2006-2007 in Argentine football
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2006–07 season of Argentine football was the 116th season of competitive football in Argentina.

"Championship" playoff

Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

 and Estudiantes de La Plata
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

 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
Estadio José Amalfitani
The Estadio José Amalfitani is a stadium located in the Liniers neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The venue is mainly used for football matches and is the home of the Argentine Primera División club Vélez Sársfield. The stadium is nicknamed El Fortín or El Fortín de Liniers...

Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

 vs. Estudiantes de La Plata
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

1 - 2

Position Team Points Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Estudiantes de La Plata
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

44 19 14 2 3 35 12 +23
2 Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

44 19 14 2 3 41 17 +24
3 River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....

38 19 11 5 3 33 17 +16
4 Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....

32 19 10 2 7 33 24 +9
5 Arsenal
Arsenal de Sarandí
Arsenal Fútbol Club, usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí, is a football club from the Sarandí neighbourhood in the city of Avellaneda, Argentina, which was founded in 1957 by the Grondona brothers. Arsenal currently plays in the top tier of Argentine football, the Primera División Argentina....

32 19 9 5 5 26 22 +4
6 Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet...

31 19 9 4 6 26 24 0
7 Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system...

30 19 8 6 5 25 18 +7
8 Rosario Central
Rosario Central
Club Atlético Rosario Central is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina. Its football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second tier of the Argentine football league system, after being relegated in the 2009-10 season....

28 19 8 4 7 28 22 +6
9 San Lorenzo
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine sports club based in Boedo neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, mostly known because of its football team....

28 19 8 4 7 30 33 -3
10 Racing Club
Racing Club de Avellaneda
Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...

26 19 7 5 7 22 19 +3
11 Gimnasia de Jujuy
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy
Club Atlético Gimnasia y Esgrima is an Argentine sports club based in San Salvador, Jujuy Province...

26 19 8 2 9 19 19 0
12 Belgrano
Belgrano de Córdoba
Club Atlético Belgrano is a sport club from Córdoba, Argentina, best known for its football team, promoted to the Argentine first division at the end of the 2010/2011 season. The football team is very popular and it has one of the largest fan bases outside Buenos Aires...

23 19 6 5 8 18 24 -6
13 Gimnasia de La Plata
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División...

23 19 7 2 10 21 40 -19
14 Nueva Chicago 22 19 6 4 9 20 32 -12
15 Banfield
Club Atlético Banfield
Club Atlético Banfield is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Banfield, part of Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province. Founded on 21 January 1896 by residents of the town of British origin , its main activity is football...

20 19 4 8 7 21 26 -5
16 Argentinos Juniors
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early...

20 19 5 5 9 22 28 -6
17 Colón de Santa Fe
Colón de Santa Fe
Club Atlético Colón, commonly referred to as Colón de Santa Fe, is a football team from Santa Fe, Argentina. As of Primera División Argentina 1946 the football squad plays in the highest division of Argentine football, and has done so continuously since 1995-96...

18 19 5 3 11 20 34 -14
18 Godoy Cruz
Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba
Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, known simply as Godoy Cruz, is a sports club from Godoy Cruz, Mendoza Province, Argentina. The club is best known for their football team, that plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system.-History:The club was founded...

17 19 3 8 8 19 26 -7
19 Newell's Old Boys
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario. The club was founded on November 3, 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football...

16 19 3 7 9 21 28 -7
20 Quilmes
Quilmes Atlético Club
Quilmes Atlético Club is a sports clubs of Argentina, based on the Partido de Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province. Quilmes is one of the oldest clubs of Argentina, having been founded in 1887. Its football squad currently plays in the Primera B Nacional Division....

9 19 2 3 14 23 38 -15

Top scorers

Position Player Team Goals
1 Rodrigo Palacio
Rodrigo Palacio
Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio is an Argentine footballer of Spanish descent currently playing for Serie A club Genoa. He plays as a second striker and winger. One of his greatest skills is his speed, which he utilizes very effectively down the flanks. He is son of José Ramón Palacio, a historic player...

Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

12
1 Mauro Zárate
Mauro Zárate
Mauro Matías Zárate is an Argentine footballer who plays for Serie A club Internazionale on loan from Lazio.Zárate started his career with Vélez Sársfield in his native country, playing three years for the team and winning the Primera División title in the 2005 Clausura tournament...

Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system...

12
3 Oscar Cardozo
Óscar Cardozo
Óscar René Cardozo Marín is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica in Portugal, as a striker.Known for his powerful left-foot shot and free-kick skills, he first gained notoriety whilst playing for Newell's Old Boys, which led to a move to Benfica, where he scored more than 100...

Newell's Old Boys
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario. The club was founded on November 3, 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football...

11
3 Martín Palermo
Martín Palermo
Martín Palermo is a retired Argentine footballer who formerly played for Boca Juniors of Argentina, and the Argentina national team...

Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

11
3 Mariano Pavone
Mariano Pavone
Hugo Mariano Pavone is an Argentine footballer who plays for Club Atlético Lanús in the Argentine Primera División, as a striker.-Estudiantes:...

Estudiantes de La Plata
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

11
6 Federico Higuaín
Federico Higuaín
Federico Fernando Higuaín is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Colón in the Argentine Primera División.- Personal life :He is son of former footballer Jorge Higuaín, and older brother of Gonzalo Higuaín....

Nueva Chicago 10
6 Daniel Montenegro
Daniel Montenegro
Daniel Gastón Montenegro is an Argentine footballer who mainly plays as an attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Club América, in the Mexican first division....

Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....

10
8 Claudio Graf
Claudio Fernando Graf
Claudio Fernando Graf is an Argentine football striker. He currently plays for San Martín de San Juan.-Career:...

Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet...

9
8 Santiago Silva
Santiago Silva
Santiago Martín Silva Olivera is a Uruguayan football forward currently playing for Fiorentina in the Italian Serie A.-Career:...

Gimnasia de La Plata
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División...

9
10 Gonzalo Higuaín
Gonzalo Higuaín
Gonzalo Gerardo "El Pipita" Higuaín is an Argentine professional footballer. He was born in France, attaining Argentine citizenship in 2007, and now holding dual nationality...

River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....

8
10 Leonel Núñez
Leonel Núñez
Leonel Núñez is an Argentine football striker who plays for Independiente.-Argentinos Juniors:From 2004 to 2007 Núñez played for Argentinos Juniors in the Argentine Primera División. He finished the 2006 Apertura tournament with 8 goals, and was in the top ten goalscorers...

Argentinos Juniors
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early...

8
10 Facundo Sava
Facundo Sava
Facundo Sava is an Argentine former footballer. He played 17 years of professional football, mainly in Argentina, but also with spells in Spain and England. Outside his country, Sava is best known for his goal celebration where he donned a mask which was stored in one of his socks.-Career:Sava...

Racing Club
Racing Club de Avellaneda
Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...

8
10 Néstor Silvera San Lorenzo
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine sports club based in Boedo neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, mostly known because of its football team....

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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
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine sports club based in Boedo neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, mostly known because of its football team....

45 19 14 3 2 34 17 +17
2 Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

39 19 11 6 2 38 20 +18
3 Estudiantes de La Plata
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

37 19 10 7 2 28 17 +11
4 River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....

33 19 9 6 4 26 17 +9
5 Arsenal
Arsenal de Sarandí
Arsenal Fútbol Club, usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí, is a football club from the Sarandí neighbourhood in the city of Avellaneda, Argentina, which was founded in 1957 by the Grondona brothers. Arsenal currently plays in the top tier of Argentine football, the Primera División Argentina....

30 19 8 6 5 31 24 +7
6 Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet...

28 19 7 7 5 24 19 +5
7 Colón de Santa Fe
Colón de Santa Fe
Club Atlético Colón, commonly referred to as Colón de Santa Fe, is a football team from Santa Fe, Argentina. As of Primera División Argentina 1946 the football squad plays in the highest division of Argentine football, and has done so continuously since 1995-96...

28 19 7 7 5 28 24 +4
8 Argentinos Juniors
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early...

26 19 6 8 5 21 17 +4
9 Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system...

26 19 7 5 7 22 26 -4
10 Godoy Cruz
Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba
Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, known simply as Godoy Cruz, is a sports club from Godoy Cruz, Mendoza Province, Argentina. The club is best known for their football team, that plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system.-History:The club was founded...

25 19 7 4 8 24 22 +2
11 Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....

25 19 6 7 6 23 24 -1
12 Rosario Central
Rosario Central
Club Atlético Rosario Central is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina. Its football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second tier of the Argentine football league system, after being relegated in the 2009-10 season....

24 19 7 3 9 17 21 -4
13 Racing Club
Racing Club de Avellaneda
Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...

23 19 5 8 6 28 30 -2
14 Newell's Old Boys
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario. The club was founded on November 3, 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football...

 
22 19 6 4 9 22 30 -8
15 Nueva Chicago 21 19 5 6 8 19 28 -9
16 Banfield
Club Atlético Banfield
Club Atlético Banfield is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Banfield, part of Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province. Founded on 21 January 1896 by residents of the town of British origin , its main activity is football...

19 19 5 4 10 22 30 -8
17 Belgrano
Belgrano de Córdoba
Club Atlético Belgrano is a sport club from Córdoba, Argentina, best known for its football team, promoted to the Argentine first division at the end of the 2010/2011 season. The football team is very popular and it has one of the largest fan bases outside Buenos Aires...

18 19 4 6 9 24 27 -3
18 Gimnasia de La Plata
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División...

17 19 4 5 10 19 28 -9
19 Gimnasia de Jujuy
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy
Club Atlético Gimnasia y Esgrima is an Argentine sports club based in San Salvador, Jujuy Province...

17 19 4 5 10 11 22 -11
20 Quilmes
Quilmes Atlético Club
Quilmes Atlético Club is a sports clubs of Argentina, based on the Partido de Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province. Quilmes is one of the oldest clubs of Argentina, having been founded in 1887. Its football squad currently plays in the Primera B Nacional Division....

12 19 3 3 13 18 36 -18

Top scorers

Position Player Team Goals
1 Martín Palermo
Martín Palermo
Martín Palermo is a retired Argentine footballer who formerly played for Boca Juniors of Argentina, and the Argentina national team...

Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

11
2 Oscar Cardozo
Óscar Cardozo
Óscar René Cardozo Marín is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica in Portugal, as a striker.Known for his powerful left-foot shot and free-kick skills, he first gained notoriety whilst playing for Newell's Old Boys, which led to a move to Benfica, where he scored more than 100...

Newell's Old Boys
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario. The club was founded on November 3, 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football...

10
3 Gastón Fernández
Gastón Fernández
Gastón Nicolás Fernández is an Argentine footballer plays for Estudiantes de La Plata.-Club career:Nicknamed La Gata , Fernández began his professional career with River Plate. After a stint with Racing and another season back with River, in 2006 he was loaned to Monterrey...

San Lorenzo
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine sports club based in Boedo neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, mostly known because of its football team....

9
4 Facundo Sava
Facundo Sava
Facundo Sava is an Argentine former footballer. He played 17 years of professional football, mainly in Argentina, but also with spells in Spain and England. Outside his country, Sava is best known for his goal celebration where he donned a mask which was stored in one of his socks.-Career:Sava...

Racing Club
Racing Club de Avellaneda
Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...

8
4 Darío Cvitanich
Darío Cvitanich
Darío Cvitanich is an Argentine-Croatian football striker who plays for Boca Juniors.-Banfield:...

Banfield
Club Atlético Banfield
Club Atlético Banfield is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Banfield, part of Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province. Founded on 21 January 1896 by residents of the town of British origin , its main activity is football...

8
5 Carlos Luna
Carlos Luna
Carlos Ariel Luna is an Argentine footballer who plays for Club Atlético Tigre.-Career:Luna started his career in 2000 in the 3rd tier of Argentine football with Deportivo Español...

Quilmes 7
5 Rodrigo Palacio
Rodrigo Palacio
Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio is an Argentine footballer of Spanish descent currently playing for Serie A club Genoa. He plays as a second striker and winger. One of his greatest skills is his speed, which he utilizes very effectively down the flanks. He is son of José Ramón Palacio, a historic player...

Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

7
5 Mariano Pavone
Mariano Pavone
Hugo Mariano Pavone is an Argentine footballer who plays for Club Atlético Lanús in the Argentine Primera División, as a striker.-Estudiantes:...

Estudiantes de La Plata
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

7
5 José Sand
José Sand
José Gustavo Sand , commonly known as José Sand and nicknamed Pepe, is an Argentine footballer Striker who currently plays for Club Tijuana in the Primera División Mexicana.-Early career:...

Colón de Santa Fe
Colón de Santa Fe
Club Atlético Colón, commonly referred to as Colón de Santa Fe, is a football team from Santa Fe, Argentina. As of Primera División Argentina 1946 the football squad plays in the highest division of Argentine football, and has done so continuously since 1995-96...

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Relegation

Team Average Points Played 2004-05
2004-2005 in Argentine football
The 2004-05 Argentine First Division season saw Américo Gallego's Newell's Old Boys win the Apertura title after a fierce battle against Vélez Sársfield for the supremacy...

2005-06
2005-2006 in Argentine football
The 2005-06 Argentine First Division Apertura was a nail biter. After a head-to-head finish in the last weeks Boca Juniors took the trophy home. Gimnasia de La Plata will have to wait for their first-ever championship....

2006-07
Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

1.877 214 114 48/38 83/38 83/38
Estudiantes de La Plata
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

1.701 194 114 61/38 52/38 81/38
River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....

1.693 193 114 60/38 62/38 71/38
Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system...

1.640 187 114 73/38 58/38 56/38
San Lorenzo
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine sports club based in Boedo neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, mostly known because of its football team....

1.587 181 114 52/38 56/38 73/38
Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet...

1.500 171 114 54/38 58/38 59/38
Gimnasia de La Plata
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División...

1.429 163 114 54/38 69/38 40/38
Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....

1.412 161 114 49/38 55/38 57/38
Arsenal de Sarandí
Arsenal de Sarandí
Arsenal Fútbol Club, usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí, is a football club from the Sarandí neighbourhood in the city of Avellaneda, Argentina, which was founded in 1957 by the Grondona brothers. Arsenal currently plays in the top tier of Argentine football, the Primera División Argentina....

1.403 160 114 54/38 44/38 62/38
Rosario Central
Rosario Central
Club Atlético Rosario Central is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina. Its football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second tier of the Argentine football league system, after being relegated in the 2009-10 season....

1.386 158 114 61/38 45/38 52/38
Banfield
Club Atlético Banfield
Club Atlético Banfield is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Banfield, part of Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province. Founded on 21 January 1896 by residents of the town of British origin , its main activity is football...

1.377 157 114 59/38 59/38 39/38
Racing Club
Racing Club de Avellaneda
Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...

1.324 151 114 58/38 44/38 49/38
Newell's Old Boys
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario. The club was founded on November 3, 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football...

1.307 149 114 60/38 51/38 38/38
Colón de Santa Fe
Colón de Santa Fe
Club Atlético Colón, commonly referred to as Colón de Santa Fe, is a football team from Santa Fe, Argentina. As of Primera División Argentina 1946 the football squad plays in the highest division of Argentine football, and has done so continuously since 1995-96...

1.271 145 114 53/38 46/38 46/38
Gimnasia de Jujuy
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy
Club Atlético Gimnasia y Esgrima is an Argentine sports club based in San Salvador, Jujuy Province...

1.236 94 76 N/A 51/38 43/38
Argentinos Juniors
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early...

1.219 139 114 43/38 50/38 46/38
Nueva Chicago 1.131 43 38 N/A N/A 43/38
Godoy Cruz
Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba
Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, known simply as Godoy Cruz, is a sports club from Godoy Cruz, Mendoza Province, Argentina. The club is best known for their football team, that plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system.-History:The club was founded...

1.105 42 38 N/A N/A 42/38
Belgrano de Córdoba
Belgrano de Córdoba
Club Atlético Belgrano is a sport club from Córdoba, Argentina, best known for its football team, promoted to the Argentine first division at the end of the 2010/2011 season. The football team is very popular and it has one of the largest fan bases outside Buenos Aires...

1.079 41 38 N/A N/A 41/38
Quilmes
Quilmes Atlético Club
Quilmes Atlético Club is a sports clubs of Argentina, based on the Partido de Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province. Quilmes is one of the oldest clubs of Argentina, having been founded in 1887. Its football squad currently plays in the Primera B Nacional Division....

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
Club Atlético Tigre
Club Atlético Tigre is a football club from Victoria, San Fernando Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the end of the 2006-2007 season the club was promoted to the Primera Division Argentina...

Nueva Chicago 1-0
June 25, 2007 Nueva Chicago Tigre
Club Atlético Tigre
Club Atlético Tigre is a football club from Victoria, San Fernando Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the end of the 2006-2007 season the club was promoted to the Primera Division Argentina...

1-2

Tigre
Club Atlético Tigre
Club Atlético Tigre is a football club from Victoria, San Fernando Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the end of the 2006-2007 season the club was promoted to the Primera Division Argentina...

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
Club Atlético Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was...

Godoy Cruz
Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba
Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, known simply as Godoy Cruz, is a sports club from Godoy Cruz, Mendoza Province, Argentina. The club is best known for their football team, that plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system.-History:The club was founded...

2-0
June 24, 2007 Godoy Cruz
Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba
Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, known simply as Godoy Cruz, is a sports club from Godoy Cruz, Mendoza Province, Argentina. The club is best known for their football team, that plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system.-History:The club was founded...

Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was...

2-3

Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was...

wins 5-2 and is promoted to Argentine First Division. While Godoy Cruz
Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba
Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, known simply as Godoy Cruz, is a sports club from Godoy Cruz, Mendoza Province, Argentina. The club is best known for their football team, that plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system.-History:The club was founded...

 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 de Bahía Blanca
Club Olimpo, usually referred to as Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, is a sports club based in the city of Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The club was founded on October 15, 1910, and their main activities are basketball and association football. The football team currently plays in the...

 
Olimpo
Olimpo de Bahía Blanca
Club Olimpo, usually referred to as Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, is a sports club based in the city of Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The club was founded on October 15, 1910, and their main activities are basketball and association football. The football team currently plays in the...

 
Olimpo
Olimpo de Bahía Blanca
Club Olimpo, usually referred to as Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, is a sports club based in the city of Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The club was founded on October 15, 1910, and their main activities are basketball and association football. The football team currently plays in the...


Tigre
Club Atlético Tigre
Club Atlético Tigre is a football club from Victoria, San Fernando Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the end of the 2006-2007 season the club was promoted to the Primera Division Argentina...


San Martín (SJ)
Club Atlético San Martín (San Juan)
Club Atlético San Martín, known as San Martín de San Juan, is a football club from San Juan, San Juan Province, Argentina. The team currently plays in the Primera División, the first division of the Argentine football league system....

 
Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was...

 
Villa Mitre
Club Villa Mitre
Club Villa Mitre, is an sports club based in the city of Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Although many sports are practised at the club, Villa Mitre is mostly known for its football team which currently plays in the Torneo Argentino B, the regionalised fourth division of the...

 
Huracán (TA)
Huracán de Tres Arroyos
Club Atlético Huracán is an Argentine football club based in the city of Tres Arroyos, in Buenos Aires Province.The club is the biggest of Tres Arroyos City, and one of the most big in Southern Buenos Aires Province...

3rd Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....

 Apertura
Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....

 Clausura
Estudiantes de Buenos Aires
Club Atlético Estudiantes
Club Atlético Estudiantes, usually called Estudiantes de Buenos Aires or Estudiantes de Caseros, is a sports club from Caseros, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina...

 
Almirante Brown
Club Almirante Brown
Club Almirante Brown is an Argentine football club from Isidro Casanova in the Greater Buenos Aires, currently playing in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of Argentine football league system....

 
Almirante Brown
Club Almirante Brown
Club Almirante Brown is an Argentine football club from Isidro Casanova in the Greater Buenos Aires, currently playing in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of Argentine football league system....

 
El Porvenir
Club El Porvenir
Club El Porvenir is an Argentine football club, located in the Gerli neighborhood, which is part of the district of Lanús Partido in the Gran Buenos Aires....

3rd (Interior) Torneo Argentino A
Torneo Argentino A
Zone 1Zone 2-List of champions:European-styled seasonsApertura and Clausura seasonsEuropean-styled seasons-External links:*...

 Apertura
Torneo Argentino A
Torneo Argentino A
Zone 1Zone 2-List of champions:European-styled seasonsApertura and Clausura seasonsEuropean-styled seasons-External links:*...

 Clausura
Sportivo Desamparados
Sportivo Desamparados
Club Sportivo Desamparados is a sports club from the city of San Juan, San Juan Province, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, which is the second tier of the Argentine league system.-History:...

 
Guillermo Brown
Club Social y Atlético Guillermo Brown
Guillermo Brown is an Argentine sports club from Puerto Madryn in Chubut Province. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional....

 
Independiente Rivadavia de Mendoza
Club Sportivo Independiente Rivadavia
Club Sportivo Independiente Rivadavia is a football club from Mendoza, Argentina. The team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second major league in Argentine Football league system....

 
Douglas Haig
Club Atlético Douglas Haig
Club Atlético Douglas Haig is a football club from Pergamino in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. They currently play in Zone 1 of the Torneo Argentino A, which is the regionalised third tier of the Argentine Football Association league system....

, Central Norte
Central Norte
Club Atlético Central Norte is a football club from Salta city, Argentina. The team currently plays in the Torneo Argentino A, which is the regionalised third level of the Argentine Football Association league system....

 
San Martín de Mendoza
San Martín de Mendoza
Atlético Club San Martín is a football club from the city of San Martín in Mendoza Province, Argentina...

4th Primera C Metropolitana
Primera C Metropolitana
The Primera C is one of the two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level four is the Torneo Argentino B....

 Apertura
Primera C Metropolitana
Primera C Metropolitana
The Primera C is one of the two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level four is the Torneo Argentino B....

 Clausura
Acassuso
Club Atlético Acassuso
Club Atlético Acassuso is a football club from San Isidro in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. The squad currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana, which is the regionalised third division of the Argentine Football Association league system....

 
Acassuso
Club Atlético Acassuso
Club Atlético Acassuso is a football club from San Isidro in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. The squad currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana, which is the regionalised third division of the Argentine Football Association league system....

 
Acassuso
Club Atlético Acassuso
Club Atlético Acassuso is a football club from San Isidro in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. The squad currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana, which is the regionalised third division of the Argentine Football Association league system....

 
Ituzaingó
Club Atlético Ituzaingó
Club Atlético Ituzaingó is a football club from Ituzaingó in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The team currently plays in Primera D Metropolitana, which is the regionalised fifth tier of the Argentine Football Association league system....

4th (interior) Torneo Argentino B
Torneo Argentino B
Torneo Argentino B is one of two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. Clubs in Torneo Argentinos B come from all over Argentina....

 
Libertad
Libertad de Sunchales
Club Deportivo Libertad is a sports club from Argentina, with homebase in Sunchales, Santa Fe Province. The club is better known for both its association football and basketball teams....

 
Cipolletti
Club Cipolletti
Club Cipolletti is an Argentine Football club, which home town is located in Cipolletti, Río Negro. The team currently plays in Zone A of the regionalised 3rd level of Argentinian football Torneo Argentino A....

 
Boca Unidos
Boca Unidos
Club Atlético Boca Unidos is an Argentine sports club, from Corrientes Province. The football squad currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, which is the Argentine 2nd level of the Argentine football league system...

 
Candelaria, Centenario
Club Atlético Centenario
Asociación Deportiva Centenario, commonly referred as Centenario de Neuquén, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Centenario, in the Neuquén Province of Argentina...

 
Alianza (CC)
Alianza de Cutral Có
Alianza de Cutral Có are an Argentine Football club, their home town is Cutral Có, in the Province of Neuquén in Argentina. They currently play in the regionalised 5th level of Argentinian football Torneo Argentino C.-External links:* *...

, Sportivo
Sportivo Las Parejas
Sportivo Atlético Club is an Argentine sports club, from the city of Las Parejas, in the Santa Fe Province. Although many sports are practised in the club, it is mostly known for its football and basketball teams...

 
Huracán (CR)
Huracán de Comodoro Rivadavia
Club Atlético Huracán, mostly known as Huracán de Comodoro Rivadavia is an Argentine Football club, located in the city of Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut.-Torneo Nacional:...

, Sarmiento (R)
Sarmiento de Resistencia
Club Atlético Sarmiento is a sports club from the city of Resistencia, Chaco Province, Argentina. Although many sports are hosted at the club , Sarmiento is mostly known for its football team, being one of the most renowned football clubs in the province.The club's football division currently play...

 
Atlético Uruguay
5th Primera D Metropolitana
Primera D Metropolitana
The Primera D is one of two leagues that form the regionalised fifth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level five is the Torneo Argentino C....

 Apertura
Primera D Metropolitana
Primera D Metropolitana
The Primera D is one of two leagues that form the regionalised fifth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level five is the Torneo Argentino C....

 Clausura
Berazategui
Asociación Deportiva Berazategui
Asociación Deportiva Berazategui is an Argentine football club from the town of Berazategui, located in Buenos Aires Province. The team currently plays in the regionalised fourth level of football in Argentina, Primera C Metropolitana.-History:...

 
L.N. Alem
Club Leandro N. Alem
Club Deportivo y Mutual Leandro N. Alem is an Argentine Football club, located in General Rodríguez, Buenos Aires Province. The team currently plays in the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football Primera C Metropolitana....

 
L.N. Alem
Club Leandro N. Alem
Club Deportivo y Mutual Leandro N. Alem is an Argentine Football club, located in General Rodríguez, Buenos Aires Province. The team currently plays in the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football Primera C Metropolitana....

 
Centro Español
Centro Social y Recrativo Español
Centro Social y Recreativo Español, usually just Centro Español, is an Argentine football club, based is Villa Sarmiento, in the Morón Partido of Buenos Aires Province. The team currently plays in the Primera D Metropolitana.-History:...


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
Club Nacional de Football
Club Nacional de Football is a Uruguayan sports club based in Montevideo. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Uruguayan Primera División....

Champions
defeated
  Grêmio
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, commonly known as just Grêmio , is a Brazilian professional association football team based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul founded by English and German immigrants on September 15, 1903. Major titles captured by Grêmio include one Intercontinental Cup, two Copa...

Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet...

did not play Quarterfinal
eliminated by
  C.F. Pachuca
did not qualify
San Lorenzo
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine sports club based in Boedo neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, mostly known because of its football team....

did not play Quarterfinal
eliminated by
  Toluca
did not qualify
Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system...

did not play First stage
eliminated by
  Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet...

Round of 16
eliminated by
  Boca Juniors
River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....

did not play Round of 16
eliminated by
  Paranaense
Clube Atlético Paranaense
Clube Atlético Paranaense is a Brazilian football team from Curitiba in Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2001.-History:...

Second Stage 
eliminated
(finished last in the group)
Gimnasia La Plata
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División...

did not play Quarterfinals
eliminated by
  Colo-Colo
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...

Second Stage 
eliminated
(finished 3rd in the group)
Banfield
Club Atlético Banfield
Club Atlético Banfield is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Banfield, part of Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province. Founded on 21 January 1896 by residents of the town of British origin , its main activity is football...

did not play First stage
eliminated by
  San Lorenzo
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine sports club based in Boedo neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, mostly known because of its football team....

Second Stage 
eliminated
(finished 3rd in the group)

National team

This section covers Argentina's
Argentina national football team
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...

 matches from the end of the 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...

 until the end of the 2007 Copa América.

Friendly matches

2007 Copa América

External links

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