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The league season have had different formats, since the original double round-robin until the Liga Profesional. The champion is the team with the most points at the end of the competition. The first Argentine football champions, St. Andrew's and Old Caledonians, were crowned in 1891 in the first official championship.
The Primera División (Spanish pronunciation: [pɾiˈmeɾa ðiβiˈsjon]; English: "First Division"), known officially as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Betano for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, [9] organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).
This is a list of major records of the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system. The first season was held in 1891. There have also been a number of changes in the competition format: Between 1891 and 1966 it was played during one year in a double round-robin tournament.
Brazil's São Paulo and Argentina's River Plate follow in the list, having won 12 competitions. Boca Juniors holds the record for the most Recopa Sudamericana titles, winning it four times, and two Copa Sudamericana titles, a joint-record with Independiente, Brazil's Athletico Paranaense and Independiente del Valle from Ecuador.
The "Copa Campeonato" trophy was awarded to Primera División champion from 1896 until 1926. [1] From 2013 to 2015, it was given to the Superfinal winner. [2]Since the creation of the first league in 1891, several official cups have been played in Argentina apart from the main competition, the Primera División championship.
The Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional is an official national football cup of Argentina organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and contested by the winners of Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional.
The clashes for the Copa Aldao between the champions of Argentina and Uruguay kindled the idea of continental competition in the 1930s. [1] In 1948, the South American Championship of Champions (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano de Campeones), the most direct precursor to the Copa Libertadores, was played and organized by the Chilean club Colo-Colo after years of planning and organization. [1]
This is a list of Argentine Primera División top scorers, that enumerates all players that have finished a season as top goalscorers in the top level of the Argentine football league system from 1891 (the year that the first championship was held) to date. [1] [2]