1986 Copa Libertadores.

References

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg86.html Argentina 1985-86] by Pablo Ciullini at RSSSF.com

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