2011–12 Argentine Primera División season
121st season of top-tier football league in Argentina
Football league season
The 2011–12 Primera División season is the 121st season of top-flight professional football in Argentina . A total of 20 teams will compete in the league. It started on August 5, 2011 and ended on July 1, 2012.
Club
City
Stadium
Capacity
All Boys
Buenos Aires
Islas Malvinas
21,000
Argentinos Juniors
Buenos Aires
Diego Armando Maradona
24,800
Arsenal
Sarandí
Julio H. Grondona
16,300
Atlético de Rafaela
Rafaela
Nuevo Monumental
16,000
Banfield
Banfield
Florencio Solá
40,500
Belgrano
Córdoba
Mario Alberto Kempes
57,000
Boca Juniors
Buenos Aires
Alberto J. Armando
49,000
Colón
Santa Fe
Brigadier General Estanislao López
32,500
Estudiantes (LP)
La Plata
Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
53,000
Godoy Cruz
Godoy Cruz
Malvinas Argentinas
40,268
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
Olimpo
Bahía Blanca
Roberto Natalio Carminatti
18,000
Racing
Avellaneda
Presidente Juan Domingo Perón
51,389
San Lorenzo
Buenos Aires
Pedro Bidegain
43,494
San Martín (SJ)
San Juan
Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez
25,286
Tigre
Victoria
Monumental de Victoria
26,282
Unión
Santa Fe
15 de Abril
22,852
Vélez Sársfield
Buenos Aires
José Amalfitani
49,540
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Team
Outgoing manager
Manner of departure
Date of vacancy
Replaced by
Date of appointment
Position in table
Pre-season changes
Racing
Miguel Ángel Russo
End of contract
June 19, 2011
Diego Simeone
June 21, 2011[ 1]
N/A
Estudiantes (LP)
Luis Suárez & Guillermo Trama [ M 1]
Replaced
June 21, 2011
Miguel Ángel Russo
June 21, 2011[ 2]
N/A
Apertura changes
Banfield
Sebastián Méndez
Resigned
August 27, 2011
Ricardo La Volpe
August 28, 2011[ 3]
20th
Independiente
Antonio Mohamed
Resigned
September 5, 2011[ 4]
Ramón Díaz
September 12, 2011[ 5]
17th
Argentinos Juniors
Pedro Troglio
Resigned
September 18, 2011[ 6]
Néstor Gorosito
September 20, 2011[ 7]
19th
Newell's Old Boys
Javier Torrente
Resigned
September 27, 2011[ 8]
Diego Cagna
September 29, 2011[ 9]
16th
Estudiantes (LP)
Miguel Ángel Russo
Resigned
November 7, 2011[ 10]
Juan Manuel Azconzábal [ M 2]
November 9, 2011[ 11]
19th
San Lorenzo
Omar Asad
Resigned
November 21, 2011[ 12]
Leonardo Madelón
November 22, 2011[ 13]
15th
Olimpo
Omar De Felippe [ M 3]
Resigned
November 21, 2011[ 14]
Héctor Rivoira
December 2, 2011[ 15]
17th
Inter-tournament changes
Banfield
Ricardo La Volpe
Sacked
December 14, 2011[ 16]
Jorge da Silva
December 23, 2011[ 17]
N/A
Godoy Cruz
Jorge da Silva
Resigned
December 14, 2011[ 18]
Nery Pumpido
December 23, 2011[ 19]
N/A
Newell's Old Boys
Diego Cagna
Sacked
December 19, 2011[ 20]
Gerardo Martino
December 26, 2011[ 21]
N/A
Racing
Diego Simeone
Resigned
December 19, 2011[ 22]
Alfio Basile
December 26, 2011[ 23]
N/A
Clausura changes
Colón
Mario Sciacqua
Resigned
February 20, 2012[ 24]
Roberto Sensini
February 21, 2012[ 25]
16th
Banfield
Jorge da Silva
Resigned
February 27, 2012[ 26]
Eduardo Mario Acevedo
March 10, 2012[ 27]
15th
Argentinos Juniors
Néstor Gorosito
Resigned
February 28, 2012[ 28]
Leonardo Astrada
March 1, 2012[ 29]
18th
Independiente
Ramón Díaz
Resigned
March 3, 2012[ 30]
Cristian Díaz [ M 2]
March 5, 2012[ 31]
20th
Atlético de Rafaela
Carlos Trullet
Sacked
March 12, 2012[ 32]
Rubén Forestello
March 13, 2012[ 33]
18th
Olimpo
Héctor Rivoira
Resigned
April 1, 2012[ 34]
Walter Perazzo
April 4, 2012[ 35]
20th
San Lorenzo
Leonardo Madelón
Resigned
April 1, 2012[ 36]
Ricardo Caruso Lombardi
April 3, 2012[ 37]
17th
Racing
Alfio Basile
Resigned
April 14, 2012[ 38]
Luis Zubeldía
April 15, 2012[ 39]
16th
San Martín (SJ)
Daniel Garnero
Resigned
April 21, 2012[ 40]
Facundo Sava
April 23, 2012[ 41]
19th
Estudiantes (LP)
Juan Manuel Azconzábal
Sacked
April 27, 2012[ 42]
Martín Zuccarelli [ M 1]
April 27, 2012
9th
^ a b Interim manager.
^ a b Interim manager, but later promoted to full-time manager.
^ Interim manager, but later replaced by Mauro Laspada as the interim manager.
Torneo Apertura
The 2011 Apertura was the first championship of the season. It began on August 5 and ended on February 4, 2012.
Standings
Primera División 2011 Apertura champion
Boca Juniors 30th title
Results
Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Torneo Clausura
The 2012 Clausura was the second and final championship of the season. It started on February 10 and ended on June 24, 2012.
Standings
Primera División 2012 Clausura champion
Arsenal 1st title
Results
Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Source: Soccerway[ 43]
Relegation
Source:[ 44]
The 17th and 18th placed teams in the relegation table (San Martín (San Juan) and San Lorenzo, respectively) played the 3rd and 4th-place finishers of the 2011–12 Primera B Nacional season (Instituto and Rosario Central, respectively); the winner of each claiming a spot in the following Primera División season. The Primera División team (Team 1 ) played the second leg at home with sporty advantage if the aggregate would have been drawn. Both San Lorenzo and San Martín (San Juan) remained in the Primera División .
These were the last promotions played between Argentine Primera División and Primera B Nacional teams.
International qualification
The 2011–12 Primera League table contributes towards qualifying for CONMEBOL tournaments in 2012 and 2013.
2012 CONMEBOL Tournaments
International qualification for the 2012 season presented a change from previous ones. Qualification for the first four Copa Libertadores berths comprises the previous season's Clausura champion, this season's Apertura champion, and the top two non-champions in an aggregate table of the aforementioned tournaments). The fifth Copa Libertadores berth was given to the best team in the Copa Sudamericana who has not already qualified otherwise.
Qualification to the Copa Sudamericana was determined through the same aggregate table as the Copa Libertadores. However, the six berths went to the top five teams that have not qualified for the Copa Libertadores and who were not participating in the relegation/promotion playoffs, and the Copa Argentina champion.[ 45]
Source:
[citation needed ] Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored.
Notes:
^ Boca Juniors is qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana as the 2011–12 Copa Argentina champion.
^ a b Vélez Sársfield and Boca Juniors are qualified for the 2012 Copa Libertadores as the 2011 Clausura and 2011 Apertura champions, respectively.
^ Arsenal is qualified for the 2012 Copa Libertadores as the second-best Argentine team in the 2011 Copa Sudamericana , as Vélez Sársfield had qualified for the 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.
2013 Copa Libertadores
The winner of the Clausura 2012 tournament (Arsenal) qualified directly. Other teams will qualify based on their combined points in Clausura 2012 and Inicial 2012.[ 45]
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