1976 Argentine Primera División

Primera División

Season	1976
Champions	Boca Juniors (Metropolitano and Nacional)
← 1975 1977 →

The 1976 Primera División season was the 85° season of top-flight football in Argentina. Boca Juniors won both tournaments, Metropolitano and Nacional, totaling 20 titles until then.

After three consecutive seasons with no relegations, San Telmo was relegated to Primera B after playing a small tournament with the worst placed teams in the general table.

Metropolitano Championship

Metropolitano

Season	1976
Champions	Boca Juniors (19° title)
Promoted	Quilmes San Telmo
Relegated	San Telmo
1977 Copa Libertadores	Boca Juniors
Top goalscorer	Mario Kempes (21 goals)
← 1975 1977 →

Classification round

Group A

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Huracán	22	15	7	0	47	20	37
2	Estudiantes LP	22	10	9	3	33	22	29
3	Independiente	22	9	10	3	37	24	28
4	Boca Juniors	22	9	7	6	30	22	25
5	Colón (SF)	22	9	4	9	35	35	22
6	Rosario Central	22	6	9	7	38	28	21
7	Ferro Carril Oeste	22	6	8	8	28	36	20
8	Banfield	22	4	10	8	29	40	18
9	Atlanta	22	6	4	12	19	39	16
10	San Telmo	22	4	7	11	27	37	15
11	All Boys	22	2	8	12	15	38	12

Group B

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	River Plate	22	12	3	7	43	26	27
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima LP	22	9	8	5	36	29	26
2	Quilmes	22	10	6	6	36	36	26
4	San Lorenzo	22	10	5	7	31	29	25
5	Unión (SF)	22	10	4	8	34	23	24
5	Newell's Old Boys	22	8	8	6	32	28	24
7	Vélez Sársfield	22	10	3	9	31	27	23
8	Racing Club	22	8	5	9	36	37	21
9	Chacarita Juniors	22	7	4	11	32	43	18
10	Argentinos Juniors	22	5	4	13	27	43	14
11	Temperley	22	3	7	12	21	35	13

Championship Group

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	11	8	3	0	18	8	19
2	Huracán	11	7	2	2	20	12	16
3	Estudiantes LP	11	5	4	2	16	13	14
4	Unión (SF)	11	5	3	3	16	13	13
4	River Plate	11	3	7	1	13	11	13
6	Newell's Old Boys	11	4	4	3	11	12	12
7	Quilmes	11	2	6	3	18	18	10
8	Rosario Central	11	2	5	4	14	16	9
9	Colón (SF)	11	2	4	5	15	20	8
10	Independiente	11	3	0	8	17	17	6
10	Gimnasia y Esgrima LP	11	1	4	6	13	21	6
10	San Lorenzo	11	1	4	6	7	17	6

Relegation Group

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Temperley	9	6	2	1	15	6	14
2	Atlanta	9	3	5	1	14	13	11
3	Ferro Carril Oeste	9	3	4	2	13	11	10
4	Banfield	9	2	5	2	16	12	9
4	Vélez Sársfield	9	2	5	2	11	10	9
4	Chacarita Juniors	9	3	3	3	11	14	9
7	Argentinos Juniors	9	0	8	1	11	15	8
8	All Boys	9	2	3	4	12	14	7
8	Racing Club	9	2	3	4	9	12	7
10	San Telmo	9	2	2	5	12	17	6

Nacional Championship

Nacional

Season	1976
Champions	Boca Juniors (20° title)
Promoted	Platense
1977 Copa Libertadores	River Plate
Top goalscorer	Norberto Eresuma Luis Ludueña Víctor Marchetti (12 goals each)
← 1975 1977 →

Group A

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	16	10	3	3	24	10	23
1	Quilmes	16	9	5	2	21	12	23
3	Independiente	16	8	5	3	24	17	21
4	Tucumán	16	7	3	6	21	17	17
5	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy	16	5	5	6	17	19	15
6	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	16	5	4	7	14	20	14
7	Chacarita Juniors	16	2	5	9	17	27	9
7	Temperley	16	3	3	10	17	28	9

1st place Playoff

• Boca Juniors 2-1 Quilmes

Group B

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	River Plate	16	10	4	2	31	14	24
2	Banfield	16	9	4	3	33	18	22
3	Estudiantes LP	16	8	5	3	23	14	21
4	Racing Club	16	7	3	6	26	25	17
5	Atlanta	16	5	5	6	23	23	15
5	Atlético Ledesma	16	6	3	7	17	18	15
7	San Martín (T)	16	2	3	11	12	27	7
8	San Telmo	16	1	2	13	15	46	4

Group C

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Huracán	18	12	4	2	36	15	28
2	Unión de Santa Fe	18	10	5	3	32	15	25
3	Rosario Central	18	7	8	3	24	19	22
4	San Martín de Mendoza	18	6	5	7	27	28	17
5	Aldosivi	18	6	4	8	25	33	16
6	Vélez Sársfield	18	4	7	7	21	24	15
7	Platense	18	5	4	9	19	32	14
8	Sportivo Patria	18	4	4	10	24	37	12
8	All Boys	18	4	4	10	16	26	12

Group D

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Talleres de Córdoba	18	11	4	3	38	17	26
1	Newell's Old Boys	18	11	4	3	38	19	26
3	Ferro Carril Oeste	18	10	5	3	38	21	25
4	Argentinos Juniors	18	7	3	8	26	27	17
4	Huracán de Comodoro Rivadavia	18	7	3	8	20	24	17
6	Central Norte	18	5	6	7	17	25	16
7	Colón de Santa Fe	18	4	7	7	13	20	15
8	San Lorenzo de Almagro	18	4	6	8	23	26	14
9	San Lorenzo (MdP)	18	2	3	13	24	53	7

1st place Playoff

• Talleres de Córdoba 3-1 Newell's Old Boys

Quarterfinals

• Boca Juniors 2-1 Banfield
• River Plate 2-1 Quilmes
• Huracán 2-0 Newell's Old Boys
• Talleres de Córdoba 4-0 Unión de Santa Fe

Semifinals

• Boca Juniors 1-0 Huracán
• River Plate 1-0 Talleres de Córdoba

Final

22 December 1976

Boca Juniors	1–0	River Plate
Suñé 72'	Report

Racing Club, Buenos Aires

Referee: Arturo Ithurralde

Boca Juniors

River Plate

GK 1 Hugo Gatti DF 4 Vicente Pernía DF 2 Francisco Sá DF 6 Roberto Mouzo DF 3 Alberto Tarantini MF 8 Carlos Veglio MF 5 Rubén Suñé MF 10 Jorge Ribolzi FW 7 Ernesto Mastrángelo FW 9 Juan Taverna FW 11 Darío Felman Manager: Juan Carlos Lorenzo

GK 1 Ubaldo Fillol DF 4 Pablo Comelles DF 2 Roberto Perfumo DF 6 Daniel Passarella DF 3 Héctor López MF 8 Juan José López MF 5 Reinaldo Merlo MF 10 Alberto Beltrán FW 7 Pedro Alexis González FW 9 Leopoldo Luque FW 11 Oscar Más Manager: Angel Labruna