1977 Argentine Primera División

The 1977 Primera División season was the 86th season of top-flight football in Argentina. River Plate won the Metropolitano (17th title) and Independiente achieved the Nacional championship (11th title).^[1][2]

Primera División

Season	1977
Champions	River Plate (Metropolitano) Independiente (Nacional)
← 1976 1978 →

Lanús, Ferro C. Oeste and Temperley were relegated.^[3]

Metropolitano Championship

Metropolitano

River Plate, Metropolitano champions
Season	1977
Champions	River Plate (17th title)
Promoted	Lanús Platense
Relegated	Lanús Ferro C. Oeste Temperley
1978 Copa Libertadores	River Plate
Top goalscorer	Carlos Álvarez (27 goals)
← 1976 1978 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	River Plate	44	25	13	6	83	46	+37	63
2	Independiente	44	23	15	6	82	47	+35	61
3	Vélez Sársfield	44	19	18	7	65	48	+17	56
4	Boca Juniors	44	22	9	13	67	45	+22	53
4	Colón	44	20	13	11	74	57	+17	53
6	Rosario Central	44	19	14	11	60	35	+25	52
7	Newell's Old Boys	44	17	12	15	69	58	+11	46
8	Huracán	44	14	16	14	56	59	−3	44
9	Argentinos Juniors	44	14	15	15	61	61	0	43
10	Unión	44	12	18	14	57	55	+2	42
10	Estudiantes (LP)	44	13	16	15	60	61	−1	42
12	Banfield	44	13	15	16	48	50	−2	41
12	Racing	44	13	15	16	43	47	−4	41
12	San Lorenzo	44	14	13	17	46	56	−10	41
15	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	44	15	10	19	75	76	−1	40
15	Chacarita Juniors	44	12	16	16	53	62	−9	40
15	Atlanta	44	15	10	19	52	65	−13	40
15	Quilmes	44	12	16	16	51	64	−13	40
19	All Boys	44	11	17	16	50	67	−17	39
20	Platense	44	10	18	16	48	66	−18	38
20	Lanús	44	11	16	17	43	54	−11	38
22	Temperley	44	13	10	21	56	75	−19	36
23	Ferro Carril Oeste	44	5	13	26	50	95	−45	23

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Nacional Championship

Nacional

Independiente, Nacional champions
Season	1977
Champions	Independiente (11th title)
Promoted	Estudiantes (BA)
1978 Copa Libertadores	Independiente
Top goalscorer	Alfredo Letanú (13 goals)
← 1976 1978 →

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Newell's Old Boys	14	8	5	1	33	11	+22	21
2	San Lorenzo	14	5	7	2	20	14	+6	17
2	Independiente Rivadavia	14	6	5	3	24	20	+4	17
4	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	14	4	7	3	21	21	0	15
5	San Martín (T)	14	2	10	2	18	18	0	14
6	Estudiantes (BA)	14	3	6	5	15	22	−7	12
7	Banfield	14	3	4	7	17	28	−11	10
8	Círculo Deportivo[a]	14	1	4	9	7	21	−14	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Otamendi is a town in General Alvarado Partido, Buenos Aires Province.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Estudiantes (LP)	14	10	2	2	32	13	+19	22
2	Boca Juniors	14	7	3	4	22	16	+6	17
3	Rosario Central	14	7	2	5	20	13	+7	16
3	Los Andes	14	6	4	4	22	19	+3	16
5	Quilmes	14	5	4	5	10	15	−5	14
6	Cipolletti	14	6	1	7	20	26	−6	13
7	Chacarita Juniors	14	4	1	9	20	26	−6	9
8	Central Norte	14	2	1	11	14	32	−18	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Talleres (C)	14	9	2	3	27	20	+7	20
2	Racing	14	6	5	3	22	12	+10	17
3	River Plate	14	7	1	6	32	15	+17	15
3	Vélez Sársfield	14	6	3	5	27	24	+3	15
5	Platense	14	5	4	5	25	25	0	14
6	Sarmiento (R)	14	4	4	6	18	29	−11	12
7	Colón	14	4	3	7	22	29	−7	11
8	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	14	3	2	9	7	26	−19	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Independiente	14	10	1	3	30	13	+17	21
2	Belgrano	14	8	3	3	25	18	+7	19
3	Huracán	14	6	3	5	25	23	+2	15
4	Atlanta	14	5	3	6	14	15	−1	13
4	Argentinos Juniors	14	5	3	6	18	21	−3	13
6	Unión	14	4	4	6	20	23	−3	12
7	Ledesma	14	3	4	7	13	21	−8	10
8	All Boys	14	3	3	8	19	30	−11	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

Club	-	Club	1st leg	2nd leg
Talleres (C)	-	Newell's Old Boys	1-1	1-0
Estudiantes (LP)	-	Independiente	1-1	1-3

Final

Club	-	Club	1st leg	2nd leg
Independiente	-	Talleres (C)	1-1	2-2

Independiente won on away goals rule

First leg

1977 Campeonato Nacional Final

21 January 1978

First leg

Independiente	1–1	Talleres (C)
Trossero	Report	Cherini

Independiente Stadium, Avellaneda

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Second leg

25 January 1978

Second leg

Talleres (C)	2–2	Independiente
Cherini 60' (pen.) Bocanelli 74'	Report	Outes 29' Bochini 83'

Barrio Jardín, Córdoba

Attendance: 19,551

Referee: Roberto Barreiro

Talleres

Independiente

GK 1 Rubén Guibaudo DF 4 Eduardo Astudillo DF 2 Luis Galván DF 6 Víctor Binello DF 3 Victorio Ocaño MF 8 José O. Reinaldi MF 5 Luis A. Ludueña MF 10 Daniel Valencia FW 7 Ángel Bocanelli FW 9 Humberto Bravo FW 11 Ricardo Cherini Substitutes: MF Antonio Syeyyguil Manager: Roberto Saporiti

GK 1 Roberto Rigante DF 4 Rubén Pagnanini DF 2 Hugo Villaverde DF 6 Enzo Trossero DF 3 Osvaldo Pérez MF 8 Omar Larrosa MF 5 Rubén Galván MF 10 Ricardo Bochini FW 7 César Brítez FW 9 Norberto Outes FW 11 Pedro Magallanes Substitutes: MF Mariano Biondi FW Daniel Bertoni Manager: José Pastoriza