2005–06 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Season2005–06
Dates5 August 2005 – 14 May 2006
ChampionsApertura: Boca Juniors (27th title)
Clausura: Boca Juniors (28th title)
2007 Copa LibertadoresBoca Juniors
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
River Plate
Banfield
Vélez Sarsfield
2006 Copa SudamericanaGimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
Banfield
Vélez Sarsfield
Lanús
San Lorenzo

The 2005–06 Argentine Primera División was the 115th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season ran from 5 August 2005 to 14 May 2006.[1]

Tiro Federal (2004–05 Primera B Nacional champion)[2] and Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy (after beating Huracán in a second promotion playoff) were promoted from Primera B Nacional.[3][4][5]

Boca Juniors won both, Apertura and Clausura championships totalising 28 league titles to date,[6][7] while Instituto (C), Tiro Federal and Olimpo were relegated.[1]

Torneo Apertura

Apertura
Season2005
Dates5 August – 14 December
ChampionsBoca Juniors (27th. title)
Promoted
Top goalscorerArgentina Javier Cámpora (13)
Biggest home winNewell's 5–0 Instituto (16 Nov)
Banfield 5–0 S. Lorenzo (25 Nov)
Biggest away winGELP 0–6 Vélez (20 Aug)
Highest scoringS. Lorenzo 5–3 T. Federal (13 Nov)

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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 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

Top scorers

Rank. Player Team Goals
1
 Argentina Javier Cámpora Tiro Federal
13
2
 Argentina Leonardo Pisculichi Argentinos Juniors
10
Argentina Rodrigo Palacio Boca Juniors
Uruguay Gonzalo Vargas Gimnasia y Esgrima LP
Argentina José Luis Calderón Estudiantes LP
3
 Argentina Nicolás Frutos Independiente
9
Argentina Sergio Agüero Independiente
Spain Iván Moreno y Fabianesi Colón

Torneo Clausura

Clausura
Season2006
Dates27 January – 14 May
ChampionsBoca Juniors (28th. title)
Relegated
Top goalscorerUruguay Gonzalo Vargas (12)
Biggest home winArgentinos 4–0 T. Federal (15 Apr)
GELP 4–0 Quilmes (16 Apr)
Boca Jrs. 4–0 Estudiantes LP (30 Apr)
Biggest away winT. Federal 0–5 River (29 Jan)
Instituto 0–5 Independiente (1 Feb)
Highest scoringArsenal 2–5 GELP (19 Mar)

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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 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

Top scorers

Rank. Player Team Goals
1
 Uruguay Gonzalo Vargas Gimnasia y Esgrima LP
12
2
 Argentina Ernesto Farías River Plate
11
Argentina Martín Palermo Boca Juniors
3
 Argentina Ignacio Scocco Newell's Old Boys
9
4
 Argentina Sergio Agüero Independiente
7
Argentina Silvio Carrario Quilmes
Argentina Ezequiel Maggiolo Olimpo
Argentina Rodrigo Palacio Boca Juniors

Relegation

Relegation table

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

*   Winner of the series; teams currently playing in Primera División are listed first

Series Team 1 (1st div) Team 2 (2nd div) 1st. leg Venue 1 City 1 2nd. leg Venue 2 City 2 Agg.
1
 Olimpo Belgrano (C)
1–2
 Chateau Carreras Córdoba
1–2
 Roberto Carminatti Bahía Blanca
4–2
2
 Argentinos Juniors Huracán
1–1
 Tomás A. Ducó Buenos Aires
2–2
 Diego A. Maradona Buenos Aires
4–4 [note 1]

Belgrano de Córdoba promoted to Primera (relegating Olimpo), while Argentinos Juniors remained in the top division by sporting advantage (the series had ended 4–4 on aggregate)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Remained in Primera División due to a sporting advantage rule.

References

  1. ^ a b Argentina 2005–06 by Javier Roimiser on RSSSF.com
  2. ^ A 15 años del inmenso Tiro Federal
  3. ^ A 15 años del segundo ascenso a primera división de Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy on Jujyy al Momento, 2 Jul 2020
  4. ^ Gimnasia de Jujuy ascendió a Primera, Infobae, 2 Jul 2005
  5. ^ Argentina Second Level (Primera B - Nacional) 2004/05 by Gurgen Mahari on the RSSSF
  6. ^ Torneo Apertura 2005 - Campaña on Historia de Boca
  7. ^ A 14 años del bicampeonato del Coco on Olé, 7 May 2020