Argentine División de Honor de Futsal

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Argentine División de Honor de Futsal
Founded1986; 35 years ago (1986)
CountryArgentina
ConfederationCONMEBOL
Number of teams16
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toPrimera B
Domestic cup(s)Copa Argentina
International cup(s)Copa Libertadores
Current championsSan Lorenzo
(2019)
Most championshipsPinocho (14)
WebsiteFutsal on AFA

The Primera División de Futsal (formerly, División de Honor), is the main futsal league in Argentina. Organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA),[1] the first championship was held in 1986.

The Argentine futsal league system is made up of four divisions (Primera A to Primera D), with a total of 87 clubs competing in all of them, which also take part of Copa Argentina de Futsal.

This league is the main division of futsal in Argentina, contested by clubs from the provinces of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe. The Argentine league is regarded as one of the main futsal leagues in South America.[2]

Clubs[]

There are 16 clubs competing in the 2019 season, they are:

Club District Area
América del Sud Parque Avellaneda Buenos Aires
Banfield Banfield Greater Buenos Aires
Barracas Central Barracas Buenos Aires
Boca Juniors La Boca Buenos Aires
17 de Agosto Villa Pueyrredón Buenos Aires
Ferro Carril Oeste Caballito Buenos Aires
Independiente Avellaneda Greater Buenos Aires
Kimberley Villa Devoto Buenos Aires
Pinocho Villa Urquiza Buenos Aires
Racing Avellaneda Greater Buenos Aires
River Plate Belgrano Buenos Aires
San Lorenzo Boedo Buenos Aires
SECLA [note 1] Avellaneda Greater Buenos Aires
Sociedad Hebraica Pilar Greater Buenos Aires
El Talar Agronomía Buenos Aires
Villa La Ñata Benavídez [note 2] Greater Buenos Aires

Champions[]

Season Champion
1986 Rosario Central
1987 Newell's Old Boys
1988 Muñiz
1989 Atlanta
1990 Atlanta
1991 River Plate
1992 Boca Juniors
1993 Boca Juniors
1994 Newell's Old Boys
1995 Dep. Laferrere
1996 Atlanta
1997 Ap Lugano
1997 Cl Boca Juniors
1998 Ap Boca Juniors
1998 Cl Tigre
1999 Ap San Lorenzo
1999 Cl San Lorenzo
2000 Ap Argentinos Juniors
2000 Cl San Lorenzo
2001 Ap Franja de Oro
2001 Cl San Lorenzo
2002 Ap Villa Modelo
2002 Cl River Plate
2003 Ap River Plate
2003 Cl Boca Juniors
2004 Ap Argentinos Juniors
2004 Cl San Lorenzo
2005 Ap Pinocho
2005 Cl Pinocho
2006 Ap Pinocho
2006 Cl San Lorenzo
2007 Ap Pinocho
2007 Cl Pinocho
2008 Ap Pinocho
2008 Cl Pinocho
2009 Ap Pinocho
2009 Cl Pinocho
2010 Ap Pinocho
2010 Cl Pinocho
2011 Ap Pinocho
2011 Cl Boca Juniors
2012 Ap Boca Juniors
2012 Cl Pinocho
2013 Ap Boca Juniors
2013 Cl Boca Juniors
2014 Ap Boca Juniors
2014 Cl Boca Juniors
2015 Cl Kimberley
2015 Ap Pinocho
2016 Kimberley
2017 Boca Juniors
2018 San Lorenzo
2019 San Lorenzo

Titles by club[]

The list include all the titles won by each club since the first futsal championship held in 1986

Club Titles Winning seasons
Pinocho 14 2005 Ap, 2005 Cl, 2006 Ap, 2007 Ap, 2007 Cl, 2008 Ap, 2008 Cl, 2009 Ap, 2009 Cl, 2010 Ap, 2010 Cl, 2011 Ap, 2011 Cl, 2015 Cl
Boca Juniors 12 1992, 1993, 1997 Cl, 1998 Ap, 2003 Cl, 2011 Cl, 2012 Ap, 2013 Ap, 2013 Cl, 2014 Ap, 2014 Cl, 2017
San Lorenzo 8 1999 Ap, 1999 Cl, 2000 Cl, 2001 Cl, 2004 Cl, 2006 Cl, 2018, 2019
River Plate 3 1991, 2002 Cl, 2003 Ap
Atlanta 3 1989, 1990, 1996
Kimberley 2 2015, 2016
Argentinos Juniors 2 2000 Ap, 2004 Ap
Newell's Old Boys 2 1987, 1994
Franja de Oro 1 2001 Ap
Rosario Central 1 1986
Tigre 1 1998 Cl
Dep. Laferrere 1 1995
Lugano 1 1997 Ap
Muñiz 1 1988
Villa Modelo 1 2002 Ap

Notable players[]

Many notable Argentine football players started playing futsal when they were children. Some of them are Fernando Redondo, Juan Pablo Sorín, Andrés D'Alessandro, Esteban Cambiasso and Juan Román Riquelme (in Club Parque), Marcelo Gallardo in Estrella de Maldonado and Leandro Romagnoli in Franja de Oro.[2]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Team of the Commercial Employees Union ("Sindicato de Empleados de Comercio" in Spanish).
  2. ^ District located in Tigre Partido.

References[]

  1. ^ Fixture Torneo Futsal 2019 on AFA website
  2. ^ a b Los pies mágicos, El Gráfico, 27 Feb 2009

External links[]

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