2006–07 Argentine Primera División

116th season of top-tier football league in Argentina September 2020 Primera División 2006–07 Apertura: Estudiantes (LP) (5th title) Clausura: San Lorenzo (14th title) 2005–06 2007–08 The 2006–07 Argentina Primera División was the 116th season of first division football in Argentina. Estudiantes (LP) won the Torneo Apertura and San Lorenzo won the Torneo Clausura. Godoy Cruz, Nueva Chicago, and Belgrano were promoted from the 2005–06 Primera B Nacional. At the end of the season, Belgrano and Quilmes were directly relegated to the Primera B Nacional and Huracán and Tigre promoted from Primera B Nacional after winning the relegation playoff against Godoy Cruz and Nueva Chicago respectively. Therefore, a total of four teams were relegated to the second division. Torneo Apertura 2006 Apertura Estudiantes_Campe%C3%B3n_2006.jpg Estudiantes (LP), champions 2006–07 Estudiantes (LP) (5th title) Godoy Cruz Nueva ChicagoBelgrano ARG Rodrigo Palacio(Boca Juniors)ARG Mauro Zárate (Vélez) (12 goals each) San Lorenzo 1–7 Boca Juniors (25 Aug 2006) San Lorenzo 1–7 Boca Juniors (25 Aug 2006) main WDL Q EST Estudiantes (LP) BOC Boca Juniors RIV River Plate IND Independiente ARS Arsenal LAN Lanús VEL Vélez Sarsfield RCE Rosario Central SLA San Lorenzo RAC Racing GJU Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) BEL Belgrano GLP Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) NCH Nueva Chicago BAN Banfield ARG Argentinos Juniors COL Colón GCR Godoy Cruz NEW Newell's Old Boys QUI Quilmes 14 2 3 35 12 14 2 3 41 17 11 5 3 33 17 10 2 7 33 24 9 5 5 26 22 9 4 6 26 24 8 6 5 25 18 8 4 7 28 22 8 4 7 30 33 7 5 7 22 19 8 2 9 19 19 6 5 8 18 24 7 2 10 21 40 6 4 9 20 32 4 8 7 21 26 5 5 9 22 28 5 3 11 20 34 3 8 8 19 26 3 7 9 21 28 2 3 14 23 38 #d0e7ff Championship playoff2008 Copa Libertadores Second Stage #d0e7ff Championship playoff CLSS CLSD 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to determining the champion. If two or more teams are tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff will be held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship complete AFA Championship playoff 2006 Torneo Apertura Final Boca Juniors and Estudiantes LP ended up tied in points at the end of the 19 weeks of regular season. Tournament rules establish that, unlike any other position on the table, if two or more teams are equal in points at the end of play, goal difference does not count and a playoff game is required. Estudiantes won that match and was crowned as champion. Series Team 1 Team 2 Sco. Venue City Final Estudiantes LP Boca Juniors 2–1 José Amalfitani Stadium Buenos Aires Top scorers PositionPlayerTeamGoals1Rodrigo PalacioBoca Juniors121Mauro ZárateVélez Sársfield123Óscar CardozoNewell's Old Boys113Martín PalermoBoca Juniors113Mariano PavoneEstudiantes116Federico HiguaínNueva Chicago106Daniel MontenegroIndependiente108Claudio GrafLanús98Santiago SilvaGimnasia (La Plata)910Gonzalo HiguaínRiver Plate810Leonel NúñezArgentinos Juniors810Facundo SavaRacing810Néstor SilveraSan Lorenzo8 Torneo Clausura 2007 Clausura 2006–07 San Lorenzo (14th title) Belgrano Quilmes Nueva Chicago Godoy Cruz 2008 Copa Libertadores Boca Juniors Estudiantes (LP) San Lorenzo River Plate Arsenal Lanús ARG Martín Palermo (Boca Juniors), (11 goals) By matchday 8, seven coaches had already been fired by their respective teams.http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/04/20/um/m-01403941.htm El Torneo Clausura ya dejó a siete técnicos sin trabajo 2008-06-16 2010-01-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20100125092251/http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/04/20/um/m-01403941.htm dead main WDL Q SLA San Lorenzo BOC Boca Juniors EST Estudiantes (LP) RIV River Plate ARS Arsenal LAN Lanús COL Colón ARG Argentinos Juniors VEL Vélez Sarsfield GCR Godoy Cruz IND Independiente RCE Rosario Central RAC Racing NEW Newell's Old Boys NCH Nueva Chicago BAN Banfield BEL Belgrano GLP Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) GJU Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) QUI Quilmes 14 3 2 34 17 11 6 2 38 20 10 7 2 28 17 9 6 4 26 17 8 6 5 31 24 7 7 5 24 19 7 7 5 28 24 6 8 5 21 17 7 5 7 22 26 7 4 8 24 22 6 7 6 23 24 7 3 9 17 21 5 8 6 28 30 6 4 9 22 30 5 6 8 19 28 5 4 10 22 30 4 6 9 24 27 4 5 10 19 28 4 5 10 11 22 3 3 13 18 36 #ccffcc 2008 Copa Libertadores Second Stage CLSS 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored. This does not apply to determining the champion. If two or more teams are tied in point at the end of the tournament, a playoff will be held at a neutral venue within 72 hours for the championship complete AFA Top scorers PositionPlayerTeamGoals1Martín PalermoBoca Juniors112Óscar CardozoNewell's Old Boys103Gastón FernándezSan Lorenzo94Facundo Sava Racing84Darío CvitanichBanfield85Carlos LunaQuilmes75Rodrigo PalacioBoca Juniors75Mariano PavoneEstudiantes75José SandColón7 Relegation Pos Position Team 2004–05Pts Total 2004–05 points 2005–06Pts Total 2005–06 points 2006–07Pts Total 2006–07 points TotalPts Total points over the past three seasons TotalPld Total games played over the past three seasons Avg AverageRelegation1Boca Juniors4883832141142Estudiantes (LP)6152811941143River Plate6062711931144Vélez Sarsfield7358561871145San Lorenzo5256731811146Lanús5458591711147Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)5469401631148Independiente4955571611149Arsenal54446216011410Rosario Central61455215811411Banfield59593915711412Racing58444915111413Newell's Old Boys60513814911414Colón53464614511415Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)—5143947616Argentinos Juniors 43504613911417Nueva Chicago——434338 Relegation Playoff Matches18Godoy Cruz——42423819Belgrano——414138 Relegated to the Primera B Nacional20Quilmes443921104114 Updated as of June 22, 2008; Source:AFA Promotion playoff |- !colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1 Tigre 3–1 Nueva Chicago 1–0 2–1 |- !colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2 Huracán 5–2 Godoy Cruz 2–0 3–2 Huracán was promoted to 2007–08 Primera División by winning the playoff and Godoy Cruz was relegated to 2007–08 Primera B Nacional. Tigre was promoted to 2007–08 Primera División by winning the playoff and Nueva Chicago was relegated to 2007–08 Primera B Nacional. See also 2006–07 in Argentine football References 1 Category:Argentine Primera División seasons p p