Primera División1997/1998

Season

Tier : 1

Type of clubs : A

Country : Argentina

Games played : 380

Goals scored : 1115 (2.93 goals per match )

Yellow cards : 63

Red cards : 35

44%
Home victories

29%
Draws

27%
Away victories

Players age average : 25.51 years

Number of players participating : 274

Promoted : Argentinos Juniors, Gimnasia y Tiro

Relegated to lower tier : Banfield, Huracán Corrientes

Primera División 1997/1998's fixtures and results

Apertura - Round 19

December 21, 1997

5'Rodolfo Arruabarrena

22'Martín Palermo

51'Nolberto Solano (p)

General rankingLast updated on 07/06/1998

Apertura

Clausura

Apertura
Clausura

                                
                                
                                
                                pts
                                m
                                v
                                d
                                l
                                GF
                                GA
                                diff
                            
1
                        
River Plate451914324317+26
2
                        
Boca Juniors441913513512+23
3
                        
Rosario Central351910543520+15
4
                        
Vélez Sarsfield32198834223+19
5
                        
San Lorenzo32199544232+10
6
                        
Gim. La Plata32199553327+6
7
                        
Independiente30199372931-2
8
                        
Argentinos29199282425-1
9
                        
Platense28197752526-1
10
                        
Estudiantes LP26197572524+1
11
                        
Lanus25197482930-1
12
                        
Ferro Carril Oeste24196673332+1
13
                        
Racing Club21195682428-4
14
                        
Gimnasia Jujuy20195592528-3
15
                        
Colon de Santa Fe20195592333-10
16
                        
Unión20195592543-18
17
                        
Dep. Español171945102643-17
18
                        
Newell's Old Boys141935112238-16
19
                        
Huracán121933122032-12
20
                        
Gimnasia y Tiro121926111430-16

                                
                                
                                
                                pts
                                m
                                v
                                d
                                l
                                GF
                                GA
                                diff
                            
1
                        
Vélez Sarsfield461914413914+25
2
                        
Lanus401911714322+21
3
                        
Gim. La Plata371911444224+18
4
                        
Gimnasia Jujuy32199552320+3
5
                        
San Lorenzo30199373627+9
6
                        
Boca Juniors29198563830+8
7
                        
River Plate29197843224+8
8
                        
Argentinos28197752617+9
9
                        
Newell's Old Boys28197752622+4
10
                        
Independiente26197572628-2
11
                        
Ferro Carril Oeste25196763234-2
12
                        
Estudiantes LP23196581624-8
13
                        
Rosario Central22195772328-5
14
                        
Platense21194962627-1
15
                        
Racing Club20195591519-4
16
                        
Colon de Santa Fe18194692336-13
17
                        
Gimnasia y Tiro161944111734-17
18
                        
Huracán151936101834-16
19
                        
Unión131927101933-14
20
                        
Dep. Español131927102144-23

Latest transfers

April 20, 1998
Mario Zanabria mana.( Free)		Unión

February 24, 1998
Marcelo Gomez ( Vélez Sarsfield)		River Plate

February 01, 1998
César Luis Menotti mana.( Sampdoria)		Indep.

January 01, 1998
Gustavo Nunez ( Talleres)		Indep.
Nestor Apuzzo H. o. Y. D.		Huracán
Alejandro Giuntini ( Unión)		Huracán
Arnold Cruz ( San Jose)		Platense
P. A. Izaguirre ( Blooming)		Unión
Néstor de Vicente ( Racing Club)		Estudiantes LP

All transfers

One match scorers

Patricio Campshas scored 3 goals during the match Vélez Sarsfield 5-0 Newell's Old Boys (28/09/1997)

Martín Palermohas scored 3 goals during the match Dep. Español 0-4 Boca Juniors (23/11/1997)

Patricio Campshas scored 3 goals during the match Vélez Sarsfield 5-1 Rosario Central (30/11/1997)

Diego Bustoshas scored 3 goals during the match Ferro Carril Oeste 4-1 Boca Juniors (26/04/1998)

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Vélez Sarsfield	D 2-2 Lanus03/05/1998	VRosario Central 1-2 06/05/1998	V 4-1 Ferro Carril Oeste10/05/1998	VDep. Español 0-1 12/05/1998	V 1-0 Huracán31/05/1998	VGim. La Plata 2-3 07/06/1998
2	Boca Juniors	L 2-3 Dep. Español03/05/1998	VHuracán 2-4 06/05/1998	V 3-1 Gim. La Plata10/05/1998	VRacing Club 0-2 12/05/1998	V 4-0 Gimnasia y Tiro31/05/1998	DUnión 1-1 07/06/1998
3	Lanus	DVélez Sarsfield 2-2 03/05/1998	V 2-1 San Lorenzo06/05/1998	DEstudiantes LP 2-2 10/05/1998	V 4-3 Independiente12/05/1998	DGimnasia Jujuy 0-0 31/05/1998	V 5-2 Colon de Santa Fe07/06/1998
4	Gimnasia Jujuy	DIndependiente 1-1 03/05/1998	V 1-0 Argentinos06/05/1998	V 2-0 Colon de Santa Fe10/05/1998	LRiver Plate 3-1 12/05/1998	D 0-0 Lanus31/05/1998	VRosario Central 2-3 07/06/1998
5	Argentinos	V 2-0 Racing Club03/05/1998	LGimnasia Jujuy 1-0 06/05/1998	V 1-0 Gimnasia y Tiro10/05/1998	VColon de Santa Fe 1-2 12/05/1998	D 1-1 Unión31/05/1998	DRiver Plate 1-1 07/06/1998
6	Newell's Old Boys	D 0-0 Rosario Central03/05/1998	DFerro Carril Oeste 1-1 05/05/1998	V 2-0 Dep. Español10/05/1998	DHuracán 1-1 12/05/1998	V 1-0 Gim. La Plata31/05/1998	DRacing Club 1-1 07/06/1998
7	San Lorenzo	D 0-0 River Plate03/05/1998	LLanus 2-1 06/05/1998	V 2-1 Rosario Central10/05/1998	VFerro Carril Oeste 2-3 12/05/1998	V 4-1 Dep. Español31/05/1998	LHuracán 2-1 07/06/1998
8	River Plate	DSan Lorenzo 0-0 03/05/1998	V 2-1 Estudiantes LP06/05/1998	DIndependiente 1-1 10/05/1998	V 3-1 Gimnasia Jujuy12/05/1998	LColon de Santa Fe 1-0 31/05/1998	D 1-1 Argentinos07/06/1998
9	Gim. La Plata	VGimnasia y Tiro 1-3 03/05/1998	V 3-0 Unión06/05/1998	LBoca Juniors 3-1 10/05/1998	V 4-1 Platense12/05/1998	LNewell's Old Boys 1-0 31/05/1998	L 2-3 Vélez Sarsfield07/06/1998
10	Independiente	D 1-1 Gimnasia Jujuy03/05/1998	VColon de Santa Fe 0-1 06/05/1998	D 1-1 River Plate10/05/1998	LLanus 4-3 12/05/1998	V 3-2 Rosario Central31/05/1998	LFerro Carril Oeste 1-0 07/06/1998
11	Estudiantes LP	L 0-2 Colon de Santa Fe03/05/1998	LRiver Plate 2-1 06/05/1998	D 2-2 Lanus10/05/1998	DRosario Central 1-1 12/05/1998	D 0-0 Ferro Carril Oeste31/05/1998	VDep. Español 0-1 07/06/1998
12	Ferro Carril Oeste	DPlatense 2-2 03/05/1998	D 1-1 Newell's Old Boys05/05/1998	LVélez Sarsfield 4-1 10/05/1998	L 2-3 San Lorenzo12/05/1998	DEstudiantes LP 0-0 31/05/1998	V 1-0 Independiente07/06/1998
13	Gimnasia y Tiro	L 1-3 Gim. La Plata03/05/1998	LRacing Club 2-1 06/05/1998	LArgentinos 1-0 10/05/1998	V 1-0 Unión12/05/1998	LBoca Juniors 4-0 31/05/1998	V 2-1 Platense07/06/1998
14	Unión	D 1-1 Huracán03/05/1998	LGim. La Plata 3-0 06/05/1998	V 1-0 Racing Club10/05/1998	LGimnasia y Tiro 1-0 12/05/1998	DArgentinos 1-1 31/05/1998	D 1-1 Boca Juniors07/06/1998
15	Colon de Santa Fe	VEstudiantes LP 0-2 03/05/1998	L 0-1 Independiente06/05/1998	LGimnasia Jujuy 2-0 10/05/1998	L 1-2 Argentinos12/05/1998	V 1-0 River Plate31/05/1998	LLanus 5-2 07/06/1998
16	Platense	D 2-2 Ferro Carril Oeste03/05/1998	DDep. Español 3-3 06/05/1998	V 4-1 Huracán10/05/1998	LGim. La Plata 4-1 12/05/1998	D 1-1 Racing Club31/05/1998	LGimnasia y Tiro 2-1 07/06/1998
17	Huracán	DUnión 1-1 03/05/1998	L 2-4 Boca Juniors06/05/1998	LPlatense 4-1 10/05/1998	D 1-1 Newell's Old Boys12/05/1998	LVélez Sarsfield 1-0 31/05/1998	V 2-1 San Lorenzo07/06/1998
18	Racing Club	LArgentinos 2-0 03/05/1998	V 2-1 Gimnasia y Tiro06/05/1998	LUnión 1-0 10/05/1998	L 0-2 Boca Juniors12/05/1998	DPlatense 1-1 31/05/1998	D 1-1 Newell's Old Boys07/06/1998
19	Dep. Español	VBoca Juniors 2-3 03/05/1998	D 3-3 Platense06/05/1998	LNewell's Old Boys 2-0 10/05/1998	L 0-1 Vélez Sarsfield12/05/1998	LSan Lorenzo 4-1 31/05/1998	L 0-1 Estudiantes LP07/06/1998
20	Rosario Central	DNewell's Old Boys 0-0 03/05/1998	L 1-2 Vélez Sarsfield06/05/1998	LSan Lorenzo 2-1 10/05/1998	D 1-1 Estudiantes LP12/05/1998	LIndependiente 3-2 31/05/1998	L 2-3 Gimnasia Jujuy07/06/1998

Longest streaksLast updated on 23/04/2025 at 09:24

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
River Plate	6
Gim. La Plata	5
Vélez Sarsfield	5	5
Boca Juniors	4
Rosario Central	4
Gimnasia Jujuy	4
Newell's Old Boys	4
San Lorenzo	4
Platense	4
Independiente	3
Ferro Carril Oeste	3
Estudiantes LP	3
Argentinos	3
Lanus	3
Unión	2
Dep. Español	2
Colon de Santa Fe	2
Racing Club	2
Huracán	2
Gimnasia y Tiro	1

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 23/04/2025 at 09:24

Apertura

Clausura

Team \ Rd	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Vélez Sarsfield	10	7	4	7	3	2	5	7	8	5	5	4	5	7	4	5	6	6	4	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Lanus	14	19	18	20	19	16	18	13	13	14	12	13	11	10	11	9	11	9	11	1	4	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2
Gim. La Plata	4	5	2	2	5	8	7	6	4	4	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	5	6	7	2	4	6	8	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	3
Gimnasia Jujuy	20	11	12	13	15	15	14	17	16	13	15	16	16	15	13	13	12	13	14	18	10	7	2	2	3	2	2	4	4	6	8	4	4	4	4	5	5	4
San Lorenzo	14	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	6	6	6	3	5	6	4	5	4	5	15	19	13	15	12	7	9	7	7	5	7	4	5	5	7	6	6	4	5
Boca Juniors	3	4	2	6	4	7	4	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	11	6	10	13	14	11	8	9	7	10	11	13	14	12	10	8	6	6
River Plate	4	10	7	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	20	18	12	8	5	6	4	6	5	6	4	5	6	6	5	5	4	7	7
Argentinos	13	13	8	9	7	5	2	4	7	9	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	16	16	15	17	14	15	14	11	10	10	11	15	11	8	10	7	7	8	8
Newell's Old Boys	16	8	13	11	14	17	17	16	17	18	16	17	19	19	20	20	18	18	18	8	7	10	12	16	17	16	15	11	11	8	6	9	10	11	8	9	9	9
Independiente	2	1	6	4	6	4	8	8	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	2	1	3	5	4	4	6	5	6	8	5	7	10	11	6	9	10	10	10
Ferro Carril Oeste	1	3	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	11	12	2	6	9	11	7	8	10	12	15	15	15	12	8	9	8	11	12	11	11
Estudiantes LP	6	6	5	1	1	3	6	5	6	8	9	9	9	9	9	12	13	12	10	8	17	20	14	11	11	8	10	12	14	14	10	12	12	15	15	14	14	12
Rosario Central	6	2	1	5	8	6	3	3	3	3	4	5	6	4	5	6	3	3	3	6	7	11	9	10	10	7	9	8	9	9	9	7	7	9	12	11	12	13
Platense	12	15	17	17	18	18	15	14	14	15	17	14	14	13	12	10	9	10	9	12	5	8	4	6	9	12	14	13	12	12	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	14
Racing Club	10	15	16	18	15	14	16	18	18	16	13	15	15	17	17	15	14	14	13	17	9	5	7	9	13	15	13	14	13	13	14	15	15	13	14	15	15	15
Colon de Santa Fe	16	17	20	14	13	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	13	12	14	14	15	16	15	14	12	14	16	15	12	13	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Gimnasia y Tiro	6	8	10	12	12	11	13	15	15	17	19	19	20	20	19	18	19	20	20	8	13	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	17	18	16	17	19	19	20	17	17	17
Huracán	16	18	19	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	17	18	18	19	20	19	19	8	15	16	18	18	20	20	19	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	20	18
Unión	9	14	14	15	17	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	16	16	17	17	15	16	12	13	18	13	17	16	17	17	17	18	17	18	20	20	20	18	20	19	19
Dep. Español	19	20	15	16	11	13	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	14	15	16	16	17	17	18	20	17	20	19	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	17	17	17	18	18	20

Goals per quarterLast updated on 23/04/2025 at 09:24

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	59
Best scorer : Martín Palermo - 5 Goals
16 - 30	31
Best scorer : Patricio Camps - 5 Goals
31 - 45+	54
Best scorer : Patricio Camps - 5 Goals
46 - 60	61
Best scorer : Martín Posse - 6 Goals
61 - 75	60
Best scorer : Marcelo Salas - 5 Goals
76 - 90+	60
Best scorer : Marcelo Salas - 4 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 23/04/2025 at 09:24

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	31 times
1 - 0	48 times
1 - 1	48 times
2 - 0	36 times
2 - 1	58 times
2 - 2	20 times
3 - 0	26 times
3 - 1	26 times
3 - 2	28 times
3 - 3	9 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 0	13 times
4 - 1	14 times
4 - 2	5 times
4 - 3	4 times
4 - 4	1 times
5 - 0	5 times
5 - 1	2 times
5 - 2	3 times
6 - 1	1 times
6 - 2	2 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 23/04/2025 at 09:24

General statistics by teamLast updated on 16/04/2025 at 19:08

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
Boca Juniors	39	32	18	Martín Palermo (20 goals)
River Plate	34	37	19	Marcelo Salas (13 goals)
Vélez Sarsfield	30	27	14	Patricio Camps (23 goals)
Gim. La Plata	21	12	6	Roberto Sosa (7 goals)
San Lorenzo	20	10	8	Claudio Dario Biaggio (3 goals)
Dep. Español	19	6	3	Juan Martín Parodi (2 goals)
Gimnasia Jujuy	15	6	3	Carlos Casartelli (2 goals)
Lanus	15	8	4	Juan José Serrizuela (1 goals)
Ferro Carril Oeste	13	6	10	Diego Bustos (5 goals)
Argentinos	12	2	3	Hugo Brizuela (1 goals)
Platense	11	4	3	Mauricio Hanuch (4 goals)
Independiente	9	4	7	José Luis Calderón (2 goals)
Newell's Old Boys	5	4	3	Facundo Quiroga (1 goals)
Colon de Santa Fe	5	3	4	Hugo Ibarra (1 goals)
Racing Club	5	3	1	Cristian Centeno (1 goals)
Huracán	5	4	3	Daniel Montenegro (1 goals)
Unión	4	4	2	Germán Pablo Castillo (1 goals)
Gimnasia y Tiro	4	1	1	Sergio Dopazo (1 goals)
Rosario Central	3	3	2	Eduardo Bustos Montoya (1 goals)
Estudiantes LP	3	3	1	Luciano Galletti (1 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 22/04/2025 at 15:11

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
Newell's Old Boys	20.4	Josemir Lujambio (25 years)	Ricardo Acevedo (17 years)
Racing Club	21.3	Pablo Andres Michelini (23 years)	Maximiliano Zanello (18 years)
Estudiantes LP	21.5	Carlos Andersen (23 years)	Luciano Galletti (16 years)
Unión	22.9	José Luis Marzo (25 years)	Germán Pablo Castillo (19 years)
Gim. La Plata	23.2	Pedro Troglio (31 years)	Fernando Gatti (18 years)
Gimnasia y Tiro	23.4	Sergio Dopazo (28 years)	Carlos Castilla (17 years)
Huracán	23.6	Alejandro Giuntini (32 years)	Daniel Montenegro (17 years)
Ferro Carril Oeste	23.9	Óscar Ferro (29 years)	Andrés Mércuri (19 years)
Argentinos	24	José Eduardo Bennett (28 years)	Pablo Gómez (19 years)
Lanus	24.2	Óscar Ruggeri (34 years)	Mariano Fernández (18 years)
Colon de Santa Fe	24.5	Pedro Uliambre (28 years)	Gustavo Sandoval (21 years)
Vélez Sarsfield	24.6	José Luis Chilavert (31 years)	Lucas Castromán (16 years)
River Plate	24.6	Enzo Francescoli (35 years)	Guillermo Pereyra (16 years)
Boca Juniors	24.7	Diego Armando Maradona (36 years)	Sebastián Battaglia (16 years)
Gimnasia Jujuy	24.8	Popeye Herrera (30 years)	Martín Astudillo (19 years)
Dep. Español	25	Marcelo Yorno (35 years)	Sebastián Fuentes (18 years)
Platense	25.3	Pablo Erbín (31 years)	Cristián Verón (17 years)
Rosario Central	25.7	Ruben da Silva (28 years)	Eduardo Bustos Montoya (20 years)
Independiente	25.8	Jorge Luis Burruchaga (34 years)	Sebastián Diego Pena (20 years)
San Lorenzo	26.6	Nestor Gorosito (32 years)	Mirko Saric (18 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 16/04/2025 at 19:08

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
Argentina	1653	235	267
Paraguay	82	8	14
Colombia	79	6	5
Peru	32	1	5
Uruguay	31	12	13
Chile	27	1	13
Brazil	4	2	0
Bolivia	2	2	0
Mexico	1	1	1
Honduras	1	1	0

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Primera División 1996/1997

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Playoff for the Second Promotion Place 1997/1998

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	River Plate	45	19	14	3	2	43	17	+26
2	Boca Juniors	44	19	13	5	1	35	12	+23
3	Rosario Central	35	19	10	5	4	35	20	+15
4	Vélez Sarsfield	32	19	8	8	3	42	23	+19
5	San Lorenzo	32	19	9	5	4	42	32	+10
6	Gim. La Plata	32	19	9	5	5	33	27	+6
7	Independiente	30	19	9	3	7	29	31	-2
8	Argentinos	29	19	9	2	8	24	25	-1
9	Platense	28	19	7	7	5	25	26	-1
10	Estudiantes LP	26	19	7	5	7	25	24	+1
11	Lanus	25	19	7	4	8	29	30	-1
12	Ferro Carril Oeste	24	19	6	6	7	33	32	+1
13	Racing Club	21	19	5	6	8	24	28	-4
14	Gimnasia Jujuy	20	19	5	5	9	25	28	-3
15	Colon de Santa Fe	20	19	5	5	9	23	33	-10
16	Unión	20	19	5	5	9	25	43	-18
17	Dep. Español	17	19	4	5	10	26	43	-17
18	Newell's Old Boys	14	19	3	5	11	22	38	-16
19	Huracán	12	19	3	3	12	20	32	-12
20	Gimnasia y Tiro	12	19	2	6	11	14	30	-16

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