The 2008-09 Primera División season was the 118th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina and the nineteenth season in which the Apertura and Clausura system is used.
The format for the 2008-09 season remained unchanged. The season was split into two tournaments called Apertura and Clausura. Each tournament was contested by the same 20 teams in a single round-robin format. The champions of each tournament is determined by points. If the tops teams would be tied at points at the end of each tournament, a playoff would be held at a neutral site. Relegation was determined at the end of the season.
The Torneo Apertura (English: Opening Tournament) was played between August 6 to December 14, 2008. The champions earned a spot in the 2009 Copa Libertadores.
Source: Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to determining the champion. If two or more teams would be tied in points at the end of the tournament, a playoff would be held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship.
Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Championship playoff
Since San Lorenzo, Tigre and Boca Juniors ended the tournament with the same number of points, a three-way playoff was played to determine the champions.
The Torneo Clausura (English: Closing Tournament) began on February 6, 2009 and ended on July 5, 2009. The champions earned a spot in the 2010 Copa Libertadores.
Relegation from the Primera Division was determined on the basis of performance over the last three seasons. Every club had its points earned divided by the number of matches played and an average (Spanish: promedio) was determined. The clubs who finished in 17th and 18th played a relegation play-off against the 3rd and 4th placed clubs in Primera B Nacional. The clubs who finished in 19th and 20th were directly relegated to Primera B Nacional.
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) remained in the Argentine First Division after a 3–3 aggregate tie by virtue of a "sports advantage". In case of a tie in goals, the team from the First Division gets to stay in it. Rosario Central won 2–1 and stayed in the Argentine First Division, while Belgrano does not get promoted and remains in Argentine Nacional B.
The Apertura champions qualified for the 2009 Copa Libertadores and the Clausura champions qualified to the 2010 Copa Libertadores. The last two Argentina spots for the 2009 Copa Libertadores were determined by the sum of all points obtained in the past three tournaments.
^River Plate qualified as 2008 Clausura champions.
Copa Sudamericana
Qualification for the 2009 Copa Sudamericana was determined from an aggregate table of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The top four teams in the aggregate table qualified; Boca Juniors and River Plate were invited every year till this season, regardless of their standings in the season.
Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA) website (in Spanish)
Season regulations (in Spanish)
January 24, 2023
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The 2008 09 Primera Division season was the 118th season of top flight professional football in Argentina and the nineteenth season in which the Apertura and Clausura system is used Primera DivisionSeason2008 09ChampionsApertura Boca Juniors 29th title Clausura Velez Sarsfield 7th title RelegatedGimnasia y Esgrima J San Martin T 2009 Copa LibertadoresBoca JuniorsSan LorenzoEstudiantes LP 2010 Copa LibertadoresVelez Sarsfield2009 Copa SudamericanaLanusVelez SarsfieldSan LorenzoTigreTop goalscorerApertura Jose Sand 15 goals Clausura Jose Sand 13 goals Season Jose Sand 28 goals 2007 082009 10 Boca Juniors won the Apertura championship for their 29th national title after a three team playoff with Tigre and San Lorenzo The Clausura championship was won by Velez Sarsfield for their 7th national title Gimnasia y Esgrima J and San Martin T were relegated to the Primera B Nacional Contents 1 Format 2 Club information 2 1 Promotion and relegation 2 2 Personnel 2 3 Managerial changes 2 4 Transfers 3 Torneo Apertura 3 1 Standings 3 2 Results 3 3 Championship playoff 3 4 Top Goalscorers 4 Torneo Clausura 4 1 Standings 4 2 Results 4 3 Top Goalscorers 5 Relegation 5 1 Relegation promotion playoffs 6 International qualification 6 1 Copa Libertadores 6 2 Copa Sudamericana 7 See also 8 External linksFormat EditThe format for the 2008 09 season remained unchanged The season was split into two tournaments called Apertura and Clausura Each tournament was contested by the same 20 teams in a single round robin format The champions of each tournament is determined by points If the tops teams would be tied at points at the end of each tournament a playoff would be held at a neutral site Relegation was determined at the end of the season Club information Edit San Martin T GBA Colon Gimnasia y Esgrima J Godoy Cruz Newell s Old Boys Rosario Central Estudiantes LP Gimnasia y Esgrima LP class notpageimage Locations of the 2009 10 Primera Division teams outside Greater Buenos Aires Argentinos Juniors Arsenal Banfield Boca Juniors Huracan Independiente Racing Lanus River Plate San Lorenzo Tigre Velez Sarsfieldclass notpageimage Locations of the 2009 10 Primera Division teams within Greater Buenos Aires Promotion and relegation Edit Olimpo and San Martin SJ were relegated at the end of the 2007 08 Primera Division season They were replaced by Godoy Cruz and San Martin T both of whom were promoted from the Primera B Nacional Gimnasia y Esgrima J and Racing played the relegation promotion playoffs against Union and Belgrano respectively Both Gimnasia and Esgrima J and Racing won their playoff matches and retained their status in top flight football Club City Stadium CapacityArgentinos Juniors Buenos Aires Diego Armando Maradona 24 800Arsenal Sarandi Julio H Grondona 16 300Banfield Banfield Florencio Sola 40 500Boca Juniors Buenos Aires Alberto J Armando 49 000Colon Santa Fe Brigadier General Estanislao Lopez 32 500Estudiantes LP La Plata Jorge Luis Hirschi 23 000Gimnasia y Esgrima J San Salvador de Jujuy 23 de Agosto 24 000Gimnasia y Esgrima LP La Plata Juan Carlos Zerillo 24 544Godoy Cruz Godoy Cruz Malvinas Argentinas 40 268Huracan Buenos Aires Tomas Adolfo Duco 48 314Independiente Avellaneda Libertadores de America 52 823Lanus Lanus Ciudad de Lanus Nestor Diaz Perez 46 619Newell s Old Boys Rosario Newell s Old Boys 38 095Racing Avellaneda Presidente Juan Domingo Peron 51 000River Plate Buenos Aires Monumental Antonio V Liberti 65 645Rosario Central Rosario Dr Lisandro de la Torre 41 824San Lorenzo Buenos Aires Pedro Bidegain 43 494San Martin T Tucuman La Cuidadela 35 000Tigre Victoria Monumental de Victoria 26 282Velez Sarsfield Buenos Aires Jose Amalfitani 49 540Personnel Edit Club ManagerArgentinos Juniors Claudio BorghiArsenal Jorge BurruchagaBanfield Julio Cesar FalcioniBoca Juniors Abel AlvesColon Antonio MohamedEstudiantes LP Alejandro SabellaGimnasia y Esgrima J Hector ArzubialdeGimnasia y Esgrima LP Leonardo MadelonGodoy Cruz Diego CoccaHuracan Angel CappaIndependiente Americo GallegoLanus Luis ZubeldiaNewell s Old Boys Roberto SensiniRacing Ricardo Caruso LombardiRiver Plate Nestor GorositoRosario Central Miguel Angel RussoSan Lorenzo Diego SimeoneSan Martin T Carlos RoldanTigre Diego CagnaVelez Sarsfield Ricardo GarecaManagerial changes Edit Team Outgoing manager Manner ofdeparture Date ofvacancy Replaced by Date ofappointment Positionin tableApertura changesHuracan Claudio Ubeda Resigned Sep 14 2008 Hector Martinez interim Sep 15 2008 20thEstudiantes LP Roberto Sensini Resigned Sep 17 2008 Leonardo Astrada Sep 20 2008 18thGimnasia y Esgrima LP Guillermo Sanguinetti Resigned Sep 29 2008 Leonardo Madelon Oct 2 2008 12thIndependiente Claudio Borghi Resigned Oct 5 2008 Miguel Angel Santoro Oct 6 2008 15thRosario Central Pablo Sanchez Sacked Oct 6 2008 Gustavo Alfaro Oct 10 2008 19thGodoy Cruz Daniel Oldra Resigned Oct 28 2008 Diego Cocca Oct 29 2008 18thHuracan Hector Martinez interim End of contract Nov 3 2008 Angel Cappa Nov 4 2008 15thRiver Plate Diego Simeone Resigned Nov 9 2008 Gabriel Rodriguez interim Nov 10 2008 20thVelez Sarsfield Hugo Tocalli Resigned Dec 3 2008 Pedro Larraquy interim Dec 4 2008 6thInter tournament changesArgentinos Juniors Nestor Gorosito Resigned Dec 14 2008 Claudio Vivas Dec 27 2008 11th A Velez Sarsfield Pedro Larraquy interim End of contract Dec 15 2008 Ricardo Gareca Dec 16 2008 9th A River Plate Gabriel Rodriguez interim End of contract Dec 15 2008 Nestor Gorosito Dec 23 2008 20th A Newell s Old Boys Fernando Gamboa Resigned Dec 16 2008 Roberto Sensini Dec 22 2008 5th A Clausura changesRacing Juan Manuel Llop Sacked Feb 21 2009 Ricardo Caruso Lombardi Feb 24 2009 20thRosario Central Gustavo Alfaro Sacked Feb 28 2009 Reinaldo Merlo Mar 2 2009 18thGimnasia y Esgrima J Omar Labruna Resigned Mar 10 2009 Hector Arzubialde Mar 11 2009 19thEstudiantes LP Leonardo Astrada Resigned Mar 11 2009 Alejandro Sabella Mar 15 2009 18thIndependiente Miguel Angel Santoro Resigned Mar 21 2009 Americo Gallego Mar 27 2009 8thBanfield Jorge Burruchaga Resigned Mar 22 2009 Julio Cesar Falcioni Mar 23 2009 9thSan Lorenzo Miguel Angel Russo Resigned Apr 9 2009 Diego Simeone Apr 16 2009 10thRosario Central Reinaldo Merlo Resigned Apr 14 2009 Miguel Angel Russo Apr 16 2009 9thArsenal Daniel Garnero Sacked Apr 25 2009 Jose Rizzo interim Apr 26 2009 16thArsenal Jose Rizzo interim End of contract May 4 2009 Jorge Burruchaga May 5 2009 18thArgentinos Juniors Claudio Vivas Resigned May 23 2009 Claudio Borghi Jun 2 2009 20thBoca Juniors Carlos Ischia Resigned Jun 16 2009 Abel Alves interim Jun 17 2009 15thTransfers Edit Further information Primera Division Argentina transfers January 2009 See also List of Primera Division Argentina football transfers 2008 09Torneo Apertura EditThe Torneo Apertura English Opening Tournament was played between August 6 to December 14 2008 The champions earned a spot in the 2009 Copa Libertadores Standings Edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 San Lorenzo 19 12 3 4 34 17 17 39 Qualification for Championship playoff1 Boca Juniors 19 12 3 4 33 21 12 391 Tigre 19 12 3 4 31 19 12 394 Lanus 19 11 4 4 34 23 11 375 Newell s Old Boys 19 8 7 4 26 18 8 316 Arsenal 19 8 4 7 26 27 1 287 Estudiantes LP 19 8 4 7 24 25 1 288 Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 19 6 9 4 17 15 2 279 Velez Sarsfield 19 7 5 7 22 27 5 2610 Colon 19 5 8 6 29 25 4 2311 Argentinos Juniors 19 5 8 6 25 26 1 2312 Godoy Cruz 19 6 5 8 25 28 3 2313 Banfield 19 5 8 6 18 21 3 2314 Racing 19 5 7 7 19 22 3 2215 Gimnasia y Esgrima J 19 6 3 10 19 31 12 2116 San Martin T 19 5 5 9 15 18 3 2017 Huracan 19 5 5 9 18 29 11 2018 Independiente 19 4 6 9 15 23 8 1819 Rosario Central 19 4 3 12 20 26 6 1520 River Plate 19 2 8 9 20 29 9 14Source RSSSFRules for classification Rules for classification 1st points 2nd goal difference 3rd goals scored 4th head to head points 5th head to head goal difference 6th head to head goals scored This does not apply to determining the champion If two or more teams would be tied in points at the end of the tournament a playoff would be held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship Results Edit Home Away ARJ ARS BAN BOC COL EST GJU GLP GCR HUR IND LAN NOB RAC RIV RCE SLO SMT TIG VELArgentinos Juniors 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 1Arsenal 3 0 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3Banfield 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 2 2Boca Juniors 3 2 1 2 4 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 3 2 3Colon 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 2Estudiantes LP 2 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 1Gimnasia y Esgrima J 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 4 1 1 2 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 0Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0Godoy Cruz 1 1 4 1 2 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 3Huracan 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 0 3 3 0Independiente 1 1 1 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0Lanus 4 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 4 3 0 0 2 0 1 0Newell s Old Boys 2 4 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 1 0Racing 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0River Plate 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 2Rosario Central 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 3San Lorenzo 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1San Martin T 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 3 1Tigre 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 3 1 1 2Velez Sarsfield 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1Source RSSSFLegend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Championship playoff Edit Since San Lorenzo Tigre and Boca Juniors ended the tournament with the same number of points a three way playoff was played to determine the champions Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Boca Juniors C 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 3 Qualification for 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage2 Tigre 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 33 San Lorenzo 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 3Source RSSSF C Champion 2008 Torneo Apertura playoffDecember 17 2008Round 1Tigre1 2San LorenzoLazzaro 76 Report Barrientos 18 Bergessio 20 Jose Amalfitani Stadium Buenos AiresReferee Saul Laverni December 20 2008Round 2San Lorenzo1 3Boca JuniorsSolari 61 Report Viatri 45 Palacio 77 Chavez 90 Presidente Peron Stadium AvellanedaReferee Hector Baldassi San Lorenzo Boca JuniorsGK 1 Agustin Orion DF 2 Adrian Gonzalez DF 20 Gaston Aguirre DF 16 Nicolas Bianchi Arce DF 11 Aureliano TorresMF 10 Pablo Barrientos MF 28 Cristian LedesmaMF 4 Juan Manuel Torres MF 6 Santiago Solari 1 FW 7 Andres Silvera 2 FW 15 Gonzalo Bergessio Substitutes FW 18 Santiago Hirsig 1 FW 22 Cristian G Chavez 2 GK 12 Nereo ChampagneDF 30 Fernando MezaDF 3 German VoborilMF 32 Salvador ReynosoManager Miguel Angel Russo GK 12 Javier GarciaDF 4 Hugo IbarraDF 2 Julio Cesar CaceresDF 6 Juan Forlin 1 DF 3 Claudio Morel MF 22 Fabian Vargas 2 MF 5 Sebastian BattagliaMF 23 Jesus Datolo MF 10 Roman Riquelme FW 18 Luciano Figueroa 3 FW 27 Lucas ViatriSubstitutes DF 13 Facundo Roncaglia 1 MF 21 Cristian M Chavez 2 FW 14 Rodrigo Palacio 3 GK 25 Josue AyalaMF 15 Alvaro GonzalezDF 33 Ezequiel MunozMF 28 Nicolas GaitanFW 17 Ricardo NoirFW 7 Pablo MoucheManager Carlos IschiaDecember 23 2008Round 3Boca Juniors0 1TigreReport Lazzaro 68 Presidente Peron Stadium AvellanedaReferee Sergio Pezzotta Boca Juniors TigreGK 12 Javier Garcia 69 DF 4 Hugo IbarraDF 13 Facundo Roncaglia 33 DF 2 Julio Cesar CaceresDF 3 Claudio MorelMF 21 Cristian Manuel ChavezMF 5 Sebastian BattagliaMF 23 Jesus Datolo 45 MF 11 Leandro GracianFW 18 Luciano Figueroa 55 FW 27 Lucas ViatriSubstitutes GK 25 Josue Ayala 69 90 MF 15 Alvaro Gonzalez 45 FW 14 Rodrigo Palacio 55 89 DF 33 Ezequiel MunozMF 24 Exequiel BenavidezMF 28 Nicolas GaitanFW 17 Ricardo NoirManager Carlos Ischia GK 1 Daniel IslasDF 27 Luis ArdenteDF 14 Pablo JerezDF 23 Norberto PaparattoDF 6 Rodolfo Arruabarrena 1 MF 15 Sebastian Rosario 2 MF 17 Matias Gimenez 3 MF 10 Martin Morel MF 8 Jonathan BlancoFW 7 Carlos LunaFW 9 Leandro LazzaroSubstitutes FW 31 Mauro Villegas 1 FW 15 Leonel Altobelli 2 FW 18 Sebastian Rusculleda 3 GK 21 Lucas AbudDF 29 Pablo FontanelloDF 2 Damian LeyesDF 4 Jose San RomanManager Primera Division2008 Apertura Champions Boca Juniors29th titleTop Goalscorers Edit Pos Player Team Goals1 Jose Sand Lanus 152 Martin Morel Tigre 133 Esteban Fuertes Colon 114 Alejandro Gomez Arsenal 8 Mauro Boselli Estudiantes LP 6 Ruben Ramirez Colon 7 Lucas Viatri Boca Juniors Pablo Barrientos San Lorenzo Leonel Nunez Independiente Carlos Luna TigreSource Scorer Stats in Spanish Torneo Clausura EditThe Torneo Clausura English Closing Tournament began on February 6 2009 and ended on July 5 2009 The champions earned a spot in the 2010 Copa Libertadores Standings Edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Velez Sarsfield C 19 11 7 1 29 13 16 40 Qualification for 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage2 Huracan 19 12 2 5 35 19 16 383 Lanus 19 12 2 5 32 26 6 384 Colon 19 10 4 5 29 19 10 345 Racing 19 8 6 5 23 21 2 306 Estudiantes LP 19 8 5 6 22 18 4 297 Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 19 7 7 5 23 21 2 288 River Plate 19 7 6 6 24 25 1 279 Godoy Cruz 19 7 5 7 23 26 3 2610 Rosario Central 19 7 4 8 23 21 2 2511 San Lorenzo 19 7 3 9 27 26 1 2412 Banfield 19 6 5 8 25 25 0 2313 Tigre 19 6 5 8 24 25 1 2314 Boca Juniors 19 6 4 9 22 25 3 2215 Newell s Old Boys 19 4 9 6 21 22 1 2116 Independiente 19 6 3 10 22 36 14 2117 San Martin T 19 5 5 9 20 23 3 2018 Arsenal 19 4 6 9 19 30 11 1819 Gimnasia y Esgrima J 19 4 5 10 15 24 9 1720 Argentinos Juniors 19 2 9 8 19 32 13 15Source AFARules for classification Rules for classification 1st points 2nd goal difference 3rd goals scored 4th head to head points 5th head to head goal difference 6th head to head goals scored C Champion Primera Division2009 Clausura Champions Velez Sarsfield7th titleResults Edit Home Away ARJ ARS BAN BOC COL EST GJU GLP GCR HUR IND LAN NOB RAC RIV RCE SLO SMT TIG VELArgentinos Juniors 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 2Arsenal 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 5 1 1 1 1 2 0Banfield 2 0 1 0 2 2 3 1 5 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 3Boca Juniors 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 1 3 0Colon 1 1 2 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 4Estudiantes LP 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1Gimnasia y Esgrima J 1 2 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 1 1 2 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 3 1Godoy Cruz 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 2Huracan 4 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 4 0 1 0Independiente 2 0 0 1 1 5 2 1 4 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 4 1 0 0Lanus 1 0 2 1 0 3 5 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1Newell s Old Boys 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1Racing 1 1 4 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 1 2River Plate 3 1 2 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 3 1Rosario Central 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 1San Lorenzo 3 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 5 1 0 1San Martin T 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 3 0 1 3 0 2 2 0 0Tigre 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 1 3 1 2Velez Sarsfield 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 1Source RSSSFLegend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Top Goalscorers Edit Pos Player Team Goals1 Jose Sand Lanus 132 Daniel Montenegro Independiente 12 Esteban Fuertes Colon4 Hernan Lopez Velez Sarsfield 11 Carlos Luna Tigre6 Santiago Silva Banfield 97 Leandro Caruso Godoy Cruz 8 Radamel Falcao River Plate Gonzalo Bergessio San Lorenzo10 Javier Pastore Huracan 7 Martin Palermo Boca JuniorsSource AFARelegation EditRelegation from the Primera Division was determined on the basis of performance over the last three seasons Every club had its points earned divided by the number of matches played and an average Spanish promedio was determined The clubs who finished in 17th and 18th played a relegation play off against the 3rd and 4th placed clubs in Primera B Nacional The clubs who finished in 19th and 20th were directly relegated to Primera B Nacional Pos Team 2006 07Pts 2007 08Pts 2008 09Pts TotalPts TotalPld Avg Relegation1 Boca Juniors 83 70 61 214 114 1 8772 Estudiantes LP 81 69 57 207 114 1 8153 San Lorenzo 73 64 63 200 114 1 7544 Lanus 59 56 73 190 114 1 6665 Velez Sarsfield 56 59 66 181 114 1 5876 River Plate 71 66 41 178 114 1 5617 Tigre 56 62 118 76 1 5528 Huracan 52 58 110 76 1 4479 Arsenal 62 51 46 159 114 1 39410 Independiente 57 59 39 155 114 1 35911 Colon 46 45 57 148 114 1 29812 Godoy Cruz 49 49 38 1 28913 Argentinos Juniors 46 61 38 145 114 1 27114 Newell s Old Boys 35 56 52 143 114 1 25415 Racing 49 40 52 141 114 1 23616 Banfield 39 54 46 139 114 1 21917 Rosario Central 52 41 40 133 114 1 166 Relegation Playoff Matches18 Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 40 36 55 131 114 1 14919 San Martin T 40 40 38 1 052 Relegation to Primera B Nacional20 Gimnasia y Esgrima J 43 35 38 116 114 1 017Source AFA Relegation promotion playoffs Edit Team 1 Agg Team 2 1st leg 2nd legRelegation promotion playoff 1Atletico de Rafaela 3 3 Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 3 0 0 3Relegation promotion playoff 2Belgrano 1 2 Rosario Central 0 1 1 1Gimnasia y Esgrima LP remained in the Argentine First Division after a 3 3 aggregate tie by virtue of a sports advantage In case of a tie in goals the team from the First Division gets to stay in it Rosario Central won 2 1 and stayed in the Argentine First Division while Belgrano does not get promoted and remains in Argentine Nacional B International qualification EditSee also 2008 09 in Argentine football Argentine clubs in international competitions Copa Libertadores Edit The Apertura champions qualified for the 2009 Copa Libertadores and the Clausura champions qualified to the 2010 Copa Libertadores The last two Argentina spots for the 2009 Copa Libertadores were determined by the sum of all points obtained in the past three tournaments Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Boca Juniors a 57 32 13 12 98 54 44 109 Qualification for 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage2 San Lorenzo 57 31 10 16 93 65 28 1033 Estudiantes LP 57 27 16 14 60 60 0 97 Qualification for 2009 Copa Libertadores First Stage4 Tigre 57 28 11 18 83 76 7 955 Lanus b 57 27 12 18 94 83 11 93 Qualification for 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage6 Newell s Old Boys 57 24 15 18 63 59 4 877 Velez Sarsfield 57 24 13 20 71 69 2 858 Argentinos Juniors 57 23 15 19 77 70 7 849 River Plate c 57 21 17 19 80 75 5 80 Qualification for 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage10 Arsenal 57 22 13 22 67 76 9 7911 Banfield 57 21 14 22 76 78 2 7712 Independiente 57 20 17 20 73 61 12 7713 Huracan 57 18 18 21 57 67 10 7214 Colon 57 17 17 23 73 74 1 6815 Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 57 15 18 24 51 68 17 6316 Racing 57 14 20 23 56 68 12 6217 Gimnasia y Esgrima J 57 13 17 27 61 90 29 5618 Rosario Central 57 13 17 27 67 82 15 5619 Godoy Cruz 19 6 5 8 25 28 3 2320 San Martin T 19 5 5 9 15 18 3 20Source AFANotes Boca Juniors qualified as 2008 Apertura champions Lanus qualified as 2007 Apertura champions River Plate qualified as 2008 Clausura champions Copa Sudamericana Edit Qualification for the 2009 Copa Sudamericana was determined from an aggregate table of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments The top four teams in the aggregate table qualified Boca Juniors and River Plate were invited every year till this season regardless of their standings in the season Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Lanus 38 23 6 9 66 49 17 75 2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage2 Velez Sarsfield 38 18 12 8 51 40 11 663 San Lorenzo 38 19 6 13 61 43 18 634 Tigre 38 18 8 12 55 44 11 625 Boca Juniors 38 18 7 13 55 46 9 616 Huracan 38 17 7 14 53 48 5 587 Colon 38 15 12 11 58 44 14 578 Estudiantes LP 38 16 9 13 46 43 3 579 Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 38 13 16 9 40 36 4 5510 Newell s Old Boys 38 12 16 10 47 40 7 5211 Racing 38 13 13 12 42 43 1 5212 Godoy Cruz 38 13 10 15 48 54 6 4913 Arsenal 38 12 10 16 45 57 12 4614 Banfield 38 11 13 14 43 46 3 4615 River Plate 38 9 14 15 44 54 10 41 2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage16 Rosario Central 38 11 7 20 43 47 4 4017 San Martin T 38 10 10 18 35 41 6 4018 Independiente 38 10 9 19 37 59 22 3919 Gimnasia y Esgrima J 38 10 8 20 34 55 21 3820 Argentinos Juniors 38 7 17 14 44 58 14 38Source AFARules for classification 1st points 2nd head to head points 3rd head to head goal difference 4th head to head goalsSee also Edit2008 09 in Argentine footballExternal links EditAsociacion del Futbol Argentino AFA website in Spanish Season regulations in Spanish Retrieved from https en 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