| Competition: | Liga Profesional |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Dates: | 10 May – 15 December 2024 |
| Continentalcup1: | Copa Libertadores |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Estudiantes (LP) |
| Continentalcup2: | Copa Sudamericana |
| League Topscorer: | Claudio Aquino Bruno Barticciotto Miguel Borja Milton Giménez (6 goals each) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Nine matches 3–0 Two matches 4–1 |
| Biggest Away Win: | Tigre 0–4 Racing |
| Highest Scoring: | Belgrano 4–4 Racing |
| Matches: | 153 |
| Total Goals: | 320 |
| Longest Wins: | Atlético Tucumán |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Huracán |
| Longest Winless: | Barracas Central Defensa y Justicia |
| Longest Losses: | Central Córdoba (SdE) |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
| Updated: | 19 August 2024 |
The 2024 Argentine Primera División - Liga Profesional (officially the Torneo Betano 2024 for sponsorship reasons)[1] is the 134th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The league season began on 10 May and will end on 15 December 2024.[2]
Twenty-eight teams compete in the league: twenty-six returning from the 2023 season as well as two promoted teams from the 2023 Primera Nacional (Independiente Rivadavia and Deportivo Riestra), both teams are participating in Argentine Primera División for the first time in history from this season.[3] [4] River Plate are the defending champions.
On 25 May 2024, the match Godoy Cruz vs. San Lorenzo (3rd round) was suspended in the 48th minute after a fight broke out between the supporters of Godoy Cruz in the stands of the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas.[5] The AFA Disciplinary Court decided on 6 June 2024 to resume the match and play the remaining 42 minutes on a date to be determined behind closed doors. Godoy Cruz were deducted three points and had to play two games behind closed doors. They also had to pay San Lorenzo's travel expenses and a fine.[6] On 8 August 2024, the Court of Appeals returned the three points to Godoy Cruz and upheld the other sentences.[7]
The competition will be run under a single round-robin, contested by 28 teams (26 from the previous edition plus 2 promoted from Primera Nacional). The champions will qualify for the 2025 Copa Libertadores as Argentina 1. The qualification for international tournaments will be determined by an aggregate table of the 2024 Primera División and 2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional first stage tournaments.[8]
In this season two teams will be relegated to the Primera Nacional. One team will be relegated based on coefficients, while the bottom team of the aggregate table will also be relegated.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independiente Rivadavia |  Alfredo Berti | End of contract | 16 November 2023[9] | Pre-season | Rodolfo de Paoli | 24 November 2023[10] | |
| Boca Juniors | Mariano Herrón | End of caretaker spell | 26 November 2023 | Diego Martínez | 29 December 2023[11] | ||
| Talleres (C) | Javier Gandolfi | End of contract | 27 November 2023[12] | Walter Ribonetto | 20 December 2023[13] | ||
| Newell's Old Boys | Gabriel Heinze | 27 November 2023[14] | Mauricio Larriera | 29 November 2023[15] | |||
| Sarmiento (J) | Facundo Sava | Resigned | 28 November 2023[16] | Sergio Rondina | 12 December 2023[17] | ||
| Barracas Central | Sergio Rondina | End of contract | 6 December 2023[18] | Alejandro Orfila | 13 December 2023[19] | ||
| Racing | Ezequiel Videla | End of caretaker spell | 6 December 2023 | Gustavo Costas | 15 December 2023[20] | ||
| Huracán | Diego Martínez | Resigned | 7 December 2023[21] | Facundo Sava | 30 December 2023[22] | ||
| Vélez Sarsfield | Sebastián Méndez | 8 December 2023[23] |  Gustavo Quinteros | 23 December 2023[24] | |||
| Tigre | Lucas Pusineri | Sacked | 18 December 2023[25] | Néstor Gorosito | 28 December 2023[26] | ||
| Platense | Martín Palermo | End of contract | 18 December 2023[27] | Sebastián Grazzini | 28 December 2023[28] | ||
| Central Córdoba (SdE) | Omar De Felippe | Mutual agreement | 22 December 2023[29] | Abel Balbo | 22 December 2023 | ||
| Copa de la Liga Profesional changes | |||||||
| Deportivo Riestra | Matías Módolo | Sacked | 7 February 2024[30] | 12th Zone A | Cristian Fabbiani | 7 February 2024 | |
| Huracán | Facundo Sava | Resigned | 18 February 2024[31] | 11th Zone A | 5 March 2024[32] | ||
| Atlético Tucumán | Favio Orsi and Sergio Gómez | 19 February 2024[33] | 14th Zone A | 3 March 2024[34] | |||
| Sergio Rondina | 20 February 2024[35] | 13th Zone B | 25 February 2024[36] | ||||
| Independiente Rivadavia | Rodolfo de Paoli | 24 February 2024[37] | 10th Zone A | 1 March 2024[38] | |||
| Platense | Sebastián Grazzini | Mutual agreement | 27 February 2024[39] | 11th Zone B | Favio Orsi and Sergio Gómez | 29 February 2024[40] | |
| Belgrano | Guillermo Farré | Resigned | 13 March 2024[41] | 13th Zone B | 22 March 2024[42] | ||
| Tigre | Néstor Gorosito | Mutual agreement | 19 March 2024[43] | 14th Zone B | 5 April 2024[44] | ||
| Central Córdoba (SdE) | Abel Balbo | 7 April 2024[45] | 12th Zone B | 9 April 2024[46] | |||
| San Lorenzo | Rubén Darío Insúa | Sacked | 11 April 2024[47] | 9th Zone B | 12 April 2024[48] | ||
| Inter-tournament changes | |||||||
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | Leonardo Madelón | Mutual agreement | 14 April 2024[49] | N/A | Marcelo Méndez | 19 April 2024[50] | |
| Central Córdoba (SdE) | Juan Carlos Roldán | End of caretaker spell | 14 April 2024 |  Lucas González | 19 April 2024[51] | ||
| Liga Profesional changes | |||||||
| Julio Vaccari | Resigned | 14 May 2024[52] | 23rd | 27 May 2024[53] | |||
| Independiente | Carlos Tevez | 19 May 2024[54] | 20th | 13 June 2024[55] | |||
| Newell's Old Boys | Mauricio Larriera | Sacked | 5 June 2024[56] | 11th | 19 June 2024[57] | ||
| Banfield | Julio César Falcioni | Mutual agreement | 14 June 2024[58] | 22nd | Gustavo Munúa | 22 June 2024[59] | |
| River Plate | Martín Demichelis | 28 July 2024[60] | 7th | 5 August 2024[61] | |||
| Central Córdoba (SdE) | Lucas González | Sacked | 29 July 2024[62] | 28th | Omar De Felippe | 31 July 2024[63] | |
| Rosario Central | Miguel Ángel Russo | Resigned | 2 August 2024[64] | 19th | |||
| Argentinos Juniors | Pablo Guede | Mutual agreement | 20 August 2024[65] | 20th | |||
1. Walter Coyette was interim manager in the 2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional Group stage 7th–9th rounds.
2. Diego Barrado was interim manager in the 2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional Group stage 7th–8th rounds.
3. Martín Funes was interim manager in the 2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional Group stage 7th round.
4. Federico Arias was interim manager in the 2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional Group stage 8th round.
5. Norberto Fernández was interim manager in the 2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional Group stage 11th round.
6. Juan Carlos Blengio was interim manager in the 2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional Group stage 12th round.
7. Interim manager until the end of the Copa de la Liga Profesional.
8. Interim manager, but later promoted to manager.
9. Pablo Quatrocchi was interim manager in the 2nd–3rd rounds.
10. Hugo Tocalli was interim manager in the 3rd–5th rounds.
11. Adrián Coria was interim manager in the 5th round.
12. Marcelo Escudero was interim manager in the 9th round.
13. Matías Lequi was interim manager in the 9th–11th rounds and the 2024 Copa Sudamericana round of 16 first leg.
They do not take up a foreign slot.
Frank Fabra (Boca Juniors)
Benjamín Sagüés Barreiro (Estudiantes (LP))
Norberto Briasco (Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP))
Hernán Galíndez (Huracán)
Alan Soñora (Huracán)
Ezequiel Ham (Independiente Rivadavia) Matko Miljevic (Newell's Old Boys)
Luca Martínez (Rosario Central)
Andrés Vombergar (San Lorenzo) Jalil Elías (Vélez Sarsfield)Source: AFA
Teams will play every other team once (either at home or away) completing a total of 27 rounds.[66]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=4 | 1 | Milton Giménez | Banfield/Boca Juniors | align=center rowspan=4 | 6 |
| Miguel Borja | River Plate | ||||
| Bruno Barticciotto | Talleres (C) | ||||
| Claudio Aquino | Vélez Sarsfield | ||||
| align=center rowspan=4 | 5 | Franco Jara | Belgrano | align=center rowspan=4 | 5 |
| Miguel Merentiel | Boca Juniors | ||||
| Ignacio Pussetto | Huracán | ||||
| Santiago Rodríguez | Instituto | Jonathan Herrera | Deportivo Riestra | ||
| Guido Carrillo | Estudiantes (LP) | ||||
| Rodrigo Castillo | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | ||||
| Walter Bou | Lanús | ||||
| Mateo Pellegrino | Platense | ||||
| Roger Martínez | Racing | ||||
| Braian Romero | Vélez Sarsfield | ||||
| Tomás Molina | Central Córdoba (SdE) | ||||
| Matías Abaldo | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | ||||
| Héctor Fértoli | Huracán | ||||
| Ignacio Russo | Instituto | ||||
| Facundo Colidio | River Plate | ||||
| Agustín Módica | Rosario Central | ||||
| Alan Lescano | Argentinos Juniors | ||||
 Bryan Reyna | Belgrano | ||||
| Gastón Martirena | Racing--> |
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=2 | 1 | Joaquín Pereyra | Atlético Tucumán | align=center rowspan=2 | 4 |
| Marcelino Moreno | Lanús | ||||
| align=center rowspan=8 | 3 | Juan Pablo Álvarez | Banfield | align=center rowspan=8 | 3 |
| Francisco González Metilli | Belgrano | ||||
| Bryan Reyna | Belgrano | ||||
| Dylan Aquino | Lanús | ||||
| Gastón Benavídez | Talleres (C) | ||||
| Tomás Galván | Tigre | ||||
| Thiago Fernández | Vélez Sarsfield | ||||
| Francisco Pizzini | Vélez Sarsfield | Emiliano Viveros | Argentinos Juniors | ||
| Juan Infante | Atlético Tucumán | ||||
| Matías Abaldo | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | ||||
| Gastón Martirena | Racing | ||||
| Ignacio Fernández | River Plate | ||||
| Lautaro Giaccone | Rosario Central | ||||
| Maximiliano Lovera | Rosario Central | ||||
| Rubén Botta | Talleres (C) | ||||
| Marcos Portillo | Talleres (C)--> |
The 2024 Argentine Primera División champions, 2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional champions and 2024 Copa Argentina champions will earn a berth to the 2025 Copa Libertadores. The remaining berths to the 2025 Copa Libertadores as well as the ones to the 2025 Copa Sudamericana will be determined by an aggregate table of the 2024 Argentine Primera División and 2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional first stage tournaments. The top three teams in the aggregate table not already qualified for any international tournament will qualify for the Copa Libertadores, while the next six teams will qualify for the Copa Sudamericana.[8]
In this season, the bottom team of the aggregate table will be relegated to the 2025 Primera Nacional. If two or more teams are level on points, extra matches will be played to decide which team will be relegated.
In addition to the relegation based on the aggregate table, one team will be relegated at the end of the season based on coefficients, which will take into consideration the points obtained by the clubs during the present season (aggregate table points) and the two previous seasons (only seasons at the top flight will be counted). The total tally will be then divided by the number of games played in the top flight over those three seasons and an average will be calculated. The team with the worst average at the end of the season will be relegated to Primera Nacional.
| width=25 | width=185 | Team | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | Relegation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | River Plate | 76 | 85 | 43 | 204 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Racing | 80 | 60 | 44 | 184 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Boca Juniors | 79 | 62 | 42 | 183 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Estudiantes (LP) | 61 | 62 | 42 | 165 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Argentinos Juniors | 67 | 54 | 39 | 160 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Godoy Cruz | 51 | 63 | 44 | 158 | 106 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Defensa y Justicia | 65 | 58 | 34 | 157 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 46 | 67 | 44 | 157 | 107 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Huracán | 65 | 51 | 39 | 155 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Newell's Old Boys | 63 | 53 | 32 | 148 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 11 | San Lorenzo | 58 | 64 | 23 | 145 | 106 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Atlético Tucumán | 57 | 54 | 32 | 143 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Belgrano | — | 57 | 30 | 87 | 66 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Instituto | — | 52 | 35 | 87 | 66 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Rosario Central | 46 | 65 | 30 | 141 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Vélez Sarsfield | 46 | 49 | 46 | 141 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 17 | 65 | 45 | 30 | 140 | 107 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Independiente | 51 | 51 | 37 | 139 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Unión | 49 | 46 | 42 | 137 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Barracas Central | 53 | 49 | 34 | 136 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Lanús | 36 | 57 | 39 | 132 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Banfield | 49 | 53 | 27 | 129 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Platense | 42 | 54 | 30 | 126 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Tigre | 63 | 47 | 15 | 125 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Sarmiento (J) | 53 | 46 | 22 | 121 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Deportivo Riestra | — | — | 28 | 28 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Central Córdoba (SdE) | 49 | 48 | 16 | 113 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Independiente Rivadavia | — | — | 23 | 23 | 25 |
