2016 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Season 2016
Champions Lanús (2nd title)
2017 Copa Libertadores Lanús
San Lorenzo
Estudiantes (LP)
Matches played 242
Goals scored 606 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer José Sand (15 goals)
Biggest home win Newell's Old Boys 5–0 Racing (Feb. 17, 2016)
Tigre 5–0 Atlético Tucumán (Mar. 7, 2016)
Biggest away win Argentinos Juniors 1–5 Defensa y Justicia (Mar. 4, 2016)
Unión 0–4 Lanús (Apr. 4, 2016)
Highest scoring Unión 3–6 Racing (Mar. 6, 2016)
Atlético de Rafaela 3–6 Racing (Mar. 21, 2016)
2015

The 2016 Argentine Primera División - Copa Axion Energy was the 126th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season began on February 5 and ended on May 29. Thirty teams competed in the league, twenty eight returning from the 2015 and two promoted from the 2015 Primera B Nacional (Atlético Tucumán and Patronato). Two teams (Nueva Chicago and Crucero del Norte) were relegated to the Primera B Nacional Championship in the previous tournament.

Lanús won their second title after defeating San Lorenzo 4–0 in the final.

Competition format

The tournament for the 2016 season was composed of two zones of 15 teams. Each team played the other 14 teams in its zone in a round-robin tournament and also played two interzonal matches against its rival team in the other zone, once home and once away. In the end, the winner of each played a final match on a neutral ground to determine the champion.

Club information

Stadia and locations

Club

[1]

City Stadium Capacity
Aldosivi Mar del Plata José María Minella 35,354
Argentinos Juniors Buenos Aires Diego Armando Maradona 25,500
Arsenal Sarandí Julio Humberto Grondona 16,300
Atlético Rafaela Rafaela Nuevo Monumental 16,000
Atlético Tucumán Tucumán Monumental José Fierro 32,700
Banfield Banfield Florencio Solá 34,901
Belgrano Córdoba Julio César Villagra 28,000
Mario Alberto Kempes 57,000
Boca Juniors Buenos Aires Alberto J. Armando 49,000
Colón Santa Fe Brigadier General Estanislao López 40,000
Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello 12,000
Estudiantes La Plata Ciudad de La Plata 53,000
Gimnasia La Plata La Plata Juan Carmelo Zerillo 24,544
Godoy Cruz Mendoza Malvinas Argentinas 40,268
Huracán Buenos Aires Tomás Adolfo Ducó 48,314
Independiente Avellaneda Libertadores de América 52,853
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 20,000
Patronato Paraná Presbítero Bartolomé Grella 22,000
Quilmes Quilmes Centenario 30,200
Racing Club Avellaneda Presidente Juan Domingo Perón 55,389
River Plate Buenos Aires Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti 61,321
Rosario Central Rosario Dr. Lisandro de la Torre 41,654
San Lorenzo Buenos Aires Pedro Bidegain 39,494
San Martín de San Juan San Juan Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez 19,000
Estadio del Bicentenario 25,286
Sarmiento Junín Eva Perón 22,000
Temperley Temperley Alfredo Beranger 13,800
Tigre Victoria José Dellagiovanna 26,282
Unión Santa Fe Santa Fe 15 de Abril 22,852
Vélez Sarsfield Buenos Aires José Amalfitani 45,540

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Pre-season changes
Godoy Cruz Argentina Daniel Oldrá Replaced November 7, 2015 Argentina Sebastián Méndez December 1, 2015[2]
Atlético de Rafaela Argentina Leonardo Astrada End of contract November 8, 2015[3] Argentina Jorge Burruchaga December 7, 2015[4]
San Lorenzo Argentina Edgardo Bauza End of contract November 8, 2015[5] Argentina Pablo Guede December 20, 2015[6]
Vélez Sarsfield Argentina Miguel Ángel Russo Mutual agreement November 8, 2015[7] Argentina Christian Bassedas November 13, 2015[8]
Temperley Argentina Ricardo Rezza End of contract November 15, 2015[9] Argentina Iván Delfino December 16, 2015[10]
San Martín (SJ) Argentina Carlos Mayor Resigned November 23, 2015[11] Argentina Pablo Lavallén December 12, 2015[12]
Argentinos Juniors Argentina Néstor Gorosito End of contract November 24, 2015[13] Argentina Carlos Mayor December 19, 2015[14]
Tigre Argentina Gustavo Alfaro Mutual agreement November 25, 2015[15] Italy Mauro Camoranesi December 21, 2015[16]
Arsenal Argentina Ricardo Caruso Lombardi Mutual agreement November 26, 2015[17] Argentina Sergio Rondina November 28, 2015[18]
Estudiantes (LP) Argentina Gabriel Milito Mutual agreement December 5, 2015[19] Argentina Nelson Vivas December 7, 2015[20]
Lanús Argentina Guillermo Barros Schelotto End of contract December 6, 2015[21] Argentina Jorge Almirón December 8, 2015[22]
Racing Argentina Diego Cocca End of contract December 6, 2015[23] Argentina Facundo Sava December 16, 2015[24]
Patronato Argentina Iván Delfino Mutual agreement December 13, 2015[25] Argentina Forestello, RubénRubén Forestello December 19, 2015[26]
Quilmes Argentina Facundo Sava Mutual agreement December 16, 2015[27] Argentina Alfredo Grelak December 21, 2015[28]
Tournament changes
Newell's Old Boys Argentina Lucas Bernardi Resigned February 14, 2016[29] Argentina Diego Osella 1 February 22, 2016[30]
Olimpo Argentina Diego Osella Resigned February 22, 2016 Argentina Christian Díaz February 22, 2016[31]
Boca Juniors Argentina Rodolfo Arruabarrena Sacked February 29, 2016[32] Argentina Guillermo Barros Schelotto March 1, 2016[33]
Argentinos Juniors Argentina Carlos Mayor Resigned March 4, 2016[34] Argentina Raúl Sanzotti 2 March 6, 2016[35]
Sarmiento Argentina Sergio Lippi Mutual agreement March 6, 2016[36] Argentina Ricardo Caruso Lombardi March 10, 2016[37]
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Argentina Pedro Troglio Sacked March 14, 2016[38] Argentina Gustavo Alfaro 3 March 20, 2016[39]
Tigre Italy Mauro Camoranesi Sacked March 17, 2016[40] Argentina Pedro Troglio 4 March 21, 2016[41]
Banfield Argentina Claudio Vivas Replaced March 20, 2016[42] Argentina Julio César Falcioni March 20, 2016[43]
Atlético de Rafaela Argentina Jorge Burruchaga Sacked March 25, 2016[44] Argentina Juan Manuel Llop March 26, 2016[45]

Interim Managers

1.^ Argentina Juan Pablo Vojvoda was interim manager in the 3rd and 4th rounds.
2.^ Interim manager, but later promoted to manager until the end of the tournament.
3.^ Argentina Andrés Yllana was interim manager in the 8th round.
4.^ Argentina Fabián Castro was interim manager in the 8th round.

League table

Zone 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San Lorenzo 16 10 4 2 23 16 +7 34 Final match; 2017 Copa Libertadores second stage
2 Godoy Cruz 16 10 3 3 27 14 +13 33 Copa Libertadores playoff
3 Independiente 16 7 6 3 22 12 +10 27
4 Arsenal 16 8 3 5 21 15 +6 27
5 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 16 7 4 5 19 19 0 25
6 Vélez Sarsfield 16 7 3 6 20 19 +1 24
7 Rosario Central 16 5 5 6 19 16 +3 20
8 Patronato 16 5 5 6 19 23 4 20
9 River Plate 16 4 6 6 21 22 1 18
10 Sarmiento 16 4 5 7 10 18 8 17
11 Colón 16 5 2 9 21 31 10 17
12 Belgrano 16 4 4 8 21 24 3 16
13 Banfield 16 2 9 5 15 20 5 15
14 Quilmes 16 3 6 7 21 32 11 15
15 Olimpo 16 3 4 9 11 20 9 13
Source: AFA

Zone 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lanús 16 12 2 2 28 10 +18 38 Final match; 2017 Copa Libertadores second stage
2 Estudiantes (LP) 16 9 5 2 25 11 +14 32 Copa Libertadores playoff
3 Atlético Tucumán 16 9 3 4 26 19 +7 30
4 Defensa y Justicia 16 7 4 5 25 16 +9 25
5 Huracán 16 7 4 5 21 15 +6 25
6 Racing 16 6 6 4 29 26 +3 24
7 San Martín (SJ) 16 6 5 5 23 20 +3 23
8 Unión 16 5 7 4 24 22 +2 22
9 Tigre 16 5 5 6 21 17 +4 20
10 Boca Juniors 16 5 5 6 15 13 +2 20
11 Aldosivi 16 4 5 7 19 28 9 17
12 Newell's Old Boys 16 3 7 6 16 21 5 16
13 Temperley 16 4 4 8 14 21 7 16
14 Argentinos Juniors 16 2 6 8 11 29 18 12
15 Atlético de Rafaela 16 2 3 11 14 32 18 9
Source: AFA

Final

29 May 2016 (2016-05-29)
16:15 UTC−3
San Lorenzo 0–4 Lanús
Report Benítez  17'
Almirón  58'
Sand  73'
Acosta  88'
Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 52,260
Referee: Darío Herrera
San Lorenzo
Lanús
GK 12Argentina Sebastián Torrico
DF 7 Argentina Julio Buffarini (c)  15'
DF 2 Argentina Marcos Angeleri  80'
DF 6 Argentina Matías Caruzzo  79'
DF 21Argentina Emmanuel Más  72'
MF 5 Argentina Juan Ignacio Mercier
MF 16Argentina Fernando Belluschi
MF 28Argentina Franco Mussis  34'  46'
MF 23Argentina Sebastián Blanco  78'
FW 19Argentina Ezequiel Cerutti  57'
FW 18Argentina Nicolás Blandi
Substitutes:
GK 22Argentina Nicolás Navarro
DF 3Colombia Pedro Franco
MF 10Argentina Leandro Romagnoli
MF 11Argentina Pablo Barrientos  46'
FW 15Argentina Héctor Villalba  78'
FW 9 Uruguay Martín Cauteruccio  72'
FW26 Argentina Mauro Matos
Manager:
Argentina Pablo Guede
GK 1Argentina Fernando Monetti  67'
DF 4Argentina José Luis Gómez
DF 2 Paraguay Gustavo Gómez  54'
DF 6 Argentina Diego Braghieri
DF 3Argentina Maximiliano Velázquez (c)  9'  72'
MF 27 Argentina Román Martínez
MF 30Argentina Iván Marcone
MF 26Paraguay Miguel Almirón
FW 7Argentina Lautaro Acosta
FW 9Argentina José Sand  74'  78'
FW 23 Argentina Oscar Benítez  79'  84'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Argentina Matías Ibáñez
DF 14 Argentina Luis Marcelo Herrera
MF 21Argentina Nicolás Pasquini  72'
MF 16 Paraguay Víctor Ayala  84'
MF 10Argentina Gonzalo Castellani
MF 19Argentina Nicolás Aguirre  78'
FW 11Argentina Pablo Mouche
Manager:
Argentina Jorge Almirón

Assistant referees:
Hernán Maidana
Juan Pablo Belatti
Fourth official:
Diego Abal

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.
Primera División
2016 Champion
Lanús
2nd Title

Results

Home \ Away[1] ARS BAN BELCOLGLPGODINDOLIPATQUIRIVRCESLASARVELALDARGRAFATUBOCDYJESTHURLANNOBRACSMATEMTIGUNI
Arsenal 31 33 01 21 10 20 10 00
Banfield 11 20 23 13 11 00 00 02
Belgrano 00 30 22 32 10 30 23 00
Colón 21 30 31 22 41 03 02 03
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 30 22 33 10 32 10 00 00
Godoy Cruz 20 10 41 11 10 31 01 10
Independiente 20 10 41 00 21 02 01 11
Olimpo 21 11 20 01 11 02 01 21
Patronato 00 02 21 10 21 10 22 21
Quilmes 14 24 13 03 11 22 30 20
River Plate 11 10 12 10 51 22 00 00
Rosario Central 22 01 10 11 33 10 23 20
San Lorenzo 02 11 32 21 21 21 32 10
Sarmiento 10 13 00 00 10 22 10 01
Vélez Sarsfield 20 21 14 02 21 00 12 10
Aldosivi 30 32 21 12 21 22 11 11
Argentinos Juniors 03 03 10 15 00 11 00 11
Atlético de Rafaela 31 02 01 36 12 02 00 11
Atlético Tucumán 21 11 30 31 21 21 32 20
Boca Juniors 00 41 30 01 00 00 41 21
Defensa y Justicia 01 40 41 02 21 00 21 22
Estudiantes (LP) 30 41 32 31 21 01 00 11
Huracán 11 20 01 10 01 43 42 11
Lanús 20 20 21 10 20 21 13 30
Newell's Old Boys 00 11 11 21 01 10 50 11
Racing 00 22 10 00 21 22 20 33
San Martín (SJ) 20 20 01 02 22 21 20 10
Temperley 20 00 11 00 13 01 20 20
Tigre 20 20 50 20 02 12 01 33
Unión 10 40 11 04 36 11 30 10

Source: AFA
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Copa Libertadores playoff

The second-place team in each zone qualifies to the 2017 Copa Libertadores and will play a match at a neutral stadium to determine at which stage each team enters. The winner of this playoff will qualify directly to the second stage (earning the Argentina 3 berth), and the loser will enter the first stage of the tournament (earning the Argentina 4 berth[a]).[46]


May 28, 2016
17:00 UTC−3
Godoy Cruz 0–1 Estudiantes (LP)
Report Cavallaro  15'
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba
Attendance: 3,877
Referee: Silvio Trucco
Notes
  1. a If the winner of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana is an Argentine team not otherwise qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores, that team will take the place of the loser of this playoff.

Season statistics

Relegation

Relegation at the end of the season is based on coefficients, which take into consideration the points obtained by the clubs during the present season and the two previous seasons (only seasons at the top-flight are counted). The total tally is then divided by the total amount of games played in the top flight on those three season and an average is calculated. The team with the worst average at the end of the season is relegated to Primera B Nacional.[47]

Pos
Team 2013–14
Pts
2014
Pts
2015
Pts
2016
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg
Relegation
1 Atlético Tucumán 30 30 16 1.875
2 San Lorenzo 60 26 61 34 181 103 1.757
3 Independiente 33 54 27 114 65 1.754
4 Boca Juniors 61 31 64 20 176 103 1.709
5 Lanús 59 35 42 38 174 103 1.689
6 Estudiantes (LP) 59 31 51 32 173 103 1.68
7 River Plate 58 39 49 18 164 103 1.592
8 Racing 33 41 57 24 155 103 1.505
9 Rosario Central 54 21 59 20 154 103 1.495
10 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 57 24 44 25 150 103 1.456
11 Godoy Cruz 56 21 32 33 142 103 1.379
12 Unión 41 22 63 46 1.37
13 Tigre 49 26 46 20 141 103 1.369
14 Belgrano 49 25 51 16 141 103 1.369
15 Vélez Sarsfield 61 25 29 24 139 103 1.35
16 Newell's Old Boys 56 25 40 16 137 103 1.33
17 Banfield 20 50 15 85 65 1.308
18 San Martín (SJ) 37 23 60 46 1.304
19 Patronato 20 20 16 1.25
20 Arsenal 48 26 27 27 128 103 1.243
21 Aldosivi 40 17 57 46 1.239
22 Huracán 30 25 55 46 1.196
23 Defensa y Justicia 20 32 25 77 65 1.185
24 Olimpo 50 19 36 13 118 103 1.146
25 Quilmes 45 12 45 15 117 103 1.136
26 Colón 34 17 51 46 1.109
27 Atlético de Rafaela 49 25 23 9 106 103 1.029
28 Sarmiento 30 17 47 46 1.022
29 Temperley 30 16 46 46 1
30 Argentinos Juniors (R) 33 12 45 46 0.978Relegation to Primera B Nacional

Source: AFA

See also

References

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  47. D'Onofrio confirms one relegation, in Spanish

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