List of Argentine football champions
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 Torneo de Transición. The champion is the team with the most points at the end of the championship.
The first Argentine football champion, St. Andrew's, was 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 36 titles to date.
Primera División champions (1891-present)
Official championships recognised by the Argentine Football Association,[1] including tournaments organized by dissident associations, such as the "Federación Argentina de Football" (FAF) (1912–14), the "Asociación Amateurs de Football" (AAmF) (1919–26) and the "Liga Argentina de Football" (LAF) (1931–34).
- Notes
- H = Copa de Honor
- C = Copa Campeonato
- O = Copa de Oro
- Met = Metropolitano (1967–84)
- Nac = Nacional (1967–84)
- Ap = Apertura (1991–2012)
- Cl = Clausura (1991–2012)
- In = Inicial (2012–14)
- Fi = Final (2012–14)
- Tr = Transition (2014)
Titles by club
The list include all the titles won by each club since the first Primera División championship held in 1891.
| Club |
Winners |
Runners-up |
Winning seasons |
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| River Plate | 36 | 31 | 1920 AAmF, 1932 LAF, 1936 (Copa Campeonato), 1936 (Copa de Oro),[lower-alpha 11] 1937, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1975 Metropolitano, 1975 Nacional, 1977 Metropolitano, 1979 Metropolitano, 1979 Nacional, 1980 Metropolitano, 1981 Nacional, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1991 Apertura, 1993 Apertura, 1994 Apertura, 1996 Apertura, 1997 Apertura, 1997 Clausura, 1999 Apertura, 2000 Clausura, 2002 Clausura, 2003 Clausura, 2004 Clausura, 2008 Clausura, 2014 Final |
| Boca Juniors | 31 | 23 | 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1930, 1931 LAF, 1934 LAF, 1935, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1954, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969 Nacional, 1970 Nacional, 1976 Metropolitano, 1976 Nacional, 1981 Metropolitano, 1992 Apertura, 1998 Apertura, 1999 Clausura, 2000 Apertura, 2003 Apertura, 2005 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2008 Apertura, 2011 Apertura, 2015 |
| Racing | 17 | 8 | 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919 AAmF, 1921 AAmF, 1925 AAmF, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1966, 2001 Apertura, 2014 Transición |
| Independiente | 16 | 16 | 1922 AAmF, 1926 AAmF, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1960, 1963, 1967 Nacional, 1970 Metropolitano, 1971 Metropolitano, 1977 Nacional, 1978 Nacional, 1983 Metropolitano, 1988–1989, 1994 Clausura, 2002 Apertura |
| San Lorenzo | 15 | 15 | 1923 AAmF, 1924 AAmF, 1927, 1933 LAF, 1936 (Copa de Honor),[lower-alpha 12] 1946, 1959, 1968 Metropolitano, 1972 Metropolitano, 1972 Nacional, 1974 Nacional, 1995 Clausura, 2001 Clausura, 2007 Clausura, 2013 Inicial |
| Vélez Sarsfield | 10 | 9 | 1968 Nacional, 1993 Clausura, 1995 Apertura, 1996 Clausura, 1998 Clausura, 2005 Clausura, 2009 Clausura, 2011 Clausura, 2012 Inicial, 2012–13 Superfinal [lower-alpha 13] |
| Alumni | 10 | 2 | 1900,[lower-alpha 14] 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911 |
| Newell's Old Boys | 7 | 5 | 1974 Metropolitano, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1992 Clausura, 1992 clausura final, 2004 Apertura, 2013 Final |
| Estudiantes (LP) | 6 | 6 | 1913 FAF, 1967 Metropolitano, 1982 Metropolitano, 1983 Nacional, 2006 Apertura, 2010 Apertura |
| Huracán | 5 | 6 | 1921, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1973 Metropolitano |
| Lomas | 5 | 2 | 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1898 |
| Rosario Central | 4 | 4 | 1971 Nacional, 1973 Nacional, 1980 Nacional, 1986–87 |
| Belgrano AC | 3 | 3 | 1899, 1904, 1908 |
| Argentinos Juniors | 3 | 2 | 1984 Metropolitano, 1985 Nacional, 2010 Clausura |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | 2 | 3 | 1982 Nacional, 1984 Nacional |
| Porteño | 2 | 2 | 1912 FAF, 1914 FAF |
| Quilmes | 2 | 1 | 1912, 1978 Metropolitano |
| Estudiantil Porteño | 2 | – | 1931, 1934 |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 1 | 6 | 1929 |
| Lanús | 1 | 5 | 2007 Apertura |
| Banfield | 1 | 4 | 2009 Apertura |
| Lomas Academy | 1 | 1 | 1896 |
| Arsenal | 1 | – | 2012 Clausura |
| Chacarita Juniors | 1 | – | 1969 Metropolitano |
| Dock Sud | 1 | – | 1933 |
| Sportivo Barracas | 1 | – | 1932 |
| St. Andrew's | 1 | – | 1891 |
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Notes
- ↑ Not to be confused with Club Atlético Lanús
- ↑ When Alumni won the 1900 title the club still named "English High School AC". In 1901 it was renamed due to the Football Association did not allow teams to use the same name as the school they represented to avoid advertising purposes.
- ↑ The Federación Argentina de Football (FAF) was a rival association that organized its own championships from 1912 to 1914.
- ↑ The Asociación Amateurs de Football (AAmF) was a rival association that organized its own championships from 1919 to 1926.
- ↑ The Liga Argentina de Football (LAF) was a dissident association that organized the first four professional championships between 1931 and 1934. In 1935 it merged with the amateur association Asociación Argentina de Football (AAF) whose teams were relegated to second division.
- 1 2 3 In 1936 two single-round tournaments were played: The Copa de Honor (won by San Lorenzo)[2] and Copa Campeonato (won by River Plate). At the end of both seasons, River and San Lorenzo played a final match for the "Copa de Oro", being River the winner. The Argentine Football Association recognized the three championships as individual honours for each club.[4][5]
- ↑ Although there was an Apertura (Newell's Old Boys) and Clausura champion (Boca Juniors) this season, the half-year champions played in a two-legged final to determine the season champion, which finally was Newell's.
- ↑ Since 1991-92 season both Apertura and Clausura are official titles as individuals
- ↑ Vélez was recognized as the champion of the entire season (2013-14) and awarded its 10th. Primera División title.
- ↑ Although River defeated San Lorenzo in the "Superfinal", this did not count as a new Primera División honour.
- ↑ On July 2013, The Argentine Football Association recognized the 1936 Copa de Oro won by River Plate as a Primera División honour. The information was also added to AFA's website.[6] The Copa de Oro was a final played between the champions of previous competitions held that same year: River Plate (Copa Campeonato) and San Lorenzo (Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires). River won the final match by 4-2.
- ↑ On July 2013, The Argentine Football Association recognized the 1936 Copa de Honor won by San Lorenzo as a Primera División honour. The information was also added to AFA's website.[6]
- ↑ The Argentine Football Association considered the Superfinal as an official Primera División title (2012-13 season) so Vélez Sársfield awarded its 10th. title.[7]
- ↑ Under the name "English High School AC"
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