1985–86 Argentine Primera División

The 1985-1986 Argentine Primera División saw a major reform in Argentina football. The European calendar was adopted as well as the tournament format. The league title was won by River Plate.

League table

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	River Plate	56	36	23	10	3	74	26	48
2	Newell's Old Boys	46	36	15	16	5	46	30	16
3	Deportivo Español	46	36	18	10	8	41	35	6
4	Argentinos Juniors	44	36	16	12	8	47	39	8
5	Boca Juniors	41	36	14	13	9	57	47	10
6	Ferro Carril Oeste	40	36	12	16	8	45	33	12
7	San Lorenzo	40	36	14	12	10	43	33	10
8	Talleres de Córdoba	37	36	10	17	9	43	37	6
9	Independiente	36	36	15	6	15	38	36	2
10	Gimnasia de La Plata	36	36	9	18	9	29	36	-7
11	Instituto de Córdoba	35	36	11	13	12	33	33	0
12	Vélez Sársfield	34	36	11	12	13	48	48	0
13	Huracán	32	36	10	12	14	44	47	-3
14	Unión de Santa Fe	31	36	9	13	14	27	38	-11
15	Temperley	29	36	8	13	15	44	60	-16
16	Estudiantes de La Plata	27	36	10	7	19	33	47	-14
17	Platense	27	36	7	13	16	37	55	-18
18	Racing de Córdoba	26	36	6	14	16	31	52	-21
19	Chacarita Juniors	21	36	5	11	20	24	53	-31

Relegation

Relegation was determined by averaging the number of points obtained over the three previous seasons

Relegation table

Team	1983	1984	1985-1986	Total points	Seasons	Points average
Deportivo Español	N/A	N/A	46	46	1	46.00
Ferro Carril Oeste	46	50	40	136	3	45.33
Argentinos Juniors	36	51	44	131	3	43.66
River Plate	29	43	56	128	3	42.33
San Lorenzo	47	37	40	124	3	41.33
Vélez Sársfield	44	42	34	120	3	40.00
Newell's Old Boys	35	38	46	119	3	39.67
Independiente	48	31	36	115	3	38.33
Estudiantes de La Plata	38	48	27	113	3	37.67
Boca Juniors	37	30	41	108	3	36.00
Gimnasia de La Plata	N/A	N/A	36	36	1	36.00
Talleres de Córdoba	33	34	37	104	3	34.67
Instituto de Córdoba	35	33	35	103	3	34.33
Unión de Santa Fe	38	30	31	99	3	33.00
Racing de Córdoba	27	43	26	96	3	32.00
Platense	34	33	27	94	3	31.33
Temperley	33	31	29	93	3	31.00
Huracán	32	27	32	91	3	30.33
Chacarita Juniors	N/A	34	21	55	2	27.50

• Chacarita Juniors were relegated directly
• Huracán played in the Octagonal promotion tournament.

Qualification for Copa Libertadores 1986

• River Plate qualified as League champions
• Argentinos Juniors qualified as Copa Libertadores holders
• The remaining qualification place was determined by the Liguella Pre-Libertadores

Liguella Pre-Libertadores

Qualifying round

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Alianza de Cutral Có	Boca Juniors	1-2	1-2	2-4
Concepción	Vélez Sársfield	0-3	1-2	1-5
Ferro Carril Oeste	Güemes	2-1	2-1	4-2
San Lorenzo	Guaraní Antonio Franco	4-1	3-0	7-1

Quarter-finals

		Score
Ferro Carril Oeste	Deportivo Español	4-1 (aet)
Newell's Old Boys	Belgrano de Córdoba	2-1
Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	Boca Juniors	2-3
San Lorenzo	Vélez Sársfield	0-0 (4-3 p.k.)

Semi-finals

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Newell's Old Boys	Ferro Carril Oeste	1-0	1-1	2-1
San Lorenzo	Boca Juniors	1-2	0-0	1-2

Final

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Boca Juniors	Newell's Old Boys	0-2	4-1	4-3

• Boca Juniors qualify for the Copa Libertadores 1986.

See also

• 1985-86 in Argentine football