Football league season
The 2022 Argentine Primera División - Liga Profesional (officially the Torneo Binance 2022 for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 132nd season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The league season began on 3 June and ended on 25 October 2022.[2]
Twenty-eight teams competed in the league: the 26 teams that took part in the previous Primera División season as well as two promoted teams from the 2021 Primera Nacional (Tigre and Barracas Central).[3] River Plate were the defending champions.
On 23 October 2022, Boca Juniors won their 35th national league championship in the last round after they and Independiente drew 2–2 and, simultaneously, River Plate defeated Racing 1–2.[4]
Competition format
The competition was run under a single round-robin, contested by 28 teams (26 from the previous edition plus 2 promoted from Primera Nacional). The champions qualified for the 2023 Copa Libertadores as Argentina 1. The qualification for international tournaments was determined by an aggregate table of the 2022 Primera División and 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional first stage tournaments.[5]
Club information
Stadia and locations
Personnel
Managerial changes
Foreign players
Players holding Argentinian dual nationality
They do not take up a foreign slot.
Source: AFA
League table
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only if needed to decide championship); 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points; 6) head-to-head goal difference; 7) head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champions
Results
Teams played every other team once (either at home or away) completing a total of 27 rounds.[72]
Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Season statistics
International qualification
The 2022 Argentine Primera División champions, 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional champions and 2021–22 Copa Argentina champions earned a berth to the 2023 Copa Libertadores. The remaining berths to the 2023 Copa Libertadores as well as the ones to the 2023 Copa Sudamericana were determined by an aggregate table of the 2022 Argentine Primera División and 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional first stage tournaments. The top three teams in the aggregate table not already qualified for any international tournament qualified for the Copa Libertadores, while the next six teams qualified for the Copa Sudamericana.[5]
Aggregate table
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored.
Notes:
Relegation
Relegation at the end of the season was based on coefficients, which take into consideration the points obtained by the clubs during the present season (aggregate table points) and the two previous seasons (only seasons at the top flight are counted). The total tally was then divided by the number of games played in the top flight over those three seasons and an average was calculated. The two teams with the worst average at the end of the season were relegated to Primera Nacional. Relegation was reinstated starting from this season after it was suspended by AFA at the end of the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: AFA
References
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- ^ "Liga Profesional 2022: cuántos equipos tendrá, cómo será el formato, los descensos y cuándo empieza" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Barracas Central ascendió a primera división por primera vez tras vencer a Quilmes por penales" (in Spanish). AFA. 20 December 2021.
- ^ "Boca se consagró campeón del certamen" (in Spanish). AFA. 23 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Reglamento de torneos de la temporada 2022 de la Liga Profesional de Fútbol de AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. February 2022.
- ^ "Sarmiento llegó a un acuerdo de palabra con Israel Damonte" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 8 December 2021.
- ^ "Juan Manuel Azconzábal fue presentado como nuevo entrenador de Atlético Tucumán" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Pedro Troglio es el nuevo entrenador de San Lorenzo" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Sanguinetti fue presentado como el nuevo director técnico de Newell´s" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Luis Zubeldía confirmó que se va de Lanús: ¿asume en San Lorenzo?" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Navidad granate: Jorge Almirón vuelve a Lanús" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Leonardo Madelón será el nuevo DT de Arsenal" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Eduardo Domínguez se va de Colón: ¿asoman Independiente y Boca?" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 20 December 2021.
- ^ "Hubo enroque: Falcioni será el entrenador de Colón en lugar de Domínguez" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Fin de un ciclo exitoso: el DT Alexander Medina no seguirá en Talleres" (in Spanish). La Voz. 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Llegó la confirmación: Ángel Guillermo Hoyos es el nuevo DT de Talleres" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 14 January 2022.
- ^ "Independiente tomó la decisión: Falcioni no sigue como técnico" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 28 December 2021.
- ^ "Independiente acordó lo económico y Eduardo Domínguez es el nuevo director técnico" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Rodolfo De Paoli dejó de ser el entrenador de Barracas Central" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Barracas Central anunció a Alfredo Berti como su nuevo técnico" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Patronato se quedó sin entrenador: Iván Delfino ya no es el director técnico" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Facundo Sava, nuevo DT de Patronato" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Fassi anunció que Hoyos dejó de ser el técnico de Talleres" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Pedro Caixinha ya es el DT de Talleres: primera práctica frente al plantel" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Fin de ciclo: Kily González dejó de ser el DT de Rosario Central" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Oficial: Leandro Somoza es el nuevo entrenador de Rosario Central" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Mauricio Pellegrino dejó de ser el entrenador de Vélez Sarsfield: los posibles sucesores" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Confirmado: Julio Vaccari seguirá siendo el entrenador de Vélez" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Platense se quedó sin técnico: renunció Spontón" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Omar De Felippe, nuevo entrenador de Platense" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Diego Flores dejó de ser el director técnico de Godoy Cruz" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Godoy Cruz ya tiene los reemplazantes de Diego Flores: La dupla Orsi - Gómez" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 10 April 2022.
- ^ "La Comisión Directiva de Atlético Tucumán aceptó la renuncia de Azconzábal" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Atlético Tucumán le dio la bienvenida a Lucas Pusineri" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Troglio renunció y se va de San Lorenzo" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 13 April 2022.
- ^ "San Lorenzo se queda sin manager: renunció Mauro Cetto" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 14 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Diego Dabove se fue de Banfield y Claudio Vivas es su reemplazo" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Frank Kudelka se va de Huracán" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 16 May 2022.
- ^ "Huracán presentó a Diego Dabove como su nuevo DT" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Rubén Darío Insúa, nuevo técnico de San Lorenzo" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Vélez tiene entrenador: Alexander Medina acordó su llegada" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 24 May 2022.
- ^ "Martín Palermo renunció a su cargo como entrenador de Aldosivi" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 30 May 2022.
- ^ "Leandro Somoza llegó a un acuerdo y es nuevo técnico de Aldosivi" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Leandro Somoza renunció como técnico de Rosario Central" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 14 June 2022.
- ^ "Carlos Tevez asume hoy como nuevo DT de Rosario Central y arranca su carrera" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Sergio Rondina renunció a su cargo como entrenador de Central Córdoba" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Balbo es el nuevo director técnico de Central Córdoba (SdE): entre sus colabotadores está Julio Lamas" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 16 July 2022.
- ^ "Bombazo en Boca: echaron a Battaglia" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 6 July 2022.
- ^ "Boca e Ibarra llegaron a un acuerdo por su continuidad" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Julio Cesar Falcioni dejó de ser el entrenador de Colón" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 7 July 2022.
- ^ "Presentaron a Rondina en Colón: "Es el desafío más importante de mi carrera"" (in Spanish). El Litoral. 13 July 2022.
- ^ "Lanús despidió a Jorge Almirón tras la eliminación por Copa Sudamericana" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 7 July 2022.
- ^ "Lanús anunció a Frank Darío Kudelka como su nuevo entrenador" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Eduardo Domínguez renunció y ya no es técnico de Independiente" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Bombazo en Independiente: vuelve Falcioni" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Barracas Central se quedó sin DT: renunció Alfredo Berti" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Rodolfo De Paoli vuelve a Barracas Central" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Sergio Rondina no es más técnico de Colón de Santa Fe" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Adrián Marini fue ratificado en Colón" (in Spanish). El Gráfico. 29 August 2022.
- ^ "Javier Sanguinetti presentó la renuncia y ya no es más técnico Newell's" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 29 August 2022.
- ^ "Ignacio Astore defendió la gestión de Sanguinetti y habló de los lesionados: "No coincido con Fagiani"" (in Spanish). Rosario3. 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Pedro Caixinha ya no es más entrenador de Talleres de Córdoba" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Gandolfi no será ayudante de Demichelis en River y la noticia sorprendió en Núñez" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 1 November 2022.
- ^ "Sebastián Beccacece se va de Defensa y Justicia: "Es el momento indicado para irme"" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Julio Vaccari será el nuevo DT de Defensa en lugar de Beccacece" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Aldosivi echó a Leandro Somoza" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Aldosivi, obligado a ganar y esperar una mano de terceros" (in Spanish). La Capital. 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Colón tiene DT: Marcelo Saralegui seguirá como entrenador" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 11 November 2022.
- ^ a b "OFICIAL: Ricardo Zielinski dejó de ser el entrenador de Estudiantes" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Claudio Vivas dejó de ser el técnico de Banfield" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 5 October 2022.
- ^ "Javier Sanguinetti, nuevo director técnico de Banfield" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 8 October 2022.
- ^ "¡Este es el fixture!" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 26 May 2022.
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