1937 Argentine Primera División

The 1937 Argentine Primera División was the 46th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on April 4 and ended on December 19.^[1] There were 18 teams in the tournament, and River Plate won the championship.

Primera División

River Plate, champion
Season	1937
Dates	4 April – 19 December
Champions	River Plate (5th title)
Relegated	Argentinos Jrs. Quilmes
1937 Copa Aldao	River Plate
Top goalscorer	Arsenio Erico (Independiente) (47 goals)
← 1936 1938 →

Relegation system started this season, when it was ruled that the two worst placed teams would be relegated to Second Division.^[2] Those teams were Argentinos Juniors and Quilmes.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	River Plate	34	27	4	3	106	43	+63	58
2	Independiente	34	25	2	7	106	54	+52	52
3	Boca Juniors	34	20	5	9	101	57	+44	45
4	Racing	34	16	8	10	87	65	+22	40
5	Vélez Sarsfield	34	18	4	12	63	58	+5	40
6	San Lorenzo	34	15	9	10	70	62	+8	39
7	Huracán	34	17	4	13	82	62	+20	38
8	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	34	16	5	13	68	60	+8	37
9	Ferro Carril Oeste	34	15	5	14	78	79	−1	35
10	Estudiantes (LP)	34	13	8	13	63	64	−1	34
11	Atlanta	34	12	7	15	61	66	−5	31
12	Platense	34	12	7	15	61	67	−6	31
13	Lanús	34	13	5	16	68	79	−11	31
14	Chacarita Juniors	34	10	9	15	63	76	−13	29
15	Talleres (RE)	34	10	6	18	60	88	−28	26
16	Tigre	34	11	3	20	62	84	−22	25
17	Argentinos Juniors	34	4	3	27	44	111	−67	11
18	Quilmes	34	3	4	27	42	110	−68	10

Source: rsssf.com