1967 Argentine Primera División

Primera División

Season	1967
Champions	Metropolitano: Estudiantes (1st title) Nacional: Independiente (6th title)
1968 Copa Libertadores	Estudiantes Independiente
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The 1967 Primera División season was the 37th season of the professional football of the Argentine top-flight. It was the first season in which the Metropolitano and Nacional format was used.

Campeonato Metropolitano

Campeonato Metropolitano

Champions	Estudiantes
Matches played	245
Goals scored	606 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bernardo Acosta (18 goals)

The Campeonato Metropolitano was the first championship of the season. It was contested between twenty-two teams directed affiliated with the Argentine Football Association from March 3 to August 6.

The format championship was in two rounds. The first round saw the 22 teams divided into two groups of 11. They would play within that group in a double round-robin format. In addition, they would play one team in the other group twice (the other team typically being a traditional rival). The top two teams in each group would advance to the semifinals and qualify for the Campeonato Nacional, the next four teams would qualify to the Campeonato Nacional, the next two teams would go to the Promocional tournament, and the bottom three teams would go to the Reclasificatorio. The four teams qualified to the semifinals would then compete in a one leg, single elimination tournament.

Estudiantes de La Plata won the Metropolitano under the leadership of Osvaldo Zubeldía. It was their second Primera División title and the first in the professional era. Paraguayan Bernardo Acosta of Lanús finished as the top goalscorer with 18 goals.

Classification round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Racing	22	10	9	3	30	16	+14	29	Advanced to the Semifinals & Qualified to the Campeonato Nacional
2	Estudiantes	22	11	7	4	24	15	+9	29
3	Vélez Sársfield	22	10	7	5	35	22	+13	27	Qualified to the Campeonato Nacional
4	Boca Juniors	22	8	10	4	29	20	+9	26
5	Lanús	22	7	8	7	40	29	+11	22
6	Quilmes	22	6	9	7	27	32	−5	21
7	Huracán	22	5	10	7	30	34	−4	20	To the Promocional
8	Colón	22	3	13	6	17	23	−6	19
9	Newell's Old Boys	22	5	7	10	22	27	−5	17	To the Reclasificatorio
10	Argentinos Juniors	22	4	7	11	21	43	−22	15
11	Atlanta	22	3	8	11	23	35	−12	14

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Platense	22	13	2	7	40	28	+12	28	Advanced to the Semifinals & Qualified to the Campeonato Nacional
2	Independiente	22	10	7	5	33	15	+18	27
3	Rosario Central	22	9	8	5	24	22	+2	26	Qualified to the Campeonato Nacional
4	San Lorenzo	22	10	5	7	32	27	+5	25
5	Ferro Carril Oeste	22	9	6	7	23	21	+2	24
6	River Plate	22	9	5	8	31	23	+8	23
7	Gimnasia (La Plata)	22	8	5	9	25	32	−7	21	To the Promocional
8	Banfield	22	6	8	8	21	22	−1	20
8	Unión	22	5	10	7	21	25	−4	20	To the Reclasificatorio
10	Deportivo Español	22	5	6	11	20	36	−16	16
11	Chacarita Juniors	22	4	7	11	26	47	−21	15

Semifinals

August 3	Estudiantes	4–3	Platense	Estadio Camilo Cichero, Buenos Aires

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August 4	Racing	2–0	Independiente	Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda

Final

August 6	Estudiantes	3–0	Racing	Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Attendance: 59,453 Referee: Guillermo Nimo
	Madero  52' Verón  69' Ribaudo  72'

Reclasificatorio

The Reclasificatorio was a promotion/relegation tournament between the bottom six teams from the Campeonato Metropolitano and the top four teams from the Primera B (currently the Primera B Metropolitana). At the end of the Reclasificatorio, the top six teams would stay/be promoted in the league; the bottom four teams would remain/be relegated to the Primera B.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Newell's Old Boys	18	8	7	3	20	12	+8	23	Remains the Primera División
2	Atlanta	18	9	4	5	27	14	+13	22
3	Tigre	18	6	8	4	15	12	+3	20	Promoted to the Primera División
4	Los Andes	18	6	7	5	20	16	+4	19
4	Chacarita Juniors	18	6	7	5	18	16	+2	19	Remains the Primera División
6	Argentinos Juniors	18	7	4	7	21	24	−3	18
7	Almagro	18	5	7	6	20	24	−4	17	Remains in the Primera B
7	Unión	18	6	5	7	17	20	−3	17	Relegated to the Primera B
9	Deportivo Español	18	5	5	8	15	21	−6	15
10	Defensores de Belgrano	18	3	4	11	9	23	−14	10	Remains in the Primera B

Promocional

The Promocional was an extra tournament played between four teams from the Campeonato Metropolitano and the four runners-up of the regional leagues.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Gimnasia (La Plata)	14	10	2	2	35	11	+24	22
2	Huracán	14	9	3	2	36	15	+21	21
3	Colón	14	6	6	2	23	17	+6	18
4	Banfield	14	7	3	4	37	18	+19	17
5	Sportivo Guzmán	14	4	5	5	20	24	−4	13
6	Racing (Córdoba)	14	3	2	9	16	30	−14	8
6	Olimpo	14	3	2	9	17	39	−22	8
8	Atlético Juventud	14	2	1	11	18	48	−30	5

Campeonato Nacional

Campeonato Nacional

Champions	Independiente
Matches played	120
Goals scored	342 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Luis Artime (11 goals)

The Campeonato Nacional was the second and last championship of the season. It was played between September 8 to December 17.

The format for the Nacional was a single round-robin tournament. The team with the highest points at the end would be the champion. The champion and runner-up would qualify to the 1968 Copa Libertadores. Sixteen teams played in the Nacional: twelve qualified from the Metropolitano, and four qualified from the Regional Tournament (San Martín (Mendoza), San Lorenzo (Mar del Plata), Central Córdoba (Santiago del Estero), and Chaco For Ever).

Independiente won the Campeonato Nacional for their sixth Primera División title in the professional era. They were led by Oswaldo Brandao and their own Luis Artime was the top goalscorer with 11 goals.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Independiente	15	12	2	1	43	14	+29	26	1968 Copa Libertadores
2	Estudiantes	15	9	6	0	19	8	+11	24
3	Vélez Sársfield	15	8	4	3	28	14	+14	20
	Rosario Central	15	8	4	3	26	13	+13	20
5	River Plate	15	9	1	5	33	15	+18	19
6	San Lorenzo	15	7	4	4	32	15	+17	18
7	Lanús	15	8	0	7	23	26	−3	16
	Boca Juniors	15	6	4	5	21	20	+1	16
9	Ferro Carril Oeste	15	5	5	5	21	22	−1	15
	Platense	15	5	5	5	19	20	−1	15
11	Quilmes	15	5	3	7	16	19	−3	13
	San Martín (Mendoza)	15	3	4	8	17	31	−14	10
12	Racing	15	2	6	7	11	23	−12	10
14	Central Córdoba (Santiago del Estero)	15	2	5	8	11	25	−14	9
15	San Lorenzo (Mar del Plata)	15	1	4	10	11	33	−22	6
16	Chaco For Ever	15	1	1	13	11	44	−33	3

See also

• 1967 in Argentine football

References

General

• Gorgazzi, Osvaldo José (October 20, 2006). "Argentina - First Division A 1967". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arg67.html. Retrieved November 6, 2010. 

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