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2011–12 Argentine Primera División season

121st season of top-tier football league in Argentina

Field	Value
competition	Primera División
season	2011–12
winners	Apertura:
Boca Juniors (30th title)
Clausura:
Arsenal (1st title)
relegated	Banfield
Olimpo
continentalcup1	2012 Copa Libertadores
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Boca Juniors
Lanús
Godoy Cruz
continentalcup2	2012 Copa Sudamericana
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Independiente
Racing
Tigre
Argentinos Juniors
Colón
continentalcup3	2013 Copa Libertadores
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Arsenal
league topscorer	Apertura:
Rubén Ramírez (12 goals)
Clausura:
Carlos Luna (12 goals)
biggest home win	Godoy Cruz 6–1 All Boys
(September 10, 2011)
biggest away win	Argentinos Juniors 0–4 Lanús
(September 12, 2011)
Banfield 0–4 Vélez Sársfield
(February 17, 2012)
highest scoring	Boca Juniors 4–5 Independiente
(March 11, 2012)
matches	380
total goals	813
longest wins	Boca Juniors – 4 matches
(September 4–September 22)
longest unbeaten	Boca Juniors – 23 matches
(August 5, 2011–March 4, 2012)
longest losses	Banfield – 6 matches
(August 5–September 10)
prevseason	2010–11
nextseason	2012–13

Boca Juniors (30th title) Clausura: Arsenal (1st title) Olimpo Lanús Godoy Cruz Racing Tigre Argentinos Juniors Colón Rubén Ramírez (12 goals) Clausura: Carlos Luna (12 goals) (September 10, 2011) (September 12, 2011) Banfield 0–4 Vélez Sársfield (February 17, 2012) (March 11, 2012) (September 4–September 22) (August 5, 2011–March 4, 2012) (August 5–September 10)

The 2011–12 Primera División season is the 121st season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams will compete in the league. It started on August 5, 2011 and ended on July 1, 2012.

Club information

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
All Boys	Buenos Aires	Islas Malvinas	21,000
Argentinos Juniors	Buenos Aires	Diego Armando Maradona	24,800
Arsenal	Sarandí	Julio H. Grondona	16,300
Atlético de Rafaela	Rafaela	Nuevo Monumental	16,000
Banfield	Banfield	Florencio Solá	40,500
Belgrano	Córdoba	Mario Alberto Kempes	57,000
Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires	Alberto J. Armando	49,000
Colón	Santa Fe	Brigadier General Estanislao López	32,500
Estudiantes (LP)	La Plata	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata	53,000
Godoy Cruz	Godoy Cruz	Malvinas Argentinas	40,268
Independiente	Avellaneda	Libertadores de América	32,500
Lanús	Lanús	Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez	46,619
Newell's Old Boys	Rosario	Marcelo Bielsa	38,095
Olimpo	Bahía Blanca	Roberto Natalio Carminatti	18,000
Racing	Avellaneda	Presidente Juan Domingo Perón	51,389
San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires	Pedro Bidegain	43,494
San Martín (SJ)	San Juan	Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez	25,286
Tigre	Victoria	Monumental de Victoria	26,282
Unión	Santa Fe	15 de Abril	22,852
Vélez Sársfield	Buenos Aires	José Amalfitani	49,540

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
All Boys	ARG José Romero	Signia	Lácteos Barraza
Argentinos Juniors	ARG Leonardo Astrada	Olympikus	Liderar Seguros
Arsenal	ARG Gustavo Alfaro	Lotto	La Nueva Seguros
Atlético de Rafaela	ARG Rubén Forestello	Reusch	SanCor
Banfield	URU Eduardo Mario Acevedo	Mitre	Bingo Lomas
Belgrano	ARG Ricardo Zielinski	Lotto	Tersuave
Boca Juniors	ARG Julio César Falcioni	Nike	LG/BBVA Banco Francés
Colón	ARG Roberto Sensini	Umbro	Flecha Bus
Estudiantes (LP)	ARG Martín Zuccarelli (interim)	Adidas	DirecTV
Godoy Cruz	ARG Nery Pumpido	Lotto	Mendoza
Independiente	ARG Cristian Díaz	Puma	Motomel
Lanús	ARG Gabriel Schürrer	Olympikus	Herbalife
Newell's Old Boys	ARG Gerardo Martino	Topper	Motomel
Olimpo	ARG Walter Perazzo	Balonpie	Bingo Bahía
Racing	ARG Luis Zubeldía	Olympikus	Banco Hipotecario
San Lorenzo	ARG Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	Lotto	La Nueva Seguros
San Martín (SJ)	ARG Facundo Sava	Mitre	San Juan
Tigre	ARG Rodolfo Arruabarrena	Kappa	Banco Macro
Unión	ARG Frank Darío Kudelka	TBS	Flecha Bus
Vélez Sársfield	ARG Ricardo Gareca	Topper	Mondial/Samsung

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of
departure	Date of
vacancy	Replaced by	Date of
appointment	Position
in table	Pre-season changes	Apertura changes	Inter-tournament changes	Clausura changes
Racing	Miguel Ángel Russo	End of contract	June 19, 2011	Diego Simeone	June 21, 2011	N/A
Estudiantes (LP)	Luis Suárez & Guillermo TramaInterim manager.	Replaced	June 21, 2011	Miguel Ángel Russo	June 21, 2011	N/A
Banfield	Sebastián Méndez	Resigned	August 27, 2011	Ricardo La Volpe	August 28, 2011	20th
Independiente	Antonio Mohamed	Resigned	September 5, 2011	Ramón Díaz	September 12, 2011	17th
Argentinos Juniors	Pedro Troglio	Resigned	September 18, 2011	Néstor Gorosito	September 20, 2011	19th
Newell's Old Boys	Javier Torrente	Resigned	September 27, 2011	Diego Cagna	September 29, 2011	16th
Estudiantes (LP)	Miguel Ángel Russo	Resigned	November 7, 2011	Juan Manuel AzconzábalInterim manager, but later promoted to full-time manager.	November 9, 2011	19th
San Lorenzo	Omar Asad	Resigned	November 21, 2011	Leonardo Madelón	November 22, 2011	15th
Olimpo	Omar De FelippeInterim manager, but later replaced by Mauro Laspada as the interim manager.	Resigned	November 21, 2011	Héctor Rivoira	December 2, 2011	17th
Banfield	Ricardo La Volpe	Sacked	December 14, 2011	Jorge da Silva	December 23, 2011	N/A
Godoy Cruz	Jorge da Silva	Resigned	December 14, 2011	Nery Pumpido	December 23, 2011	N/A
Newell's Old Boys	Diego Cagna	Sacked	December 19, 2011	Gerardo Martino	December 26, 2011	N/A
Racing	Diego Simeone	Resigned	December 19, 2011	Alfio Basile	December 26, 2011	N/A
Colón	Mario Sciacqua	Resigned	February 20, 2012	Roberto Sensini	February 21, 2012	16th
Banfield	Jorge da Silva	Resigned	February 27, 2012	Eduardo Mario Acevedo	March 10, 2012	15th
Argentinos Juniors	Néstor Gorosito	Resigned	February 28, 2012	Leonardo Astrada	March 1, 2012	18th
Independiente	Ramón Díaz	Resigned	March 3, 2012	Cristian DíazInterim manager, but later promoted to full-time manager.	March 5, 2012	20th
Atlético de Rafaela	Carlos Trullet	Sacked	March 12, 2012	Rubén Forestello	March 13, 2012	18th
Olimpo	Héctor Rivoira	Resigned	April 1, 2012	Walter Perazzo	April 4, 2012	20th
San Lorenzo	Leonardo Madelón	Resigned	April 1, 2012	Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	April 3, 2012	17th
Racing	Alfio Basile	Resigned	April 14, 2012	Luis Zubeldía	April 15, 2012	16th
San Martín (SJ)	Daniel Garnero	Resigned	April 21, 2012	Facundo Sava	April 23, 2012	19th
Estudiantes (LP)	Juan Manuel Azconzábal	Sacked	April 27, 2012	Martín ZuccarelliInterim manager.	April 27, 2012	9th

Torneo Apertura

The 2011 Apertura was the first championship of the season. It began on August 5 and ended on February 4, 2012.

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Rubén Ramírez	ARG	Godoy Cruz	12
2	Mauro Matos	ARG	All Boys	7
César Pereyra	ARG	Belgrano	7
Santiago Salcedo	PAR	Argentinos Juniors	7
5	Alexis Castro	ARG	Atlético de Rafaela	6
Facundo Ferreyra	ARG	Banfield	6
Darío Gandín	ARG	Atlético de Rafaela	6
Teófilo Gutiérrez	COL	Racing	6
Martín Rolle	ARG	Olimpo	6
10	Mauro Boselli	ARG	Estudiantes	5
Darío Cvitanich	ARG	Boca Juniors	5
Gastón Fernández	ARG	Estudiantes	5
Guillermo Franco	MEX	Vélez Sársfield	5
Esteban Fuertes	ARG	Colón	5
Federico Higuaín	ARG	Colón	5
Diego Morales	ARG	Tigre	5
Mauro Obolo	ARG	Arsenal	5
Mario Regueiro	URU	Lanús	5
Paulo Rosales	ARG	Unión	5

Torneo Clausura

The 2012 Clausura was the second and final championship of the season. It started on February 10 and ended on June 24, 2012.

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Carlos Luna	Club Atlético Tigre	12
2	Gastón Caprari	San Martín (SJ)	8
3	Ernesto Farías	Independiente	7
Esteban Fuertes	Colón	7
Darío Gandín	Atlético de Rafaela	7
Emanuel Gigliotti	San Lorenzo	7
Mariano Pavone	Lanús	7

Source: Soccerway

Relegation

Pos
Team	2009–10
Pts	2010–11
Pts	2011–12
Pts	Total
Pts	Total
Pld	Avg
Relegation
1	Vélez Sársfield	61	82	64	207	114	****
2	Estudiantes (LP)	71	69	50	190	114	****
3	Lanús	60	63	55	178	114	****
4	Boca Juniors	47	53	76	176	114	****
5	Argentinos Juniors	73	54	49	176	114	****
6	Arsenal	46	57	62	165	114	****
7	Belgrano	—	—	55	55	38	****
8	Colón	55	47	60	162	114	****
9	Newell's Old Boys	69	42	48	159	114	****
10	Independiente	68	43	47	158	114	****
11	All Boys	—	51	54	105	76	****
12	Godoy Cruz	53	63	38	154	114	****
13	Unión	—	—	50	50	38	****
14	Atlético de Rafaela	—	—	50	50	38	****
15	Racing	46	52	50	148	114	****
16	Tigre	32	50	63	145	114	****
17	San Martín (SJ)	—	—	48	48	38	****	Relegation Playoff Matches
18	San Lorenzo	52	47	44	143	114	****
19	Banfield	73	47	22	142	114	****	Primera B Nacional
20	Olimpo	—	48	29	77	76	****

Relegation/promotion playoffs

The 17th and 18th placed teams in the relegation table (San Martín (San Juan) and San Lorenzo, respectively) played the 3rd and 4th-place finishers of the 2011–12 Primera B Nacional season (Instituto and Rosario Central, respectively); the winner of each claiming a spot in the following Primera División season. The Primera División team (Team 1) played the second leg at home with sporty advantage if the aggregate would have been drawn. Both San Lorenzo and San Martín (San Juan) remained in the Primera División. These were the last promotions played between Argentine Primera División and Primera B Nacional teams.

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International qualification

The 2011–12 Primera League table contributes towards qualifying for CONMEBOL tournaments in 2012 and 2013.

2012 CONMEBOL Tournaments

International qualification for the 2012 season presented a change from previous ones. Qualification for the first four Copa Libertadores berths comprises the previous season's Clausura champion, this season's Apertura champion, and the top two non-champions in an aggregate table of the aforementioned tournaments). The fifth Copa Libertadores berth was given to the best team in the Copa Sudamericana who has not already qualified otherwise.

Qualification to the Copa Sudamericana was determined through the same aggregate table as the Copa Libertadores. However, the six berths went to the top five teams that have not qualified for the Copa Libertadores and who were not participating in the relegation/promotion playoffs, and the Copa Argentina champion.

2013 Copa Libertadores

The winner of the Clausura 2012 tournament (Arsenal) qualified directly. Other teams will qualify based on their combined points in Clausura 2012 and Inicial 2012.

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