List of Argentine Primera División champions explained
The Argentina football champion is the winner of the highest league in Argentine football, the Primera División. The league season have had different formats, since the original double round-robin until the Liga Profesional. The champion is the team with the most points at the end of the competition.
The first Argentine football champions, St. Andrew's and Old Caledonians, were crowned in 1891 in the first official championship. Alumni was the most successful club with 10 titles until its dissolution in 1911. River Plate is the most successful club, having won 38 titles to date.
Primera División champions (1891–present)
The following is a list including all the Primera División champions since the first edition held in 1891.[1] [2] [3] For the first time since 1892, no league championship was held in 2020 after the schedule for a regular league season had been repeatedly delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the National Government allowed football competitions to return in October,[4] AFA organised the 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional, a domestic cup conceived as a contingency competition.
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Titles by club
The list include all the titles won by each club since the first Primera División championship held in 1891. Clubs in italic no longer exist or are currently disaffiliated from the AFA.
| Rank | width=200px | Club | width=50px | Titles | width=50px | Runners-up | scope=col class="unsortable" | Winning years | scope=col class="unsortable" | Runners-up years |
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| 1 | | | | | 1909, 1917, 1918, 1921 AAmF, 1922 AAmF, 1938, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968 Nacional, 1969 Metropolitano, 1969 Nacional, 1970 Metropolitano, 1972 Nacional, 1973 Nacional, 1976 Nacional, 1978 Nacional, 1984 Nacional, 1992 Apertura, 1999 Clausura, 2000 Apertura, 2001 Clausura, 2001 Apertura, 2013 Final, 2014 Transición, 2016–17, 2019–20 |
| 2 | | | | | 1927, 1928, 1929, 1933 LAF, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1958, 1973 Metropolitano, 1978 Metropolitano, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991 Apertura, 1997 Apertura, 2002 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2004 Clausura, 2006 Apertura, 2007 Clausura, 2008 Clausura, 2014 Final |
| 3 | Racing | | | | 1920 AAmF, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1967 Metropolitano, 1972 Metropolitano, 1995 Apertura, 2011 Apertura, 2022 |
| 4 | | | | | 1912 FAF, 1923 AAmF, 1932 LAF, 1934 LAF, 1935, 1937, 1940, 1954, 1964, 1977 Metropolitano, 1982 Metropolitano, 1983 Nacional, 1989–90, 1993 Clausura, 1996 Apertura, 2000 Clausura |
| 5 | | | | | 1925 AAmF, 1926 AAmF, 1931 LAF, 1936 (C), 1936 (O), 1941, 1942, 1957, 1961, 1971 Nacional, 1983 Metropolitano, 1987–88, 1994 Apertura, 2003 Apertura, 2015, 2016 |
| 6 | | | | | |
| Alumni | | | | 1904, 1908 |
| 8 | | | | | 1914 FAF, 1919, 1930, 1967 Nacional, 1968 Metropolitano, 1975 Nacional, 2010 Clausura |
| | | | 1985–86, 1986–87, 2009 Apertura, 2012 Inicial, 2012–13, |
| 10 | | | | | 1920,1923, 1936 (H), 1939, 1975 Metropolitano, 1976 Metropolitano, 1994 Clausura, 2009 Clausura |
| Lomas Athletic | 5 | 2 | | 1900, 1906 |
| 12 | | | | | 1970 Nacional, 1974 Metropolitano, 1974 Nacional, 1999 Apertura |
| 13 | Belgrano Athletic | 3 | 3 | | 1901, 1903, 1905 |
| 3 | 2 | | 1926, 1980 Metropolitano |
| 15 | | | | | 1956, 1998 Clausura, 2006 Clausura, 2011 Clausura, 2013 Inicial |
| | | | 1981 Metropolitano, 1981 Nacional, 1984 Metropolitano |
| Porteño | | | | 1910, 1911 |
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| Estudiantil Porteño | | — | | — |
| 20 | | | | | 1924 AAmF, 1995 Clausura, 1996 Clausura, 1998 Apertura, 2002 Clausura, 2005 Apertura |
| | | | 1920, 1951, 2003 Apertura, 2005 Clausura |
| Lomas Academy | | | | 1895 |
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| Old Caledonians | 1 | — | | — |
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| St. Andrew's | | | | — |
| — | San Isidro | align=center rowspan="25" | — | 3 | align=center rowspan="25" | — | 1912, 1913, 1915 |
| 3 | 2007 Apertura, 2008 Apertura, 2012 Clausura |
| 2 | 2018–19, 2021 |
| 2 | 1907, 1914 |
| Flores | 2 | 1893, 1896 |
| 2 | 1898, 1899 |
| 2 | 1925, 1933 |
| 2 | 1977 Nacional, 2023 |
| 1 | 1931 |
| Barracas Athletic | 1 | 1902 |
| 1 | 1932 |
| Buenos Aires & Rosario Railway | 1 | 1891 |
| 1 | 1997 Clausura |
| Del Plata | 1 | 1921 |
| 1 | 1913 FAF |
| 1 | |
| Lanús Athletic | 1 | 1897 |
| 1 | 1916 |
| 1 | 1980 Nacional |
| Rosario Athletic | 1 | 1894 |
| Sportivo Palermo | 1 | 1922 |
| 1 | 1924 |
| 1 | 1979 Nacional |
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Championships defined by final
Although most of Primera División championships were decided by points in single and double round-robin tournaments, some finals were played when two teams ended tied on points at the end of the season. The following is a list of those cases:[5]
Notes:
- The 1936 "Copa de Oro" is not listed because it did not define a Primera División champion but which team would participate in the 1936 Copa Aldao.
- Nacional championship finals are listed on their respective article and not included here.
- Copa Campeonato matches are not included because they had the format of national cup.
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See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Campeones de Primera División . . 15 April 2020 . es.
- Web site: Osvaldo José Gorgazzi and Héctor Villa Martínez . Argentina - List of Champions and Runners-Up . 15 April 2020 . . 12 March 2020.
- 38 Campeones del Fútbol Argentino 1891-2013 by Diego Estévez, Ediciones Continente -
- https://www.ambito.com/deportes/futbol/el-gobierno-dio-via-libre-la-vuelta-del-n5138431 El Gobierno dio vía libre para la vuelta del fútbol
- http://abrilacancha.com.ar/2021/09/14/un-repaso-unico-las-33-finales-del-futbol-argentino-de-primera-division-hasta-2021/ Un repaso único: las 33 finales del fútbol argentino de Primera División hasta 2021
