1985–86 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
River Plate, champions
Season	1985–86
Champions	River Plate (21st title)
Relegated	Chacarita Juniors Huracán
1986 Copa Libertadores	River Plate Boca Juniors
Top goalscorer	Enzo Francescoli (25 goals)
← 1985 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 Argentine Primera División was the 95th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on July 6, 1985 and ended on April 20, 1986.^[1]

This tournament saw a major reform in Argentine football, as the European calendar was adopted for the tournament format. River Plate won the league title for the 21st time.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	River Plate	36	23	10	3	74	26	+48	56
2	Newell's Old Boys	36	15	16	5	46	30	+16	46
3	Deportivo Español	36	18	10	8	41	35	+6	46
4	Argentinos Juniors	36	16	12	8	47	39	+8	44
5	Boca Juniors	36	14	13	9	57	47	+10	41
6	Ferro Carril Oeste	36	12	16	8	45	33	+12	40
7	San Lorenzo	36	14	12	10	43	33	+10	40
8	Talleres (C)	36	10	17	9	43	37	+6	37
9	Independiente	36	15	6	15	38	36	+2	36
10	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	36	9	18	9	29	36	−7	36
11	Instituto	36	11	13	12	33	33	0	35
12	Vélez Sársfield	36	11	12	13	48	48	0	34
13	Huracán	36	10	12	14	44	47	−3	32
14	Unión	36	9	13	14	27	38	−11	31
15	Temperley	36	8	13	15	44	60	−16	29
16	Estudiantes (LP)	36	10	7	19	33	47	−14	27
17	Platense	36	7	13	16	37	55	−18	27
18	Racing (C)	36	6	14	16	31	52	−21	26
19	Chacarita Juniors	36	5	11	20	24	53	−29	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Relegation

Relegation was determined by averaging the number of points obtained over the three previous seasons

Relegation table

Team	1983	1984	1985–86	Total points	Seasons	Points average
Deportivo Español	N/A	N/A	46	46	1	46.00
Ferro Carril Oeste	46	50	40	136	3	45.33
Argentinos Juniors	36	51	44	131	3	43.66
River Plate	29	43	56	128	3	42.33
San Lorenzo	47	37	40	124	3	41.33
Vélez Sársfield	44	42	34	120	3	40.00
Newell's Old Boys	35	38	46	119	3	39.67
Independiente	48	31	36	115	3	38.33
Estudiantes (LP)	38	48	27	113	3	37.67
Boca Juniors	37	30	41	108	3	36.00
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	N/A	N/A	36	36	1	36.00
Talleres (C)	33	34	37	104	3	34.67
Instituto	35	33	35	103	3	34.33
Unión	38	30	31	99	3	33.00
Racing (C)	27	43	26	96	3	32.00
Platense	34	33	27	94	3	31.33
Temperley	33	31	29	93	3	31.00
Huracán	32	27	32	91	3	30.33
Chacarita Juniors	N/A	34	21	55	2	27.50

Chacarita Juniors were relegated directly
Huracán played in the Octagonal promotion tournament.

Qualification for Copa Libertadores 1986

River Plate qualified as League champions
Argentinos Juniors qualified as Copa Libertadores holders
The remaining qualification place was determined by the Liguella Pre-Libertadores

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

Qualifying round

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Alianza (CCo)	Boca Juniors	1-2	1-2	2-4
Concepción	Vélez Sársfield	0-3	1-2	1-5
Ferro Carril Oeste	Güemes	2-1	2-1	4-2
San Lorenzo	Guaraní Antonio Franco	4-1	3-0	7-1

Quarter-finals

		Score
Ferro Carril Oeste	Deportivo Español	4-1 (aet)
Newell's Old Boys	Belgrano	2-1
Olimpo	Boca Juniors	2-3
San Lorenzo	Vélez Sársfield	0-0 (4-3 p.k.)

Semi-finals

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Newell's Old Boys	Ferro Carril Oeste	1-0	1-1	2-1
San Lorenzo	Boca Juniors	1-2	0-0	1-2

Final

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Boca Juniors	Newell's Old Boys	0-2	4-1	4-3

Boca Juniors qualified for the 1986 Copa Libertadores.

References

^ Argentina 1985-86 by Pablo Ciullini at RSSSF.com

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