Estudiantes was relegated in 1994 and returned to the first division the next season. In the following years, the club became known the breeding ground for strikers such as Martín Palermo, Luciano Galletti, Bernardo Romeo, Ernesto Farias and Mariano Pavone.In 2004-2005, under Coach Reinaldo Merlo, Estudiantes finished both the Apertura and the Clausura tournaments in the fourth place. Mariano Pavone was top goalscorer of the 2005 Clausura. On 17 April 2005, Estudiantes de La Plata became the sixth team in Argentina to win 1,000 professional games, coming from behind to defeat Newell's Old Boys 3-2.
The team made history when it came from behind (0-3 at half-time) to win 4-3 against Peru's Sporting Cristal in a Libertadores match played on 21 February, 2006. Estudiantes defeated Gimnasia by an unprecedented 7-0 score in the derby played October 15 2006, as part of the Apertura tournament, and as part of a string of 10 straight wins (tying the club record). The club finished in first place tied with Boca Juniors (per the Argentine rules, goal difference is not used).The final was played on December 13, 2006; Estudiantes coming from behind to defeat Boca Juniors 2-1 and thus securing its first premiership title in 23 years. In this tournament, Estudiantes defeated all the "five greats", allowed the least goals, and had three of its players (Pavone, Verón and Braña) rank at the top of sports diary Ole's best player ranking.Simeone left the team after the 2007 Apertura, in which the team suffered from a significant injury problem and the transfers of Sosa and Pavone. His tenure included one championship title and three wins over Gimnasia y Esgrima. Simeone's (and Verón's) former S.S. Lazio teammate Roberto Sensini was selected as new coach.
Project of the new Estudiantes' StadiumJorge Luis Hirschi Stadium is located on 1st Avenue, between 55th and 57th Streets, in central La Plata. Previously it had room for 23,000. For international games, Estudiantes has generally used the Boca Juniors field (La Bombonera).After a modern stadium was built for the city of La Plata in the 1990s, both Estudiantes and Gimnasia decided initially against relocating their home games. Estudiantes was denied permission for upgrading its stadium that was closed down in September 2005 because of new safety regulations forbidding standing-only wooden stands. A restraining order exempted Estudiantes from the prohibition, but the city government refused to comply, straining the relations between the club and City Hall. As a stopgap measure in 2005 Apertura Estudiantes played its home games in the Gimnasia stadium, and then in the Quilmes field. There, Estudiantes made history with a come-from-behind 4-3 win against Sporting Cristal.
On April 2006 a court decree allowed the re-opening of 1 y 57, but Mayor Julio Alak intervened again to avoid this from happening. Estudiantes contemplated building a new stadium in the port town of Ensenada, a few kilometers east of La Plata, but this idea had a short life: in August 2006, an agreement was reached to rebuild the stands to allow a capacity of 20,000, while the city stadium will be used for games exceeding that capacity. Renovation work on the stadium started in 2007, even though City Hall delayed the demolition from taking place.The training grounds are in the Country Club premises in City Bell, north of La Plata. These facilities are among the most advanced in Argentina; some upgrades were financed through donations by Juan Sebastián Verón.
National titlesPrimera División Argentina: Metropolitano 1967 and 1982, Nacional 1983, Apertura 2006 Segunda división Argentina: Primera "B" 1954, Nacional "B" 1994/95.
International titlesCopa Libertadores de América: Thrice successively 1968, 1969, 1970 Copa Intercontinental: 1968 Copa Interamericana: 1969 FIFA World Cup: 1986
Miguel Angel Lauri (1928~1937), Alejandro "Conejo" Scopelli (1928~1933), Alberto "Don Padilla" Zozaya (1930~1939), Manuel "El Piloto Olímpico" Ferreira (1924~1933, 1935~1936), Enrique Guaita (1931~1933, 1938~1940) Gifted players of the teamJuan Ramón Verón, Right-back Manera