1987–88 in Argentine football

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1987–88 in Argentine football saw Newell's Old Boys win the Argentine championship, their first title since 1974. In the Copa Libertadores 1987 River Plate and Independiente were eliminated at the semi-final stage.

League table

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Position Team Points Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Newell's Old Boys 55 38 21 13 4 68 22 46
2 San Lorenzo 49 38 16 17 5 49 28 21
3 Racing Club 48 38 15 18 5 51 33 18
4 River Plate 46 38 17 12 9 51 40 11
5 Gimnasia de La Plata 43 38 11 21 6 44 36 8
6 Vélez Sársfield 41 38 14 13 11 51 41 10
7 Rosario Central 40 38 12 16 10 53 41 12
8 Argentinos Juniors 40 38 15 10 13 49 44 5
9 Deportivo Español 40 38 11 18 9 49 47 2
10 Platense 38 38 12 14 12 42 45 -3
11 Independiente 37 38 12 13 13 37 44 -7
12 Boca Juniors 35 38 12 11 15 40 55 -15
13 Deportivo Armenio 34 38 8 18 12 37 45 -8
14 Ferro Carril Oeste 33 38 7 19 12 27 35 -8
15 Instituto de Córdoba 33[1] 38 10 15 13 43 53 -10
16 Estudiantes de La Plata 32 38 6 20 12 31 43 -12
17 Racing de Córdoba 31 38 10 11 17 31 44 -13
18 Unión de Santa Fe 28 38 8 12 18 39 52 -13
19 Banfield 28 38 7 14 17 36 56 -20
20 Talleres de Córdoba 27 38 6 15 17 40 64 -24

Top Scorers

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Position Player Team Goals
1 José Luis Rodríguez Deportivo Español 18
2 Marío Bevilaqua Talleres de Córdoba 17
3 José Iglesias Racing Club 16
3 Walter Perazzo San Lorenzo 16

Relegation

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Unión de Santa Fe and Banfield were relegated with the worst points averages.

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

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Quarter-finals

Home (1st leg) Home (2nd leg) 1st Leg 2nd leg Aggregate
Argentinos Juniors Racing Club 1-1 1-3 2-4
Textil Mandiyú San Lorenzo 1-1 1-1 2-2[2]
Rosario Central River Plate 0-0 0-1 0-1
Velez Sarsfield Gimnasia La Plata 3-0 1-1 4-1

Semi-finals

Home (1st leg) Home (2nd leg) 1st Leg 2nd leg Aggregate
River Plate Racing Club 3-3 0-1 3-4
Velez Sarsfield San Lorenzo 0-1 0-0 0-1

Final

Home (1st leg) Home (2nd leg) 1st Leg 2nd leg Aggregate
Racing Club San Lorenzo 0-2 1-0 1-2

Argentine clubs in international competitions

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Team Copa Libertadores 1987
Independiente SF
River Plate SF
Rosario Central Round 1

References

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  1. ^ 2 points deducted
  2. ^ San Lorenzo qualified due to better league position