1974 Argentine Primera División

83rd season of top-tier football league in Argentina Football league season

Primera División
Season	1974
Champions	Newell's Old Boys (Metropolitano) San Lorenzo (Nacional)
← 1973 1975 →

The 1974 Primera División season was the 83rd season of top-flight football in Argentina. Newell's Old Boys won the Metropolitano (1st title) and San Lorenzo (9th title) won the Nacional championship.

For the second consecutive season, no teams were relegated.

Metropolitano Championship

Football league season

Metropolitano
Newell's O.B., Metropolitano champions
Season	1974
Champions	Newell's Old Boys (1st title)
Promoted	Banfield
Relegated	(none)
1975 Copa Libertadores	Newell's Old Boys
Top goalscorer	Carlos Morete (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Boca Juniors 7-1 Argentinos Juniors
Biggest away win	San Lorenzo 0-6 Boca Juniors
Highest scoring	Huracán 6-2 Atlanta Boca Juniors 7-1 Argentinos Independiente 6-2 Chacarita
← 1973 1975 →

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rosario Central	18	12	2	4	39	23	+16	26
2	Huracán	18	8	5	5	32	29	+3	21
3	River Plate	18	9	2	7	37	28	+9	20
3	Racing	18	9	2	7	28	30	−2	20
5	All Boys	18	6	6	6	22	24	−2	18
6	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	18	6	5	7	30	29	+1	17
6	Atlanta	18	5	7	6	29	33	−4	17
8	Vélez Sársfield	18	4	4	10	20	32	−12	12
9	Banfield	18	3	5	10	22	31	−9	11

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Newell's Old Boys	18	10	4	4	32	27	+5	24
2	Boca Juniors	18	10	3	5	37	21	+16	23
2	Ferro Carril Oeste	18	8	7	3	28	20	+8	23
4	Colón	18	8	5	5	30	30	0	21
5	Independiente	18	7	6	5	38	23	+15	20
6	San Lorenzo	18	4	6	8	23	30	−7	14
6	Argentinos Juniors	18	5	4	9	33	42	−9	14
8	Estudiantes (LP)	18	5	3	10	21	28	−7	13
9	Chacarita Juniors	18	2	6	10	21	42	−21	10

Source:

2nd place playoff

Boca Juniors 2–0 Ferro Carril Oeste

Final Tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Newell's Old Boys	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	5
2	Rosario Central	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	3
3	Boca Juniors	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	2
3	Huracán	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	2

Source:

Nacional Championship

Football league season

Nacional
San Lorenzo, Nacional champions
Season	1974
Champions	San Lorenzo (11th title)
1975 Copa Libertadores	Rosario Central
Top goalscorer	Mario Kempes (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Banfield 13-1 Puerto Comercial
Biggest away win	Atlanta 0-7 Huracán
Highest scoring	Banfield 13-1 Puerto Comercial
← 1973 1975 →

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	18	15	2	1	46	10	+36	32
2	Rosario Central	18	13	4	1	36	8	+28	30
3	Banfield	18	9	4	5	42	25	+17	22
4	Estudiantes (LP)	18	8	4	6	25	20	+5	20
5	Belgrano	18	8	3	7	30	21	+9	19
6	Desamparados	18	5	5	8	32	35	−3	15
7	Central Norte	18	5	4	9	22	31	−9	14
8	All Boys	18	2	5	11	20	36	−16	9
9	Puerto Comercial	18	2	0	16	14	75	−61	4

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ALL	BAN	BEL	BOC	CNS	DES	EST	PCO	RCE
All Boys	—	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–2	4–1	0–1
Banfield	4–2	—	1–0	1–4	2–0	7–0	1–0	13–1	1–1
Belgrano	6–1	4–1	—	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–3
Boca Juniors	2–1	4–0	1–0	—	3–0	7–0	1–0	9–0	2–1
Central Norte	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–3	—	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–2
Desamparados	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–1	4–0	—	2–2	7–2	0–1
Estudiantes (LP)	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	4–2	1–0	—	3–0	1–1
Puerto Comercial	4–3	0–4	0–3	2–3	0–4	1–4	1–2	—	0–2
Rosario Central	4–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	7–0	—

Source: es.wikipedia.org (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Talleres (C)	18	10	5	3	25	12	+13	25
2	Newell's Old Boys	18	7	8	3	27	20	+7	22
3	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	18	9	3	6	29	22	+7	21
3	Altos Hornos Zapla	18	7	7	4	30	27	+3	21
5	River Plate	18	7	5	6	33	20	+13	19
6	Argentinos Juniors	18	6	6	6	29	31	−2	18
7	Colón	18	4	6	8	20	22	−2	14
8	Jorge Newbery	18	2	9	7	9	18	−9	13
9	Huracán (SR)	18	1	4	13	12	48	−36	6

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AHZ	ARJ	COL	GLP	HSR	JNJ	NEW	RIV	TAL
Altos Hornos Zapla	—	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0
Argentinos Juniors	4–2	—	2–2	4–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–4	0–0
Colón	3–1	3–1	—	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	3–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	1–3	4–0	2–1	—	4–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–0
Huracán (SR)	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–4	—	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–2
Jorge Newbery	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	—	0–0	1–0	0–1
Newell's Old Boys	4–4	3–2	2–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	—	1–0	1–1
River Plate	4–1	3–2	2–0	0–0	10–1	3–1	1–2	—	1–1
Talleres (C)	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	6–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	—

Source: es.wikipedia.org (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	San Lorenzo	18	11	5	2	43	14	+29	27
2	Ferro Carril Oeste	18	12	2	4	28	16	+12	26
3	Racing	18	9	4	5	35	23	+12	22
3	San Martín (T)	18	8	6	4	24	18	+6	22
5	Chacarita Juniors	18	8	2	8	31	29	+2	18
6	Aldosivi	18	6	4	8	24	30	−6	16
7	Atlético Regina	18	3	6	9	13	30	−17	12
8	Deportivo Mandiyú	18	3	4	11	20	37	−17	10
9	Godoy Cruz	18	3	2	13	15	35	−20	8

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	ATR	CHA	DPM	FCO	GOD	SLO	SMT	RAC
Aldosivi	—	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	3–1	0–3	1–1	3–1
Atlético Regina	1–2	—	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–5	1–1
Chacarita Juniors	4–1	0–1	—	6–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–2
Deportivo Mandiyú	1–1	2–0	1–2	—	1–2	5–2	2–2	1–2	1–1
Ferro Carril Oeste	2–1	2–0	6–1	3–0	—	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1
Godoy Cruz	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	—	0–2	0–2	1–2
San Lorenzo	3–0	4–0	4–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	—	6–1	3–0
San Martín (T)	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–1
Racing	3–1	4–0	4–3	2–0	6–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	—

Source: es.wikipedia.org (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vélez Sársfield	18	11	4	3	34	12	+22	26
2	Independiente	18	10	5	3	49	19	+30	25
3	San Martín (M)	18	10	4	4	27	18	+9	24
4	Huracán	18	9	5	4	38	24	+14	23
5	Atlético Tucumán	18	5	6	7	29	26	+3	16
6	Huracán (CR)	18	4	7	7	20	40	−20	15
7	Chaco For Ever	18	3	8	7	19	30	−11	14
8	San Lorenzo (MdP)	18	3	5	10	21	40	−19	11
9	Atlanta	18	3	3	12	12	41	−29	9

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ATL	CFE	HCR	HUR	IND	SLM	SMM	TUC	VEL
Atlanta	—	3–1	1–1	0–7	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–3
Chaco for Ever	0–0	—	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–0
Huracán (CR)	1–0	1–1	—	4–0	1–5	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–0
Huracán	2–0	2–1	5–0	—	3–3	3–0	0–0	2–1	3–1
Independiente	4–0	3–0	5–1	3–2	—	7–0	5–1	4–0	1–2
San Lorenzo (MdP)	3–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	—	2–2	2–1	0–4
San Martín (M)	1–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	—	2–1	1–0
Atlético Tucumán	7–1	4–1	3–3	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	—	1–2
Vélez Sársfield	2–0	6–1	5–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	—

Source: es.wikipedia.org (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	San Lorenzo	7	5	1	1	11	8	+3	11
2	Rosario Central	7	4	2	1	16	13	+3	10
3	Vélez Sársfield	7	4	0	3	15	9	+6	8
4	Talleres (C)	7	3	1	3	10	10	0	7
5	Independiente	7	3	0	4	9	9	0	6
5	Ferro Carril Oeste	7	2	2	3	11	14	−3	6
7	Boca Juniors	7	2	0	5	10	11	−1	4
7	Newell's Old Boys	7	1	2	4	7	15	−8	4

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	BOC	FCO	IND	NEW	RCE	SLO	TAL	VEL
Boca Juniors	—	4–1	—	1–0	—	—	—	0–1
Ferro Carril Oeste	—	—	2–0	—	—	2–3	—	1–3
Independiente	2–1	—	—	—	2–3	2–0	3–1	—
Newell's Old Boys	—	1–1	1–0	—	2–2	—	—	—
Rosario Central	4–3	2–3	—	—	—	1–1	1–0	—
San Lorenzo	1–0	—	—	2–1	—	—	2–1	2–1
Talleres (C)	2–1	1–1	—	3–1	—	—	—	2–1
Vélez Sársfield	—	—	1–0	6–1	2–3	—	—	—

Source: promiedos.com.ar (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Argentina 1974 on RSSSF.com

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