Superliga Argentina (association)
Formation | 27 July 2017[1] |
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Founded at | Buenos Aires |
Dissolved | 28 April 2020[2] |
Type | Sports association |
Headquarters | Buenos Aires |
Region | Argentina |
Membership | 24 clubs [note 1] |
President | Marcelo Elizondo [3] |
Parent organization | AFA |
Website | saf.com.ar |
The Superliga Argentina de Fútbol,[4] (officially "Superliga Profesional del Fútbol Argentino") was an Argentine sports association responsible for administering the main professional league of Argentine football, the Primera División, between 2017 and 2020. The Superliga was contractually bound to the Argentine Football Association,[5] although it operated as an autonomous body and had its own statute.[1][6]
As well as the Primera División championships, the body also created and organised two
History
In 2016, the Association approved the creation of a new entity, named "Superliga Argentina de Fútbol", which would take over the organisation of the two main leagues in Argentine football,
The main football leagues of Europe (such as
The
The Superliga, through the Board of Directors and with the advice of the Competencies Management, was the only competent entity to establish all the obligations, guidelines and instructions that must be met by the participating clubs of Primera División on all aspects of the tournament, including those relating to protocol, commercial rights, advertising, press, accreditations.[13]
The SAF also awarded winning teams with trophies especially created for the occasion. For instance, the Primera División cup was designed by renowned goldsmith Adrián Pallarols.[14] Apart from the trophy for the winning team, commemorative medals were also launched to award their players.[15] The first club being awarded with the trophy was Boca Juniors as 2017–18 champion.[16]
In February 2020, President of AFA Claudio Tapia stated that the Superliga had been established to position Argentine football as a product, but it failed in that purpose. As a result, AFA would take over the organisation of Primera División championships, according with Tapia's statement.[17] One month after those announcements, the president of the Superliga, Mariano Elizondo, resigned.[18]
The Superliga was replaced by a similar body, named "Liga Profesional de Fútbol", directly linked to AFA and presided by
Additional competitions
In 2018, the creation of a new competition, the "
The cup was contested by teams participating in Primera División. The six best placed teams directly qualified to the round of 16 while the 20 remaining played a preliminary round. All the matches were played in a two-legged series with the exception of the final.[20] The winning team played the Copa Libertadores while the runner-up was eligible for the Copa Sudamericana.[21]
The other competition created by the body was the Trofeo de Campeones de la Superliga Argentina.[22] The annual football match was played for the first time in 2019, being contested by the reigning champions of Primera División and Copa de la Superliga respectively.
Competitions
List of competitions organized by Superliga Argentina de Fútbol:
Name | Tenure |
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Primera División | 2017–2020 [note 2] |
Copa de la Superliga |
2019–2020 [24] |
Trofeo de Campeones | 2019 [24] |
See also
Notes
References
- ^ a b c Convenio de Coordinación, signed 26 Jul 2017, on SAF website
- ^ a b Quién es quién en una AFA nueva, Clarín, 19 May 2020
- ^ a b Tinelli es oficialmente el presidente de Superliga en una votación unánime, La Voz, 18 March 2020
- ^ "Lista de candidatos de la Superliga".
- ^ "La Superliga dio el puntapié inicial | Se aprobó el contrato del nuevo campeonato que tendrá la Primera División". PAGINA12. July 28, 2017.
- ^ a b c El fútbol que viene asomando by Gustavo Veiga, Página/12, 28 Jun 2017
- ^ Se juega el Trofeo de Campeones on Superliga website, 14 Sep 2019
- ^ La Superliga Argentina presentó oficialmente el Trofeo de Campeones on La Voz del Interior, 21 Nov 2019
- ^ Así se jugará la Copa de la Superliga on NetTV
- ^ La AFA aprobó la creación de la Superliga, La Nueva, 24 Feb 2017
- ^ La creación de la Liga Argentina by Fernando Czyz on La Nación, 19 Apr 2016
- ^ ¿Habrá más "liga" con la Superliga?
- ^ Reglamentos 2018-19 on SAF website
- ^ Se presentó el trofeo de la Superliga: así es la copa que buscará alzar Boca en La Bombonera by Fernando Taveira, Infobae, 5 May 2018
- ^ Amarilla, Doble. "La Superliga presentó el trofeo que levantarán todos los campeones". Doble Amarilla.
- ^ Las fotos de Boca campeón, Clarín, 9 May 2018
- ^ Reunión clave en el fútbol argentino: Tapia recibió a los principales dirigentes de Primera con la idea de ponerle fin a la Superliga on Infobae, 26 Feb 2020
- ^ a b Renunció Mariano Elizondo, Infobae, 10 March 2020
- ^ Así se jugará la Copa de la Superliga, el nuevo torneo del fútbol argentino, Infobae, 19 July 2018
- ^ Se aprobó la Copa de la Superliga on SAF
- ^ Reglamento oficial del torneo 2018-19, inc. 12.4, pág. 13
- ^ www.saf.com.ar. "Se juega el Trofeo de Campeones". Superliga Argentina de Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ "Argentina 1891". Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Liga profesional de Fútbol - Sitio Oficial". www.estoespasion.com. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
External links
- Official site (archived, 13 Oct 2019)