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 6 August 2010 and ended on 30 June 2011, one day prior to the start of the 2011 Copa América, held in Argentina.
Club information 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 All Boys Buenos Aires Islas Malvinas 21,000 Argentinos Juniors Buenos Aires Diego Armando Maradona 24,800 Arsenal Sarandí Julio H. Grondona 16,300 Banfield Banfield Florencio Solá 40,500 Boca Juniors Buenos Aires Alberto J. Armando 49,000 Colón Santa Fe Brigadier General Estanislao López 32,500 Estudiantes (LP) La Plata Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi 23,000 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) La Plata Juan Carmelo Zerillo 24,544 Godoy Cruz Godoy Cruz Malvinas Argentinas 40,268 Huracán Buenos Aires Tomás Adolfo Ducó 48,314 Independiente Avellaneda Libertadores de América 32,500 Lanús Lanús Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez 46,619 Newell's Old Boys Rosario Marcelo Bielsa 38,095 Olimpo Bahía Blanca Roberto Natalio Carminatti 18,000 Quilmes Quilmes Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner 30,200 Racing Avellaneda Presidente Juan Domingo Perón 51,389 River Plate Buenos Aires Monumental Antonio V. Liberti 65,645 San Lorenzo Buenos Aires Pedro Bidegain 43,494 Tigre Victoria Monumental de Victoria 26,282 Vélez Sársfield Buenos Aires José Amalfitani 49,540
Personnel and kits ClubManagerKit manufacturerMain sponsorAll Boys Pepe RomeroSigniaLácteos BarrazaArgentinos Juniors OlympikusLiderar SegurosArsenal MitreLa Nueva SegurosBanfield Sebastián Ariel MéndezMitreBingo LomasBoca Juniors NikeLGColón UmbroFlecha BusEstudiantes (LP) TopperRCAGimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Hernán Darío OrtizKappa/PenaltyRapiCuotas$/Liderar SegurosGodoy Cruz LottoMendozaHuracán KappaLa Nueva SegurosIndependiente PumaMotomelLanús OlympikusBingo LanúsNewell's Old Boys TopperMotomelOlimpo Omar De FelippeBalonpieBingo BahíaQuilmes LottoQuilmesRacing OlympikusBanco HipotecarioRiver Plate AdidasPetrobrasSan Lorenzo LottoWalmart/La Nueva SegurosTigre KappaBanco MacroVélez Sársfield PenaltyMondial
Transfers See List of Argentine Primera División transfers July–August 2010.
Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner ofdeparture Date ofvacancy Replaced by Date ofappointment Positionin table Pre-season changes San Lorenzo Sebastián Méndez End of contract 14 May 2010 Ramón Díaz 25 May 2010 N/A Boca Juniors Roberto Pompei End of contract 14 May 2010 Claudio Borghi 20 May 2010 N/A Independiente Américo Gallego End of contract 18 May 2010 Daniel Garnero 20 May 2010 N/A Argentinos Juniors Claudio Borghi End of contract 16 May 2010 Pedro Troglio 1 June 2010 N/A Arsenal Carlos Ruiz End of contract 12 July 2010 Gustavo Alfaro 12 July 2010 N/A Apertura changes Independiente Daniel Garnero Resigned 20 September 2010 Antonio Mohamed 5 October 2010 17th Huracán Héctor Rivoira Resigned 20 September 2010 Miguel Ángel Brindisi 22 September 2010 14th Colón Antonio Mohamed Resigned 21 September 2010 Fernando Gamboa 27 September 2010 15th Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Diego Cocca Resigned 29 September 2010 Pablo Morant 30 September 2010 19th Quilmes Hugo Tocalli Resigned 15 October 2010 Leonardo Madelón 18 October 2010 19th River Plate Ángel Cappa Sacked 8 November 2010 Juan José López 10 November 2010 11th Lanús Luis Zubeldía Resigned 15 November 2010 Gabriel Schürrer 15 November 2010 14th Boca Juniors Claudio Borghi Resigned 17 November 2010 Roberto Pompei 17 November 2010 15th Inter-tournament changes Godoy Cruz Omar Asad Resigned 14 December 2010 Jorge da Silva 15 December 2010 N/A Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Pablo Morant End of contract 18 December 2010 Ángel Cappa 21 December 2010 N/A Boca Juniors Roberto Pompei End of contract 18 December 2010 Julio César Falcioni 18 December 2010 N/A Banfield Julio César Falcioni Resigned 18 December 2010 Sebastián Méndez 21 December 2010 N/A Tigre Ricardo Caruso Lombardi Resigned 29 December 2010 Rodolfo Arruabarrena 5 January 2011 N/A Estudiantes (LP) Alejandro Sabella Resigned 3 February 2011 Eduardo Berizzo 7 February 2011 N/A Clausura changes Huracán Miguel Ángel Brindisi Resigned 22 February 2011 Roberto Pompei 24 February 2011 18th Quilmes Leonardo Madelón Resigned 6 March 2011 Ricardo Caruso Lombardi 8 March 2011 20th Colón Fernando Gamboa Sacked 9 April 2011 Mario Sciacqua 11 April 2011 10th Newell's Old Boys Roberto Sensini Resigned 10 April 2011 Javier Torrente 18 April 2011 19th San Lorenzo Ramón Díaz Resigned 24 April 2011 Miguel Tojo 24 May 2011 11th Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Ángel Cappa Sacked 1 May 2011 Darío Ortiz 2 May 2011 18th Estudiantes (LP) Eduardo Berizzo Resigned 30 May2011 Luis Suárez and Guillermo Trama 30 May 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 6 August and it ended on 6 February 2011.Due to the death of Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina from 2003–2007, on 27 October, 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 12 December to 19 December. The schedule was later adjusted again to end on 12 December as planned. Due to Independiente's participation in the 2010 Copa Sudamericana, their match against Tigre was postponed to 6 February 2011.
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers Name Player nationality Club Goals 1Santiago SilvaVélez Sársfield 11Denis StracqualursiTigre 11 3Juan Manuel MartínezVélez Sársfield 10 4Mauro MatosAll Boys 8Martín PalermoBoca Juniors 8David RamírezGodoy Cruz 8 7Iván OboloArsenal 7 8Jairo CastilloGodoy Cruz 6Gastón FernándezEstudiantes (LP) 6Gabriel HaucheRacing 6 Source:
Torneo Clausura The Torneo Clausura 2011, officially called the Torneo Clausura Néstor Kirchner 2011, began on 11 February and ended on 19 June.
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers RankNamePlayer nationalityClubGoals 1Juan Manuel MartinezVelez11Teófilo GutiérrezRacing11 3Denis StracqualursiTigre10 4Esteban FuertesColón9Iván OboloArsenal9 6David RamírezVélez Sársfield8Silvio RomeroLanús8Diego ValeriLanús8 9Facundo ParraIndependiente7Santiago SilvaVélez Sársfield7Source:
Relegation TeamRelegation1Vélez Sársfield6661822091142Lanús7560631981143Estudiantes (LP)5771691971144Banfield4673471661145Godoy Cruz495363165114 6Argentinos Juniors3873541651147Newell's Old Boys5269421631148San Lorenzo6352471621149Boca Juniors61475316111410Colón57554715911411All Boys— — 515138 12Racing52465215011413Independiente39684315011414Arsenal46465714911415Tigre623250144114 16Olimpo— — 48483817River Plate414357141114Relegation Playoff Matches18Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)553733125114Additional Playoff19Huracán58373012511420Quilmes— — 393938Primera B NacionalSource:
Playoff for relegation/promotion playoff 1 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 22 June 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.
Relegation/promotion playoffs
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.
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2
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.
Copa Sudamericana Qualification for the 2011 Copa Sudamericana was determined by an aggregate table of the Apertura 2010 and Clausura 2011 tournaments.
See also 2010–11 in Argentine football
Notes
References
External links Official website of the Argentine Football Association Season regulations Universofutbol.com Clausura 2010