2006–07 in Argentine football

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2006–07 season of Argentine football was the 116th season of competitive football in Argentina.

Torneo Apertura ("Opening" Tournament)

"Championship" playoff

Boca Juniors and Estudiantes de La Plata 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.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score
December 13, 2006	Estadio José Amalfitani	Boca Juniors vs. Estudiantes de La Plata	1 - 2

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Estudiantes de La Plata	44	19	14	2	3	35	12	+23
2	Boca Juniors	44	19	14	2	3	41	17	+24
3	River Plate	38	19	11	5	3	33	17	+16
4	Independiente	32	19	10	2	7	33	24	+9
5	Arsenal	32	19	9	5	5	26	22	+4
6	Lanús	31	19	9	4	6	26	24	0
7	Vélez Sársfield	30	19	8	6	5	25	18	+7
8	Rosario Central	28	19	8	4	7	28	22	+6
9	San Lorenzo	28	19	8	4	7	30	33	-3
10	Racing Club	26	19	7	5	7	22	19	+3
11	Gimnasia de Jujuy	26	19	8	2	9	19	19	0
12	Belgrano	23	19	6	5	8	18	24	-6
13	Gimnasia de La Plata	23	19	7	2	10	21	40	-19
14	Nueva Chicago	22	19	6	4	9	20	32	-12
15	Banfield	20	19	4	8	7	21	26	-5
16	Argentinos Juniors	20	19	5	5	9	22	28	-6
17	Colón de Santa Fe	18	19	5	3	11	20	34	-14
18	Godoy Cruz	17	19	3	8	8	19	26	-7
19	Newell's Old Boys	16	19	3	7	9	21	28	-7
20	Quilmes	9	19	2	3	14	23	38	-15

Top scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Rodrigo Palacio	Boca Juniors	12
1	Mauro Zárate	Vélez Sársfield	12
3	Óscar Cardozo	Newell's Old Boys	11
3	Martín Palermo	Boca Juniors	11
3	Mariano Pavone	Estudiantes de La Plata	11
6	Federico Higuaín	Nueva Chicago	10
6	Daniel Montenegro	Independiente	10
8	Claudio Graf	Lanús	9
8	Santiago Silva	Gimnasia de La Plata	9
10	Gonzalo Higuaín	River Plate	8
10	Leonel Núñez	Argentinos Juniors	8
10	Facundo Sava	Racing Club	8
10	Néstor Silvera	San Lorenzo	8

Relegation

There is no relegation after the Apertura. For the relegation results of this tournament see below.

Torneo Clausura ("Closing" Tournament)

By matchday 8th, seven coaches were already fired by their respective teams

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	San Lorenzo	45	19	14	3	2	34	17	+17
2	Boca Juniors	39	19	11	6	2	38	20	+18
3	Estudiantes de La Plata	37	19	10	7	2	28	17	+11
4	River Plate	33	19	9	6	4	26	17	+9
5	Arsenal	30	19	8	6	5	31	24	+7
6	Lanús	28	19	7	7	5	24	19	+5
7	Colón de Santa Fe	28	19	7	7	5	28	24	+4
8	Argentinos Juniors	26	19	6	8	5	21	17	+4
9	Vélez Sársfield	26	19	7	5	7	22	26	-4
10	Godoy Cruz	25	19	7	4	8	24	22	+2
11	Independiente	25	19	6	7	6	23	24	-1
12	Rosario Central	24	19	7	3	9	17	21	-4
13	Racing Club	23	19	5	8	6	28	30	-2
14	Newell's Old Boys	22	19	6	4	9	22	30	-8
15	Nueva Chicago	21	19	5	6	8	19	28	-9
16	Banfield	19	19	5	4	10	22	30	-8
17	Belgrano	18	19	4	6	9	24	27	-3
18	Gimnasia de La Plata	17	19	4	5	10	19	28	-9
19	Gimnasia de Jujuy	17	19	4	5	10	11	22	-11
20	Quilmes	12	19	3	3	13	18	36	-18

Top scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Martín Palermo	Boca Juniors	11
2	Óscar Cardozo	Newell's Old Boys	10
3	Gastón Fernández	San Lorenzo	9
4	Facundo Sava	Racing Club	8
4	Darío Cvitanich	Banfield	8
5	Carlos Luna	Quilmes	7
5	Rodrigo Palacio	Boca Juniors	7
5	Mariano Pavone	Estudiantes de La Plata	7
5	José Sand	Colón de Santa Fe	7

Relegation

Team	Average	Points	Played	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Boca Juniors	1.877	214	114	48/38	83/38	83/38
Estudiantes de La Plata	1.701	194	114	61/38	52/38	81/38
River Plate	1.693	193	114	60/38	62/38	71/38
Vélez Sársfield	1.640	187	114	73/38	58/38	56/38
San Lorenzo	1.587	181	114	52/38	56/38	73/38
Lanús	1.500	171	114	54/38	58/38	59/38
Gimnasia de La Plata	1.429	163	114	54/38	69/38	40/38
Independiente	1.412	161	114	49/38	55/38	57/38
Arsenal de Sarandí	1.403	160	114	54/38	44/38	62/38
Rosario Central	1.386	158	114	61/38	45/38	52/38
Banfield	1.377	157	114	59/38	59/38	39/38
Racing Club	1.324	151	114	58/38	44/38	49/38
Newell's Old Boys	1.307	149	114	60/38	51/38	38/38
Colón de Santa Fe	1.271	145	114	53/38	46/38	46/38
Gimnasia de Jujuy	1.236	94	76	N/A	51/38	43/38
Argentinos Juniors	1.219	139	114	43/38	50/38	46/38
Nueva Chicago	1.131	43	38	N/A	N/A	43/38
Godoy Cruz	1.105	42	38	N/A	N/A	42/38
Belgrano de Córdoba	1.079	41	38	N/A	N/A	41/38
Quilmes	0.912	104	113	44/38	39/38	21/38

"Promoción" playoff

Teams and schedules will be decided based on average after the end of the Closing tournament.

Date	Home	Away	Result
June 21, 2007	Tigre	Nueva Chicago	1-0
June 25, 2007	Nueva Chicago	Tigre	1-2

Tigre wins 3-1 and is promoted to Argentine First Division. While Nueva Chicago is relegated to the Argentine Nacional B.

Date	Home	Away	Result
June 20, 2007	Huracán	Godoy Cruz	2-0
June 24, 2007	Godoy Cruz	Huracán	2-3

Huracán wins 5-2 and is promoted to Argentine First Division. While Godoy Cruz is relegated to the Argentine Nacional B.

Lower leagues

Level	Tournament	Champion	Promoted	Relegated
2nd	Primera B Nacional Apertura Primera B Nacional Clausura	Olimpo Olimpo	Olimpo Tigre San Martín (SJ) Huracán	Villa Mitre Huracán (TA)
3rd	Primera B Metropolitana Apertura Primera B Metropolitana Clausura	Estudiantes de Buenos Aires Almirante Brown	Almirante Brown	El Porvenir
3rd (Interior)	Torneo Argentino A Apertura Torneo Argentino A Clausura	Sportivo Desamparados Guillermo Brown	Independiente Rivadavia de Mendoza	Douglas Haig, Central Norte San Martín de Mendoza
4th	Primera C Metropolitana Apertura Primera C Metropolitana Clausura	Acassuso Acassuso	Acassuso	Ituzaingó
4th (interior)	Torneo Argentino B		Libertad Cipolletti Boca Unidos	Candelaria, Centenario Alianza (CC), Sportivo Huracán (CR), Sarmiento (R) Atlético Uruguay
5th	Primera D Metropolitana Apertura Primera D Metropolitana Clausura	Berazategui L.N. Alem	L.N. Alem	Centro Español

Clubs in international competitions

Team / Competition	2006 Recopa Sudamericana	2006 Copa Sudamericana	2007 Copa Libertadores
Boca Juniors	Champions defeated São Paulo	Round of 16 eliminated by National	Champions defeated Grêmio
Lanús	did not play	Quarterfinal eliminated by C.F. Pachuca	did not qualify
San Lorenzo	did not play	Quarterfinal eliminated by Toluca	did not qualify
Vélez Sársfield	did not play	First stage eliminated by Lanús	Round of 16 eliminated by Boca Juniors
River Plate	did not play	Round of 16 eliminated by Paranaense	Second Stage eliminated (finished last in the group)
Gimnasia La Plata	did not play	Quarterfinals eliminated by Colo-Colo	Second Stage eliminated (finished 3rd in the group)
Banfield	did not play	First stage eliminated by San Lorenzo	Second Stage eliminated (finished 3rd in the group)

National team

This section covers Argentina's matches from the end of the 2006 FIFA World Cup until the end of the 2007 Copa América.

      Win       Draw       Loss

Friendly matches

Argentina v Brazil

September 3, 2006	Argentina	0 – 3	Brazil	London, England
15:00 UTC±0		(Report)	Elano  3', 67' Kaká  89'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,032 Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

Spain v Argentina

October 12, 2006	Spain	2 – 1	Argentina	Murcia, Spain
21:00 UTC+01	Xavi  33' Villa  63' (pen.)	(Report)	Bilos  34'	Stadium: Estadio Nueva Condomina Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

France v Argentina

February 7, 2007	France	0 – 1	Argentina	Saint-Denis, France
20:00 UTC+01		(Report)	Saviola  15'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 79,000 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Argentina v Chile

April 18, 2007	Argentina	0 – 0	Chile	Mendoza, Argentina
21:30 UTC−03		(Report)		Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas

Switzerland v Argentina

June 2, 2007	Switzerland	1 – 1	Argentina	Basel, Switzerland
19:30 UTC+01	Barnetta  63'	(Report)	Tevez  49'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park

Argentina v Algeria

June 5, 2007	Argentina	4 – 3	Algeria	Barcelona, Spain
20:00 UTC+01	Tevez  1' (pen.) Messi  55' (pen.), 74' Cambiasso  57'	(Report)	Yahia  10' Belhadj  43', 75'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Alfonso J. Álvarez Izquierdo (Spain)

2007 Copa América

Main article: 2007 Copa América

Argentina v United States

June 28, 2007 Group stage	Argentina	4 – 1	United States	Maracaibo, Venezuela
20:50 UTC−04:30	Crespo  11', 60' Aimar  76' Tevez  84'	(Report)	Johnson  9' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio José Pachencho Romero Attendance: 34,500 Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

Argentina v Colombia

July 2, 2007 Group stage	Argentina	4 – 2	Colombia	Maracaibo, Venezuela
20:50 UTC−04:30	Crespo  20' (pen.) Riquelme  34', 45' D. Milito  90+1'	(Report)	E. Perea  10' Castrillón  76'	Stadium: Estadio José Pachencho Romero Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

Argentina v Paraguay

July 5, 2007 Group stage	Argentina	1 – 0	Paraguay	Barquisimeto, Venezuela
20:50 UTC−04:30	Mascherano  79'	(Report)		Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Argentina v Peru

July 8, 2007 Quarter-finals	Argentina	4 – 0	Peru	Barquisimeto, Venezuela
18:50 UTC−04:30	Riquelme  47', 85' Messi  61' Mascherano  75'	(Report)		Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara Attendance: 38,800 Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

Mexico v Argentina

July 11, 2007 Semi-finals	Mexico	0 – 3	Argentina	Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
20:50 UTC−04:30		(Report)	Heinze  45' Messi  61' Riquelme  65' (pen.)	Stadium: Polideportivo Cachamay Attendance: 41,600 Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

Brazil v Argentina

July 15, 2007 Final	Brazil	3 – 0	Argentina	Maracaibo, Venezuela
17:05 UTC−04:30	Baptista  4' Ayala  40' (o.g.) Alves  69'	(Report)		Stadium: Estadio José Pachencho Romero Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

External links

• AFA
• Argentina on FIFA.com
• Argentina 2006–2007 by Juan Pablo Andrés at RSSSF.