1969 Argentine Primera División

78th season of top-tier football league in Argentina

Football league season

Primera División
Season	1969
Dates	21 February – 22 December
Champions	Chacarita Juniors (Metropolitano) Boca Juniors (Nacional)
← 1968 1970 →

The 1969 Primera División season was the 78th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The entire season (Metropolitano and Nacional championship) ran from 21 February to 22 December. Club Deportivo Morón and Unión de Santa Fe were promoted from Primera B Metropolitana via "Torneo de Reclasificación".^[1]^[2]

The Metropolitano was won by Chacarita Juniors (1st title in Primera División) while Boca Juniors won the Nacional (17th league title).^[3]

Unlike previous editions, in 1969 there was only one team relegated, Deportivo Morón.

Campeonato Metropolitano

Football league season

Metropolitano
Chacarita Juniors, Metropolitano champions
Season	1969
Dates	21 February – 22 December
Champions	Chacarita Juniors (1st title)
Promoted	Dep. Morón Unión (SF)
Relegated	Dep. Morón
Top goalscorer	Walter Machado da Silva (13 goals)
← 1968 1970 →

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Boca Juniors	22	12	6	4	34	11	+23	30	to semifinals
2	Chacarita Juniors	22	13	4	5	33	26	+7	30	to semifinals
3	Vélez Sársfield	22	9	8	5	36	24	+12	26	to Campeonato Nacional
4	Independiente	22	10	5	7	28	25	+3	25
5	San Lorenzo	22	10	3	9	37	27	+10	23
5	Lanús	22	8	7	7	37	34	+3	23
5	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	22	10	3	9	28	27	+1	23	to Petit Tournament
8	Rosario Central	22	6	9	7	18	24	−6	21	to Petit Tournament
9	Banfield	22	6	8	8	24	36	−12	20	to Reclasificatorio
10	Colón	22	4	6	12	22	43	−21	14
11	Atlanta	22	2	5	15	18	37	−19	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Racing	22	14	7	1	45	16	+29	35	to semifinals
2	River Plate	22	12	7	3	35	21	+14	31	to semifinals
3	Estudiantes (LP)	22	11	5	6	33	24	+9	27	to Campeonato Nacional
4	Huracán	22	8	8	6	38	29	+9	24
5	Platense	22	8	7	7	33	32	+1	23
6	Quilmes	22	8	6	8	28	34	−6	22
7	Newell's Old Boys	22	5	11	6	24	28	−4	21	to Petit Tournament
8	Unión	22	7	5	10	22	26	−4	19	to Petit Tournament
9	Argentinos Juniors	22	2	9	11	17	29	−12	13	to Reclasificatorio
9	Deportivo Morón	22	5	3	14	16	38	−22	13
11	Los Andes	22	1	10	11	24	39	−15	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

* Winner of the series

Date	Team 1	Res.	Team 2	Venue	City
2 Jul	Chacarita Juniors	1–0	Racing	La Bombonera	Buenos Aires
3 Jul	Boca Juniors	0–0 ^{[note 1]}	River Plate	Racing Stadium	Avellaneda

Notes

^ River Plate qualified to the final by "goals for" difference (35–34)

Final

Date	Team 1	Team 2	Res.	Venue	City
6 July	Chacarita Juniors	River Plate	4–1	Racing Club Stadium	Avellaneda

Match details

1969 Campeonato Metropolitano Final

July 6, 1969

Chacarita Juniors	4–1	River Plate
Neumann 12', 37' Marcos 47' Frassoldati 56'	Report	Trebucq 18'

Racing Club, Avellaneda

Attendance: 64,441

Referee: Roberto Barreiro

Chacarita Juniors

River Plate


GK	1	Eliseo Petrocelli
DF	4	Jorge A. Gómez
DF	2	Abel Pérez
DF	6	Ángel Bargas
DF	3	Franco Frassoldati
MF	8	Leonardo Recúpero
MF	5	Raúl Poncio
MF	10	Juan C. Puntonero
FW	7	Ángel Marcos
FW	9	Rodolfo Orife
FW	11	Horacio Neumann
Manager:
Víctor Rodríguez


GK	1	Hugo Carballo
DF	4	Roberto Ferreiro
DF	2	Miguel Ángel López
DF	6	Juan C. Guzmán
DF	3	Abel Vieytez
MF	8	Eduardo Dreyer
MF	5	Jorge Recio
MF	10	Roberto Gutiérrez
FW	7	Juan C. Trebucq
FW	9	Daniel Onega
FW	11	Oscar Mas
Ángel Labruna

Petit Tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Unión (SF)	2	2	0	7	3	+4	4	to Nacional
2	Newell's Old Boys	2	1	1	4	4	0	2	to Reclasificatorio
3	Rosario Central	1	0	1	0	1	−1	0
4	Gimnasia y Esgrima LP	1	0	1	0	3	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

Reclasificatorio "A" Tournament

Teams placed 9th to 11th in each zone of Metropolitano championship, plus 3 teams eliminated from Petit tournament, contested the "Torneo Reclasificatorio". Out of those 9 clubs, teams placed 1st to 7th would remain in Primera División while the last two teams plus two first of Primera B Metropolitana "Campeonato Zone" would play a new Reclasificatorio to determine which would be promoted or relegated.

Los Andes won the Reclasificatorio A, with no official title awarded.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Los Andes	16	8	6	2	21	14	+7	22	winner
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	16	8	5	3	29	22	+7	21
3	Atlanta	16	8	3	5	24	19	+5	19
4	Colón	16	6	2	8	25	25	0	14
5	Argentinos Juniors	16	6	2	8	19	23	−4	14
6	Newell's Old Boys	16	5	4	7	17	19	−2	14
7	Rosario Central	16	4	6	6	13	13	0	14
8	Deportivo Morón	16	6	1	9	22	24	−2	13	to second step
9	Banfield	16	6	1	9	11	22	−11	13	to second step

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Reclasificatorio de Primera Tournament

Contested by the two last teams of Torneo Reclasificación plus two teams from Primera B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Banfield	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	4	Remained in Primera División
2	Deportivo Morón	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	3	Relegated
3	Ferro Carril Oeste	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	3	Remained in Primera B
4	San Telmo	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	2	Remained in Primera B

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

Rank.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Machado da Silva	Racing	14
2	Bernardo Acosta	Lanús	13
3	Eduardo Flores	Estudiantes LP	12
3	Omar Wehbe	Vélez Sarsfield	12
4	Roque Avallay	Newell's Old Boys	10

Campeonato Nacional

Final standings

Football league season

Nacional
Boca Juniors, Nacional champions
Season	1969
Dates	5 September – 14 December
Champions	Boca Juniors (17th title)
1970 Copa Libertadores	Boca Juniors River Plate
Top goalscorer	Carlos Bulla Rodolfo Fischer (14 goals each)
← 1968 1970 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Boca Juniors	17	13	3	1	35	11	+24	29	to 1970 Copa Libertadores
2	River Plate	17	11	5	1	34	11	+23	27	to 1970 Copa Libertadores
2	San Lorenzo	17	12	3	2	41	18	+23	27
4	Independiente	17	11	3	3	36	14	+22	25
5	Quilmes	17	9	1	7	35	30	+5	19
6	Vélez Sársfield	17	6	7	4	22	14	+8	19
7	Chacarita Juniors	17	6	6	5	26	26	0	18
8	Racing	17	7	3	7	25	20	+5	17
9	Huracán	17	7	3	7	22	18	+4	17
10	Estudiantes (LP)	17	7	2	8	26	26	0	16
11	Talleres (C)	17	6	2	9	22	35	−13	14
12	San Martín (M)	17	3	8	6	17	30	−13	14
13	Desamparados	17	5	3	9	28	38	−10	13
14	Lanús	17	5	2	10	18	24	−6	12
15	Platense	17	2	6	9	25	35	−10	10
16	Unión	17	3	6	8	17	26	−9	12
17	San Martín (T)	17	2	5	10	14	41	−27	9
18	San Lorenzo (MdP)	17	3	2	12	18	44	−26	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2nd place playoffs

After River Plate and San Lorenzo finished equaled on points, they played a two-legged series in neutral venues to determine which team would be the second qualified for 1970 Copa Libertadores:

* Winner of the series

Team 1	Team 2	1st. leg	Venue 1	City 1	2nd. leg	Venue 2	City 2	Agg.
River Plate	San Lorenzo	1–0	Vélez Sarsfield Stadium	Buenos Aires	3–2	Racing Club Stadium	Avellaneda	4–2

Top scorers

Rank.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Carlos Bulla	Platense	14
1	Rodolfo Fischer	San Lorenzo	14
2	Oscar Más	River Plate	13
2	Héctor Yazalde	Independiente	13
3	Carlos Bianchi	Vélez Sarsfield	12

References

^ Morón quiere repetir aquella inolvidable gesta de 1968 y sueña con otro ascenso a Primera A, 18 Aug 2021 on Zonales.com
^ Segundo ascenso a Primera on Unión website
^ Argentina 1969 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
^ "Argentina: 1ra. División AFA 1969 Torneo Reclasificación" by José Carluccio, 13 Nov 2009