The 1969 Primera División season was the 78th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The entire season (Metropolitano and Nacional championship) ran from 21 February to 22 December. Club Deportivo Morón and Unión de Santa Fe were promoted from Primera B Metropolitana via "Torneo de Reclasificación".Morón quiere repetir aquella inolvidable gesta de 1968 y sueña con otro ascenso a Primera A, 18 Aug 2021 on Zonales.comSegundo ascenso a Primera on Unión website
The Metropolitano was won by Chacarita Juniors (1st title in Primera División) while Boca Juniors won the Nacional (17th league title).Argentina 1969 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
Unlike previous editions, in 1969 there was only one team relegated, Deportivo Morón.
Campeonato Metropolitano
Group A
Group B
Semifinals
Date Team 1 Res.Team 2 Venue City 2 Jul Chacarita Juniors Racing Boca Juniors Stadium Buenos Aires 3 Jul Boca Juniors River Plate Racing Stadium Avellaneda Notes
Final
Date Team 1 Team 2 Res. Venue City 6 July Chacarita Juniors River Plate Racing Stadium Avellaneda
Match details
Petit Tournament
Matches Newell's Old Boys 1–0 Rosario Central Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 0-3 Unión (SF) Unión (SF) 4–3 Newell's Old Boys
Reclasificatorio "A" Tournament Teams placed 9th to 11th in each zone of Metropolitano championship, plus 3 teams eliminated from Petit tournament, contested the "Torneo Reclasificatorio". Out of those 9 clubs, teams placed 1st to 7th would remain in Primera División while the last two teams plus two first of Primera B Metropolitana "Campeonato Zone" would play a new Reclasificatorio to determine which would be promoted or relegated.
Los Andes won the Reclasificatorio A, with no official title awarded."Argentina: 1ra. División AFA 1969 Torneo Reclasificación" by José Carluccio, 13 Nov 2009
Reclasificatorio de Primera Tournament Contested by the two last teams of Torneo Reclasificación plus two teams from Primera B
Top scorers Rank.PlayerTeamGoals Machado da Silva Racing Bernardo Acosta Lanús Eduardo Flores Estudiantes LP Omar Wehbe Vélez Sarsfield Roque AvallayNewell's Old Boys
Campeonato Nacional Final standings
2nd place playoffs After River Plate and San Lorenzo finished equaled on points, they played a two-legged series in neutral venues to determine which team would be the second qualified for 1970 Copa Libertadores:
Team 1 Team 2 1st. leg Venue 1 City 1 2nd. leg Venue 2 City 2 Agg.River Plate San Lorenzo Vélez Sarsfield Stadium Buenos Aires Racing Stadium Avellaneda
Top scorers Rank.PlayerTeamGoals Carlos Bulla Platense Rodolfo Fischer San Lorenzo Oscar MásRiver Plate Héctor Yazalde Independiente Carlos Bianchi Vélez Sarsfield
References