Primera División1996/1997

Season

Tier : 1

Type of clubs : A

Country : Argentina

Games played : 380

Goals scored : 1060 (2.79 goals per match )

Yellow cards : 72

Red cards : 37

42%
Home victories

31%
Draws

27%
Away victories

Players age average : 25.8 years

Number of players participating : 259

Promoted : Unión, Huracán Corrientes

Relegated to lower tier : Argentinos Juniors, Belgrano de Córdoba

Primera División 1996/1997's fixtures and results

Apertura - Round 1

General rankingLast updated on 12/08/1997

Apertura

Clausura

Apertura
Clausura

                                
                                
                                
                                pts
                                m
                                v
                                d
                                l
                                GF
                                GA
                                diff
                            
1
                        
River Plate461915135222+30
2
                        
Independiente371911443422+12
3
                        
Lanus371910722312+11
4
                        
Racing Club32199553124+7
5
                        
Rosario Central31198743528+7
6
                        
Gim. La Plata27197662120+1
7
                        
San Lorenzo271983824240
8
                        
Colon de Santa Fe26196852624+2
9
                        
Newell's Old Boys26197572426-2
10
                        
Boca Juniors25197483633+3
11
                        
Estudiantes LP25197482728-1
12
                        
Gimnasia Jujuy25196761819-1
13
                        
Vélez Sarsfield23196582933-4
14
                        
Ferro Carril Oeste22195773234-2
15
                        
Platense21195682530-5
16
                        
Unión20195592427-3
17
                        
Huracán Corrientes19194783140-9
18
                        
Dep. Español161921071825-7
19
                        
Huracán16193792136-15
20
                        
Banfield131934121438-24

                                
                                
                                
                                pts
                                m
                                v
                                d
                                l
                                GF
                                GA
                                diff
                            
1
                        
River Plate411912523720+17
2
                        
Colon de Santa Fe35199823628+8
3
                        
Newell's Old Boys351910542320+3
4
                        
Independiente341910453821+17
5
                        
Vélez Sarsfield32199552518+7
6
                        
San Lorenzo30199373222+10
7
                        
Racing Club27197662422+2
8
                        
Platense26196852122-1
9
                        
Boca Juniors25196763432+2
10
                        
Ferro Carril Oeste24195952422+2
11
                        
Lanus24196672221+1
12
                        
Unión24196673136-5
13
                        
Gim. La Plata23196581925-6
14
                        
Huracán22195772233-11
15
                        
Huracán Corrientes21194962128-7
16
                        
Estudiantes LP191954102226-4
17
                        
Dep. Español19194781925-6
18
                        
Rosario Central18194692427-3
19
                        
Banfield161944112032-12
20
                        
Gimnasia Jujuy14192892135-14

Latest transfers

August 12, 1997
Sebastián Rambert ( Boca Juniors)		River Plate

August 09, 1997
Claudio Caniggia ( Free)		Boca Juniors

August 01, 1997
A. V. Mancuso ( Flamengo)		Indep.

July 18, 1997
Federico Lussenhoff ( Neza)		San Lorenzo

July 09, 1997
Favio ( Espanyol)		Indep.

July 01, 1997
Ricardo Gareca mana.( Talleres)		Indep.
Claudio Vivas a. m. ( América)		Vélez Sarsfield
Gino Padula ( River Plate)		Huracán
Leonardo Asencio ( Argentinos)		Colon de Santa Fe
Wilson Núñez ( Junior)		Dep. Español

All transfers

One match scorers

Rubén Piaggiohas scored 3 goals during the match Ferro Carril Oeste 3-1 Boca Juniors (13/10/1996)

G. Barros Schelottohas scored 4 goals during the match Gim. La Plata 6-3 Huracán Corrientes (22/12/1996)

S. D. Martínezhas scored 4 goals during the match Boca Juniors 4-1 Huracán Corrientes (16/03/1997)

S. D. Martínezhas scored 4 goals during the match Boca Juniors 6-1 Gim. La Plata (11/05/1997)

Sebastián Ramberthas scored 3 goals during the match Boca Juniors 4-3 Rosario Central (09/08/1997)

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	River Plate	V 3-1 Huracán Corrientes25/05/1997	VRacing Club 1-2 01/06/1997	VFerro Carril Oeste 0-2 13/07/1997	V 1-0 Newell's Old Boys06/08/1997	VVélez Sarsfield 0-2 09/08/1997	D 0-0 Independiente12/08/1997
2	Lanus	LNewell's Old Boys 1-0 25/05/1997	V 3-1 Vélez Sarsfield01/06/1997	LIndependiente 2-0 13/07/1997	V 2-1 Gim. La Plata06/08/1997	VUnión 0-4 09/08/1997	V 1-0 Banfield12/08/1997
3	San Lorenzo	DFerro Carril Oeste 0-0 25/05/1997	V 3-0 Newell's Old Boys01/06/1997	DVélez Sarsfield 1-1 13/07/1997	V 1-0 Independiente06/08/1997	LGim. La Plata 1-0 09/08/1997	V 4-3 Unión12/08/1997
4	Huracán	D 1-1 Boca Juniors25/05/1997	VPlatense 1-3 01/06/1997	V 2-1 Rosario Central13/07/1997	DGimnasia Jujuy 1-1 06/08/1997	V 1-0 Estudiantes LP09/08/1997	LColon de Santa Fe 3-2 12/08/1997
5	Independiente	V 2-0 Estudiantes LP25/05/1997	VColon de Santa Fe 0-6 01/06/1997	V 2-0 Lanus13/07/1997	LSan Lorenzo 1-0 06/08/1997	L 2-3 Huracán Corrientes09/08/1997	DRiver Plate 0-0 12/08/1997
6	Huracán Corrientes	LRiver Plate 3-1 25/05/1997	V 2-1 Ferro Carril Oeste01/06/1997	LNewell's Old Boys 2-1 13/07/1997	L 0-1 Vélez Sarsfield06/08/1997	VIndependiente 2-3 09/08/1997	V 1-0 Gim. La Plata12/08/1997
7	Platense	DBanfield 2-2 25/05/1997	L 1-3 Huracán01/06/1997	DDep. Español 0-0 13/07/1997	V 1-0 Boca Juniors06/08/1997	D 0-0 Racing Club09/08/1997	VRosario Central 1-2 12/08/1997
8	Colon de Santa Fe	DVélez Sarsfield 1-1 25/05/1997	L 0-6 Independiente01/06/1997	VGim. La Plata 0-1 13/07/1997	D 0-0 Unión06/08/1997	LBanfield 3-1 09/08/1997	V 3-2 Huracán12/08/1997
9	Estudiantes LP	LIndependiente 2-0 25/05/1997	V 1-0 Gim. La Plata01/06/1997	DUnión 3-3 13/07/1997	D 1-1 Banfield06/08/1997	LHuracán 1-0 09/08/1997	V 4-0 Dep. Español12/08/1997
10	Boca Juniors	DHuracán 1-1 25/05/1997	L 1-3 Dep. Español01/06/1997	V 3-2 Racing Club13/07/1997	LPlatense 1-0 06/08/1997	V 4-3 Rosario Central09/08/1997	DGimnasia Jujuy 0-0 12/08/1997
11	Vélez Sarsfield	V 2-1 Dep. Español29/05/1997	LLanus 3-1 01/06/1997	D 1-1 San Lorenzo13/07/1997	VHuracán Corrientes 0-1 06/08/1997	L 0-2 River Plate09/08/1997	DFerro Carril Oeste 1-1 12/08/1997
12	Banfield	D 2-2 Platense25/05/1997	LRosario Central 2-0 01/06/1997	V 3-2 Gimnasia Jujuy13/07/1997	DEstudiantes LP 1-1 06/08/1997	V 3-1 Colon de Santa Fe09/08/1997	LLanus 1-0 12/08/1997
13	Newell's Old Boys	V 1-0 Lanus25/05/1997	LSan Lorenzo 3-0 01/06/1997	V 2-1 Huracán Corrientes13/07/1997	LRiver Plate 1-0 06/08/1997	L 1-4 Ferro Carril Oeste09/08/1997	DRacing Club 0-0 12/08/1997
14	Dep. Español	LVélez Sarsfield 2-1 29/05/1997	VBoca Juniors 1-3 01/06/1997	D 0-0 Platense13/07/1997	LRosario Central 1-0 06/08/1997	V 3-1 Gimnasia Jujuy09/08/1997	LEstudiantes LP 4-0 12/08/1997
15	Ferro Carril Oeste	D 0-0 San Lorenzo25/05/1997	LHuracán Corrientes 2-1 01/06/1997	L 0-2 River Plate13/07/1997	DRacing Club 1-1 06/08/1997	VNewell's Old Boys 1-4 09/08/1997	D 1-1 Vélez Sarsfield12/08/1997
16	Racing Club	VDep. Español 0-2 25/05/1997	L 1-2 River Plate01/06/1997	LBoca Juniors 3-2 13/07/1997	D 1-1 Ferro Carril Oeste06/08/1997	DPlatense 0-0 09/08/1997	D 0-0 Newell's Old Boys12/08/1997
17	Gim. La Plata	V 3-2 Gimnasia Jujuy25/05/1997	LEstudiantes LP 1-0 01/06/1997	L 0-1 Colon de Santa Fe13/07/1997	LLanus 2-1 06/08/1997	V 1-0 San Lorenzo09/08/1997	LHuracán Corrientes 1-0 12/08/1997
18	Rosario Central	LUnión 3-2 25/05/1997	V 2-0 Banfield01/06/1997	LHuracán 2-1 13/07/1997	V 1-0 Dep. Español06/08/1997	LBoca Juniors 4-3 09/08/1997	L 1-2 Platense12/08/1997
19	Gimnasia Jujuy	LGim. La Plata 3-2 25/05/1997	V 2-0 Unión01/06/1997	LBanfield 3-2 13/07/1997	D 1-1 Huracán06/08/1997	LDep. Español 3-1 09/08/1997	D 0-0 Boca Juniors12/08/1997
20	Unión	V 3-2 Rosario Central25/05/1997	LGimnasia Jujuy 2-0 01/06/1997	D 3-3 Estudiantes LP13/07/1997	DColon de Santa Fe 0-0 06/08/1997	L 0-4 Lanus09/08/1997	LSan Lorenzo 4-3 12/08/1997

Longest streaksLast updated on 24/04/2025 at 18:45

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Independiente	7
River Plate	7
Vélez Sarsfield	4
Rosario Central	4
Newell's Old Boys	4
Platense	4
Estudiantes LP	3
Lanus	3	3
Gim. La Plata	3
Colon de Santa Fe	3
San Lorenzo	3
Huracán Corrientes	3	2
Boca Juniors	2
Unión	2
Gimnasia Jujuy	2
Racing Club	2
Dep. Español	2
Ferro Carril Oeste	2
Huracán	2
Banfield	1

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 24/04/2025 at 18:45

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

Goals per quarterLast updated on 24/04/2025 at 18:45

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	53
Best scorer : Enzo Francescoli - 5 Goals
16 - 30	33
Best scorer : José Luis Chilavert - 4 Goals
31 - 45+	38
Best scorer : Néstor Fabbri - 4 Goals
46 - 60	44
Best scorer : S. D. Martínez - 4 Goals
61 - 75	34
Best scorer : Julio Cruz - 5 Goals
76 - 90+	63
Best scorer : Julio Cruz - 5 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 24/04/2025 at 18:45

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	33 times
1 - 0	61 times
1 - 1	59 times
2 - 0	41 times
2 - 1	47 times
2 - 2	18 times
3 - 0	13 times
3 - 1	34 times
3 - 2	23 times
3 - 3	4 times
4 - 0	8 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 1	11 times
4 - 2	5 times
4 - 3	5 times
4 - 4	3 times
5 - 0	3 times
5 - 1	4 times
5 - 2	1 times
6 - 0	3 times
6 - 1	2 times
6 - 3	2 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 24/04/2025 at 18:45

General statistics by teamLast updated on 22/04/2025 at 15:11

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
Boca Juniors	39	35	13	Sergio Daniel Martínez (16 goals)
Vélez Sarsfield	36	35	15	Patricio Camps (12 goals)
River Plate	27	32	16	Enzo Francescoli (19 goals)
Gim. La Plata	26	9	7	Guillermo Barros Schelotto (6 goals)
San Lorenzo	18	5	5	Claudio Dario Biaggio (2 goals)
Huracán Corrientes	17	4	1	Rafael Bianchi (2 goals)
Banfield	15	5	3	Guido Alvarenga (1 goals)
Dep. Español	15	3	1	Pablo Guede (1 goals)
Independiente	11	2	1	Jorge Martínez (2 goals)
Racing Club	8	4	4	Nacho González (1 goals)
Lanus	8	6	2	Carlos Roa (1 goals)
Colon de Santa Fe	6	2
Ferro Carril Oeste	5	2	1	Rubén Piaggio (3 goals)
Unión	5	3	3	José Luis Marzo (1 goals)
Rosario Central	4	3	3	Darío Óscar Scotto (2 goals)
Gimnasia Jujuy	3	2	2	Jose Alberto Batista (1 goals)
Newell's Old Boys	3	3	2	Julio César Saldaña (1 goals)
Platense	2	1
Huracán	2	2

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 12/04/2025 at 13:52

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
Newell's Old Boys	22.4	Julio César Saldaña (28 years)	Mauro Gerk (18 years)
Gim. La Plata	23	Beto Marcico (35 years)	Leandro Cufre (17 years)
Unión	23.1	Óscar Gómez (27 years)	Fernando Perezlindo (18 years)
Lanus	23.3	Carlos Roa (26 years)	Ariel Ibagaza (19 years)
Ferro Carril Oeste	23.4	Rubén Piaggio (25 years)	Carlos Chaile (20 years)
Platense	23.6	Fernando Moner (28 years)	Víctor Bocchio (18 years)
Vélez Sarsfield	23.8	Sergio Javier Goycochea (32 years)	Gustavo Franco (16 years)
Colon de Santa Fe	24	Héctor Rodríguez (27 years)	Cristian Castillo (20 years)
Dep. Español	24.3	Juan José Rossi (32 years)	Sebastián Fuentes (17 years)
Independiente	24.3	Jorge Luis Burruchaga (33 years)	Francisco Gabriel Guerrero (18 years)
Banfield	24.7	Nestor Craviotto (32 years)	Cristian David Lucchetti (17 years)
Huracán Corrientes	25	Carlos Alcides González (32 years)	Gabriel Casas (19 years)
Boca Juniors	25.3	Diego Armando Maradona (35 years)	Emanuel Ruiz (17 years)
River Plate	25.3	Enzo Francescoli (34 years)	Santiago Solari (19 years)
Racing Club	25.4	José Serrizuela (33 years)	Cristian Centeno (20 years)
Rosario Central	25.4	Omar Palma (37 years)	Rafael Maceratesi (19 years)
San Lorenzo	27.3	Óscar Ruggeri (33 years)	Mirko Saric (17 years)
Huracán	28.6	Alejandro Giuntini (31 years)	Marcos Juan Gutiérrez (25 years)
Gimnasia Jujuy	31.5	Jose Alberto Batista (33 years)	Marcelo Trimarchi (22 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 22/04/2025 at 15:11

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
Argentina	1618	222	183
Uruguay	112	14	54
Paraguay	58	5	10
Chile	27	2	11
Colombia	14	2	0
Cameroon	12	1	1
Brazil	5	2	2
Venezuela	1	1	0

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Matchs de barrage 1996/1997

Playoff for the Second Promotion Place 1996/1997

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	River Plate	46	19	15	1	3	52	22	+30
2	Independiente	37	19	11	4	4	34	22	+12
3	Lanus	37	19	10	7	2	23	12	+11
4	Racing Club	32	19	9	5	5	31	24	+7
5	Rosario Central	31	19	8	7	4	35	28	+7
6	Gim. La Plata	27	19	7	6	6	21	20	+1
7	San Lorenzo	27	19	8	3	8	24	24	0
8	Colon de Santa Fe	26	19	6	8	5	26	24	+2
9	Newell's Old Boys	26	19	7	5	7	24	26	-2
10	Boca Juniors	25	19	7	4	8	36	33	+3
11	Estudiantes LP	25	19	7	4	8	27	28	-1
12	Gimnasia Jujuy	25	19	6	7	6	18	19	-1
13	Vélez Sarsfield	23	19	6	5	8	29	33	-4
14	Ferro Carril Oeste	22	19	5	7	7	32	34	-2
15	Platense	21	19	5	6	8	25	30	-5
16	Unión	20	19	5	5	9	24	27	-3
17	Huracán Corrientes	19	19	4	7	8	31	40	-9
18	Dep. Español	16	19	2	10	7	18	25	-7
19	Huracán	16	19	3	7	9	21	36	-15
20	Banfield	13	19	3	4	12	14	38	-24

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