1976 Argentine Primera División

The 1976 Primera División season was the 85th season of top-flight football in Argentina. Boca Juniors won both tournaments, Metropolitano and Nacional, totaling 20 titles until then.

Primera División
Season1976
ChampionsBoca Juniors (Metropolitano and Nacional)
← 1975
1977 →

After three consecutive seasons with no relegations, San Telmo was relegated to Primera B after playing a small tournament with the worst placed teams in the general table.[1]

Metropolitano Championship
Metropolitano
Season1976
ChampionsBoca Juniors (19th title)
PromotedQuilmes
San Telmo
RelegatedSan Telmo
1977 Copa LibertadoresBoca Juniors
Top goalscorer Mario Kempes (21 goals)
← 1975
1977 →

Classification round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Huracán 22 15 7 0 47 20 +27 37
2 Estudiantes (LP) 22 10 9 3 33 22 +11 29
3 Independiente 22 9 10 3 37 24 +13 28
4 Boca Juniors 22 9 7 6 30 22 +8 25
5 Colón 22 9 4 9 35 35 0 22
6 Rosario Central 22 6 9 7 38 28 +10 21
7 Ferro Carril Oeste 22 6 8 8 28 36 −8 20
8 Banfield 22 4 10 8 29 40 −11 18
9 Atlanta 22 6 4 12 19 39 −20 16
10 San Telmo 22 4 7 11 27 37 −10 15
11 All Boys 22 2 8 12 15 38 −23 12
Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 River Plate 22 12 3 7 43 26 +17 27
2 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 22 9 8 5 36 29 +7 26
2 Quilmes 22 10 6 6 36 36 0 26
4 San Lorenzo 22 10 5 7 31 29 +2 25
5 Unión 22 10 4 8 34 23 +11 24
5 Newell's Old Boys 22 8 8 6 32 28 +4 24
7 Vélez Sársfield 22 10 3 9 31 27 +4 23
8 Racing 22 8 5 9 36 37 −1 21
9 Chacarita Juniors 22 7 4 11 32 43 −11 18
10 Argentinos Juniors 22 5 4 13 27 43 −16 14
11 Temperley 22 3 7 12 21 35 −14 13
Source:

Championship Group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Boca Juniors 11 8 3 0 18 8 +10 19
2 Huracán 11 7 2 2 20 12 +8 16
3 Estudiantes (LP) 11 5 4 2 16 13 +3 14
4 Unión 11 5 3 3 16 13 +3 13
4 River Plate 11 3 7 1 13 11 +2 13
6 Newell's Old Boys 11 4 4 3 11 12 −1 12
7 Quilmes 11 2 6 3 18 18 0 10
8 Rosario Central 11 2 5 4 14 16 −2 9
9 Colón 11 2 4 5 15 20 −5 8
10 Independiente 11 3 0 8 17 17 0 6
10 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 11 1 4 6 13 21 −8 6
10 San Lorenzo 11 1 4 6 7 17 −10 6
Source:

Relegation Group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Temperley 9 6 2 1 15 6 +9 14
2 Atlanta 9 3 5 1 14 13 +1 11
3 Ferro Carril Oeste 9 3 4 2 13 11 +2 10
4 Banfield 9 2 5 2 16 12 +4 9
4 Vélez Sársfield 9 2 5 2 11 10 +1 9
4 Chacarita Juniors 9 3 3 3 11 14 −3 9
7 Argentinos Juniors 9 0 8 1 11 15 −4 8
8 All Boys 9 2 3 4 12 14 −2 7
8 Racing 9 2 3 4 9 12 −3 7
10 San Telmo 9 2 2 5 12 17 −5 6
Source:

Nacional Championship
Nacional
Season1976
ChampionsBoca Juniors (20th title)
PromotedPlatense
1977 Copa LibertadoresRiver Plate
Top goalscorer Norberto Eresuma
Luis Ludueña
Víctor Marchetti
(12 goals each)
← 1975
1977 →

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Boca Juniors 16 10 3 3 24 10 +14 23
1 Quilmes 16 9 5 2 21 12 +9 23
3 Independiente 16 8 5 3 24 17 +7 21
4 Atlético Tucumán 16 7 3 6 21 17 +4 17
5 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 16 5 5 6 17 19 −2 15
6 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 16 5 4 7 14 20 −6 14
7 Chacarita Juniors 16 2 5 9 17 27 −10 9
7 Temperley 16 3 3 10 17 28 −11 9
Source:

1st place Playoff

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 River Plate 16 10 4 2 31 14 +17 24
2 Banfield 16 9 4 3 33 18 +15 22
3 Estudiantes (LP) 16 8 5 3 23 14 +9 21
4 Racing 16 7 3 6 26 25 +1 17
5 Atlanta 16 5 5 6 23 23 0 15
5 Ledesma 16 6 3 7 17 18 −1 15
7 San Martín (T) 16 2 3 11 12 27 −15 7
8 San Telmo 16 1 2 13 15 46 −31 4
Source:

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Huracán 18 12 4 2 36 15 +21 28
2 Unión 18 10 5 3 32 15 +17 25
3 Rosario Central 18 7 8 3 24 19 +5 22
4 San Martín (M) 18 6 5 7 27 28 −1 17
5 Aldosivi 18 6 4 8 25 33 −8 16
6 Vélez Sársfield 18 4 7 7 21 24 −3 15
7 Platense 18 5 4 9 19 32 −13 14
8 Sportivo Patria 18 4 4 10 24 37 −13 12
8 All Boys 18 4 4 10 16 26 −10 12
Source:

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Talleres (C) 18 11 4 3 38 17 +21 26
1 Newell's Old Boys 18 11 4 3 38 19 +19 26
3 Ferro Carril Oeste 18 10 5 3 38 21 +17 25
4 Argentinos Juniors 18 7 3 8 26 27 −1 17
4 Huracán (CR) 18 7 3 8 20 24 −4 17
6 Central Norte 18 5 6 7 17 25 −8 16
7 Colón 18 4 7 7 13 20 −7 15
8 San Lorenzo 18 4 6 8 23 26 −3 14
9 San Lorenzo (MdP) 18 2 3 13 24 53 −29 7
Source:

1st place Playoff

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final
Boca Juniors1–0River Plate
Suñé  72' Report
Attendance: 69,090
Referee: Arturo Ithurralde

References
  1. Argentina 1976 on RSSSF.com
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