2003–04 Primera B Nacional

The 2003–04 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 18th season of second division professional football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.

Primera B Nacional
Season2003–04
ChampionsInstituto
(2nd divisional title)
PromotedInstituto
Almagro
Argentinos Juniors
Huracán (TA)
RelegatedGimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)
Los Andes
Top goalscorerAP: Julio Bevacqua 13 goals
CL: Luis Tonelotto 12 goals

Club information
Club City Stadium
Almagro José Ingenieros Tres de Febrero
Argentinos Juniors Buenos Aires Diego Armando Maradona
Belgrano Córdoba El Gigante de Alberdi
CAI Comodoro Rivadavia Municipal de Comodoro Rivadavia
Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Defensores de Belgrano Núñez Juan Pasquale
El Porvenir Gerli Gildo Francisco Ghersinich
Ferro Carril Oeste Caballito Arq. Ricardo Etcheverry
Gimnasia y Esgrima Concepción del Uruguay Manuel y Ramón Núñez
Gimnasia y Esgrima San Salvador de Jujuy 23 de Agosto
Godoy Cruz Mendoza Malvinas Argentinas
Huracán Parque Patricios Tomás Adolfo Ducó
Huracán Tres Arroyos Roberto Lorenzo Bottino
Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón
Juventud Antoniana Salta Fray Honorato Pistoia
Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Eduardo Gallardón
San Martín Mendoza San Martín
San Martín San Juan Ing. Hilario Sánchez
Tiro Federal Rosario Fortín de Ludueña
Unión Santa Fe 15 de Abril

Torneo Apertura standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Instituto 19 10 6 3 34 22 +12 36 Promotion Playoff
2 Belgrano 19 8 5 6 24 19 +5 29
3 San Martín (M) 19 7 8 4 20 16 +4 29
4 Huracán (TA) 19 7 7 5 29 24 +5 28
5 CAI 19 7 6 6 32 30 +2 27
6 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 19 7 6 6 24 24 0 27
7 Defensa y Justicia 19 8 3 8 22 22 0 27
8 Defensores de Belgrano 19 6 8 5 27 19 +8 26
9 Huracán 19 6 8 5 18 20 −2 26
10 Juventud Antoniana 19 7 4 8 25 27 −2 25
11 Godoy Cruz 19 6 7 6 17 21 −4 25
12 Ferro Carril Oeste 19 6 6 7 23 18 +5 24
13 Argentinos Juniors 19 4 11 4 28 23 +5 23
14 Tiro Federal 19 4 11 4 26 28 −2 23
15 Los Andes 19 4 9 6 16 17 −1 21
16 Almagro 19 5 6 8 22 24 −2 21
17 Unión 19 4 9 6 19 22 −3 21
18 El Porvenir 19 5 6 8 19 26 −7 21
19 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 19 3 10 6 14 27 −13 19
20 San Martín (SJ) 19 4 6 9 18 27 −9 18
Source:

Torneo Clausura standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Almagro 19 11 4 4 36 19 +17 37 Promotion Playoff
2 Argentinos Juniors 19 11 3 5 28 18 +10 36
3 Huracán (TA) 19 8 10 1 26 15 +11 34
4 Godoy Cruz 19 9 6 4 26 21 +5 33
5 El Porvenir 19 9 4 6 26 16 +10 31
6 Ferro Carril Oeste 19 9 3 7 20 19 +1 30
7 San Martín (SJ) 19 8 5 6 22 23 −1 29
8 Belgrano 19 7 7 5 22 15 +7 28
9 Huracán 19 7 7 5 31 28 +3 28
10 Tiro Federal 19 8 3 8 27 26 +1 27
11 Unión 19 7 5 7 28 29 −1 26
12 Los Andes 19 6 7 6 23 29 −6 25
13 Instituto 19 7 3 9 22 24 −2 24
14 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 19 6 4 9 26 32 −6 22
15 Defensa y Justicia 19 5 6 8 27 34 −7 21
16 CAI 19 6 2 11 22 24 −2 20
17 Defensores de Belgrano 19 5 5 9 21 26 −5 20
18 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 19 5 4 10 25 32 −7 19
19 Juventud Antoniana 19 3 8 8 17 32 −15 17
20 San Martín (M) 19 3 4 12 16 30 −14 13
Source:

Overall standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Huracán (TA) 38 15 17 6 55 39 +16 62 Second Promotion Playoff
2 Instituto 38 17 9 12 56 46 +10 60 Promotion Playoff
3 Argentinos Juniors 38 15 14 9 56 41 +15 59 Torneo Reducido
4 Almagro 38 16 10 12 58 43 +15 58 Promotion Playoff
5 Godoy Cruz 38 15 13 10 43 42 +1 58 Torneo Reducido
6 Belgrano 38 15 12 11 46 34 +12 57
7 Ferro Carril Oeste 38 15 9 14 46 37 +9 54
8 Huracán 38 13 15 10 49 48 +1 54
9 El Porvenir 38 14 10 14 45 42 +3 52
10 Tiro Federal 38 12 14 12 53 54 −1 50
11 San Martín (SJ) 38 13 11 14 40 50 −10 50
12 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 38 13 10 15 50 56 −6 49
13 Defensa y Justicia 38 13 9 16 49 56 −7 48
14 CAI 38 13 8 17 54 54 0 47
15 Unión 38 11 14 13 47 51 −4 47
16 Defensores de Belgrano 38 11 13 14 48 45 +3 46
17 Los Andes 38 10 16 12 39 46 −7 46
18 San Martín (M) 38 10 12 16 36 46 −10 42
19 Juventud Antoniana 38 10 12 16 42 59 −17 42
20 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 38 8 14 16 39 59 −20 38
Source:

Promotion playoff

This leg was played between the Apertura Winner: Instituto, and the Clausura Winner: Almagro. The winning team was declared champion and was automatically promoted to 2004–05 Primera División and the losing team played the Second Promotion Playoff.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Promotion Playoff
Instituto 2–1 Almagro 0–1 2–0

Second Promotion Playoff

This leg was played by Almagro, the losing team of the Promotion Playoff, and Huracán (TA), who was the best team in the overall standings. The winning team was promoted to 2004–05 Primera División and the losing team played the Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Promotion Playoff
Huracán (TA) 2–2 (3–4 p) Almagro 0–2 2–0

Torneo Reducido

It was played by the teams placed 3rd and 5th, in the Overall Standings: Argentinos Juniors (3rd) and Godoy Cruz (5th). The winning team played the Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Final
Argentinos Juniors 2–1 Godoy Cruz 0–1 2–0

Promotion playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional

The Second Promotion playoff loser (Huracán (TA)) and the Torneo Reducido Winner (Argentinos Juniors) played against the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 2003–04 Primera División.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Relegation/promotion playoff 1
Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 5–3 Atlético de Rafaela 2–1 3–2
Relegation/promotion playoff 2
Argentinos Juniors 4–2 Talleres (C) 2–1 2–1

Relegation

Note: Clubs with indirect affiliation with AFA are relegated to the Torneo Argentino A, while clubs directly affiliated face relegation to Primera B Metropolitana. Clubs with direct affiliation are all from Greater Buenos Aires, with the exception of Newell's, Rosario Central, Central Córdoba and Argentino de Rosario, all from Rosario, and Unión and Colón from Santa Fe.

Metropolitana Zone
Pos
 Team 2001–02
Pts		 2002–03
Pts		 2003–04
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
 Situation Affiliation
1 Argentinos Juniors —7459135761.75 Direct
2 Ferro Carril Oeste ——5454381.421 Direct
3 Huracán ——5454381.421 Direct
4 Almagro 435958160381.404 Direct
5 Defensa y Justicia 5755481601141.404 Direct
6 El Porvenir 5942521531141.342 Direct
7 Defensores de Belgrano 5649461511141.325 Direct
8 Unión ——4747381.237 Relegation Playoff Matches Direct
9 Los Andes 4945461401141.228 Primera B Metropolitana Direct

Interior Zone
Pos
 Team 2001–02
Pts		 2002–03
Pts		 2003–04
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
 Situation Affiliation
1 Huracán (TA) 6355621801141.579 Indirect
2 Instituto 5960601791141.57 Indirect
3 Godoy Cruz 4758581631141.43 Indirect
4 Belgrano —5257109781.397 Indirect
5 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 5848491551141.36 Indirect
6 San Martín (M) 5062421541141.351 Indirect
7 Tiro Federal ——5050381.316 Indirect
8 Juventud Antoniana 515342146761.281 Indirect
9 San Martín (SJ) 5736501431141.254 Indirect
10 CAI —454792761.211 Relegation Playoff Matches Indirect
11 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 6433381351141.184 Torneo Argentino A Indirect

Relegation playoff matches
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Relegation/promotion playoff 1 (Direct affiliation vs. Primera B Metropolitana)
Tristán Suárez 0–3 Unión 0–0 0–3
Relegation/promotion playoff 2 (Indirect affiliation vs. Torneo Argentino A)
Atlético Tucumán 1–1 CAI 0–1 1–0
  • Unión remains in the Primera B Nacional by winning the playoff.
  • CAI remains in Primera B Nacional after a 1-1 aggregate tie by virtue of a "sports advantage". In case of a tie in goals, the team from the Primera B Nacional gets to stay in it.

See also

References
    • "Argentina Second Level 2003/04". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
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