# 1978 Argentine Primera División

The 1978 Primera División season was the 87th season of top-flight football in Argentina. Quilmes won the Metropolitano (2nd title) and Independiente achieved the Nacional championship (12th title).
Banfield and Estudiantes (BA) were relegated.

## Metropolitano Championship

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Quilmes | 40 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 54 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 40 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 53 |
| 3 | Unión | 40 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 52 |
| 4 | San Lorenzo | 40 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 47 |
| 5 | Argentinos Juniors | 40 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 46 |
| 6 | River Plate | 40 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 45 |
| 7 | Newell's Old Boys | 40 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 44 |
| 8 | Independiente | 40 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 43 |
| 9 | Racing | 40 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 42 |
| 10 | Rosario Central | 40 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 42 |
| 11 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 40 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 40 |
| 12 | Colón | 40 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 39 |
| 13 | Atlanta | 40 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 37 |
| 14 | Estudiantes (LP) | 40 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 36 |
| 15 | Huracán | 40 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 35 |
| 16 | Vélez Sarsfield | 40 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 35 |
| 17 | All Boys | 40 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 31 |
| 18 | Chacarita Juniors | 40 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 39 | 69 | −30 | 31 |
| 19 | Platense | 40 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 41 | 63 | −22 | 30 |
| 20 | Banfield | 40 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 43 | 66 | −23 | 29 |
| 21 | Estudiantes (BA) | 40 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 43 | 73 | −30 | 29 |

## Nacional Championship
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Talleres (C) | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 21 |
| 2 | Racing | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 19 |
| 3 | Newell's Old Boys | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 18 |
| 4 | Ledesma | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 15 |
| 5 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 15 |
| 6 | Estudiantes (LP) | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 10 |
| 7 | All Boys | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 26 | −10 | 10 |
| 8 | Juventud Antoniana | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 40 | −24 | 4 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Unión | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 21 |
| 2 | Huracán | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 19 |
| 3 | Atlético Tucumán | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 19 |
| 4 | Boca Juniors | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 15 |
| 5 | Patronato | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 13 |
| 6 | Chacarita Juniors | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 12 |
| 7 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 10 |
| 8 | Platense | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 29 | −20 | 3 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Independiente | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 21 |
| 2 | Vélez Sarsfield | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 21 |
| 3 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 17 |
| 4 | Racing (C) | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 14 |
| 5 | Deportivo Roca | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 14 |
| 6 | Rosario Central | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 10 |
| 7 | Argentinos Juniors | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 9 |
| 8 | Altos Hornos Zapla | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 6 |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | River Plate | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | +22 | 23 |
| 2 | Colón | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 17 |
| 3 | San Martín (M) | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Atlanta | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 13 |
| 5 | San Martín (T) | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 12 |
| 6 | Quilmes | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 11 |
| 7 | Alvarado | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 10 |
| 8 | San Lorenzo | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 10 |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Colón | 2–4 | Independiente | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Huracán | 2–4 | Talleres | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| River Plate | 3–2 | Vélez Sársfield | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Racing | 1–3 | Unión | 1–2 | 0–1 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Independiente | 4–2 | Talleres (C) | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Unión (SF) | 1–2 | River Plate | 0–1 | 1–1 |

### Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| River Plate | 0–2 | Independiente | 0–0 | 0–2 |

#### Second leg

| Independiente | River Plate |
| GK | 1 | Héctor Baley |
| DF | 4 | Rubén Pagnanini | 75' |
| DF | 2 | Hugo Villaverde |
| DF | 6 | Enzo Trossero |
| DF | 3 | Osvaldo Pérez |
| MF | 8 | Omar Larrosa |
| MF | 5 | Carlos Fren |
| MF | 10 | Ricardo Bochini |
| FW | 7 | Antonio Alzamendi | 71' |
| FW | 9 | Norberto Outes |
| FW | 11 | Alejandro Barberón |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | | Juan M. Insaurralde | 75' |
| DF | | Ricardo Fontana | 71' |
| Manager: ||
| José Pastoriza ||
| GK | 1 | Ubaldo Fillol |
| DF | 4 | Eduardo Saporiti |
| DF | 2 | José Luis Pavoni |
| DF | 6 | Daniel Passarella |
| DF | 3 | Héctor López |
| MF | 8 | Juan José López |
| MF | 5 | Reinaldo Merlo |
| MF | 10 | Norberto Alonso |
| FW | 7 | Pedro A. González | 57' |
| FW | 9 | Leopoldo Luque |
| FW | 11 | Oscar Ortiz |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | | Rubén Galletti | 57' |
| Manager: ||
| Ángel Labruna ||