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1937 Argentine Primera División

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Primera División
River Plate, champion
Season1937
Dates4 April – 19 December
ChampionsRiver Plate (5th title)
RelegatedArgentinos Jrs.
Quilmes
1937 Copa AldaoRiver Plate
Top goalscorerParaguay Arsenio Erico (Independiente) (47 goals)
1936
1938

The 1937 Argentine Primera División was the 46th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on April 4 and ended on December 19.[1] There were 18 teams in the tournament, and River Plate won the championship.

Relegation system started this season, when it was ruled that the two worst placed teams would be relegated to Second Division.[2] Those teams were Argentinos Juniors and Quilmes.

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 River Plate 34 27 4 3 106 43 +63 58
2 Independiente 34 25 2 7 106 54 +52 52
3 Boca Juniors 34 20 5 9 101 57 +44 45
4 Racing 34 16 8 10 87 65 +22 40
5 Vélez Sarsfield 34 18 4 12 63 58 +5 40
6 San Lorenzo 34 15 9 10 70 62 +8 39
7 Huracán 34 17 4 13 82 62 +20 38
8 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 34 16 5 13 68 60 +8 37
9 Ferro Carril Oeste 34 15 5 14 78 79 −1 35
10 Estudiantes (LP) 34 13 8 13 63 64 −1 34
11 Atlanta 34 12 7 15 61 66 −5 31
12 Platense 34 12 7 15 61 67 −6 31
13 Lanús 34 13 5 16 68 79 −11 31
14 Chacarita Juniors 34 10 9 15 63 76 −13 29
15 Talleres (RE) 34 10 6 18 60 88 −28 26
16 Tigre 34 11 3 20 62 84 −22 25
17 Argentinos Juniors 34 4 3 27 44 111 −67 11
18 Quilmes 34 3 4 27 42 110 −68 10
Source: rsssf.com

References

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  1. ^ Argentina 1937 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at rsssf.org
  2. ^ Ni sorpresa ni asombro, más de lo mismo en el fútbol argentino by Alejandro Fabbri on his website