1988–89 in Argentine football saw Independiente win the Argentine championship. In the international competitions there were two editions of the Copa Libertadores, the best performance came from Newell's Old Boys who were runners up in the Copa Libertadores 1988. Racing Club were the inaugural champions of the Supercopa Sudamericana, their first championship of any description since 1967.
The Argentine league championship featured an unusual points system. After each drawn match there was a penalty shootout to determine which team got the bonus point.
3 points: won match
2 points: draw, win on penalties
1 point0: draw, loss on penalties
0 points: lost match
The tournament also featured an unofficial Apertura tournament to determine the two teams to qualify for the Copa Libertadores 1989. Racing Club and Boca Juniors were in the top two positions at the halfway stage of the season (after 19 games), and qualified.
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championship featured an unusual points system After each drawn match there was a penalty shootout to determine which team got the bonus point 3 points won match 2 points draw win on penalties 1 point0 draw loss on penalties0 points lost matchThe tournament also featured an unofficial Apertura tournament to determine the two teams to qualify for the Copa Libertadores 1989 Racing Club and Boca Juniors were in the top two positions at the halfway stage of the season after 19 games and qualified Final table edit Position Team Points Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Penalty wins Penalty defeats1 Independiente 84 38 22 11 5 58 32 26 7 42 Boca Juniors 76 38 20 9 9 56 38 18 7 23 D Espanol 68 38 16 14 8 45 31 14 6 84 River Plate 67 38 16 13 9 51 36 15 6 75 San Lorenzo 66 38 16 10 12 58 44 14 8 26 Talleres 65 38 16 12 10 48 43 5 5 77 Argentinos 61 38 13 16 9 55 39 16 6 108 Estudiantes 61 38 15 12 11 53 41 12 4 89 Racing Club 59 38 13 16 9 47 41 6 6 1010 Gimnasia LP 57 38 10 16 12 31 30 1 11 511 Velez Sarsfield 53 38 8 17 13 37 54 17 12 512 Newell s 51 38 11 13 14 42 44 2 7 613 Rosario Central 51 38 10 16 12 49 55 6 7 914 Textil Mandiyu 51 38 7 19 12 35 44 9 11 815 Platense 50 38 11 11 16 36 51 15 6 516 Racing C 50 38 11 11 16 38 54 16 6 517 San Martin T 46 38 12 10 16 38 49 11 2 818 Ferro 45 38 8 14 16 35 43 8 7 719 D Armenio 37 38 5 15 18 29 57 28 7 820 Instituto 31 38 7 9 22 38 65 27 1 8Independiente qualify for Copa Libertadores 1990 as Argentine Champions Top Scorers edit Position Player Team Goals1 Oscar Dertycia Argentinos Juniors 201 Nestor Raul Gorosito San Lorenzo 203 Juan Comas Racing Club 194 Ariel Cozzoni Instituto de Cordoba 18Relegation edit Team Average Points Played 1986 87 1987 88 1988 89Independiente 1 219 139 114 47 37 55Newell s Old Boys 1 193 136 114 48 55 33San Lorenzo 1 184 135 114 44 49 42Racing Club 1 158 132 114 44 48 40Boca Juniors 1 140 130 114 46 35 49River Plate 1 140 130 114 39 46 45Rosario Central 1 079 123 114 49 40 34Deportivo Espanol 1 070 122 114 36 40 46Gimnasia de La Plata 1 018 116 114 37 43 36Velez Sarsfield 1 009 115 114 41 41 33Estudiantes de La Plata 0 974 111 114 37 32 42Argentinos Juniors 0 965 110 114 28 40 42Talleres de Cordoba 0 956 109 114 38 27 44Ferro Carril Oeste 0 939 107 114 44 33 30Textil Mandiyu 0 868 33 38 N A N A 33Platense 0 860 98 114 27 38 33Instituto de Cordoba 0 851 97 114 41 33 23Racing de Cordoba 0 851 97 114 33 31 33San Martin de Tucuman 0 842 32 38 N A N A 32Deportivo Armenio 0 776 59 76 N A 34 25Liguilla Pre Libertadores edit Winners tournament edit Quarter finals Home 1st leg Home 2nd leg 1st Leg 2nd leg AggregateChaco For Ever Boca Juniors 0 1 1 2 1 3Argentinos Juniors River Plate 2 0 0 1 2 1Platense Deportivo Espanol 0 0 3 1 3 1Talleres San Lorenzo 0 2 1 1 1 3Semi finals ScoreArgentinos Juniors San Lorenzo 1 3Platense Boca Juniors 1 1 1 Winners Final Home 1st leg Home 2nd leg 1st Leg 2nd leg AggregateBoca Juniors San Lorenzo 1 1 0 4 1 5San Lorenzo qualified to play a final with the winner of the requalifying tournament Requalifying tournament edit First round Home 1st leg Home 2nd leg 1st Leg 2nd leg AggregateArgentinos Juniors River Plate 0 1 0 4 0 5Deportivo Espanol Newell s Old Boys 1 0 0 0 1 0Second round Home 1st leg Home 2nd leg 1st Leg 2nd leg AggregateRiver Plate Deportivo Espanol 1 0 1 0 2 0Requalifying Final Home 1st leg Home 2nd leg 1st Leg 2nd leg 3rd leg AggregateRiver Plate Boca Juniors 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1Liguilla Final edit Home 1st leg Home 2nd leg 1st Leg 2nd leg AggregateSan Lorenzo River Plate 1 0 0 0 1 0River Plate qualified for Copa Libertadores 1990Argentine clubs in international competitions editTeam Recopa 1988 Supercopa 1988 Copa Libertadores 1988 Copa Libertadores 1989Racing Club Runner up Champions did not qualify 2nd roundNewell s Old Boys N A N A Runner up did not qualifySan Lorenzo N A N A SF did not qualifyRiver Plate N A SF did not qualify did not qualifyArgentinos Juniors N A QF did not qualify did not qualifyBoca Juniors N A Round 1 did not qualify Round 2Estudiantes N A Round 1 did not qualify did not qualifyIndependiente N A Round 1 did not qualify did not qualifyReferences edit Boca Juniors qualified due to their better league position Argentina 1988 1989 by Pablo Ciullini at rsssf Argentina 1980s by Osvaldo Jose Gorgazzi and Victor Hugo Kurhy at rsssf Copa Libertadores 1988 by Frank Ballesteros and Karel Stokkermans at rsssf Copa Libertadores 1989 by Frank Ballesteros and Karel Stokkermans at rsssf Supercopa 1988 by Fernando Semproni and Guillermo Rivera at rsssf Recopa 1988 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at rsssf Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1988 89 in Argentine football amp oldid 1137336293, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
