2016–17 Argentine Primera División
The 2016–17 Argentine Primera División – Torneo de la Independencia was the 127 season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The tournament was named in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Independence of Argentina. The season began on August 26, 2016 and ended on June 27, 2017. Thirty teams competed in the league, twenty-nine returning from the 2016 season, and the addition of Talleres de Córdoba as the Primera B Nacional champion. Argentinos Juniors did not take part having been relegated the previous season. Boca Juniors were crowned champions of Argentina for a 32nd  time after rivals Banfield were beaten by San Lorenzo on June 20, 2017. As a result, Boca Juniors qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores and the 2017 Supercopa Argentina. Competition format. The tournament for the 2016 season was composed of 30 teams. Each team played the other 29 teams in a single round-robin tournament, and also played an additional match against its main rival team, named "Fecha de Clásicos" (Derbies Fixture). Club information. Managerial changes. Interim Managers League table. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Results. Teams play every other team once (either at home or away), and play one additional round  against their local derby rival (or assigned match by AFA if a club doesn't have derby), completing a total of 30 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 three previous seasons (only seasons at the top-flight are counted). The total tally is then divided by the total number of games played in the top flight on those four seasons and an average is calculated. The four  teams with the worst average at the end of the season are relegated to Primera B Nacional. Source: AFA