Argentine División de Honor de Futsal
Founded1986 (1986)
CountryArgentina
ConfederationCONMEBOL
Number of teams16
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toPrimera B
Domestic cup(s)Copa Argentina
International cup(s)Copa Libertadores
Current championsSan Lorenzo
(2019)
Most championshipsPinocho (14)
WebsiteFutsal on AFA

The Primera División de Futsal (formerly, División de Honor), is the main futsal league in Argentina. Organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA),[1] the first championship was held in 1986.

The Argentine futsal league system is made up of four divisions (Primera A to Primera D), with a total of 87 clubs competing in all of them, which also take part of Copa Argentina de Futsal.

This league is the main division of futsal in Argentina, contested by clubs from the provinces of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe. The Argentine league is regarded as one of the main futsal leagues in South America.[2]

Clubs

There are 16 clubs competing in the 2019 season, they are:

Club District Area
América del SudParque AvellanedaBuenos Aires
BanfieldBanfieldGreater Buenos Aires
Barracas CentralBarracasBuenos Aires
Boca JuniorsLa BocaBuenos Aires
17 de AgostoVilla PueyrredónBuenos Aires
Ferro Carril OesteCaballitoBuenos Aires
IndependienteAvellanedaGreater Buenos Aires
KimberleyVilla DevotoBuenos Aires
PinochoVilla UrquizaBuenos Aires
RacingAvellanedaGreater Buenos Aires
River PlateBelgranoBuenos Aires
San LorenzoBoedoBuenos Aires
SECLA [note 1]AvellanedaGreater Buenos Aires
Sociedad HebraicaPilarGreater Buenos Aires
El TalarAgronomíaBuenos Aires
Villa La ÑataBenavídez [note 2]Greater Buenos Aires

Champions

Season Champion
1986Rosario Central
1987Newell's Old Boys
1988Muñiz
1989Atlanta
1990Atlanta
1991River Plate
1992Boca Juniors
1993Boca Juniors
1994Newell's Old Boys
1995Deportivo Laferrere
1996Atlanta
1997 AperturaLugano
1997 ClausuraBoca Juniors
1998 AperturaBoca Juniors
1998 ClausuraTigre
1999 AperturaSan Lorenzo
1999 ClausuraSan Lorenzo
2000 AperturaArgentinos Juniors
2000 ClausuraSan Lorenzo
2001 AperturaFranja de Oro
2001 ClausuraSan Lorenzo
2002 AperturaVilla Modelo
2002 ClausuraRiver Plate
2003 AperturaRiver Plate
2003 ClausuraBoca Juniors
2004 AperturaArgentinos Juniors
2004 ClausuraSan Lorenzo
2005 AperturaPinocho
2005 ClausuraPinocho
2006 AperturaPinocho
2006 ClausuraSan Lorenzo
2007 AperturaPinocho
2007 ClausuraPinocho
2008 AperturaPinocho
2008 ClausuraPinocho
2009 AperturaPinocho
2009 ClausuraPinocho
2010 AperturaPinocho
2010 ClausuraPinocho
2011 AperturaPinocho
2011 ClausuraBoca Juniors
2012 AperturaBoca Juniors
2012 ClausuraPinocho
2013 AperturaBoca Juniors
2013 ClausuraBoca Juniors
2014 AperturaBoca Juniors
2014 ClausuraBoca Juniors
2015 ClausuraKimberley
2015 AperturaPinocho
2016Kimberley
2017Boca Juniors
2018San Lorenzo
2019San Lorenzo
2020Boca Juniors
2021Barracas Central

Titles by club

The list include all the titles won by each club since the first futsal championship held in 1986

Club Titles Winning seasons
Pinocho142005 Apertura, 2005 Clausura, 2006 Apertura, 2007 Apertura, 2007 Clausura, 2008 Apertura, 2008 Clausura, 2009 Apertura, 2009 Clausura, 2010 Apertura, 2010 Clausura, 2011 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2015 Clausura
Boca Juniors131992, 1993, 1997 Clausura, 1998 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2011 Clausura, 2012 Apertura, 2013 Apertura, 2013 Clausura, 2014 Apertura, 2014 Clausura, 2017, 2020
San Lorenzo81999 Apertura, 1999 Clausura, 2000 Clausura, 2001 Clausura, 2004 Clausura, 2006 Clausura, 2018, 2019
River Plate31991, 2002 Clausura, 2003 Apertura
Atlanta31989, 1990, 1996
Kimberley22015, 2016
Argentinos Juniors22000 Apertura, 2004 Apertura
Newell's Old Boys21987, 1994
Franja de Oro12001 Apertura
Rosario Central11986
Tigre11998 Clausura
Deportivo Laferrere11995
Lugano11997 Apertura
Muñiz11988
Villa Modelo12002 Apertura
Barracas Central12021

Notable players

Many notable Argentine football players started playing futsal when they were children. Some of them are Fernando Redondo, Juan Pablo Sorín, Andrés D'Alessandro, Esteban Cambiasso and Juan Román Riquelme (in Club Parque), Marcelo Gallardo in Estrella de Maldonado and Leandro Romagnoli in Franja de Oro.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Team of the Commercial Employees Union ("Sindicato de Empleados de Comercio" in Spanish).
  2. ↑ District located in Tigre Partido.

References

  1. ↑ Fixture Torneo Futsal 2019 on AFA website
  2. 1 2 Los pies mágicos, El Gráfico, 27 Feb 2009
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