| Season | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 3 June – 25 October 2022 |
| Champions | Boca Juniors(35th title) |
| Relegated | Aldosivi Patronato |
| Copa Libertadores | Argentinos Juniors Boca Juniors Huracán Racing River Plate Patronato (viaCopa Argentina) |
| Copa Sudamericana | Defensa y Justicia Estudiantes (LP) Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Newell's Old Boys San Lorenzo Tigre |
| Matches | 378 |
| Goals | 826 (2.19 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Mateo Retegui (19 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Racing 5–0Aldosivi (26 June 2022) River Plate 5–0Estudiantes (LP) (5 October 2022) |
| Biggest away win | Unión 1–5River Plate (19 June 2022) Colón 0–4Argentinos Juniors (26 September 2022) Lanús 0–4Argentinos Juniors (6 October 2022) |
| Highest scoring | Boca Juniors 5–3Tigre (15 June 2022) |
| Longest winning run | Atlético Tucumán 6 games |
| Longest unbeaten run | Boca Juniors 13 games |
| Longest winless run | Vélez Sarsfield 15 games |
| Longest losing run | Aldosivi 6 games |
←2021 2023 → | |
The2022Liga Profesional de Fútbol (officially theTorneo Binance 2022 for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 132nd season of top-flight professionalfootball in Argentina. The league season began on 3 June and ended on 25 October 2022.[2]
Twenty-eight teams competed in the league: the 26 teams that took part in theprevious Primera División season as well as two promoted teams from the2021 Primera Nacional (Tigre andBarracas Central).[3]River Plate were the defending champions.
On 23 October 2022, Boca Juniors won their 35th national league championship in the last round after they and Independiente drew 2–2 and, simultaneously, River Plate defeated Racing 1–2.[4]
The competition was run under asingle round-robin, contested by 28 teams (26 from theprevious edition plus 2 promoted fromPrimera Nacional). The champions qualified for the2023 Copa Libertadores asArgentina 1. The qualification for international tournaments was determined by an aggregate table of the 2022 Primera División and 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional first stage tournaments.[5]
Interim managers
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Source:AFA
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Juniors(C) | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 52 | Qualification forCopa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Racing | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 50 | |
| 3 | River Plate | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 22 | +21 | 47 | |
| 4 | Huracán | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 47 | |
| 5 | Atlético Tucumán | 27 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 46 | |
| 6 | San Lorenzo | 27 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 43 | |
| 7 | Tigre | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 43 | |
| 8 | Argentinos Juniors | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 42 | |
| 9 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 41 | |
| 10 | Patronato | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 40 | |
| 11 | Newell's Old Boys | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 40 | |
| 12 | Defensa y Justicia | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 40 | |
| 13 | Talleres (C) | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 35 | |
| 14 | Independiente | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 35 | |
| 15 | Godoy Cruz | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 35 | |
| 16 | Central Córdoba (SdE) | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 34 | |
| 17 | Barracas Central | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 34 | |
| 18 | Estudiantes (LP) | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 33 | |
| 19 | Platense | 27 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 32 | |
| 20 | Rosario Central | 27 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 32 | |
| 21 | Sarmiento (J) | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 32 | |
| 22 | Unión | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 32 | |
| 23 | Arsenal | 27 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 30 | |
| 24 | Banfield | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 30 | |
| 25 | Colón | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 29 | |
| 26 | Vélez Sarsfield | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 28 | |
| 27 | Lanús | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 21 | |
| 28 | Aldosivi | 27 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 48 | −32 | 16 |
Teams played every other team once (either at home or away) completing a total of 27 rounds.[72]
| Home \ Away | ALD | ARG | ARS | ATU | BAN | BAR | BOC | CCO | COL | DYJ | EST | GLP | GOD | HUR | IND | LAN | NOB | PAT | PLA | RAC | RIV | ROS | SLO | SAR | TAL | TIG | UNI | VEL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldosivi | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | |||||||||||||||
| Argentinos Juniors | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Arsenal | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |||||||||||||||
| Atlético Tucumán | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||
| Banfield | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | ||||||||||||||
| Barracas Central | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | ||||||||||||||
| Boca Juniors | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Central Córdoba (SdE) | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |||||||||||||||
| Colón | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | ||||||||||||||
| Defensa y Justicia | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||
| Estudiantes (LP) | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |||||||||||||||
| Godoy Cruz | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |||||||||||||||
| Huracán | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independiente | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |||||||||||||||
| Lanús | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |||||||||||||||
| Newell's Old Boys | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |||||||||||||||
| Patronato | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||
| Platense | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Racing | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||||||||||||||
| River Plate | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |||||||||||||||
| Rosario Central | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||
| San Lorenzo | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Sarmiento (J) | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | |||||||||||||||
| Talleres (C) | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tigre | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |||||||||||||||
| Unión | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |||||||||||||||
| Vélez Sarsfield | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
The 2022 Argentine Primera División champions,2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional champions and2021–22 Copa Argentina champions earned a berth to the2023 Copa Libertadores. The remaining berths to the 2023 Copa Libertadores as well as the ones to the2023 Copa Sudamericana were determined by an aggregate table of the 2022 Argentine Primera División and 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional first stage tournaments. The top three teams in the aggregate table not already qualified for any international tournament qualified for the Copa Libertadores, while the next six teams qualified for the Copa Sudamericana.[5]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Racing | 41 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 66 | 34 | +32 | 80 | Qualification forCopa Libertadores group stage[a] |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 41 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 79 | |
| 3 | River Plate | 41 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 74 | 34 | +40 | 76 | |
| 4 | Argentinos Juniors | 41 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 67 | |
| 5 | Huracán | 41 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 65 | Qualification forCopa Libertadores second stage |
| 6 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 41 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 65 | Qualification forCopa Sudamericana group stage |
| 7 | Defensa y Justicia | 41 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 65 | |
| 8 | Tigre | 41 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 63 | |
| 9 | Newell's Old Boys | 41 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 63 | |
| 10 | Estudiantes (LP) | 41 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 61 | 60 | +1 | 61 | |
| 11 | San Lorenzo | 41 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 58 | |
| 12 | Atlético Tucumán | 41 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 57 | |
| 13 | Sarmiento (J) | 41 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 53 | |
| 14 | Barracas Central | 41 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 53 | |
| 15 | Independiente | 41 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 51 | |
| 16 | Godoy Cruz | 41 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 51 | |
| 17 | Patronato | 41 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 50 | Qualification forCopa Libertadores group stage[a] |
| 18 | Banfield | 41 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 49 | |
| 19 | Central Córdoba (SdE) | 41 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 51 | 60 | −9 | 49 | |
| 20 | Unión | 41 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 49 | |
| 21 | Arsenal | 41 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 47 | |
| 22 | Vélez Sarsfield | 41 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 46 | |
| 23 | Rosario Central | 41 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 46 | |
| 24 | Talleres (C) | 41 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 46 | |
| 25 | Colón | 41 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 45 | |
| 26 | Platense | 41 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 42 | |
| 27 | Lanús | 41 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 36 | |
| 28 | Aldosivi | 41 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 36 |
Relegation at the end of the season was based on coefficients, which take into consideration the points obtained by the clubs during the present season (aggregate table points) and the two previous seasons (only seasons at the top flight are counted). The total tally was then divided by the number of games played in the top flight over those three seasons and an average was calculated. The two teams with the worst average at the end of the season were relegated toPrimera Nacional. Relegation was reinstated starting from this season after it was suspended by AFA at the end of the 2019–20 season due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.
| Pos | Team | 2019–20 Pts | 2021 Pts | 2022 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | River Plate | 47 | 75 | 76 | 198 | 103 | 1.922 | |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 51 | 63 | 79 | 193 | 103 | 1.874 | |
| 3 | Racing | 42 | 53 | 80 | 175 | 103 | 1.699 | |
| 4 | Defensa y Justicia | 39 | 59 | 65 | 163 | 103 | 1.583 | |
| 5 | Argentinos Juniors | 42 | 51 | 67 | 160 | 103 | 1.553 | |
| 6 | Tigre | — | — | 63 | 63 | 41 | 1.537 | |
| 7 | Vélez Sarsfield | 39 | 70 | 46 | 155 | 103 | 1.505 | |
| 8 | Estudiantes (LP) | 30 | 61 | 61 | 152 | 103 | 1.476 | |
| 9 | Talleres (C) | 37 | 66 | 46 | 149 | 103 | 1.447 | |
| 10 | San Lorenzo | 39 | 48 | 58 | 145 | 103 | 1.408 | |
| 11 | Independiente | 32 | 58 | 51 | 141 | 103 | 1.369 | |
| 12 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 24 | 51 | 65 | 140 | 103 | 1.359 | |
| 13 | Newell's Old Boys | 38 | 39 | 63 | 140 | 103 | 1.359 | |
| 14 | Huracán | 22 | 51 | 65 | 138 | 103 | 1.34 | |
| 15 | Barracas Central | — | — | 53 | 53 | 41 | 1.293 | |
| 16 | Rosario Central | 36 | 50 | 46 | 132 | 103 | 1.282 | |
| 17 | Colón | 21 | 64 | 45 | 130 | 103 | 1.262 | |
| 18 | Unión | 28 | 53 | 49 | 130 | 103 | 1.262 | |
| 19 | Atlético Tucumán | 32 | 40 | 57 | 129 | 103 | 1.252 | |
| 20 | Lanús | 36 | 56 | 36 | 128 | 103 | 1.243 | |
| 21 | Banfield | 27 | 47 | 49 | 123 | 103 | 1.194 | |
| 22 | Central Córdoba (SdE) | 26 | 43 | 49 | 118 | 103 | 1.146 | |
| 23 | Sarmiento (J) | — | 36 | 53 | 89 | 79 | 1.127 | |
| 24 | Arsenal | 35 | 33 | 47 | 115 | 103 | 1.117 | |
| 25 | Godoy Cruz | 18 | 46 | 51 | 115 | 103 | 1.117 | |
| 26 | Platense | — | 45 | 42 | 87 | 79 | 1.101 | |
| 27 | Patronato(R) | 23 | 37 | 50 | 110 | 103 | 1.068 | Relegation toPrimera Nacional |
| 28 | Aldosivi(R) | 22 | 44 | 36 | 102 | 103 | 0.99 |
Source:AFA