Histora.org newsletter July 27, 2000 River Plate have won the Argentine Clausura for 2000, their second Argentine title in a row since they also won the 1999 Apertura. Boca Juniors had won the last Apertura and Clausura before River Plate and went on to win the Copa Libertadores this year but they did not fare so well in the domestic competitions. Here are the final standings of the recently completed Clausura: ============================================================= # Club Pts GD P W D L GF GA ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 River Plate 42 +27 19 12 6 1 44 17 2 Independiente 36 +17 19 11 3 5 42 25 3 Colon 36 +12 19 11 3 5 38 26 4 San Lorenzo de Almagro 36 +12 19 11 3 5 27 15 5 Newell's Old Boys 34 +11 19 10 4 5 32 21 6 Velez Sarsfield 34 +10 19 9 7 3 28 18 7 Boca Juniors 36 +21 19 10 6 3 38 17 8 Union Santa Fe 29 -12 19 9 2 8 28 40 9 Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 28 -5 19 8 4 7 28 33 10 Talleres Cordoba 27 -1 19 7 6 6 21 22 11 Lanus 28 +10 19 8 4 7 32 22 12 Instituto 25 -2 19 6 7 6 27 29 13 Rosario Central 23 -1 19 6 5 8 25 26 14 Belgrano Cordoba 22 -3 19 6 4 9 28 31 15 Chacarita Juniors 20 -10 19 5 5 9 20 30 16 Argentinos Juniors 18 -15 19 4 6 9 21 36 17 Estudiantes La Plata 16 -9 19 3 7 9 21 30 18 Racing Club 15 -7 19 3 6 10 22 29 19 Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy 10 -19 19 2 4 13 15 34 20 Ferro Carril Oeste 8 -37 19 2 2 15 9 46 ============================================================= And here are the final standings of the Apertura completed in December: ============================================================= # Club Pts GD P W D L GF GA ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 River Plate 44 +24 19 13 5 1 45 21 2 Rosario Central 43 +16 19 14 1 4 34 18 3 Boca Juniors 41 +21 19 12 5 2 36 15 4 San Lorenzo de Almagro 36 +15 19 10 6 3 30 15 5 Talleres Cordoba 31 +7 19 9 4 6 38 31 6 Racing Club 30 +5 19 7 9 3 27 22 7 Velez Sarsfield 29 +11 18 8 5 5 26 15 8 Chacarita Juniors 24 +5 18 6 6 6 36 31 9 Lanus 23 -7 19 7 2 10 23 30 10 Estudiantes La Plata 23 -4 19 6 5 8 29 33 11 Independiente 22 -3 18 5 7 6 16 19 12 Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 21 0 19 4 9 6 28 28 13 Newell's Old Boys 21 0 19 5 6 8 27 27 14 Argentinos Juniors 21 -2 19 4 9 6 20 22 15 Union Santa Fe 21 -6 19 5 6 8 24 30 16 Belgrano Cordoba 20 -11 18 5 5 8 23 34 17 Colon 19 -8 19 5 4 10 20 28 18 Instituto 19 -9 18 4 7 7 20 29 19 Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy 9 -24 18 2 3 13 16 40 20 Ferro Carril Oeste 9 -30 19 1 6 12 14 44 ============================================================= Here are the past winners of the Apertura (opening) league and Clausura (closing) league (the Apertura finishes in December while the Clausara finishes in July...) ========================================================== Year Apertura Year Clausura ========================================================== 1990 Newell's Old Boys 1991 Boca Juniors 1991 River Plate 1992 Newell's Old Boys 1992 Boca Juniors 1993 Velez Sarsfield 1993 River Plate 1994 Independiente 1994 River Plate 1995 San Lorenzo de Almagro 1995 Velez Sarsfield 1996 Velez Sarsfield 1996 River Plate 1997 River Plate 1997 River Plate 1998 Velez Sarsfield 1998 Boca Juniors 1999 Boca Juniors 1999 River Plate 2000 River Plate ========================================================== From 1931 to 1966, Argentina had a single, clear champion thanks to a single league played through the whole footballing season but in 1967 another significant competition was introduced called the Metropolitano so there were two champions every year. In 1970 that regular league was replaced with a national championship made up of all sorts of changing formats including multiple mini leagues leading to a playoff. This championship lasted until 1985 but the league resumed in 1981 so there was both the league and the national championship until 1985. The league was the only major competition until 1990 when the season was thus split into two parts; the aforementioned Apertura and Clausura. In the first two years of this system the two champions had a playoff and the winner was considered the official champion but now there are two seperate champions every year. So if you can make sense out of all of this, well I congratulate you! Argentina, in its passion for football, has been somewhat chaotic in its domestic formats! Here are the yearly winners of the league and the national championship: ============================================================== Year League Championship ============================================================== 1931 Boca Juniors 1932 River Plate 1933 San Lorenzo de Almagro 1934 Boca Juniors 1935 Boca Juniors 1936 River Plate 1937 River Plate 1938 Independiente 1939 Independiente 1940 Boca Juniors 1941 River Plate 1942 River Plate 1943 Boca Juniors 1944 Boca Juniors 1945 River Plate 1946 San Lorenzo de Almagro 1947 River Plate 1948 Independiente 1949 Racing Club 1950 Racing Club 1951 Racing Club 1952 River Plate 1953 River Plate 1954 Boca Juniors 1955 River Plate 1956 River Plate 1957 River Plate 1958 Racing Club 1959 San Lorenzo de Almagro 1960 Independiente 1961 Racing Club 1962 Boca Juniors 1963 Independiente 1964 Boca Juniors 1965 Boca Juniors 1966 Racing Club 1967 Independiente 1968 Velez Sarsfield 1969 Boca Juniors 1970 _ Boca Juniors 1971 _ Rosario Central 1972 _ San Lorenzo de Almagro 1973 _ Rosario Central 1974 _ San Lorenzo de Almagro 1975 _ River Plate 1976 _ Boca Juniors 1977 _ Independiente 1978 _ Independiente 1979 _ River Plate 1980 _ Rosario Central 1981 River Plate River Plate 1982 Boca Juniors Ferro Carril Oeste 1983 Estudiantes La Plata Estudiantes La Plata 1984 Independiente Ferro Carril Oeste 1985 Argentinos Juniors Argentinos Juniors 1986 River Plate 1987 Rosario Central 1988 Newell's Old Boys 1989 Independiente 1990 River Plate Newell's Old Boys 1991 _ River Plate ======================================================== Here are the winners of the Metropolitano: ============================= Year Winner ============================= 1967 Estudiantes La Plata 1968 San Lorenzo de Almagro 1969 Chacarita Juniors 1970 Independiente 1971 Independiente 1972 San Lorenzo de Almagro 1973 Huracan Buenos Aires 1974 Newell's Old Boys 1975 River Plate 1976 Boca Juniors 1977 River Plate 1978 Quilmes 1979 River Plate ============================= Here is River Plate's past record in all domestic competitions: ======================================================= Year Tournament Finishing round W D L GF GA ======================================================= 1931 League 4th Place 19 6 9 63 40 1932 League Winner 22 6 6 81 43 1933 League 4th Place 20 6 8 71 36 1934 League 4th Place 23 4 12 91 44 1935 League 5th Place 19 6 9 71 47 1936 League Winner 13 2 2 49 19 1937 League Winner 27 4 3 106 43 1938 League Runner-up 23 5 4 105 49 1939 League Runner-up 23 4 7 100 43 1940 League 3rd Place 17 8 9 92 54 1941 League Winner 19 6 5 75 35 1942 League Winner 20 6 4 79 37 1943 League Runner-up 19 6 5 74 38 1944 League Runner-up 17 10 3 68 43 1945 League Winner 20 6 4 66 34 1946 League 3rd Place 17 7 6 59 34 1947 League Winner 22 4 4 90 37 1948 League Runner-up 12 13 5 59 48 1949 League Runner-up 18 7 9 71 36 1950 League 4th Place 15 8 11 68 57 1951 League 3rd Place 16 11 5 69 42 1952 League Winner 17 6 7 65 48 1953 League Winner 18 7 5 60 36 1954 League 3rd Place 16 6 8 56 37 1955 League Winner 18 9 3 53 35 1956 League Winner 17 9 4 61 32 1957 League Winner 19 8 3 75 34 1958 League 5th Place 14 9 7 62 46 1959 League 5th Place 14 4 12 49 45 1960 League Runner-up 16 7 7 46 29 1961 League 3rd Place 15 8 7 53 30 1962 League Runner-up 18 5 5 61 28 1963 League Runner-up 13 9 4 48 23 1964 League 3rd Place 13 11 6 42 30 1965 League Runner-up 22 5 7 55 24 1966 League Runner-up 22 12 4 66 26 1967 League 5th Place 9 1 5 33 15 Metropolitano Quarter-Finals 9 5 8 31 23 1968 League Runner-up 9 4 2 35 15 Metropolitano Semi-Finals 12 7 4 32 19 1969 League Runner-up 11 5 1 34 11 Metropolitano Final 12 8 4 36 25 1970 Championship Quarter-Finals 11 4 5 30 20 Metropolitano Final 10 7 3 42 24 1971 Championship Quarter-Finals 8 5 1 26 13 Metropolitano Final 14 11 11 60 52 1972 Championship Final 11 2 2 53 26 Metropolitano Final 15 10 9 64 52 1973 Championship Final 11 3 4 35 24 Metropolitano Final 15 7 10 59 56 1974 Championship First Round 7 5 6 33 20 Metropolitano Quarter-Finals 9 2 7 37 28 1975 Championship Winner 17 3 3 54 25 Metropolitano Winner 23 9 6 72 38 1976 Championship Final 12 4 3 34 16 Metropolitano Final 15 10 8 56 37 1977 Championship Quarter-Finals 7 1 6 32 15 Metropolitano Winner 25 13 6 83 46 1978 Championship Final 12 5 3 40 18 Metropolitano Final 16 13 11 59 47 1979 Championship Winner 10 6 4 35 17 Metropolitano Winner 13 6 3 41 24 1980 Championship Quarter-Finals 9 1 6 35 24 1981 League Winner 20 11 5 64 33 Championship Winner 10 8 2 31 14 1982 League 4th Place 14 11 9 62 50 Championship First Round 4 6 6 20 27 1983 League 10th Place 12 10 14 43 46 Championship Quarter-Finals 6 6 4 12 8 1984 League 18th Place 10 9 17 37 50 Championship Final 9 2 3 32 13 1985 League 4th Place 15 13 8 51 38 Championship Semi-Finals 6 2 2 18 9 1986 League Winner 23 10 3 74 26 1987 League 10th Place 13 13 12 54 49 1988 League 4th Place 17 12 9 51 40 1989 League 4th Place 16 13 9 61 36 1990 League Winner 20 13 5 48 20 Apertura Runner-up 11 4 4 29 13 1991 Apertura Winner 14 3 2 33 11 Clausura 10th Place 4 11 4 19 19 Championship Winner 2 1 0 4 2 1992 Apertura Runner-up 10 5 4 28 13 Clausura 5th Place 8 8 3 31 22 1993 Apertura Winner 9 6 4 29 17 Clausura 3rd Place 10 3 6 33 21 1994 Apertura Winner 12 7 0 31 14 Clausura 5th Place 7 7 5 24 14 1995 Apertura 7th Place 7 8 4 21 20 Clausura 10th Place 7 4 8 29 30 1996 Apertura Winner 15 1 3 52 22 Clausura 14th Place 6 3 10 32 33 1997 Apertura Winner 14 3 2 43 17 Clausura Winner 12 5 2 37 20 1998 Apertura 15th Place 5 7 7 27 27 Clausura 7th Place 7 8 4 32 24 1999 Apertura Winner 13 5 1 45 21 Clausura Runner-up 11 4 4 37 19 2000 Clausura Winner 12 6 1 44 17 ======================================================= River Plate are Argentina's all time most successful club in domestic play in terms of just about every statistical category; titles, match wins, and 'Tournament Points'. Here is how many of these points are given for each stage a club finishes at (1 = winner, 2 = runner-up, 3 = semi-final / 3rd place in league, etc...) ============================================================= Tournament Point Values 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ============================================================= Apertura (1990-1990) 8 6 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 Clausura (1991-2000) 8 6 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 League (1931-1990) 12 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Championship (1970-1991) 12 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Metropolitano (1967-1979) 8 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 ============================================================= So here is the ranking, but it should be noted that Boca Juniors fans will certainly point out that in spite of River Plate's superior overall record, Boca Juniors has the better record in head to head meetings. =================================================================== # Club TPts Ap 1 2 Wins Drws Loss GFor GAgs =================================================================== 1. River Plate 623 99 30 23 1376 655 546 4958 2947 2. Boca Juniors 466 99 19 12 1254 679 608 4520 2951 3. Independiente 409 98 13 14 1181 710 668 4464 3178 4. San Lorenzo de Almagro 371 96 8 11 1109 705 682 4366 3282 5. Racing Club 286 94 6 6 994 726 712 4022 3279 6. Velez Sarsfield 224 95 5 6 983 710 751 3778 3279 7. Estudiantes La Plata 169 95 3 3 925 687 866 3775 3539 8. Newell's Old Boys 161 86 5 3 771 670 720 3145 2896 9. Rosario Central 148 85 4 4 790 652 741 3239 3041 10. Huracan Buenos Aires 121 90 1 3 853 610 839 3642 3540 11. Ferro Carril Oeste 104 87 2 3 696 713 867 2953 3475 12. Argentinos Juniors 69 74 2 1 558 575 727 2494 2877 13. Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 69 80 _ 3 685 608 803 3084 3435 14. Lanus 53 59 _ 2 473 408 650 2271 2730 15. Platense Vincente Lopez 46 75 _ _ 576 600 783 2637 3148 16. Chacarita Juniors 44 61 1 _ 525 426 702 2344 2811 17. Atlanta 40 54 _ _ 437 381 668 2113 2714 18. Talleres Cordoba 39 36 _ 1 275 276 282 1136 1151 19. Banfield 29 44 _ 1 331 349 472 1572 1837 20. Union Santa Fe 29 41 _ 1 310 316 347 1193 1224 21. Deportivo Espanol 23 23 _ _ 156 180 186 549 627 22. Colon 21 37 _ 1 277 253 314 1124 1240 23. Quilmes 21 30 1 1 223 201 353 949 1322 24. Racing Cordoba 16 15 _ 1 125 127 140 479 505 25. Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy 7 20 _ _ 99 104 158 419 575 26. Instituto 6 19 _ _ 149 139 184 588 648 27. Belgrano Cordoba 5 24 _ _ 129 131 140 476 511 28. Deportivo Mandiyu 5 13 _ _ 65 112 107 289 360 29. Atletico Tucuman 4 9 _ _ 54 36 50 198 192 30. Temperley 4 12 _ _ 80 99 140 353 474 31. Tigre 4 23 _ _ 180 140 393 1068 1677 32. Los Andes Lomas Zamora 2 6 _ _ 36 37 72 174 245 =================================================================== Legend: ----------------------------- Abrev Statistic ----------------------------- TPts Tournament Points Ap Appearances 1 Titles / 1st in league 2 Final / 2nd in league Wins Victories Drws Draws Loss Losses GFor Goals for GAgs Goals against ============================= As far as Copa Libertadores competition is concerned, Independiente are still better than River Plate and Boca Juniors as far as titles and overall success are concerned thanks to an amazing run in the 1970's : (title = 32 tournament points, runner-up = 16, semi's = 8, etc) ================================================================= # Club TPts Ap 1 2 Wins Drws Loss GFor GAgs ================================================================= 1. Independiente 276 17 7 _ 61 30 29 182 117 2. River Plate 176 21 2 2 97 53 50 333 209 3. Boca Juniors 161 14 3 2 60 31 30 179 118 4. Estudiantes La Plata 123 7 3 1 28 11 12 73 43 5. Racing Club 54 5 1 _ 23 10 12 81 53 6. Velez Sarsfield 46 5 1 _ 19 18 9 54 33 7. Argentinos Juniors 40 2 1 _ 9 6 1 23 13 8. Newell's Old Boys 36 4 _ 2 18 16 8 46 38 9. San Lorenzo de Almagro 33 6 _ _ 23 17 15 84 53 10. Rosario Central 20 7 _ _ 23 11 12 90 63 11. Colon 4 1 _ _ 3 1 6 10 16 12. Huracan Buenos Aires 4 1 _ _ 5 2 2 18 11 13. Ferro Carril Oeste 3 2 _ _ 5 2 5 12 11 14. Quilmes 1 1 _ _ 1 _ 5 7 11 ================================================================= And just for reference's sake, here are Argentina's Copa Libertadores winners: =========================== Year Club =========================== 1964 Independiente 1965 Independiente 1967 Racing Club 1968 Estudiantes La Plata 1969 Estudiantes La Plata 1970 Estudiantes La Plata 1972 Independiente 1973 Independiente 1974 Independiente 1975 Independiente 1977 Boca Juniors 1978 Boca Juniors 1984 Independiente 1985 Argentinos Juniors 1986 River Plate 1994 Velez Sarsfield 1996 River Plate 2000 Boca Juniors ===========================