2018–19 Argentine Primera División
The 2018–19 Argentine Primera División – Superliga Argentina (officially the Superliga Quilmes Clásica for sponsorship reasons) was the 129 season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season began on 10 August 2018 and ended on 7 April 2019. Boca Juniors were the defending champions. Twenty-six teams competed in the league, twenty-four returning from the 2017–18 season and two promoted from the 2017–18 Primera B Nacional (Aldosivi and San Martín (T)). Four teams (Temperley, Olimpo, Arsenal, and Chacarita Juniors) were relegated to the Primera B Nacional championship in the previous tournament. Racing won their  eighteenth national league championship with one match to spare after a 1–1 draw against Tigre on 31 March 2019. Competition format. The tournament was contested by 26 teams. It began on 10 August 2018 and ended on 7 April 2019. Each team played the other 25 teams in a single round-robin tournament. The additional match against the main rival team in the so-called "Fecha de Clásicos" was once again omitted in this season. From 14 April to 2 June 2019, the Primera División played a new competition named "Copa de la Superliga". Club information. Managerial changes. Interim managers  Foreign players. Players holding Argentinian dual nationality. They do not take foreign slot. Source: AFA Results. Teams played every other team once (either at home or away) completing a total of 25 rounds. Season statistics. Top goalscorers. Source: AFA Top assists. Source: AFA Relegation. Relegation at the end of the season is based on coefficients, which take into consideration the points obtained by the clubs during the present season and the two previous seasons (only seasons at the top flight are counted). The total tally is then divided by the number of games played in the top flight over those  three seasons and an average is calculated. The four teams with the worst average at the end of the season were relegated to Primera B Nacional. Source: AFA Awards. The following players were rewarded for their performances during the season.