
Liga Profesional de Fútbol Argentina
The league of the world champions
The Primera División is Argentina´s premier football top division, the first country outside the UK to establish a football league. The Argentine championship was ranked as one of the top 10 strongest leagues worldwide for the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, among La Liga, Premiere League, Serie A and Bundesliga.
February - June
TORNEO APERTURA
Tournament format: 30 teams drawn into 2 zones of 15 teams each.
Initial stage of 14 rounds. Once the groups stage is over, the best teams in each zone will advance to the playoffs, with rounds of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final to determine the champion, always in a single match. 240 matches per tournament.


July - December
TORNEO CLAUSURA
Tournament format: 30 teams drawn into 2 zones of 15 teams each.
Initial stage of 14 rounds. Once the groups stage is over, the best teams in each zone will advance to the playoffs, with rounds of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final to determine the champion, always in a single match. 240 matches per tournament.
January - November
COPA ARGENTINA
The “Argentine Cup” is acontested by teams of all divisions with the aim of qualifying one club to the Copa Libertadores and the Supercopa Argentina (against the reigning champion of Primera División).
It has a direct elimination system format and all matches are played at neutral venues. In the case of subsisting the parity during the 90 minutes, the tie is broken by penalty shots.
In total there are 64 games from the 32nd finals from the end of January to November, 20 of them are played on July-August, during the break of the European football season.


December
TROFEO DE CAMPEONES
TROFEO DE CAMPEONES DE LA LIGA PROFESIONAL
Is an official national football cup of Argentina organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), and contested by the winners of the Torneo Apertura (played between February and June) and the Torneo Clausura (played between July and December).
It consists of a single match played at a neutral venue, generally on December.
September 6th 2025
SUPERCOPA ARGENTINA
A single match between the champion of the Liga Profesional vs. the winner of the current Copa Argentina
