Table:
No.Team G W D L Gf Ga P (Headquarter on)
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1.Racing Club 30 16 9 5 69 38 41 (Avellaneda)
2.Boca Juniors 30 14 10 6 70 48 38 (Buenos Aires)
3.San Lorenzo de Almagro 30 16 6 8 66 47 38 (Buenos Aires)
4.Atlanta 30 14 8 8 47 33 36 (Buenos Aires)
5.Rosario Central 30 13 9 8 50 43 35 (Rosario)
6.River Plate 30 14 9 7 62 45 35 [-2] (Buenos Aires)
7.Vélez Sarsfield 30 13 8 9 50 47 34 (Buenos Aires)
8.Independiente 30 11 11 8 58 47 33 (Avellaneda)
9.Estudiantes de La Plata 30 13 5 12 60 56 31 (La Plata)
10.Central Córdoba 30 12 3 15 57 65 27 (Rosario)
11.Huracán 30 12 3 15 46 51 27 (Buenos Aires)
12.Argentinos Juniors 30 8 9 13 58 68 25 (Buenos Aires)
13.Lanús 30 8 9 13 58 70 25 (Lanús)
14.Gimnasia y Esgrima 30 7 10 13 55 68 24 (La Plata)
15.Newell's Old Boys 30 4 9 17 29 56 17 (Rosario)
16.Tigre 30 4 4 22 29 82 12 (Victoria)
Note:
. River Plate, 2 points deducted.
Second place playoff:
No.Team G W D L Gf Ga P
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2.Boca Juniors 2 1 0 1 6 5 2 (Buenos Aires)
3.San Lorenzo de Almagro 2 1 0 1 5 6 2 (Buenos Aires)
Round 1 [Mar 23, Sun]:
Atlanta 2:1 Central Córdoba
Boca Juniors 1:1 Argentinos Juniors
Estudiantes de La Plata 5:1 Huracán
Independiente 1:1 Rosario Central
Newell's Old Boys 0:3 Racing Club
San Lorenzo de Almagro 3:3 Gimnasia y Esgrima
Tigre 0:3 River Plate
Vélez Sarsfield 2:3 Lanús
Round 2 [Mar 30, Sun]:
Argentinos Juniors 1:1 Tigre
Central Córdoba 1:3 Independiente [at Newell's Old Boys]
Gimnasia y Esgrima 5:3 Newell's Old Boys
Huracán 1:3 Boca Juniors
Lanús 2:2 San Lorenzo de Almagro
Racing Club 1:2 Atlanta
River Plate 0:0 Vélez Sarsfield
Rosario Central 1:1 Estudiantes de La Plata
Round 3:
[Apr 3, Thu]
Argentinos Juniors 2:4 River Plate [at Vélez Sarsfield]
Boca Juniors 3:2 Rosario Central
Independiente 1:1 Racing Club
[Apr 6, Sun]
Atlanta 2:1 Gimnasia y Esgrima
Estudiantes de La Plata 5:0 Central Córdoba
Newell's Old Boys 1:3 Lanús
San Lorenzo de Almagro 0:0 Vélez Sarsfield
Tigre 0:2 Huracán
Round 4:
[Jul 5, Sat]
Rosario Central 6:1 Tigre
[Jul 6, Sun]
Central Córdoba 3:2 Boca Juniors [at Newell's Old Boys]
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2:3 Independiente
Huracán 0:2 Argentinos Juniors
Lanús 4:2 Atlanta
Racing Club 2:1 Estudiantes de La Plata
River Plate 2:4 San Lorenzo de Almagro
Vélez Sarsfield 0:0 Newell's Old Boys
Round 5 [Jul 13, Sun]:
Argentinos Juniors 0:1 Rosario Central
Atlanta 0:1 Vélez Sarsfield
Boca Juniors 1:1 Racing Club
Estudiantes de La Plata 1:2 Gimnasia y Esgrima
Huracán 1:1 River Plate
Independiente 3:4 Lanús
Newell's Old Boys 1:3 San Lorenzo de Almagro
Tigre 0:2 Central Córdoba
Round 6:
[Jul 17, Thu]
Rosario Central 0:1 Huracán
[Jul 19, Sat]
Central Córdoba 0:3 Argentinos Juniors [at Newell’s Old Boys]
[Jul 20, Sun]
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2:2 Boca Juniors
Lanús 0:2 Estudiantes de La Plata
Racing Club 3:1 Tigre
River Plate 1:0 Newell's Old Boys
San Lorenzo de Almagro 0:3 Atlanta
Vélez Sarsfield 1:0 Independiente
Round 7:
[Jul 27, Sun]
Argentinos Juniors 1:1 Racing Club [at Vélez Sarsfield]
Boca Juniors 3:0 Lanús
Estudiantes de La Plata 2:0 Vélez Sarsfield
Huracán 5:0 Central Córdoba
Independiente 0:0 San Lorenzo de Almagro
Tigre 2:3 Gimnasia y Esgrima
[Jul 30, Wed]
Atlanta 2:0 Newell's Old Boys
Rosario Central 3:2 River Plate
Round 8:
[Aug 9, Sat]
Central Córdoba 0:0 Rosario Central [at Newell's Old Boys]
[Aug 10, Sun]
Gimnasia y Esgrima 6:3 Argentinos Juniors
Lanús 1:2 Tigre
Newell's Old Boys 1:1 Independiente
Racing Club 4:1 Huracán
River Plate 0:3 Atlanta
San Lorenzo de Almagro 3:2 Estudiantes de La Plata
Vélez Sarsfield 1:1 Boca Juniors
Round 9:
[Aug 15, Fri]
Rosario Central 0:0 Racing Club
[Aug 17, Sun]
Argentinos Juniors 2:2 Lanús
Boca Juniors 0:2 San Lorenzo de Almagro [at Vélez Sarsfield]
Central Córdoba 3:4 River Plate [at Newell's Old Boys]
Estudiantes de La Plata 3:0 Newell's Old Boys
Huracán 2:1 Gimnasia y Esgrima
Independiente 3:2 Atlanta
Tigre 1:1 Vélez Sarsfield
Round 10:
[Aug 24, Sun]
Newell's Old Boys 1:1 Boca Juniors
[Aug 31, Sun]
Atlanta 4:1 Estudiantes de La Plata
Gimnasia y Esgrima 1:1 Rosario Central
Lanús 2:2 Huracán
Racing Club 3:2 Central Córdoba
River Plate 1:1 Independiente
San Lorenzo de Almagro 5:0 Tigre
Vélez Sarsfield 1:2 Argentinos Juniors
Round 11:
[Sep 6, Sat]
Central Córdoba 4:2 Gimnasia y Esgrima [at Newell's Old Boys]
[Sep 7, Sun]
Argentinos Juniors 1:3 San Lorenzo de Almagro [at Vélez Sarsfield]
Boca Juniors 2:1 Atlanta
Estudiantes de La Plata 2:1 Independiente
Huracán 5:0 Vélez Sarsfield
Racing Club 3:2 River Plate
Rosario Central 2:1 Lanús
Tigre 0:2 Newell's Old Boys [abandoned in 75m, score stood on Sep 18]
Round 12:
[Sep 14, Sun]
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2:2 Racing Club
Independiente 2:1 Boca Juniors
Lanús 3:3 Central Córdoba
Newell's Old Boys 2:0 Argentinos Juniors
River Plate 5:2 Estudiantes de La Plata
Vélez Sarsfield 3:5 Rosario Central
[Sep 17, Wed]
Atlanta 2:0 Tigre
San Lorenzo de Almagro 3:1 Huracán
Round 13 [Sep 21, Sun]:
Argentinos Juniors 1:1 Atlanta
Boca Juniors 2:1 Estudiantes de La Plata
Central Córdoba 5:2 Vélez Sarsfield [at Newell's Old Boys]
Gimnasia y Esgrima 0:0 River Plate
Huracán 4:0 Newell's Old Boys
Racing Club 4:0 Lanús
Rosario Central 2:1 San Lorenzo de Almagro
Tigre 0:0 Independiente [at Ferro Carril Oeste]
Round 14 [Sep 28, Sun]:
Atlanta 3:1 Huracán
Estudiantes de La Plata 6:1 Tigre
Independiente 1:2 Argentinos Juniors
Lanús 6:0 Gimnasia y Esgrima
Newell's Old Boys 1:1 Rosario Central
River Plate 2:2 Boca Juniors
San Lorenzo de Almagro 2:0 Central Córdoba
Vélez Sarsfield 2:2 Racing Club
Round 15:
[Oct 4, Sat]
Central Córdoba 0:2 Newell's Old Boys [at Rosario Central]
[Oct 5, Sun]
Argentinos Juniors 1:1 Estudiantes de La Plata
Gimnasia y Esgrima 0:5 Vélez Sarsfield
Huracán 3:1 Independiente [at San Lorenzo de Almagro]
Racing Club 3:1 San Lorenzo de Almagro
River Plate 3:2 Lanús
Rosario Central 0:0 Atlanta
Tigre 2:3 Boca Juniors [at Vélez Sarsfield]
Round 16:
[Oct 11, Sat]
Central Córdoba 2:0 Atlanta [at Newell's Old Boys]
[Oct 12, Sun]
Argentinos Juniors 1:0 Boca Juniors [at Vélez Sarsfield]
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2:3 San Lorenzo de Almagro
Huracán 0:1 Estudiantes de La Plata [at San Lorenzo de Almagro]
Lanús 0:2 Vélez Sarsfield
Racing Club 4:1 Newell's Old Boys
River Plate 5:2 Tigre
Rosario Central 1:1 Independiente
Round 17:
[Oct 18, Sat]
Estudiantes de La Plata 2:1 Rosario Central
[Oct 19, Sun]
Atlanta 1:1 Racing Club
Boca Juniors 2:2 Huracán [at San Lorenzo de Almagro]
Independiente 3:0 Central Córdoba
Newell's Old Boys 1:0 Gimnasia y Esgrima
San Lorenzo de Almagro 3:3 Lanús
Tigre 3:5 Argentinos Juniors [at Platense]
Vélez Sarsfield 1:0 River Plate [abandoned in 87m, score stood on Oct 30]
Round 18:
[Oct 22, Wed]
Central Córdoba 6:1 Estudiantes de La Plata [at Newell's Old Boys]
Gimnasia y Esgrima 1:1 Atlanta
Huracán 1:0 Tigre
Lanús 2:0 Newell's Old Boys
Racing Club 4:1 Independiente
Vélez Sarsfield 0:2 San Lorenzo de Almagro
[Oct 23, Thu]
River Plate 3:2 Argentinos Juniors [at Ferro Carril Oeste]
Rosario Central 2:1 Boca Juniors [at Newell's Old Boys]
Round 19 [Oct 26, Sun]:
Argentinos Juniors 3:0 Huracán
Atlanta 1:0 Lanús
Boca Juniors 2:0 Central Córdoba
Estudiantes de La Plata 1:2 Racing Club
Independiente 2:2 Gimnasia y Esgrima
Newell's Old Boys 1:1 Vélez Sarsfield
San Lorenzo de Almagro 3:1 River Plate
Tigre 4:2 Rosario Central [at Platense]
Round 20:
[Nov 1, Sat]
Gimnasia y Esgrima 1:2 Estudiantes de La Plata
Rosario Central 3:1 Argentinos Juniors [at Newell's Old Boys]
[Nov 2, Sun]
Central Córdoba 2:0 Tigre [at Newell's Old Boys]
Lanús 3:3 Independiente
Racing Club 1:2 Boca Juniors
River Plate lp:wp Huracán [not played, River Plate 2 points deducted, at Ferro Carril Oeste]
San Lorenzo de Almagro 2:2 Newell's Old Boys
Vélez Sarsfield 3:1 Atlanta
Round 21:
[Nov 7, Fri]
Huracán 0:1 Rosario Central
[Nov 8, Sat]
Newell's Old Boys 1:2 River Plate
[Nov 9, Sun]
Argentinos Juniors 2:3 Central Córdoba
Atlanta 2:0 San Lorenzo de Almagro
Boca Juniors 4:2 Gimnasia y Esgrima
Estudiantes de La Plata 2:1 Lanús
Independiente 1:4 Vélez Sarsfield
Tigre 0:4 Racing Club
Round 22:
[Nov 11, Tue]
Central Córdoba 1:0 Huracán [at Newell's Old Boys]
[Nov 12, Wed]
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2:0 Tigre
Lanús 1:5 Boca Juniors
Newell's Old Boys 0:0 Atlanta
Racing Club 5:2 Argentinos Juniors
River Plate 5:1 Rosario Central
San Lorenzo de Almagro 0:1 Independiente
Vélez Sarsfield 4:1 Estudiantes de La Plata
Round 23:
[Nov 15, Sat]
Independiente 4:2 Newell's Old Boys
[Nov 16, Sun]
Argentinos Juniors 3:3 Gimnasia y Esgrima
Atlanta 0:1 River Plate
Boca Juniors 4:1 Vélez Sarsfield
Estudiantes de La Plata 2:1 San Lorenzo de Almagro
Huracán 2:4 Racing Club [abandoned in 89m, score stood on Nov 27]
Rosario Central 3:2 Central Córdoba [at Newell's Old Boys]
Tigre 0:3 Lanús
Round 24:
[Nov 18, Tue]
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2:1 Huracán
Newell's Old Boys 1:1 Estudiantes de La Plata
[Nov 19, Wed]
Lanús 2:2 Argentinos Juniors
Racing Club 2:0 Rosario Central
River Plate 5:2 Central Córdoba
Vélez Sarsfield 1:0 Tigre
[Nov 20, Thu]
Atlanta 2:1 Independiente
San Lorenzo de Almagro 3:1 Boca Juniors [at Huracán]
Round 25:
[Nov 22, Sat]
Rosario Central 2:2 Gimnasia y Esgrima
[Nov 23, Sun]
Argentinos Juniors 4:5 Vélez Sarsfield
Boca Juniors 4:2 Newell's Old Boys
Central Córdoba 1:0 Racing Club [at Newell's Old Boys]
Estudiantes de La Plata 0:0 Atlanta
Huracán 3:0 Lanús [at Ferro Carril Oeste]
Independiente 1:1 River Plate
Tigre 4:1 San Lorenzo de Almagro
Round 26:
[Nov 29, Sat]
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2:2 Central Córdoba
Independiente 2:1 Estudiantes de La Plata
[Nov 30, Sun]
Lanús 2:1 Rosario Central
Newell's Old Boys 1:1 Tigre
San Lorenzo de Almagro 6:3 Argentinos Juniors [at Ferro Carril Oeste]
[Dec 3, Wed]
Atlanta 3:3 Boca Juniors
River Plate 2:0 Racing Club
Vélez Sarsfield 1:0 Huracán
Round 27:
[Dec 5, Fri]
Central Córdoba 7:3 Lanús [at Newell's Old Boys]
[Dec 6, Sat]
Estudiantes de La Plata 3:3 River Plate
Rosario Central 3:1 Vélez Sarsfield
[Dec 7, Sun]
Argentinos Juniors 2:1 Newell's Old Boys
Boca Juniors 3:3 Independiente
Huracán 2:4 San Lorenzo de Almagro [at Ferro Carril Oeste]
Racing Club 4:1 Gimnasia y Esgrima
Tigre 1:3 Atlanta
Round 28:
[Dec 12, Fri]
Independiente 6:0 Tigre
[Dec 13, Sat]
Newell's Old Boys 1:2 Huracán
[Dec 14, Sun]
Atlanta 1:1 Argentinos Juniors
Estudiantes de La Plata 2:5 Boca Juniors
River Plate 1:0 Gimnasia y Esgrima
San Lorenzo de Almagro 2:3 Rosario Central [at Ferro Carril Oeste]
Vélez Sarsfield 3:1 Central Córdoba
Lanús 3:3 Racing Club
[Rojas 22, 32, 36; Manfredini 28, Cap 63, Manfredini 78]
Racing Club won the championship in this round with the following line-ups:
Lanús: Miguel Alberto Celadilla; Carlos César Correa, Rubén Hugo Bertulessi,
José Díaz, Juan Héctor Guidi, José Nazionale, Dalmiro Ricardo Polero,
Iseo Fausto Rosello Zechini, Benito Cejas, Alfredo Hugo Rojas, Ángel Rambert.
Racing Club: Osvaldo Jorge Negri; Norberto Anido, Juan Carlos Murúa,
Héctor Marcelo Bono, Vladislao “Wenceslao” Cap, Julio César Gianella,
Oreste Osmar Corbatta, Juan José Pizzuti, Pedro Waldemar Manfredini,
Urbano Agustín Reynoso, Raúl Oscar Belén.
Referee: Robert Turner.
Field: Lanús.
Att.: 17,000.
Round 29:
[Dec 20, Sat]
Argentinos Juniors 1:3 Independiente
Boca Juniors 2:2 River Plate [at Huracán]
Rosario Central 1:0 Newell's Old Boys
[Dec 21, Sun]
Central Córdoba 1:2 San Lorenzo de Almagro [at Newell's Old Boys]
Gimnasia y Esgrima 4:1 Lanús
Huracán 2:1 Atlanta
Racing Club 2:2 Vélez Sarsfield [at Independiente]
Tigre 2:1 Estudiantes de La Plata
Round 30:
[Dec 26, Fri]
Newell's Old Boys 1:3 Central Córdoba
[Dec 27, Sat]
Estudiantes de La Plata 5:4 Argentinos Juniors
Independiente 5:1 Huracán
San Lorenzo de Almagro 2:0 Racing Club [abandoned in 67m, score stood on Jan 12]
Vélez Sarsfield 2:1 Gimnasia y Esgrima [at Platense]
[Dec 28, Sun]
Atlanta 2:1 Rosario Central
Boca Juniors 5:1 Tigre [at Huracán]
Lanús 1:1 River Plate
Second place playoff:
On April 15 the local/away responsibility was defined as follow:
1st leg [Apr 23, 1959, Thu]:
Boca Juniors 3:4 San Lorenzo de Almagro [at Huracán]
2nd leg [Apr 26, 1959, Sun]:
San Lorenzo de Almagro 1:3 Boca Juniors [at Huracán]
Note:
. Boca Juniors won the second place by goal average in the original table.
Table:
No. Team G W D L Gf: Ga P (Position of)
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1.Racing Club 30 16 9 5 69: 38 41 (Champion)
2.Boca Juniors 30 14 10 6 70: 48 38
3.San Lorenzo de Almagro 30 16 6 8 66: 47 38
4.Atlanta 30 14 8 8 47: 33 36 (Cup Winner)
5.Rosario Central 30 13 9 8 50: 43 35
6.River Plate 30 14 9 7 62: 45 35 [-2]
7.Vélez Sarsfield 30 13 8 9 50: 47 34
8.Independiente 30 11 11 8 58: 47 33
9.Estudiantes de La Plata 30 13 5 12 60: 56 31
10.Central Córdoba 30 12 3 15 57: 65 27
11.Huracán 30 12 3 15 46: 51 27
12.Argentinos Juniors 30 8 9 13 58: 68 25
13.Lanús 30 8 9 13 58: 70 25
14.Gimnasia y Esgrima 30 7 10 13 55: 68 24
15.Newell's Old Boys 30 4 9 17 29: 56 17
16.Tigre 30 4 4 22 29: 82 12 (Relegation)
Note:
. River Plate, 2 points deducted.
Playoff matches
#.Team MP W D L Gf: Ga P
2.Boca Juniors 2 1 0 1 6: 5 2 (Runner-up)
3.San Lorenzo de Almagro 2 1 0 1 5: 6 2
For tie in 2nd/3rd places two playoff matches were played. As both teams won the same points,
goal average of the original table was used:
#.Team Gf / Ga Goal Average
2.Boca Juniors: 70 / 48 1.458333333
3.San Lorenzo de Almagro 66 / 47 1.404255319
For ties in 5th/6th, 10th/11th and 12th/13th places, the tiebreaker was in favor of the club
which won more points against the team with they tied and with the top three teams of the table.
(Article 118 of General Regulations):
#.Team MP W D L Gf: Ga P
5.Rosario Central 8 4 1 3 13: 16 9
6.River Plate 8 2 2 4 18: 18 6
10.Central Córdoba 8 3 0 5 8: 16 6
11.Huracán 8 1 1 6 14: 21 3
12.Argentinos Juniors 8 1 4 3 13: 20 6
13.Lanús 8 0 5 3 13: 24 5
Topscorers (playoff included):
29 - José Francisco Sanfilippo (San Lorenzo de Almagro) [One goal in playoff matches]
22 - Alfredo Hugo Rojas (Lanús)
21 – Osvaldo Ángel Nardiello (Boca Juniors)
20 - Pedro Eugenio Callá (Argentinos Juniors)
19 - Héctor Edelmiro Antonio (Estudiantes de La Plata)
19 - Pedro Waldemar Manfredini (Racing Club)
16 - Juan José Pizzuti (Racing Club)
Relegation table:
----Season----
1956 1957 1958 Average
1.River Plate 43 46 35 41.33
2.Racing Club 39 36 41 38.67
3.Boca Juniors 40 34 38 37.33
4.San Lorenzo de Almagro 29 38 38 35.00
5.Vélez Sarsfield 37 34 34 35.00
6.Independiente 30 31 33 31.33
7.Rosario Central 30 27 35 30.67
8.Atlanta 24 36 30.00
9.Lanús 41 22 25 29.33
10.Estudiantes de La Plata 23 33 31 29.00
11.Huracán 23 33 27 27.67
12.Central Córdoba 27 27.00
13.Argentinos Juniors 22 28 25 25.00
14.Newell's Old Boys 26 31 17 24.67
15.Gimnasia y Esgrima 26 23 24 24.33
16.Tigre 22 23 12 19.00 Relegated
1957.
1959.
With thanks to Marta Emilia Edwin
Sources: [CIHF-], [Ram-2], newspapers: Clarín, La Prensa and La Nación
Prepared and maintained by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Osvaldo José Gorgazzi (osvaldogorgazzi at yahoo.com.ar)
Last updated: 17 Aug 2017
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