1970 Argentine Primera División

Nacional
Season	1970
Champions	Boca Juniors (18th title)
1971 Copa Libertadores	Boca Juniors ; Rosario Central
Top goalscorer	Carlos Bianchi (18 goals)
	← 1969 1971 →

Metropolitano
Season	1970
Champions	Independiente (9th title)
Promoted	(none)
Relegated	Lanús ; Quilmes ; Unión (SF)
Top goalscorer	Oscar Más (16 goals)
	← 1969 1971 →

Primera División
Season	1970
Champions	Boca Juniors (Metropolitano) ; Independiente (Nacional)
	← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 Primera División season was the 79th season of top-flight football in Argentina, with Boca Juniors winning the Metropolitano (18th title) and Independiente winning the Nacional championship (9th title). Starting with this season, two substitutions were allowed. That rule had been first introduced in 1959, and was only allowed for injured goalkeepers.^[1]

There were three teams relegated, Lanús, Quilmes and Unión (SF).^[2]

Campeonato Metropolitano[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Independiente	20	12	3	5	43	25	+18	27
2	River Plate	20	10	7	3	42	24	+18	27
3	San Lorenzo	20	7	11	2	36	20	+16	25
3	Boca Juniors	20	10	5	5	30	19	+11	25
3	Newell's Old Boys	20	8	9	3	28	26	+2	25
6	Platense	20	9	6	5	24	19	+5	24
7	Atlanta	20	8	6	6	29	26	+3	22
7	Banfield	20	6	10	4	17	14	+3	22
9	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	20	8	5	7	28	26	+2	21
9	Vélez Sársfield	20	8	5	7	27	26	+1	21
9	Racing	20	5	11	4	26	22	+4	21
9	Rosario Central	20	7	7	6	26	23	+3	21
13	Chacarita Juniors	20	8	4	8	22	23	−1	20
14	Huracán	20	6	7	7	33	32	+1	19
15	Quilmes	20	6	5	9	24	32	−8	17
15	Estudiantes (LP)	20	4	9	7	22	26	−4	17
15	Argentinos Juniors	20	5	7	8	21	33	−12	17
18	Unión	20	6	4	10	24	35	−11	16
19	Lanús	20	4	5	11	22	35	−13	13
20	Colón	20	3	5	12	21	40	−19	11
21	Los Andes	20	2	5	13	22	41	−19	9

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Petit Tournament[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Estudiantes (LP)	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4
2	Chacarita Juniors	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
3	Quilmes	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
4	Huracán	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Reclasificatorio Tournament[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Los Andes	12	8	1	3	23	14	+9	17
2	Huracán	12	6	4	2	33	11	+22	16
3	Argentinos Juniors	12	5	3	4	17	14	+3	13
4	Colón	12	4	3	5	15	24	−9	11
4	Quilmes	12	5	1	6	14	18	−4	11
6	Unión	12	3	4	5	11	17	−6	10
7	Lanús	12	1	4	7	13	28	−15	6

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Reclasificatorio de Primera Tournament[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ferro Carril Oeste	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	6
2	Colón	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	3
3	Quilmes	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	3
4	Almirante Brown	3	0	0	3	4	10	−6	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Campeonato Nacional[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chacarita Juniors	20	13	3	4	25	19	+6	29
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	20	12	3	5	46	31	+15	27
3	River Plate	20	11	4	5	30	20	+10	26
4	San Lorenzo	20	11	2	7	45	26	+19	24
5	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	20	10	3	7	33	32	+1	23
6	Racing	20	5	7	8	35	30	+5	17
7	Newell's Old Boys	20	5	5	10	29	36	−7	15
7	Talleres (C)	20	4	7	9	27	42	−15	15
9	San Martín (T)	20	5	4	11	19	37	−18	14
10	Platense	20	3	4	13	21	46	−25	10

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rosario Central	20	13	3	4	42	26	+16	29
1	Boca Juniors	20	13	3	4	36	20	+16	29
3	Vélez Sársfield	20	9	7	4	39	24	+15	25
4	Independiente	20	9	3	8	37	35	+2	21
5	Estudiantes (LP)	20	7	6	7	31	22	+9	20
6	Banfield	20	6	6	8	29	29	0	18
7	Atlanta	20	5	6	9	17	22	−5	16
8	Kimberley	20	4	7	9	33	41	−8	15
9	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	20	4	6	10	27	43	−16	14
10	San Martín (SJ)	20	4	5	11	27	47	−20	13

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals[]

Rosario Central 3–0 Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
Chacarita Juniors 0–2 Boca Juniors

Final[]

1970 Campeonato Nacional Final

23 December 1970

Boca Juniors	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Rosario Central
Rojas 79' Coch 109'	Report	Landucci 40'

River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires

Referee: Ángel Coerezza

Boca Juniors

Rosario Central


GK	1	Antonio Roma
DF	4	Rubén Suñé
DF	2	Julio Meléndez
DF	6	Miguel Nicolau
DF	3	Silvio Marzolini
MF	8	José Palacios
MF	5	Norberto Madurga
MF	10	Ángel C. Rojas
FW	7	Jorge Coch
FW	9	Hugo Curioni	59'
FW	11	Óscar Pianetti	96'
Substitutes:
FW		Raúl Savoy	59'
MF		Antonio Cabrera	96'
Manager:
José María Silvero


GK	1	Ramón Quiroga
DF	4	Jorge J. González
DF	2	Alberto Fanesi
DF	6	José Mesiano
DF	3	Jorge Carrascosa
MF	8	Miguel A. Bustos
MF	5	Ángel Landucci
MF	10	Alberto Gómez
FW	7	Ramón Bóveda	90'
FW	9	Aldo Poy
FW	11	Roberto Gramajo	68'
Substitutes:
FW		Agustín Balbuena	68'
FW		Carlos Colman	90'
Manager:
Ángel Zof

References[]

^ La historia de las sustituciones on Infocielo, 15 May 2020
^ Argentina 1970 on RSSSF.com

[1] La historia de las sustituciones on Infocielo, 15 May 2020

[2] Argentina 1970 on RSSSF.com

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