1991–92 Argentine Primera División

101st season of top-tier football league in Argentina Primera División 1991–92 10 September 1991 – 5 July 1992 Apertura: River Plate (23rd title)Clausura: Newell's Old Boys (4th title) 1993 Copa Libertadores Newell's Old BoysRiver Plate 1992 Copa CONMEBOL Boca JuniorsGimnasia y Esgrima LPVélez Sarsfield 1990–91 1992–93 The 1991–92 Argentine Primera División was the 101st season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. Starting with this season, both Apertura and Clausura tournaments were recognised as separate championships, and no final decider was played between the winners of each tournament. River Plate won the Apertura and Newell's Old Boys won the Clausura. The season ran from 10 September 1991 to 5 July 1992, with Quilmes and Unión de Santa Fe being relegated.Argentina 1991–92 by Pablo Ciullini on RSSSF.com Competition format The tournament for the 1991–92 season was composed of 20 teams. Each team played each other in a single round-robin tournament. The season was divided in two separate championships, called Apertura (Opening) and Clausura (Closing). If each tournament was won by a different team, they played a two-legged qualifier for the 1993 Copa Libertadores. To decide the remaining berth for the Copa Libertadores, the four runners-up from the Apertura tournaments and the four runners-up from the Clausura tournament (not already qualified in the Apertura tournament) competed in an eight-team knockout round. The winning team played against the losing team from the two-legged qualifier and was granted a berth in the 1993 Copa Libertadores. The losing team plus the finalist and best semi-finalist of the eight-team knockout round competed in the 1992 Copa CONMEBOL. Relegation occurred at the end of the Clausura stage, with the two teams with the worst three-year point average (Primera División competition only) being relegated to Primera B Nacional competition. Apertura Tournament Apertura River equipo 1991 apertura.jpg River Plate, Apertura champions 1991 29 August – 22 December River Plate Quilmes 10px Belgrano (C) 10px Ramón Díaz (14 goals) Vélez Sarsfield 5–0 Huracán (28 Sep) Independiente 0-3 Newell's(28 Nov) Argentinos Juniors 5–2 Dep. Español(28 Nov. 1991) 1990–91 1992–93 The Apertura Tournament began on 29 August 1991 and finished on 22 December 1991. River Plate won the tournament. The match between River Plate and Racing was suspended, with the victory being awarded later to River Plate. main WDL Apertura Argentina 1991/92, Pablo Ciullini at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2 1 RIV BOC SLA VEL GLP MAN PLA TAL ARG FCO IND HUR RAC ESP BEL ROS EST NOB UNI QUI CHD LPL LPL LPL LPL complete 4 11 4 18 18 3 11 5 15 17 7 10 2 22 15 4 8 7 14 21 6 6 7 23 25 6 7 6 16 16 7 7 5 16 17 5 9 5 18 21 6 7 6 20 21 7 6 6 22 20 3 9 7 14 16 5 10 4 16 14 1 8 10 9 25 4 11 4 14 13 13 4 2 32 11 4 9 6 17 21 4 14 1 20 14 7 6 6 19 21 3 8 8 13 21 8 5 6 27 18 Argentinos Juniors Belgrano Boca Juniors Estudiantes (LP) Deportivo Español Ferro Carril Oeste Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Huracán Independiente Deportivo Mandiyú Newell's Old Boys Platense Quilmes Racing River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo Talleres (C) Unión Vélez Sarsfield Qualification green1 Qualified to 1993 Copa Libertadores qualifier final green2 Qualified to 1993 Copa Libertadores qualifier 5 Clausura Tournament Clausura Newell's Old Boys, Clausura champions 1992 21 February – 5 July Newell's Old Boys Quilmes 10pxUnión 10px Diego Latorre Darío Scotto (9 goals each) Platense 5–0 R. Central (19 Apr) River Plate 0–5 Newell's (10 May) Estudiantes (LP) 5-1 Quilmes (8 Mar) 1990–91 1992–93 The Clausura Tournament began on 21 February 1992 and finished on 5 July 1992. Newell's Old Boys won their fourth title. Quilmes was deducted two points following incidents in their match against Ferro Carril Oeste. main WDL Argentina 1991/92, Pablo Ciullini at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Clausura 2 1 NOB VEL ESP BOC RIV PLA RAC GLP HUR BEL FCO IND TAL ROS ARG UNI EST MAN SLA QUI CHD LPL LPL LPL LPL complete 5 6 8 16 19 6 6 7 18 18 10 6 3 20 11 2 9 8 14 26 9 9 1 24 11 5 8 6 13 14 6 8 5 25 20 5 9 5 18 19 4 9 6 16 16 3 7 9 16 30 11 7 1 27 18 8 6 5 23 16 4 3 12 14 32 5 11 3 12 9 8 8 3 31 22 8 1 10 19 24 3 6 10 11 25 4 9 6 14 17 2 9 8 11 18 10 7 2 29 16 Argentinos Juniors Belgrano Boca Juniors Estudiantes (LP) Deportivo Español Ferro Carril Oeste Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Huracán Independiente Deportivo Mandiyú Newell's Old Boys Platense Quilmes Racing River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo Talleres (C) Unión Vélez Sarsfield Qualification green1 Qualified to 1993 Copa Libertadores qualifier final green2 Qualified to 1993 Copa Libertadores qualifier 5 Copa Libertadores qualification Champions of the Apertura tournament River Plate faced Clausura champions Newell's Old Boys for a spot in the 1993 Copa Libertadores. The losing team would play against the winner of the eight-team knockout round for the remaining berth. River Plate won two of the three matches and qualified for the Copa Libertadores. 1992 07 12 y Newell's Old Boys 0–0 River Plate Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario Juan C. Crespi 1992 07 19 y River Plate 1–0 Newell's Old Boys Medina Bello 88 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires Francisco Lamolina 1992 07 26 y River Plate 3–2 Newell's Old Boys Medina Bello 23 48Díaz 32 Martino 27Lunari 43 Estadio Olímpico de Córdoba, Córdoba Juan C. Loustau Team details _redlines _river_1986 _redlines _adidaswhite _3_stripes_red FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF River Plate _redlines _blackhalf2 _blacklines _whitebottom _color_3_stripes_red 000000 FF0000 FF0000 000000 000000 Newell's O.B. GK 1 ARG José Miguel DF 4 ARG Fabián Basualdo DF 2 ARG Fernando Cáceres DF 6 ARG Guillermo Rivarola DF 3 ARG Diego Cocca MF 8 ARG Gustavo Zapata MF 5 ARG Leonardo Astrada MF 10 ARG Julio Toresani MF 11 ARG Hernán Díaz FW 7 ARG Ramón Medina Bello 83 FW 9 ARG Ramón Díaz 65Substitutes: FW 16 ARG Walter Silvani 65 MF 13 ARG Javier Claut 83Manager: ARG Daniel Passarella GK 1 ARG Norberto Scoponi DF 4 ARG Julio Saldaña 12 DF 2 ARG Fernando Gamboa DF 6 ARG Mauricio Pochettino DF 3 ARG Eduardo Berizzo MF 10 ARG Alfredo Berti MF 5 ARG Juan Manuel Llop MF 8 ARG Gerardo Martino FW 7 ARG Julio Zamora FW 9 ARG Cristian Domizzi 71 FW 11 ARG Ricardo LunariSubstitutes: DF 13 ARG Gustavo Raggio 12 FW 16 ARG Aldo Soria 71Manager: ARG Carlos Picerni Torneo Octogonal The second qualifying instance to the 1993 Copa Libertadores began on 10 July 1992 and finished on 26 July 1992. Eight teams competed in a direct elimination knockout tournament with home and away matches, where the winning team faced the losing team from the first qualifier. The losing team from this qualifier plus the two best teams from the knockout phase qualified for the 1992 Copa CONMEBOL. July 12 - El Palacio Boca Juniors 2 San Lorenzo 0 July 12 - El Doble Visera Platense 0 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 1 July 12 - Ricardo Etcheverry Vélez Sarsfield 1 Huracán 0 July 10 - El Palacio Deportivo Español 1 Racing 0 July 18 - José Amalfitani Boca Juniors 0 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 1 July 19 - Ricardo Etcheverry Vélez Sarsfield 1 (4) Deportivo Español 1 (2) July 26 - Monumental Vélez Sarsfield 3 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 0 Second place match Vélez Sarsfield played a final playoff match against Newell's Old Boys for the remaining berth in the 1993 Copa Libertadores. 1992 08 02 y Newell's Old Boys 1–0 Vélez Sarsfield Saldaña 80 Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario Juan Bava Team details _redlines _blackhalf2 _blacklines _white_stripes_adidas _color_3_stripes_red 000000 FF0000 FF0000 000000 000000 Newell's O.B. _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes _velez9395a _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes _white_stripes_adidas _color_3_stripes_white 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF Vélez Sarsfield GK 1 ARG Norberto Scoponi DF 4 ARG Julio Saldaña DF 2 ARG Fernando Gamboa DF 6 ARG Mauricio Pochettino DF 3 ARG Eduardo Berizzo MF 11 ARG Alfredo Berti MF 5 ARG Juan Manuel Llop MF 8 ARG Gerardo Martino MF 10 ARG Juan J. Rossi 76 FW 7 ARG Julio Zamora FW 9 ARG Ricardo Lunari 89Substitutes: FW 16 ARG Cristian Domizzi 76 DF 14 ARG Fabián Garfagnoli 89Manager: ARG Carlos Picerni GK 1 PAR José Luis Chilavert DF 4 ARG Horacio Bidevich DF 2 ARG José Almandoz DF 6 ARG Roberto Trotta DF 3 ARG Raúl Cardozo MF 8 ARG Carlos Compagnucci 87 MF 5 ARG Alejandro Mancuso MF 7 ARG Christian Bassedas MF 10 ARG Norberto Ortega Sánchez FW 9 ARG Ricardo Gareca FW 11 ARG José O. FloresSubstitutes: ARG Campos 87Manager: ARG Eduardo Luján Manera Relegation At the end of the season Quilmes and Unión were relegated after finishing with the two worst points averages. TeamAveragePointsPlayed1989–901990–911991–92 River Plate 1.342 153 114 53 45 55 Boca Juniors 1.263 144 114 43 51 50 Vélez Sársfield 1.184 135 114 42 45 48 Newell's Old Boys 1.123 128 114 36 48 44 Independiente 1.070 122 114 46 40 36 Racing 1.035 118 114 39 40 39 Huracán 1.026 78 76 N/A 40 38 Rosario Central 1.018 116 114 43 39 34 Ferro Carril Oeste 1.000 114 114 39 38 37 San Lorenzo 1.000 114 114 35 45 34 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 0.991 113 114 39 33 41 Platense 0.991 113 114 36 35 42 Argentinos Juniors 0.956 109 114 38 36 35 Deportivo Mandiyú 0.939 107 114 36 38 33 Belgrano 0.921 35 38 N/A N/A 35 Deportivo Español 0.912 104 114 31 28 45 Estudiantes (LP) 0.895 102 114 34 39 29 Talleres (C) 0.895 102 114 36 29 37 Unión 0.825 94 114 36 31 27 Quilmes 0.500 19 38 N/A N/A 19 See also 1991–92 in Argentine football References Category:Argentine Primera División seasons 1 Argentine Argentine