2010–11 Argentine Primera División season

Primera División

Season	2010–11
Champions	Apertura: Estudiantes (LP) (6th title) Clausura: Vélez Sársfield (8th title)
Relegated	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Huracán Quilmes River Plate
2011 Copa Libertadores	Estudiantes (LP) Vélez Sársfield Godoy Cruz
2012 Copa Libertadores	Vélez Sársfield
2011 Copa Sudamericana	Vélez Sársfield Estudiantes (LP) Godoy Cruz Lanús Arsenal Argentinos Juniors
Matches played	380
Goals scored	879 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Santiago Silva Denis Stracqualursi (11 goals each) Clausura: Javier Cámpora Teófilo Gutiérrez (11 goals each) Season: Denis Stracqualursi (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Veléz Sársfield 6–0 Colón (October 10, 2010)
Biggest away win	Godoy Cruz 0–4 Veléz Sársfield (December 5, 2010) River Plate 0–4 Estudiantes (LP) (December 8, 2010) Colón 0–4 Racing (March 13, 2011) Estudiantes (LP) 0–4 Veléz Sársfield (April 30, 2011)
Highest scoring	Racing 4–3 Olimpo (March 5, 2011) Banfield 3–4 Quilmes (April 29, 2011)
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 Primera División season was the 120th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed in two championships —the Apertura and Clausura— over the course of the season, which started on August 6, 2010 and ended on June 30, 2011, one day prior to the start of the 2011 Copa América, held in Argentina.

Club information

Twenty clubs participated in the 2010–11 season. Chacarita Juniors and Atlético Tucumán were relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season. They were replaced by Olimpo and Quilmes, both of whom were promoted from the Primera B Nacional. Rosario Central and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) played in the relegation/promotion playoffs against All Boys and Atlético de Rafaela, respectively, to determine the other two teams for this season. Following those matches, Gimnasia stayed in the Primera División, while Rosario Central was relegated and replaced by All Boys.

During the season, Estudiantes used Estadio Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner in Quilmes and Estadio Ciudad de La Plata in La Plata since their home stadium, Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, was undergoing renovations.

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity	Current manager
All Boys	Buenos Aires	Islas Malvinas	21,000	Romero, José SantosJosé Santos Romero
Argentinos Juniors	Buenos Aires	Diego Armando Maradona	24,800	Troglio, PedroPedro Troglio
Arsenal	Sarandí	Julio H. Grondona	16,300	Alfaro, GustavoGustavo Alfaro
Banfield	Banfield	Florencio Solá	40,500	Méndez, SebastiánSebastián Méndez
Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires	Alberto J. Armando	49,000	Falcioni, Julio CésarJulio César Falcioni
Colón	Santa Fe	Brigadier General Estanislao López	32,500	Sciacqua, MarioMario Sciacqua
Estudiantes (LP)	La Plata	Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi	23,000	Berizzo, EduardoEduardo Berizzo
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	La Plata	Juan Carmelo Zerillo	24,544	Ortiz, DaríoDarío Ortiz
Godoy Cruz	Mendoza	Malvinas Argentinas	40,268	da Silva, JorgeJorge da Silva
Huracán	Buenos Aires	Tomás Adolfo Ducó	48,314	Pompei, RobertoRoberto Pompei
Independiente	Avellaneda	Libertadores de América	32,500	Mohamed, AntonioAntonio Mohamed
Lanús	Lanús	Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez	46,619	Schürrer, GabrielGabriel Schürrer
Newell's Old Boys	Rosario	Marcelo Bielsa	38,095	Torrente, JavierJavier Torrente
Olimpo	Bahía Blanca	Roberto Natalio Carminatti	18,000	de Felippe, OmarOmar de Felippe
Quilmes	Quilmes	Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner	30,200	Caruso Lombardi, RicardoRicardo Caruso Lombardi
Racing	Avellaneda	Presidente Juan Domingo Perón	51,389	Russo, Miguel ÁngelMiguel Ángel Russo
River Plate	Buenos Aires	Monumental Antonio V. Liberti	65,645	López, Juan JoséJuan José López
San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires	Pedro Bidegain	43,494	Asad, OmarOmar Asad
Tigre	Victoria	Monumental de Victoria	26,282	Arruabarrena, RodolfoRodolfo Arruabarrena
Vélez Sársfield	Buenos Aires	José Amalfitani	49,540	Gareca, RicardoRicardo Gareca

Transfers

See List of Argentine Primera División transfers July–August 2010.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pre-season changes
San Lorenzo	Sebastián Méndez (interim)	End of contract	May 14, 2010 [1]	Ramón Díaz	May 25, 2010 [2]	N/A
Boca Juniors	Roberto Pompei (interim)	End of contract	May 14, 2010	Claudio Borghi	May 20, 2010 [3]	N/A
Independiente	Américo Gallego	End of contract	May 18, 2010 [4]	Daniel Garnero	May 20, 2010 [5]	N/A
Argentinos Juniors	Claudio Borghi	End of contract	May 16, 2010	Pedro Troglio	June 1, 2010 [6]	N/A
Arsenal	Carlos Ruiz (interim)	End of contract	July 12, 2010	Gustavo Alfaro	July 12, 2010 [7]	N/A
Apertura changes
Independiente	Daniel Garnero	Resigned	September 20, 2010 [8]	Antonio Mohamed	October 5, 2010 [9]	17th
Huracán	Héctor Rivoira	Resigned	September 20, 2010 [10]	Miguel Ángel Brindisi	September 22, 2010 [11]	14th
Colón	Antonio Mohamed	Resigned	September 21, 2010 [12]	Fernando Gamboa	September 27, 2010 [13]	15th
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	Diego Cocca	Resigned	September 29, 2010 [14]	Pablo Morant (interim)	September 30, 2010 [15]	19th
Quilmes	Hugo Tocalli	Resigned	October 15, 2010 [16]	Leonardo Madelón	October 18, 2010 [17]	19th
River Plate	Ángel Cappa	Sacked	November 8, 2010 [18]	Juan José López	November 10, 2010 [19]	11th
Lanús	Luis Zubeldía	Resigned	November 15, 2010 [20]	Gabriel Schürrer	November 15, 2010 [20]	14th
Boca Juniors	Claudio Borghi	Resigned	November 17, 2010 [21]	Roberto Pompei (interim)	November 17, 2010 [21]	15th
Inter-tournament changes
Godoy Cruz	Omar Asad	Resigned	December 14, 2010 [22]	Jorge da Silva	December 15, 2010 [23]	N/A
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	Pablo Morant (interim)	End of contract	December 18, 2010	Ángel Cappa	December 21, 2010 [24]	N/A
Boca Juniors	Roberto Pompei (interim)	End of contract	December 18, 2010	Julio César Falcioni	December 18, 2010 [25]	N/A
Banfield	Julio César Falcioni	Resigned	December 18, 2010	Sebastián Méndez	December 21, 2010 [26]	N/A
Tigre	Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	Resigned	December 29, 2010 [27]	Rodolfo Arruabarrena	January 5, 2011 [28]	N/A
Estudiantes (LP)	Alejandro Sabella	Resigned	February 3, 2011 [29]	Eduardo Berizzo	February 7, 2011 [30]	N/A
Clausura changes
Huracán	Miguel Ángel Brindisi	Resigned	February 22, 2011 [31]	Roberto Pompei	February 24, 2011 [32]	18th
Quilmes	Leonardo Madelón	Resigned	March 6, 2011 [33]	Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	March 8, 2011 [34]	20th
Colón	Fernando Gamboa	Sacked	April 9, 2011 [35]	Mario Sciacqua (interim)	April 11, 2011 [36]	10th
Newell's Old Boys	Roberto Sensini	Resigned	April 10, 2011 [37]	Javier Torrente	April 18, 2011 [38]	19th
San Lorenzo	Ramón Díaz	Resigned	April 24, 2011 [39]	Miguel Tojo (interim)	May 24, 2011 [40]	11th
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	Ángel Cappa	Sacked	May 1, 2011 [41]	Darío Ortiz (interim)	May 2, 2011 [42]	18th
Estudiantes (LP)	Eduardo Berizzo	Resigned	May 30, 2011 [43]	Luis Suárez and Guillermo Trama (interim)	May 30, 2011	15th

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura 2010 (known as the Torneo IVECO del Bicentenario Apertura 2010 for sponsorship reasons) was the first championship of the season. It began on August 6 and it ended on February 6, 2011.^{[n 1]}

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Estudiantes (LP)	19	14	3	2	32	8	+24	45	2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Vélez Sarsfield	19	13	4	2	33	9	+24	43
3	Arsenal	19	9	5	5	22	19	+3	32
4	River Plate	19	8	7	4	21	18	+3	31
5	Godoy Cruz	19	7	8	4	32	25	+7	29
6	Racing	19	8	5	6	25	18	+7	29
7	Lanús	19	8	4	7	20	25	−5	28
8	All Boys	19	7	5	7	24	23	+1	26
9	Newell's Old Boys	19	6	8	5	13	12	+1	26
10	Colón	19	7	5	7	21	29	−8	26
11	Tigre	19	7	4	8	24	24	0	25
12	Boca Juniors	19	7	4	8	20	20	0	25
13	Argentinos Juniors	19	6	6	7	22	21	+1	24
14	San Lorenzo	19	6	6	7	18	20	−2	24
15	Banfield	19	4	8	7	20	19	+1	20
16	Quilmes	19	4	7	8	14	23	−9	19
17	Olimpo	19	5	3	11	18	26	−8	18
18	Huracán	19	4	4	11	16	33	−17	16
19	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	3	6	10	13	23	−10	15
20	Independiente	19	2	8	9	13	26	−13	14

Source:^[44]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to defining the champion. If two or more teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship.

Primera División 2010 Apertura Champion
Estudiantes 6th Title

Results

Home \ Away^[1]

ALL

ARJ

ARS

BAN

BOC

COL

EST

GLP

GCR

HUR

IND

LAN

NOB

OLI

QUI

RAC

RIV

SLO

TIG

VEL

ALL

2–1

2–0

2–1

2–2

3–1

2–0

1–0

1–0

3–3

1–2

Argentinos Juniors

1–0

1–0

3–0

0–0

1–2

1–2

1–2

0–0

1–0

Arsenal

0–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

1–3

2–0

1–2

0–0

2–1

0–0

Banfield

0–0

0–0

0–0

4–0

0–0

2–1

1–2

2–2

1–1

2–3

Boca Juniors

0–2

2–1

3–1

1–1

2–0

1–2

1–0

1–2

1–2

2–1

Colón

1–1

0–1

1–1

1–3

1–1

1–0

1–2

2–0

1–0

Estudiantes (LP)

3–1

2–0

1–0

2–0

2–0

3–0

2–0

2–0

2–0

Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)

3–1

2–4

2–3

0–0

1–3

3–0

0–2

1–0

0–0

0–0

Godoy Cruz

2–1

1–1

1–2

4–1

0–0

1–0

1–1

2–2

1–2

0–4

Huracán

1–1

2–2

1–2

1–1

1–0

1–2

1–1

0–1

3–0

Independiente

1–1

1–2

0–0

1–2

1–0

1–1

0–0

1–0

0–1

Lanús

1–0

0–0

1–2

1–4

0–0

1–1

1–4

2–0

2–0

Newell's Old Boys

1–0

0–1

1–0

1–1

0–1

1–1

0–2

1–0

2–0

2–0

Olimpo

1–1

1–1

1–3

2–3

1–0

4–0

1–0

0–1

1–0

Quilmes

2–1

2–2

0–1

0–2

1–1

2–1

1–2

1–1

1–0

0–2

Racing

1–0

2–1

2–2

1–2

2–0

3–0

4–0

1–1

1–2

0–2

River Plate

1–0

1–0

0–4

0–0

3–2

1–0

1–1

1–1

1–0

San Lorenzo

3–1

2–1

0–1

2–2

1–1

0–0

3–1

0–0

2–0

0–0

Tigre

1–1

1–2

1–2

2–1

2–0

3–1

3–2

3–0

0–0

Vélez Sarsfield

2–0

6–0

0–0

2–0

2–0

1–0

1–0

3–0

2–1

2–1

Source: ^[45]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Pos	Name	Player nationality	Club	Goals
1	Santiago Silva	Uruguayan	Vélez Sársfield	11
	Denis Stracqualursi	Argentine	Tigre	11
3	Juan Manuel Martínez	Argentine	Vélez Sársfield	10
4	Mauro Matos	Argentine	All Boys	8
	Martín Palermo	Argentine	Boca Juniors	8
	David Ramírez	Argentine	Godoy Cruz	8
7	Iván Obolo	Argentine	Arsenal	7
8	Jairo Castillo	Colombian	Godoy Cruz	6
	Gastón Fernández	Argentine	Estudiantes (LP)	6
	Gabriel Hauche	Argentine	Racing	6

Source:^[46]

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura 2011, officially called the Torneo Clausura Néstor Kirchner 2011, began on February 11 and ended on June 19.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vélez Sarsfield	19	12	3	4	36	17	+19	39	2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Lanús	19	10	5	4	28	15	+13	35
3	Godoy Cruz	19	10	4	5	33	28	+5	34
4	Olimpo	19	8	6	5	28	23	+5	30
5	Argentinos Juniors	19	7	9	3	16	11	+5	30
6	Independiente	19	7	8	4	30	20	+10	29
7	Boca Juniors	19	7	7	5	24	22	+2	28
8	Banfield	19	7	6	6	24	24	0	27
9	River Plate	19	6	8	5	15	15	0	26
10	Arsenal	19	6	7	6	25	22	+3	25
11	Tigre	19	6	7	6	25	26	−1	25
12	All Boys	19	7	4	8	14	19	−5	25
13	Estudiantes (LP)	19	6	6	7	18	19	−1	24
14	San Lorenzo	19	5	8	6	19	17	+2	23
15	Racing	19	7	2	10	25	26	−1	23
16	Colón	19	6	3	10	20	27	−7	21
17	Quilmes	19	5	5	9	24	27	−3	20
18	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	3	9	7	19	25	−6	18
19	Newell's Old Boys	19	4	4	11	16	32	−16	16
20	Huracán	19	3	5	11	18	42	−24	14

Source:^[47]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to defining the champion. If two or more teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship.

Primera División 2011 Clausura Champion
Vélez Sársfield 8th Title

Results

Home \ Away^[1]

ALL

ARJ

ARS

BAN

BOC

COL

EST

GLP

GCR

HUR

IND

LAN

NOB

OLI

QUI

RAC

RIV

SLO

TIG

VEL

ALL

0–0

1–0

0–2

1–0

3–1

0–0

1–0

0–1

0–3

Argentinos Juniors

1–0

0–2

0–0

1–1

0–0

0–1

0–0

2–1

1–1

1–1

Arsenal

2–2

1–0

1–1

3–0

2–0

2–2

1–2

1–1

2–0

Banfield

3–1

0–2

1–0

1–1

1–1

2–2

2–1

3–4

1–1

Boca Juniors

0–0

1–1

2–1

1–4

1–1

1–0

0–2

2–0

3–3

Colón

1–2

0–1

0–1

1–3

3–0

0–1

0–2

2–0

0–4

1–1

Estudiantes (LP)

3–0

0–1

0–2

0–1

0–2

2–1

1–1

0–0

2–2

0–4

Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)

2–0

2–2

0–2

1–2

1–2

1–3

0–0

0–0

2–1

Godoy Cruz

1–0

1–0

1–4

2–3

2–2

3–1

2–0

2–0

0–2

Huracán

1–1

1–1

0–3

0–3

2–0

1–2

2–1

0–0

3–2

0–2

Independiente

2–2

1–1

3–1

3–0

5–1

1–2

4–0

0–1

1–1

2–2

Lanús

0–1

3–1

2–0

0–0

0–0

3–0

1–1

2–1

4–1

3–2

Newell's Old Boys

1–0

0–2

2–2

0–1

1–0

1–3

3–3

2–1

0–0

Olimpo

1–0

2–1

2–2

3–3

1–2

1–1

0–0

0–1

2–2

1–2

Quilmes

2–2

0–1

2–2

1–1

3–1

0–1

2–0

0–1

1–2

Racing

1–3

0–1

0–1

2–3

2–0

3–0

4–3

0–1

1–2

River Plate

0–2

0–0

1–0

1–1

1–2

2–0

1–2

2–1

1–1

1–2

San Lorenzo

1–2

1–1

1–0

1–2

1–1

3–0

1–1

0–2

1–2

Tigre

0–1

1–2

3–0

2–2

0–0

0–3

1–0

0–0

1–0

2–1

Vélez Sarsfield

1–2

3–0

2–0

1–0

2–0

2–0

2–0

2–3

2–1

2–0

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Player nationality	Club	Goals
1	Javier Cámpora	Argentine	Huracán	11
	Teófilo Gutiérrez	Colombian	Racing	11
3	Denis Stracqualursi	Argentine	Tigre	10
4	Esteban Fuertes	Argentine	Colón	9
	Iván Obolo	Argentine	Arsenal	9
6	David Ramírez	Argentine	Vélez Sársfield	8
	Silvio Romero	Argentine	Lanús	8
	Diego Valeri	Argentine	Lanús	8
9	Facundo Parra	Argentine	Independiente	7
	Santiago Silva	Uruguayan	Vélez Sársfield	7

Source:^[48]

Relegation

Pos	Team	2008–09 Pts	2009–10 Pts	2010–11 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Vélez Sársfield	66	61	82	209	114	1.833
2	Lanús	75	60	63	198	114	1.737
3	Estudiantes (LP)	57	71	69	197	114	1.728
4	Banfield	46	73	47	166	114	1.456
5	Godoy Cruz	49	53	63	165	114	1.447
6	Argentinos Juniors	38	73	54	165	114	1.447
7	Newell's Old Boys	52	69	42	163	114	1.43
8	San Lorenzo	63	52	47	162	114	1.421
9	Boca Juniors	61	47	53	161	114	1.412
10	Colón	57	55	47	159	114	1.395
11	All Boys	—	—	51	51	38	1.342
12	Racing	52	46	52	150	114	1.316
13	Independiente	39	68	43	150	114	1.316
14	Arsenal	46	46	57	149	114	1.307
15	Tigre	62	32	50	144	114	1.263
16	Olimpo	—	—	48	48	38	1.263
17	River Plate	41	43	57	141	114	1.237	Relegation Playoff Matches
18	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	55	37	33	125	114	1.096	Additional Playoff
19	Huracán	58	37	30	125	114	1.096
20	Quilmes	—	—	39	39	38	1.026	Primera B Nacional

Source:^[49]

Playoff for relegation/promotion playoff 1

Since Huracán and Gimnasia (La Plata) finished with the same relegation co-efficient at the dividing line, a one-match playoff was held to determine who had to play in the relegation/promotion playoffs and who had to be directly relegated to the Primera B Nacional. The match was played on June 22, 2011 at Estadio Alberto J. Armando in Buenos Aires. Gimnasia won the match 2–0 and continued to the relegation/promotion playoff against San Martín de San Juan; Huracán was relegated to the Primera B Nacional.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Huracán	0–2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)

Relegation/promotion playoffs

The 17th and 18th placed teams in the relegation table (River Plate and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP), respectively) played the 3rd and 4th place finishers of the 2010–11 Primera B Nacional season (San Martín (SJ) and Belgrano, 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. Both San Martín de San Juan and Belgrano defeated their Primera División counterparts—Gimnasia de La Plata and River Plate, respectively—to successfully earn promotion to the Primera División for th 2011–12 season. Of historic note, this is the first time River Plate got relegated to the Primera B Nacional.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Relegation/promotion playoff 1
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	1–2	San Martín (SJ)	0–1	1–1
Relegation/promotion playoff 2
River Plate	1–3	Belgrano	0–2	1–1

International qualification

Copa Libertadores

The 2010 Clausura champion (Argentinos Juniors) and the 2010 Apertura champion (Estudiantes de La Plata) earned a berth to the 2011 Copa Libertadores. Independiente won the 2010 Copa Sudamericana and earned a berth into the competition. The remaining two berths were determined by an aggregate table of the 2010 Clausura and 2010 Apertura tournaments.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Estudiantes (LP)	38	26	7	5	65	22	+43	85	2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage ^1
2	Vélez Sarsfield	38	20	10	8	58	29	+29	70	2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
3	Godoy Cruz	38	18	12	8	62	39	+23	66
4	Argentinos Juniors	38	18	11	9	57	44	+13	65	2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage ^1
5	Racing	38	17	7	14	46	40	+6	58
6	Lanús	38	16	9	13	45	48	−3	57
7	Newell's Old Boys	38	14	14	10	45	30	+15	56
8	River Plate	38	14	11	13	37	39	−2	53
9	Banfield	38	13	13	12	44	35	+9	52
10	Arsenal	38	14	9	15	41	52	−11	51
11	Tigre	38	14	7	17	52	50	+2	49
12	Independiente	38	12	12	14	38	44	−6	48	2011 Copa Libertadores First Stage ^2
13	Colón	38	11	14	13	41	61	−20	47
14	Boca Juniors	38	12	9	17	48	55	−7	45
15	San Lorenzo	38	12	8	18	44	41	+3	44
16	Huracán	38	11	9	18	37	55	−18	42
17	All Boys	19	7	5	7	24	23	+1	26
18	Quilmes	19	4	7	8	14	23	−9	19
19	Olimpo	19	5	3	11	18	26	−8	18

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored.
¹ Argentinos Juniors and Estudiantes qualified as the 2010 Clausura and 2010 Apertura champion, respectively.
² Independiente qualified as the 2010 Copa Sudamericana champion.
³ Gimnasia de La Plata was ineligible for the competition for having participated in the promotion/relegation playoffs following the 2009-10 season.

Copa Sudamericana

Qualification for the 2011 Copa Sudamericana was determined by an aggregate table of the Apertura 2010 and Clausura 2011 tournaments.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vélez Sarsfield	38	25	7	6	69	26	+43	82	2011 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
2	Estudiantes (LP)	38	20	9	9	50	27	+23	69
3	Godoy Cruz	38	17	12	9	65	53	+12	63
4	Lanús	38	18	9	11	49	41	+8	63
5	Arsenal	38	15	12	11	47	41	+6	57
6	River Plate	38	14	15	9	36	33	+3	57	Cannot qualify for the Copa Sudamericana ^2
7	Argentinos Juniors	38	13	15	10	38	32	+6	54	2011 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
8	Boca Juniors	38	14	11	13	44	42	+2	53
9	Racing	38	15	7	16	50	43	+7	52
10	All Boys	38	14	9	15	38	42	−4	51
11	Tigre	38	13	11	14	49	50	−1	50
12	Olimpo	38	13	9	16	44	49	−5	48
13	Banfield	38	11	14	13	44	43	+1	47
14	San Lorenzo	38	11	14	13	37	37	0	47
15	Colón	38	13	8	17	41	56	−15	47
16	Independiente	38	9	16	13	43	46	−3	43	2011 Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 ^1
17	Newell's Old Boys	38	10	12	16	29	43	−14	42
18	Quilmes	38	9	12	17	38	50	−12	39
19	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	38	6	15	17	32	48	−16	33
20	Huracán	38	7	9	22	34	75	−41	30

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored.
¹ Independiente qualified as the 2010 Copa Sudamericana champion.
² River Plate was ineligible for the competition since they were played the Relegation Play off or Relegated directly to the B Nacional.

See also

• 2010–11 in Argentine football

Notes

1. Due to the passing of Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina from 2003–2007, on October 27, all matches for the following weekend were postponed. This pushed the match schedule for the remainder of the season back a week, changing the end of the tournament from December 12 to December 19. The schedule was later adjusted again end on December 12 as planned. Due to Independiente's participation in the 2010 Copa Sudamericana, their match against Tigre was postponed to February 6, 2011.

References

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32. "Tito ya viaja en Globo" (in Spanish). Diario Olé. February 24, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
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37. "Se fue Boquita" (in Spanish). Diario Olé. April 10, 2011. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
38. "Ningún Loco" (in Spanish). Diario Olé. April 18, 2011. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
39. "Fallamos nosotros…" (in Spanish). Diario Olé. April 24, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
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External links

• Official website of the Argentine Football Association (Spanish)
• Season regulations (Spanish)
• Universofutbol.com Clausura 2010 (Spanish)