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1987–88 Argentine Primera División

97th season of top-tier football league in Argentina

Field	Value
competition	Primera División
pixels
caption	Newell's Old Boys, champions
season	1987–88
dates	August 30, 1987 – June 5, 1988
winners	Newell's Old Boys (2nd title)
promoted	Dep. Armenio [[File:Green Arrow Up.svg	10px]]
Banfield [[File:Green Arrow Up.svg	10px]]
relegated	Banfield [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg	10px]]
Unión SF [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg	10px]]
continentalcup1	1988 Copa Libertadores
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Newell's Old Boys
San Lorenzo
league topscorer	ARG José Luis Rodríguez (18)
prevseason	1986–87
nextseason	1988–89

Banfield [[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] Unión SF [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] San Lorenzo

The 1987–88 Argentine Primera División was the 97th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season ran from August 30, 1987 to June 5, 1988.

Newell's Old Boys won its 2nd league title, with a squad and coaching staff made up entirely of players from the club's academy, while Banfield and Unión de Santa Fe were relegated.

League standings

Top scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	José Luis Rodríguez	Deportivo Español	18
2	Marío Bevilaqua	Talleres (C)	17
3	José Iglesias	Racing	16
3	Walter Perazzo	San Lorenzo	16

Relegation

Unión de Santa Fe and Banfield were relegated with the worst points averages.

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

Quarter-finals

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Argentinos Juniors	Racing	1-1	1-3	2-4
Deportivo Mandiyú	San Lorenzo	1-1	1-1	2-2
Rosario Central	River Plate	0-0	0-1	0-1
Velez Sarsfield	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	3-0	1-1	4-1

Semi-finals

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
River Plate	Racing	3-3	0-1	3-4
Velez Sarsfield	San Lorenzo	0-1	0-0	0-1

Final

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Racing	San Lorenzo	0-2	1-0	1-2

San Lorenzo qualify for 1988 Copa Libertadores.

References

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg88.html Argentina 1987–88] by Javier Roimiser on RSSSF.com
San Lorenzo qualified due to better league position

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