1987–88 Argentine Primera División

The 1987–88 Argentine Primera División was the 97th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season ran from August 30, 1987 to June 5, 1988.

Primera División

Newell's Old Boys, champions
Season	1987–88
Dates	August 30, 1987 – June 5, 1988
Champions	Newell's Old Boys (2nd title)
Promoted	Dep. Armenio Banfield
Relegated	Banfield Unión SF
1988 Copa Libertadores	Newell's Old Boys San Lorenzo
Top goalscorer	José Luis Rodríguez (18)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Newell's Old Boys won its 2nd league title, with a squad and coaching staff made up entirely of players from the club's academy, while Banfield and Unión de Santa Fe were relegated.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Newell's Old Boys (C)	38	21	13	4	68	22	+46	55	Qualified for 1988 Copa Libertadores
2	San Lorenzo	38	16	17	5	49	28	+21	49	Qualified for the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores
3	Racing	38	15	18	5	51	33	+18	48
4	River Plate	38	17	12	9	51	40	+11	46
5	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	38	11	21	6	44	36	+8	43
6	Vélez Sársfield	38	14	13	11	51	41	+10	41
7	Rosario Central	38	12	16	10	53	41	+12	40
8	Argentinos Juniors	38	15	10	13	49	44	+5	40
9	Deportivo Español	38	11	18	9	49	47	+2	40
10	Platense	38	12	14	12	42	45	−3	38
11	Independiente	38	12	13	13	37	44	−7	37
12	Boca Juniors	38	12	11	15	40	55	−15	35
13	Deportivo Armenio	38	8	18	12	37	45	−8	34
14	Ferro Carril Oeste	38	7	19	12	27	35	−8	33
15	Instituto	38	10	15	13	43	53	−10	33
16	Estudiantes (LP)	38	6	20	12	31	43	−12	32
17	Racing (C)	38	10	11	17	31	44	−13	31
18	Unión	38	8	12	18	39	52	−13	28
19	Banfield	38	7	14	17	36	56	−20	28
20	Talleres (C)	38	6	15	17	40	64	−24	27

Source:
(C) Champions
Notes:

Top scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	José Luis Rodríguez	Deportivo Español	18
2	Marío Bevilaqua	Talleres (C)	17
3	José Iglesias	Racing	16
3	Walter Perazzo	San Lorenzo	16

Relegation

Unión de Santa Fe and Banfield were relegated with the worst points averages.

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

Quarter-finals

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Argentinos Juniors	Racing	1-1	1-3	2-4
Deportivo Mandiyú	San Lorenzo	1-1	1-1	2-2
Rosario Central	River Plate	0-0	0-1	0-1
Velez Sarsfield	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	3-0	1-1	4-1

Semi-finals

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
River Plate	Racing	3-3	0-1	3-4
Velez Sarsfield	San Lorenzo	0-1	0-0	0-1

Final

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Racing	San Lorenzo	0-2	1-0	1-2

• San Lorenzo qualify for 1988 Copa Libertadores.

See also

• 1987–88 in Argentine football