2007–08 Argentine Primera División

117th season of top-tier football league in Argentina June 2025 Primera División 2007–08 Apertura: Lanús (1st title)Clausura: River Plate (35th title) Olimpo San Martín (SJ) 2008 Copa Sudamericana Estudiantes San Lorenzo Argentinos Juniors Independiente 2009 Copa Libertadores Lanús River Plate Apertura: Germán Denis (18 goals)Clausura: Darío Cvitanich (13 goals) 2006–07 2008–09 The Apertura 2007 saw much success for the smaller teams in Argentine football. The eventual champions Lanús won the title for the first time in their history, the first maiden champions since Argentinos Juniors in 1984. Second place went to Tigre, a club playing their first season in the Argentine Primera since 1980 and making their best finish ever in the top flight. Third place went to Banfield, completing an extremely unlikely top three. Another small club, Arsenal won the 2007 Copa Sudamericana, the first major title in their history, making them the first Argentine club other than Boca Juniors to win an international competition since San Lorenzo won the Copa Sudamericana 2002. Another feature of the Apertura was the number of managerial changes, by the end of the Apertura there had been 12 managerial changes. The Clausura 2008 was won by River Plate, their first title since 2004.https://as.com/futbol/2008/06/08/mas_futbol/1212876018_850215.html River Plate se proclama campeón del torneo Clausura 2008 Diario AS EFE 8 June 2008 22 June 2025 es For the first time the 380 games of the season were broadcast live on television. Club locations Argentina Greater Buenos Aires right 325 Locations of the 2007−08 Primera División teams within Greater Buenos Aires Argentina Greater Buenos Aires -34.606105 -58.472612 Argentinos Juniors right Arrows 12x12 sw.svg Argentina Greater Buenos Aires -34.678309 -58.340529 Arsenal right Arrows 12x12 nw.svg Argentina Greater Buenos Aires -34.750854 -58.387570 Banfield left Arrows 12x12 ne.svg Argentina Greater Buenos Aires -34.635653 -58.364679 Boca Juniors right Arrows 12x12 sw.svg Argentina Greater Buenos Aires -34.643494 -58.396511 Huracán right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Argentina Greater Buenos Aires -34.670231 -58.371030 Independiente right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Argentina Greater Buenos Aires -34.670231 -58.377381 Racing left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Argentina Greater Buenos Aires -34.717709 -58.383824 Lanús right Arrows 12x12 nw.svg Argentina Greater Buenos Aires -34.545284 -58.449756 River Plate left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Argentina Greater Buenos Aires -34.652064 -58.440119 San Lorenzo left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Argentina Greater Buenos Aires -34.449274 -58.542220 Tigre left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Argentina Greater Buenos Aires -34.635375 -58.520711 Vélez Sarsfield left Arrows 12x12 se.svg Argentina none 325 Locations of the 2007−08 Primera División teams outside Greater Buenos Aires Argentina -24.198877 -65.2916985 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Argentina -34.603611 -58.381667 GBA left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Argentina -31.663265 -60.725188 Colón left Arrows 12x12 ne.svg Argentina -38.716667 -62.266667 Olimpo right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Argentina -31.519884 -68.530194 San Martín (SJ) left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Argentina -32.956021 -60.661496 Newell's Old Boys right Arrows 12x12 ne.svg Argentina -32.914015 -60.674516 Rosario Central right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Argentina -34.9120338 -57.9387664 Estudiantes (LP) left Arrows 12x12 ne.svg Argentina -34.9101675 -57.9322255 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) right Arrows 12x12 nw.svg Torneo Apertura Standings main WDL Q LAN Lanús TIG Tigre BAN Banfield BOC Boca Juniors ARG Argentinos Juniors EST Estudiantes (LP) HUR Huracán SLA San Lorenzo IND Independiente VEL Vélez Sarsfield NEW Newell's Old Boys ARS Arsenal RAC Racing RIV River Plate COL Colón OLI Olimpo GJU Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) GLP Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) SMA San Martín (SJ) RCE Rosario Central 11 5 3 34 21 10 4 5 28 20 10 2 7 22 21 9 4 6 32 18 9 4 6 29 20 8 6 5 27 19 8 6 5 24 21 8 5 6 29 27 8 4 7 33 23 8 3 8 25 25 8 3 8 16 22 7 5 7 19 24 7 4 8 23 24 6 5 8 31 33 6 4 9 19 22 6 4 9 18 24 5 5 9 22 31 5 4 10 15 27 5 3 11 18 29 2 8 9 21 33 #ACE1AF 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage CLSS 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 are tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff will be held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship complete AFA Top scorers PositionPlayerTeamGoals1Germán DenisIndependiente182José SandLanús153Martín PalermoBoca Juniors134Leandro LázzaroTigre105Néstor SilveraSan Lorenzo95José VizcarraRosario Central97Facundo SavaRacing88Fernando BelluschiRiver Plate78Néstor AyalaTigre78Álvaro PereiraArgentinos Juniors78Luis TonelottoSan Martín (SJ)7 Torneo Clausura Table positions as of June 22, 2008. Standings main WDL Q RIV River Plate BOC Boca Juniors EST Estudiantes (LP) SLA San Lorenzo VEL Vélez Sarsfield IND Independiente ARG Argentinos Juniors NEW Newell's Old Boys RCE Rosario Central ARS Arsenal COL Colón BAN Banfield HUR Huracán TIG Tigre OLI Olimpo LAN Lanús GLP Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) SMA San Martín (SJ) GJU Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) RAC Racing 13 4 2 29 13 11 6 2 33 15 11 6 2 30 21 11 2 6 30 21 9 5 5 24 17 8 7 4 25 15 9 3 7 23 24 8 5 6 21 19 7 6 6 26 23 7 4 8 22 25 6 5 8 25 27 6 4 9 36 36 5 7 7 15 17 6 4 9 24 37 6 2 11 21 32 5 3 11 26 39 4 5 10 19 26 5 2 12 20 30 2 9 8 20 28 2 9 8 14 22 #ACE1AF 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage CLSS 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 are tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff will be held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship complete AFA Top scorers Positions as of June 25, 2008 PositionPlayerTeamGoals 1ARG Darío CvitanichBanfield132ARG Martín PalermoBoca Juniors103ARG Martín BravoSan Martín (San Juan)9ARG Germán DenisIndependientePAR Santiago SalcedoNewell's Old BoysARG Diego BuonanotteRiver Plate7ARG Rubén RamírezColón8ARG Luciano LeguizamónArsenalARG César CarranzaGimnasia (Jujuy)9ARG Daniel MontenegroIndependiente7URU Santiago SilvaVélez SársfieldARG Gonzalo BergessioSan LorenzoARG José SandLanús Relegation Pos Position Team 2005–06Pts Total 2005–06 points 2006–07Pts Total 2006–07 points 2007–08Pts Total 2007–08 points TotalPts Total points over the past three seasons TotalPld Total games played over the past three seasons Avg AverageRelegation1Boca Juniors8383702361142Estudiantes (LP)5281692021143River Plate6271661991144San Lorenzo5673641931145Vélez Sarsfield5856591731146Lanús5859561731147Independiente5557591711148Tigre005656389Argentinos Juniors50466115711410Arsenal44625115711411Huracán0052523812Banfield59395415211413Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)69403614511414Newell's Old Boys51385314211415Rosario Central 45524113811416Colón46464513711417Racing444940133114 Relegation Playoff Matches18Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)51433512911419Olimpo00424238 Relegated to the Primera B Nacional20San Martín (SJ)00353538 Updated as of June 22, 2008; Source:AFA Promotion playoff Teams and schedules will be decided based on average after the end of the Closing tournament. The first and second legs of the final are scheduled to be played on June 25 and June 29, respectively. Date TimeVenueHome teamScoreAway teamRefereeMatch Report(s) 2008-06-25 17:00 ET Estadio 15 de Abril, Santa Fe Unión Serrizuela 44 1-1 Gimnasia (Jujuy) Carranza 34 Alejandro Sabino Report https://web.archive.org/web/20080701143919/http://www.ole.clarin.com/notas/2008/06/26/futbollocal/01702191.html 2008-07-01 es 2008-06-29 17:10 ET Estadio 23 de Agosto, San Salvador de Jujuy Gimnasia (Jujuy) Arraya 68 1-0 Unión Diego Abal Report https://web.archive.org/web/20080702062816/http://www.ole.clarin.com/notas/2008/06/29/futbollocal/01704638.html 2008-07-02 es Gimnasia (Jujuy) wins 2-1 and stays in the Argentine First Division, while Unión de Santa Fe does not get promoted and remains in Argentine Nacional B. Date TimeVenueHome teamScoreAway teamRefereeMatch Report(s) 2008-06-25 20:10 ET Estadio Córdoba, Córdoba Belgrano Gigli 76 1-1 Racing Sava 14 Gustavo Bassi Report https://web.archive.org/web/20080701144014/http://www.ole.clarin.com/notas/2008/06/26/futbollocal/01702407.html 2008-07-01 es 2008-06-29 14:10 ET Presidente Perón, Avellaneda Racing Moralez 10 1-0 Belgrano Sergio Pezzotta Report https://web.archive.org/web/20080702015243/http://www.ole.clarin.com/notas/2008/06/29/futbollocal/01704629.html 2008-07-02 es Racing wins 2-1 and stays in the Argentine First Division, while Belgrano does not get promoted and remains in Argentine Nacional B. International qualification 2008–09 in Argentine football#Clubs in international competitions Clubs in international competitions Copa Sudamericana Qualification for the 2008 Copa Sudamericana is determined from an aggregate table of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The top four teams in the aggregate table qualify; Boca Juniors and River Plate are invited regardless of their standings in the season, this season Arsenal was also invited as defending champions. Aggregate table main WDL Q BOC Boca Juniors EST Estudiantes (LP) RIV River Plate SLA San Lorenzo ARG Argentinos Juniors IND Independiente VEL Vélez Sarsfield LAN Lanús NEW Newell's Old Boys TIG Tigre BAN Banfield HUR Huracán ARS Arsenal COL Colón OLI Olimpo RCE Rosario Central RAC Racing GLP Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) GJU Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) SMA San Martín (SJ) 20 10 8 65 33 19 12 7 56 35 19 9 10 60 46 19 7 12 59 48 18 7 13 52 44 16 11 11 58 38 17 8 13 49 42 16 8 14 60 60 16 8 14 37 41 16 8 14 52 57 16 6 16 58 57 13 13 12 39 39 14 9 15 41 49 12 9 17 44 49 12 6 20 39 56 9 14 15 47 56 9 13 16 37 46 9 9 20 34 53 7 14 17 42 59 10 5 23 38 59 #ACE5EE 2008 Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 CS16 CS16 #BBEBFF 2008 Copa Sudamericana First Stage CSFS CSFS CSFS CSFS CSFS 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals complete AFA Managerial Changes This is a list of the managerial changes in the Argentine Primera during the 2007-2008 season. ClubManager outReplaced byGimnasia (La Plata)Francisco Maturana1st Julio Falcioni 2nd Guillermo SanguinettiArgentinos JuniorsRicardo Caruso LombardiNéstor GorositoHuracánAntonio Mohamed1st Osvaldo Ardiles 2nd Claudio UbedaNewell's Old BoysPablo Marini1st Ricardo Caruso Lombardi 2nd Fernando GamboaOlimpoGuillermo Rivarola1st Roberto Saporiti 2nd Daniel FloritRosario CentralCarlos IschiaLeonardo MadelónGimnasia (Jujuy)Mario Gómez1st Carlos Ramaciotti 2nd Omar LabrunaVélez SársfieldRicardo La VolpeHugo TocalliRiver PlateDaniel PassarellaDiego SimeoneRacingGustavo Costas1st Miguel Ángel Micó 2nd Juan Manuel LlopEstudiantesDiego SimeoneRoberto SensiniBoca JuniorsMiguel Ángel RussoCarlos IschiaColónLeonardo AstradaAntonio MohamedIndependientePedro Troglio1st Miguel Ángel Santoro 2nd Claudio Borghi BanfieldJuan Manuel Llop1st Miguel Jerez 2nd Jorge BurruchagaSan LorenzoRamón DíazMiguel Ángel RussoArsenalGustavo Alfaro Daniel Garnero Lanús Ramón Cabrero Luis Zubeldía Transfers See List of Argentine Primera División transfers (2007–08 season) See also 2007–08 in Argentine football References 1 Category:Argentine Primera División seasons