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2008–09 Argentine Primera División season

118th season of top-tier football league in Argentina

Field	Value
competition	Primera División
season	2008–09
winners	Apertura:
Boca Juniors (29th title)
Clausura:
Vélez Sarsfield (7th title)
relegated	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)
San Martín (T)
continentalcup1	2009 Copa Libertadores
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Boca Juniors
San Lorenzo
Estudiantes (LP)
continentalcup2	2010 Copa Libertadores
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Vélez Sarsfield
continentalcup3	2009 Copa Sudamericana
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Lanús
Vélez Sarsfield
San Lorenzo
Tigre
league topscorer	Apertura:
José Sand (15 goals)
Clausura:
José Sand (13 goals)
Season:
José Sand (28 goals)
prevseason	2007–08
nextseason	2009–10

Boca Juniors (29th title) Clausura: Vélez Sarsfield (7th title) San Martín (T) San Lorenzo Estudiantes (LP) Vélez Sarsfield San Lorenzo Tigre José Sand (15 goals) Clausura: José Sand (13 goals) Season: José Sand (28 goals)

The 2008-09 Primera División season was the 118th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina and the nineteenth season in which the Apertura and Clausura system is used.

Boca Juniors won the Apertura championship for their 29th national title after a three team playoff with Tigre and San Lorenzo. The Clausura championship was won by Vélez Sársfield for their 7th national title. Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) and San Martín (T) were relegated to the Primera B Nacional.

Format

The format for the 2008-09 season remained unchanged. The season was split into two tournaments called Apertura and Clausura. Each tournament was contested by the same 20 teams in a single round-robin format. The champions of each tournament is determined by points. If the tops teams would be tied at points at the end of each tournament, a playoff would be held at a neutral site. Relegation was determined at the end of the season.

Club information

Promotion and relegation

Olimpo and San Martín (SJ) were relegated at the end of the 2007–08 Primera División season. They were replaced by Godoy Cruz and San Martín (T), both of whom were promoted from the Primera B Nacional.

Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) and Racing played the relegation/promotion playoffs against Unión and Belgrano, respectively. Both Gimnasia and Esgrima (J) and Racing won their playoff matches and retained their status in top-flight football.

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Argentinos Juniors	Buenos Aires	Diego Armando Maradona	24,800
Arsenal	Sarandí	Julio H. Grondona	16,300
Banfield	Banfield	Florencio Sola	40,500
Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires	Alberto J. Armando	49,000
Colón	Santa Fe	Brigadier General Estanislao López	32,500
Estudiantes (LP)	La Plata	Jorge Luis Hirschi	23,000
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	San Salvador de Jujuy	23 de Agosto	24,000
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	La Plata	Juan Carlos Zerillo	24,544
Godoy Cruz	Godoy Cruz	Malvinas Argentinas	40,268
Huracán	Buenos Aires	Tomás Adolfo Ducó	48,314
Independiente	Avellaneda	Libertadores de América	52,823
Lanús	Lanús	Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez	46,619
Newell's Old Boys	Rosario	Newell's Old Boys	38,095
Racing	Avellaneda	Presidente Perón	51,000
River Plate	Buenos Aires	Antonio V. Liberti	65,645
Rosario Central	Rosario	Dr. Lisandro de la Torre	41,824
San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires	Pedro Bidegain	43,494
San Martín (T)	Tucumán	La Cuidadela	35,000
Tigre	Victoria	Monumental de Victoria	26,282
Vélez Sársfield	Buenos Aires	José Amalfitani	49,540

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
Argentinos Juniors	ARG Claudio Borghi	Diadora	Liderar Seguros
Arsenal	ARG Jorge Burruchaga	Mitre	Liderar Seguros
Banfield	ARG Julio César Falcioni	Nanque	Bingo Lomas
Boca Juniors	ARG Abel Alves	Nike	Megatone
Colón	ARG Antonio Mohamed	Puma	Flecha Bus
Estudiantes (LP)	ARG Alejandro Sabella	Topper	RCA
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	ARG Héctor Arzubialde	Dunlop	Banco Macro
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	ARG Leonardo Madelón	Puma/Kappa	La Nueva Seguros
Godoy Cruz	ARG Diego Cocca	Athix	Mendoza
Huracán	ARG Ángel Cappa	Kappa	Motomel
Independiente	ARG Américo Gallego	Umbro	Grupo Marquez
Lanús	ARG Luis Zubeldía	Signia	Bingo Lanús
Newell's Old Boys	ARG Roberto Sensini	Topper	Frigorífico Paladini
Racing	ARG Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	Penalty	Banco Macro
River Plate	ARG Néstor Gorosito	Adidas	Petrobras
Rosario Central	ARG Miguel Ángel Russo	Kappa	Frigorífico Paladini
San Lorenzo	ARG Diego Simeone	Lotto	Walmart
San Martín (T)	ARG Carlos Roldán	Kappa	Refinor
Tigre	ARG Diego Cagna	Diadora	Banco Macro
Vélez Sarsfield	ARG Ricardo Gareca	Penalty	Tarjeta Shopping

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of
departure	Date of
vacancy	Replaced by	Date of
appointment	Position
in table	Apertura changes	Inter-tournament changes	Clausura changes
Huracán	ARG Claudio Úbeda	Resigned	Sep. 14, 2008	ARG Héctor Martínez (interim)	Sep. 15, 2008	20th
Estudiantes (LP)	ARG Roberto Sensini	Resigned	Sep. 17, 2008	ARG Leonardo Astrada	Sep. 20, 2008	18th
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	URU Guillermo Sanguinetti	Resigned	Sep. 29, 2008	ARG Leonardo Madelón	Oct. 2, 2008	12th
Independiente	ARG Claudio Borghi	Resigned	Oct. 5, 2008	ARG Miguel Ángel Santoro	Oct. 6, 2008	15th
Rosario Central	ARG Pablo Sánchez	Sacked	Oct. 6, 2008	ARG Gustavo Alfaro	Oct. 10, 2008	19th
Godoy Cruz	ARG Daniel Oldrá	Resigned	Oct. 28, 2008	ARG Diego Cocca	Oct. 29, 2008	18th
Huracán	ARG Héctor Martínez (interim)	End of contract	Nov. 3, 2008	ARG Ángel Cappa	Nov. 4, 2008	15th
River Plate	ARG Diego Simeone	Resigned	Nov. 9, 2008	ARG Gabriel Rodríguez (interim)	Nov. 10, 2008	20th
Vélez Sarsfield	ARG Hugo Tocalli	Resigned	Dec. 3, 2008	ARG Pedro Larraquy (interim)	Dec. 4, 2008	6th
Argentinos Juniors	ARG Néstor Gorosito	Resigned	Dec. 14, 2008	ARG Claudio Vivas	Dec. 27, 2008	11th (A)
Vélez Sarsfield	ARG Pedro Larraquy (interim)	End of contract	Dec. 15, 2008	ARG Ricardo Gareca	Dec. 16, 2008	9th (A)
River Plate	ARG Gabriel Rodríguez (interim)	End of contract	Dec. 15, 2008	ARG Néstor Gorosito	Dec. 23, 2008	20th (A)
Newell's Old Boys	ARG Fernando Gamboa	Resigned	Dec. 16, 2008	ARG Roberto Sensini	Dec. 22, 2008	5th (A)
Racing	ARG Juan Manuel Llop	Sacked	Feb. 21, 2009	ARG Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	Feb. 24, 2009	20th
Rosario Central	ARG Gustavo Alfaro	Sacked	Feb. 28, 2009	ARG Reinaldo Merlo	Mar. 2, 2009	18th
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	ARG Omar Labruna	Resigned	Mar. 10, 2009	ARG Héctor Arzubialde	Mar. 11, 2009	19th
Estudiantes (LP)	ARG Leonardo Astrada	Resigned	Mar. 11, 2009	ARG Alejandro Sabella	Mar. 15, 2009	18th
Independiente	ARG Miguel Ángel Santoro	Resigned	Mar. 21, 2009	ARG Américo Gallego	Mar. 27, 2009	8th
Banfield	ARG Jorge Burruchaga	Resigned	Mar. 22, 2009	ARG Julio César Falcioni	Mar. 23, 2009	9th
San Lorenzo	ARG Miguel Ángel Russo	Resigned	Apr. 9, 2009	ARG Diego Simeone	Apr. 16, 2009	10th
Rosario Central	ARG Reinaldo Merlo	Resigned	Apr. 14, 2009	ARG Miguel Ángel Russo	Apr. 16, 2009	9th
Arsenal	ARG Daniel Garnero	Sacked	Apr. 25, 2009	ARG José Rizzo (interim)	Apr. 26, 2009	16th
Arsenal	ARG José Rizzo (interim)	End of contract	May 4, 2009	ARG Jorge Burruchaga	May 5, 2009	18th
Argentinos Juniors	ARG Claudio Vivas	Resigned	May 23, 2009	ARG Claudio Borghi	Jun. 2, 2009	20th
Boca Juniors	ARG Carlos Ischia	Resigned	Jun. 16, 2009	ARG Abel Alves (interim)	Jun. 17, 2009	15th

Transfers

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura () was played between August 6 to December 14, 2008. The champions earned a spot in the 2009 Copa Libertadores.

Standings

Results

Championship playoff

Main article: 2008 Torneo Apertura playoffs

Since San Lorenzo, Tigre and Boca Juniors ended the tournament with the same number of points, a three-way playoff was played to determine the champions.

Bergessio

Palacio Chávez

Top Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	ARG José Sand	Lanús	15
2	ARG Martín Morel	Tigre	13
3	ARG Esteban Fuertes	Colón	11
4	ARG Alejandro Gómez	Arsenal	8
ARG Mauro Boselli	Estudiantes (LP)
6	ARG Rubén Ramírez	Colón	7
ARG Lucas Viatri	Boca Juniors
ARG Pablo Barrientos	San Lorenzo
ARG Leonel Núñez	Independiente
ARG Carlos Luna	Tigre

Source: Scorer Stats

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura () began on February 6, 2009 and ended on July 5, 2009. The champions earned a spot in the 2010 Copa Libertadores.

Standings

Results

Top Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	ARG José Sand	Lanús	13
2	ARG Daniel Montenegro	Independiente	12
ARG Esteban Fuertes	Colón
4	URU Hernán López	Vélez Sarsfield	11
ARG Carlos Luna	Tigre
6	URU Santiago Silva	Banfield	9
7	ARG Leandro Caruso	Godoy Cruz	8
COL Radamel Falcao	River Plate
ARG Gonzalo Bergessio	San Lorenzo
10	ARG Javier Pastore	Huracán	7
ARG Martín Palermo	Boca Juniors

Source: AFA

Relegation

Relegation from the Primera Division was determined on the basis of performance over the last three seasons. Every club had its points earned divided by the number of matches played and an average () was determined. The clubs who finished in 17th and 18th played a relegation play-off against the 3rd and 4th placed clubs in Primera B Nacional. The clubs who finished in 19th and 20th were directly relegated to Primera B Nacional.

Pos
Team	2006–07
Pts	2007–08
Pts	2008–09
Pts	Total
Pts	Total
Pld	Avg
Relegation
1	Boca Juniors	83	70	61	214	114	1.877
2	Estudiantes (LP)	81	69	57	207	114	1.815
3	San Lorenzo	73	64	63	200	114	1.754
4	Lanús	59	56	73	190	114	1.666
5	Vélez Sarsfield	56	59	66	181	114	1.587
6	River Plate	71	66	41	178	114	1.561
7	Tigre	—	56	62	118	76	1.552
8	Huracán	—	52	58	110	76	1.447
9	Arsenal	62	51	46	159	114	1.394
10	Independiente	57	59	39	155	114	1.359
11	Colón	46	45	57	148	114	1.298
12	Godoy Cruz	—	—	49	49	38	1.289
13	Argentinos Juniors	46	61	38	145	114	1.271
14	Newell's Old Boys	35	56	52	143	114	1.254
15	Racing	49	40	52	141	114	1.236
16	Banfield	39	54	46	139	114	1.219
17	Rosario Central	52	41	40	133	114	1.166	Relegation Playoff Matches
18	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	40	36	55	131	114	1.149
19	San Martín (T)	—	—	40	40	38	1.052	Relegation to Primera B Nacional
20	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	43	35	38	116	114	1.017

Source:AFA

Relegation/promotion playoffs

|- !colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1 |- !colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2

Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) remained in the Argentine First Division after a 3–3 aggregate tie by virtue of a "sports advantage". In case of a tie in goals, the team from the First Division gets to stay in it. Rosario Central won 2–1 and stayed in the Argentine First Division, while Belgrano does not get promoted and remains in Argentine Nacional B.

International qualification

Copa Libertadores

The Apertura champions qualified for the 2009 Copa Libertadores and the Clausura champions qualified to the 2010 Copa Libertadores. The last two Argentina spots for the 2009 Copa Libertadores were determined by the sum of all points obtained in the past three tournaments.

Copa Sudamericana

Qualification for the 2009 Copa Sudamericana was determined from an aggregate table of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The top four teams in the aggregate table qualified; Boca Juniors and River Plate were invited every year till this season, regardless of their standings in the season.

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