2017–18 Argentine Primera División
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The 2017–18 Argentine Primera División - Superliga Argentina (officially the Superliga Quilmes Clásica for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 128th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season began on 25 August 2017 and ended on 14 May 2018.[2]
Season | 2017–18 |
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Dates | 25 August 2017 – 14 May 2018 |
Champions | Boca Juniors (33rd title) |
Relegated | Temperley Olimpo Arsenal Chacarita Juniors |
Copa Libertadores | Boca Juniors Godoy Cruz San Lorenzo Huracán Talleres (C) River Plate (via Copa Libertadores) Rosario Central (via Copa Argentina) |
Copa Sudamericana | Independiente Racing Defensa y Justicia Unión Colón Argentinos Juniors |
Matches played | 378 |
Goals scored | 854 (2.26 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Santiago García (17 goals) |
Biggest home win | Rosario Central 5–0 Olimpo (Feb. 17, 2018) Racing 5–0 Patronato (Mar. 18, 2018) |
Biggest away win | San Lorenzo 0–5 Godoy Cruz (Apr. 8, 2018) |
Highest scoring | Defensa y Justicia 4–4 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) (Aug. 26, 2017) |
Longest winning run | Boca Juniors 8 games |
Longest winless run | Arsenal and Temperley 12 games each |
Longest losing run | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 6 games |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → |
For the first time since 1893, the AFA did not organise the championship, now being administrated by the Superliga Argentina de Fútbol.[3]
Twenty-eight teams competed in the league, twenty-six returning from the 2016–17 season and two promoted from the 2016–17 Primera B Nacional (Argentinos Juniors and Chacarita Juniors). Four teams (Aldosivi, Atlético de Rafaela, Quilmes and Sarmiento) were relegated to the Primera B Nacional Championship in the previous tournament.
Boca Juniors, who were the defending champions, won their thirty-third league title with one match to spare after a 2–2 draw against Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) on 9 May 2018.[4] As a result, Boca Juniors qualified for both the 2019 Copa Libertadores and the 2018 Supercopa Argentina.