Argentine football received "breaking news" today. The Executive Committee of the Argentine Top League unanimously decided through a meeting to award the title of "Annual League Champion" to the team with the highest points in the annual standings.
Based on the total points of this year's Argentine spring and autumn leagues, Rosario Central won the 2025 annual league championship. The club official also confirmed: "Rosario Central won the 2025 league championship, and we are the best team of the year!"
The veteran Di Maria, who joined Rosario Central this summer, also unexpectedly won the first championship trophy after returning to his motherland. He also received this newly established trophy as a player representative along with the club's senior officials.
Statistics show that Di Maria also won his 37th personal championship. The only Argentine player with more championships than him is Messi, who has 45 championships.
"This plan has been brewing for a long time to restore the selection of the annual champion. In the future, this event will be included together with the Autumn League, Spring League and Champions Cup, and the annual champion will also return. The current champion has been selected today Commendation. For a club like ours that led from the first to the last round of the season, with the highest points and only two losses throughout the year, this honor is well deserved,” Rosario Central President Gonzalo Belloso looked very happy after the executive committee meeting.
Considering that this decision was not planned before the start of the season, but was made while the league is still in progress (the playoffs will start this weekend), the Argentine football community was generally very surprised by this decision, which also triggered heated discussions among fans.
Many fans ridiculed this, "This is the first time in history that a team has won the championship in the office." However, Rosario Central fans also retorted, "We are the team with the highest points, the most wins, and the fewest losses in 2025. We deserve to win the championship."
Despite claiming that "this plan has been in preparation for several years," the Rosario Central Club did not learn about the award until a few hours ago. In fact, they confirmed this in their statement. "We just found out last night (we were awarded the championship). We originally planned to train in the morning, but later it was changed to the afternoon."
