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2012–13 Argentine Primera División season

122nd season of top-tier football league in Argentina

Field	Value
competition	Primera División
season	2012–13
winners	Torneo Inicial:
Vélez Sarsfield (9th title)
Torneo Final:
Newell's Old Boys
(6th title)
Super Champions:
Vélez Sarsfield (10th title)
relegated	San Martín (SJ)
Independiente
Unión
continentalcup1	2013 Copa Libertadores
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Vélez Sarsfield
Newell's Old Boys
Boca Juniors
Tigre (via 2012 Copa Sudamericana)
continentalcup2	2013 Copa Sudamericana
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Lanús
River Plate
Racing
Belgrano
San Lorenzo
Vélez Sarsfield
continentalcup3	2014 Copa Libertadores
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Newell's Old Boys
Vélez Sarsfield
league topscorer	Torneo Inicial:
Facundo Ferreyra
Ignacio Scocco
(13 goals each)
Torneo Final:
Emanuel Gigliotti
Ignacio Scocco
(11 goals each)
matches	381
total goals	854
biggest home win	San Martín (SJ) 6–1 Boca Juniors (Apr. 13, 2013)
River Plate 5–0 Godoy Cruz (Oct. 7, 2012)
Newell's Old Boys 5–0 Unión (Jun. 10, 2013)
biggest away win	Arsenal 1–5 Vélez Sarsfield (Nov. 3, 2012)
Arsenal 0–4 River Plate (Sep. 30, 2012)
highest scoring	Atlético de Rafaela 5–3 Argentinos Juniors (Sep. 29, 2012) (8 goals)
longest wins	Lanús -7 matches- (Oct. 5 - Nov. 19, 2012)
longest unbeaten	Newell's Old Boys - 15 matches- (Aug. 4 - Nov. 15, 2012)
Lanús -15 matches- (Dec. 8, 2012 - May 20, 2013)
longest losses	Argentinos Juniors -6 matches- (Nov. 24, 2012 - Feb. 22, 2013)
prevseason	2011–12
nextseason	2013–14

Vélez Sarsfield (9th title) Torneo Final: Newell's Old Boys (6th title) Super Champions: Vélez Sarsfield (10th title) Independiente Unión Newell's Old Boys Boca Juniors Tigre (via 2012 Copa Sudamericana) River Plate Racing Belgrano San Lorenzo Vélez Sarsfield Vélez Sarsfield Facundo Ferreyra Ignacio Scocco (13 goals each) Torneo Final: Emanuel Gigliotti Ignacio Scocco (11 goals each) River Plate 5–0 Godoy Cruz (Oct. 7, 2012) Newell's Old Boys 5–0 Unión (Jun. 10, 2013) Arsenal 0–4 River Plate (Sep. 30, 2012) Lanús -15 matches- (Dec. 8, 2012 - May 20, 2013)

The 2012–13 Primera División season was the 122nd season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. It started on August 3, 2012 and ended on June 29, 2013. Twenty teams competed in the league, eighteen returning from the 2011–12 season and two promoted from the Primera B Nacional Championship (Championship winners River Plate and runners-up Quilmes). The two promoted clubs avoided relegation.

In the first half of the season Vélez Sarsfield became champion of the 2012 Torneo Inicial "Eva Perón", winning the “Evita Capitana” League Cup. In the second one Newell's Old Boys clinched the 2013 Torneo Final "Eva Perón", winning the “Juana Azurduy” League Cup.

In the Superfinal Vélez Sarsfield were crowned Argentina's Super champions after a 1–0 victory over Newell's Old Boys in Mendoza. This was the first overall league championship play-off in Argentina since 1991 when Newell's defeated Boca Juniors on penalties.

Independiente was relegated, for first time, to the Primera B Nacional Championship. The other relegated teams were San Martín (SJ) and Unión.

Format changes

The champion of the Torneo Inicial and Torneo Final met in a season ending championship final to determine the super champion. The format for each tournament remained the same as in previous seasons.

Relegation was also changed for the season. Instead of two teams facing direct relegation to the Primera B Nacional, three teams were directly relegated. The promotion/relegation playoffs were eliminated.

Teams

The teams ending the 2011–12 season in the bottom two places of the relegation table were Banfield and Olimpo. They played in the 2012–13 Primera B Nacional Championship. At the same time the 2011–12 Primera B Nacional Championship winners River Plate and runners-up Quilmes were directly promoted at the end of the season. San Lorenzo and San Martín (SJ) remained in the Primera División winning their Relegation/promotion playoffs to Instituto and Rosario Central.

Stadia and locations

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
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	30,000
Lanús	Lanús	Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez	46,619
Newell's Old Boys	Rosario	Marcelo Bielsa	38,095
Quilmes	Quilmes	Centenario	30,200
Racing	Avellaneda	Presidente Juan Domingo Perón	55,389
River Plate	Buenos Aires	Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti	64,624
San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires	Pedro Bidegain	39,494
San Martín (SJ)	San Juan	Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez	25,286
Tigre	Victoria	José Dellagiovanna	26,282
Unión	Santa Fe	15 de Abril	22,852
Vélez Sarsfield	Buenos Aires	José Amalfitani	45,540

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
All Boys	ARG José Romero	Balonpie	Lácteos Barraza
Argentinos Juniors	ARG Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	Olympikus	Liderar Seguros
Arsenal	ARG Gustavo Alfaro	Lotto	La Nueva Seguros
Atlético de Rafaela	ARG Jorge Burruchaga	Reusch	SanCor
Belgrano	ARG Ricardo Zielinski	Lotto	Tersuave
Boca Juniors	ARG Carlos Bianchi	Nike	BBVA
Colón	ARG Pablo Morant	Umbro	Flecha Bus
Estudiantes (LP)	ARG Mauricio Pellegrino	Adidas	DirecTV
Godoy Cruz	ARG Martín Palermo	Lotto	Mendoza
Independiente	ARG Miguel Ángel Brindisi	Puma	Motomel
Lanús	ARG Guillermo Barros Schelotto	Olympikus	Herbalife/ESCO
Newell's Old Boys	ARG Gerardo Martino	Topper	Motomel
Quilmes	ARG Omar De Felippe	Lotto	Quilmes
Racing	ARG Luis Zubeldía	Olympikus	Banco Hipotecario
River Plate	ARG Ramón Díaz	Adidas	BBVA
San Lorenzo	ESP Juan Antonio Pizzi	Lotto	La Nueva Seguros/Banco Ciudad
San Martín (SJ)	ARG Rubén Forestello	Mitre	San Juan
Tigre	ARG Néstor Gorosito	Kappa	Banco Macro
Unión	ARG Facundo Sava	TBS	Flecha Bus
Vélez Sarsfield	ARG Ricardo Gareca	Topper	Samsung

Statistics

Club	Most goals
scored	Goals	Most minutes
played	Minutes
(Matches)
All Boys	ARG Iván Borghello	9	ARG Nicolás Cambiasso	3420
(38)
Argentinos Juniors	ECU Juan Luis Anangonó	5	ARG Ariel Garcé	2764
(31)
Arsenal	ARG Darío Benedetto	7	ARG Cristian Campestrini	3330
(37)
ARG Lisandro López
Atlético de Rafaela	ARG César Carignano	5	ARG Guillermo Sara	3240
(36)
ARG Federico González
ARG Jonathan López
Belgrano	ARG Lucas Melano	5	ARG Guillermo Farré	3310
(37)
ARG Jorge Velázquez
Boca Juniors	URU Santiago Silva	11	URU Santiago Silva	2441
(28)
Colón	ARG Emanuel Gigliotti	21	ARG Diego Pozo	3016
(34)
Estudiantes (LP)	COL Duván Zapata	13	ARG Leandro Desábato	3003
(34)
Godoy Cruz	ARG Mauro Obolo	10	ARG Mauro Obolo	3319
(38)
Independiente	ARG Ernesto Farías	5	PAR Claudio Morel Rodríguez	2483
(29)
Lanús	ARG Silvio Romero	13	ARG Agustín Marchesín	3330
(37)
Newell's Old Boys	ARG Ignacio Scocco	24	ARG Nahuel Guzmán	2970
(33)
ARG Santiago Vergini
Quilmes	URU Martín Cauteruccio	14	ARG Emanuel Trípodi	3330
(37)
Racing	ARG Luciano Vietto	13	ARG Matías Cahais	3314
(37)
River Plate	ARG Manuel Lanzini	8	ARG Marcelo Barovero	3033
(34)
San Lorenzo	ARG Denis Stracqualursi	8	ARG Pablo Alvarado	3143
(35)
San Martín (SJ)	COL Humberto Osorio Botello	11	ARG Emmanuel Más	3330
(37)
Tigre	ARG Rubén Botta	5	ARG Mariano Echeverría	3060
(34)
ARG Matías Pérez García
Unión	ARG Andrés Franzoia	8	URU Nicolás Correa	3330
(37)
Vélez Sarsfield	ARG Facundo Ferreyra	16	ARG Sebastián Domínguez	2880
(32)

:1. Superfinal is not included

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Lanús	ARG Gabriel Schürrer	Sacked	June 18, 2012	ARG Guillermo Barros Schelotto	June 20, 2012	N/A
Estudiantes (LP)	ARG Martín Zuccarelli	Replaced	June 24, 2012	ARG Diego Cagna	June 29, 2012	N/A
Independiente	ARG Cristian Díaz	Resigned	August 25, 2012	ARG Américo Gallego	August 27, 2012	17th
Unión	ARG Frank Kudelka	Resigned	August 31, 2012	ARG Nery Pumpido	September 4, 2012	19th
San Martín (SJ)	ARG Facundo Sava	Sacked	September 3, 2012	ARG Gabriel Perrone	September 7, 2012	20th
San Lorenzo	ARG Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	Mutual agreement	October 9, 2012	ESP Juan Antonio Pizzi	October 13, 2012	18th
Tigre	ARG Rodolfo Arruabarrena	Resigned	October 21, 2012	ARG Néstor Gorosito	October 22, 2012	19th
Argentinos Juniors	ARG Leonardo Astrada	Resigned	November 4, 2012	ARG Gabriel Schürrer	November 15, 2012	17th
Atlético de Rafaela	ARG Rubén Forestello	Sacked	November 18, 2012	ARG Jorge Burruchaga	December 5, 2012	15th
Godoy Cruz	ARG Omar Asad	Resigned	November 19, 2012	ARG Martín Palermo	November 26, 2012	14th
River Plate	ARG Matías Almeyda	Sacked	November 27, 2012	ARG Ramón Díaz	November 29, 2012	9th
Unión	ARG Nery Pumpido	Resigned	December 8, 2012	ARG Facundo Sava	December 16, 2012	N/A
Boca Juniors	ARG Julio César Falcioni	End of contract	December 10, 2012	ARG Carlos Bianchi	December 17, 2012	N/A
Argentinos Juniors	ARG Gabriel Schürrer	Resigned	February 22, 2013	ARG Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	March 14, 2013	20th
San Martín (SJ)	ARG Gabriel Perrone	Resigned	March 10, 2013	ARG Rubén Forestello	March 17, 2013	17th
Colón	ARG Roberto Sensini	Resigned	March 16, 2013	ARG Pablo Morant	March 17, 2013	20th
Estudiantes (LP)	ARG Diego Cagna	Resigned	March 30, 2013	ARG Mauricio Pellegrino	April 5, 2013	19th
Independiente	ARG Américo Gallego	Mutual agreement	April 14, 2013	ARG Miguel Ángel Brindisi	April 16, 2013	16th

Pre-season changes :1. Interim manager.
Torneo Inicial :2. ARG Marcelo Vivas was interim manager in the 6th match. :3. ARG Carlos Mayor was interim manager in the 14th and 15th matches. :4. ARG Víctor Bottaniz was interim manager in the 17th and 18th matches. :5. ARG Daniel Oldrá was interim manager in the 17th match. :6. ARG Gustavo Zapata was interim manager in the 18th match.
Torneo Final :7. ARG Fabián De Sarasqueta was interim manager in the 4th and 5th matches. :8. ARG Marcelo Vivas was interim manager in the 6th match. :9. Interim manager. :10. ARG Martín Zuccarelli was interim manager in the 8th and 9th matches.

Torneo Inicial

The Torneo Inicial was the first tournament of the season. It began on August 3, 2012 and ended on February 13, 2013.

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Facundo Ferreyra	ARG	Vélez Sársfield	13
Ignacio Scocco	ARG	Newell's Old Boys	13
3	Emanuel Gigliotti	ARG	Colón	10
4	Martín Cauteruccio	URU	Quilmes	7
Lucas Pratto	ARG	Vélez Sársfield	7
Denis Stracqualursi	ARG	San Lorenzo	7
7	Iván Borghello	ARG	All Boys	6
Rodrigo Mora	URU	River Plate	6
Humberto Osorio Botello	COL	San Martín (SJ)	6
Santiago Silva	URU	Boca Juniors	6
Duván Zapata	COL	Estudiantes (LP)	6

Torneo Final

The Torneo Final was the second and final tournament of the season. It began on February 8 and ended on June 23, 2013.

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Emanuel Gigliotti	ARG	Colón	11
Ignacio Scocco	ARG	Newell's Old Boys	11
3	Silvio Romero	ARG	Lanús	9
4	Luciano Vietto	ARG	Racing	8
5	Martín Cauteruccio	URU	Quilmes	7
Ezequiel Rescaldani	ARG	Vélez Sarsfield	7
Duván Zapata	COL	Estudiantes (LP)	7
8	Andrés Franzoia	ARG	Unión	6
Mauro Obolo	ARG	Godoy Cruz	6
Claudio Riaño	ARG	San Martín (SJ)	6

Superfinal

The 2012-13 Superfinal was played on 29 June 2013 between Vélez Sarsfield, winners of the 2012 Torneo Inicial, and Newell's Old Boys, winners of the 2013 Torneo Final. The match was played at the neutral venue of the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza.

Vélez Sarsfield were crowned Super champions after a 1–0 victory over Newell's Old Boys. The Association recognised that title as a Primera División (league) championship.

As super champions of the 2012–13 season Vélez Sarsfield was qualified for the 2013 Supercopa Argentina, 2013 Copa Sudamericana and 2014 Copa Libertadores.

Details

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ARG Ricardo Gareca

ARG Gerardo Martino

Sebastián Sosa (Vélez Sarsfield) saved a penalty kick from Scocco in the 30th.

Relegation

Pos
Team	2010–11
Pts	2011–12
Pts	2012–13
Pts	Total
Pts	Total
Pld	Avg
Relegation
1	Vélez Sarsfield	82	64	61	207	114	****
2	River Plate	—	—	64	64	38	****
3	Lanús	63	55	67	185	114	****
4	Boca Juniors	53	76	51	180	114	****
5	Arsenal	57	62	60	179	114	****
6	Belgrano	—	55	59	114	76	****
7	Estudiantes (LP)	69	50	48	167	114	****
8	Newell's Old Boys	42	48	74	164	114	****
9	Racing	52	50	62	164	114	****
10	Colón	47	60	46	153	114	****
11	Godoy Cruz	63	38	49	150	114	****
12	Quilmes	—	—	50	50	38	****
13	San Lorenzo	47	44	58	149	114	****
14	Tigre	50	63	34	147	114	****
15	All Boys	51	54	41	146	114	****
16	Argentinos Juniors	54	49	37	140	114	****
17	Atlético de Rafaela	—	50	43	93	76	****
18	San Martín (SJ) (R)	—	48	43	91	76	****	Primera B Nacional
19	Independiente (R)	43	47	39	129	114	****
20	Unión (R)	—	50	24	74	76	****

Source:

International qualification

2013 Copa Libertadores

Qualification for the 2013 Copa Libertadores tournament was awarded to the winners of the 2011/12 Clausura and 2012/13 Torneo Inicial tournaments. A third place was awarded to the Argentine side that proceeded furthest in the 2012 Copa Sudamericana tournament. Two more places were available to the teams who gain most points in the 2012 Argentine tournaments, and a league table showing those combined points is given below.

2013 Copa Sudamericana

Qualification for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana tournament was awarded to the winners of the 2012–13 Argentine Primera División and the 5 best non-finalists (if not qualified for 2013 Copa Libertadores second stage or relegated) according to the aggregate table of the 2012–13 Torneo Inicial and Torneo Final.

This aggregate table could also be used for award places for the 2014 Copa Libertadores.

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