1997–98 in Argentine football

In the 1997-1998 season in Argentine football River Plate won the Apertura 1997 and Vélez Sársfield won the Clausura 1998.

Torneo Apertura ("Opening" Tournament)

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	River Plate	45	19	14	3	2	43	17	26
2	Boca Juniors	44	19	13	5	1	35	12	23
3	Rosario Central	35	19	10	5	4	35	20	15
4	Vélez Sársfield	32	19	8	8	3	42	23	19
5	San Lorenzo	32	19	9	5	5	42	32	10
6	Gimnasia La Plata	32	19	9	5	5	33	27	6
7	Independiente	30	19	9	3	7	29	31	-2
8	Argentinos Juniors	29	19	9	2	8	24	25	-1
9	Platense	28	19	7	7	5	25	26	-1
10	Estudiantes de La Plata	26	19	7	5	7	25	24	1
11	Lanús	25	19	7	4	8	29	30	-1
12	Ferro Carril Oeste	24	19	6	6	7	33	32	1
13	Racing Club	21	19	5	6	8	24	28	-4
14	Gimnasia de Jujuy	20	19	5	5	9	25	28	-3
15	Colón de Santa Fe	20	19	5	5	9	23	33	-10
16	Unión de Santa Fe	20	19	5	5	9	25	43	-19
17	Deportivo Español	17	19	4	5	10	26	43	-17
18	Newell's Old Boys	14	19	3	5	11	22	38	-16
19	Huracán	12	19	3	3	13	20	32	-12
20	Gimnasia y Tiro	12	19	2	6	11	14	30	-16

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Rubén Da Silva	Rosario Central	15
2	Washington Abreu	San Lorenzo	13
3	Patricio Camps	Vélez Sársfield	12
3	Roberto Sosa	Gimnasia La Plata	12

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Vélez Sársfield	46	19	14	4	1	39	14	25
2	Lanús	40	19	11	7	1	43	22	19
3	Gimnasia La Plata	37	19	11	4	4	42	24	18
4	Gimnasia de Jujuy	32	19	9	5	5	23	20	3
5	San Lorenzo	30	19	9	3	7	36	27	9
6	Boca Juniors	29	19	8	5	6	38	30	8
7	River Plate	29	19	7	8	4	32	24	8
8	Argentinos Juniors	28	19	7	7	5	26	17	9
9	Newell's Old Boys	28	19	7	7	5	26	22	4
10	Ferro Carril Oeste	25	19	6	7	6	32	34	-2
11	Independiente	23	19	6	5	8	26	28	-2
12	Estudiantes de La Plata	23	19	6	5	8	16	24	-8
13	Rosario Central	22	19	5	7	7	23	28	-5
14	Platense	21	19	4	9	6	26	27	-1
15	Racing Club	20	19	5	5	9	15	19	-4
16	Colón de Santa Fe	18	19	4	6	9	23	36	-13
17	Gimnasia y Tiro	16	19	4	4	11	17	34	-17
18	Huracán	15	19	3	6	10	18	34	-16
19	Unión de Santa Fe	13	19	2	7	10	19	33	-14
20	Deportivo Español	13	19	2	7	10	21	44	-23

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Roberto Sosa	Gimnasia La Plata	17
2	Gustavo Bartelt	Lanús	13
3	Martín Palermo	Boca Juniors	12
4	Patricio Camps	Vélez Sársfield	10
4	Martín Posse	Vélez Sársfield	10

Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta and Deportivo Español were relegated with the worst points averages.

Team	Recopa 1997	Supercopa 1997	CONMEBOL 1997	Copa Libertadores 1998
River Plate	Runner up [1]	Champions	N/A	SF
Lanús	N/A	N/A	Runner up	did not qualify
Colón de Santa Fe	N/A	N/A	SF	QF
Boca Juniors	N/A	Group stage	did not qualify	did not qualify
Estudiantes	N/A	Group stage	did not qualify	did not qualify
Independiente	N/A	Group stage	did not qualify	did not qualify
Racing Club	N/A	Group stage	did not qualify	did not qualify
Vélez Sársfield	N/A	Group stage	did not qualify	did not qualify

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