Argentinian Primera Division

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Poster

Established
1891 (135 years old)

First Recorded Event
2015-02-13

Current Season
2026

Current Round
6

Level Above

Level Below
Argentinian Primera B Nacional

Sport
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Soccer

Location
Argentina

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - CBS Sports [2021-2024]

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Upcoming
20 Feb	Defensa y	8:15pm	Belgrano
20 Feb	Estudiant	8:45pm	Sarmiento
20 Feb	Boca Juni	11:00pm	Racing Cl
20 Feb	Instituto	11:00pm	Atlético
21 Feb	Gimnasia	1:15am	Gimnasia
21 Feb	Rosario C	1:15am	Talleres
21 Feb	Platense	8:00pm	Barracas
21 Feb	Banfield	10:15pm	Newell's
21 Feb	Deportivo	10:15pm	Huracán
22 Feb	Central C	12:30am	Tigre
Results
19 Feb	Independi	-	Independi
16 Feb	Deportivo	1 - 1	Newell's
16 Feb	Rosario C	2 - 0	Barracas
16 Feb	Instituto	2 - 0	Central C
15 Feb	Boca Juni	0 - 0	Platense
15 Feb	Gimnasia	0 - 0	Estudiant
15 Feb	Independi	0 - 1	Belgrano
15 Feb	Atlético	4 - 0	Estudiant
14 Feb	Talleres	2 - 1	Gimnasia
14 Feb	Huracán	1 - 0	Sarmiento

Description

The Primera División, named Liga Profesional de Fútbol since 2020, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).

The Primera División is the country's premier football division and is the top division of the Argentine football league system. It operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera Nacional (Second Division), with the teams placed lowest at the end of the season being relegated.

With the first championship held in 1891, Argentina became the first country outside the United Kingdom (where the Football League had been debuted in 1888) to establish a football league. In the early years, only teams from Buenos Aires, Greater Buenos Aires, La Plata and Rosario were affiliated to the national association. Teams from other cities would join in later years.

The Primera División turned professional in 1931 when 18 clubs broke away from the amateur leagues to form a professional one. Since then, the season has been contested annually in four different formats and calendars.

The Argentine championship was ranked in the top 10 as one of the strongest leagues in the world (for 1 January 2015 – 31 December 2015 period) by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). Argentina placed 4th after La Liga (Spain), Serie A (Italy), and Bundesliga (Germany).

Seasons

Teams

Aldosivi	Argentinos Junior	Atlético Tucumá
Banfield	Barracas Central	Belgrano
Boca Juniors	Central Córdoba	Defensa y Justici
Deportivo Riestra	Estudiantes de La	Estudiantes de
Gimnasia y Esgrim	Gimnasia y Esgr	Huracán
Independiente	Independiente Riv	Instituto
Lanús	Newell's Old Boys	Platense
Racing Club	River Plate	Rosario Central
San Lorenzo	Sarmiento	Talleres de Córd
Tigre	Unión	Vélez Sarsfield