1967 Argentine Primera División

The 1967 Primera División season was the 76th season of top-flight football in Argentina. It was the first season in which the Metropolitano and Nacional championships format was used.^[1]

Primera División

Season	1967
Dates	3 March – 23 December
Champions	Estudiantes (LP) (Metropolitano) Independiente (Nacional)
1968 Copa Libertadores	Independiente Estudiantes (LP)
← 1966 1968 →

Estudiantes (LP) (2nd title) won the Metropolitano^[2] while Independiente won the Nacional tournament (8th title). At the end of the Reclasificatorio, Unión de Santa Fe and Deportivo Español were relegated.

Campeonato Metropolitano

Metropolitano

Estudiantes LP, Metropolitano champions
Season	1967
Dates	3 March – 23 December
Champions	Estudiantes (LP) (2nd title)
Promoted	Deportivo Español   Unión (SF)
Relegated	Deportivo Español   Unión (SF)
Top goalscorer	Bernardo Acosta (18)
← 1966 1968 →

The "Campeonato Metropolitano" was the first championship of the season. It was contested between twenty-two teams directed affiliated with the Argentine Football Association from March 3 to August 6.

The format championship was in two rounds. The first round saw the 22 teams divided into two groups of 11. They would play within that group in a double round-robin format. In addition, they would play one team in the other group twice (the other team typically being a traditional rival). The top two teams in each group would advance to the semifinals and qualify for the Campeonato Nacional, the next four teams would qualify to the Campeonato Nacional, the next two teams would go to the Promocional tournament, and the bottom three teams would go to the Reclasificatorio. The four teams qualified to the semifinals would then compete in a one leg, single elimination tournament.

Estudiantes de La Plata won the Metropolitano under the leadership of Osvaldo Zubeldía. It was their second Primera División. Paraguayan Bernardo Acosta of Lanús finished as the top goalscorer with 18 goals.

Classification round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Racing	22	10	9	3	30	16	+14	29	Advanced to the Semifinals & Qualified to the Campeonato Nacional
2	Estudiantes (LP)	22	11	7	4	24	15	+9	29
3	Vélez Sársfield	22	10	7	5	35	22	+13	27	Qualified to the Campeonato Nacional
4	Boca Juniors	22	8	10	4	29	20	+9	26
5	Lanús	22	7	8	7	40	29	+11	22
6	Quilmes	22	6	9	7	27	32	−5	21
7	Huracán	22	5	10	7	30	34	−4	20	To the Promocional
8	Colón	22	3	13	6	17	23	−6	19
9	Newell's Old Boys	22	5	7	10	22	27	−5	17	To the Reclasificatorio
10	Argentinos Juniors	22	4	7	11	21	43	−22	15
11	Atlanta	22	3	8	11	23	35	−12	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Platense	22	13	2	7	40	28	+12	28	Advanced to the Semifinals & Qualified to the Campeonato Nacional
2	Independiente	22	10	7	5	33	15	+18	27
3	Rosario Central	22	9	8	5	24	22	+2	26	Qualified to the Campeonato Nacional
4	San Lorenzo	22	10	5	7	32	27	+5	25
5	Ferro Carril Oeste	22	9	6	7	23	21	+2	24
6	River Plate	22	9	5	8	31	23	+8	23
7	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	22	8	5	9	25	32	−7	21	To the Promocional
8	Banfield	22	6	8	8	21	22	−1	20
8	Unión	22	5	10	7	21	25	−4	20	To the Reclasificatorio
10	Deportivo Español	22	5	6	11	20	36	−16	16
11	Chacarita Juniors	22	4	7	11	26	47	−21	15

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

August 3

Estudiantes (LP)	4–3	Platense

La Bombonera, Buenos Aires

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August 4

Racing	2–0	Independiente

Estadio Presidente Perón, Avellaneda

Final

Date	Team 1	Team 2	Res.	Venue	City
6 August	Estudiantes (LP)	Racing	3–0	San Lorenzo Stadium	Buenos Aires

Match details

1967 Campeonato Metropolitano Final

August 6

Estudiantes (LP)	3–0	Racing
Madero   52' Verón   69' Ribaudo   72'	Report

San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 59,453

Referee: Guillermo Nimo

Estudiantes

Racing

GK 1   Alberto Poletti LB 2   Ramón Aguirre Súarez RB 3   Hugo Spadaro RH 4   Oscar Malbernat CH 5   Raúl Horacio Madero LH 6   Carlos Pachamé RW 7   Felipe Ribaudo IF 8   Carlos Bilardo CF 9   Marcos Conigliaro IF 10   Juan Echecopar LW 11   Juan Ramón Verón Manager:   Osvaldo Zubeldía

GK 1   Antonino Spilinga RB 2   Oscar P. Gómez LB 3   Nelson Chabay RH 4   Oscar Martín (c) MF 5   Miguel Mori CB 6   Alfio Basile RW 7   Joao C. Esteves IF 8   Fernando Parenti CF 9   Norberto Raffo IF 10   Juan J. Rodríguez LW 11   Humberto Maschio Manager:   Juan José Pizzuti

Torneo Reclasificatorio

The "Reclasificatorio" was a promotion and relegation tournament between the bottom six teams from the Campeonato Metropolitano (teams qualified 9th, 10th and 11th in each zone) and the top four teams from the Primera B), playing in a double round-robin system. It ran from 11 August to 23 December.

At the end of the Reclasificatorio, the top six teams would stay/be promoted in Primera División, while the bottom four teams would remain/be relegated to Primera B. This tournament was won by Newell's Old Boys but did not award an official title.^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Newell's Old Boys	18	8	7	3	20	12	+8	23	Remained in Primera División
2	Atlanta	18	9	4	5	27	14	+13	22
3	Tigre	18	6	8	4	15	12	+3	20	Promoted to the Primera División
4	Los Andes	18	6	7	5	20	16	+4	19
4	Chacarita Juniors	18	6	7	5	18	16	+2	19	Remained in Primera División
6	Argentinos Juniors	18	7	4	7	21	24	−3	18
7	Almagro	18	5	7	6	20	24	−4	17	Remained in Primera B
7	Unión	18	6	5	7	17	20	−3	17	Relegated to Primera B
9	Deportivo Español	18	5	5	8	15	21	−6	15
10	Defensores de Belgrano	18	3	4	11	9	23	−14	10	Remained in Primera B

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Torneo Promocional

The "Torneo Promocional" was an extra tournament played between four teams from the Campeonato Metropolitano (qualified 7th. and 8th. in each zone) and the four runners-up of Torneo Regional. This competition run from 10 September to 10 December and was won by Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, but did not award an official title.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	14	10	2	2	35	11	+24	22
2	Huracán	14	9	3	2	36	15	+21	21
3	Colón	14	6	6	2	23	17	+6	18
4	Banfield	14	7	3	4	37	18	+19	17
5	Sportivo Guzmán	14	4	5	5	20	24	−4	13
6	Racing (C)	14	3	2	9	16	30	−14	8
6	Olimpo	14	3	2	9	17	39	−22	8
8	Atlético Juventud	14	2	1	11	18	48	−30	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

Rank.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Bernardo Acosta	Lanús	18
2	Juan Carlos Carone	Vélez Sarsfield	17
3	Aníbal Tarabini	Independiente	16

Campeonato Nacional

Nacional

Independiente, Nacional champion
Season	1967
Dates	8 September – 17 December
Champions	Independiente (8th title)
1968 Copa Libertadores	Independiente Estudiantes (LP)
Top goalscorer	Luis Artime (11)
← 1966 1968 →

The 1967 Campeonato Nacional was the second and last championship of the season. It was played between September 8 to December 17.

The format for the Nacional was a single round-robin tournament. The team with the highest points at the end would be the champion. The champion and runner-up would qualify to the 1968 Copa Libertadores. Sixteen teams played in the Nacional: twelve qualified from the Metropolitano, and four qualified from the Regional Tournament. They are: San Martín (Mendoza), San Lorenzo (Mar del Plata), Central Córdoba (Santiago del Estero) and Chaco For Ever.

Independiente won the Campeonato Nacional achieving their 8th league title. They were managed by Osvaldo Brandão and their own Luis Artime was the top goalscorer with 11 goals.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Independiente	15	12	2	1	43	14	+29	26
2	Estudiantes (LP)	15	9	6	0	19	8	+11	24
3	Vélez Sarsfield	15	8	4	3	28	14	+14	20
3	Rosario Central	15	8	4	3	26	13	+13	20
5	River Plate	15	9	1	5	33	15	+18	19
6	San Lorenzo	15	7	4	4	32	15	+17	18
7	Lanús	15	8	0	7	23	26	−3	16
7	Boca Juniors	15	6	4	5	21	20	+1	16
9	Ferro Carril Oeste	15	5	5	5	21	22	−1	15
9	Platense	15	5	5	5	19	20	−1	15
11	Quilmes	15	5	3	7	16	19	−3	13
11	San Martín (M)	15	3	4	8	17	31	−14	10
13	Racing	15	2	6	7	11	23	−12	10
14	Central Córdoba (SdE)	15	2	5	8	11	25	−14	9
15	San Lorenzo (MdP)	15	1	4	10	11	33	−22	6
16	Chaco For Ever	15	1	1	13	11	44	−33	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

Rank.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Luis Artime	Independiente	11
2	Héctor Yazalde	Independiente	10
3	Oscar Más	River Plate	9
	Héctor Veira	San Lorenzo

References

1. Argentina 1967 on RSSSF.com
2. "Argentina: 1ra. División AFA 1967 Campeonato Metropolitano Zona "A" by José Carluccio (blogsite), 7 Oct 2009
3. "Argentina: 1ra. División AFA 1967 Torneo Reclasificación" by José Carluccio, 8 Oct 2009
4. "Argentina: 1ra. División AFA 1967 Torneo Promocional" by José Carluccio, 8 Oct 2009