2010–11 Argentine Primera División season
120th season of top-tier football league in Argentina
Football league season
The 2010–11 Primera División season was the 120th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina . A total of 20 teams competed in two championships —the Apertura and Clausura — over the course of the season, which started on August 6, 2010 and ended on June 30, 2011, one day prior to the start of the 2011 Copa América , held in Argentina .
Twenty clubs participated in the 2010–11 season. Chacarita Juniors and Atlético Tucumán were relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season . They were replaced by Olimpo and Quilmes , both of whom were promoted from the Primera B Nacional . Rosario Central and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) played in the relegation/promotion playoffs against All Boys and Atlético de Rafaela , respectively, to determine the other two teams for this season. Following those matches, Gimnasia stayed in the Primera División, while Rosario Central was relegated and replaced by All Boys.
During the season, Estudiantes used Estadio Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner in Quilmes and Estadio Ciudad de La Plata in La Plata since their home stadium, Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi , was undergoing renovations.
Club
City
Stadium
Capacity
Current manager
All Boys
Buenos Aires
Islas Malvinas
21,000
José Santos Romero
Argentinos Juniors
Buenos Aires
Diego Armando Maradona
24,800
Pedro Troglio
Arsenal
Sarandí
Julio H. Grondona
16,300
Gustavo Alfaro
Banfield
Banfield
Florencio Solá
40,500
Sebastián Méndez
Boca Juniors
Buenos Aires
Alberto J. Armando
49,000
Julio César Falcioni
Colón
Santa Fe
Brigadier General Estanislao López
32,500
Mario Sciacqua
Estudiantes (LP)
La Plata
Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi
23,000
Eduardo Berizzo
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
La Plata
Juan Carmelo Zerillo
24,544
Darío Ortiz
Godoy Cruz
Godoy Cruz
Malvinas Argentinas
40,268
Jorge da Silva
Huracán
Buenos Aires
Tomás Adolfo Ducó
48,314
Roberto Pompei
Independiente
Avellaneda
Libertadores de América
32,500
Antonio Mohamed
Lanús
Lanús
Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez
46,619
Gabriel Schürrer
Newell's Old Boys
Rosario
Marcelo Bielsa
38,095
Javier Torrente
Olimpo
Bahía Blanca
Roberto Natalio Carminatti
18,000
Omar de Felippe
Quilmes
Quilmes
Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner
30,200
Ricardo Caruso Lombardi
Racing
Avellaneda
Presidente Juan Domingo Perón
51,389
Miguel Ángel Russo
River Plate
Buenos Aires
Monumental Antonio V. Liberti
65,645
Juan José López
San Lorenzo
Buenos Aires
Pedro Bidegain
43,494
Omar Asad
Tigre
Victoria
Monumental de Victoria
26,282
Rodolfo Arruabarrena
Vélez Sársfield
Buenos Aires
José Amalfitani
49,540
Ricardo Gareca
Transfers
See List of Argentine Primera División transfers July–August 2010 .
Managerial changes
Team
Outgoing manager
Manner of departure
Date of vacancy
Replaced by
Date of appointment
Position in table
Pre-season changes
San Lorenzo
Sebastián Méndez (interim)
End of contract
May 14, 2010 [ 1]
Ramón Díaz
May 25, 2010 [ 2]
N/A
Boca Juniors
Roberto Pompei (interim)
End of contract
May 14, 2010
Claudio Borghi
May 20, 2010 [ 3]
N/A
Independiente
Américo Gallego
End of contract
May 18, 2010 [ 4]
Daniel Garnero
May 20, 2010 [ 5]
N/A
Argentinos Juniors
Claudio Borghi
End of contract
May 16, 2010
Pedro Troglio
June 1, 2010 [ 6]
N/A
Arsenal
Carlos Ruiz (interim)
End of contract
July 12, 2010
Gustavo Alfaro
July 12, 2010 [ 7]
N/A
Apertura changes
Independiente
Daniel Garnero
Resigned
September 20, 2010 [ 8]
Antonio Mohamed
October 5, 2010 [ 9]
17th
Huracán
Héctor Rivoira
Resigned
September 20, 2010 [ 10]
Miguel Ángel Brindisi
September 22, 2010 [ 11]
14th
Colón
Antonio Mohamed
Resigned
September 21, 2010 [ 12]
Fernando Gamboa
September 27, 2010 [ 13]
15th
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
Diego Cocca
Resigned
September 29, 2010 [ 14]
Pablo Morant (interim)
September 30, 2010 [ 15]
19th
Quilmes
Hugo Tocalli
Resigned
October 15, 2010 [ 16]
Leonardo Madelón
October 18, 2010 [ 17]
19th
River Plate
Ángel Cappa
Sacked
November 8, 2010 [ 18]
Juan José López
November 10, 2010 [ 19]
11th
Lanús
Luis Zubeldía
Resigned
November 15, 2010 [ 20]
Gabriel Schürrer
November 15, 2010 [ 20]
14th
Boca Juniors
Claudio Borghi
Resigned
November 17, 2010 [ 21]
Roberto Pompei (interim)
November 17, 2010 [ 21]
15th
Inter-tournament changes
Godoy Cruz
Omar Asad
Resigned
December 14, 2010 [ 22]
Jorge da Silva
December 15, 2010 [ 23]
N/A
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
Pablo Morant (interim)
End of contract
December 18, 2010
Ángel Cappa
December 21, 2010 [ 24]
N/A
Boca Juniors
Roberto Pompei (interim)
End of contract
December 18, 2010
Julio César Falcioni
December 18, 2010 [ 25]
N/A
Banfield
Julio César Falcioni
Resigned
December 18, 2010
Sebastián Méndez
December 21, 2010 [ 26]
N/A
Tigre
Ricardo Caruso Lombardi
Resigned
December 29, 2010 [ 27]
Rodolfo Arruabarrena
January 5, 2011 [ 28]
N/A
Estudiantes (LP)
Alejandro Sabella
Resigned
February 3, 2011 [ 29]
Eduardo Berizzo
February 7, 2011 [ 30]
N/A
Clausura changes
Huracán
Miguel Ángel Brindisi
Resigned
February 22, 2011 [ 31]
Roberto Pompei
February 24, 2011 [ 32]
18th
Quilmes
Leonardo Madelón
Resigned
March 6, 2011 [ 33]
Ricardo Caruso Lombardi
March 8, 2011 [ 34]
20th
Colón
Fernando Gamboa
Sacked
April 9, 2011 [ 35]
Mario Sciacqua (interim)
April 11, 2011 [ 36]
10th
Newell's Old Boys
Roberto Sensini
Resigned
April 10, 2011 [ 37]
Javier Torrente
April 18, 2011 [ 38]
19th
San Lorenzo
Ramón Díaz
Resigned
April 24, 2011 [ 39]
Miguel Tojo (interim)
May 24, 2011 [ 40]
11th
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
Ángel Cappa
Sacked
May 1, 2011 [ 41]
Darío Ortiz (interim)
May 2, 2011 [ 42]
18th
Estudiantes (LP)
Eduardo Berizzo
Resigned
May 30, 2011 [ 43]
Luis Suárez and Guillermo Trama (interim)
May 30, 2011
15th
Torneo Apertura
The Torneo Apertura 2010 (known as the Torneo IVECO del Bicentenario Apertura 2010 for sponsorship reasons) was the first championship of the season. It began on August 6 and it ended on February 6, 2011.[ n 1]
Standings
Source:
[ 44] Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to determining the champion. If two or more teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship.
Primera División 2010 Apertura champion
Estudiantes 6th title
Results
Source:
[ 45] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Source:[ 46]
Torneo Clausura
The Torneo Clausura 2011 , officially called the Torneo Clausura Néstor Kirchner 2011 , began on February 11 and ended on June 19.
Standings
Source:
[ 47] Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to determining the champion. If two or more teams had been tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff would have been held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship.
Results
Source:
universofutbol.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Source:[ 48]
Relegation
Source:[ 49]
Since Huracán and Gimnasia (La Plata) finished with the same relegation co-efficient at the dividing line, a one-match playoff was held to determine who had to play in the relegation/promotion playoffs and who had to be directly relegated to the Primera B Nacional . The match was played on June 22, 2011 at Estadio Alberto J. Armando in Buenos Aires . Gimnasia won the match 2–0 and continued to the relegation/promotion playoff against San Martín de San Juan ; Huracán was relegated to the Primera B Nacional.
The 17th and 18th placed teams in the relegation table (River Plate and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) , respectively) played the 3rd and 4th-place finishers of the 2010–11 Primera B Nacional season (San Martín (SJ) and Belgrano , respectively), the winner of each claiming a spot in the following Primera División season. The Primera División team (Team 1 ) played the second leg at home. Both San Martín de San Juan and Belgrano defeated their Primera División counterparts—Gimnasia de La Plata and River Plate, respectively—to earn promotion to the Primera División for the 2011–12 season . Of historic note, this is the first time River Plate got relegated to the Primera B Nacional.
International qualification
Copa Libertadores
The 2010 Clausura champion (Argentinos Juniors ) and the 2010 Apertura champion (Estudiantes de La Plata ) earned a berth to the 2011 Copa Libertadores . Independiente won the 2010 Copa Sudamericana and earned a berth into the competition. The remaining two berths were determined by an aggregate table of the 2010 Clausura and 2010 Apertura tournaments.
Source:
[citation needed ] Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored.
Gimnasia de La Plata was ineligible for the competition for having participated in the promotion/relegation playoffs following the 2009–10 season.
Notes:
^ a b Argentinos Juniors and Estudiantes qualified as the 2010 Clausura and 2010 Apertura champion, respectively.
^ Independiente qualified as the 2010 Copa Sudamericana champion.
Copa Sudamericana
Qualification for the 2011 Copa Sudamericana was determined by an aggregate table of the Apertura 2010 and Clausura 2011 tournaments.
Source:
[citation needed ] Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored.
Notes:
^ River Plate was ineligible for the competition since they were played the Relegation Play off or Relegated directly to the B Nacional .
^ Independiente qualified as the 2010 Copa Sudamericana champion.
See also
Notes
^ Due to the death of Néstor Kirchner , President of Argentina from 2003–2007, on October 27, all matches for the following weekend were postponed. This pushed the match schedule for the remainder of the season back a week, changing the end of the tournament from December 12 to December 19. The schedule was later adjusted again to end on December 12 as planned. Due to Independiente's participation in the 2010 Copa Sudamericana , their match against Tigre was postponed to February 6, 2011.
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