Metropolitano championship

The Metropolitano championship ("Campeonato Metropolitano") was an Argentine football tournament existed between 1967 and 1984. The Metropolitano formed one half of the Primera División, taking place in the first half of the year, while the Nacional championship ("Campeonato Nacional") took place in the 2nd half of the year. This arrangement lasted until 1982 when they were reversed. The Metropolitano and Nacional were abandoned to make way for European style seasons beginning in 1985-1986.

The Metropolitano utilised a number of different formats including the basic league table, 2 groups qualifying to semi-finals. The number of participants varied between a low of 18 (1972, 1973 and 1981) to a high of 23 (1977)

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  1 List of Champions
  


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  2 Top three finishes
  


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  3 Records
  


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  4 See also
  


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  5 External links
  

List of Champions

Year	Format	Champions	Runners-up	Third Place /Semi-finalists
1967	2x11, SF	Estudiantes (LP)	Racing	Independiente Platense
1968	2x11, SF	San Lorenzo	Estudiantes	River Plate Vélez Sársfield
1969	2x11, SF	Chacarita Juniors	River Plate	Boca Juniors Racing
1970	league of 21	Independiente	River Plate	San Lorenzo
1971	league of 19	Independiente	Vélez Sársfield	Chacarita Juniors
1972	league of 18	San Lorenzo	Racing	Huracán
1973	league of 18	Huracán	Boca Juniors	San Lorenzo
1974	2x8, group of 4	Newell's Old Boys	Rosario Central	Boca Juniors Huracán
1975	league of 20	River Plate	Huracán	Boca Juniors
1976	2x11, SF	Boca Juniors	Huracán	Estudiantes (LP)
1977	league of 23	River Plate	Independiente	Vélez Sársfield
1978	league of 21	Quilmes	Boca Juniors	Unión
1979	2x10, SF	River Plate	Vélez Sársfield	Independiente Rosario Central
1980	league of 19	River Plate	Argentinos Juniors	Talleres (C)
1981	league of 18	Boca Juniors	Ferro Carril Oeste	Huracán
1982	league of 19	Estudiantes (LP)	Independiente	Boca Juniors
1983	league of 19	Independiente	San Lorenzo	Ferro Carril Oeste
1984	league of 19	Argentinos Juniors	Ferro Carril Oeste	Estudiantes (LP)

Top three finishes

Club	Champions	Runners-up	Third Place/SF
River Plate	4	2	1
Independiente	3	2	2
Boca Juniors	2	2	4
Estudiantes (LP)	2	1	2
San Lorenzo	2	1	2
Argentinos Juniors	1	1	0
Huracán	1	2	1
Chacarita Juniors	1	0	1
Newell's Old Boys	1	0	1
Quilmes	1	0	0
Vélez Sársfield	0	2	2
Ferro Carril Oeste	0	2	1
Racing	0	2	1
Rosario Central	0	1	1
Talleres (C)	0	0	1
Unión	0	0	1

Records

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  River Plate hold the most titles with four, and are the only team to have won two consecutive Metropolitano championships in 1979 and 1980.


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  Vélez Sársfield are the most successful team never to win the Metropolitano, with 2 second places, a third place and a semi-final place.


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  Diego Maradona was topscorer in the Metropolitano three times (1978, 1979, 1980)


• The only other player to be topscorer on more than one occasion was Carlos Manuel Morete (1974, 1982)

See also

• Argentine Primera División


• Nacional championship


• Apertura and Clausura


• Football in Argentina

External links

• RSSSF list of final tables, Argentina

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Superliga Argentina
2018–19 teams	Aldosivi Argentinos Juniors Atlético Tucumán Banfield Belgrano Boca Juniors Colón Defensa y Justicia Estudiantes (LP) Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Godoy Cruz Huracán Independiente Lanús Newell's Old Boys Patronato Racing River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo San Martín (SJ) San Martín (T) Talleres (C) Tigre Unión Vélez Sarsfield
League format	Calendar-year (1891–1966, 2015–16) Metropolitano and Nacional (1967–85) European style (1985–90, 2016–present) Apertura and Clausura (1991–2012) Inicial and Final (2012–14)
Seasons	1891 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014 2015 2016 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Dissolved bodies	Federación Argentina de Football (1912–14) Asociación Amateurs de Football (1919–26) Liga Argentina de Football (1931–34)
Other articles	Champions year by year All-time table Players Records Top scorers Fillol Award Disaffiliated teams
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