1951 Argentine Primera División

Primera División

Racing Club, champions
Season	1951
Champions	Racing (12th title)
Promoted	Lanús
Relegated	Quilmes Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
Top goalscorer	Santiago Vernazza (22 goals)
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The 1951 Argentine Primera División was the 60th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on April 15 and ended on December 5.^[1] Lanús promoted to Primera División as champion of Primera B ^[2]

Banfield and Racing shared the 1st position at the end of the tournament so a playoff match was held to decide a champion. Racing won the series winning their 12th league title (and third consecutive).^[3]

On the other hand, Quilmes and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) were relegated. Racing won its 12th league title.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Banfield	32	17	10	5	63	33	+30	44	Championship playoff
2	Racing	32	16	12	4	60	37	+23	44
3	River Plate	32	16	11	5	69	42	+27	43
4	Independiente	32	16	7	9	74	51	+23	39
5	Lanús	32	14	9	9	62	49	+13	37
6	Boca Juniors	32	11	13	8	46	38	+8	35
7	San Lorenzo	32	13	9	10	46	41	+5	35
8	Chacarita Juniors	32	12	9	11	58	55	+3	33
9	Vélez Sársfield	32	10	13	9	57	58	−1	33
10	Estudiantes (LP)	32	11	7	14	65	55	+10	29
11	Newell's Old Boys	32	10	8	14	40	58	−18	28
12	Ferro Carril Oeste	32	8	11	13	50	55	−5	27
13	Platense	32	9	7	16	51	64	−13	25
14	Huracán	32	6	12	14	44	59	−15	24
15	Atlanta	32	8	8	16	46	79	−33	24
16	Quilmes	32	7	9	16	52	79	−27	23	Relegated
17	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	32	4	13	15	41	71	−30	21

Championship Playoff

After finishing 1st in the table (with no goal difference considered), both teams, Banfield and Racing had to play a two-legged series to decide a champion.^[3]

Team 1	Team 2	1st. leg	Venue 1	City 1	2nd. leg	Venue 2	City 2	Agg.
Racing	Banfield	0–0	San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires	1–0	San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires	1–0

Match details

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