2007-2008 in Argentine football

The Apertura 2007 saw a great deal of success for the "smaller" teams in Argentine football. The eventual champions Club Atlético Lanús won the title for the first time in their history, the first "virgin" champions since Argentinos Juniors in 1984.

2nd place went to Club Atlético Tigre, a club playing their first season in the Argentine Primera since 1980 and making their best finish ever in the top flight.

3rd place went to Banfield, completing an extremely unlikely top three.

Another small club, Arsenal de Sarandí won the 2007 Copa Sudamericana, the first major title in their history, making them the first Argentine club other than Boca Juniors to win an international competition since San Lorenzo won the Copa Sudamericana 2002.

Another feature of the Apertura was the number of managerial changes, by the end of the Apertura there had been 12 managerial changes.

The Clausura 2008 was won by River Plate, their first title since 2004.

[edit] Torneo Apertura ("Opening" Tournament)

Table positions as of 25 April 2008.

• The outstanding game between Gimnasia de La Plata and Arsenal de Sarandí which was postponed due to Arsenal's Copa Sudamericana commitments, was rescheduled for April 24, 2008 and ended in a 1-1 tie.

[edit] Top Scorers

[edit] Relegation

There is no relegation after the Apertura. For the relegation results of this tournament see below.

[edit] Torneo Clausura ("Closing" Tournament)

Table positions as of June 22, 2008

[edit] Top Scorers

Positions as of June 25, 2008

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Darío Cvitanich	Banfield	13
2	Martín Palermo	Boca Juniors	10
3	Martín Bravo	San Martín (San Juan)	9
	Germán Denis	Independiente
	Santiago Salcedo	Newell's Old Boys
	Diego Buonanotte	River Plate
7	Rubén Ramírez	Colón de Santa Fe	8
	Luciano Leguizamón	Arsenal de Sarandí
	César Carranza	Gimnasia de Jujuy
9	Daniel Montenegro	Independiente	7
	Santiago Silva	Vélez Sársfield
	Gonzalo Bergessio	San Lorenzo
	José Sand	Lanús

[edit] Aggregate table

[edit] Relegation

positions as of June 22, 2008.

[edit] Promotion playoff

Teams and schedules will be decided based on average after the end of the Closing tournament.

The first and second legs of the final are scheduled to be played on June 25 and June 29, respectively.

Date Time	Venue	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Referee	Match Report(s)
2008-06-25 17:00 ET	Estadio 15 de Abril, Santa Fe	Unión de Santa Fe Serrizuela  44'	1-1	Gimnasia de Jujuy Carranza  34'	Alejandro Sabino	Report (Spanish)
2008-06-29 17:10 ET	Estadio 23 de Agosto, San Salvador de Jujuy	Gimnasia de Jujuy Arraya  68'	1-0	Unión de Santa Fe	Diego Abal	Report (Spanish)

Gimnasia de Jujuy wins 2-1 and stays in the Argentine First Division, while Unión de Santa Fe does not get promoted and remains in Argentine Nacional B.

Date Time	Venue	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Referee	Match Report(s)
2008-06-25 20:10 ET	Estadio Córdoba , Córdoba	Belgrano de Córdoba Gigli  76'	1-1	Racing Club Sava  14'	Gustavo Bassi	Report (Spanish)
2008-06-29 14:10 ET	Presidente Perón, Avellaneda	Racing Club Morales  10'	1-0	Belgrano de Córdoba	Sergio Pezzotta	Report (Spanish)

Racing Club wins 2-1 and stays in the Argentine First Division, while Belgrano de Córdoba does not get promoted and remains in Argentine Nacional B.

[edit] Managerial Changes

This is a list of the managerial changes in the Argentine Primera during the 2007-2008 season.

[edit] Transfers

See List of Primera División Argentina football transfers - 2008-09.

[edit] Lower Leagues

[edit] Argentine Clubs in International Competitions

[edit] Argentina National Team

This section will cover Argentina's games from the end of the Copa América 2007 until June 30th, 2008.

Updated June 19, 2008

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Comp	Argentina scorers	Match Report(s)
August 22, 2007	Ullevaal Stadion Oslo, Norway	Norway	2- 1	F	Rodríguez  83'	N/A
September 11, 2007	MCG Melbourne, Australia	Australia	0- 1	F	Demichelis  48'	N/A
October 13, 2007	El Monumental Buenos Aires, Argentina	Chile	2-0	WCQ2010	Riquelme  28',  45+1'	Report
October 16, 2007	José Pachencho Romero Maracaibo, Venezuela	Venezuela	0- 2	WCQ2010	G. Milito  16', Messi  43'	Report
November 17, 2007	El Monumental Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bolivia	3 -0	WCQ2010	Agüero  40', Riquelme  56',  74'	Report
November 20, 2007	El Campín Bogotá, Colombia	Colombia	2- 1	WCQ2010	Messi  36'	Report
March 26, 2008	Cairo International Stadium Cairo, Egypt	Egypt	0 - 2	F	Agüero  74', Burdisso  84'	Report
June 4, 2008	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, USA	Mexico	1- 4	F	Burdisso  11', Messi  18', Rodríguez  29', Agüero  71'	N/A
June 8, 2008	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, USA	United States	0-0	F		Report
June 15, 2008	El Monumental Buenos Aires, Argentina	Ecuador	1-1	WCQ2010	Palacio  90+4'	Report
June 18, 2008	Estádio Magalhães Pinto Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Brazil	0-0	WCQ2010		Report

KEY: F = Friendly match; WCQ2010 = 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

[edit] External links

• AFA

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