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The 2015 Argentine Primera División or Torneo de Primera División 2015 "Julio H. Grondona"[1] was the 125th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season began on February 13 and ended on December 6.[2] Thirty teams competed in the league, twenty returning from the 2014 Torneo de Transición and ten promoted from the 2014 Primera B Nacional (Aldosivi, Argentinos Juniors, Colón, Crucero del Norte, Huracán, Nueva Chicago, San Martín (SJ), Sarmiento, Temperley and Unión). No teams were relegated to the Primera B Nacional Championship in the previous tournament.
Season | 2015 |
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Champions | Boca Juniors (31st title) |
Relegated | Nueva Chicago Crucero del Norte |
2016 Copa Libertadores | Boca Juniors San Lorenzo Racing Rosario Central (via 2014–15 Copa Argentina) River Plate (via 2015 Copa Libertadores) Huracán (via 2015 Copa Sudamericana) |
2016 Copa Sudamericana | Independiente Belgrano Banfield Estudiantes (LP) Lanús |
Matches played | 468 |
Goals scored | 1,045 (2.23 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Marco Ruben (21 goals) |
← 2014 2016 → |
Each of the 30 teams plays the other sides once, along with an extra derby game, for a total of 30 matches for each side.[3]
The winners and runners-up of the first division qualified for the 2016 Copa Libertadores. Additionally, the winner of the 2015 Copa Argentina earned the Argentina 3 berth to the Copa Libertadores. The teams that place third to sixth in the league table advanced to the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores. The winner of this Liguilla earned the fourth berth to the Copa Libertadores, with the runner-up entering the 2016 Copa Sudamericana. The teams that place seventh to eighteenth in addition to the losing semifinalists of the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores advanced to the Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana, to determine the six berths for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana.[2]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
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Pre-season changes | ||||||
Vélez Sarsfield | José Oscar Flores | End of contract | December 6, 2014[5] | Miguel Ángel Russo | December 9, 2014[6] | N/A |
Newell's Old Boys | Gustavo Raggio | Mutual agreement | December 7, 2014[7] | Américo Gallego | December 8, 2014[8] | N/A |
Rosario Central | Hugo Galloni | Replaced | December 12, 2014 | Eduardo Coudet | December 12, 2014[9] | N/A |
San Martín (SJ) | Rubén Forestello | Resigned | December 15, 2014[10] | Carlos Mayor | December 31, 2014[11] | N/A |
Quilmes | Marcelo Pontiroli | Replaced | December 20, 2014 | Julio César Falcioni | December 20, 2014[12] | N/A |
Tournament changes | ||||||
Colón | Reinaldo Merlo | Sacked | February 16, 2015[13][14] | Javier Oscar López 1 | February 16, 2015[15] | 29th |
Nueva Chicago | Omar Labruna | Sacked | March 31, 2015[16] | Alejandro Nanía 2 | March 31, 2015[17] | 28th |
Atlético de Rafaela | Roberto Sensini | Sacked | April 4, 2015[18] | Leonardo Astrada 3 | April 13, 2015[19] | 28th |
Olimpo | Walter Perazzo | Resigned | April 12, 2015[20] | Diego Osella 4 | April 17, 2015[21] | 27th |
Estudiantes (LP) | Mauricio Pellegrino | Sacked | April 14, 2015[22] | Gabriel Milito 5 | April 15, 2015[23] | 16th |
Defensa y Justicia | Darío Franco | Resigned | April 18, 2015[24] | José Oscar Flores | April 20, 2015[25] | 21st |
Arsenal | Martín Palermo | Resigned | April 19, 2015[26] | Ricardo Caruso Lombardi 6 | May 9, 2015[27] | 26th |
Crucero del Norte | Gabriel Schürrer | Resigned | April 22, 2015[28] | Sebastián Rambert 7 | April 27, 2015[29] | 27th |
Nueva Chicago | Alejandro Nanía | Resigned | May 9, 2015[30] | Rubén Forestello | May 15, 2015[31] | 30th |
Independiente | Jorge Almirón | Resigned | May 25, 2015[32] | Mauricio Pellegrino 8 | June 4, 2015[33] | 17th |
Newell's Old Boys | Américo Gallego | Sacked | June 1, 2015[34] | Lucas Bernardi 9 | June 10, 2015[35] | 7th |
Colón | Javier Oscar López | Resigned | June 6, 2015[36] | Darío Franco | June 10, 2015[37] | 21st |
Godoy Cruz | Daniel Oldrá | Resigned | June 7, 2015[38] | Gabriel Heinze | June 10, 2015[39] | 22nd |
Defensa y Justicia | José Oscar Flores | Mutual agreement | June 10, 2015[40] | Ariel Holan | June 11, 2015[41] | 27th |
Quilmes | Julio César Falcioni | Mutual agreement | July 20, 2015[42] | Facundo Sava | July 21, 2015[43] | 23rd |
Banfield | Matías Almeyda | Resigned | August 3, 2015[44] | Claudio Vivas 10 | August 4, 2015[45] | 12th |
Huracán | Néstor Apuzzo | Resigned | August 15, 2015[46] | Eduardo Domínguez | August 18, 2015[47] | 26th |
Godoy Cruz | Gabriel Heinze | Sacked | September 26, 2015[48] | Daniel Oldrá 11 | September 26, 2015[49] | 25th |
Interim Managers
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Boca Juniors (C) | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 64 | 2016 Copa Libertadores group stage |
2 | San Lorenzo | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 20 | +24 | 61 | |
3 | Rosario Central | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 59 | |
4 | Racing | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 57 | |
5 | Independiente | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 54 | 2016 Copa Sudamericana second stage |
6 | Belgrano | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 51 | |
7 | Estudiantes (LP) | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 51 | |
8 | Banfield | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 50 | |
9 | River Plate | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 49 | 2016 Copa Libertadores group stage |
10 | Tigre | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 46 | Advanced to Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana |
11 | Quilmes | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 45 | |
12 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 44 | |
13 | Lanús | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 42 | 2016 Copa Sudamericana second stage |
14 | Unión | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 41 | Advanced to Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana |
15 | Aldosivi | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 40 | |
16 | Newell's Old Boys | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 40 | |
17 | San Martín (SJ) | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 37 | |
18 | Olimpo | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 36 | |
19 | Colón | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 34 | |
20 | Argentinos Juniors | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 33 | |
21 | Defensa y Justicia | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 32 | |
22 | Godoy Cruz | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 32 | |
23 | Huracán | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 30 | 2016 Copa Libertadores first stage |
24 | Sarmiento | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 30 | |
25 | Temperley | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 30 | |
26 | Nueva Chicago | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 29 | |
27 | Vélez Sarsfield | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 29 | |
28 | Arsenal | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 44 | −19 | 27 | |
29 | Atlético de Rafaela | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 23 | |
30 | Crucero del Norte | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 55 | −34 | 14 |
Primera División 2015 champion |
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Boca Juniors 31st title |
Teams play every other team once (either at home or away), and play one additional round against their local derby rival (or assigned match by AFA if a club doesn't have derby), completing a total of 30 rounds.
Home \ Away | ALD | ARG | ARS | RAF | BAN | BEL | BOC | COL | CRU | DYJ | EST | GLP | GOD | HUR | IND | LAN | NOB | NUE | OLI | QUI | RAC | RIV | RCE | SLA | SMA | SAR | TEM | TIG | UNI | VEL |
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Aldosivi | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | |||||||||||||||
Argentinos Juniors | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |||||||||||||||
Arsenal | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |||||||||||||||
Atlético de Rafaela | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | |||||||||||||||
Banfield | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | |||||||||||||||
Belgrano | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |||||||||||||||
Boca Juniors | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | |||||||||||||||
Colón | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||
Crucero del Norte | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||
Defensa y Justicia | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||
Estudiantes (LP) | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |||||||||||||||
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 | |||||||||||||||
Godoy Cruz | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | |||||||||||||||
Huracán | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||
Independiente | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||||||||||||||
Lanús | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |||||||||||||||
Newell's Old Boys | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||
Nueva Chicago | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | |||||||||||||||
Olimpo | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||
Quilmes | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | |||||||||||||||
Racing | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |||||||||||||||
River Plate | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |||||||||||||||
Rosario Central | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||
San Lorenzo | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |||||||||||||||
San Martín (SJ) | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |||||||||||||||
Sarmiento | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | |||||||||||||||
Temperley | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |||||||||||||||
Tigre | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |||||||||||||||
Unión | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |||||||||||||||
Vélez Sarsfield | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
The Liguilla Pre Libertadores is contested by the four best placed teams from the league that have not already qualified for the Copa Libertadores, with the winners gaining a place in the 2016 tournament and the runners-up playing in the Copa Sudamericana. The losing semi-finalists play in the Liguilla Pre Sudamericana.[65]
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
5 | Independiente | 4 | |||||||||
6 | Belgrano | 1 | |||||||||
5 | Independiente | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
4 | Racing | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
4 | Racing | 2 | |||||||||
7 | Estudiantes (LP) | 1 |
Racing won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified to 2016 Copa Libertadores.
Independiente qualified to 2016 Copa Sudamericana.
The Liguilla Pre Sudamericana is contested by the twelve best placed teams from the league that have not already qualified for the Copa Libertadores, plus the two losing semi-finalists from the Liguilla Pre Libertadores. The four winners of the finals qualify for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana.[66]
The four sides who won their ties on aggregate qualified for 2016 Copa Sudamericana.
Top goalscorers
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Top assists
Source: AFA |
Pos |
Team | 2012–13 Pts |
2013–14 Pts |
2014 Pts |
2015 Pts |
Total Pts |
Total Pld |
Avg |
Relegation |
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1 | Independiente | — | — | 33 | 54 | 87 | 49 | 1.776 | |
2 | River Plate | 64 | 58 | 39 | 49 | 210 | 125 | 1.68 | |
3 | Boca Juniors | 51 | 61 | 31 | 64 | 207 | 125 | 1.656 | |
4 | San Lorenzo | 58 | 60 | 26 | 61 | 205 | 125 | 1.64 | |
5 | Lanús | 67 | 59 | 35 | 42 | 203 | 125 | 1.624 | |
6 | Newell's Old Boys | 74 | 56 | 25 | 40 | 195 | 125 | 1.56 | |
7 | Racing | 62 | 33 | 41 | 57 | 193 | 125 | 1.544 | |
8 | Rosario Central | — | 54 | 21 | 59 | 134 | 87 | 1.54 | |
9 | Estudiantes (LP) | 48 | 59 | 31 | 51 | 189 | 125 | 1.512 | |
10 | Belgrano | 59 | 49 | 25 | 51 | 184 | 125 | 1.472 | |
11 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | — | 57 | 24 | 44 | 125 | 87 | 1.437 | |
12 | Banfield | — | — | 20 | 50 | 70 | 49 | 1.429 | |
13 | Vélez Sarsfield | 61 | 61 | 25 | 29 | 176 | 125 | 1.408 | |
14 | Unión | — | — | — | 41 | 41 | 30 | 1.367 | |
15 | Aldosivi | — | — | — | 40 | 40 | 30 | 1.333 | |
16 | Arsenal | 60 | 48 | 26 | 27 | 161 | 125 | 1.288 | |
17 | Godoy Cruz | 49 | 56 | 21 | 32 | 158 | 125 | 1.264 | |
18 | Tigre | 34 | 49 | 26 | 46 | 155 | 125 | 1.24 | |
19 | San Martín (SJ) | — | — | — | 37 | 37 | 30 | 1.233 | |
20 | Quilmes | 50 | 45 | 12 | 45 | 152 | 125 | 1.216 | |
21 | Olimpo | — | 50 | 19 | 36 | 105 | 87 | 1.207 | |
22 | Colón | — | — | — | 34 | 34 | 30 | 1.133 | |
23 | Atlético de Rafaela | 43 | 49 | 25 | 23 | 140 | 125 | 1.12 | |
24 | Argentinos Juniors | — | — | — | 33 | 33 | 30 | 1.1 | |
25 | Defensa y Justicia | — | — | 20 | 32 | 52 | 49 | 1.061 | |
26 | Huracán | — | — | — | 30 | 30 | 30 | 1 | |
27 | Sarmiento | — | — | — | 30 | 30 | 30 | 1 | |
28 | Temperley | — | — | — | 30 | 30 | 30 | 1 | |
29 | Nueva Chicago (R) | — | — | — | 29 | 29 | 30 | 0.967 | Relegation to Primera B Nacional |
30 | Crucero del Norte (R) | — | — | — | 14 | 14 | 30 | 0.467 |
Source: AFA
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