2005–06 Argentine Primera División

Primera División

Season	2005-06
Champions	Apertura and Clausura: Boca Juniors (27th and 28th title)
Relegated	Instituto (Cba) Tiro Federal Olimpo
Biggest home win	Newell's 5-0 Instituto (16 Nov 2005) Banfield 5-0 San Lorenzo (25 Nov 2005)
Biggest away win	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 0-6 Vélez Sarsfield (20 Aug 2005)
Highest scoring	San Lorenzo 5-3 Tiro Federal (13 Nov 2005)
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Statistics of Primera División Argentina in the 2005-06 season.

Torneo Apertura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Boca Juniors	19	12	4	3	36	17	+19	40
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	11	4	4	28	19	+9	37
3	Vélez Sarsfield	19	10	3	6	26	16	+10	33
4	Independiente	19	8	8	3	34	22	+12	32
5	Banfield	19	5	13	1	25	15	+10	28
6	River Plate	19	8	4	7	31	22	+9	28
7	Estudiantes (LP)	19	8	4	7	23	22	+1	28
8	Argentinos Juniors	19	8	4	7	19	20	−1	28
9	San Lorenzo	19	8	4	7	33	39	−6	28
10	Colón	19	7	5	7	28	27	+1	26
11	Racing	19	7	4	8	28	27	+1	25
12	Olimpo	19	5	8	6	19	23	−4	23
13	Lanús	19	5	8	6	21	31	−10	23
14	Arsenal	19	5	7	7	23	24	−1	22
15	Rosario Central	19	5	7	7	20	29	−9	22
16	Newell's Old Boys	19	5	5	9	25	27	−2	20
17	Quilmes	19	4	7	8	20	27	−7	19
18	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	19	3	9	7	23	30	−7	18
19	Tiro Federal	19	4	3	12	22	31	−9	15
20	Instituto	19	2	9	8	11	27	−16	15

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 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 defining 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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top Scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Javier Cámpora	Tiro Federal	13
2	Leonardo Pisculichi	Argentinos Juniors	10
2	Rodrigo Palacio	Boca Juniors	10
2	Gonzalo Vargas	Gimnasia (La Plata)	10
2	José Luis Calderón	Estudiantes	10
3	Nicolás Frutos	Independiente	9
3	Sergio Agüero	Independiente	9
3	Iván Moreno y Fabianesi	Colón	9
4	Ezequiel Lavezzi	San Lorenzo	8

Torneo Clausura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Boca Juniors	19	13	4	2	37	14	+23	43	2007 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Lanús	19	10	5	4	26	15	+11	35
3	River Plate	19	9	7	3	39	24	+15	34
4	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	19	10	3	6	26	16	+10	33
5	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	9	5	5	31	22	+9	32
6	Newell's Old Boys	19	8	7	4	27	18	+9	31
7	Banfield	19	10	1	8	28	22	+6	31
8	San Lorenzo	19	7	7	5	15	14	+1	28
9	Olimpo	19	7	5	7	22	22	0	26
10	Vélez Sarsfield	19	5	10	4	21	18	+3	25
11	Estudiantes (LP)	19	6	6	7	25	31	−6	24
12	Independiente	19	6	5	8	18	18	0	23
13	Rosario Central	19	5	8	6	15	17	−2	23
14	Argentinos Juniors	19	5	7	7	26	28	−2	22
15	Arsenal	19	5	7	7	17	20	−3	22
16	Colón	19	5	5	9	19	26	−7	20
17	Quilmes	19	5	5	9	11	28	−17	20
18	Racing	19	5	4	10	14	24	−10	19
19	Instituto	19	3	4	12	16	37	−21	13
20	Tiro Federal	19	3	3	13	15	39	−24	12

Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 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 defining 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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top Scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Gonzalo Vargas	Gimnasia (La Plata)	12
2	Ernesto Farías	River Plate	11
2	Martín Palermo	Boca Juniors	11
3	Ignacio Scocco	Newell's Old Boys	9
4	Sergio Agüero	Independiente	7
4	Silvio Carrario	Quilmes	7
4	Ezequiel Maggiolo	Olimpo	7
4	Rodrigo Palacio	Boca Juniors	7

Relegation

Pos	Team	2003–04 Pts	2004–05 Pts	2005–06 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Boca Juniors	75	48	83	206	114	1.807
2	River Plate	66	60	62	188	114	1.649
3	Vélez Sarsfield	53	73	58	184	114	1.614
4	Banfield	64	59	59	182	114	1.596
5	San Lorenzo	62	52	56	170	114	1.491
6	Newell's Old Boys	51	60	51	162	114	1.421
7	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	38	54	69	161	114	1.412
8	Estudiantes (LP)	44	61	52	157	114	1.377
9	Lanús	42	54	58	154	114	1.351
10	Arsenal	55	54	43	153	114	1.342
11	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	—	—	51	51	38	1.342
12	Racing	50	58	44	152	114	1.333
13	Rosario Central	44	61	45	150	114	1.316
14	Independiente	44	49	55	148	114	1.298
15	Colón	49	53	46	148	114	1.298
16	Quilmes	60	44	39	143	114	1.254
17	Argentinos Juniors	—	43	50	93	76	1.224	Relegation Playoff Matches
18	Olimpo	39	43	49	131	114	1.149
19	Instituto	—	42	28	70	76	0.921	Relegated to the Primera B Nacional
20	Tiro Federal	—	—	27	27	38	0.711

Promotion playoff

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Relegation/promotion playoff 1
Huracán	3–3	Argentinos Juniors	1–1	2–2
Relegation/promotion playoff 2
Belgrano	4–2	Olimpo	2–1	2–1

• Argentinos Juniors remains in the Argentine First Division after a 3-3 aggregate tie by virtue of a "sports advantage". In case of a tie in goals, the team from the First Division gets to stay in it.

• Belgrano wins 4-2 and is promoted to 2006-07 Primera División. Olimpo de Bahía Blanca is relegated to the 2006–07 Primera B Nacional.

See also

• 2005-06 in Argentine football