2012–13 Argentine Primera División season

Emanuel Gigliotti
Ignacio Scocco
(11 goals each)
Biggest home win	San Martín (SJ) 6–1 Boca Juniors (Apr. 13, 2013); River Plate 5–0 Godoy Cruz (Oct. 7, 2012); Newell's Old Boys 5–0 Unión (Jun. 10, 2013)
Biggest away win	Arsenal 1–5 Vélez Sarsfield (Nov. 3, 2012); Arsenal 0–4 River Plate (Sep. 30, 2012)
Highest scoring	Atlético de Rafaela 5–3 Argentinos Juniors (Sep. 29, 2012) (8 goals)
Longest winning run	Lanús -7 matches- (Oct. 5 - Nov. 19, 2012)
Longest unbeaten run	Newell's Old Boys - 15 matches- (Aug. 4 - Nov. 15, 2012); Lanús -15 matches- (Dec. 8, 2012 - May 20, 2013)
Longest losing run	Argentinos Juniors -6 matches- (Nov. 24, 2012 - Feb. 22, 2013)
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13

Quilmes

). The two promoted clubs avoided relegation.

In the first half of the season

Newell's Old Boys

clinched the 2013 Torneo Final "Eva Perón", winning the “Juana Azurduy” League Cup.

In the Superfinal Vélez Sarsfield were crowned Argentina's Super champions after a 1–0 victory over Newell's Old Boys in Mendoza. This was the first overall league championship play-off in Argentina since 1991 when Newell's defeated Boca Juniors on penalties.

Independiente was relegated, for first time, to the Primera B Nacional Championship. The other relegated teams were San Martín (SJ) and Unión.

Format changes

The champion of the Torneo Inicial and Torneo Final met in a season ending championship final to determine the super champion. The format for each tournament remained the same as in previous seasons.

Relegation was also changed for the season. Instead of two teams facing direct relegation to the Primera B Nacional, three teams were directly relegated. The promotion/relegation playoffs were eliminated.

Teams

The teams ending the 2011–12 season in the bottom two places of the relegation table were

Quilmes

were directly promoted at the end of the season.

Instituto and Rosario Central

.

Stadia and locations

Locations of the 2012−13 Primera División teams outside Greater Buenos Aires

.

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
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	30,000
Lanús	Lanús	Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez	46,619
Newell's Old Boys	Rosario	Marcelo Bielsa	38,095
Quilmes	Quilmes	Centenario	30,200
Racing	Avellaneda	Presidente Juan Domingo Perón	55,389
River Plate	Buenos Aires	Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti	64,624
San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires	Pedro Bidegain	39,494
San Martín (SJ)	San Juan	Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez	25,286
Tigre	Victoria	José Dellagiovanna	26,282
Unión	Santa Fe	15 de Abril	22,852
Vélez Sarsfield	Buenos Aires	José Amalfitani	45,540

Club	Manager	Most goals scored	Goals	Most minutes played ¹	Minutes (Matches)
All Boys	José Romero	Iván Borghello	9	Nicolás Cambiasso	3420 (38)
Argentinos Juniors	Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	Juan Luis Anangonó	5	Ariel Garcé	2764 (31)
Arsenal	Gustavo Alfaro	Darío Benedetto	7	Cristian Campestrini	3330 (37)
Arsenal	Gustavo Alfaro	Lisandro López	7	Cristian Campestrini	3330 (37)
Atlético de Rafaela	Jorge Burruchaga	César Carignano	5	Guillermo Sara	3240 (36)
		Federico González
		Jonathan López
Belgrano	Ricardo Zielinski	Lucas Melano	5	Guillermo Farré	3310 (37)
Belgrano	Ricardo Zielinski	Jorge Velázquez	5	Guillermo Farré	3310 (37)
Boca Juniors	Carlos Bianchi	Santiago Silva	11	Santiago Silva	2441 (28)
Colón	Pablo Morant	Emanuel Gigliotti	21	Diego Pozo	3016 (34)
Estudiantes (LP)	Mauricio Pellegrino	Duván Zapata	13	Leandro Desábato	3003 (34)
Godoy Cruz	Martín Palermo	Mauro Obolo	10	Mauro Obolo	3319 (38)
Independiente	Miguel Ángel Brindisi	Ernesto Farías	5	Claudio Morel Rodríguez	2483 (29)
Lanús	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	Silvio Romero	13	Agustín Marchesín	3330 (37)
Newell's Old Boys	Gerardo Martino	Ignacio Scocco	24	Nahuel Guzmán	2970 (33)
Newell's Old Boys	Gerardo Martino	Ignacio Scocco	24	Santiago Vergini	2970 (33)
Quilmes	Omar De Felippe	Martín Cauteruccio	14	Emanuel Trípodi	3330 (37)
Racing	Luis Zubeldía	Luciano Vietto	13	Matías Cahais	3314 (37)
River Plate	Ramón Díaz	Manuel Lanzini	8	Marcelo Barovero	3033 (34)
San Lorenzo	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Denis Stracqualursi	8	Pablo Alvarado	3143 (35)
San Martín (SJ)	Rubén Forestello	Humberto Osorio Botello	11	Emmanuel Más	3330 (37)
Tigre	Néstor Gorosito	Rubén Botta	5	Mariano Echeverría	3060 (34)
Tigre	Néstor Gorosito	Matías Pérez García	5	Mariano Echeverría	3060 (34)
Unión	Facundo Sava	Andrés Franzoia	8	Nicolás Correa	3330 (37)
Vélez Sarsfield	Ricardo Gareca	Facundo Ferreyra	16	Sebastián Domínguez	2880 (32)

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pre-season changes
Lanús	Gabriel Schürrer	Sacked	June 18, 2012	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	June 20, 2012^[1]	N/A
Estudiantes (LP)	Martín Zuccarelli ¹	Replaced	June 24, 2012	Diego Cagna	June 29, 2012^[2]	N/A
Torneo Inicial changes
Independiente	Cristian Díaz	Resigned	August 25, 2012	Américo Gallego	August 27, 2012^[3]	17th
Unión	Frank Kudelka	Resigned	August 31, 2012	Nery Pumpido	September 4, 2012^[4]	19th
San Martín (SJ)	Facundo Sava	Sacked	September 3, 2012^[5]	Gabriel Perrone ²	September 7, 2012^[6]	20th
San Lorenzo	Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	Mutual agreement	October 9, 2012	Juan Antonio Pizzi	October 13, 2012^[7]	18th
Tigre	Rodolfo Arruabarrena	Resigned	October 21, 2012	Néstor Gorosito	October 22, 2012^[8]	19th
Argentinos Juniors	Leonardo Astrada	Resigned	November 4, 2012^[9]	Gabriel Schürrer ³	November 15, 2012^[10]	17th
Atlético de Rafaela	Rubén Forestello	Sacked	November 18, 2012^[11]	Jorge Burruchaga ⁴	December 5, 2012^[12]	15th
Godoy Cruz	Omar Asad	Resigned	November 19, 2012^[13]	Martín Palermo ⁵	November 26, 2012^[14]	14th
River Plate	Matías Almeyda	Sacked	November 27, 2012^[15]	Ramón Díaz ⁶	November 29, 2012^[16]	9th
Inter-tournament changes
Unión	Nery Pumpido	Resigned	December 8, 2012	Facundo Sava	December 16, 2012^[17]	N/A
Boca Juniors	Julio César Falcioni	End of contract	December 10, 2012	Carlos Bianchi	December 17, 2012^[18]	N/A
Torneo Final changes
Argentinos Juniors	Gabriel Schürrer	Resigned	February 22, 2013^[19]	Ricardo Caruso Lombardi ⁷	March 14, 2013^[20]	20th
San Martín (SJ)	Gabriel Perrone	Resigned	March 10, 2013^[21]	Rubén Forestello ⁸	March 17, 2013^[22]	17th
Colón	Roberto Sensini	Resigned	March 16, 2013	Pablo Morant ⁹	March 17, 2013^[23]	20th
Estudiantes (LP)	Diego Cagna	Resigned	March 30, 2013^[24]	Mauricio Pellegrino ¹⁰	April 5, 2013^[25]	19th
Independiente	Américo Gallego	Mutual agreement	April 14, 2013	Miguel Ángel Brindisi	April 16, 2013^[26]	16th

Home \ Away	ALL	ARJ	ARS	ATR	BEL	BOC	COL	EST	GCR	IND	LAN	NOB	QUI	RAC	RIV	SLO	SMJ	TIG	USF	VEL
All Boys		0–1	0–1		1–0		1–1				2–1		1–1		0–0			2–2	3–1	0–2
Argentinos Juniors						1–1		2–1	2–1	0–1		1–3		0–2		1–2	1–1	0–0	3–3
Arsenal		2–2			0–2	1–0	2–0		3–0		1–0				0–4				1–0	1–5
Atlético de Rafaela	2–1	5–3	0–0		1–3		2–0				1–2		1–1		0–0			3–0		0–3
Belgrano		0–0				3–1		1–0	1–0		0–2	0–0		1–0		0–0		1–0	1–0
Boca Juniors	3–1			2–1				0–0	2–1	2–1		0–0		3–1		3–1	1–1	2–0
Colón		3–1			2–2	0–0			1–1		1–0	1–2		0–1	1–1				2–0
Estudiantes (LP)	0–1		2–1	3–1			1–2			2–0			2–1		0–2		2–0			0–0
Godoy Cruz	1–1			2–0				1–0		2–1		1–1	0–0	0–1		0–0	1–0
Independiente	1–1		0–2	2–0	1–2		2–2				0–2		1–1		2–2			1–1		0–0
Lanús		1–0				2–0		0–0	2–0			0–1		1–1		0–0	2–1	4–1	2–0
Newell's Old Boys	1–2		2–1	3–0				1–0		0–0			0–0			1–0	2–0			1–0
Quilmes		0–1	1–2		1–1	3–0	2–2				0–0				1–0			0–0	2–1	0–1
Racing	3–1		0–0	1–1				0–1		2–0		0–0	4–0			4–0	3–1
River Plate		0–0			1–2	2–2			5–0		1–0	3–3		0–1		0–0			2–0
San Lorenzo	4–0		0–0	1–0			2–1	0–1		2–1			2–2				2–1			1–2
San Martín (SJ)	2–1		4–0	1–2	1–1		0–1			0–0			4–0		0–2			2–2		0–3
Tigre			0–1				2–2	1–2	2–0			0–0		1–1	2–3	1–1				0–1
Unión				0–0		1–2		2–2	0–1	1–2		2–2		1–1		2–2	1–2	1–1
Vélez Sarsfield		3–0			2–1	0–1	2–4		2–1		0–2			1–0	2–0				2–0

Rank	Name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Facundo Ferreyra	Argentine	Vélez Sársfield	13
1	Ignacio Scocco	Argentine	Newell's Old Boys	13
3	Emanuel Gigliotti	Argentine	Colón	10
4	Martín Cauteruccio	Uruguayan	Quilmes	7
	Lucas Pratto	Argentine	Vélez Sársfield	7
	Denis Stracqualursi	Argentine	San Lorenzo	7
7	Iván Borghello	Argentine	All Boys	6
	Rodrigo Mora	Uruguayan	River Plate	6
	Humberto Osorio Botello	Colombian	San Martín (SJ)	6
	Santiago Silva	Uruguayan	Boca Juniors	6
	Duván Zapata	Colombian	Estudiantes (LP)	6

2012–13 Argentine Primera División season

Format changes

Teams

Stadia and locations

Statistics

Managerial changes

Torneo Inicial

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

Torneo Final

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

Superfinal

Details

Relegation

International qualification

2013 Copa Libertadores

2013 Copa Sudamericana

References

External links

Pos	Team	2010–11 Pts	2011–12 Pts	2012–13 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Vélez Sarsfield	82	64	61	207	114	1.816
2	River Plate	—	—	64	64	38	1.684
3	Lanús	63	55	67	185	114	1.623
4	Boca Juniors	53	76	51	180	114	1.579
5	Arsenal	57	62	60	179	114	1.57
6	Belgrano	—	55	59	114	76	1.5
7	Estudiantes (LP)	69	50	48	167	114	1.465
8	Newell's Old Boys	42	48	74	164	114	1.439
9	Racing	52	50	62	164	114	1.439
10	Colón	47	60	46	153	114	1.342
11	Godoy Cruz	63	38	49	150	114	1.316
12	Quilmes	—	—	50	50	38	1.316
13	San Lorenzo	47	44	58	149	114	1.307
14	Tigre	50	63	34	147	114	1.289
15	All Boys	51	54	41	146	114	1.281
16	Argentinos Juniors	54	49	37	140	114	1.228
17	Atlético de Rafaela	—	50	43	93	76	1.224
18	San Martín (SJ) (R)	—	48	43	91	76	1.197	Primera B Nacional
19	Independiente (R)	43	47	39	129	114	1.132
20	Unión (R)	—	50	24	74	76	0.974

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