1983 Argentine Primera División

The 1983 Primera División season was the 92nd season of top-flight football in Argentina. Independiente won the Metropolitano (13th title) and Estudiantes de La Plata won the Nacional championship (4th title).^[1]

Primera División

Season	1983
Champions	Independiente (Metropolitano) Estudiantes LP (Nacional)
← 1982 1984 →

Nueva Chicago and Racing Club were relegated by the average system.

Metropolitano Championship

Metropolitano

Independiente, Metropolitano champions
Season	1983
Champions	Independiente (13th title)
Relegated	Nueva Chicago Racing
1984 Copa Libertadores	Independiente
Top goalscorer	Víctor Ramos (30 goals)
← 1982 1984 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Independiente	36	16	16	4	54	38	+16	48
2	San Lorenzo	36	20	7	9	69	43	+26	47
3	Ferro Carril Oeste	36	16	14	6	44	27	+17	46
4	Vélez Sársfield	36	18	8	10	61	45	+16	44
5	Unión	36	14	10	12	47	43	+4	38
5	Estudiantes (LP)	36	13	12	11	42	43	−1	38
7	Boca Juniors	36	14	9	13	57	61	−4	37
8	Argentinos Juniors	36	13	10	13	44	45	−1	36
9	Newell's Old Boys	36	11	13	12	56	49	+7	35
9	Instituto	36	12	11	13	45	48	−3	35
11	Platense	36	11	12	13	41	44	−3	34
12	Temperley	36	12	9	15	46	51	−5	33
12	Talleres (C)	36	11	11	14	41	58	−17	33
14	Huracán	36	11	10	15	44	47	−3	32
14	Nueva Chicago	36	10	12	14	38	48	−10	32
16	Rosario Central	36	11	8	17	50	60	−10	30
16	Racing	36	11	8	17	38	49	−11	30
18	River Plate	36	10	9	17	37	50	−13	29
19	Racing (C)	36	7	13	16	46	51	−5	27

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Nacional Championship

Nacional

Estudiantes LP, Nacional champions
Season	1983
Champions	Estudiantes (LP) (4th title)
Promoted	San Lorenzo Temperley
1984 Copa Libertadores	Estudiantes (LP)
Top goalscorer	Mario Husillos (11 goals)
← 1982 1984 →

1st step

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Loma Negra	6	3	2	1	7	2	+5	8
1	Nueva Chicago	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	8
3	River Plate	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	6
4	Andino	6	1	0	5	3	13	−10	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentinos Juniors	6	3	3	0	11	6	+5	9
1	Independiente	6	3	3	0	11	3	+8	9
3	San Martín (T)	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	3
3	Chaco For Ever	6	1	1	4	5	12	−7	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	San Lorenzo	6	5	1	0	14	6	+8	11
2	Rosario Central	6	3	1	2	15	5	+10	7
3	Juventud Antoniana	6	2	2	2	13	11	+2	6
4	Santa Rosa	6	0	0	6	4	24	−20	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Talleres (C)	6	3	3	0	7	1	+6	9
2	Ferro Carril Oeste	6	2	4	0	4	2	+2	8
3	Temperley	6	2	2	2	3	3	0	6
4	Estudiantes (RC)	6	0	1	5	4	12	−8	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Estudiantes (LP)	6	3	2	1	14	8	+6	8
1	Racing (C)	6	3	2	1	14	6	+8	8
3	Unión	6	2	3	1	5	5	0	7
4	Unión San Vicente	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vélez Sársfield	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	11
2	Newell's Old Boys	6	2	3	1	12	6	+6	7
3	Altos Hornos Zapla	6	1	2	3	5	8	−3	4
4	Kimberley	6	1	0	5	5	17	−12	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Huracán	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	9
2	Racing Club	6	2	2	2	5	4	+1	6
2	Renato Cesarini	6	2	1	3	9	11	−2	5
4	Atlético Uruguay	6	1	2	3	6	10	−4	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	8
2	Platense	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	7
3	Instituto	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	5
4	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2nd step

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Estudiantes LP	6	4	0	2	7	3	+4	8
2	Vélez Sársfield	6	3	1	2	5	6	−1	7
3	Instituto	6	1	1	4	8	11	−3	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Independiente	6	3	2	1	12	6	+6	8
1	Temperley	6	2	4	0	8	5	+3	8
3	Nueva Chicago	6	0	2	4	3	12	−9	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	River Plate	6	3	2	1	5	2	+3	8
2	Ferro Carril Oeste	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	6
2	San Lorenzo	6	0	6	0	2	2	0	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Platense	6	3	0	3	8	13	−5	6
2	Unión	6	1	3	2	7	4	+3	5
2	Huracán	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	6	4	0	2	11	4	+7	8
1	Racing	6	4	0	2	6	4	+2	8
3	Altos Hornos Zapla	6	1	2	3	3	8	−5	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rosario Central	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	9
2	Talleres (C)	6	0	4	2	4	8	−4	4
3	San Martín (T)	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Loma Negra	6	4	2	0	16	3	+13	10
2	Argentinos Juniors	6	2	3	1	11	9	+2	7
3	Juventud Antoniana	6	0	0	6	4	16	−12	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Racing (C)	6	5	0	1	13	10	+3	10
2	Newell's Old Boys	6	4	1	1	14	10	+4	9
3	Renato Cesarini	6	0	0	6	4	14	−10	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1/8 finals

Club	-	Club	1st leg	2nd leg
Talleres (C)	-	Racing (C)	2-2	0-0 (3-5 p)
Unión	-	Independiente	1-0	0-1 (5-6 p)
Loma Negra	-	Racing	2-1	0-4
Newell's Old Boys	-	Rosario Central	0-0	0-2
Temperley	-	Platense	2-1	0-0
Estudiantes (LP)	-	Ferro Carril Oeste	1-0	2-2
River Plate	-	Vélez Sársfield	1-0	0-0
Boca Juniors	-	Argentinos Juniors	1-1	2-3

Quarterfinals

Club	-	Club	1st leg	2nd leg
Estudiantes (LP)	-	Racing	3-1	1-2
Rosario Central	-	Temperley	0-1	1-1
Racing (C)	-	Independiente	1-1	1-1 (PK 2-4)
River Plate	-	Argentinos Juniors	0-0	0-1

Semifinals

Club	-	Club	1st leg	2nd leg
Argentinos Juniors	-	Independiente	2-1	0-2
Estudiantes (LP)	-	Temperley	1-1	3-1

Finals

First leg

1983 Torneo Nacional Final

7 June 1983

First leg

Estudiantes (LP)	2–0	Independiente
Gottardi Trama	Report

Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata

Referee: Juan C. Lousteau

Estudiantes LP

Independiente

GK 1 Carlos Bertero DF 2 Julián Camino DF 3 José Luis Brown DF 4 Rubén Agüero DF 5 Abel Herrera MF 7 José Daniel Ponce MF 6 Miguel Ángel Russo MF 10 Alejandro Sabella MF 8 Marcelo Trobbiani FW 9 Guillermo Trama FW 11 Hugo Gottardi Manager: Eduardo Manera

GK 1 Carlos Goyén DF 4 Néstor Clausen DF 2 Hugo Villaverde DF 6 Enzo Trossero DF 3 Mario Killer MF 11 Carlos A. Carrizo MF 5 Claudio Marangoni MF 10 Ricardo Bochini MF 8 Jorge Burruchaga FW 7 Gabriel Calderón FW 9 Carlos Morete Manager: Nito Veiga

Second leg

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10 June 1983

Second leg

Independiente	2–1	Estudiantes (LP)
Giusti 14' Trossero 70'	Report	Trama 44'

Independiente Stadium, Avellaneda

Referee: Arturo Ithurralde

Independiente

Estudiantes LP

GK 1 Carlos Goyén DF 4 Néstor Clausen DF 2 Hugo Villaverde DF 6 Enzo Trossero DF 3 Mario Killer MF 8 Ricardo Giusti MF 5 Claudio Marangoni MF 10 Ricardo Bochini MF 11 Jorge Burruchaga FW 7 Gabriel Calderón FW 9 Carlos Morete Manager: Nito Veiga

GK 1 Carlos Bertero DF 2 Julián Camino DF 3 José Luis Brown DF 4 Rubén Agüero DF 5 Abel Herrera MF 7 José Daniel Ponce MF 6 Miguel Ángel Russo MF 10 Alejandro Sabella FW 8 Marcelo Trobbiani FW 9 Guillermo Trama FW 11 Sergio Gurrieri Manager: Eduardo Manera

Estudiantes LP won the final with the aggregate score of 3–2.