2013–14 Argentine Primera División season

The 2013–14 Primera División season was the 123rd season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. It started on August 2, 2013 and ended on May 24, 2014. Twenty teams competed in the league, seventeen returning from the 2012–13 season and three promoted from the Primera B Nacional Championship (Championship winners Rosario Central, runners-up Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) and 3rd place Olimpo). For first time Independiente did not compete in the Primera División championship.

Primera División

Season	2013–14
Champions	Torneo Inicial: San Lorenzo (15th title) Torneo Final: River Plate (36th title) Super Champions: River Plate
Relegated	Argentinos Juniors All Boys Colón
2014 Copa Libertadores	San Lorenzo Lanús (via 2013 Copa Sudamericana) Arsenal (via 2012–13 Copa Argentina)
2014 Copa Sudamericana	Boca Juniors Estudiantes (LP) Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Godoy Cruz Rosario Central River Plate Lanús (via 2013 Copa Sudamericana)
2015 Copa Libertadores	River Plate Boca Juniors
Matches played	383
Goals scored	812 (2.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Torneo Inicial: César Pereyra (10 goals) Torneo Final: Mauro Zárate (13 goals)
Biggest home win	River Plate 5–0 Quilmes (May 18, 2014)
Biggest away win	Arsenal 1–4 Belgrano (Nov. 30, 2013) San Lorenzo 1–4 Lanús (Apr. 12, 2014) Racing 0–3 San Lorenzo (Aug. 9, 2013) San Lorenzo 0–3 Argentinos Juniors (Aug. 17, 2013) Colón 0–3 Lanús (Oct. 19, 2013) Lanús 0–3 Atlético de Rafaela (Feb. 16, 2014)
Highest scoring	San Lorenzo 4–2 Belgrano (Nov. 16, 2013) Vélez Sarsfield 5–1 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) (Mar. 29, 2014) Racing 3–3 Estudiantes (LP) (Apr. 1, 2014) Boca Juniors 4–2 Arsenal (Apr. 27, 2014) Newell's Old Boys 4–2 All Boys (May 10, 2014) (6 goals)
Longest winning run	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) -6 matches- (Apr. 3 - Apr. 26, 2014)
Longest unbeaten run	Arsenal (Aug. 2 - Oct. 12, 2013) Vélez Sarsfield (Oct. 18, 2013 - Feb. 18, 2014) Estudiantes (LP) (Mar. 2 - Apr. 19, 2014) (11 matches)
Longest losing run	Racing (Sep. 15 - Oct. 18, 2013) Colón (Nov. 10, 2013 - Feb. 8, 2014) Argentinos Juniors (Apr. 15 - May 17, 2014) (6 matches)
← 2012–13 2014 →

In the first half of the season San Lorenzo became champion of the 2013 Torneo Inicial "Nietos Recuperados", winning the “Miguel Benancio Sánchez” League Cup. The winner of the 2014 Torneo Final "Nietos Recuperados", River Plate, won the "Presidente Raúl Alfonsín" League Cup. In the Superfinal, River Plate won the Campeonato Cup after a 1–0 victory over San Lorenzo in La Punta, San Luis.

Argentinos Juniors and All Boys were relegated to the Primera B Nacional Championship. The third relegated team was Colón, who lost a playoff match against Atlético de Rafaela.

Format

There was two champions in the season. The champions (Torneo Inicial and Torneo Final winners) met in a season ending championship final to determine the super champion. The format for each tournament remained the same as in previous seasons.

As in the previous season the last three teams on the relegation (average) table were directly relegated.

Teams

The relegated teams of 2012–13 season were San Martín (SJ), Independiente and Unión. They played in the 2013–14 Primera B Nacional Championship. At the same time the 2012–13 Primera B Nacional Championship winners Rosario Central, runners-up Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) and 3rd place Olimpo were promoted at the end of the season.

Stadia and locations

 

 

Buenos Aires

 

Atlético de Rafaela

 

Belgrano

 

Estudiantes
Gimnasia

 

Olimpo

 

Colón

 

Rosario Central

 

Godoy Cruz

 

Newell's Old Boys

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Locations of the 2013−14 Primera División teams outside Greater Buenos Aires.

 

 

All Boys

 

Argentinos Juniors

 

Arsenal

 

Boca Juniors

 

Racing

 

Lanús

 

San Lorenzo

 

Tigre

 

River Plate

 

Quilmes

 

Vélez Sarsfield

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Locations of the 2013−14 Primera División teams within Greater Buenos Aires.

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
All Boys	Buenos Aires	Islas Malvinas	21,000
Argentinos Juniors	Buenos Aires	Diego Armando Maradona	24,800
Arsenal	Sarandí	Julio H. Grondona	16,300
Atlético de Rafaela	Rafaela	Nuevo Monumental	16,000
Belgrano	Córdoba	Julio César Villagra	28,000
Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires	Alberto J. Armando	49,000
Colón	Santa Fe	Brigadier General Estanislao López	33,500
Estudiantes (LP)	La Plata	Ciudad de La Plata	53,000
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	La Plata	Juan Carmelo Zerillo	24,544
Godoy Cruz	Godoy Cruz	Malvinas Argentinas	40,268
Lanús	Lanús	Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez	46,619
Newell's Old Boys	Rosario	Marcelo Bielsa	38,095
Olimpo	Bahía Blanca	Roberto Natalio Carminatti	20,000
Quilmes	Quilmes	Centenario	30,200
Racing	Avellaneda	Presidente Juan Domingo Perón	55,389
River Plate	Buenos Aires	Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti	64,624
Rosario Central	Rosario	Dr. Lisandro de la Torre	41,654
San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires	Pedro Bidegain	39,494
Tigre	Victoria	José Dellagiovanna	26,282
Vélez Sarsfield	Buenos Aires	José Amalfitani	45,540

Statistics

Club	Manager
All Boys	Ricardo Rodríguez
Argentinos Juniors	Claudio Borghi
Arsenal	Martín Palermo
Atlético de Rafaela	Jorge Burruchaga
Belgrano	Ricardo Zielinski
Boca Juniors	Carlos Bianchi
Colón	Diego Osella
Estudiantes (LP)	Mauricio Pellegrino
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	Pedro Troglio
Godoy Cruz	Jorge Almirón
Lanús	Guillermo Barros Schelotto
Newell's Old Boys	Ricardo Lunari
Olimpo	Walter Perazzo
Quilmes	Ricardo Caruso Lombardi
Racing	Fabio Radaelli
River Plate	Ramón Díaz
Rosario Central	Miguel Ángel Russo
San Lorenzo	Edgardo Bauza
Tigre	Fabián Alegre
Vélez Sarsfield	José Oscar Flores

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pre-season changes
Quilmes	Omar De Felippe	Resigned	June 22, 2013	Nelson Vivas	June 24, 2013^[1]	N/A
All Boys	José Romero	Contract terminated	June 23, 2013	Julio César Falcioni	June 24, 2013^[2]	N/A
Colón	Pablo Morant	Replaced	June 29, 2013	Rubén Forestello	June 29, 2013^[3]	N/A
Tigre	Néstor Gorosito	Resigned	July 6, 2013	Diego Cagna	July 8, 2013^[4]	N/A
Newell's Old Boys	Gerardo Martino	Contract terminated	July 10, 2013	Alfredo Berti	July 10, 2013^[5]	N/A
Torneo Inicial changes
Racing	Luis Zubeldía	Resigned	August 24, 2013^[6]	Carlos Ischia ^1	August 30, 2013^[7]	20th
Tigre	Diego Cagna	Sacked	September 10, 2013	Fabián Alegre ^2	September 10, 2013^[8]	19th
Racing	Carlos Ischia	Resigned	October 7, 2013^[9]	Reinaldo Merlo ^3	October 10, 2013^[10]	20th
Colón	Rubén Forestello	Resigned	October 7, 2013	Mario Sciacqua ^4	October 8, 2013^[11]	17th
Quilmes	Nelson Vivas	Resigned	October 21, 2013	Blas Giunta	October 22, 2013^[12]	16th
All Boys	Julio César Falcioni	Resigned	November 16, 2013	Ricardo Rodríguez	November 19, 2013^[13]	17th
Inter-tournament changes
Godoy Cruz	Martín Palermo	Contract terminated	December 6, 2013	Jorge Almirón	December 9, 2013^[14]	N/A
Argentinos Juniors	Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	Mutual agreement	December 10, 2013	Claudio Borghi	December 29, 2013^[15]	N/A
San Lorenzo	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Resigned	December 20, 2013	Edgardo Bauza	December 26, 2013^[16]	N/A
Vélez Sarsfield	Ricardo Gareca	Contract terminated	December 23, 2013	José Oscar Flores	December 26, 2013^[17]	N/A
Colón	Mario Sciacqua	Replaced	January 1, 2014	Diego Osella	January 1, 2014^[18]	N/A
Torneo Final changes
Quilmes	Blas Giunta	Sacked	February 16, 2014	Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	February 18, 2014^[19]	20th
Newell's Old Boys	Alfredo Berti	Resigned	April 11, 2014	Ricardo Lunari ^5	April 11, 2014^[20]	14th
Arsenal	Gustavo Alfaro	Sacked	April 14, 2014^[21]	Martín Palermo ^6	April 15, 2014^[22]	20th
Racing	Reinaldo Merlo	Resigned	May 6, 2014	Fabio Radaelli ^7	May 7, 2014^[23]	17th

Interim Managers
Torneo Inicial

1.^   Fabio Radaelli was interim manager in the 5th round.

2.^ Interim manager, but later promoted to full-time manager.

3.^   Ignacio Carlos González was interim manager in the 11th round.

4.^ Interim manager.

Torneo Final

5.^ Interim manager.

6.^   Roberto González was interim manager in the 14th round.

7.^ Interim manager.

Torneo Inicial

The Torneo Inicial was the first tournament of the season. It began on August 2 and ended on December 15, 2013. Originally the tournament should finish on December 8, but AFA decided to postpone two matches of the last round (Vélez Sarsfield-San Lorenzo and Newell's Old Boys-Lanús) one week as Lanús had to play the 2013 Copa Sudamericana final against Ponte Preta of Brazil. San Lorenzo won the title with a 0–0 draw at Vélez Sarsfield as outgoing champions Newell's Old Boys were held 2–2 in Rosario. San Lorenzo topped the Torneo Inicial with 33 points from 19 matches, two more than Vélez Sarsfield, Newell's Old Boys and Lanús. It was San Lorenzo's 12th league title in the professional era and first since the 2007 Clausura championship.^[24][25]
Also in this tournament Colón were deducted six points after their denial to pay the fee that was agreed upon with Mexican side Atlante over Juan Carlos Falcón back in 2007. Atlante decided to take this issue to FIFA and they won the case. Colón lost the appeal and were forced to pay US$600.000.^[26][27]
Additionally, on November 18 (16th round) the Colón players refused to participate in the match against Atlético de Rafaela, due to a failure to pay the squad's wages.^[28][29] Finally, on December 10, AFA gave the victory to Atlético de Rafaela (0−1), but they did not deduct any points from Colón.^[30]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Lorenzo (C)	19	9	6	4	29	17	+12	33	2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Lanús	19	8	7	4	32	18	+14	31
3	Vélez Sarsfield	19	8	7	4	24	16	+8	31
4	Newell's Old Boys	19	8	7	4	27	21	+6	31
5	Arsenal	19	7	9	3	22	19	+3	30
6	Belgrano	19	8	5	6	28	20	+8	29
7	Boca Juniors	19	8	5	6	25	24	+1	29
8	Atlético de Rafaela	19	8	5	6	25	25	0	29
9	Estudiantes (LP)	19	6	9	4	16	14	+2	27
10	Rosario Central	19	7	5	7	22	24	−2	26
11	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	6	8	5	21	24	−3	26
12	Tigre	19	7	4	8	20	21	−1	25
13	Argentinos Juniors	19	7	4	8	17	19	−2	25
14	Godoy Cruz	19	6	6	7	17	17	0	24
15	Olimpo	19	6	5	8	19	25	−6	23
16	All Boys	19	5	7	7	19	19	0	22
17	River Plate	19	5	6	8	12	14	−2	21
18	Quilmes	19	5	6	8	14	23	−9	21
19	Racing	19	4	4	11	12	24	−12	16
20	Colón	19	3	3	13	8	25	−17	6^[a]

Source: AFA
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Colón deducted 6 points

Primera División 2013 Torneo Inicial champion
San Lorenzo 15th title

Results

Home \ Away	ALL	ARJ	ARS	ATR	BEL	BOC	COL	EST	GLP	GCR	LAN	NOB	OLI	QUI	RAC	RIV	RCE	SLO	TIG	VEL
All Boys				1–1			0–0		2–1		2–3	3–1		4–0	1–0		1–1		0–0	1–1
Argentinos Juniors	1–0				1–3	0–0	2–0	1–0					4–0	1–1			1–2		1–0
Arsenal	1–1	0–0			1–4	3–2		1–1	1–1	1–0			3–1			1–1		2–1
Atlético de Rafaela		1–0	1–1					1–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	2–0			0–0		2–2
Belgrano	1–0			3–2		1–2	2–0		1–2					0–1	3–0		0–1		2–0	3–0
Boca Juniors	0–2			2–1			2–0		1–1			2–3		2–0	2–0		1–1		2–1	2–1
Colón			0–1	0–1							0–3	2–2		1–0	1–1		2–1	0–2		0–2
Estudiantes (LP)	1–0				1–1	2–0	1–0		1–1					1–0	1–0		1–1		0–2	0–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)		0–0					1–0			0–0			2–2	3–2	1–3	1–0	3–1			2–1
Godoy Cruz	2–0	3–1			1–1	2–2	1–0	2–1					0–1			0–0			2–0
Lanús		4–0	2–0		3–0	2–2		1–1	0–0	0–1			3–0			0–1		3–2
Newell's Old Boys		2–0	1–1		0–0			1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2		2–1			1–0		1–1
Olimpo	1–1				1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1						0–1	0–1		1–0		0–0
Quilmes			0–1	1–1						1–0	0–0	0–2			1–1	1–1		3–2		1–1
Racing		0–1	0–2	0–1						2–0	1–1	0–1				1–0		0–3		0–1
River Plate	1–0	1–0			0–0	0–1	1–2	1–2					1–3				1–0		3–0
Rosario Central			1–1	3–2						1–0	2–1	2–1		2–0	1–1			0–2		2–3
San Lorenzo	3–0	0–3			4–2	1–0		0–0	3–0	0–0			2–1			1–0			0–0
Tigre			2–1	3–1			1–0		1–1		2–3	2–1		0–1	3–1		2–0			1–2
Vélez Sarsfield		2–0	0–0	4–1						2–1	0–0	3–0	1–2			0–0		0–0

Source: Programación de Primera División Torneo Inicial 2013/2014
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	César Pereyra	Argentine	Belgrano	10
2	Mauro Matos	Argentine	All Boys	9
3	Emanuel Gigliotti	Argentine	Boca Juniors	8
	Ignacio Piatti	Argentine	San Lorenzo	8
	Diego Vera	Uruguayan	Atlético de Rafaela	8
6	Lucas Pratto	Argentine	Vélez Sarsfield	7
	Santiago Silva	Uruguayan	Lanús	7
8	Hernán Boyero	Argentine	Argentinos Juniors	6
	Julio Furch	Argentine	Arsenal	6
	Facundo Pereyra	Argentine	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	6
	Maxi Rodríguez	Argentine	Newell's Old Boys	6

Torneo Final

The Torneo Final was the second and final tournament of the season. It began on February 7 and ended on May 19, 2014. Colón was leader of the Torneo Final until the 11th round, then Estudiantes (LP), Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) and River Plate started to fight for the lead of the tournament until the last round. In the last round River Plate trashed Quilmes 5-0 as Estudiantes (LP) and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) were beaten 2–1 by Tigre and 0–1 by Boca Juniors respectively. Finally River Plate won the Torneo Final with a five-point margin over Boca Juniors, Estudiantes (LP) and Godoy Cruz in joint second place.^[31][32] One of the fundamental moments in the title of River Plate was the victory 1–2 to Boca Juniors in the 10th round with a head goal of Ramiro Funes Mori in the last minutes of the match. This was their first away victory over Boca Juniors in 10 years.^[33][34]
With Argentinos Juniors and All Boys relegated previously, the third relegation place had a dramatic final in the last round after Colón and Atlético de Rafaela scored injury-time winners to win their games, at home to Olimpo and away to Arsenal respectively, forcing a play-off match between them.^[35]
At the end of the season Juan Sebastián Verón and Gabriel Heinze, captains of Estudiantes (LP) and Newell's Old Boys , finished their professional careers.^[36]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	River Plate (C)	19	11	4	4	28	15	+13	37	2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Boca Juniors	19	9	5	5	25	15	+10	32
3	Estudiantes (LP)	19	8	8	3	20	11	+9	32
4	Godoy Cruz	19	9	5	5	23	18	+5	32
5	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	9	4	6	24	19	+5	31
6	Vélez Sarsfield	19	9	3	7	34	26	+8	30
7	Colón	19	8	6	5	14	13	+1	30
8	Rosario Central	19	7	7	5	21	21	0	28
9	Lanús	19	8	4	7	21	23	−2	28
10	Olimpo	19	7	6	6	19	16	+3	27
11	San Lorenzo	19	7	6	6	19	20	−1	27
12	Newell's Old Boys	19	6	7	6	22	18	+4	25
13	Tigre	19	5	9	5	14	14	0	24
14	Quilmes	19	7	3	9	16	22	−6	24
15	Belgrano	19	3	11	5	17	21	−4	20
16	Atlético de Rafaela	19	4	8	7	22	28	−6	20
17	Arsenal	19	5	3	11	19	28	−9	18
18	Racing	19	4	5	10	19	24	−5	17
19	Argentinos Juniors	19	3	6	10	9	21	−12	15
20	All Boys	19	3	6	10	14	27	−13	15

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Primera División 2014 Torneo Final champion
River Plate 36th title

Results

Home \ Away	ALL	ARJ	ARS	ATR	BEL	BOC	COL	EST	GLP	GCR	LAN	NOB	OLI	QUI	RAC	RIV	RCE	SLO	TIG	VEL
All Boys		0–0	1–1		0–0	1–3		0–1		0–0			1–0			3–2		1–2
Argentinos Juniors			2–0	0–0					0–2	2–1	0–2	0–0			0–1	0–2		0–2		2–1
Arsenal				1–2			1–0				3–1	3–2		0–2	3–1		1–1		0–1	1–3
Atlético de Rafaela	1–1				1–2	1–0	1–1							2–2	2–2		2–3		1–1	3–1
Belgrano		0–0	0–0					1–1		1–2	2–2	1–1	1–1			2–1		0–0
Boca Juniors		1–1	4–2		2–3			1–0		3–0	3–1		2–0			1–2		0–0
Colón	1–0	1–0			0–0	0–0		0–2	0–0	1–1			2–1			3–1			1–0
Estudiantes (LP)		1–0	1–0	0–0						0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0			0–0		3–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	2–1		2–0	1–1	2–2	0–1		0–1			0–0	3–0						2–1	3–1
Godoy Cruz			2–1	3–0					0–2		1–0	0–1		2–0	2–1		3–0	1–1		1–1
Lanús	1–0			0–3			1–0					1–1		1–0	1–0		2–1		0–0	3–2
Newell's Old Boys	4–2			4–1		0–0	0–1							1–1	2–0		0–1		2–1	4–1
Olimpo		3–0	0–2	2–1					0–2	3–1	2–0	1–0				1–1		2–0		1–2
Quilmes	1–2	1–0			1–0	0–0	0–2	1–3	2–0				0–1				0–1		1–0
Racing	1–1				2–0	1–2	3–0	3–3	0–1				1–1	0–1			0–0		0–1
River Plate			1–0	2–0					1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0		5–0	3–2			1–0		1–0
Rosario Central	2–0	3–2			0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–1				0–0			1–1			1–1
San Lorenzo			2–0	2–0			0–0				1–4	0–0		1–0	1–0		2–1			2–3
Tigre	2–0	0–0			2–1	0–1		2–1		0–0			0–0			0–0		2–2
Vélez Sarsfield	3–0				3–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	5–1					1–3	0–1		4–1		0–0

Source: Programación de Primera División Torneo Final 2013/2014
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Mauro Zárate	Argentine	Vélez Sarsfield	13
2	Guido Carrillo	Argentine	Estudiantes (LP)	9
3	Fernando Cavenaghi	Argentine	River Plate	8
	Emanuel Gigliotti	Argentine	Boca Juniors	8
5	José Adolfo Valencia	Colombian	Olimpo	7
6	Lucas Albertengo	Argentine	Atlético de Rafaela	6
	Carlos Carbonero	Colombian	River Plate	6
	Mariano Echeverría	Argentine	Arsenal	6
	Teófilo Gutiérrez	Colombian	River Plate	6
10	Gabriel Graciani	Argentine	Colón	5
	Lucas Pratto	Argentine	Vélez Sarsfield	5
	Juan Román Riquelme	Argentine	Boca Juniors	5
	Diego Vera	Uruguayan	Atlético de Rafaela	5

Superfinal

The 2013-14 Superfinal was played between San Lorenzo, winners of the 2013 Torneo Inicial, and River Plate, winners of the 2014 Torneo Final. River Plate did not count on defender Éder Álvarez Balanta nor striker Teófilo Gutiérrez, as both players were called up by José Néstor Pekerman for the Colombia national team to train for the 2014 World Cup. San Lorenzo did not count on defender Carlos Valdés, who also was training with the Colombia national team, and Ignacio Piatti, who was recovering from an injury.^[37] River Plate defeated San Lorenzo 1–0 and as Super Champions they qualified to 2014 Copa Sudamericana and 2014 Supercopa Argentina. The only goal came from Germán Pezzella in the 73rd minute, a header after a free-kick from the left.^[38]

Details

2013–14 Primera División Superfinal

24 May 2014

21:15 UTC−3

San Lorenzo	0–1	River Plate
	Report	Pezzella   73'

Provincial Juan Gilberto Funes, La Punta, San Luis

Referee: Néstor Pitana

San Lorenzo

River Plate

GK 12   Sebastián Torrico DF 7   Julio Buffarini   81' DF 29   Fabricio Fontanini   72' DF 6   Santiago Gentiletti   24' DF 21   Emmanuel Más   76' MF 15   Héctor Villalba MF 5   Juan Mercier   80' MF 20   Néstor Ortigoza MF 10   Leandro Romagnoli (c)   64' FW 11   Ángel Correa FW 26   Mauro Matos Substitutes: GK 1   Cristian Álvarez DF 14   Walter Kannemann DF 4   Gonzalo Prósperi MF 8   Enzo Kalinski MF 19   Leandro Navarro   80' MF 24   Juan Cavallaro   64' FW 9   Martín Cauteruccio   76' Manager:   Edgardo Bauza

GK 1   Marcelo Barovero DF 25   Gabriel Mercado   80' DF 2   Jonathan Maidana   22' DF 6   Ramiro Funes Mori   18' DF 21   Leonel Vangioni MF 7   Carlos Carbonero MF 28   Cristian Ledesma MF 16   Ariel Rojas MF 10   Manuel Lanzini FW 30   Daniel Villalva   54'   85' FW 9   Fernando Cavenaghi (c)   46' Substitutes: GK 19   Leandro Chichizola DF 20   Germán Pezzella   77'   22' MF 5   Matías Kranevitter   85' MF 11   Osmar Ferreyra MF 18   Augusto Solari FW 8   Juan Carlos Menseguez FW 35   Giovanni Simeone   46' Manager:   Ramón Díaz

Assistant referees: Hernán Maidana Juan Belatti Fourth official: Mauro Vigliano

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

• Buffarini (San Lorenzo) and Barovero (River Plate) finished the match as captains.

Relegation

The relegation (or average) table is the table that averages the points over the last 3 seasons (each season consisting of two tournaments, "Inicial" and "Final"). Teams that have recently been promoted will only have one or two seasons counted under this table (and therefore fewer games played), thus each point they score increases their average more than the teams that have 3 seasons played.

Pos	Team	2011–12 Pts	2012–13 Pts	2013–14 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Boca Juniors	76	51	61	188	114	1.649
2	Vélez Sarsfield	64	61	61	186	114	1.632
3	River Plate	—	64	58	122	76	1.605
4	Lanús	55	67	59	181	114	1.588
5	Newell's Old Boys	48	74	56	178	114	1.561
6	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	—	—	57	57	38	1.5
7	Arsenal	62	60	48	170	114	1.491
8	Belgrano	55	59	49	163	114	1.43
9	Rosario Central	—	—	54	54	38	1.421
10	San Lorenzo	44	58	60	162	114	1.421
11	Estudiantes (LP)	50	48	59	157	114	1.377
12	Olimpo	—	—	50	50	38	1.316
13	Tigre	63	34	49	146	114	1.281
14	Racing	50	62	33	145	114	1.272
15	Godoy Cruz	38	49	56	143	114	1.254
16	Quilmes	—	50	45	95	76	1.25
17	Atlético de Rafaela (O)	50	43	49	142	114	1.246
18	Colón (R)	60	46	36^†	142	114	1.246	Primera B Nacional
19	All Boys (R)	54	41	37	132	114	1.158
20	Argentinos Juniors (R)	49	37	40	126	114	1.105

Source:^[39]
†Colón deducted 6 points.

Relegation playoff

After three seasons, Colón and Atlético de Rafaela finished with the same average (142 points in 114 matches, Average 1.246). The tournament rules established that if two teams, at the end of the season, had the same average it was required a playoff game. Atlético de Rafaela won the match 0–1 and remained in the Primera División. In the other hand, after 19 seasons playing in the Primera División, Colón was relegated to the Primera B Nacional championship.^[40]

24 May 2014

14:00 (UTC−3)

Colón	0–1	Atlético de Rafaela
	Report	Depetris   56'

Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario

Referee: Diego Abal

International qualification

Qualification for the 2014 Copa Sudamericana tournament was awarded to the winners of the 2013–14 Argentine Primera División and the 5 best teams of this aggregate table (if not qualified for 2014 Copa Libertadores second stage, or won the 2014 Torneo Final or were the aggregate table best team not yet qualified for the 2015 Copa Libertadores, or relegated).

Qualification for the 2015 Copa Libertadores tournament was awarded to the 2014 Torneo Final champion and the aggregate table best team not yet qualified. This aggregate table could also be used for award places for the 2015 Copa Libertadores if the 2014 Torneo de Transición champion is qualified and could be used as tiebreak for the 2013–14 Copa Argentina and the 2014 Copa Sudamericana best Argentine team berths.^[41]

At the end of the season Vélez Sarsfield and Boca Juniors tied the aggregate table best team with 61 points. Therefore, a playoff match between them was played on January 28, 2015. Boca Juniors won 1–0 and qualified to the 2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.^[42]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vélez Sarsfield	38	17	10	11	58	42	+16	61
2	Boca Juniors	38	17	10	11	50	39	+11	61	2014 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage and 2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
3	San Lorenzo	38	16	12	10	48	37	+11	60
4	Lanús	38	16	11	11	53	41	+12	59	2014 Copa Sudamericana Round of 16^[a]
5	Estudiantes (LP)	38	14	17	7	36	25	+11	59	2014 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
6	River Plate	38	16	10	12	40	29	+11	58	2014 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage and 2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage^[b]
7	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	38	15	12	11	45	43	+2	57	2014 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
8	Newell's Old Boys	38	14	14	10	49	39	+10	56
9	Godoy Cruz	38	15	11	12	40	35	+5	56	2014 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
10	Rosario Central	38	14	12	12	43	45	−2	54
11	Olimpo	38	13	11	14	38	41	−3	50
12	Belgrano	38	11	16	11	45	41	+4	49
13	Tigre	38	12	13	13	34	35	−1	49
14	Atlético de Rafaela	38	12	13	13	47	53	−6	49
15	Arsenal	38	12	12	14	41	47	−6	48
16	Quilmes	38	12	9	17	30	45	−15	45
17	Argentinos Juniors	38	10	10	18	26	40	−14	40
18	All Boys	38	8	13	17	33	46	−13	37
19	Colón	38	11	9	18	22	38	−16	36^[c]
20	Racing	38	8	9	21	31	48	−17	33

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Lanús was qualified for the 2014 Copa Sudamericana as the 2013 Copa Sudamericana champion.
2. River Plate was qualified for the 2014 Copa Sudamericana as 2013-14 Super Champions and the 2015 Copa Libertadores as the 2014 Torneo Final champion.
3. Colón deducted 6 points.

Copa Libertadores playoff

2015 Copa Libertadores qualification

January 28, 2015

22:15 (UTC−3)

Boca Juniors	1–0	Vélez Sarsfield
Colazo   34'	Report (1) Report (2)

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Referee: Germán Delfino

Boca Juniors

Vélez Sarsfield

GK 1   Agustín Orión   DF 15   Leandro Marín DF 24   Guillermo Burdisso DF 2   Daniel Díaz DF 18   Nicolás Colazo MF 17   César Meli MF 21   Cristian Erbes MF 5   Fernando Gago   MF 7   Juan Manuel Martínez   66' FW 27   Jonathan Calleri FW 11   Federico Carrizo   81' Substitutions: FW 25   Andrés Chávez   66'   80' MF 8   Pablo Pérez   81' GK   Guillermo Sara DF   Luciano Monzón DF   Claudio Pérez MF   Andrés Cubas FW   Emmanuel Gigliotti Manager:   Rodolfo Arruabarrena

GK 13   Sebastián Sosa DF 5   Fabián Cubero DF   Hernán Pellerano DF 6   Sebastián Domínguez DF 21   Lautaro Grillo     MF 7   Yamil Asad   78' MF   Lucas Romero   64' MF 18   Leandro Somoza   MF   Alejandro Cabral   64' FW 8   Mariano Pavone FW   Milton Caraglio Substitutions: DF   Leandro Desábato   64' FW   Leonardo Villalba   64' FW   Ramiro Cáseres   78' GK   Alan Aguerre DF   Emiliano Amor DF   Matías Pérez Acuña FW   Roberto Nanni Manager:   Miguel Ángel Russo

Boca Juniors qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores second stage as Argentina 4.

References

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20. "Tras la eliminación en la Copa, renunció Alfredo Berti como DT de Newell's". Canchallena (in Spanish). April 11, 2014.
21. "La dirigencia de Arsenal aceleró la despedida de Gustavo Alfaro". Canchallena (in Spanish). April 15, 2014.
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External links

• 2013–14 Argentine Primera División season at Soccerway
• Official regulations
• Football-Lineups