# 2004–05 Torneo Argentino A

The 2004–05 Argentine Torneo Argentino A was the tenth season of third division professional football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion was promoted to Primera B Nacional.

## Club information
### Zone A

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Atlético Tucumán | Tucumán | Monumental José Fierro |
| Gimnasia y Tiro | Salta | Gigante del Norte |
| La Florida | La Florida | Capitán Jaime Solá |
| Ñuñorco | Monteros | Ñuñorco |
| Talleres | Perico | Plinio Zabala |

### Zone B

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Desamparados | San Juan | El Serpentario |
| General Paz Juniors | Córdoba | General Paz Juniors |
| Independiente Rivadavia | Mendoza | Bautista Gargantini |
| Juventud Unida Universitario | San Luis | Mario Diez |
| Luján de Cuyo | Luján de Cuyo | Jardín del Bajo |

### Zone C

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Atlético Candelaria | Candelaria | Anastacio Cabrera |
| Ben Hur | Rafaela | Parque Barrio Ilolay |
| Douglas Haig | Pergamino | Miguel Morales |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima | Concepción del Uruguay | Manuel y Ramón Núñez |
| Unión | Sunchales | La Fortaleza |

### Zone D

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Aldosivi | Mar del Plata | José María Minella |
| Cipolletti | Cipolletti | La Visera de Cemento |
| Guillermo Brown | Puerto Madryn | Raul Conti |
| Rosario Puerto Belgrano | Punta Alta | El Coloso de Cemento |
| Villa Mitre | Bahía Blanca | El Fortín |

## Apertura 2004
### First stage

In every round the bye team played against the bye team of the other zone: Team from Zone A vs Team from Zone B and Team from Zone C vs Team from Zone D.

#### Zone A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético Tucumán | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 20 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Talleres (P) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 14 | Final Stage |
| 3 | Ñuñorco | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 13 | Revalida Stage |
| 4 | Gimnasia y Tiro | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 13 | Revalida Stage |
| 5 | La Florida | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 9 | |

#### Zone B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Luján de Cuyo | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 21 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Desamparados | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 15 | Final Stage |
| 3 | General Paz Juniors | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 12 | Revalida Stage |
| 4 | Juventud Unida Universitario | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 9 | Revalida Stage |
| 5 | Independiente Rivadavia | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | |
* ↑ 9 points deducted

#### Zone C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ben Hur | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 20 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Douglas Haig | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 18 | Final Stage |
| 3 | Atlético Candelaria | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 14 | Revalida Stage |
| 4 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 10 | Revalida Stage |
| 5 | Unión (S) | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 8 | |

#### Zone D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cipolletti | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 18 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Aldosivi | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 14 | Final Stage |
| 3 | Guillermo Brown | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 13 | Revalida Stage |
| 4 | Villa Mitre | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 11 | Revalida Stage |
| 5 | Rosario Puerto Belgrano | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 8 | |

### Second stage
#### Final stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| B1 | Luján de Cuyo | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| D2 | Aldosivi | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| D2 | Aldosivi | 0 | 1 | 1 | B1 | Luján de Cuyo | 0 | 1 | 1(4) | | | | | |
| | | | | | B2 | Desamparados (p) | 1 | 0 | 1(5) | | | | | |
| D1 | Cipolletti | 0 | 0 | 0 | B2 | Desamparados (p) | 1 | 0 | 1(5) | | | | | |
| B2 | Desamparados | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| B2 | Desamparados | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | C1 | Ben Hur | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | B2 | Desamparados | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C1 | Ben Hur | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | B2 | Desamparados | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A2 | Talleres (P) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| A2 | Talleres (P) | 0 | 1 | 1 | C1 | Ben Hur | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | A1 | Atlético Tucumán | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| A1 | Atlético Tucumán | 1 | 4 | 5 | A1 | Atlético Tucumán | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| C2 | Douglas Haig | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
* Note: The team in the first line plays at home the second leg.

#### Revalida Stage

| First Round |
| First Leg |
| Home | Result | Away |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) | 2 - 2 | Gimnasia y Tiro |
| Ñuñorco | 1 - 1 | Atlético Candelaria |
| Juventud Unida Universitario | 2 - 0 | Guillermo Brown |
| Villa Mitre | 1 - 4 | General Paz Juniors |
| Second Leg |
| Gimnasia y Tiro | 3 - 0 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) |
| Atlético Candelaria | 3 - 1 | Ñuñorco |
| Guillermo Brown | 5 - 1 | Juventud Unida Universitario |
| General Paz Juniors | 6 - 1 | Villa Mitre |
| Second Round |
| First Leg |
| Home | Result | Away |
| Guillermo Brown | 4 - 0 | Cipolletti |
| Atlético Candelaria | 0 - 0 | Talleres (P) |
| General Paz Juniors | 1 - 0 | Aldosivi |
| Gimnasia y Tiro | 0 - 0 | Douglas Haig |
| Second Leg |
| Cipolletti | 1 - 1 | Guillermo Brown |
| Talleres (P) | (3) 0 - 0 (5) | Atlético Candelaria (p) |
| Aldosivi | 1 - 1 | General Paz Juniors |
| Douglas Haig | (1) 1 - 1 (2) | Gimnasia y Tiro (p) |
| Third Round |
| First Leg |
| Home | Result | Away |
| Guillermo Brown | 2 - 1 | Atlético Candelaria |
| General Paz Juniors | 2 - 1 | Luján de Cuyo |
| Gimnasia y Tiro | 4 - 0 | Atlético Tucumán |
| Second Leg |
| Atlético Candelaria | 4 - 2 | Guillermo Brown |
| Luján de Cuyo | 3 - 0 | General Paz Juniors |
| Atlético Tucumán (p) | (4) 6 - 2 (2) | Gimnasia y Tiro |
| Semifinals |
| First Leg |
| Home | Result | Away |
| Atlético Tucumán | 0 - 0 | Luján de Cuyo |
| Atlético Candelaria | 2 - 2 | Desamparados |
| Second Leg |
| Luján de Cuyo | 1 - 0 | Atlético Tucumán |
| Desamparados | 1 - 2 | Atlético Candelaria |
| Final |
| First Leg |
| Home | Result | Away |
| Atlético Candelaria | 1 - 0 | Luján de Cuyo |
| Second Leg |
| Luján de Cuyo | 2 - 0 | Atlético Candelaria |

## Clausura 2005
### First stage

In every round the bye team played against the bye team of the other zone: Team from Zone A vs Team from Zone B and Team from Zone C vs Team from Zone D.

#### Zone A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético Tucumán | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 20 | Final Stage |
| 2 | La Florida | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 16 | Final Stage |
| 3 | Ñuñorco | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 12 | Revalida Stage |
| 4 | Gimnasia y Tiro | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 8 | |
| 5 | Talleres (P) | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 8 | Revalida Stage |
* ↑ Didn't qualify for the Revalida Stage as it was involved in Relegation Playoff Qualifying

#### Zone B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Luján de Cuyo | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 18 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Juventud Unida Universitario | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 16 | Final Stage |
| 3 | Desamparados | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 15 | Revalida Stage |
| 4 | Independiente Rivadavia | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 12 | |
| 5 | General Paz Juniors | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 10 | Revalida Stage |
* ↑ Didn't qualify for the Revalida Stage as it was involved in Relegation Playoff Qualifying.

#### Zone C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Unión (S) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 20 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Douglas Haig | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 18 | Final Stage |
| 3 | Ben Hur | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 16 | Revalida Stage |
| 4 | Atlético Candelaria | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 10 | Revalida Stage |
| 5 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 8 | |

#### Zone D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Aldosivi | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 18 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Guillermo Brown | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 18 | Final Stage |
| 3 | Cipolletti | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 12 | Revalida Stage |
| 4 | Villa Mitre | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 11 | Revalida Stage |
| 5 | Rosario Puerto Belgrano | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 7 | |

### Second stage
#### Final stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| B1 | Luján de Cuyo | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| D2 | Guillermo Brown | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| D2 | Guillermo Brown | 1 | 1 | 2 | B1 | Luján de Cuyo | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | D1 | Aldosivi | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| D1 | Aldosivi | 0 | 5 | 5 | D1 | Aldosivi | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| B2 | Juventud Unida Universitario | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| B2 | Juventud Unida Universitario | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | C1 | Unión (S) | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | D1 | Aldosivi | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| C1 | Unión (S) (p) | 1 | 2 | 3(3) | | | | | | | | | | | D1 | Aldosivi | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| A2 | La Florida | 3 | 0 | 3(2) | | | | | | | | | | |
| A2 | La Florida | 3 | 0 | 3(2) | C1 | Unión (S) | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | A1 | Atlético Tucumán | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| A1 | Atlético Tucumán | 1 | 3 | 4 | A1 | Atlético Tucumán | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| C2 | Douglas Haig | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
* Note: The team in the first line plays at home the second leg.

#### Revalida Stage

| First Round |
| First Leg |
| Home | Result | Away |
| Villa Mitre | 2 - 0 | Desamparados |
| General Paz Juniors | 4 - 3 | Cipolletti |
| Atlético Candelaria | 1 - 1 | Ñuñorco |
| Talleres (P) | 2 - 1 | Ben Hur |
| Second Leg |
| Desamparados | 3 - 0 | Villa Mitre |
| Cipolletti | (2) 3 - 2 (4) | General Paz Juniors (p) |
| Ñuñorco | 3 - 1 | Atlético Candelaria |
| Ben Hur | 5 - 0 | Talleres (P) |
| Second Round |
| First Leg |
| Home | Result | Away |
| Ben Hur | 2 - 0 | La Florida |
| Ñuñorco | 1 - 1 | Douglas Haig |
| Desamparados | 3 - 0 | Guillermo Brown |
| General Paz Juniors | 0 - 1 | Juventud Unida Universitario |
| Second Leg |
| La Florida | (2) 3 - 1 (4) | Ben Hur (p) |
| Douglas Haig | 4 - 0 | Ñuñorco |
| Guillermo Brown | (2) 5 - 2 (3) | Desamparados (p) |
| Juventud Unida Universitario | 1 - 1 | General Paz Juniors |
| Third Round |
| First Leg |
| Home | Result | Away |
| Ben Hur | 1 - 2 | Atlético Tucumán |
| Desamparados | 0 - 0 | Luján de Cuyo |
| Juventud Unida Universitario | 4 - 3 | Douglas Haig |
| Second Leg |
| Atlético Tucumán | 5 - 2 | Ben Hur |
| Luján de Cuyo | 1 - 0 | Desamparados |
| Douglas Haig (p) | (4) 1 - 0 (3) | Juventud Unida Universitario |
| Semifinals |
| First Leg |
| Home | Result | Away |
| Douglas Haig | 3 - 0 | Unión (S) |
| Luján de Cuyo | 0 - 0 | Atlético Tucumán |
| Second Leg |
| Unión (S) | 2 - 1 | Douglas Haig |
| Atlético Tucumán | (2) 2 - 2 (4) | Luján de Cuyo (p) |
| Final |
| First Leg |
| Home | Result | Away |
| Douglas Haig | 0 - 0 | Luján de Cuyo |
| Second Leg |
| Luján de Cuyo (p) | (4) 2 - 2 (2) | Douglas Haig |

## Overall standings
### Zone A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético Tucumán | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 22 | +15 | 40 | |
| 2 | La Florida | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 25 | |
| 3 | Ñuñorco | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 25 | |
| 4 | Talleres (P) | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 22 | |
| 5 | Gimnasia y Tiro | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 21 | Relegation Playoff Qualifying |

### Zone B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Luján de Cuyo | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 39 | |
| 2 | Desamparados | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 30 | |
| 3 | Juventud Unida Universitario | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 25 | |
| 4 | General Paz Juniors | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 22 | |
| 5 | Independiente Rivadavia | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 25 | Relegation Playoff Qualifying |
* ↑ 9 points deducted in Torneo Apertura 2004.

### Zone C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Douglas Haig | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 36 | |
| 2 | Ben Hur | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 36 | |
| 3 | Unión (S) | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 28 | |
| 4 | Atlético Candelaria | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 24 | |
| 5 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 18 | Relegation Playoff Qualifying |

### Zone D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Aldosivi | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 32 | |
| 2 | Guillermo Brown | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 31 | |
| 3 | Cipolletti | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 30 | |
| 4 | Villa Mitre | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 22 | |
| 5 | Rosario Puerto Belgrano | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 43 | −24 | 15 | Relegation Playoff Qualifying |

## Championship final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ben Hur | 5–2 | Aldosivi | 1–1 | 4–1 |
* Aldosivi played the Promotion Playoff Qualifying against the Revalida Final winner.

## Revalida Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Luján de Cuyo | 5–3 | Douglas Haig | 2–1 | 3–2 |
* Lujan de Cuyo played the Promotion Playoff Qualifying against the Championship Final loser.

## Promotion playoff qualifying

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Aldosivi | 2–2 (4–1 p) | Luján de Cuyo | 1–1 | 1–1 |
* Aldosivi played the Promotion/relegation playoff B Nacional-Torneo Argentino A.

## Promotion/relegation playoff B Nacional-Torneo Argentino A

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Racing (C) | 2–4 | Aldosivi | 0–1 | 2–3 |
* Aldosivi was promoted to 2005–06 Primera B Nacional by winning the playoff and |Racing (C) was relegated to 2005–06 Torneo Argentino A.

## Relegation playoff Qualifying

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Independiente Rivadavia | 2–0 | Rosario Puerto Belgrano | 0–0 | 2–0 |
* Rosario Puerto Belgrano was relegated to Torneo Argentino B and Independiente Rivadavia played the Relegation Playoff.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Gimnasia y Tiro | 0–8 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) | 0–8 | 0–0 |
* Gimnasia y Tiro was relegated to Torneo Argentino B and Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) played the Relegation Playoff.

## Relegation playoff

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Relegation/promotion playoff 1 |||||
| Real Arroyo Seco | 0–1 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) | 0–1$^1$ | 0–0 |
| Relegation/promotion playoff 2 |||||
| Juventud (P) | 0–4 | Independiente Rivadavia | 0–1 | 0–3 |
1: First leg awarded 0-1; originally 3-0 but Real Arroyo Seco used ineligible players.
* Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) remained in the Torneo Argentino A by winning the playoff.
* Independiente Rivadavia remained in the Torneo Argentino A by winning the playoff.