2016–17 Argentine Primera División

The 2016–17 Argentine Primera División – Torneo de la Independencia was the 127th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The tournament was named in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Independence of Argentina.

Primera División
Season2016–17
ChampionsBoca Juniors (32nd title)
RelegatedAldosivi
Atlético de Rafaela
Quilmes
Sarmiento
Copa LibertadoresBoca Juniors
River Plate
Estudiantes (LP)
Racing
Banfield
Independiente
(via Copa Sudamericana)
Atlético Tucumán
(via Copa Argentina)
Copa SudamericanaSan Lorenzo
Lanús
Newell's Old Boys
Defensa y Justicia
Colón
Rosario Central
Matches played450
Goals scored1,024 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorerDarío Benedetto (21 goals)
Biggest home winNewell's Old Boys 6-1 San Martín (SJ)
(Dec. 15, 2016)
Rosario Central 5-0 Arsenal
(Oct. 1, 2016)
Biggest away winPatronato 0–5 Independiente
(Apr. 9, 2017)
Highest scoringNewell's Old Boys 6-1 San Martín (SJ)
(Dec. 15, 2016)
Tigre 4-3 San Lorenzo
(Apr. 2, 2017)
Racing 4-3 Atlético Tucumán
(Apr. 23, 2017)
Patronato 3-4 Olimpo
(Apr. 24, 2017)
Longest winning runColón (7 games)
Longest winless runArsenal (13 games)
Longest losing runQuilmes (7 games)
2016

The season began on August 26, 2016 and ended on June 27, 2017. Thirty teams competed in the league, twenty-nine returning from the 2016 season, and the addition of Talleres de Córdoba as the Primera B Nacional champion. Argentinos Juniors did not take part having been relegated the previous season.

Boca Juniors were crowned champions of Argentina for a 32nd time after rivals Banfield were beaten by San Lorenzo on June 20, 2017. As a result, Boca Juniors qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores and the 2017 Supercopa Argentina.

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