2004–05 Primera B Nacional

The 2004–05 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 19th season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.

Primera B Nacional
Season2004–05
ChampionsTiro Federal
(1st divisional title)
PromotedTiro Federal
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)
RelegatedSarmiento (J)
Racing (C)
Defensores de Belgrano
Top goalscorerAP: Rubén Ramírez 15 goals
CL: Héctor Silva 11 goals

Club information

Club City Stadium
Atlético de Rafaela Rafaela Nuevo Monumental
Belgrano Córdoba El Gigante de Alberdi
CAI Comodoro Rivadavia Municipal de Comodoro Rivadavia
Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors
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 San Salvador de Jujuy 23 de Agosto
Godoy Cruz Mendoza Malvinas Argentinas
Huracán Parque Patricios Tomás Adolfo Ducó
Juventud Antoniana Salta Fray Honorato Pistoia
Nueva Chicago Mataderos Nueva Chicago
Racing Córdoba Miguel Sancho
San Martín Mendoza San Martín
San Martín San Juan Ing. Hilario Sánchez
Sarmiento Junín Eva Perón
Talleres Córdoba Estadio La Boutique
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 Tiro Federal 19 10 6 3 30 15 +15 36 Promotion Playoff
2 Huracán 19 10 4 5 27 21 +6 34
3 Nueva Chicago 19 9 5 5 24 16 +8 32
4 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 19 9 5 5 28 24 +4 32
5 Atlético de Rafaela 19 9 2 8 32 30 +2 29
6 San Martín (M) 19 8 5 6 22 22 0 29
7 Ferro Carril Oeste 19 7 7 5 23 22 +1 28
8 San Martín (SJ) 19 7 6 6 22 18 +4 27
9 Racing (C) 19 7 6 6 31 28 +3 27
10 El Porvenir 19 7 6 6 21 22 1 27
11 CAI 19 8 3 8 18 20 2 27
12 Unión 19 7 5 7 30 27 +3 26
13 Belgrano 19 6 7 6 19 21 2 25
14 Godoy Cruz 19 6 4 9 27 27 0 22
15 Defensa y Justicia 19 6 4 9 20 25 5 22
16 Talleres (C) 19 5 6 8 18 18 0 21
17 Defensores de Belgrano 19 6 3 10 23 27 4 21
18 Juventud Antoniana 19 4 7 8 23 31 8 19
19 Chacarita Juniors 19 4 6 9 23 29 6 18
20 Sarmiento (J) 19 4 5 10 20 37 17 17
Source:

Torneo Clausura standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 19 10 5 4 30 17 +13 35 Promotion Playoff
2 CAI 19 8 10 1 26 18 +8 34
3 Atlético de Rafaela 19 7 8 4 26 23 +3 29
4 Talleres (C) 19 6 10 3 27 18 +9 28
5 Belgrano 19 8 4 7 22 23 1 28
6 Chacarita Juniors 19 7 6 6 30 28 +2 27
7 Huracán 19 8 3 8 25 23 +2 27
8 Tiro Federal 19 6 9 4 14 17 3 27
9 San Martín (M) 19 6 8 5 29 24 +5 26
10 Juventud Antoniana 19 6 8 5 23 20 +3 26
11 San Martín (SJ) 19 6 7 6 18 16 +2 25
12 Godoy Cruz 19 6 7 6 23 27 4 25
13 Unión 19 5 10 4 23 28 5 25
14 Ferro Carril Oeste 19 5 9 5 24 20 +4 24
15 Nueva Chicago 19 5 8 6 21 20 +1 23
16 Racing (C) 19 4 7 8 22 27 5 19
17 El Porvenir 19 4 7 8 14 22 8 19
18 Defensores de Belgrano 19 5 4 10 18 27 9 19
19 Defensa y Justicia 19 3 9 7 15 20 5 18
20 Sarmiento (J) 19 3 5 11 25 37 12 14
Source:

Overall standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 38 19 10 9 58 41 +17 67 Promotion Playoff
2 Tiro Federal 38 16 15 7 44 32 +12 63
3 Huracán 38 18 7 13 52 44 +8 61 Second Promotion Playoff
4 CAI 38 16 13 9 44 38 +6 61 Torneo Reducido
5 Atlético de Rafaela 38 16 10 12 58 53 +5 58
6 Nueva Chicago 38 14 13 11 36 28 +8 55
7 San Martín (M) 38 14 13 11 51 46 +5 55
8 Belgrano 38 14 11 13 41 44 3 53
9 San Martín (SJ) 38 13 13 12 40 34 +6 52
10 Ferro Carril Oeste 38 12 16 10 47 42 +5 52
11 Unión 38 12 15 11 53 55 2 51
12 Talleres (C) 38 11 16 11 45 37 +8 49
13 Godoy Cruz 38 12 11 15 50 54 4 47
14 Racing (C) 38 11 13 14 53 55 2 46
15 El Porvenir 38 11 13 14 35 44 9 46
16 Chacarita Juniors 38 11 12 15 53 57 4 45
17 Juventud Antoniana 38 10 15 13 46 51 5 45
18 Defensa y Justicia 38 9 13 16 35 45 10 40
19 Defensores de Belgrano 38 11 7 20 41 54 13 40
20 Sarmiento (J) 38 7 10 21 45 74 29 31
Source:

Promotion playoff

This leg was played between the Apertura Winner: Tiro Federal, and the Clausura Winner: Gimnasia y Esgrima (J). The winning team was declared champion and was automatically promoted to 2005–06 Primera División and the losing team played the Second Promotion Playoff.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Promotion Playoff
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 1–2 Tiro Federal 0–1 1–1

Second Promotion Playoff

This leg was played by Gimnasia y Esgrima (J), the losing team of the Promotion Playoff, and Huracán, who was the best team in the overall standings under the champions. The winning team was promoted to 2005–06 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
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 1–0 Huracán 1–0 0–0

Torneo Reducido

It was played by the teams placed 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th in the Overall Standings: CAI (4th), Atlético de Rafaela (5th), Nueva Chicago (6th) and San Martín (M) (7th). The winning team played the Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional.

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Semifinals
CAI 3–4 San Martín (M) 1–3 2–1
Semifinals
Atlético de Rafaela 2–1 Nueva Chicago 0–0 2–1

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Final
Atlético de Rafaela 4–1 San Martín (M) 0–0 4–1

Promotion playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional

The Second Promotion playoff loser (Huracán) and the Torneo Reducido Winner (Atlético de Rafaela) played against the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 2004–05 Primera División.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Relegation/promotion playoff 1
Atlético de Rafaela 2–4 Argentinos Juniors 2–1 0–3
Relegation/promotion playoff 2
Huracán 1–3 Instituto 1–2 0–1

Relegation

Pos
Team 2002–03
Pts
2003–04
Pts
2004–05
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg
Situation Affiliation
1 Atlético de Rafaela 7758135761.776 Indirect
2 Huracán 5461115761.513 Direct
3 Tiro Federal 5063113761.487 Indirect
4 Nueva Chicago 5555381.447 Direct
5 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 4849671641141.439 Indirect
6 Godoy Cruz 5858471631141.43 Indirect
7 Belgrano 5257531621141.421 Indirect
8 Ferro Carril Oeste 5452106761.395 Direct
9 San Martín (M) 6242551591141.395 Indirect
10 CAI 4547611531141.342 Indirect
11 Unión 475198761.289 Direct
12 Talleres (C) 4949381.289 Indirect
13 Defensa y Justicia 5548401431141.254 Direct
14 Juventud Antoniana 5342451401141.228 Indirect
15 El Porvenir 4252461401141.228 Direct
16 San Martín (SJ)1 3650521381141.211 Indirect
17 Racing (C) 1 4646381.211 Relegation Playoff Matches Indirect
18 Chacarita Juniors 2 4545381.184 Additional Playoff Direct
19 Defensores de Belgrano 2 4946401351141.184 Direct
20 Sarmiento 3131380.816 Primera B Metropolitana Direct
1: Had to play a tiebreaker to see which team played Promotion/Relegation Legs.
2: Had to play a tiebreaker to see which team was relegated and which team played Promotion/Relegation Legs.

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.

Tiebreaker 1

Since San Martín (SJ) and Racing (C) finished with the same relegation co-efficient at the dividing line, a one-match playoff was held to determine who had to play in the relegation/promotion playoffs. San Martín (SJ) won the playoff so Racing (C) had to play the Relegation Playoff Matches.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Racing (C) 0–1 San Martín (SJ)

Tiebreaker 2

Since Chacarita Juniors and Defensores de Belgrano finished with the same relegation co-efficient at the dividing line, a one-match playoff was held to determine who had to play in the relegation/promotion playoffs and who had to be directly relegated to the Primera B Metropolitana. Chacarita won the match on penalties and continued to the Relegation Playoff Matches; Defensores de Belgrano was relegated to the Primera B Metropolitana.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Defensores de Belgrano 0–0 (4–5 p) Chacarita Juniors

Relegation playoff matches

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Relegation/promotion playoff 1 (Direct affiliation vs. Primera B Metropolitana)
Platense 2–2 Chacarita Juniors 1–1 1–1
Relegation/promotion playoff 2 (Indirect affiliation vs. Torneo Argentino A)
Aldosivi 4–2 Racing (C) 1–0 3–2

See also

References

    • "Argentina Second Level 2004/05". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
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