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
Championship playoff
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 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
By matchday 8, seven coaches had already been fired by their respective teams.
Top scorers PositionPlayerTeamGoals1Martín PalermoBoca Juniors112Óscar CardozoNewell's Old Boys103Gastón FernándezSan Lorenzo94Facundo Sava Racing84Darío CvitanichBanfield85Carlos LunaQuilmes75Rodrigo PalacioBoca Juniors75Mariano PavoneEstudiantes75José SandColón7
Relegation Team Relegation1Boca 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
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 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