2023 Argentine Primera División

Liga Profesional
Season2023
Dates27 January – 30 July 2023
ChampionsRiver Plate (38th title)
RelegatedArsenal
Colón
Copa LibertadoresRiver Plate
Talleres (C)
San Lorenzo
Godoy Cruz
Rosario Central
(via Copa de la Liga Profesional)
Estudiantes (LP)
(via Copa Argentina)
Copa SudamericanaBoca Juniors
Racing
Defensa y Justicia
Lanús
Belgrano
Argentinos Juniors
Matches played378
Goals scored778 (2.06 per match)
Top goalscorerMichael Santos
Pablo Vegetti
(13 goals each)
Biggest home winFive matches 4–0
One match 5–1
Biggest away winColón 0–4 Racing
(2 July 2023)
Highest scoringSarmiento (J) 3–5 Barracas Central
(4 February 2023)
Godoy Cruz 4–4 Lanús
(17 April 2023)
Longest winning runRiver Plate
8 games
Longest unbeaten runEstudiantes (LP)
11 games
Longest winless runVélez Sarsfield
13 games
Longest losing runHuracán
5 games
2022
2024

The 2023 Argentine Primera División - Liga Profesional (officially the Torneo Binance 2023, until the 26th round, for sponsorship reasons)[1][2] was the 133rd season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The league season began on 27 January and ended on 30 July 2023.[3]

Twenty-eight teams competed in the league: twenty-six returning from the 2022 season as well as two promoted teams from the 2022 Primera Nacional (Belgrano and Instituto).[4][5] Boca Juniors were the defending champions.

River Plate won their 38th national league championship with two matches to spare after they defeated Estudiantes (LP) 3–1 on 15 July 2023.[6]

Competition format

The competition was run under a single round-robin, contested by 28 teams (26 from the previous edition plus 2 promoted from Primera Nacional). The champions qualified for the 2024 Copa Libertadores as Argentina 1. The qualification for international tournaments will be determined by an aggregate table of the 2023 Primera División and 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional first stage tournaments.[7]

In this season two teams were relegated to the Primera Nacional. One team was relegated based on coefficients, while the bottom team of the 2023 aggregate table would also be relegated.[8]

Club information

Stadia and locations

Club City Stadium Capacity
Argentinos Juniors Buenos Aires Diego Armando Maradona 25,000
Arsenal Sarandí Julio Humberto Grondona 16,300
Atlético Tucumán Tucumán Monumental José Fierro 32,700
Banfield Banfield Florencio Sola 34,901
Barracas Central Buenos Aires Claudio "Chiqui" Tapia 4,400
Belgrano Córdoba Julio César Villagra 30,000
Boca Juniors Buenos Aires Alberto J. Armando 54,000
Central Córdoba (SdE) Santiago del Estero Único Madre de Ciudades 30,000
Alfredo Terrera 16,000
Colón Santa Fe Brigadier General Estanislao López 40,000
Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello 12,000
Estudiantes (LP) La Plata Jorge Luis Hirschi 30,000
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) La Plata Juan Carmelo Zerillo 24,544
Godoy Cruz Godoy Cruz Feliciano Gambarte 14,000
Malvinas Argentinas 42,000
Huracán Buenos Aires Tomás Adolfo Ducó 48,314
Independiente Avellaneda Libertadores de América 52,853
Instituto Córdoba Juan Domingo Perón 26,535
Lanús Lanús Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez 46,619
Newell's Old Boys Rosario Marcelo Bielsa 38,095
Platense Florida Este Ciudad de Vicente López 28,530
Racing Avellaneda El Cilindro 55,389
River Plate Buenos Aires Mâs Monumental 83,196
Rosario Central Rosario Gigante de Arroyito 41,654
San Lorenzo Buenos Aires Pedro Bidegain 39,494
Sarmiento (J) Junín Eva Perón 19,000
Talleres (C) Córdoba Mario Alberto Kempes 57,000
Tigre Victoria José Dellagiovanna 26,282
Unión Santa Fe 15 de Abril 22,852
Vélez Sarsfield Buenos Aires José Amalfitani 45,540

Personnel

Club Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Argentinos Juniors Pablo Guede Umbro
Arsenal Darío Espínola (caretaker) Sport Lyon RapiCuota$
Atlético Tucumán Favio Orsi and
Sergio Gómez
Umbro RapiCuota$
Banfield Julio César Falcioni Athix Sur Finanzas
Barracas Central Sergio Rondina Il Ossso Sports La Nueva Seguros
Belgrano Guillermo Farré Erreà Banco Macro
Boca Juniors Mariano Herrón (caretaker) Adidas Betsson
Central Córdoba (SdE) Omar De Felippe Adhoc Banco Santiago del Estero
Colón Israel Damonte KDY Cablevideo Digital
Defensa y Justicia Julio Vaccari Sport Lyon RapiCuota$
Estudiantes (LP) Eduardo Domínguez RUGE B•play
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Leonardo Madelón Givova RapiCuota$
Godoy Cruz Daniel Oldrá Fiume Sport CATA Internacional
Huracán Diego Martínez Kappa DECRYPTO
Independiente Carlos Tevez Puma Jeluz
Instituto Diego Dabove Sport Lyon Banco Macro
Lanús Ricardo Zielinski Erreà Mapei
Newell's Old Boys Gabriel Heinze Givova City Center ONLINE
Platense Martín Palermo Hummel TRF
Racing Sebastián Grazzini and
Ezequiel Videla (caretakers)
Kappa DIGITAL Ad Expert
River Plate Martín Demichelis Adidas Codere
Rosario Central Miguel Ángel Russo Umbro City Center ONLINE
San Lorenzo Rubén Darío Insúa Nike Brubank
Sarmiento (J) Facundo Sava Coach Naldo
Talleres (C) Javier Gandolfi Givova ICBC Argentina
Tigre Lucas Pusineri Kappa Banco Macro
Unión Kily González KDY OSPAT
Vélez Sarsfield Sebastián Méndez Diadora B•play

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position
in table
Replaced by Date of appointment
Central Córdoba (SdE) Abel Balbo Signed by Estudiantes (LP) 22 October 2022[9] Pre-season Leonardo Madelón 29 November 2022[10]
Estudiantes (LP) Pablo Quatrocchi End of caretaker spell 22 October 2022 Abel Balbo 1 December 2022[9]
Newell's Old Boys Adrián Coria 24 October 2022 Gabriel Heinze 7 November 2022[11]
Arsenal Leonardo Madelón Resigned 24 October 2022[12] Carlos Ruiz and
Martín Cicotello 1
22 November 2022[13]
Platense Omar De Felippe 25 October 2022[14] Martín Palermo 5 November 2022[15]
Godoy Cruz Favio Orsi and
Sergio Gómez
Mutual agreement 28 October 2022[16] Diego Flores 3 November 2022[17]
Rosario Central Carlos Tevez Resigned 3 November 2022[18] Miguel Ángel Russo 18 December 2022[19]
Independiente Julio César Falcioni Mutual agreement 9 November 2022[20] Leandro Stillitano 12 November 2022[21]
River Plate Marcelo Gallardo End of contract 13 November 2022[22] Martín Demichelis 16 November 2022[23]
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Néstor Gorosito Mutual agreement 30 December 2022[24] Sebastián Romero 30 December 2022[24]
Liga Profesional changes
Colón Marcelo Saralegui Mutual agreement 20 February 2023[25] 26th Néstor Gorosito 22 February 2023[26]
Vélez Sarsfield Alexander Medina 25 February 2023[27] 15th Ricardo Gareca 2 8 March 2023[28]
Estudiantes (LP) Abel Balbo 4 March 2023[29] 22nd Eduardo Domínguez 7 March 2023[30]
Independiente Leandro Stillitano 18 March 2023[31] 19th Ricardo Zielinski 3 14 April 2023[32]
Boca Juniors Hugo Ibarra Sacked 28 March 2023[33] 14th Jorge Almirón 4 10 April 2023[34]
Unión Gustavo Munúa 4 April 2023[35] 27th Sebastián Méndez 5 13 April 2023[36]
Godoy Cruz Diego Flores 10 April 2023[37] 17th Daniel Oldrá 6 11 April 2023[38]
Barracas Central Rodolfo de Paoli and
Alejandro Milano
Mutual agreement 11 April 2023[39] 21st Sergio Rondina 12 April 2023[40]
Huracán Diego Dabove 7 May 2023[41] 22nd Sebastián Battaglia 9 May 2023[42]
Banfield Javier Sanguinetti 7 May 2023[43] 23rd Julio César Falcioni 9 May 2023[44]
Arsenal Carlos Ruiz and
Martín Cicotello
Resigned 8 May 2023[45] 27th Federico Vilar 7 20 May 2023[46]
Instituto Lucas Bovaglio Mutual agreement 3 June 2023[47] 20th Diego Dabove 8 9 June 2023[48]
Vélez Sarsfield Ricardo Gareca Resigned 4 June 2023[49] 22nd Sebastián Méndez 9 27 June 2023[50]
Tigre Diego Martínez Sacked 13 June 2023[51] 20th Juan Sara 20 June 2023[52]
Unión Sebastián Méndez Signed by Vélez Sarsfield 25 June 2023[50] 21st Kily González 26 June 2023[53]
Huracán Sebastián Battaglia Sacked 28 June 2023[54] 25th Diego Martínez 10 3 July 2023[55]
Atlético Tucumán Lucas Pusineri Resigned 30 June 2023[56] 21st Favio Orsi and
Sergio Gómez
3 July 2023[57]
Inter-tournament changes
Sarmiento (J) Israel Damonte Resigned 29 July 2023[58] N/A Pablo Lavallén 2 August 2023[59]
Central Córdoba (SdE) Leonardo Madelón Sacked 3 August 2023[60] Omar De Felippe 7 August 2023[61]
Copa de la Liga Profesional changes
Independiente Ricardo Zielinski Resigned 20 August 2023[62] 13th Zone A Carlos Tevez 22 August 2023[63]
Tigre Juan Sara Sacked 28 August 2023[64] 13th Zone B Lucas Pusineri 30 August 2023[65]
Argentinos Juniors Gabriel Milito Resigned 30 August 2023[66] 7th Zone A Pablo Guede 11 8 September 2023[67]
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Sebastián Romero Mutual agreement 2 September 2023[68] 14th Zone A Leonardo Madelón 5 September 2023[69]
Lanús Frank Darío Kudelka 6 September 2023[70] 12th Zone B Sebastián Salomón 12 7 September 2023[71]
Arsenal Federico Vilar Resigned 18 September 2023[72] 12th Zone A Darío Espínola 13 19 September 2023[73]
Racing Fernando Gago 30 September 2023[74] 1st Zone B Sebastián Grazzini and
Ezequiel Videla 14
2 October 2023[75]
Lanús Sebastián Salomón Replaced 9 October 2023 14th Zone B Ricardo Zielinski 10 October 2023[76]
Sarmiento (J) Pablo Lavallén Sacked 25 October 2023[77] 9th Zone B Facundo Sava 27 October 2023[78]
Colón Néstor Gorosito Resigned 26 October 2023[79] 6th Zone A Israel Damonte 27 October 2023[80]
Boca Juniors Jorge Almirón 5 November 2023[81] 11th Zone B Mariano Herrón 13 6 November 2023[82]
1.^ Originally Luca Marcogiuseppe would be manager of Arsenal along with Carlos Ruiz,[83] but he resigned before the beginning of the season.[84] Marcogiuseppe was replaced by Martín Cicotello.

Interim managers

2.^ Marcelo Bravo and Hernán Manrique were interim managers in the 6th round.
3.^ Pedro Monzón was interim manager in the 2023 Copa Argentina round of 64 and the 9th–11th rounds.
4.^ Mariano Herrón was interim manager in the 9th–10th rounds and the 2023 Copa Libertadores Group stage 1st round.
5.^ Marcelo Mosset was interim manager in the 10th–11th rounds.
6.^ Interim manager, but later promoted to manager.
7.^ Darío Espínola was interim manager in the 16th–17th rounds.
8.^ Daniel Jiménez was interim manager in the 2023 Copa Argentina round of 64.
9.^ Marcelo Bravo was interim manager in the 2023 Copa Argentina round of 64, the postponed 17th round and the 20th–21st rounds.
10.^ Claudio Cabrera and Marcelo Broggi were interim managers in the 22nd round.
11.^ Cristian Zermatten was interim manager in the 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional Group stage 3rd round.
12.^ Salomón would be interim manager until the end of the Copa de la Liga Profesional, but only was interim manager in the 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional Group stage 4th–8th rounds.
13.^ Interim manager until the end of the Copa de la Liga Profesional.
14.^ Interim managers until the end of the Copa de la Liga Profesional.

Foreign players

As the championship ended on 30 July 2023, several players left their teams due to expiring contracts or loans, signed with other teams, or had their contracts terminated. Players in italics are those who left their club before the end of the tournament.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6
Argentinos Juniors Gabriel Ávalos Javier Cabrera Juan José Cardozo Fabricio Domínguez Alan Rodríguez
Arsenal Juan Manuel Cuesta Flabián Londoño Luís Leal Santiago Paiva
Atlético Tucumán Marcelo González Wilson Ibarrola
Banfield Brahian Alemán Luis Mago Alejandro Piedrahita Nicolás Sosa Sebastián Sosa Sánchez
Barracas Central Fernando Prado Kevin Quejada
Belgrano Andrés Amaya Alex Ibacache
Boca Juniors Luis Advíncula Miguel Merentiel Óscar Romero Bruno Valdez Sebastián Villa
Central Córdoba (SdE) Mauricio Duarte
Colón Carlos Arrúa Jorge Benítez José Neris Baldomero Perlaza Andrew Teuten
Defensa y Justicia Ángel Benítez Rodrigo Bogarín Darío Cáceres Edwin Mosquera Agustín Sant'Anna
Estudiantes (LP) Mauro Méndez
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
Godoy Cruz Nicolás Fernández Thomas Galdames Enzo Larrosa Cristian Núñez Salomón Rodríguez
Huracán Matías Cóccaro Guillermo Soto
Independiente Baltasar Barcia Martín Cauteruccio Juan Cazares Mauricio Cuero Edgar Elizalde Diego Segovia
Instituto Juan José Franco Joaquín Varela
Lanús Felipe Aguilar Luciano Boggio José María Canale Iván Cazal Raúl Loaiza
Newell's Old Boys[a] Willer Ditta Armando Méndez Jherson Mosquera Djorkaeff Reasco Jorge Recalde Gustavo Velázquez
Platense Miguel Jacquet Ronaldo Martínez
Racing Johan Carbonero Edwin Cardona Paolo Guerrero Óscar Opazo Matías Rojas
River Plate Miguel Borja Paulo Díaz Robert Rojas Salomón Rondón
Rosario Central Jaminton Campaz Jhonatan Candia Facundo Mallo Alan Rodríguez
San Lorenzo Adam Bareiro Diego Perea Rafa Pérez Carlos Sánchez
Sarmiento (J) Ayrton Cougo Emanuel Hernández Harrinson Mancilla Fernando Martínez Jean Rosso
Talleres (C) Vicente Fernández Alan Franco Christian Oliva Michael Santos Ramón Sosa Diego Valoyes
Tigre Blas Armoa Santiago Rojas
Unión Bryan Castrillón Yeison Gordillo Junior Marabel Santiago Mele Thiago Vecino
Vélez Sarsfield Leonardo Burián José Florentín Diego Godín
a Newell's Old Boys signed a seventh foreign player due to left knee injury of Fabián Ángel.[85]

Players holding Argentinian dual nationality

They do not take up a foreign slot.

Tomás Avilés (Racing) played with Chile at the 2023 South American U-20 Championship in January 2023, but later played with Argentina at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in May 2023.
Source: AFA

Incidents

The Unión vs. Lanús match (14th round, 30 April 2023) was postponed due to a lack of safety guarantees for the occupants of a seating area in the Estadio 15 de Abril, as a result of a landslide from a drainage channel caused by the strong winds that hit the stadium.[86] The match was played on 17 June 2023.

The Vélez Sarsfield vs. Racing match (17th round, 19 May 2023) was postponed due to the death of Hernán Manrique, manager of Vélez Sarsfield reserve team along with Marcelo Bravo.[87] The match was played on 17 June 2023.

During the match between River Plate and Defensa y Justicia at the Estadio Mâs Monumental (19th round, 3 June 2023), a fan fell to his death during the game, resulting in the match being suspended by the referee in the 26th minute.[88] The match resumed on 17 June 2023.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 River Plate (C) 27 19 4 4 50 20 +30 61 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Talleres (C) 27 14 8 5 42 23 +19 50
3 San Lorenzo 27 12 10 5 23 13 +10 46
4 Lanús 27 12 9 6 38 27 +11 45
5 Estudiantes (LP) 27 12 9 6 35 24 +11 45
6 Defensa y Justicia 27 12 8 7 36 23 +13 44
7 Boca Juniors 27 13 5 9 33 24 +9 44
8 Rosario Central 27 10 12 5 36 29 +7 42
9 Godoy Cruz 27 11 8 8 37 32 +5 41
10 Argentinos Juniors 27 11 7 9 31 22 +9 40
11 Atlético Tucumán 27 9 10 8 25 27 −2 37
12 Racing 27 9 9 9 36 35 +1 36
13 Belgrano 27 10 6 11 20 26 −6 36
14 Newell's Old Boys 27 8 11 8 24 24 0 35
15 Barracas Central 27 8 11 8 25 30 −5 35
16 Tigre 27 9 7 11 27 29 −2 34
17 Platense 27 9 7 11 26 29 −3 34
18 Instituto 27 8 8 11 24 35 −11 32
19 Sarmiento (J) 27 7 9 11 23 26 −3 30
20 Unión 27 6 12 9 19 25 −6 30
21 Banfield 27 7 9 11 21 32 −11 30
22 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 27 7 9 11 24 38 −14 30
23 Central Córdoba (SdE) 27 7 8 12 20 30 −10 29
24 Independiente 27 6 10 11 23 32 −9 28
25 Vélez Sarsfield 27 5 12 10 24 27 −3 27
26 Huracán 27 6 7 14 18 29 −11 25
27 Colón 27 4 13 10 20 33 −13 25
28 Arsenal 27 6 4 17 18 34 −16 22
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) fair play ranking 5) drawing of lots.
(C) Champions

Results

Teams played every other team once (either at home or away) completing a total of 27 rounds.[89]

Home \ Away ARG ARS ATU BAN BAR BEL BOC CCO COL DYJ EST GLP GOD HUR IND INS LAN NOB PLA RAC RIV ROS SLO SAR TAL TIG UNI VEL
Argentinos Juniors 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–3 2–4 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 5–1
Arsenal 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–3 2–0 2–1
Atlético Tucumán 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–1
Banfield 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–4 2–0 1–2 0–0
Barracas Central 0–0 0–0 0–3 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1
Belgrano 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–0
Boca Juniors 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–0
Central Córdoba (SdE) 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–1
Colón 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–4 0–2 2–2 1–3 2–1
Defensa y Justicia 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–4 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0
Estudiantes (LP) 0–0 1–0 5–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 0–2 1–3 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–1
Godoy Cruz 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 4–2 4–4 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0
Huracán 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0
Independiente 2–0 0–2 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–1
Instituto 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 1–0
Lanús 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1
Newell's Old Boys 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Platense 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–4 1–0
Racing 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–4 2–2 2–1
River Plate 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0
Rosario Central 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 3–3 1–1
San Lorenzo 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Sarmiento (J) 2–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 3–5 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 4–1 0–1 0–1 1–1
Talleres (C) 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–2
Tigre 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–1
Unión 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–2 0–0
Vélez Sarsfield 0–1 1–0 3–3 0–0 1–2 4–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0
Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Awards

Best Team

The best team was a squad consisting of the most impressive players at the tournament.[90]

Substitutes

Pos. Player Team
GK Guido Herrera Talleres (C)
DF Leonardo Godoy Estudiantes (LP)
DF Gastón Hernández San Lorenzo
MF Rodrigo Villagra Talleres (C)
MF Federico Redondo Argentinos Juniors
MF Cristian Medina Boca Juniors
FW Benjamín Rollheiser Estudiantes (LP)
FW Esequiel Barco River Plate
FW Pablo Vegetti Belgrano
FW Alejo Véliz Rosario Central
FW Nicolás Fernández Defensa y Justicia

Aggregate table

International qualification

The 2023 Argentine Primera División champions, 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional champions and 2023 Copa Argentina champions earned a berth to the 2024 Copa Libertadores. The remaining berths to the 2024 Copa Libertadores as well as the ones to the 2024 Copa Sudamericana were determined by an aggregate table of the 2023 Argentine Primera División and 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional first stage tournaments. The top three teams in the aggregate table not already qualified for any international tournament qualified for the Copa Libertadores, while the next six teams qualified for the Copa Sudamericana.[7]

Relegation

In this season, the bottom team of the aggregate table would be relegated to the 2024 Primera Nacional. If two or more teams were level on points, extra matches would be played to decide which team would be relegated.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 River Plate 41 26 7 8 74 36 +38 85 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage[a]
2 Talleres (C) 41 18 13 10 57 38 +19 67
3 Rosario Central 41 16 17 8 53 42 +11 65
4 San Lorenzo 41 15 19 7 34 24 +10 64
5 Godoy Cruz 41 16 15 10 51 41 +10 63 Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
6 Boca Juniors 41 18 8 15 50 40 +10 62 Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage
7 Estudiantes (LP) 41 16 14 11 46 37 +9 62 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage[a]
8 Racing 41 15 15 11 58 51 +7 60 Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage
9 Defensa y Justicia 41 15 13 13 48 39 +9 58
10 Lanús 41 14 15 12 47 41 +6 57
11 Belgrano 41 15 12 14 40 44 −4 57
12 Argentinos Juniors 41 14 12 15 50 45 +5 54
13 Atlético Tucumán 41 13 15 13 34 39 −5 54
14 Platense 41 14 12 15 39 45 −6 54
15 Newell's Old Boys 41 13 14 14 38 34 +4 53
16 Banfield 41 13 14 14 32 38 −6 53
17 Instituto 41 12 16 13 35 42 −7 52
18 Huracán 41 14 9 18 37 40 −3 51
19 Independiente 41 12 15 14 38 43 −5 51
20 Vélez Sarsfield 41 11 16 14 41 41 0 49
21 Barracas Central 41 11 16 14 35 51 −16 49
22 Central Córdoba (SdE) 41 12 12 17 31 44 −13 48
23 Tigre 41 12 11 18 35 42 −7 47
24 Sarmiento (J) 41 10 16 15 31 34 −3 46
25 Unión 41 9 19 13 29 38 −9 46
26 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) (O) 41 11 12 18 37 59 −22 45 Relegation playoff
27 Colón (R) 41 10 15 16 39 50 −11 45 Relegation to Primera Nacional[b]
28 Arsenal (R) 41 9 8 24 28 49 −21 35
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) fair play ranking 5) drawing of lots.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b River Plate, Rosario Central and Estudiantes (LP) qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2023 Argentine Primera División, the 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional and the 2023 Copa Argentina, respectively.
  2. ^ Arsenal were relegated based on coefficients.

Relegation playoff

As Colón and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) finished with the same number of points in the aggregate table, the tournament rules required them to play a playoff match at a neutral venue to determine the relegated team. If tied, extra time would be played and if the score was still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners.

Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) won the match 1–0 and remained in the Primera División, while Colón were relegated to the Primera Nacional.[91]

Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)1–0Colón
Colazo 41' Report
Referee: Andrés Merlos

Relegation based on coefficients

In addition to the relegation based on the aggregate table, one team was relegated at the end of the season based on coefficients, which took into consideration the points obtained by the clubs during the present season (aggregate table points) and the two previous seasons (only seasons at the top flight were counted). The total tally was then divided by the number of games played in the top flight over those three seasons and an average was calculated. The team with the worst average at the end of the season was relegated to Primera Nacional. Originally two teams would be relegated based on coefficients but, on 22 June 2023, AFA decided to reduce the number of relegated teams to one.[8]

Pos Team 2021
Pts
2022
Pts
2023
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg Relegation
1 River Plate 75 76 85 236 120 1.967
2 Boca Juniors 63 79 62 204 120 1.7
3 Racing 53 80 60 193 120 1.608
4 Estudiantes (LP) 61 61 62 184 120 1.533
5 Defensa y Justicia 59 65 58 182 120 1.517
6 Talleres (C) 66 46 67 179 120 1.492
7 Argentinos Juniors 51 67 54 172 120 1.433
8 San Lorenzo 48 58 64 170 120 1.417
9 Huracán 51 65 51 167 120 1.392
10 Belgrano 57 57 41 1.39
11 Vélez Sarsfield 70 46 49 165 120 1.375
12 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 51 65 45 161 120 1.342
13 Rosario Central 50 46 65 161 120 1.342
14 Tigre 63 47 110 82 1.341
15 Godoy Cruz 46 51 63 160 120 1.333
16 Independiente 58 51 51 160 120 1.333
17 Newell's Old Boys 39 63 53 155 120 1.292
18 Colón 64 45 45 154 120 1.283
19 Instituto 52 52 41 1.268
20 Atlético Tucumán 40 57 54 151 120 1.258
21 Barracas Central 53 49 102 82 1.244
22 Banfield 47 49 53 149 120 1.242
23 Lanús 56 36 57 149 120 1.242
24 Unión 53 49 46 148 120 1.233
25 Platense 45 42 54 141 120 1.175
26 Central Córdoba (SdE) 43 49 48 140 120 1.167
27 Sarmiento (J) 36 53 46 135 120 1.125
28 Arsenal (R) 33 47 35 115 120 0.958 Relegation to Primera Nacional

Source: AFA

See also

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