The 2009–10 Primera División season was the 119th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed in the season, which started on 21 August 2009 and ended on 23 May 2010.
Changes from 2008–09 The major changes for this season apply to international qualification. For the 2010 Copa Libertadores, an aggregate table of the two tournaments held in 2009 (2009 Clausura and 2009 Apertura) will be taken into account, instead of an average of the past three tournaments. For the 2010 Copa Sudamericana, River Plate and Boca Juniors will no longer be invited without merit. Their open berths will be up for qualification to any team, including themselves.
On 21 August, the Argentine Football Association revoked the television broadcasting contract with TyC in the hopes of increasing revenue to help the financially struggling clubs. On 18 August, the AFA and the Government of Argentina struck a deal to broadcast the season for free on non-cable channels, which allowed the season to start on the 21st.
Club information
Twenty clubs will participate in the 2009–10 season, with eighteen sides remaining from the previous season. Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy and San Martín de Tucumán were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season. They were replaced by Chacarita Juniors and Atlético Tucumán, both of whom were promoted from the Primera B Nacional. Rosario Central and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) played the relegation/promotion playoffs against Belgrano and Atlético de Rafaela, respectively. Both Gimnasia y Esgrima and Rosario Central won their playoff matches and retained their status in top-flight football.
Club City Stadium Capacity Argentinos Juniors Buenos Aires Diego Armando Maradona 24,800 Arsenal Sarandí Julio H. Grondona 16,300 Atlético Tucumán Tucumán Monumental Presidente José Fierro30,000 Banfield Banfield Florencio Solá 40,500 Boca Juniors Buenos Aires Alberto J. Armando 49,000 Colón Santa Fe Brigadier General Estanislao López 32,500 Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors 24,300 Estudiantes (LP) La Plata Centenario 30,200 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) La Plata Juan Carlos Zerillo 24,544 Godoy Cruz Godoy Cruz Malvinas Argentinas 40,268 Huracán Buenos Aires Tomás Adolfo Ducó 48,314 Independiente Avellaneda Libertadores de América 32,500 Lanús Lanús Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez 46,619 Newell's Old Boys Rosario Marcelo Bielsa 38,095 Racing Club Avellaneda Presidente Juan Domingo Perón 51,389 River Plate Buenos Aires Monumental Antonio V. Liberti 57,901 Rosario Central Rosario Dr. Lisandro de la Torre 41,824 San Lorenzo Buenos Aires Pedro Bidegain 43,494 Tigre Victoria Monumental de Victoria 26,282 Vélez Sársfield Buenos Aires José Amalfitani 49,540 1.Chacarita Juniors played all their home games on Argentinos Juniors' Diego Armando Maradona stadium. 2.Estudiantes' own stadium is undergoing renovation and the team is playing in Quilmes. 3.The first match Independiente played in Estadio Libertadores de América after reconstruction was on 28 October 2009. Prior to that, Independiente used Estadio Ciudad de Lanús. 4.Newell's Old Boys changed the name of their stadium to Estadio Marcelo Bielsa from Estadio Newell's Old Boys on 22 December 2009.
Personnel and kits ClubManagerKit manufacturerMain sponsorArgentinos Juniors Claudio BorghiDiadoraLiderar SegurosArsenal Carlos Ruiz (interim)MitreLiderar SegurosAtlético Tucumán Roberto Carlos Mario GómezTopperIngenio San JuanBanfield Sebastián Ariel MéndezMitreBingo LomasBoca Juniors Roberto Pompei (interim)NikeLGColón UmbroLa Nueva Seguros/Flecha BusChacarita Juniors Luis MarabottoTBSLa Nueva SegurosEstudiantes (LP) Hernán Darío OrtizTopperRCAGimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Diego CoccaKappaLa Nueva SegurosGodoy Cruz Omar AsadLottoMendozaHuracán Héctor RivoiraKappaMotomelIndependiente Américo GallegoPumaMotomelLanús Luis ZubeldíaSigniaBingo LanúsNewell's Old Boys Roberto SensiniTopperMotomelRacing Miguel Ángel RussoPenaltyBanco MacroRiver Plate Ángel CappaAdidasPetrobrasRosario Central Leonardo MadelónPumaIngeconserSan Lorenzo Sebastián Ariel Méndez (interim)LottoWalmartTigre Ricardo Caruso LombardiDiadoraBanco MacroVélez Sársfield PenaltyMondial
Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner ofdeparture Date ofvacancy Replaced by Date ofappointment Positionin table Pre-season changes Boca Juniors Abel Álves (interim) End of contract 5 July 2009 Alfio Basile 6 July 2009 N/A Rosario Central Miguel Ángel Russo Resigned 13 July 2009 Ariel Cuffaro Russo 22 July 2009 N/A Apertura changes Chacarita Juniors Ricardo Zielinski Resigned 20 September 2009 Fernando Gamboa 21 September 2009 20th River Plate Néstor Gorosito Resigned 4 October 2009 Leonardo Astrada 6 October 2009 16th Racing Ricardo Caruso Lombardi Resigned 8 October 2009 Juan Barbas (interim) 10 October 2009 18th Atlético Tucumán Héctor Rivoira Resigned 2 November 2009 Salvador Mónaco (interim) &Ricardo Salomón (interim) 4 November 2009 17th Racing Juan Barbas (interim) End of contract 2 November 2009 Claudio Vivas 3 November 2009 18th Godoy Cruz Diego Cocca Sacked 3 November 2009 Daniel Oldrá (interim) 3 November 2009 15th Godoy Cruz Daniel Oldrá (interim) End of contract 8 November 2009 Enzo Trossero 9 November 2009 15th Atlético Tucumán Salvador Mónaco (interim) &Ricardo Salomón (interim) End of contract 11 November 2009 Osvaldo Sosa 11 November 2009 14th Huracán Ángel Cappa Resigned 24 November 2009 Héctor Martínez (interim) 25 November 2009 19th Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Leonardo Madelón Resigned 2 December 2009 Pablo Morant (interim) &Darío Ortíz (interim) 2 December 2009 18th Huracán Héctor Martínez (interim) End of contract 3 December 2009 Héctor Rivoira 3 December 2009 19th Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Pablo Morant (interim) &Darío Ortíz (interim) End of contract 4 December 2009 Pablo César Fernández 4 December 2009 18th Inter-tournament changes Tigre Diego Cagna Resigned 14 December 2009 Ricardo Caruso Lombardi 16 December 2009 20th Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Pablo César Fernández Sacked 16 December 2009 Diego Cocca 24 December 2009 18th Godoy Cruz Enzo Trossero End of contract 29 December 2009 Omar Asad 30 December 2009 17th Boca Juniors Alfio Basile Resigned 21 January 2010 Abel Álves (interim) 22 January 2010 N/A Clausura changes Racing Claudio Vivas Sacked 15 February 2010 Miguel Ángel Russo 17 February 2010 16th Atlético Tucumán Osvaldo Sosa Sacked 8 March 2010 Mario Gómez 8 March 2010 19th Chacarita Juniors Fernando Gamboa Sacked 21 March 2010 Mauro Navas 22 March 2010 16th Rosario Central Ariel Cuffaro Russo Sacked 28 March 2010 Leonardo Madelón 29 March 2010 19th San Lorenzo Diego Simeone Resigned 3 April 2010 Sebastián Méndez (interim) 4 April 2010 17th Boca Juniors Abel Álves (interim) Sacked 8 April 2010 Roberto Pompei (interim) 9 April 2010 19th River Plate Leonardo Astrada Sacked 12 April 2010 Ángel Cappa 12 April 2010 17th Chacarita Juniors Mauro Navas Sacked 19 April 2010 Luis Marabotto 21 April 2010 18th Arsenal Jorge Burruchaga Resigned 29 April 2010 Carlos Ruiz (interim) 2 May 2010 16th
Transfers
Torneo Apertura The Torneo Apertura was scheduled to begin on 14 August 2009 and end on 13 December 2009. However, the AFA delayed the start of the tournament until 21 August 2009 due to financial debts in some clubs.
Standings
Results
Top ten goalscorers
Pos Player Team Goals 1 Santiago Silva Banfield 14 2 Federico Nieto Colón 12 3 Joaquín Boghossian Newell's Old Boys 11 4 Darío Gandín Independiente 10 Gabriel Hauche Argentinos Juniors 10 6 Mauro Boselli Estudiantes (LP) 9 7 Diego Buonanotte River Plate 8 8 Esteban Fuertes Colón 6 Franco Jara Arsenal 6 Martín Palermo Boca Juniors 6 Facundo Parra Chacarita Juniors 6 Luis Rodríguez Atlético Tucumán 6 Santiago Salcedo Lanús 6 Source:
Torneo Clausura
Standings
Results
Top ten goalscorers
Pos Player Team Goals 1 Mauro Boselli Estudiantes (LP) 13 2 Martín Palermo Boca Juniors 10 Marco Pérez Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 10 Rubén Ramírez Banfield 10 5 Carlos Luna Tigre 9 Ismael Sosa Argentinos Juniors 9 7 Facundo Parra Chacarita Juniors 8 8 Federico Higuaín Godoy Cruz 7 Leonel Núñez Independiente 7 Andrés Silvera Independiente 7 Source:
Relegation Team Relegation1Estudiantes (LP)6957711971142Lanús5675601911143Vélez Sarsfield5966611861144San Lorenzo6463521791145Boca Juniors7061471781146Newell's Old Boys5652691771147Banfield5446731731148Argentinos Juniors6138731721149Independiente59396816611410Colón45575515711411Godoy Cruz—49531027612River Plate66414315011413Tigre56623215011414Huracán52583714711415Arsenal51464614311416Racing40524613811417Rosario Central414050131114 Relegation Playoff Matches18Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)36553712811419Atlético Tucumán——353538 Primera B Nacional20Chacarita Juniors——323238 Source:
Relegation/promotion playoffs
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2
All Boys won 4–1 and was promoted for the next season to Primera División, while Rosario Central was relegated to the Primera B Nacional. Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) won 3–2 and stayed in the Primera División.
International qualification
Copa Libertadores The first two of Argentina's five allocated berths to the 2010 Copa Libertadores went to the 2009 Clausura champion (Vélez Sársfield) and the 2009 Apertura champion (Banfield). The remaining three berths went to the teams with the best average of the past two tournaments. Additionally, Estudiantes had a berth as the defending Copa Libertadores champion.
Copa Sudamericana Qualification for the 2010 Copa Sudamericana is determined by an aggregate table of the Apertura 2009 and Clausura 2010 tournaments. The top six teams in the aggregate table qualify. Boca Juniors and River Plate will no longer be invited to the tournament without merit.
See also 2009–10 in Argentine football
References
External links Season regulations Universofutbol.com Clausura 2010