1977 Argentine Primera División

Nacional
Season	1977
Champions	Independiente (11th title)
Promoted	Estudiantes (BA)
1978 Copa Libertadores	Independiente
Top goalscorer	Alfredo Letanú (13 goals)
	← 1976 1978 →

Metropolitano
Season	1977
Champions	River Plate (17th title)
Promoted	Lanús ; Platense
Relegated	Lanús ; Ferro C. Oeste ; Temperley
1978 Copa Libertadores	River Plate
Top goalscorer	Carlos Álvarez (27 goals)
	← 1976 1978 →

Primera División
Season	1977
Champions	River Plate (Metropolitano) ; Independiente (Nacional)
	← 1976 1978 →

The 1977 Primera División season was the 86th season of top-flight football in Argentina. River Plate won the Metropolitano (17th title) and Independiente achieved the Nacional championship (11th title).^[1]^[2]

Lanús, Ferro C. Oeste and Temperley were relegated.^[3]

Metropolitano Championship[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	River Plate	44	25	13	6	83	46	+37	63
2	Independiente	44	23	15	6	82	47	+35	61
3	Vélez Sársfield	44	19	18	7	65	48	+17	56
4	Boca Juniors	44	22	9	13	67	45	+22	53
4	Colón	44	20	13	11	74	57	+17	53
6	Rosario Central	44	19	14	11	60	35	+25	52
7	Newell's Old Boys	44	17	12	15	69	58	+11	46
8	Huracán	44	14	16	14	56	59	−3	44
9	Argentinos Juniors	44	14	15	15	61	61	0	43
10	Unión	44	12	18	14	57	55	+2	42
10	Estudiantes (LP)	44	13	16	15	60	61	−1	42
12	Banfield	44	13	15	16	48	50	−2	41
12	Racing	44	13	15	16	43	47	−4	41
12	San Lorenzo	44	14	13	17	46	56	−10	41
15	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	44	15	10	19	75	76	−1	40
15	Chacarita Juniors	44	12	16	16	53	62	−9	40
15	Atlanta	44	15	10	19	52	65	−13	40
15	Quilmes	44	12	16	16	51	64	−13	40
19	All Boys	44	11	17	16	50	67	−17	39
20	Platense	44	10	18	16	48	66	−18	38
20	Lanús	44	11	16	17	43	54	−11	38
22	Temperley	44	13	10	21	56	75	−19	36
23	Ferro Carril Oeste	44	5	13	26	50	95	−45	23

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Nacional Championship[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Newell's Old Boys	14	8	5	1	33	11	+22	21
2	San Lorenzo	14	5	7	2	20	14	+6	17
2	Independiente Rivadavia	14	6	5	3	24	20	+4	17
4	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	14	4	7	3	21	21	0	15
5	San Martín (T)	14	2	10	2	18	18	0	14
6	Estudiantes (BA)	14	3	6	5	15	22	−7	12
7	Banfield	14	3	4	7	17	28	−11	10
8	^[a]	14	1	4	9	7	21	−14	6

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Otamendi is a town in General Alvarado Partido, Buenos Aires Province.

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Estudiantes (LP)	14	10	2	2	32	13	+19	22
2	Boca Juniors	14	7	3	4	22	16	+6	17
3	Rosario Central	14	7	2	5	20	13	+7	16
3	Los Andes	14	6	4	4	22	19	+3	16
5	Quilmes	14	5	4	5	10	15	−5	14
6	Cipolletti	14	6	1	7	20	26	−6	13
7	Chacarita Juniors	14	4	1	9	20	26	−6	9
8	Central Norte	14	2	1	11	14	32	−18	5

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Talleres (C)	14	9	2	3	27	20	+7	20
2	Racing	14	6	5	3	22	12	+10	17
3	River Plate	14	7	1	6	32	15	+17	15
3	Vélez Sársfield	14	6	3	5	27	24	+3	15
5	Platense	14	5	4	5	25	25	0	14
6	Sarmiento (R)	14	4	4	6	18	29	−11	12
7	Colón	14	4	3	7	22	29	−7	11
8	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	14	3	2	9	7	26	−19	8

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Independiente	14	10	1	3	30	13	+17	21
2	Belgrano	14	8	3	3	25	18	+7	19
3	Huracán	14	6	3	5	25	23	+2	15
4	Atlanta	14	5	3	6	14	15	−1	13
4	Argentinos Juniors	14	5	3	6	18	21	−3	13
6	Unión	14	4	4	6	20	23	−3	12
7		14	3	4	7	13	21	−8	10
8	All Boys	14	3	3	8	19	30	−11	9

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals[]

Club	-	Club	1st leg	2nd leg
Talleres (C)	-	Newell's Old Boys	1-1	1-0
Estudiantes (LP)	-	Independiente	1-1	1-3

Final[]

Club	-	Club	1st leg	2nd leg
Independiente	-	Talleres (C)	1-1	2-2

Independiente won on away goals rule

First leg[]

1977 Campeonato Nacional Final

21 January 1978

First leg

Independiente	1–1	Talleres (C)
Trossero	Report	Cherini

Independiente, Avellaneda

Second leg[]

25 January 1978

Second leg

Talleres (C)	2–2	Independiente
Cherini 60' (p) Bocanelli 74'	Report	Outes 29' Bochini 83'

Barrio Jardín, Córdoba

Attendance: 19,551

Referee: Roberto Barreiro

Talleres

Independiente


GK	1	Rubén Guibaudo
DF	4	Eduardo Astudillo
DF	2	Luis Galván
DF	6	Víctor Binello
DF	3	Victorio Ocaño
MF	8	José O. Reinaldi
MF	5	Luis A. Ludueña
MF	10	Daniel Valencia
FW	7	Ángel Bocanelli
FW	9	Humberto Bravo
FW	11	Ricardo Cherini
Substitutes:
MF		Antonio Syeyyguil
Manager:
Roberto Saporiti


GK	1	Roberto Rigante
DF	4	Rubén Pagnanini
DF	2	Hugo Villaverde
DF	6	Enzo Trossero
DF	3	Osvaldo Pérez
MF	8	Omar Larrosa
MF	5	Rubén Galván
MF	10	Ricardo Bochini
FW	7	César Brítez
FW	9	Norberto Outes
FW	11	Pedro Magallanes
Substitutes:
MF		Mariano Biondi
FW		Daniel Bertoni
Manager:
José Pastoriza

References[]

^ Campeón con 8 jugadores: a 40 años de la gran hazaña de Independiente by Juan P. Pagnarelli, La Nación, 24 Jan 2018
^ https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201801/243894-se-cumplen-40-anos-de-la-mayor-hazana-de-la-historia-de-independiente.html by Héctor Laurada, Télam, 25 Jan 2018
^ Argentina 1977 on RSSSF.com

[table_note_CDO0.90410919762408-4] Otamendi is a town in General Alvarado Partido, Buenos Aires Province.

[1] Campeón con 8 jugadores: a 40 años de la gran hazaña de Independiente by Juan P. Pagnarelli, La Nación, 24 Jan 2018

[2] ttps://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201801/243894-se-cumplen-40-anos-de-la-mayor-hazana-de-la-historia-de-independiente.html by Héctor Laurada, Télam, 25 Jan 2018

[3] Argentina 1977 on RSSSF.com

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