2021 Argentine Primera División

The 2021 Argentine Primera División - Liga Profesional (officially the Torneo Socios.com for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the 131st season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The league season began on 16 July and ended on 13 December 2021.^[2]

Liga Profesional

Season	2021
Dates	16 July – 13 December 2021
Champions	River Plate (37th title)
Copa Libertadores	River Plate Vélez Sarsfield Talleres (C) Estudiantes (LP) Colón (via Copa LPF) Boca Juniors (via Copa Argentina)
Copa Sudamericana	Defensa y Justicia Independiente Lanús Racing Unión Banfield (via Copa LPF)
Matches played	325
Goals scored	796 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Julián Álvarez (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Boca Juniors 8–1 Central Córdoba (SdE) (11 December 2021)
Biggest away win	Atlético Tucumán 0–4 Defensa y Justicia (24 November 2021)
Highest scoring	Boca Juniors 8–1 Central Córdoba (SdE) (11 December 2021)
Longest winning run	River Plate 8 games
Longest unbeaten run	River Plate 18 games
Longest winless run	Patronato 12 games
Longest losing run	Aldosivi 8 games
← 2019–20 2022 →

Twenty-six teams competed in the league: the 24 teams that took part in the previous Primera División season as well as two promoted teams from the 2020 Primera Nacional (Sarmiento (J) and Platense).^[3] Boca Juniors were the defending champions.

River Plate won their 37th national league championship with three matches to spare after they defeated Racing 4–0 on 25 November 2021.^[4][5]

Competition format

The competition was run under a single round-robin, contested by 26 teams (24 from the previous edition plus 2 promoted from Primera Nacional). The champions qualified for the 2022 Copa Libertadores as Argentina 2. The qualification for international tournaments was determined by an aggregate table of the 2021 Primera División and 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional first stage tournaments.^[6]

Club information

Stadia and locations

GBA

Aldosivi

Atlético Tucumán

Central Córdoba (SdE)

Colón

Estudiantes (LP)

Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)

Godoy Cruz

Newell's Old Boys

Patronato

Rosario Central

Sarmiento (J)

Talleres (C)

Unión

Locations of the 2021 Argentine Primera División teams outside Greater Buenos Aires.

Argentinos Juniors

Arsenal

Banfield

Boca Juniors

Defensa y Justicia

Huracán

Independiente

Lanús

Platense

Racing

River Plate

San Lorenzo

Vélez Sarsfield

Locations of the 2021 Argentine Primera División teams within Greater Buenos Aires.

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Aldosivi	Mar del Plata	José María Minella	35,354
Argentinos Juniors	Buenos Aires	Diego Armando Maradona	25,000
Arsenal	Sarandí	Julio Humberto Grondona	16,300
Atlético Tucumán	Tucumán	Monumental José Fierro	32,700
Banfield	Banfield	Florencio Sola	34,901
Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires	Alberto J. Armando	54,000
Central Córdoba (SdE)	Santiago del Estero	Único Madre de Ciudades	30,000
		Alfredo Terrera	16,000
Colón	Santa Fe	Brigadier General Estanislao López	40,000
Defensa y Justicia	Florencio Varela	Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello	12,000
Estudiantes (LP)	La Plata	Jorge Luis Hirschi	30,000
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	La Plata	Juan Carmelo Zerillo	24,544
Godoy Cruz	Godoy Cruz	Feliciano Gambarte	14,000
Huracán	Buenos Aires	Tomás Adolfo Ducó	48,314
Independiente	Avellaneda	Libertadores de América	52,853
Lanús	Lanús	Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez	46,619
Newell's Old Boys	Rosario	Marcelo Bielsa	38,095
Patronato	Paraná	Presbítero Bartolomé Grella	22,000
Platense	Florida Este	Ciudad de Vicente López	28,530
Racing	Avellaneda	Presidente Perón	55,389
River Plate	Buenos Aires	Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti	70,074
Rosario Central	Rosario	Gigante de Arroyito	41,654
San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires	Pedro Bidegain	39,494
Sarmiento (J)	Junín	Eva Perón	19,000
Talleres (C)	Córdoba	Mario Alberto Kempes	57,000
Unión	Santa Fe	15 de Abril	22,852
Vélez Sarsfield	Buenos Aires	José Amalfitani	45,540

Personnel

Club	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Aldosivi	Martín Palermo	Kappa	Uthgra Sasso Hotel
Argentinos Juniors	Gabriel Milito	Umbro	Bumeran
Arsenal	Darío Espínola (caretaker)	Sport Lyon	La Nueva Seguros
Atlético Tucumán	Martín Anastacio (caretaker)	Umbro	Secco
Banfield	Diego Dabove	Givova	ORBIS Seguros
Boca Juniors	Sebastián Battaglia (caretaker)	Adidas	Qatar Airways
Central Córdoba (SdE)	Sergio Rondina	Adhoc	Banco Santiago del Estero
Colón	Eduardo Domínguez	Kelme	Cablevideo Digital
Defensa y Justicia	Sebastián Beccacece	Sport Lyon	Planes ESCO
Estudiantes (LP)	Ricardo Zielinski	Under Armour	bplay
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	Néstor Gorosito	Hummel	RapiCuota$
Godoy Cruz	Diego Flores	Fiume Sport	CATA Internacional
Huracán	Frank Darío Kudelka	Peak	Banco Ciudad / DECRYPTO
Independiente	Julio César Falcioni	Puma	$CAI Fan Token
Lanús	Luis Zubeldía	Peak	Mapei
Newell's Old Boys	Adrián Taffarel (caretaker)	Umbro	Adelante Broker Inmobiliario
Patronato	Iván Delfino	Axfiu	Banco Entre Ríos
Platense	Claudio Spontón	Kelme	Escudo Seguros
Racing	Fernando Gago	Kappa	Aeroset
River Plate	Marcelo Gallardo	Adidas	Turkish Airlines
Rosario Central	Kily González	Under Armour	Banco Municipal / Adelante Broker Inmobiliario
San Lorenzo	Daniel Di Leo and Diego Monarriz (caretakers)	Nike	Banco Ciudad
Sarmiento (J)	Martín Funes (caretaker)	Coach	Naldo
Talleres (C)	Alexander Medina	Givova	ICBC Argentina
Unión	Gustavo Munúa	Kappa	OSPAT
Vélez Sarsfield	Mauricio Pellegrino	Kappa	bplay

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Godoy Cruz	Daniel Oldrá	Replaced	9 January 2021	Pre-season	Sebastián Méndez	10 January 2021[7]
Independiente	Fernando Berón		9 January 2021		Julio César Falcioni	19 January 2021[8]
Racing	Sebastián Beccacece	Resigned	9 January 2021[9]		Juan Antonio Pizzi	14 January 2021[10]
Atlético Tucumán	Ricardo Zielinski	End of contract	10 January 2021[11]		Omar De Felippe	11 January 2021[12]
Central Córdoba (SdE)	Alexis Ferrero and Sebastián Scolari	Replaced	11 January 2021		Gustavo Coleoni	12 January 2021[13]
Estudiantes (LP)	Pablo Quatrocchi		11 January 2021		Ricardo Zielinski	12 January 2021[14]
San Lorenzo	Mariano Soso	Resigned	11 January 2021[15]		Diego Dabove	19 January 2021[16]
Argentinos Juniors	Diego Dabove		12 January 2021[17]		Gabriel Milito	19 January 2021[18]
Aldosivi	Favio Fernández	Replaced	14 January 2021		Fernando Gago	16 January 2021[19]
Defensa y Justicia	Hernán Crespo	Resigned	7 February 2021[20]		Sebastián Beccacece 1	15 February 2021[21]
Copa de la Liga Profesional changes
Newell's Old Boys	Frank Darío Kudelka	Mutual agreement	13 March 2021[22]	12th Zone B	Germán Burgos	14 March 2021[23]
Huracán	Israel Damonte	Sacked	20 March 2021[24]	8th Zone B	Frank Darío Kudelka 2	26 March 2021[25]
Inter-tournament changes
Platense	Juan Manuel Llop	Mutual agreement	9 May 2021[26]	N/A	Leonardo Madelón	15 May 2021[27]
San Lorenzo	Diego Dabove	Resigned	9 May 2021[28]		Paolo Montero 3	11 June 2021[29]
Newell's Old Boys	Germán Burgos	Sacked	8 June 2021[30]		Fernando Gamboa	13 June 2021[31]
Liga Profesional changes
Racing	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Sacked	9 August 2021[32]	9th	Claudio Úbeda 4	11 August 2021[33]
Arsenal	Sergio Rondina	Resigned	16 August 2021[34]	22nd	Israel Damonte	18 August 2021[35]
Boca Juniors	Miguel Ángel Russo	Sacked	16 August 2021[36]	24th	Sebastián Battaglia 5	17 August 2021[37]
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	Mariano Messera and Leandro Martini		29 August 2021[38]	16th	Néstor Gorosito	31 August 2021[39]
Central Córdoba (SdE)	Gustavo Coleoni		29 August 2021[40]	25th	Sergio Rondina 6	6 September 2021[41]
Godoy Cruz	Sebastián Méndez	Resigned	29 August 2021[42]	19th	Diego Flores	30 August 2021[43]
Platense	Leonardo Madelón		21 September 2021[44]	23rd	Claudio Spontón 7	21 September 2021[45]
Unión	Juan Manuel Azconzábal	Sacked	22 September 2021[46]	22nd	Gustavo Munúa 8	4 October 2021[47]
Aldosivi	Fernando Gago	Resigned	27 September 2021[48]	23rd	Martín Palermo 9	3 October 2021[49]
Atlético Tucumán	Omar De Felippe		12 October 2021[50]	21st	Pablo Guiñazú 10	18 October 2021[51]
Newell's Old Boys	Fernando Gamboa	Sacked	17 October 2021[52]	21st	Adrián Taffarel 11	18 October 2021[53]
Racing	Claudio Úbeda	Replaced	19 October 2021	11th	Fernando Gago	21 October 2021[54]
Banfield	Javier Sanguinetti	Resigned	21 October 2021[55]	24th	Diego Dabove 12	26 October 2021[56]
San Lorenzo	Paolo Montero	Sacked	21 October 2021[57]	20th	Daniel Di Leo and Diego Monarriz 13	22 October 2021[58]
Sarmiento (J)	Mario Sciacqua	Mutual agreement	8 November 2021[59]	18th	Martín Funes 11	11 November 2021[60]
Arsenal	Israel Damonte	Resigned	21 November 2021[61]	26th	Darío Espínola 11	22 November 2021[62]
Atlético Tucumán	Pablo Guiñazú		25 November 2021[63]	23rd	Martín Anastacio 11	26 November 2021[64]

Interim managers

1.^ Pablo De Muner was interim manager in the 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional Group stage 1st round.

2.^ Gabriel Rinaldi and Gastón Casas were interim managers during the remaining 18 minutes of the suspended 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional Group stage 3rd round.

3.^ Leandro Romagnoli was interim manager in the 2021 Copa Sudamericana Group stage 4th–6th rounds.

4.^ Úbeda would be interim manager until the end of the tournament, but only was interim manager in the 6th–17th rounds.

5.^ Interim manager until the end of the tournament. Battaglia was promoted to manager after the tournament.

6.^ Adrián Adrover and Sebastián Scolari were interim managers in the 10th round.

7.^ Interim manager, but later promoted to manager.

8.^ Marcelo Mosset was interim manager in the 13th–14th rounds.

9.^ Facundo Oreja and Diego Villar were interim managers in the 14th round.

10.^ Martín Anastacio was interim manager in the 16th round.

11.^ Interim manager until the end of the tournament.

12.^ Hugo Donato was interim manager in the 18th round.

13.^ Interim managers until the end of the tournament.

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6
Aldosivi	Martín Cauteruccio	Federico Gino	Mario López Quintana	Marcos Miers	Fernando Román
Argentinos Juniors	Gabriel Ávalos	Javier Cabrera	Jonathan Sandoval
Arsenal
Atlético Tucumán	Felipe Campos
Banfield	Mauricio Cuero
Boca Juniors	Luis Advíncula	Jorman Campuzano	Edwin Cardona	Sebastián Villa	Carlos Zambrano
Central Córdoba (SdE)	Federico Andueza	Matías Mier	Dixon Rentería	Sebastián Ribas
Colón	Leonardo Burián	Yéiler Góez	Wilson Morelo
Defensa y Justicia	Hugo Fernández	Raúl Loaiza	Aldo Maiz	Miguel Merentiel
Estudiantes (LP)	Matías Aguirregaray	Jaime Ayoví	Manuel Castro	Agustín Rogel
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	Brahian Alemán	Johan Carbonero	Guillermo Fratta	Harrinson Mancilla
Godoy Cruz	Jeison Chalá	Cristian Colmán	Juan Espínola
Huracán	Jhonatan Candia	Matías Cóccaro	José Moya	Sebastián Rincón
Independiente	Carlos Benavídez	Andrés Felipe Roa	Renzo Rodríguez	Diego Segovia	Sebastián Sosa
Lanús	Jorge Morel
Newell's Old Boys	José María Canale	Pablo Sabbag
Patronato	Nicolás Albarracín	Junior Arias	Rolando García Guerreño	Hugo Magallanes	Sebastián Sosa Sánchez
Platense	Jean Carlos Colorado
Racing	Gustavo Cortez	Fabricio Domínguez	Eugenio Mena	Fernando Prado	Matías Rojas
River Plate	Jorge Carrascal	Nicolás de la Cruz	Paulo Díaz	Flabián Londoño	Robert Rojas
Rosario Central	Michael Covea	Ricardo Garay	Martín Rabuñal	Diego Zabala
San Lorenzo	Yeison Gordillo	Cristian Zapata
Sarmiento (J)
Talleres (C)	Diego García	Guilherme Parede	Rafa Pérez	Michael Santos	Diego Valoyes
Unión	Nicolás Peñailillo
Vélez Sarsfield	Matías de los Santos	Enzo Martínez

Players holding Argentinian dual nationality

They do not take foreign slot.

• Joel Soñora (Banfield)
• Norberto Briasco (Boca Juniors)
• Frank Fabra (Boca Juniors)
• Lucas Barrios (Defensa y Justicia)
• Tomás Sosa (Defensa y Justicia)
• Vinicius Lansade (Estudiantes (LP))
• Matías Soria (Godoy Cruz)
• Alan Soñora (Independiente)
• Gabriel Arias (Racing)
• Ezequiel Schelotto (Racing)
• David Martínez (River Plate)
• Luca Martínez (Rosario Central)
• Néstor Ortigoza (San Lorenzo)
• Dylan Gissi (Unión)
• Carlos Lampe (Vélez Sarsfield)
• Lenny Lobato (Vélez Sarsfield)

Source: AFA

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	River Plate (C)	25	16	6	3	53	19	+34	54	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Defensa y Justicia	25	13	8	4	43	24	+19	47
3	Talleres (C)	25	14	4	7	38	28	+10	46
4	Boca Juniors	25	11	8	6	35	19	+16	41
5	Vélez Sarsfield	25	10	9	6	34	21	+13	39
6	Estudiantes (LP)	25	10	9	6	43	31	+12	39
7	Colón	25	11	6	8	26	31	−5	39
8	Huracán	25	10	8	7	28	25	+3	38
9	Independiente	25	10	8	7	27	24	+3	38
10	Lanús	25	10	7	8	44	43	+1	37
11	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	25	9	9	7	27	28	−1	36
12	Unión	25	10	4	11	32	32	0	34
13	Aldosivi	25	10	3	12	29	39	−10	33
14	Argentinos Juniors	25	8	8	9	26	25	+1	32
15	Racing	25	8	8	9	24	23	+1	32
16	Rosario Central	25	9	5	11	39	41	−2	32
17	Godoy Cruz	25	8	7	10	35	33	+2	31
18	Platense	25	7	10	8	36	36	0	31
19	Newell's Old Boys	25	7	7	11	24	32	−8	28
20	Banfield	25	5	12	8	20	25	−5	27
21	San Lorenzo	25	7	6	12	23	33	−10	27
22	Central Córdoba (SdE)	25	6	8	11	30	36	−6	26
23	Patronato	25	5	10	10	23	35	−12	25
24	Sarmiento (J)	25	6	6	13	23	33	−10	24
25	Atlético Tucumán	25	5	7	13	22	46	−24	22
26	Arsenal	25	4	9	12	12	34	−22	21

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only if needed to decide championship); 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points; 6) head-to-head goal difference; 7) head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champions

2021 Argentine Primera División champions
River Plate 37th title

Results

Teams played every other team once (either at home or away) completing a total of 25 rounds.^[65]

Home \ Away	ALD	ARG	ARS	ATU	BAN	BOC	CCO	COL	DYJ	EST	GLP	GOD	HUR	IND	LAN	NOB	PAT	PLA	RAC	RIV	ROS	SLO	SAR	TAL	UNI	VEL
Aldosivi	—	3–2	2–1	—	—	0–3	—	3–0	1–0	—	1–3	1–4	—	1–0	2–3	—	0–2	—	0–2	—	—	2–0	—	—	1–2	—
Argentinos Juniors	—	—	—	—	2–0	—	1–1	3–1	0–2	—	3–0	0–0	—	—	0–1	1–0	1–1	—	2–0	—	—	—	2–0	1–2	—	—
Arsenal	—	1–0	—	—	—	1–1	—	0–0	0–0	—	0–1	0–0	—	—	1–0	3–1	2–2	—	0–3	—	—	1–1	1–0	—	0–1	—
Atlético Tucumán	2–2	4–3	0–0	—	—	1–2	—	—	0–4	—	—	—	1–0	2–0	—	—	2–2	—	0–2	1–1	—	0–0	—	—	—	0–0
Banfield	0–2	—	0–0	2–0	—	0–0	—	—	—	1–1	—	—	1–4	4–1	—	—	—	2–4	—	0–1	1–2	—	—	0–1	—	2–1
Boca Juniors	—	1–1	—	—	—	—	8–1	1–0	0–0	—	0–1	2–1	—	—	4–2	0–0	1–0	—	0–0	—	—	0–2	2–0	—	—	—
Central Córdoba (SdE)	0–0	—	5–0	2–0	1–1	—	—	—	—	1–2	—	—	1–2	1–0	—	—	—	2–2	—	1–3	2–4	—	—	2–1	2–0	1–2
Colón	—	—	—	3–0	0–0	—	1–0	—	—	2–1	1–0	1–0	—	—	1–4	1–1	—	3–0	—	—	1–4	—	1–1	1–0	—	—
Defensa y Justicia	—	—	—	—	0–0	—	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	3–2	1–2	—	—	2–1	2–0	—	2–1	—	—	3–0	—	4–2	3–0	—	—
Estudiantes (LP)	2–3	1–1	4–0	1–1	—	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–1	0–1	—	—	—	1–1	—	1–1	2–2	2–0	—	—	—	1–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	—	—	—	1–0	0–1	—	2–2	—	—	4–4	—	—	0–0	—	—	1–0	—	2–2	—	1–1	1–0	—	0–1	5–2	1–0	0–0
Godoy Cruz	—	—	—	1–2	2–1	—	0–0	—	—	1–3	4–0	—	1–1	—	—	2–2	—	2–2	—	2–1	2–1	—	1–1	0–2	1–2	—
Huracán	2–0	1–1	1–0	—	—	0–3	—	1–1	2–1	—	—	—	—	0–1	0–1	—	1–0	—	1–0	—	—	2–1	—	—	0–0	1–1
Independiente	—	0–0	3–0	—	—	1–0	—	3–0	0–0	—	1–1	1–4	—	—	0–1	—	2–0	—	1–0	—	—	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	—
Lanús	—	—	—	4–2	1–1	—	2–1	—	—	1–1	2–0	3–1	—	—	—	1–2	—	3–3	—	0–3	2–2	—	1–1	3–3	1–1	—
Newell's Old Boys	0–0	—	—	1–2	0–0	—	1–0	—	—	4–2	—	—	0–1	1–0	—	—	—	1–0	—	1–4	1–1	—	—	3–2	1–0	1–2
Patronato	—	—	—	—	1–1	—	1–0	2–0	3–3	1–2	0–0	0–3	—	—	3–2	0–0	—	—	1–2	—	—	—	2–0	0–0	—	—
Platense	0–1	0–0	2–1	4–1	—	1–3	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–2	1–1	—	—	0–0	—	—	0–1	1–1	1–1	—	—	—	3–2
Racing	—	—	—	—	0–0	—	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	—	—	3–1	2–0	—	0–1	—	—	—	—	1–0	1–2	—	—
River Plate	2–0	3–0	1–0	—	—	2–1	—	1–2	2–3	—	—	—	1–1	1–1	—	—	5–0	—	4–0	—	—	3–1	—	—	4–0	2–0
Rosario Central	1–2	0–1	4–0	3–1	—	1–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–4	1–2	—	—	3–2	—	2–1	2–2	—	1–0	—	—	—	1–0
San Lorenzo	—	0–1	—	—	1–1	—	1–0	1–2	2–1	—	0–1	1–0	—	—	1–3	3–2	3–0	—	1–1	—	—	—	1–0	—	—	—
Sarmiento (J)	3–0	—	—	3–0	0–0	—	1–3	—	—	0–3	—	—	0–0	—	—	2–1	—	1–0	—	1–2	1–0	—	—	1–2	3–4	0–1
Talleres (C)	2–0	—	2–0	2–0	—	0–0	—	—	—	2–0	—	—	1–0	1–2	—	—	—	2–1	—	0–2	4–1	2–0	—	—	—	1–1
Unión	—	1–0	—	3–0	0–1	1–1	—	3–0	2–3	0–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–0	1–2	1–1	—	3–1	4–0	—	1–2	—	—
Vélez Sarsfield	3–2	2–0	0–0	—	—	2–0	—	0–1	0–0	—	—	3–0	—	3–3	5–1	—	0–0	—	0–0	—	—	2–1	—	—	4–0	—

Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Julián Álvarez River Plate 18 2 José Sand Lanús 15 Marco Ruben Rosario Central 4 Matías Tissera Platense 14 5 José Manuel López Lanús 13 6 Martín Ojeda Godoy Cruz 12 7 Milton Giménez Central Córdoba (SdE) 11 8 Martín Cauteruccio Aldosivi 10 Walter Bou Defensa y Justicia Miguel Merentiel Defensa y Justicia Leandro Díaz Estudiantes (LP) Silvio Romero Independiente Braian Romero River Plate Source: AFA

Top assists Rank Player Club Assists 1 Carlos Rotondi Defensa y Justicia 8 Ignacio Malcorra Lanús Agustín Palavecino River Plate 4 Francisco Pizzini Defensa y Justicia 7 Lautaro Blanco Rosario Central 6 Malcom Braida Aldosivi 6 Julián Álvarez River Plate 8 Fernando Zuqui Estudiantes (LP) 5 Alan Velasco Independiente Matías Esquivel Lanús Nicolás Castro Newell's Old Boys Emiliano Vecchio Rosario Central Enzo Díaz Talleres (C) Gastón González Unión Juan Ignacio Nardoni Unión Federico Mancuello Vélez Sarsfield Source: AFA

International qualification

The 2021 Argentine Primera División champions, 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional champions and 2019–20 Copa Argentina champions earned a berth to the 2022 Copa Libertadores, while the 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional play-off winners qualified for the 2022 Copa Sudamericana. The remaining berths to the 2022 Copa Libertadores as well as the ones to the 2022 Copa Sudamericana were determined by an aggregate table of the 2021 Argentine Primera División and 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional first stage tournaments. The top three teams in the aggregate table not already qualified for any international tournament qualified for the Copa Libertadores, while the next five teams qualified for the Copa Sudamericana.^[6]

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	River Plate	38	22	9	7	78	30	+48	75	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage[a]
2	Vélez Sarsfield	38	20	10	8	57	34	+23	70
3	Talleres (C)	38	19	9	10	57	44	+13	66
4	Colón	38	18	10	10	49	41	+8	64
5	Boca Juniors	38	17	12	9	57	31	+26	63
6	Estudiantes (LP)	38	16	13	9	59	41	+18	61	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
7	Defensa y Justicia	38	16	11	11	58	45	+13	59	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage
8	Independiente	38	16	10	12	43	34	+9	58
9	Lanús	38	16	8	14	62	61	+1	56
10	Racing	38	14	11	13	38	35	+3	53
11	Unión	38	14	11	13	44	46	−2	53
12	Argentinos Juniors	38	13	12	13	40	36	+4	51
13	Huracán	38	12	15	11	42	42	0	51
14	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	38	12	15	11	42	48	−6	51
15	Rosario Central	38	14	8	16	55	59	−4	50
16	San Lorenzo	38	13	9	16	39	49	−10	48
17	Banfield	38	10	17	11	34	37	−3	47	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage[b]
18	Godoy Cruz	38	12	10	16	53	57	−4	46
19	Platense	38	11	12	15	48	55	−7	45
20	Aldosivi	38	13	5	20	44	60	−16	44
21	Central Córdoba (SdE)	38	10	13	15	44	53	−9	43
22	Atlético Tucumán	38	10	10	18	46	66	−20	40
23	Newell's Old Boys	38	9	12	17	38	53	−15	39
24	Patronato	38	9	10	19	35	52	−17	37
25	Sarmiento (J)	38	8	12	18	33	52	−19	36
26	Arsenal	38	7	12	19	23	57	−34	33

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored.
Notes:

1. River Plate, Colón and Boca Juniors qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2021 Argentine Primera División, the 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional and the 2019–20 Copa Argentina, respectively.
2. Banfield qualified for the Copa Sudamericana group stage by winning the 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional play-off.

Relegation

Relegation at the end of the season would be based on coefficients, which take into consideration the points obtained by the clubs during the present season (aggregate table points) and the two previous seasons (only seasons at the top flight are counted). The total tally is then divided by the number of games played in the top flight over those three seasons and an average is calculated. The three teams with the worst average at the end of the season would have been relegated to Primera Nacional. Relegation was suspended by AFA at the end of the 2019–20 season until 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the points earned in this season will count towards relegation in the 2022 season.

Pos	Team	2019–20 Pts	2021 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg
1	River Plate	47	75	122	62	1.968
2	Boca Juniors	51	63	114	62	1.839
3	Vélez Sarsfield	39	70	109	62	1.758
4	Talleres (C)	37	66	103	62	1.661
5	Defensa y Justicia	39	59	98	62	1.581
6	Racing	42	53	95	62	1.532
7	Argentinos Juniors	42	51	93	62	1.5
8	Lanús	36	56	92	62	1.484
9	Estudiantes (LP)	30	61	91	62	1.468
10	Independiente	32	58	90	62	1.452
11	San Lorenzo	39	48	87	62	1.403
12	Rosario Central	36	50	86	62	1.387
13	Colón	21	64	85	62	1.371
14	Unión	28	53	81	62	1.306
15	Newell's Old Boys	38	39	77	62	1.242
16	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	24	51	75	62	1.21
17	Banfield	27	47	74	62	1.194
18	Platense	—	45	45	38	1.184
19	Huracán	22	51	73	62	1.177
20	Atlético Tucumán	32	40	72	62	1.161
21	Central Córdoba (SdE)	26	43	69	62	1.113
22	Arsenal	35	33	68	62	1.097
23	Aldosivi	22	44	66	62	1.065
24	Godoy Cruz	18	46	64	62	1.032
25	Patronato	23	37	60	62	0.968
26	Sarmiento (J)	—	36	36	38	0.947

Source: AFA