1970 Argentine Primera División

The 1970 Primera División season was the 79th season of top-flight football in Argentina, with Independiente winning the Metropolitano championship (9th title) by goals for difference (43–42) after being equaled on points with River Plate.^[1] In the Nacional championship, Boca Juniors (coached by José María Silvero after Alfredo Di Stéfano resigned) won its 18th league title after beating Rosario Central in the final.^[2]

Primera División

Season	1970
Dates	20 March – 27 December
Champions	Boca Juniors (Metropolitano) Independiente (Nacional)
1971 Copa Libertadores	Boca Juniors Rosario Central
← 1969 1971 →

Starting this season, two substitutions were allowed per team during the game. That rule had been first introduced in 1959, but for injured goalkeepers only.^[3]

Unlike previous seasons, there was no team promoted from Primera B Metropolitana. Boca Juniors and Rosario Central (as champion and runner up of Nacional respectively) qualified to 1971 Copa Libertadores. On the other hand, Lanús, Quilmes and Unión (SF) were relegated.^[4][5]

Campeonato Metropolitano

Standings

Metropolitano

Independiente, Metropolitano champion
Season	1970
Dates	20 March –19 December
Champions	Independiente (9th title)
Promoted	(none)
Relegated	Lanús   Quilmes   Unión (SF)
Top goalscorer	Oscar Más (16)
← 1969 1971 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Independiente	20	12	3	5	43	25	+18	27	Champion
2	River Plate	20	10	7	3	42	24	+18	27	to Campeonato Nacional
3	San Lorenzo	20	7	11	2	36	20	+16	25
4	Boca Juniors	20	10	5	5	30	19	+11	25
5	Newell's Old Boys	20	8	9	3	28	26	+2	25
6	Platense	20	9	6	5	24	19	+5	24
7	Atlanta	20	8	6	6	29	26	+3	22
8	Banfield	20	6	10	4	17	14	+3	22
9	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	20	8	5	7	28	26	+2	21
10	Vélez Sársfield	20	8	5	7	27	26	+1	21
11	Racing	20	5	11	4	26	22	+4	21
12	Rosario Central	20	7	7	6	26	23	+3	21
13	Chacarita Juniors	20	8	4	8	22	23	−1	20	to Petit Tournament
14	Huracán	20	6	7	7	33	32	+1	19
15	Quilmes	20	6	5	9	24	32	−8	17
16	Estudiantes (LP)	20	4	9	7	22	26	−4	17
17	Argentinos Juniors	20	5	7	8	21	33	−12	17	to Reclasificatorio
18	Unión	20	6	4	10	24	35	−11	16
19	Lanús	20	4	5	11	22	35	−13	13
20	Colón	20	3	5	12	21	40	−19	11
21	Los Andes	20	2	5	13	22	41	−19	9

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Petit Tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Estudiantes (LP)	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4	to Nacional
2	Chacarita Juniors	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
3	Quilmes	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4	to Reclasificatorio
4	Huracán	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Reclasificatorio Tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Los Andes	12	8	1	3	23	14	+9	17	Remained in Primera División
2	Huracán	12	6	4	2	33	11	+22	16
3	Argentinos Juniors	12	5	3	4	17	14	+3	13
4	Colón	12	4	3	5	15	24	−9	11	to Reclasificatorio de Primera
5	Quilmes	12	5	1	6	14	18	−4	11
6	Unión	12	3	4	5	11	17	−6	10	Relegated
7	Lanús	12	1	4	7	13	28	−15	6

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Reclasificatorio de Primera Tournament

This tournament was contested by two teams from Primera B Metropolitana (Ferro Carril Oeste and Almirante Brown) and teams placed 4th and 5th in Reclasificatorio Tournament, in order to define the rest two promoted or relegated clubs. After finishing 1st, Ferro Carril Oeste promoted to Primera División.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ferro Carril Oeste	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	6	Promoted to Primera
2	Colón	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	3	Remained in Primera
3	Quilmes	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	3	Relegated
4	Almirante Brown	3	0	0	3	4	10	−6	0	Remained in Primera B

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

Rank.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Oscar Mas	River Plate	16
2	Alfredo Obberti	Newell's Old Boys	15
3	Aníbal Tarabini	Independiente	14
4	Rodolfo Fischer	San Lorenzo	13
5	Delio Onnis	Gimnasia y Esgrima LP	12
	Héctor Yazalde	Independiente

Campeonato Nacional

Nacional

Boca Juniors, Nacional champion
Season	1970
Dates	4 September – 27 December
Champions	Boca Juniors (18th title)
1971 Copa Libertadores	Boca Juniors Rosario Central
Top goalscorer	Carlos Bianchi (18 goals)
← 1969 1971 →

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chacarita Juniors	20	13	3	4	25	19	+6	29	Semifinals
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	20	12	3	5	46	31	+15	27	Semifinals
3	River Plate	20	11	4	5	30	20	+10	26
4	San Lorenzo	20	11	2	7	45	26	+19	24
5	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	20	10	3	7	33	32	+1	23
6	Racing	20	5	7	8	35	30	+5	17
7	Newell's Old Boys	20	5	5	10	29	36	−7	15
7	Talleres (C)	20	4	7	9	27	42	−15	15
9	San Martín (T)	20	5	4	11	19	37	−18	14
10	Platense	20	3	4	13	21	46	−25	10

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rosario Central	20	13	3	4	42	26	+16	29	Semifinals
1	Boca Juniors	20	13	3	4	36	20	+16	29	Semifinals
3	Vélez Sársfield	20	9	7	4	39	24	+15	25
4	Independiente	20	9	3	8	37	35	+2	21
5	Estudiantes (LP)	20	7	6	7	31	22	+9	20
6	Banfield	20	6	6	8	29	29	0	18
7	Atlanta	20	5	6	9	17	22	−5	16
8	Kimberley	20	4	7	9	33	41	−8	15
9	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	20	4	6	10	27	43	−16	14
10	San Martín (SJ)	20	4	5	11	27	47	−20	13

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

Played under a single-match format in neutral venue:

*   Winner of the series

Date	Team 1	Team 2	Res.	Venue	City
19 Dec	Rosario Central	Gimnasia y Esgrima LP	3–0	Newell's Stadium	Rosario
20 Dec	Boca Juniors	Chacarita Juniors	2–0	Racing Stadium	Avellaneda

Final

Date	Team 1	Team 2	Res.	Venue	City
23 Dec	Boca Juniors	Rosario Central	2–1	River Plate Stadium	Buenos Aires

Match details

1970 Campeonato Nacional Final

23 December 1970

Boca Juniors	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Rosario Central
Rojas   79' Coch   109'	Report	Landucci   40'

River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires

Referee: Ángel Coerezza

Boca Juniors

Rosario Central

GK 1   Antonio Roma DF 4   Rubén Suñé DF 2   Julio Meléndez DF 6   Miguel Nicolau DF 3   Silvio Marzolini MF 8   José Palacios MF 5   Norberto Madurga MF 10   Ángel C. Rojas FW 7   Jorge Coch FW 9   Hugo Curioni   59' FW 11   Óscar Pianetti   96' Substitutes: FW   Raúl Savoy   59' MF   Antonio Cabrera   96' Manager:   José María Silvero

GK 1   Ramón Quiroga DF 4   Jorge J. González DF 2   Alberto Fanesi DF 6   José Mesiano DF 3   Jorge Carrascosa MF 8   Miguel A. Bustos MF 5   Ángel Landucci MF 10   Alberto Gómez FW 7   Ramón Bóveda   90' FW 9   Aldo Poy FW 11   Roberto Gramajo   68' Substitutes: FW   Agustín Balbuena   68' FW   Carlos Colman   90' Manager:   Ángel Zof

Top scorers

Rank.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Carlos Bianchi	Vélez Sarsfield	18
2	Delio Onnis	Gimnasia y Esgrima LP	16
3	Juan José Valiente	Kimberley (Mdp)	14
4	Roberto Gramajo	Rosario Central	13 12
	Alfredo Obberti	Newell's Old Boys

References

1. A 50 años del título de Independiente que alargó la sequía de River by Alejandro Fabbri on Perfil, 27 Jul 2020
2. "23 de diciembre de 1970: otra vuelta olímpica en cancha de River" on Imborrable Boca blogsit, 22 Dec 2009
3. La historia de las sustituciones on Infocielo, 15 May 2020
4. Argentina 1970 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
5. "Argentina: 1ra. División AFA 1970 Campeonato Metropolitano" by José Carluccio, 21 Dec 2009