The 2023 Argentine Primera División - Liga Profesional (officially the Torneo Binance 2023, until the 26th round, for sponsorship reasons) was the 133rd season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The league season began on 27 January and ended on 30 July 2023.
Twenty-eight teams competed in the league: twenty-six returning from the 2022 season as well as two promoted teams from the 2022 Primera Nacional (Belgrano and Instituto). Boca Juniors were the defending champions.
River Plate won their 38th national league championship with two matches to spare after they defeated Estudiantes (LP) 3–1 on 15 July 2023.
Competition format
The competition was run under a single round-robin, contested by 28 teams (26 from the previous edition plus 2 promoted from Primera Nacional). The champions qualified for the 2024 Copa Libertadores as Argentina 1. The qualification for international tournaments will be determined by an aggregate table of the 2023 Primera División and 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional first stage tournaments.
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 2023 aggregate table will also be relegated.
Club information
Stadia and locations
Personnel
Managerial changes
1. Originally Luca Marcogiuseppe would be manager of Arsenal along with Carlos Ruiz, but he resigned before the beginning of the season. Marcogiuseppe was replaced by Martín Cicotello. Interim managers 2. Marcelo Bravo and Hernán Manrique were interim managers in the 6th round. 3. Pedro Monzón was interim manager in the 2023 Copa Argentina round of 64 and the 9th–11th rounds. 4. Mariano Herrón was interim manager in the 9th–10th rounds and the 2023 Copa Libertadores Group stage 1st round. 5. Marcelo Mosset was interim manager in the 10th–11th rounds. 6. Interim manager, but later promoted to manager. 7. Darío Espínola was interim manager in the 16th–17th rounds. 8. Daniel Jiménez was interim manager in the 2023 Copa Argentina round of 64. 9. Marcelo Bravo was interim manager in the 2023 Copa Argentina round of 64, the postponed 17th round and the 20th–21st rounds. 10. Claudio Cabrera and Marcelo Broggi were interim managers in the 22nd round. 11. Cristian Zermatten was interim manager in the 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional Group stage 3rd round. 12. Salomón would be interim manager until the end of the Copa de la Liga Profesional, but only was interim manager in the 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional Group stage 4th–8th rounds. 13. Interim manager until the end of the Copa de la Liga Profesional 14. Sebastián Grazzini and Ezequiel Videla were interim managers in the 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional Group stage 8th–10th rounds.
Foreign players
As the championship ended on 30 July 2023, several players left their teams due to expiring contracts or loans, signed with other teams, or had their contracts terminated. Players in italics are those who left their club before the end of the tournament.
Players holding Argentinian dual nationality
They do not take up a foreign slot.
Dylan Gissi (Banfield) Bruno Zapelli (Belgrano) Norberto Briasco (Boca Juniors) Frank Fabra (Boca Juniors) Luciano Bocco (Central Córdoba (SdE)) Matías Soria (Godoy Cruz) Cristian Báez (Independiente) Juan José Cáceres (Lanús) Julio César Soler (Lanús) Gabriel Arias (Racing) Catriel Cabellos (Racing) Nicolás de la Cruz (River Plate) David Martínez (River Plate) Luca Martínez (Rosario Central) Iván Leguizamón (San Lorenzo) Andrés Vombergar (San Lorenzo) José Mauri (Sarmiento (J)) Matías Catalán (Talleres (C)) Daniel Ribera (Talleres (C)) Mateo Retegui (Tigre) Lenny Lobato (Vélez Sarsfield)
Source: AFA
Incidents
The Unión vs. Lanús match (14th round, 30 April 2023) was postponed due to a lack of safety guarantees for the occupants of a seating area in the Estadio 15 de Abril, as a result of a landslide from a drainage channel caused by the strong winds that hit the stadium. The match was played on 17 June 2023.
The Vélez Sarsfield vs. Racing match (17th round, 19 May 2023) was postponed due to the death of Hernán Manrique, manager of Vélez Sarsfield reserve team along with Marcelo Bravo. The match was played on 17 June 2023.
During the match between River Plate and Defensa y Justicia at the Estadio Mâs Monumental (19th round, 3 June 2023), a fan fell to his death during the game, resulting in the match being suspended by the referee in the 26th minute. The match resumed on 17 June 2023.
League table
Results
Teams played every other team once (either at home or away) completing a total of 27 rounds.