1951 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Season	1951
Champions	Racing Club (12° title)
Promoted	Lanús
Relegated	Quilmes Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
Top goalscorer	Santiago Vernazza (22 goals)
← 1950 1952 →

The 1951 Argentine Primera División was the 60° season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on April 15 and ended on December 5.^[1]

Lanús returned to Primera while Quilmes and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) were relegated. Racing Club won its 12° league title.

League standings

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Banfield	32	17	10	5	63	33	44
1	Racing	32	16	12	4	60	37	44
3	River Plate	32	16	11	5	69	42	43
4	Independiente	32	16	7	9	74	51	39
5	Lanús	32	14	9	9	62	49	37
6	Boca Juniors	32	11	13	8	46	38	35
6	San Lorenzo	32	13	9	10	46	41	35
8	Chacarita Juniors	32	12	9	11	58	55	33
8	Vélez Sársfield	32	10	13	9	57	58	33
10	Estudiantes LP	32	11	7	14	65	55	29
11	Newell's Old Boys	32	10	8	14	40	58	28
12	Ferro Carril Oeste	32	8	11	13	50	55	27
13	Platense	32	9	7	16	51	64	25
14	Huracán	32	6	12	14	44	59	24
14	Atlanta	32	8	8	16	46	79	24
16	Quilmes	32	7	9	16	52	79	23
17	Gimnasia y Esgrima LP	32	4	13	15	41	71	21

Championship Playoff

After finishing 1st in the table, both teams, Banfield and Racing had to play a match to crown a champion.^[2]

Racing Club v Banfield

1 Dec 1951

Racing Club	0–0	Banfield
	Report

San Lorenzo
Referee:

Ernest Wilbraham

Banfield v Racing Club

5 Dec 1951

Banfield	0–1	Racing Club
Boyé 46'	Report

San Lorenzo
Attendance: 47,000
Referee:

Bentley Cross

Banfield

Racing


GK		Manuel Graneros
DF		Domingo Capparelli
DF		Osvaldo Ferretti
MF		Luis Angel Bagnato
MF		Eliseo Mouriño
MF		Héctor D'Angelo
FW		José M. Sánchez Lage
FW		Nicolás Moreno
FW		Gustavo Albella
FW		Miguel Ángel Converti
FW		Raúl Tolosa
Manager:
José I. Martínez & Félix Zurdo


GK		Héctor Grisetti
DF		Higinio García
DF		José M. Pérez
MF		Juán Gimenez
MF		Alberto Rastelli
MF		Jorge Gutiérrez
FW		Mario Boyé
FW		Manuel Ameal
FW		Rubén Bravo
FW		Llamil Simes
FW		Ezra Sued
Manager:
Guillermo Stábile

References

↑ Argentina 1951 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF.com
↑ Campeonato de Primera División 1951 by José Carluccio on Historia y Fútbol

Primera División

Argentine Football Association

2016-17 teams	Aldosivi Arsenal Atlético Rafaela Atlético Tucumán Banfield Belgrano Boca Juniors Colón Defensa y Justicia Estudiantes (LP) Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Godoy Cruz Huracán Independiente Lanús Newell's Old Boys Olimpo Patronato Quilmes Racing River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo San Martín (SJ) Sarmiento Talleres (C) Temperley Tigre Unión Vélez Sarsfield

League format	Calendar-year (1891–1966, 2015–2016) Metropolitano and Nacional (1967–85) European style (1985-90, 2016–) Apertura and Clausura (1991–2012) Inicial and Final (2012–14)

Seasons	1891 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

Dissident bodies	Federación Argentina de Football (1912-14) Asociación Amateurs de Football (1919-26) Liga Argentina de Football (1931-34)

Other articles	Champions year by year All-time table Players Records Top scorers Fillol Award Disaffiliated teams

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