The 2022 Liga Profesional de Fútbol (officially the Torneo Binance 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was the 132nd season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The league season began on 3 June and ended on 25 October 2022.
Twenty-eight teams competed in the league: the 26 teams that took part in the previous Primera División season as well as two promoted teams from the 2021 Primera Nacional (Tigre and Barracas Central). River Plate were the defending champions.
On 23 October 2022, Boca Juniors won their 35th national league championship in the last round after they and Independiente drew 2–2 and, simultaneously, River Plate defeated Racing 1–2.
Competition format The competition was run under a single round-robin, contested by 28 teams (26 from the previous edition plus 2 promoted from Primera Nacional). The champions qualified for the 2023 Copa Libertadores as Argentina 1. The qualification for international tournaments was determined by an aggregate table of the 2022 Primera División and 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional first stage tournaments.
Club information Stadia and locations
ClubCityStadiumCapacity 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 Barracas Central Buenos Aires Claudio Chiqui Tapia4,400 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 Malvinas Argentinas 42,000 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 Tigre Victoria José Dellagiovanna 26,282 Unión Santa Fe 15 de Abril 22,852 Vélez Sarsfield Buenos Aires José Amalfitani 45,540
Personnel ClubManagerKit manufacturerSponsor Aldosivi Diego Villar (caretaker) Kappa UTHGRA Sasso Hotel Argentinos Juniors Gabriel Milito Umbro Bumeran Arsenal Leonardo Madelón Sport Lyon Secco Atlético Tucumán Lucas Pusineri Umbro RapiCuota$ Banfield Javier Sanguinetti Athix Sur Finanzas Barracas Central Rodolfo de Paoli and Alejandro Milano Il Ossso Sports La Nueva Seguros Boca Juniors Hugo Ibarra (caretaker) Adidas Central Córdoba (SdE) Abel Balbo Adhoc Banco Santiago del Estero Colón Marcelo Saralegui (caretaker) Kelme Cablevideo Digital Defensa y Justicia Julio Vaccari Sport Lyon RapiCuota$ Estudiantes (LP) Pablo Quatrocchi (caretaker) RUGE B•play Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Néstor Gorosito Hummel RapiCuota$ Godoy Cruz Favio Orsi and Sergio Gómez Fiume Sport CATA Internacional Huracán Diego Dabove H1908 DECRYPTO Independiente Julio César Falcioni Puma Lanús Frank Darío Kudelka Erreà Mapei Newell's Old Boys Adrián Coria (caretaker) Givova City Center ONLINE Patronato Facundo Sava Axfiu Planes ESCO Platense Omar De Felippe Hummel Boston Seguros Racing Fernando Gago Kappa Aeroset River Plate Marcelo Gallardo Adidas Codere Rosario Central Carlos Tevez Umbro City Center ONLINE San Lorenzo Rubén Darío Insúa Nike Sarmiento (J) Israel Damonte Coach Naldo Talleres (C) Javier Gandolfi (caretaker) Givova ICBC Argentina Tigre Diego Martínez Kappa Banco Macro Unión Gustavo Munúa Kappa OSPAT Vélez Sarsfield Alexander Medina Kappa B•play
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Positionin table Replaced by Date of appointment Sarmiento (J) Martín Funes End of caretaker spell 11 December 2021 Pre-season Israel Damonte 15 December 2021 Atlético Tucumán Martín Anastacio 11 December 2021 Juan Manuel Azconzábal 11 December 2021 San Lorenzo Daniel Di Leo and Diego Monarriz 12 December 2021 Pedro Troglio 29 December 2021 Newell's Old Boys Adrián Taffarel 12 December 2021 Javier Sanguinetti 13 December 2021 Lanús Luis Zubeldía End of contract 12 December 2021 Jorge Almirón 25 December 2021 Arsenal Darío Espínola End of caretaker spell 13 December 2021 Leonardo Madelón 23 December 2021 Colón Eduardo Domínguez Resigned 20 December 2021 Julio César Falcioni 3 January 2022 Talleres (C) Alexander Medina End of contract 23 December 2021 Ángel Guillermo Hoyos 14 January 2022 Independiente Julio César Falcioni 28 December 2021 Eduardo Domínguez 3 January 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional changes Barracas Central Rodolfo de Paoli Resigned 21 February 2022 14th Zone B Alfredo Berti 28 February 2022 Patronato Iván Delfino Mutual agreement 2 March 2022 14th Zone A Facundo Sava 6 March 2022 Talleres (C) Ángel Guillermo Hoyos Sacked 13 March 2022 14th Zone A Pedro Caixinha 28 March 2022 Rosario Central Kily González 20 March 2022 10th Zone B Leandro Somoza 27 March 2022 Vélez Sarsfield Mauricio Pellegrino Resigned 23 March 2022 14th Zone B Julio Vaccari 24 March 2022 Platense Claudio Spontón 3 April 2022 11th Zone A Omar De Felippe 5 April 2022 Godoy Cruz Diego Flores Mutual agreement 9 April 2022 10th Zone B Favio Orsi and Sergio Gómez 10 April 2022 Atlético Tucumán Juan Manuel Azconzábal Resigned 10 April 2022 14th Zone A Lucas Pusineri 11 April 2022 San Lorenzo Pedro Troglio 13 April 2022 10th Zone A Fernando Berón 14 April 2022 Inter-tournament changes Banfield Diego Dabove Mutual agreement 10 May 2022 N/A Claudio Vivas 10 May 2022 Huracán Frank Darío Kudelka Resigned 16 May 2022 Diego Dabove 26 May 2022 San Lorenzo Fernando Berón End of caretaker spell 18 May 2022 Rubén Darío Insúa 19 May 2022 Vélez Sarsfield Julio Vaccari 24 May 2022 Alexander Medina 30 May 2022 Aldosivi Martín Palermo Resigned 30 May 2022 Leandro Somoza 27 June 2022 Liga Profesional changes Rosario Central Leandro Somoza Resigned 14 June 2022 27th Carlos Tevez 21 June 2022 Central Córdoba (SdE) Sergio Rondina 4 July 2022 15th Abel Balbo 21 July 2022 Boca Juniors Sebastián Battaglia Sacked 6 July 2022 11th Hugo Ibarra 11 July 2022 Colón Julio César Falcioni Mutual agreement 7 July 2022 22nd Sergio Rondina 12 July 2022 Lanús Jorge Almirón Sacked 7 July 2022 25th Frank Darío Kudelka 25 July 2022 Independiente Eduardo Domínguez Resigned 12 July 2022 22nd Julio César Falcioni 2 August 2022 Barracas Central Alfredo Berti 20 July 2022 21st Rodolfo de Paoli and Alejandro Milano 15 August 2022 Colón Sergio Rondina Mutual agreement 17 August 2022 22nd Adrián Marini 18 August 2022 Newell's Old Boys Javier Sanguinetti Resigned 29 August 2022 14th Adrián Coria 5 September 2022 Talleres (C) Pedro Caixinha Mutual agreement 5 September 2022 24th Javier Gandolfi 6 September 2022 Defensa y Justicia Sebastián Beccacece Resigned 11 September 2022 22nd Julio Vaccari 20 September 2022 Aldosivi Leandro Somoza Sacked 22 September 2022 28th Diego Villar 23 September 2022 Colón Adrián Marini End of caretaker spell 28 September 2022 25th Marcelo Saralegui 28 September 2022 Estudiantes (LP) Ricardo Zielinski Resigned 30 September 2022 19th Pablo Quatrocchi 1 October 2022 Banfield Claudio Vivas Mutual agreement 5 October 2022 21st Javier Sanguinetti 10 October 2022
Interim managers 1. Sergio Ramos and Salvador Daniele were interim managers in the 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional Group stage 4th round. 2. Gabriel Graciani was interim manager in the 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional Group stage 5th round. 3. Javier Gandolfi was interim manager in the 2021–22 Copa Argentina round of 64 and the 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional Group stage 7th round. 4. Long-term interim manager. 5. Interim manager until the end of the Copa de la Liga Profesional. 6. Claudio Cabrera was interim manager in the 2021–22 Copa Argentina round of 64. 7. Favio Fernández and Diego Villar were interim managers in the 1st and 2nd–5th rounds, respectively. 8. Germán Rivarola was interim manager in the 3rd–4th rounds. 9. Adrián Adrover was interim manager in the 7th–9th rounds. 10. Interim manager until the 2022 Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional final. Ibarra was promoted to manager after the Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional. 11. Adrián Marini was interim manager in the 7th round. 12. Rodrigo Acosta was interim manager in the 7th–10th rounds and the 2021–22 Copa Argentina round of 32. 13. Claudio Graf and Juan José Serrizuela were interim managers in the 8th–10th rounds and 11th round, respectively. 14. Sergio Ramos was interim manager in the 10th–13th rounds. 15. Adrián Marini was interim manager in the 15th–21nd rounds. 16. Gustavo Tognarelli was interim manager in the 17th round. Coria was interim manager starting from the 2021–22 Copa Argentina round of 16 until the end of the Liga Profesional. 17. Interim manager until the 2021–22 Copa Argentina final. Gandolfi was promoted to manager after the Copa Argentina. 18. Nicolás Diez was interim manager in the 19th–20th rounds. 19. Interim manager until the end of the Liga Profesional. 20. Interim manager until the end of the Liga Profesional. Saralegui was promoted to manager after the Liga Profesional. 21. Cristian Vella and Leonardo Testone were interim managers in the 24th round.
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Aldosivi Martín Cauteruccio Juan Manuel Cuesta Juan Pablo Gallego Mario López Quintana Fernando Román Santiago Silva Argentinos Juniors Andrés Alarcón Gabriel Ávalos Javier Cabrera Juan José Cardozo Andrés Felipe Roa Alan Rodríguez Arsenal William Machado Atlético Tucumán Andrés Balanta Enrique Borja Jonathan Sandoval Banfield José Ignacio Álvarez Mauricio Cuero Dany Edjo'o Erik López Luis Mago Barracas Central Cristian Colmán Thomás Gutiérrez Sebastián Rincón Boca Juniors Luis Advíncula Óscar Romero Sebastián Villa Carlos Zambrano Central Córdoba (SdE) Paulo Lima Renzo López Iván Ramírez Cristopher Toselli Colón Mario Otazú Baldomero Perlaza Andrew Teuten Defensa y Justicia Fabricio Domínguez Leandro Otormín Estudiantes (LP) Manuel Castro Mauro Méndez Jorge Morel Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Brahian Alemán Guillermo Fratta Ramón Sosa Godoy Cruz José Canale Juan Espínola Enzo Larrosa Santiago Paiva Juan Pintado Salomón Rodríguez Huracán Maicol Cabrera Matías Cóccaro Guillermo Soto Independiente Renzo Bacchia Juan Cazares Edgar Elizalde Diego Segovia Sebastián Sosa Lanús Felipe Aguilar Luciano Boggio Iván Cazal Guillermo de Amores Raúl Loaiza Newell's Old Boys Fabián Ángel Willer Ditta Armando Méndez Djorkaeff Reasco Víctor Velázquez Patronato Emerson Batalla Platense Jorge Benítez Federico Gino Sebastián Guerrero Haibrany Ruiz Díaz Racing Johan Carbonero Edwin Cardona Eugenio Mena Fernando Prado Matías Rojas River Plate Miguel Borja Paulo Díaz Flabián Londoño Juan Fernando Quintero Robert Rojas Rosario Central Jhonatan Candia Michael Covea José David Leudo Gustavo Ramírez San Lorenzo Adam Bareiro Iván Leguizamón Cristian Zapata Sarmiento (J) Federico Andueza Harrinson Mancilla Fernando Martínez Jean Rosso Talleres (C) Alan Franco Christian Oliva Kevin Pereira Rafa Pérez Michael Santos Diego Valoyes Tigre Blas Armoa Unión Jonathan Álvez Bryan Castrillón Junior Marabel Santiago Mele Diego Polenta Vélez Sarsfield Leonardo Burián Matías de los Santos José Florentín Diego Godín
Players holding Argentinian dual nationality They do not take up a foreign slot.
Ezequiel Schelotto (Aldosivi) Shayr Mohamed (Arsenal) Carlos Lampe (Atlético Tucumán)