Records of Primera División Argentina

This is a list of major records in Primera División Argentina.

Teams

*Independiente hold the record for the most goals in a season, they scored 115 in 1938.

*Boca Juniors set the record for the longest unbeaten run; they went 40 games without losing. The run started during Clausura 1998 and extended through Apertura 1998 and Clausura 1999. Boca won 1998A and 1999C under the management of Carlos Bianchi.

*Banfield hold the record for the longest unbeaten run in home games; they didn't lose in their own stadium for 49 matches between 1950 and 1953.

*San Lorenzo hold the record for the longest winning streak; they amassed 13 consecutive victories between Clausura 2001 and Apertura 2001.

*River Plate hold the record for the longest winning streak playing away from home; they won 11 consecutive matches on the road between 1937 and 1938.

*Racing Club hold the record for the longest sequence of tied matches; they drew 10 league games in a row between April 20 and October 14 1990.

*River Plate are the most successful team in Argentine domestic football; they have been champions of Argentina 33 times in the professional era and once in the amateur era.

*Racing Club won the championship with the most points during the "Campeonato de Primera División" system (1931-1966), with 61 points in 1966.

*River Plate won the championship with the most points in the "Nacional" with 63 points in 1977.

*San Lorenzo won the championship with most points since the Apertura/Clausura scheme started, with 47 points in the Clausura 2001.

*4 teams have won the championship without losing a game. San Lorenzo achieved it twice in Metro 1968 and Nacional 1972. Ferro Carril Oeste in Nacional 1982, River Plate in Apertura 1994 and Boca Juniors in Apertura 1998.

*Boca Juniors are the only team who have won at least one title in every decade.

*Rosario Central are the only team to have won a championship in the season following promotion to the Primera, in 1986-1987

*River Plate and Racing Club are the only clubs ever to win 3 back to back championships. Racing Club achieved the feat in 1949, 1950 and 1951. River Plate have achieved the feat 3 times. 1955, 1956 and 1957. 1979M, 1979N and 1980M. Apertura 1996, Clausura 1997 and Apertura 1997.

*River Plate are the only four times consecutive runner up from Nacional 1968 to Metropolitano 1970.

*The three teams never to have suffered relegation are River Plate, C.A. Independiente and Boca Juniors

*The worst campaign by a team was in 1939, when Argentino de Quilmes finished with 4 points in 34 matches without a single victory.

*Ferro Carril Oeste set the record for the longest run without scoring, they amassed 875 minutes without a goal between Apertura 1998 and Clausura 1999.

*Talleres de Córdoba were probably the best team ever to suffer relegation, they finished 3rd in the Clausura 2004 championship, but they were relegated by the points aggregate system, which relegates the teams with the worst points averages over the last 3 seasons.

*Roberto Trotta holds the record for the most sendings off, he received 17 red cards in total, playing for Estudiantes, Vélez Sársfield, River Plate, Racing Club and Unión.

*Platense set the record for the most number of managers in one season. They had 8 different managers in the 1966 championship.

*Atlanta set the record for the most number of players in a season, they used 62 different players in 1932.

Players

corers

*Paraguayan Arsenio Erico (C.A. Independiente) is the league's all-time top scorer with 293 goals in 332 matches between 1934 and 1947. He also holds the record for most goals in one season; 47 in 1937. (See:Top 10 scorers of Argentina)

*Bernabé Ferreyra is the scorer with the highest goal average: 206 goals in 197 matches, averaging 1.04 goals per match. Moreover, he holds the record for highest goal average in a single tournament, with 43 goals in 32 matches (averaging 1,34 goals per match) in 1932.

*Diego Armando Maradona was top scorer in five tournaments (1978M, 1979M, 1979N, 1980M, 1980N), all of them with Argentinos Juniors. He is followed by Luis Artime and Carlos Bianchi who were top scorers 4 times.

*Diego Armando Maradona is also the youngest ever top scorer in the Argentine top flight; he was only 17 when he topscored in 1978M.

*Héctor Scotta scored the highest number of goals in a single calendar year (60 goals for San Lorenzo in 1975: 32 in 1975M and a further 28 in 1975N).

*Daniel Passarella is the league's top scoring defender with 99 goals in 238 matches.

*Carlos Dantón Seppaquercia scored the fastest goal ever in the Argentine First Division against Huracán for Gimnasia y Esgrima LP. he scored after only 5 seconds, on March 20, 1979.

*Eduardo Maglioni scored 3 goals in just 1 minute and 51 seconds, playing for Independiente against Gimnasia y Esgrima LP on March 18, 1973. This feat gave him the world record for the fastest ever hat trick.

*Paraguayan José Luis Chilavert is the league's top scoring goalkeeper with 36 goals playing for Vélez Sarsfield.

*The first ever goalkeeper to score in top flight Argentine football was Eduardo Alterio, he scored a penalty against Tigre for Chacarita Juniors in 1931.

Goalkeepers

*Goalkeeper Carlos Barisio holds the record for a clean sheet. Playing for Ferro Carril Oeste in 1981 he didn't concede a goal for 1075 minutes. This included a run of 10 complete games without conceding a goal.

*Pedro Catalano, a goalkeeper for Deportivo Español holds the record for most consecutive matches, with run of 333 uninterrupted matches between July 27, 1986 and November 29, 1994.

*In 1941 Uruguayan goalkeeper Horacio Granero, who had been hired by Atlanta was fired after 3 matches: Atlanta lost 5-0 to River Plate, 7-2 to Boca Juniors, and drew 6-6 with Estudiantes, totaling 18 goals conceded and an average of 6 goals per match.

Others

*Sergio Agüero became the youngest player ever to appear in the Primera, taking the record previously held by Diego Maradona. On July 7 2003 he appeared for C.A. Independiente at the age of just 15 years and 35 days.

*The record for the highest number of games in the league is held by Hugo Orlando Gatti, with 765 for Atlanta, River Plate, Gimnasia LP, Unión and Boca Juniors.

*The record for the highest number of games for a single club is held by Ricardo Bochini, who played 638 games for Independiente between 1972 and 1991.

Managers

*Only 2 managers have won 3 titles with 3 different teams. José Yudica won M1978 with Quilmes, 1985N with Argentinos Juniors and 1987/88 with Newell's Old Boys. Américo Gallego won Ap. 94 and Cl. 00 with River Plate Ap. 02 with C.A. Independiente and Ap. 04 with Newell's Old Boys.

*The two most successful managers have won 7 titles each. Angel Labruna won 7 titles with Rosario Central and River Plate. Carlos Bianchi won his 7 titles with Vélez Sársfield and Boca Juniors.

Tournaments

*The tournament with the highest goal average was in 1938, with 4.9 goals per match.

Games

*The world record for the longest penalty shootout occurred in a league match when Argentinos Juniors beat Racing Club 20:19 on a penalty shootout after 44 penalties were taken in 1988. The rules of the time granted an extra point for the winner on penalties after a tied match.

* The highest scoring games in the Argentine top flight were; Huracán 10 - 4 Rosario Central in 1945, Racing Club 11 - 3 Rosario Central in 1960, and Banfield 13 - 1 Puerto Comercial (Bahía Blanca) in Nacional 1974.

*The match between Banfield and Puerto Comercial (Bahía Blanca), also holds another 3 records: Juan Taverna scored 7 goals which is the most goals by a player in a single match. The most goals scored by a team in a single match with 13, and the Argentine the record for the largest margin of victory ever (12 goals).

*The match between Chacarita Juniors and Argentino de Quilmes in 1939 that Chacarita won 5-1, was the match with most headed goals, and the most headed goals by a player in a single match. Fabio Juan Cassán headed 4 goals, and Argentino de Quilmes also scored with a header, totaling 5 goals for the match.

*The 6-6 draw between Atlanta and Estudiantes is the equal highest score draw ever, the only other time this score has occurred was in Clausura 2000, Gimnasia LP 6-6 Colón.