1951 Argentine Primera División

Primera División

Racing Club, champions
Season	1951
Champions	Racing (12th title)
Promoted	Lanús
Relegated	Quilmes Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
Top goalscorer	Santiago Vernazza (22 goals)
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The 1951 Argentine Primera División was the 60th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on April 15 and ended on December 5.^[1] Lanús promoted to Primera División as champion of Primera B ^[2]

Banfield and Racing shared the 1st position at the end of the tournament so a two-game playoff match was held to decide a champion. Racing won the series winning their 12th league title (and third consecutive).^[3]

On the other hand, Quilmes and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) were relegated.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Banfield	32	17	10	5	63	33	+30	44	Championship playoff
2	Racing	32	16	12	4	60	37	+23	44
3	River Plate	32	16	11	5	69	42	+27	43
4	Independiente	32	16	7	9	74	51	+23	39
5	Lanús	32	14	9	9	62	49	+13	37
6	Boca Juniors	32	11	13	8	46	38	+8	35
7	San Lorenzo	32	13	9	10	46	41	+5	35
8	Chacarita Juniors	32	12	9	11	58	55	+3	33
9	Vélez Sársfield	32	10	13	9	57	58	−1	33
10	Estudiantes (LP)	32	11	7	14	65	55	+10	29
11	Newell's Old Boys	32	10	8	14	40	58	−18	28
12	Ferro Carril Oeste	32	8	11	13	50	55	−5	27
13	Platense	32	9	7	16	51	64	−13	25
14	Huracán	32	6	12	14	44	59	−15	24
15	Atlanta	32	8	8	16	46	79	−33	24
16	Quilmes	32	7	9	16	52	79	−27	23	Relegated
17	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	32	4	13	15	41	71	−30	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Championship Playoff

After finishing 1st in the table (with no goal difference considered), both teams, Banfield and Racing had to play a two-legged series to decide a champion.^[3]

Team 1	Team 2	1st. leg	Venue 1	City 1	2nd. leg	Venue 2	City 2	Agg.
Racing	Banfield	0–0	San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires	1–0	San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires	1–0

Match details

1951 Primera División Final

1 Dec 1951

First leg

Racing	0–0	Banfield
	Report

San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires

Referee: Ernest Wilbraham

Racing GK 1 Héctor Grisetti DF Higinio García DF José M. Pérez MF Juán Gimenez MF Alberto Rastelli MF Jorge Gutiérrez FW Mario Boyé FW Norberto Cupo FW Manuel Blanco FW Llamil Simes FW 11 Ezra Sued Manager: Guillermo Stábile

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

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5 Dec 1951

Second leg

Banfield	0–1	Racing
	Report	Boyé 46'

San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 47,000

Referee: Bentley Cross

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

Racing 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

Top scorers

Rank.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Santiago Vernazza	River Plate	22
2	Gustavo Albella	Banfield	21
	José Florio	Lanús
3	Manuel Pelegrina	Estudiantes LP	19

References

1. Argentina 1951 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
2. "Argentina: 1ra. "B" AFA 1950" by José Carluccio, 15 May 2009
3. "Argentina: 1ra. División AFA 1951" by José Carluccio, 21 May 2009