2012–13 Argentine Primera División season

Primera División
Season	2012–13
Champions	Torneo Inicial:; Vélez Sarsfield (9th title); Torneo Final:; Newell's Old Boys; (6th title); Super Champions:; Vélez Sarsfield (10th title)
Relegated	San Martín (SJ); Independiente; Unión
2013 Copa Libertadores	Vélez Sarsfield; Newell's Old Boys; Boca Juniors; Tigre (via 2012 Copa Sudamericana)
2013 Copa Sudamericana	Lanús; River Plate; Racing; Belgrano; San Lorenzo; Vélez Sarsfield
2014 Copa Libertadores	Newell's Old Boys; Vélez Sarsfield
Matches played	381
Goals scored	854 (2.24 per match)
Top goalscorer	Torneo Inicial:; Facundo Ferreyra; Ignacio Scocco; (13 goals each); Torneo Final:; Emanuel Gigliotti; Ignacio Scocco; (11 goals each)
Biggest home win	San Martín (SJ) 6–1 Boca Juniors (Apr. 13, 2013); River Plate 5–0 Godoy Cruz (Oct. 7, 2012); Newell's Old Boys 5–0 Unión (Jun. 10, 2013)
Biggest away win	Arsenal 1–5 Vélez Sarsfield (Nov. 3, 2012); Arsenal 0–4 River Plate (Sep. 30, 2012)
Highest scoring	Atlético de Rafaela 5–3 Argentinos Juniors (Sep. 29, 2012) (8 goals)
Longest winning run	Lanús -7 matches- (Oct. 5 - Nov. 19, 2012)
Longest unbeaten run	Newell's Old Boys - 15 matches- (Aug. 4 - Nov. 15, 2012); Lanús -15 matches- (Dec. 8, 2012 - May 20, 2013)
Longest losing run	Argentinos Juniors -6 matches- (Nov. 24, 2012 - Feb. 22, 2013)
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Primera División season was the 122nd season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. It started on August 3, 2012 and ended on June 29, 2013. Twenty teams competed in the league, eighteen returning from the 2011–12 season and two promoted from the Primera B Nacional Championship (Championship winners River Plate and runners-up Quilmes). The two promoted clubs avoided relegation.

In the first half of the season Vélez Sarsfield became champion of the 2012 Torneo Inicial "Eva Perón", winning the “Evita Capitana” League Cup. In the second one Newell's Old Boys clinched the 2013 Torneo Final "Eva Perón", winning the “Juana Azurduy” League Cup.

In the Superfinal Vélez Sarsfield were crowned Argentina's Super champions after a 1–0 victory over Newell's Old Boys in Mendoza. This was the first overall league championship play-off in Argentina since 1991 when Newell's defeated Boca Juniors on penalties.

Independiente was relegated, for first time, to the Primera B Nacional Championship. The other relegated teams were San Martín (SJ) and Unión.

Format changes

The champion of the Torneo Inicial and Torneo Final met in a season ending championship final to determine the super champion. The format for each tournament remained the same as in previous seasons.

Relegation was also changed for the season. Instead of two teams facing direct relegation to the Primera B Nacional, three teams were directly relegated. The promotion/relegation playoffs were eliminated.

Teams

The teams ending the 2011–12 season in the bottom two places of the relegation table were Banfield and Olimpo. They played in the 2012–13 Primera B Nacional Championship. At the same time the 2011–12 Primera B Nacional Championship winners River Plate and runners-up Quilmes were directly promoted at the end of the season. San Lorenzo and San Martín (SJ) remained in the Primera División winning their Relegation/promotion playoffs to Instituto and Rosario Central.

Stadia and locations

Buenos Aires

Locations of the 2012−13 Primera División teams outside Greater Buenos Aires.

Locations of the 2012−13 Primera División teams within Greater Buenos Aires.

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
All Boys	Buenos Aires	Islas Malvinas	21,000
Argentinos Juniors	Buenos Aires	Diego Armando Maradona	24,800
Arsenal	Sarandí	Julio H. Grondona	16,300
Atlético de Rafaela	Rafaela	Nuevo Monumental	16,000
Belgrano	Córdoba	Mario Alberto Kempes	57,000
Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires	Alberto J. Armando	49,000
Colón	Santa Fe	Brigadier General Estanislao López	32,500
Estudiantes (LP)	La Plata	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata	53,000
Godoy Cruz	Godoy Cruz	Malvinas Argentinas	40,268
Independiente	Avellaneda	Libertadores de América	30,000
Lanús	Lanús	Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez	46,619
Newell's Old Boys	Rosario	Marcelo Bielsa	38,095
Quilmes	Quilmes	Centenario	30,200
Racing	Avellaneda	Presidente Juan Domingo Perón	55,389
River Plate	Buenos Aires	Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti	64,624
San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires	Pedro Bidegain	39,494
San Martín (SJ)	San Juan	Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez	25,286
Tigre	Victoria	José Dellagiovanna	26,282
Unión	Santa Fe	15 de Abril	22,852
Vélez Sarsfield	Buenos Aires	José Amalfitani	45,540

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
All Boys	José Romero	Balonpie	Lácteos Barraza
Argentinos Juniors	Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	Olympikus	Liderar Seguros
Arsenal	Gustavo Alfaro	Lotto	La Nueva Seguros
Atlético de Rafaela	Jorge Burruchaga	Reusch	SanCor
Belgrano	Ricardo Zielinski	Lotto	Tersuave
Boca Juniors	Carlos Bianchi	Nike	BBVA
Colón	Pablo Morant	Umbro	Flecha Bus
Estudiantes (LP)	Mauricio Pellegrino	Adidas	DirecTV
Godoy Cruz	Martín Palermo	Lotto	Mendoza
Independiente	Miguel Ángel Brindisi	Puma	Motomel
Lanús	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	Olympikus	Herbalife/ESCO
Newell's Old Boys	Gerardo Martino	Topper	Motomel
Quilmes	Omar De Felippe	Lotto	Quilmes
Racing	Luis Zubeldía	Olympikus	Banco Hipotecario
River Plate	Ramón Díaz	Adidas	BBVA
San Lorenzo	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Lotto	La Nueva Seguros/Banco Ciudad
San Martín (SJ)	Rubén Forestello	Mitre	San Juan
Tigre	Néstor Gorosito	Kappa	Banco Macro
Unión	Facundo Sava	TBS	Flecha Bus
Vélez Sarsfield	Ricardo Gareca	Topper	Samsung

Statistics

Club	Most goals scored	Goals	Most minutes played ¹	Minutes (Matches)
All Boys	Iván Borghello	9	Nicolás Cambiasso	3420 (38)
Argentinos Juniors	Juan Luis Anangonó	5	Ariel Garcé	2764 (31)
Arsenal	Darío Benedetto	7	Cristian Campestrini	3330 (37)
Arsenal	Lisandro López	7	Cristian Campestrini	3330 (37)
Atlético de Rafaela	César Carignano	5	Guillermo Sara	3240 (36)
	Federico González
	Jonathan López
Belgrano	Lucas Melano	5	Guillermo Farré	3310 (37)
Belgrano	Jorge Velázquez	5	Guillermo Farré	3310 (37)
Boca Juniors	Santiago Silva	11	Santiago Silva	2441 (28)
Colón	Emanuel Gigliotti	21	Diego Pozo	3016 (34)
Estudiantes (LP)	Duván Zapata	13	Leandro Desábato	3003 (34)
Godoy Cruz	Mauro Obolo	10	Mauro Obolo	3319 (38)
Independiente	Ernesto Farías	5	Claudio Morel Rodríguez	2483 (29)
Lanús	Silvio Romero	13	Agustín Marchesín	3330 (37)
Newell's Old Boys	Ignacio Scocco	24	Nahuel Guzmán	2970 (33)
Newell's Old Boys	Ignacio Scocco	24	Santiago Vergini	2970 (33)
Quilmes	Martín Cauteruccio	14	Emanuel Trípodi	3330 (37)
Racing	Luciano Vietto	13	Matías Cahais	3314 (37)
River Plate	Manuel Lanzini	8	Marcelo Barovero	3033 (34)
San Lorenzo	Denis Stracqualursi	8	Pablo Alvarado	3143 (35)
San Martín (SJ)	Humberto Osorio Botello	11	Emmanuel Más	3330 (37)
Tigre	Rubén Botta	5	Mariano Echeverría	3060 (34)
Tigre	Matías Pérez García	5	Mariano Echeverría	3060 (34)
Unión	Andrés Franzoia	8	Nicolás Correa	3330 (37)
Vélez Sarsfield	Facundo Ferreyra	16	Sebastián Domínguez	2880 (32)

1.^ Superfinal is not included

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pre-season changes
Lanús	Gabriel Schürrer	Sacked	June 18, 2012	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	June 20, 2012^[1]	N/A
Estudiantes (LP)	Martín Zuccarelli ¹	Replaced	June 24, 2012	Diego Cagna	June 29, 2012^[2]	N/A
Torneo Inicial changes
Independiente	Cristian Díaz	Resigned	August 25, 2012	Américo Gallego	August 27, 2012^[3]	17th
Unión	Frank Kudelka	Resigned	August 31, 2012	Nery Pumpido	September 4, 2012^[4]	19th
San Martín (SJ)	Facundo Sava	Sacked	September 3, 2012^[5]	Gabriel Perrone ²	September 7, 2012^[6]	20th
San Lorenzo	Ricardo Caruso Lombardi	Mutual agreement	October 9, 2012	Juan Antonio Pizzi	October 13, 2012^[7]	18th
Tigre	Rodolfo Arruabarrena	Resigned	October 21, 2012	Néstor Gorosito	October 22, 2012^[8]	19th
Argentinos Juniors	Leonardo Astrada	Resigned	November 4, 2012^[9]	Gabriel Schürrer ³	November 15, 2012^[10]	17th
Atlético de Rafaela	Rubén Forestello	Sacked	November 18, 2012^[11]	Jorge Burruchaga ⁴	December 5, 2012^[12]	15th
Godoy Cruz	Omar Asad	Resigned	November 19, 2012^[13]	Martín Palermo ⁵	November 26, 2012^[14]	14th
River Plate	Matías Almeyda	Sacked	November 27, 2012^[15]	Ramón Díaz ⁶	November 29, 2012^[16]	9th
Inter-tournament changes
Unión	Nery Pumpido	Resigned	December 8, 2012	Facundo Sava	December 16, 2012^[17]	N/A
Boca Juniors	Julio César Falcioni	End of contract	December 10, 2012	Carlos Bianchi	December 17, 2012^[18]	N/A
Torneo Final changes
Argentinos Juniors	Gabriel Schürrer	Resigned	February 22, 2013^[19]	Ricardo Caruso Lombardi ⁷	March 14, 2013^[20]	20th
San Martín (SJ)	Gabriel Perrone	Resigned	March 10, 2013^[21]	Rubén Forestello ⁸	March 17, 2013^[22]	17th
Colón	Roberto Sensini	Resigned	March 16, 2013	Pablo Morant ⁹	March 17, 2013^[23]	20th
Estudiantes (LP)	Diego Cagna	Resigned	March 30, 2013^[24]	Mauricio Pellegrino ¹⁰	April 5, 2013^[25]	19th
Independiente	Américo Gallego	Mutual agreement	April 14, 2013	Miguel Ángel Brindisi	April 16, 2013^[26]	16th

Pre-season changes

1.^ Interim manager.

Torneo Inicial

2.^

Marcelo Vivas was interim manager in the 6th match.

3.^

Carlos Mayor was interim manager in the 14th and 15th matches.

4.^

Víctor Bottaniz was interim manager in the 17th and 18th matches.

5.^

Daniel Oldrá was interim manager in the 17th match.

6.^

Gustavo Zapata was interim manager in the 18th match.

Torneo Final

7.^

Fabián De Sarasqueta was interim manager in the 4th and 5th matches.

8.^

Marcelo Vivas was interim manager in the 6th match.

9.^ Interim manager.

10.^

Martín Zuccarelli was interim manager in the 8th and 9th matches.

Torneo Inicial

The Torneo Inicial was the first tournament of the season. It began on August 3, 2012 and ended on February 13, 2013.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vélez Sarsfield (C)	19	13	2	4	31	12	+19	41	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Newell's Old Boys	19	9	9	1	23	11	+12	36
3	Belgrano	19	10	6	3	22	13	+9	36
4	Lanús	19	10	4	5	23	10	+13	34
5	Racing	19	9	6	4	26	12	+14	33
6	Boca Juniors	19	9	6	4	25	20	+5	33
7	Arsenal	19	9	4	6	19	22	−3	31
8	River Plate	19	7	8	4	28	16	+12	29
9	Estudiantes (LP)	19	8	4	7	19	16	+3	28
10	Colón	19	6	8	5	26	24	+2	26
11	San Lorenzo	19	6	8	5	20	20	0	26
12	All Boys	19	5	6	8	19	27	−8	21
13	Atlético de Rafaela	19	5	5	9	20	28	−8	20
14	Godoy Cruz	19	5	5	9	13	24	−11	20
15	Quilmes	19	3	10	6	16	23	−7	19
16	Argentinos Juniors	19	4	7	8	19	29	−10	19
17	San Martín (SJ)	19	4	5	10	21	27	−6	17
18	Independiente	19	3	8	8	16	24	−8	17
19	Tigre	19	1	10	8	16	27	−11	13
20	Unión	19	0	7	12	16	33	−17	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Primera División 2012 Torneo Inicial champion
Vélez Sarsfield 9th title

Results

Home \ Away	ALL	ARJ	ARS	ATR	BEL	BOC	COL	EST	GCR	IND	LAN	NOB	QUI	RAC	RIV	SLO	SMJ	TIG	USF	VEL
All Boys		0–1	0–1		1–0		1–1				2–1		1–1		0–0			2–2	3–1	0–2
Argentinos Juniors						1–1		2–1	2–1	0–1		1–3		0–2		1–2	1–1	0–0	3–3
Arsenal		2–2			0–2	1–0	2–0		3–0		1–0				0–4				1–0	1–5
Atlético de Rafaela	2–1	5–3	0–0		1–3		2–0				1–2		1–1		0–0			3–0		0–3
Belgrano		0–0				3–1		1–0	1–0		0–2	0–0		1–0		0–0		1–0	1–0
Boca Juniors	3–1			2–1				0–0	2–1	2–1		0–0		3–1		3–1	1–1	2–0
Colón		3–1			2–2	0–0			1–1		1–0	1–2		0–1	1–1				2–0
Estudiantes (LP)	0–1		2–1	3–1			1–2			2–0			2–1		0–2		2–0			0–0
Godoy Cruz	1–1			2–0				1–0		2–1		1–1	0–0	0–1		0–0	1–0
Independiente	1–1		0–2	2–0	1–2		2–2				0–2		1–1		2–2			1–1		0–0
Lanús		1–0				2–0		0–0	2–0			0–1		1–1		0–0	2–1	4–1	2–0
Newell's Old Boys	1–2		2–1	3–0				1–0		0–0			0–0			1–0	2–0			1–0
Quilmes		0–1	1–2		1–1	3–0	2–2				0–0				1–0			0–0	2–1	0–1
Racing	3–1		0–0	1–1				0–1		2–0		0–0	4–0			4–0	3–1
River Plate		0–0			1–2	2–2			5–0		1–0	3–3		0–1		0–0			2–0
San Lorenzo	4–0		0–0	1–0			2–1	0–1		2–1			2–2				2–1			1–2
San Martín (SJ)	2–1		4–0	1–2	1–1		0–1			0–0			4–0		0–2			2–2		0–3
Tigre			0–1				2–2	1–2	2–0			0–0		1–1	2–3	1–1				0–1
Unión				0–0		1–2		2–2	0–1	1–2		2–2		1–1		2–2	1–2	1–1
Vélez Sarsfield		3–0			2–1	0–1	2–4		2–1		0–2			1–0	2–0				2–0

Source: Programación de Primera División Torneo Inicial 2012/2013
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Facundo Ferreyra	Argentine	Vélez Sársfield	13
1	Ignacio Scocco	Argentine	Newell's Old Boys	13
3	Emanuel Gigliotti	Argentine	Colón	10
4	Martín Cauteruccio	Uruguayan	Quilmes	7
	Lucas Pratto	Argentine	Vélez Sársfield	7
	Denis Stracqualursi	Argentine	San Lorenzo	7
7	Iván Borghello	Argentine	All Boys	6
	Rodrigo Mora	Uruguayan	River Plate	6
	Humberto Osorio Botello	Colombian	San Martín (SJ)	6
	Santiago Silva	Uruguayan	Boca Juniors	6
	Duván Zapata	Colombian	Estudiantes (LP)	6

Torneo Final

The Torneo Final was the second and final tournament of the season. It began on February 8 and ended on June 23, 2013.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Newell's Old Boys (C)	19	12	2	5	40	21	+19	38	2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	River Plate	19	10	5	4	28	22	+6	35
3	Lanús	19	8	9	2	26	14	+12	33
4	San Lorenzo	19	8	8	3	26	16	+10	32
5	Quilmes	19	8	7	4	28	22	+6	31
6	Racing	19	8	5	6	24	17	+7	29
7	Godoy Cruz	19	7	8	4	23	16	+7	29
8	Arsenal	19	8	5	6	25	22	+3	29
9	San Martín (SJ)	19	7	5	7	31	28	+3	26
10	Belgrano	19	4	11	4	14	13	+1	23
11	Atlético de Rafaela	19	5	8	6	21	23	−2	23
12	Independiente	19	5	7	7	16	17	−1	22
13	Tigre	19	6	3	10	22	30	−8	21
14	Vélez Sarsfield	19	4	8	7	18	20	−2	20
15	Estudiantes (LP)	19	4	8	7	15	19	−4	20
16	All Boys	19	5	5	9	15	24	−9	20
17	Colón	19	5	5	9	20	30	−10	20
18	Argentinos Juniors	19	4	6	9	13	21	−8	18
19	Boca Juniors	19	3	9	7	13	29	−16	18
20	Unión	19	3	8	8	17	31	−14	17

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Primera División 2013 Torneo Final champion
Newell's Old Boys 6th title

Results

Home \ Away	ALL	ARJ	ARS	ATR	BEL	BOC	COL	EST	GCR	IND	LAN	NOB	QUI	RAC	RIV	SLO	SMJ	TIG	USF	VEL
All Boys				2–1		2–0		0–0	1–1	2–0		2–1		0–1		0–3	1–1
Argentinos Juniors	1–0		1–2	0–0	1–3		1–0				1–2		1–3		2–0					0–1
Arsenal	4–0			0–0				1–0		1–0		2–0	1–2	1–0		1–3	3–2	3–2
Atlético de Rafaela						1–1		0–2	1–2	2–0		0–3		3–0		0–0	2–1		1–0
Belgrano	0–1		1–1	0–0			2–1			0–0			3–0		1–2		0–2			1–0
Boca Juniors		1–1	1–0		0–0		1–0				0–0		3–2		1–1				1–3	1–1
Colón	2–0		1–0	2–2				3–3		1–1			0–3			0–1	1–1	3–2		2–1
Estudiantes (LP)		0–0			1–1	1–0			0–0		2–0	2–4		0–1		1–1		1–3	1–0
Godoy Cruz		0–0	3–0		0–0	1–1	3–0				0–1				1–2			0–1	2–1	3–1
Independiente		3–1				1–1		0–0	0–1			1–3		2–0		0–1	3–1		1–1
Lanús	2–1		2–1	1–1	0–0		4–0			0–0			2–2		5–1					1–0
Newell's Old Boys		0–1			2–0	4–0	1–2		3–1		0–3			4–3	1–0			3–1	5–0
Quilmes	2–1			3–3				1–0	0–0	0–0		1–1		1–0		1–2	0–0
Racing		2–0			1–1	2–0	1–1		1–1		0–0				0–2			2–0	3–0	0–0
River Plate	2–0		1–1	3–0			2–1	1–0		2–1			1–1				3–1	3–2		0–0
San Lorenzo		1–1			0–0	3–0			1–1		2–2	0–1		1–4	2–0			0–1	4–2
San Martín (SJ)		2–1				6–1		2–0	2–3		3–1	1–1		0–3		0–0			3–1
Tigre	2–1	1–0		1–3	0–0	0–0				0–2	0–0		2–3				1–3		1–2
Unión	1–1	0–0	1–1		1–1		1–0				0–0		0–3		2–2					1–1
Vélez Sarsfield	0–0		2–2	2–1				1–1		0–1		1–3	2–0			1–1	3–0	1–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Emanuel Gigliotti	Argentine	Colón	11
1	Ignacio Scocco	Argentine	Newell's Old Boys	11
3	Silvio Romero	Argentine	Lanús	9
4	Luciano Vietto	Argentine	Racing	8
5	Martín Cauteruccio	Uruguayan	Quilmes	7
	Ezequiel Rescaldani	Argentine	Vélez Sarsfield	7
	Duván Zapata	Colombian	Estudiantes (LP)	7
8	Andrés Franzoia	Argentine	Unión	6
	Mauro Obolo	Argentine	Godoy Cruz	6
	Claudio Riaño	Argentine	San Martín (SJ)	6

Superfinal

The 2012-13 Superfinal was played on 29 June 2013 between Vélez Sarsfield, winners of the 2012 Torneo Inicial, and Newell's Old Boys, winners of the 2013 Torneo Final. The match was played at the neutral venue of the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza.

Vélez Sarsfield were crowned Super champions after a 1–0 victory over Newell's Old Boys.^[27] The Association recognised that title as a Primera División (league) championship.^[28]

As super champions of the 2012–13 season Vélez Sarsfield was qualified for the 2013 Supercopa Argentina, 2013 Copa Sudamericana and 2014 Copa Libertadores.

Details

2012–13 Primera División Superfinal

June 29, 2013

18:00 UTC−3

Vélez Sarsfield	1–0	Newell's Old Boys
Pratto 8'	Report

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Referee: Néstor Pitana

Vélez Sarsfield

Newell's Old Boys


GK	13	Sebastián Sosa	70'
DF	5	Fabián Cubero (c)	9' 27'
DF	2	Fernando Tobio
DF	6	Sebastián Domínguez (c)
DF	3	Emiliano Papa	45'
MF	24	Iván Bella		29'
MF	17	Franco Razzotti	90+1'
MF	8	Fernando Gago		71'
MF	10	Federico Insúa	76'
FW	12	Lucas Pratto		67'
FW	14	Facundo Ferreyra
Substitutes:
GK	1	Germán Montoya
DF	30	Juan Sabia
DF	4	Gino Peruzzi		29'
MF	18	Francisco Cerro		71'
MF	21	Agustín Allione
MF	29	Lucas Romero		67'
FW	9	Ezequiel Rescaldani
Manager:
Ricardo Gareca


GK	1	Nahuel Guzmán
DF	4	Marcos Cáceres
DF	27	Santiago Vergini	5'
DF	20	Gabriel Heinze
DF	15	Milton Casco
MF	8	Pablo Pérez	9'	71'
MF	7	Lucas Bernardi (c)
MF	14	Rinaldo Cruzado	63'	63'
FW	11	Maxi Rodríguez
FW	32	Ignacio Scocco
FW	16	Víctor Figueroa
Substitutes:
GK	22	Sebastián Peratta
DF	6	Víctor López
MF	5	Diego Mateo
MF	28	Martín Tonso		63'
MF	18	Horacio Orzán
FW	37	Maximiliano Urruti		71'
FW	39	Fabián Muñoz
Manager:
Gerardo Martino

Assistant referees:
Diego Bonfá
Iván Núñez
Fourth official:
Mauro Vigliano

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes.
Maximum of three substitutions.

Sebastián Sosa (Vélez Sarsfield) saved a penalty kick from Scocco in the 30th.

Primera División 2012–13 Superfinal champion
Vélez Sarsfield 10th title

Relegation

Pos	Team	2010–11 Pts	2011–12 Pts	2012–13 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Vélez Sarsfield	82	64	61	207	114	1.816
2	River Plate	—	—	64	64	38	1.684
3	Lanús	63	55	67	185	114	1.623
4	Boca Juniors	53	76	51	180	114	1.579
5	Arsenal	57	62	60	179	114	1.57
6	Belgrano	—	55	59	114	76	1.5
7	Estudiantes (LP)	69	50	48	167	114	1.465
8	Newell's Old Boys	42	48	74	164	114	1.439
9	Racing	52	50	62	164	114	1.439
10	Colón	47	60	46	153	114	1.342
11	Godoy Cruz	63	38	49	150	114	1.316
12	Quilmes	—	—	50	50	38	1.316
13	San Lorenzo	47	44	58	149	114	1.307
14	Tigre	50	63	34	147	114	1.289
15	All Boys	51	54	41	146	114	1.281
16	Argentinos Juniors	54	49	37	140	114	1.228
17	Atlético de Rafaela	—	50	43	93	76	1.224
18	San Martín (SJ) (R)	—	48	43	91	76	1.197	Primera B Nacional
19	Independiente (R)	43	47	39	129	114	1.132
20	Unión (R)	—	50	24	74	76	0.974

Source:^[29]

International qualification

2013 Copa Libertadores

Qualification for the 2013 Copa Libertadores tournament was awarded to the winners of the 2011/12 Clausura and 2012/13 Torneo Inicial tournaments. A third place was awarded to the Argentine side that proceeded furthest in the 2012 Copa Sudamericana tournament. Two more places were available to the teams who gain most points in the 2012 Argentine tournaments, and a league table showing those combined points is given below.^[30]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vélez Sarsfield	38	22	8	8	57	27	+30	74	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage^[a]
2	Arsenal	38	20	9	9	49	37	+12	69	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage^[a]
3	Newell's Old Boys	38	18	14	6	49	30	+19	68	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
4	Boca Juniors	38	18	12	8	55	40	+15	66	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
5	Lanús	38	17	9	12	42	28	+14	60
6	Belgrano	38	16	12	10	39	33	+6	60
7	Colón	38	13	16	9	50	42	+8	55
8	Estudiantes (LP)	38	15	10	13	42	40	+2	55
9	All Boys	38	14	12	12	40	40	0	54
10	Racing	38	14	10	14	45	39	+6	52
11	San Lorenzo	38	12	15	11	42	42	0	51
12	Tigre	38	11	16	11	45	42	+3	49	2013 Copa Libertadores First Stage^[b]
13	Argentinos Juniors	38	11	13	14	36	44	−8	46
14	Atlético de Rafaela	38	11	11	16	46	55	−9	44
15	San Martín (SJ)	38	10	9	19	42	56	−14	39
16	Independiente	38	8	13	17	38	52	−14	37
17	Godoy Cruz	38	7	13	18	24	49	−25	34
18	Unión	38	5	17	16	37	52	−15	32
19	River Plate	19	7	8	4	28	16	+12	29
20	Quilmes	19	3	10	6	16	23	−7	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Arsenal and Vélez Sársfield are qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores as the 2011/12 Clausura and 2012/13 Torneo Inicial champions respectively.
^ Tigre is qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores as the best Argentine team in the 2012 Copa Sudamericana.

2013 Copa Sudamericana

Qualification for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana tournament was awarded to the winners of the 2012–13 Argentine Primera División and the 5 best non-finalists (if not qualified for 2013 Copa Libertadores second stage or relegated) according to the aggregate table of the 2012–13 Torneo Inicial and Torneo Final.^[31]^[32]

This aggregate table could also be used for award places for the 2014 Copa Libertadores.^[31]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Newell's Old Boys	38	21	11	6	63	32	+31	74	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Lanús (Q)	38	18	13	7	49	24	+25	67	2013 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
3	River Plate (Q)	38	17	13	8	56	38	+18	64
4	Racing (Q)	38	17	11	10	50	29	+21	62
5	Vélez Sarsfield (Q)	38	17	10	11	49	32	+17	61	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2013 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage^[a]
6	Arsenal	38	17	9	12	44	44	0	60	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
7	Belgrano (Q)	38	14	17	7	36	26	+10	59	2013 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
8	San Lorenzo (Q)	38	14	16	8	46	36	+10	58	2013 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
9	Boca Juniors	38	12	15	11	38	49	−11	51	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
10	Quilmes	38	11	17	10	44	45	−1	50
11	Godoy Cruz	38	12	13	13	36	40	−4	49
12	Estudiantes (LP)	38	12	12	14	34	35	−1	48
13	Colón	38	11	13	14	46	54	−8	46
14	San Martín (SJ)	38	11	10	17	52	55	−3	43
15	Atlético de Rafaela	38	10	13	15	41	51	−10	43
16	All Boys	38	10	11	17	34	51	−17	41
17	Independiente	38	8	15	15	32	41	−9	39
18	Argentinos Juniors	38	8	13	17	32	50	−18	37
19	Tigre	38	7	13	18	38	57	−19	34	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
20	Unión	38	3	15	20	33	64	−31	24

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

^ Vélez Sarsfield is qualified for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the 2012–13 Primera División super champion.

References

^ "Guillermo Barros Schelotto es el nuevo técnico de Lanús". Diario Panorama (in Spanish). June 20, 2012.
^ "Cagna es el nuevo técnico de Estudiantes". Vavel (in Spanish). June 29, 2012.
^ "Américo Gallego es el nuevo DT de Independiente". Canchallena (in Spanish). August 27, 2012.
^ "Nery Pumpido aceptó y será el nuevo técnico de Unión". Canchallena (in Spanish). September 4, 2012.
^ "Sava dejó de ser el DT de San Martín de San Juan". Diario Titular (in Spanish). September 4, 2012.
^ "Gabriel Perrone será el entrenador de San Martín de San Juan". Goal (in Spanish). September 7, 2012.
^ "Una nueva apuesta en San Lorenzo". Canchallena (in Spanish). October 13, 2012.
^ "Néstor Gorosito será el nuevo técnico de Tigre". Diario Popular (in Spanish). October 22, 2012.
^ "No va más: Astrada se fue de Argentinos". Canchallena (in Spanish). November 4, 2012.
^ "Argentinos se decidió por Gabriel Schurrer". Goal (in Spanish). November 15, 2012.
^ "Forestello dejó de ser el técnico de Rafaela". Canchallena (in Spanish). November 18, 2012.
^ "Burruchaga asumió en Atlético Rafaela". Canchallena (in Spanish). December 5, 2012.
^ "Omar Asad se fue de Godoy Cruz". Goal (in Spanish). November 19, 2012.
^ "Palermo asumió en Godoy Cruz: "Estoy agradecido y con ganas de empezar a trabajar"". Canchallena (in Spanish). November 26, 2012.
^ "Almeyda dejó de ser DT de River: Passarella lo echó por teléfono". Canchallena (in Spanish). November 28, 2012.
^ "Vuelve a su casa: Ramón Díaz es el DT de River y el domingo estará en el Monumental". Canchallena (in Spanish). November 29, 2012.
^ "Sava es el nuevo entrenador de Unión". Diario Popular (in Spanish). December 16, 2012.
^ "Bianchi vuelve a Boca después de siete años y el miércoles será presentado oficialmente". Mundo D (in Spanish). December 17, 2012.
^ "Schurrer y un final anunciado: "Llegamos a un acuerdo, dimos por terminado el ciclo"". Playfutbol (in Spanish). February 22, 2013. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013.
^ "Caruso Lombardi vuelve a Argentinos y es el nuevo técnico". Canchallena (in Spanish). March 14, 2013.
^ "Marcelo Vivas asumió como DT interino en San Martín de San Juan". Canchallena (in Spanish). March 11, 2013.
^ "Forestello es el nuevo técnico de San Martín de San Juan". Canchallena (in Spanish). March 17, 2013.
^ "Pablo Morant será interino en Colón a la espera del nuevo DT". Canchallena (in Spanish). March 17, 2013.
^ "Diego Cagna dejó de ser el técnico de Estudiantes de La Plata". Télam (in Spanish). March 30, 2013.
^ "Mauricio Pellegrino es el nuevo DT de Estudiantes". Canchallena (in Spanish). April 5, 2013.
^ "La hora de Brindisi: tras un día febril, Independiente consiguió técnico". Canchallena (in Spanish). April 16, 2013.
^ "Velez Sarsfield crowned Argentina's Super champions". Goal.com. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
^ "Súper campeón: Vélez venció a Newell's y sumó un nuevo título oficial" on CanchaLlena.com, 29 Jun 2013
^ "Promedios de Primera División Torneo Inicial 2012/2013". Argentine Football Association. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
^ "Copa Libertadores y Copa Sudamericana: clasificación" (in Spanish). Asociación Del Fútbol Argentino. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2012/2013" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Sesión del Comité Ejecutivo Realizada el 14 de Agosto de 2012 (Resoluciones Publicadas el 15/08/2012)" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

[table_note_res_CLSS10.76228094648676-31] Arsenal and Vélez Sársfield are qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores as the 2011/12 Clausura and 2012/13 Torneo Inicial champions respectively.

[table_note_res_CLFS0.76228094648676-32] Tigre is qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores as the best Argentine team in the 2012 Copa Sudamericana.

[table_note_res_CSA20.14633112081621-35] Vélez Sarsfield is qualified for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the 2012–13 Primera División super champion.

[1] "Guillermo Barros Schelotto es el nuevo técnico de Lanús". Diario Panorama (in Spanish). June 20, 2012.

[2] "Cagna es el nuevo técnico de Estudiantes". Vavel (in Spanish). June 29, 2012.

[3] "Américo Gallego es el nuevo DT de Independiente". Canchallena (in Spanish). August 27, 2012.

[4] "Nery Pumpido aceptó y será el nuevo técnico de Unión". Canchallena (in Spanish). September 4, 2012.

[5] "Sava dejó de ser el DT de San Martín de San Juan". Diario Titular (in Spanish). September 4, 2012.

[6] "Gabriel Perrone será el entrenador de San Martín de San Juan". Goal (in Spanish). September 7, 2012.

[7] "Una nueva apuesta en San Lorenzo". Canchallena (in Spanish). October 13, 2012.

[8] "Néstor Gorosito será el nuevo técnico de Tigre". Diario Popular (in Spanish). October 22, 2012.

[9] "No va más: Astrada se fue de Argentinos". Canchallena (in Spanish). November 4, 2012.

[10] "Argentinos se decidió por Gabriel Schurrer". Goal (in Spanish). November 15, 2012.

[11] "Forestello dejó de ser el técnico de Rafaela". Canchallena (in Spanish). November 18, 2012.

[12] "Burruchaga asumió en Atlético Rafaela". Canchallena (in Spanish). December 5, 2012.

[13] "Omar Asad se fue de Godoy Cruz". Goal (in Spanish). November 19, 2012.

[14] "Palermo asumió en Godoy Cruz: "Estoy agradecido y con ganas de empezar a trabajar"". Canchallena (in Spanish). November 26, 2012.

[15] "Almeyda dejó de ser DT de River: Passarella lo echó por teléfono". Canchallena (in Spanish). November 28, 2012.

[16] "Vuelve a su casa: Ramón Díaz es el DT de River y el domingo estará en el Monumental". Canchallena (in Spanish). November 29, 2012.

[17] "Sava es el nuevo entrenador de Unión". Diario Popular (in Spanish). December 16, 2012.

[18] "Bianchi vuelve a Boca después de siete años y el miércoles será presentado oficialmente". Mundo D (in Spanish). December 17, 2012.

[19] "Schurrer y un final anunciado: "Llegamos a un acuerdo, dimos por terminado el ciclo"". Playfutbol (in Spanish). February 22, 2013. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013.

[20] "Caruso Lombardi vuelve a Argentinos y es el nuevo técnico". Canchallena (in Spanish). March 14, 2013.

[21] "Marcelo Vivas asumió como DT interino en San Martín de San Juan". Canchallena (in Spanish). March 11, 2013.

[22] "Forestello es el nuevo técnico de San Martín de San Juan". Canchallena (in Spanish). March 17, 2013.

[23] "Pablo Morant será interino en Colón a la espera del nuevo DT". Canchallena (in Spanish). March 17, 2013.

[24] "Diego Cagna dejó de ser el técnico de Estudiantes de La Plata". Télam (in Spanish). March 30, 2013.

[25] "Mauricio Pellegrino es el nuevo DT de Estudiantes". Canchallena (in Spanish). April 5, 2013.

[26] "La hora de Brindisi: tras un día febril, Independiente consiguió técnico". Canchallena (in Spanish). April 16, 2013.

[27] "Velez Sarsfield crowned Argentina's Super champions". Goal.com. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

[28] "Súper campeón: Vélez venció a Newell's y sumó un nuevo título oficial" on CanchaLlena.com, 29 Jun 2013

[29] "Promedios de Primera División Torneo Inicial 2012/2013". Argentine Football Association. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

[30] "Copa Libertadores y Copa Sudamericana: clasificación" (in Spanish). Asociación Del Fútbol Argentino. Retrieved 1 December 2012.

[argentina1-33] "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2012/2013" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[argentina2-34] "Sesión del Comité Ejecutivo Realizada el 14 de Agosto de 2012 (Resoluciones Publicadas el 15/08/2012)" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[26]

[27]

[28]

[29]

[30]

[a]

[b]

[31]

[32]

[a]

v t e Primera División
Argentine Football Association
2025 clubs	Aldosivi Argentinos Juniors Atlético Tucumán Banfield Barracas Central Belgrano Boca Juniors Central Córdoba (SdE) Defensa y Justicia Deportivo Riestra Estudiantes (LP) Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Godoy Cruz Huracán Independiente Independiente Rivadavia Instituto Lanús Newell's Old Boys Platense Racing River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo San Martín (SJ) Sarmiento (J) Talleres (C) Tigre Unión Vélez Sarsfield
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014 2015 2016 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Formats	Metropolitano Nacional Apertura and Clausura
Former bodies	Argentine Association Football League Federación Amateurs Asociación Amateurs Liga Argentina Superliga Argentina
Related topics	All-time table Champions (list) Goalkeeper award Qualifying for Copa Libertadores Records Top scorers
Categories	Disaffiliated teams Managers Players Seasons Transfers
Category Commons

v t e 2012–13 in Argentine football
« 2011–12 2013–14 »
Domestic leagues	Primera División Primera B Nacional Primera B Metropolitana Torneo Argentino A Primera C Metropolitana Torneo Argentino B Primera D Metropolitana Torneo Argentino C
Domestic cups	Copa Argentina (Final) Supercopa Argentina
South American competitions	2012 Copa Suruga Bank 2012 Recopa Sudamericana 2012 Copa Sudamericana 2013 Copa Libertadores
Related to national team	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
Club seasons
Primera Division	All Boys Argentinos Juniors Arsenal Atletico de Rafaela Belgrano Boca Juniors Colon Estudiantes (LP) Godoy Cruz Independiente Lanus Newell's Old Boys Quilmes Racing River Plate San Lorenzo San Martin (SJ) Tigre Union
Primera B Nacional	Aldosivi Almirante Brown Atletico Tucuman Banfield Boca Unidos Crucero del Norte Defensa Y Justicia Deportivo Merlo Douglas Haig Ferro Carril Oeste Gimnasia (J) Gimnasia (LP) Huracan Independiente (R) Instituto Nueva Chicago Olimpo Patronato Rosario Central Sarmiento
Torneo Argentino A	Talleres (C)

v t e 2012 in South American football (CONMEBOL)
« 2011 2013 »
Domestic leagues	Argentina (2011–12, 2012–13) Bolivia (2011–12, 2012–13) Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay (2011–12, 2012–13) Venezuela (2011–12, 2012–13)
Domestic cups	Argentina (2011–12, 2012–13) Brazil Chile (2012–13) Colombia Venezuela
Super cups	Argentina Colombia Peru
CONMEBOL competitions	Copa Libertadores (first stage, second stage, knockout stages, finals) Copa Sudamericana (preliminary stages, final stages, finals) Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship

v t e 2013 in South American football (CONMEBOL)
« 2012 2014 »
Domestic leagues	Argentina (2012–13, 2013–14) Bolivia (2012–13, 2013–14) Brazil Chile (2013, 2013–14) Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay (2012–13, 2013–14) Venezuela (2012–13, 2013–14)
Domestic cups	Argentina (2012–13, 2013–14) Brazil Chile (2012–13, 2013–14) Colombia Venezuela
Super cups	Argentina Chile Colombia
CONMEBOL competitions	Copa Libertadores (first stage, second stage, knockout stages, finals) Copa Sudamericana (elimination phase, final stages, finals) Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship