The 2018–19 Argentine Primera División – Superliga Argentina (officially the Superliga Quilmes Clásica for sponsorship reasons) was the 129 season of top-flight professional

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. The season began on 10 August 2018 and ended on 7 April 2019.

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were the defending champions. Twenty-six teams competed in the league, twenty-four returning from the 2017–18 season and two promoted from the

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( Aldosivi and San Martín (T)). Four teams (

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, Olimpo,

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, and

Chacarita Juniors Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Greater Buenos Aires. T ...

) were relegated to the Primera B Nacional championship in the previous tournament.

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won their eighteenth national league championship with one match to spare after a 1–1 draw against Tigre on 31 March 2019.

Competition format

The tournament was contested by 26 teams. It began on 10 August 2018 and ended on 7 April 2019. Each team played the other 25 teams in a single

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. The additional match against the main rival team in the so-called "Fecha de Clásicos" was once again omitted in this season. From 14 April to 2 June 2019, the Primera División played a new competition named " Copa de la Superliga".

Club information

Stadia and locations

Personnel

Managerial changes

Interim managers
:1. Darío Cavallo was interim manager in the 2017–18 Copa Argentina round of 64. :2. Rodrigo Acosta was interim manager in the 4th round. :3.

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was interim manager in the 6th round. :4. Ariel Martos was interim manager in the 6th round. :5. Juan Carlos Blengio was interim manager in the 7th round. :6. Diego Monarriz was interim manager in the 11th round. :7.

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was interim manager until the end of 2018. :8. Raúl Sanzotti was interim manager until the end of 2018. :9. Interim manager, but later promoted to manager. :10. Floreal García was interim manager in the 20th round. :11.

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was interim manager in the 21st round. :12. Pablo Quatrocchi was interim manager in the 21st and 22nd rounds. :13. Marcelo Goux was interim manager in the 22nd round.

Foreign players

Players holding Argentinian dual nationality

They do not take foreign slot. * Raúl Bobadilla (Argentinos Juniors) *

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(Huracán) * Norberto Briasco-Balekian (Huracán) * Pablo Hernández (Independiente) * Dylan Gissi (Patronato) * Gabriel Arias (Racing) *

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(Racing) *

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(River Plate) *

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(Rosario Central) * Joel Soñora (Talleres (C)) *

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(Talleres (C)) Source
AFA

League table

Results

Teams played every other team once (either at home or away) completing a total of 25 rounds.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Source

Top assists

Source

Relegation

Relegation at the end of the season is based on coefficients, which take into consideration the points obtained by the clubs during the present season and the two previous seasons (only seasons at the top flight are counted). The total tally is then divided by the number of games played in the top flight over those three seasons and an average is calculated. The four teams with the worst average at the end of the season were relegated to

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. Source
AFA

Awards

The following players were rewarded for their performances during the season. *Best goalkeeper:

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(

) *Best defender: Javier Pinola ( River Plate) *Best midfielder: Nicolás Domínguez ( Vélez Sarsfield) *Best forward: Lisandro López (

) *Best save: Alan Aguerre (

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) against

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*Best goal: Emanuel Reynoso (

) against San Martín (T) *Best coach: Eduardo Coudet (

) *Best player: Lisandro López (

) *Topscorer: Lisandro López (

) *Honorary Award: Pablo Guiñazú ( Talleres (C)),

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( River Plate),

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( Estudiantes (LP)) and Sebastián Bertoli (

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) *Breakthrough player: Matías Zaracho (

) *Fair Play:

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*SAF de Oro:

2018–19 Superliga Argentina de Fútbol team

References

External links

AFA - Sitio Oficial

Superliga Argentina official website
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