1985–86 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Season	1985–86
Champions	River Plate (21° title)
Relegated	Chacarita Juniors Huracán
1986 Copa Libertadores	River Plate Boca Juniors
Top goalscorer	Enzo Francescoli (25 goals)
← 1985 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 Argentine Primera División was the 95° season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on July 6, 1985 and ended on April 20, 1986.^[1]

This tournament saw a major reform in Argentine football, as the European calendar was adopted as well as the tournament format. The league title was won by River Plate achieving its 21° league title.

League table

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	River Plate	56	36	23	10	3	74	26	48
2	Newell's Old Boys	46	36	15	16	5	46	30	16
3	Deportivo Español	46	36	18	10	8	41	35	6
4	Argentinos Juniors	44	36	16	12	8	47	39	8
5	Boca Juniors	41	36	14	13	9	57	47	10
6	Ferro Carril Oeste	40	36	12	16	8	45	33	12
7	San Lorenzo	40	36	14	12	10	43	33	10
8	Talleres (C)	37	36	10	17	9	43	37	6
9	Independiente	36	36	15	6	15	38	36	2
10	Gimnasia y Esgrima LP	36	36	9	18	9	29	36	-7
11	Instituto (C)	35	36	11	13	12	33	33	0
12	Vélez Sársfield	34	36	11	12	13	48	48	0
13	Huracán	32	36	10	12	14	44	47	-3
14	Unión (SF)	31	36	9	13	14	27	38	-11
15	Temperley	29	36	8	13	15	44	60	-16
16	Estudiantes LP	27	36	10	7	19	33	47	-14
17	Platense	27	36	7	13	16	37	55	-18
18	Racing (C)	26	36	6	14	16	31	52	-21
19	Chacarita Juniors	21	36	5	11	20	24	53	-31

Relegation

Relegation was determined by averaging the number of points obtained over the three previous seasons

Relegation table

Team	1983	1984	1985-1986	Total points	Seasons	Points average
Deportivo Español	N/A	N/A	46	46	1	46.00
Ferro Carril Oeste	46	50	40	136	3	45.33
Argentinos Juniors	36	51	44	131	3	43.66
River Plate	29	43	56	128	3	42.33
San Lorenzo	47	37	40	124	3	41.33
Vélez Sársfield	44	42	34	120	3	40.00
Newell's Old Boys	35	38	46	119	3	39.67
Independiente	48	31	36	115	3	38.33
Estudiantes LP	38	48	27	113	3	37.67
Boca Juniors	37	30	41	108	3	36.00
Gimnasia y Esgrima LP	N/A	N/A	36	36	1	36.00
Talleres (C)	33	34	37	104	3	34.67
Instituto (C)	35	33	35	103	3	34.33
Unión SF	38	30	31	99	3	33.00
Racing (C)	27	43	26	96	3	32.00
Platense	34	33	27	94	3	31.33
Temperley	33	31	29	93	3	31.00
Huracán	32	27	32	91	3	30.33
Chacarita Juniors	N/A	34	21	55	2	27.50

Chacarita Juniors were relegated directly
Huracán played in the Octagonal promotion tournament.

Qualification for Copa Libertadores 1986

River Plate qualified as League champions
Argentinos Juniors qualified as Copa Libertadores holders
The remaining qualification place was determined by the Liguella Pre-Libertadores

Liguella Pre-Libertadores

Qualifying round

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Alianza (CCo)	Boca Juniors	1-2	1-2	2-4
Concepción FC	Vélez Sársfield	0-3	1-2	1-5
Ferro Carril Oeste	C.A. Güemes (SdE)	2-1	2-1	4-2
San Lorenzo	Guaraní A. Franco	4-1	3-0	7-1

Quarter-finals

		Score
Ferro Carril Oeste	Deportivo Español	4-1 (aet)
Newell's Old Boys	Belgrano (C)	2-1
Olimpo (BB)	Boca Juniors	2-3
San Lorenzo	Vélez Sársfield	0-0 (4-3 p.k.)

Semi-finals

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Newell's Old Boys	Ferro C. Oeste	1-0	1-1	2-1
San Lorenzo	Boca Juniors	1-2	0-0	1-2

Final

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Boca Juniors	Newell's Old Boys	0-2	4-1	4-3

Boca Juniors qualified for the 1986 Copa Libertadores.

References

↑ Argentina 1985-86 by Pablo Ciullini at RSSSF.com

Primera División

Argentine Football Association

2016-17 teams	Aldosivi Arsenal Atlético Rafaela Atlético Tucumán Banfield Belgrano Boca Juniors Colón Defensa y Justicia Estudiantes (LP) Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Godoy Cruz Huracán Independiente Lanús Newell's Old Boys Olimpo Patronato Quilmes Racing River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo San Martín (SJ) Sarmiento Talleres (C) Temperley Tigre Unión Vélez Sarsfield

League format	Calendar-year (1891–1966, 2015–2016) Metropolitano and Nacional (1967–85) European style (1985-90, 2016–) Apertura and Clausura (1991–2012) Inicial and Final (2012–14)

Seasons	1891 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014 2015 2016 2016–17

Dissident bodies	Federación Argentina de Football (1912-14) Asociación Amateurs de Football (1919-26) Liga Argentina de Football (1931-34)

Other articles	Champions year by year All-time table Players Records Top scorers Fillol Award Disaffiliated teams

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