1968 Argentine Primera División

Nacional
Season	1968
Champions	Vélez Sársfield (1st title)
1969 Copa Libertadores	Vélez Sársfield ; River Plate
Top goalscorer	Omar Wehbe (13 goals)
	← 1967 1969 →

Metropolitano
Season	1968
Champions	San Lorenzo (8th title)
Promoted	Los Andes ; Tigre
Relegated	Ferro C. Oeste ; Tigre
Top goalscorer	Alfredo Oberti (13 goals)
	← 1967 1969 →

Primera División
Season	1968
Champions	San Lorenzo (Metropolitano) ; Vélez Sársfield (Nacional)
	← 1967 1969 →

The 1968 Primera División season was the 77th season of top-flight football in Argentina, continuing with the Metropolitano and Nacional championships format, won by San Lorenzo and Vélez Sársfield respectively.^[1]

Ferro C. Oeste and Tigre were relegated.

Campeonato Metropolitano[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	San Lorenzo	22	14	8	0	44	10	+34	36
2	Estudiantes (LP)	22	9	6	7	39	27	+12	24
2	Lanús	22	9	6	7	20	23	−3	24
4	Racing	22	5	13	4	28	29	−1	23
4	Boca Juniors	22	5	13	4	15	17	−2	23
6	Colón	22	7	7	8	26	25	+1	21
7	Newell's Old Boys	22	6	8	8	26	22	+4	20
7	Banfield	22	6	8	8	23	27	−4	20
9	Atlanta	22	5	8	9	20	25	−5	18
10	Ferro Carril Oeste	22	4	9	9	20	38	−18	17
11	Platense	22	2	11	9	15	27	−12	15

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vélez Sársfield	22	12	8	2	40	20	+20	32
2	River Plate	22	12	7	3	31	16	+15	31
3	Rosario Central	22	10	7	5	29	17	+12	27
4	Huracán	22	10	6	6	29	18	+11	26
5	Independiente	22	10	5	7	34	19	+15	25
6	Los Andes	22	8	7	7	30	28	+2	23
6	Chacarita Juniors	22	10	3	9	28	29	−1	23
8	Argentinos Juniors	22	6	7	9	23	29	−6	19
9	Quilmes	22	6	6	10	27	34	−7	18
10	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	22	3	5	14	20	52	−32	11
11	Tigre	22	2	4	16	12	47	−35	8

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals[]

San Lorenzo 3–1 River Plate
Vélez Sársfield 0–1 Estudiantes LP

Final[]

1968 Campeonato Metropolitano Final

4 August 1968

San Lorenzo	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Estudiantes (LP)
Veglio 67' Fischer 100'	Report	Verón 47'

River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 47,300

Referee: Miguel Comesaña

San Lorenzo

Estudiantes (LP)


GK	1	Carlos Buttice
RB	2	Oscar Calics
LB	3	Antonio Rosl
RH	4	Sergio Villar
CH	5	Victorio Cocco
LH	6	Rafael Albrecht
RW	7	Pedro A. González
IF	8	Alberto Rendo
CF	9	Rodolfo Fischer
IF	10	Roberto Telch
LW	11	Carlos Veglio
Manager:
Elba de Pádua Lima (Tim)


GK	1	Alberto Poletti
LB	2	Néstor Togneri
RB	3	José H. Medina
RH	4	Oscar Malbernat
CH	5	Raúl Madero
LH	6	Carlos Pachamé
RW	7	Juan Echecopar
IF	8	Carlos Bilardo
CF	9	Marcos Conigliaro
IF	10	Eduardo Flores
LW	11	Juan Ramón Verón
Manager:
Osvaldo Zubeldía

Reclasificatorio Tournament[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Quilmes	18	7	9	2	25	11	+14	23
2	Atlanta	18	7	8	3	18	12	+6	22
3	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	18	8	5	5	23	16	+7	21
4	Platense	18	6	8	4	24	21	+3	20
4	Unión	18	5	10	3	19	21	−2	20
6	Deportivo Morón	18	5	9	4	18	14	+4	19
7	Ferro Carril Oeste	18	4	9	5	17	18	−1	17
8	Nueva Chicago	18	4	6	8	15	23	−8	14
9	Almagro	18	3	6	9	22	33	−11	12
9	Tigre	18	1	10	7	13	25	−12	12

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Promocional Tournament[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Banfield	14	10	3	1	33	10	+23	23
2	Newell's Old Boys	14	10	1	3	31	8	+23	21
3	San Martín (SJ)	14	8	3	3	24	20	+4	19
4	Chacarita Juniors	14	7	3	4	26	14	+12	17
5	Argentinos Juniors	14	4	6	4	14	18	−4	14
6	Central Córdoba (SdE)	14	3	3	8	13	26	−13	9
7	Huracán	14	1	3	10	8	30	−22	5
8	San Lorenzo	14	1	2	11	10	33	−23	4

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Campeonato Nacional[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vélez Sársfield	15	10	2	3	39	14	+25	22
1	River Plate	15	9	4	2	35	15	+20	22
1	Racing	15	8	6	1	29	15	+14	22
4	Rosario Central	15	9	3	3	28	11	+17	21
4	Boca Juniors	15	8	5	2	25	7	+18	21
6	Colón	15	8	3	4	26	19	+7	19
7	San Lorenzo	15	6	6	3	24	20	+4	18
8	Los Andes	15	6	5	4	22	15	+7	17
9	Huracán	15	5	3	7	23	22	+1	13
9	Belgrano	15	3	7	5	20	27	−7	13
11	Independiente	15	4	4	7	26	25	+1	12
12	Lanús	15	2	7	6	15	22	−7	11
13	Independiente Rivadavia	15	1	7	7	8	25	−17	9
14	Estudiantes (LP)	15	3	1	11	12	26	−14	7
14	San Martín (T)	15	2	3	10	11	34	−23	7
16	Huracán (IW)	15	2	2	11	11	57	−46	6

Source:^{[citation needed]}

1st place playoffs[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vélez Sársfield	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	3
2	River Plate	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	3
3	Racing	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ Argentina 1968 on RSSSF.com

[1] Argentina 1968 on RSSSF.com

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