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AFA approves new, 30-team round robin format for Argentine league

The Argentine Football Association (AFA) announced a new format for the 2027 Liga Profesional season, with the first division’s 30 teams now set to face each other off once, but with playoffs still deciding two champions.

Up until the current season, the Argentine top tier saw teams divided into two 15-squad groups, who twice a year played among themselves, with a single intergroup matchday. 

They’d compete for eight spots in the playoff to declare the winners of the Torneo Apertura in the first half of the season and the Torneo Clausura in the second.

Next season will bring changes to the formula, with all 30 teams in a single, round-robin system. The best team at the end of the year will be crowned league champion.

AFA to change Argentine championship format while keeping 30 clubs — Buenos Aires Times

The Argentine Football Association (AFA) has announced a new format for the country’s football championship for the 2027 season. The top division will retain 30 teams: a proposal to reduce the number of participants to 20 clubs was rejected, Buenos Aires Times reports.

The Apertura and Clausura tournaments will remain, but clubs will no longer play in two groups of 15 teams. Instead, all participants will face one another: 29 rounds are planned, as well as a separate matchday for derbies.

In the Apertura, after the regular phase ending with the 15th round, the 16 best teams in the standings will play off for the title. The Clausura will begin in the second half of the year with the 16th round. Points earned in the Apertura will not carry over to this tournament, and a playoff will also take place after the 30th round.

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