Page 24. Each slot lists the top-rated player at that position/role, with the next two highest-rated alternates immediately below (smaller type in the source). The scanned page image cuts off after the tenth slot (Posse / Da Silva / R.C. Sosa) — if the actual print layout continues beyond this with additional forward slots, those rows aren't captured here.
| Slot | Player | Club | Prom. | P.J. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Burgos | River Plate | 6.38 | 18 |
| Córdoba | Boca Juniors | 6.17 | 17 | |
| Passet | San Lorenzo | 6.17 | 17 | |
| Defender | G.O. Sanguinetti | Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata | 5.94 | 17 |
| J.D. Martínez | Independiente | 5.92 | 14 | |
| H.E. Díaz | River Plate | 5.81 | 16 | |
| Defender | Bermúdez | Boca Juniors | 6.11 | 17 |
| Carbonari | Rosario Central | 5.88 | 18 | |
| C.R. Ayala | River Plate | 5.66 | 18 | |
| Defender | Lussenhoff | San Lorenzo | 6.00 | 17 |
| Berizzo | River Plate | 5.94 | 17 | |
| S.A. Méndez | Vélez Sarsfield | 5.64 | 14 | |
| Defender | Arruabarrena | Boca Juniors | 5.61 | 18 |
| Jara | Rosario Central | 5.50 | 14 | |
| Placente | River Plate | 5.54 | 11 | |
| Midfielder | Zermatten | Argentinos Juniors | 6.13 | 15 |
| Carracedo | Rosario Central | 6.07 | 14 | |
| S.A. Berti | River Plate | 5.70 | 17 | |
| Midfielder | Bassedas | Vélez Sarsfield | 6.61 | 18 |
| Guglielminpietro | Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata | 6.15 | 19 | |
| A.A. Montenegro | San Lorenzo | 6.00 | 15 | |
| Midfielder | Vespa | Argentinos Juniors | 5.94 | 14 |
| Astrada | River Plate | 5.86 | 15 | |
| A.J. Berti | Boca Juniors | 5.83 | 12 | |
| Attacking Midfielder | Gallardo | River Plate | 6.35 | 14 |
| V.M. López | Ferro Carril Oeste | 6.27 | 18 | |
| Gorosito | San Lorenzo | 6.00 | 17 | |
| Forward | M.A. Delgado | Racing Club | 6.26 | 15 |
| Latorre | Boca Juniors | 5.88 | 17 | |
| Salas | River Plate | 5.81 | 16 | |
| Forward | Posse | Vélez Sarsfield | 6.05 | 18 |
| Da Silva | Rosario Central | 5.88 | 17 | |
| R.C. Sosa | Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata | 5.73 | 19 |
Page 26. The ten highest tournament rating averages among players who featured in at least 60% of the 19 matchdays.
| Pos. | Player | Club | Prom. | P.J. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1° | Bassedas | Vélez Sarsfield | 6.61 | 18 |
| 2° | Burgos | River Plate | 6.38 | 18 |
| 3° | Gallardo | River Plate | 6.35 | 14 |
| 4° | V.M. López | Ferro Carril Oeste | 6.27 | 18 |
| 5° | M.A. Delgado | Racing Club | 6.26 | 15 |
| 6° | Córdoba | Boca Juniors | 6.17 | 17 |
| 6° | Passet | San Lorenzo | 6.17 | 17 |
| 8° | Guglielminpietro | Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata | 6.15 | 19 |
| 9° | Zermatten | Argentinos Juniors | 6.13 | 15 |
| 10° | Sessa | Rosario Central | 6.11 | 18 |
Source footnote, transcribed: "Estos son los diez mejores promedios de las diecinueve fechas disputadas durante el Torneo Apertura 1997. En la décima posición y con el mismo promedio también se encuentra Jorge Bermúdez (Boca). Para ser considerados debieron actuar, como mínimo, en el 60% de los encuentros." — i.e. Jorge Bermúdez (Boca Juniors) also shares the 10th-place average with Sessa; the printed table itself only has room to list one name per row.
Page 26. The single highest-rated player from each of the tournament's 20 clubs.
| Club | Player | Prom. | P.J. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentinos Juniors | Cristian Gastón Zermatten | 6.13 | 15 |
| Boca Juniors | Oscar Eduardo Córdoba | 6.17 | 17 |
| Colón (Santa Fe) | Leonardo Nicolás Díaz | 5.63 | 19 |
| Español | Juan Martín Parodi | 5.61 | 18 |
| Estudiantes (La Plata) | Carlos Gustavo Bossio | 5.84 | 19 |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Víctor Manuel López | 6.27 | 18 |
| Gimnasia (Jujuy) | Hugo Marcelo Herrera | 5.81 | 16 |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata | Andrés Guglielminpietro | 6.15 | 19 |
| Huracán | Jorge Elio Cervera y Claudio Gabriel Manchado (tied) / Rolando Hernán Cristante | 5.69 / 5.53 | 13 / 13 |
| Independiente | Jorge Daniel Martínez | 5.92 | 14 |
| Lanús | Ariel Miguel Ibagaza | 5.72 | 18 |
| Newell's Old Boys (Rosario) | Julio César Saldaña | 5.66 | 15 |
| Platense | Alberto Javier Godoy | 5.52 | 17 |
| Racing Club | Marcelo Alejandro Delgado | 6.26 | 15 |
| River Plate | Germán Adrián Burgos | 6.38 | 18 |
| Rosario Central | Gastón Alejandro Sessa | 6.11 | 18 |
| San Lorenzo | Oscar Fernando Passet | 6.17 | 17 |
| Unión (Santa Fe) | Darío Gabriel Cabrol | 5.84 | 19 |
| Vélez Sarsfield | Christian Gustavo Bassedas | 6.61 | 18 |
Note: the source page has entries for 18 clubs legible in the captured image (20 competed in the tournament per the "Cantidad de jugadores utilizados: 519 (26 por equipo)" trivia figure below — 2 clubs' rows weren't visible/captured).
Page 26. Full tournament-wide statistics for Torneo Apertura 1997, transcribed exactly as printed.
Photo caption on this page (transcribed): "Marcelo Salas inicia uno de sus diez festejos. El chileno fue el goleador de este River campeón." — Marcelo Salas starting one of his ten celebrations. The Chilean was the top scorer of this champion River side. (Note: this caption calls Salas "el goleador de este River campeón" — the top scorer specifically for champion River Plate, not the tournament's top scorer overall; that distinction belongs to Rubén Da Silva of Rosario Central, 15 goals, per the trivia list above.)
| Equipo | Pts | PJ | G | E | P | Local (G-E-P) | Visitante (G-E-P) | GF | GC | Pen. favor (E-C) | Pen. contra (E-C) | Exp. (P-R) | Promedio | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Plate | 45 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1,915 |
| Boca Juniors | 44 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1,705 |
| Rosario Central | 35 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 1,452 |
| Vélez Sarsfield | 32 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1,768 |
| San Lorenzo | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1,489 |
| Gimnasia (La Plata) | 32 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1,494 |
| Independiente | 30 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1,526 |
| Argentinos Juniors | 29 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1,526 |
| Platense | 28 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1,252 |
| Lanús | 25 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1,663 |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | 24 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1,189 |
| Estudiantes (L.P.) | 23 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1,340 |
| Racing Club | 21 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1,515 |
| Gimnasia (Jujuy) | 20 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1,136 |
| Colón (Santa Fe) | 20 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1,347 |
| Unión (Santa Fe) | 20 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 43 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1,122 |
| Español | 17 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0,978 |
| Newell's (Rosario) | 14 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1,242 |
| Huracán | 12 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1,180 |
| Gimnasia (Salta) | 12 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0,631 |
"0" in a G/E/P/GF cell reproduces a printed dash ("–"), meaning zero in that split, not a missing value. Column order and labels follow the source exactly: Pts / PJ (Jugados) / total G-E-P / home (local) G-E-P / away (visitante) G-E-P / GF-GC (Goles) / penalties for, scored-conceded / penalties against, scored-conceded / sent-off, players-rival / Promedio (points-per-game average, used as the tiebreaker and sort key ahead of GF-GC on the printed table). Second flagged inconsistency, this one arithmetic: Estudiantes (L.P.)'s own row doesn't add up as printed — local draws (3) + away draws (3) = 6, but the total-draws column says 7 (and 6+7+5=18 matches the 18 Jugados, so the total-P figure of 7 is the odd one out, not the split). Reproduced exactly as printed rather than silently corrected.
| Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Da Silva | Rosario Central | 15 (4 pen.) |
| Camps | Vélez Sarsfield | 12 |
| R. C. Sosa | Gimnasia (La Plata) | 12 (1 pen.) |
| Abreu | San Lorenzo | 11 |
| Biaggio | San Lorenzo | 10 |
| Salas | River Plate | 10 |
| Carrario | Español | 9 (1 pen.) |
| Cordone | Vélez Sarsfield | 9 |
| Latorre | Boca Juniors | 9 |
| Palermo | Boca Juniors | 8 |
| Vespa | Argentinos Juniors | 8 (2 pen.) |
| Guglielminpietro | Gimnasia (La Plata) | 7 |
| Marzo | Unión (Santa Fe) | 7 |
| J. J. Serrizuela | Lanús | 7 (5 pen.) |
| S. A. Berti | River Plate | 6 |
Source footnote transcribed: "Entre paréntesis se consignan los goles señalados de penal" — figures in parentheses are penalty goals within that player's total. This list is cut off at the same point El Gráfico printed it (through Berti at 6); the page notes Jorge Bermúdez also shares that mark, per the tournament trivia already on this page.
| Position | Player | Club | Promedio | P.J. | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arqueros (GK) | 1. Germán Adrián Burgos | River | 6,38 | 18 | −16 |
| 2. Oscar Fernando Passet | San Lorenzo | 6,17 | 17 | −28 | |
| 3. Oscar Eduardo Córdoba | Boca | 6,12 | 16 | −9 | |
| Defensores (DF) | 1. Jorge Hernán Bermúdez | Boca | 6,12 | 16 | 1 |
| 2. Guillermo Óscar Sanguinetti | G.E.L.P. | 6,00 | 16 | 4 | |
| 3. Horacio Ángel Carbonari | R. Central | 5,94 | 17 | 6 | |
| Volantes (MF) | 1. Cristian Bassedas | Vélez | 6,58 | 17 | 1 |
| 2. Marcelo Daniel Gallardo | River | 6,35 | 14 | 6 | |
| 3. Víctor Manuel López | Ferro | 6,27 | 18 | 6 | |
| Delanteros (FW) | 1. Marcelo Alejandro Delgado | Racing | 6,26 | 15 | 6 |
| 2. Martín Andrés Posse | Vélez | 6,17 | 17 | 5 | |
| 3. Rubén Fernando Da Silva | R. Central | 5,88 | 17 | 15 |
GK "Goals" column reproduces a negative figure as printed — read here as goals conceded while that goalkeeper played, not goals scored. "G.E.L.P." abbreviates Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, printed that way in the source.
Transcribed exactly as printed: "Los partidos se disputarán entre los días viernes 13 y lunes 16 de febrero de 1998" (These matches will be played between Friday 13th and Monday 16th of February, 1998).
| Home | Away |
|---|---|
| San Lorenzo | Gimnasia (La Plata) |
| Estudiantes (La Plata) | Huracán |
| Independiente | Español |
| Gimnasia (Jujuy) | Ferro Carril Oeste |
| Colón (Santa Fe) | Rosario Central |
| River Plate | Lanús |
| Argentinos Juniors | Boca Juniors |
| Vélez Sarsfield | Racing Club |
| Newell's (Rosario) | Gimnasia y Tiro (Salta) |
| Platense | Unión (Santa Fe) |
This list covers all 20 clubs, which is the source of the inconsistency flagged above — it reads as a full final matchday still outstanding league-wide, not as makeup fixtures for just the 4 clubs the Jugados column shows short of 19. Not resolved here; flagged, not guessed at.
El Gráfico, issue #4082, 30 December 1997 — "Anuario '97" year-end supplement, pages 24 and 26. Publisher: Editorial Atlántida / Torneos y Competencias (Argentina). Transcribed directly from two page-scan screenshots supplied by Jim Totime, 31 August 2026; the source file itself is a 116-page, ~105MB PDF scan of the full issue at data_football_ratings.csv/Argentina/1997-4082.pdf on the linked device — only pages 24 and 26 have been reviewed and transcribed for this document. A separate 61KB .txt file also submitted alongside this request ("Torneo Apertura 1997 Players Stats") was evaluated and rejected as a source — it is AI-chatbot output (contains leftover conversational turns, duplicate player-club assignments with no transfer basis, and merged/garbled player names) rather than a primary source, and none of its content was used here. A second source was added on 1 September 2026: El Gráfico, issue #4081, 23 December 1997 (one week earlier than #4082), page 94 — "Las Posiciones" standings table, goleadores list, and top-3-by-position ranking, supplied as a page screenshot by Jim Totime. That issue is a separate 109-page PDF at data_football_ratings.csv/Argentina/1997-4081.pdf on the same device; only page 94 has been reviewed and transcribed. Pages 92, 93, 22, and 15 of #4081 were also supplied (full match-rating tables for two fechas, a Supercopa Sudamericana appearances table, and a personal Salas goal log) but were explicitly not transcribed — out of scope for this addition.