1987–88 in Argentine football

1987–88 in Argentine football saw Newell's Old Boys win the Argentine championship, their first title since 1974. In the Copa Libertadores 1987 River Plate and Independiente were eliminated at the semi-final stage.

Football in Argentina

Season	1987–88

League table

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Newell's Old Boys	55	38	21	13	4	68	22	46
2	San Lorenzo	49	38	16	17	5	49	28	21
3	Racing Club	48	38	15	18	5	51	33	18
4	River Plate	46	38	17	12	9	51	40	11
5	Gimnasia de La Plata	43	38	11	21	6	44	36	8
6	Vélez Sársfield	41	38	14	13	11	51	41	10
7	Rosario Central	40	38	12	16	10	53	41	12
8	Argentinos Juniors	40	38	15	10	13	49	44	5
9	Deportivo Español	40	38	11	18	9	49	47	2
10	Platense	38	38	12	14	12	42	45	-3
11	Independiente	37	38	12	13	13	37	44	-7
12	Boca Juniors	35	38	12	11	15	40	55	-15
13	Deportivo Armenio	34	38	8	18	12	37	45	-8
14	Ferro Carril Oeste	33	38	7	19	12	27	35	-8
15	Instituto de Córdoba	33	38	10	15	13	43	53	-10
16	Estudiantes de La Plata	32	38	6	20	12	31	43	-12
17	Racing de Córdoba	31	38	10	11	17	31	44	-13
18	Unión de Santa Fe	28	38	8	12	18	39	52	-13
19	Banfield	28	38	7	14	17	36	56	-20
20	Talleres de Córdoba	27	38	6	15	17	40	64	-24

• Newells Old Boys qualified for Copa Libertadores 1988 as champions of Argentina.
• Teams highlighted in light blue qualified for the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores.

Top Scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	José Luis Rodríguez	Deportivo Español	18
2	Marío Bevilaqua	Talleres de Córdoba	17
3	José Iglesias	Racing Club	16
3	Walter Perazzo	San Lorenzo	16

Relegation

Unión de Santa Fe and Banfield were relegated with the worst points averages.

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

Quarter-finals

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Argentinos Juniors	Racing Club	1-1	1-3	2-4
Textil Mandiyú	San Lorenzo	1-1	1-1	2-2
Rosario Central	River Plate	0-0	0-1	0-1
Velez Sarsfield	Gimnasia La Plata	3-0	1-1	4-1

Semi-finals

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
River Plate	Racing Club	3-3	0-1	3-4
Velez Sarsfield	San Lorenzo	0-1	0-0	0-1

Final

Home (1st leg)	Home (2nd leg)	1st Leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Racing Club	San Lorenzo	0-2	1-0	1-2

• San Lorenzo qualify for Copa Libertadores 1988.

Argentine clubs in international competitions

Team	Copa Libertadores 1987
Independiente	SF
River Plate	SF
Rosario Central	Round 1

References

• Argentina 1987-1988 by Javier Roimiser at rsssf.
• Argentina 1980s by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi and Victor Hugo Kurhy at rsssf.
• Copa Libertadores 1987 by Frank Ballesteros and Karel Stokkermans at rsssf.