1971 Argentine Primera División

The 1971 Primera División season was the 80th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The Campeonato Metropolitano championship was modified, returning to a double round-robin format, and four relegations. Nevertheless, the AFA interventor, Raúl D'Onofrio (the 4th interventor since the military dictatorship led by Juan Carlos Onganía removed Valentín Suárez from the Association),[1][2] reduced the number of relegated teams to two.[3]

Primera División
Season1971
ChampionsIndependiente (Metropolitano)
Rosario Central (Nacional)
1972 Copa LibertadoresRosario Central
Independiente
← 1970
1972 →

The entire season ran from 5 March to 29 December. As champion of 1970 Primera B, Ferro Carril Oeste promoted to Primera División. Independiente (10th title) won the Metropolitano and Rosario Central (coached by Ángel Labruna, not only won the 1st league title for the club but the first for a team outside Buenos Aires) won the Nacional championship. Moreover, both clubs qualified for the 1972 Copa Libertadores (in the case of Independiente, after winning the first "Liguilla pre-Libertadores" edition v San Lorenzo).[3]

Los Andes and Platense were relegated.[4]

Metropolitano Championship

Final standings
Metropolitano
Independiente, Metropolitano champions
Season1971
Dates5 March – 3 October
ChampionsIndependiente (10th title)
PromotedFerro C. Oeste
RelegatedLos Andes
Platense
Top goalscorerArgentina Carlos Bianchi (36)
Biggest home winNewell's 6–0 Colón (16 Jun)
Biggest away winPlatense 1–11 Independiente (11 Mar)
← 1970
1972 →
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Independiente 36 20 10 6 57 26 +31 50
2 Vélez Sársfield 36 20 9 7 77 42 +35 49
3 Chacarita Juniors 36 17 12 7 49 35 +14 46
4 Newell's Old Boys 36 18 8 10 74 47 +27 44
4 San Lorenzo 36 18 8 10 75 52 +23 44
6 River Plate 36 14 11 11 60 52 +8 39
7 Ferro Carril Oeste 36 15 8 13 49 49 0 38
8 Boca Juniors 36 16 4 16 59 52 +7 36
9 Huracán 36 12 11 13 46 54 −8 35
10 Rosario Central 36 11 12 13 48 51 −3 34
10 Racing 36 10 14 12 56 64 −8 34
10 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 36 10 14 12 51 62 −11 34
13 Estudiantes (LP) 36 11 10 15 41 55 −14 32
14 Colón 36 10 11 15 58 73 −15 31
15 Atlanta 36 11 8 17 45 57 −12 30
16 Argentinos Juniors 36 9 11 16 43 56 −13 29
16 Banfield 36 6 17 13 36 54 −18 29
18 Los Andes 36 9 9 18 38 57 −19 27
19 Platense 36 6 11 19 42 66 −24 23
Source:

Top scorers
Rank. Player Team Goals
1
Argentina Carlos BianchiVélez Sarsfield
36
2
Argentina Alfredo ObbertiNewell's Old Boys
28
3
Argentina Rodolfo FischerSan Lorenzo
20
4
Argentina Roberto CabralPlatense
18
5
Argentina Oscar MásRiver Plate
16

Nacional Championship
Nacional
Rosario Central, Nacional champions
Season1971
Dates8 October – 29 December
ChampionsRosario Central (1st title)
1972 Copa LibertadoresRosario Central
Independiente
Top goalscorerArgentina José Luñiz
Argentina Alfredo Oberti
(10 goals each)
Biggest home winNewell's 9–0 Huracán (CR) (20 Oct)
Biggest away winHuracán (BB) 0–5 Atlanta (21 Nov)
← 1970
1972 →

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Independiente 14 10 4 0 31 13 +18 24 Semifinals
2 Newell's Old Boys 14 9 5 0 37 10 +27 23
3 Belgrano 14 9 3 2 28 13 +15 21
4 River Plate 14 8 5 1 26 13 +13 21
5 Argentinos Juniors 14 7 1 6 22 22 0 15
6 Ferro Carril Oeste 14 4 6 4 22 20 +2 14
7 Banfield 14 4 5 5 23 22 +1 13
8 Kimberley 14 4 5 5 22 21 +1 13
9 San Martín (M) 14 3 6 5 20 20 0 12
10 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 14 3 3 8 22 30 −8 9
11 Huracán 14 3 3 8 19 27 −8 9
12 Juventud Antoniana 14 3 2 9 23 30 −7 8
13 Don Orione 14 4 0 10 16 34 −18 8
14 Huracán (CR) 14 1 1 12 11 55 −44 3
Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rosario Central 14 9 3 2 27 13 +14 21 Semifinals
2 San Lorenzo 14 8 4 2 37 19 +18 20
3 Boca Juniors 14 8 4 2 34 17 +17 20
4 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 14 7 5 2 28 21 +7 19
5 Atlanta 14 6 4 4 25 17 +8 16
6 Vélez Sársfield 14 5 6 3 21 20 +1 16
7 Estudiantes (LP) 14 4 4 6 22 19 +3 12
8 Racing 14 4 4 6 20 21 −1 12
9 Chacarita Juniors 14 5 2 7 16 20 −4 12
10 Colón 14 3 6 5 21 26 −5 12
11 San Martín (T) 14 4 4 6 22 30 −8 12
12 Guaraní Antonio Franco 14 3 4 7 18 26 −8 10
13 Central Córdoba (SdE) 14 3 3 8 17 33 −16 9
14 Huracán (IW) 14 2 4 8 7 25 −18 8
Source:

Semifinals

Played in neutral venue:

Date Team 1 Res. Team 2 Venue City
18 DecIndependiente
2–2 (9–8, p)
San LorenzoRiver PlateBuenos Aires
19 DecRosario Central
1–0
Newell's Old BoysRiver PlateBuenos Aires

Final
Date Team 1 Res. Team 2 Venue City
22 DecRosario Central
2–1
San LorenzoNewell's O.B.Rosario

Match details
1971 Campeonato Nacional Final
Rosario Central2–1San Lorenzo
Gramajo 17'
Colman 23'		 Report Scotta 5'
Attendance: 31,915
Referee: Oscar Veiró
Rosario Central
San Lorenzo

Liguilla pre-Libertadores

This qualifying method debuted in this season. It was contested by the Metropolitano champion and the Nacional runner-up.[3]

Date Team 1 Res. Team 2 Venue City
29 DecIndependiente
1–0
San LorenzoLa BomboneraBuenos Aires

Top scorers
Rank. Player Team Goals
1
Argentina José LuñizJuventud Antoniana
10
Argentina Alfredo ObbertiNewell's Old Boys
2
Argentina Carlos MoreteRiver Plate
9
Argentina Eduardo QuirogaBelgrano (C)
3
Argentina Héctor ScottaSan Lorenzo
8
4
Argentina Pablo DíazCentral Córdoba (SdE)
7

References
  1. River, la AFA y el ¿fin? de una maldición que arrancó on Clarín, 26 Mar 2020
  2. A 51 años de uno de los más grandes golpes de la Selección argentina de fútbol on Grupo La Provincia, 30 Aug 2020
  3. "Argentina: 1ra. División AFA 1971 Campeonato Metropolitano" by José Carluccio, 14 Jan 2010
  4. Argentina 1971 by Pablo Ciullini on the RSSSF
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