Chacarita Juniors achieves its return to First Division in Argentina.

Chacarita Juniors

Chacarita Juniors achieved promotion to the First Division of Argentine football after drawing 1-1 with Argentinos Juniors on the last matchday of the top promotion tournament.

Chacarita Juniors

In this way, Chacarita Juniors achieved its fourth promotion to the elite of Argentine football and finished one point ahead of Guillermo Brown de Madryn, who drew 0-0 with Boca Unidos and finished third in the competition.

Chacarita Juniors

Chacarita Juniors returns to the first division after eight years and will accompany Argentinos Juniors next season, who secured the title of this tournament three matchdays ago.

Javier Cabrera

Javier Cabrera gave the visitors the lead in the decisive match, but Rodrigo Salinas, from a penalty, sealed the definitive draw and gave the necessary victory to Chacarita Juniors, who became the champion of the Argentine tournament in the Metropolitan of 1969.

2017/18 Argentine football season

For the 2017/18 Argentine football season, Argentinos and Chacarita will be promoted, while the relegated teams Aldosivi, Quilmes, Atlético de Rafaela, and Sarmiento de Junín will no longer be there.

The tournament will begin on Friday, August 18 with 28 teams and will be played for the first time under the supervision of the Superliga, an entity created to manage the First Division, which will operate autonomously from the Argentine Football Association with its own statute.

Match Summary [Video: Youtube]