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.

Club information

ClubCityStadium
Atlético de RafaelaRafaelaNuevo Monumental
BelgranoCórdobaEl Gigante de Alberdi
CAIComodoro RivadaviaMunicipal de Comodoro Rivadavia
Chacarita JuniorsVilla MaipúChacarita Juniors
Defensa y JusticiaFlorencio VarelaNorberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Defensores de BelgranoNúñezJuan Pasquale
El PorvenirGerliGildo Francisco Ghersinich
Ferro Carril OesteCaballitoArq. Ricardo Etcheverry
Gimnasia y Esgrima San Salvador de Jujuy23 de Agosto
Godoy CruzMendozaMalvinas Argentinas
HuracánParque PatriciosTomás Adolfo Ducó
Juventud AntonianaSaltaFray Honorato Pistoia
Nueva ChicagoMataderosNueva Chicago
RacingCórdobaMiguel Sancho
San MartínMendozaSan Martín
San MartínSan JuanIng. Hilario Sánchez
SarmientoJunínEva Perón
TalleresCórdobaEstadio La Boutique
Tiro FederalRosarioFortín de Ludueña
UniónSanta Fe15 de Abril

Torneo Apertura Standings

Torneo Clausura Standings

Overall Standings

Promotion Playoff

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

This leg was played by Gimnasia y Esgrima, 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.
!colspan="5"|Promotion Playoff

Torneo Reducido

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

Semifinals

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Final

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Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional

The Second Promotion playoff loser and the Torneo Reducido Winner played against the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 2004–05 Primera División.
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2

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.

Tiebreaker 1

Since San Martín and Racing 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 won the playoff so Racing had to play the [|Relegation Playoff Matches].

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.

Relegation Playoff Matches

!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2