# 2003–04 Torneo Argentino A

The 2003–04 Argentine Torneo Argentino A was the ninth 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 |
| Aldosivi | Mar del Plata | José María Minella |
| Almirante Brown | Arrecifes | Estadio Municipal |
| Douglas Haig | Pergamino | Miguel Morales |
| Guillermo Brown | Puerto Madryn | Raul Conti |
| Villa Mitre | Bahía Blanca | El Fortín |

### Zone B

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Cipolletti | Cipolletti | La Visera de Cemento |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima | Mendoza | Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie |
| 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 |
| 13 de Junio | Pirané | Pirané |
| Ben Hur | Rafaela | Parque Barrio Ilolay |
| General Paz Juniors | Córdoba | General Paz Juniors |
| Racing | Córdoba | Miguel Sancho |
| Unión | Sunchales | La Fortaleza |

### Zone D

| 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 |

## Apertura 2003
### 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 | Villa Mitre | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 19 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Aldosivi | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 18 | Final Stage |
| 3 | Douglas Haig | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 17 | |
| 4 | Guillermo Brown | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 10 | |
| 5 | Almirante Brown (A) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 27 | −25 | 0 | |

#### Zone B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Luján de Cuyo | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 21 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Cipolletti | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 18 | Final Stage |
| 3 | Independiente Rivadavia | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 15 | |
| 4 | Juventud Unida Universitario | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 10 | |
| 5 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (Mza) | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 9 | |

#### Zone C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Racing (C) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 20 | Final Stage |
| 2 | General Paz Juniors | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 13 | Final Stage |
| 3 | 13 de Junio (P) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 12 | |
| 4 | Unión (S) | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 11 | |
| 5 | Ben Hur | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 9 | |

#### Zone D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético Tucumán | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 18 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Talleres (P) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 18 | Final Stage |
| 3 | Ñuñorco | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 13 | |
| 4 | La Florida | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 13 | |
| 5 | Gimnasia y Tiro | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 8 | |

### Final stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| C1 | Racing (C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| D2 | Talleres (P) | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| D2 | Talleres (P) | 0 | 2 | 2 | C1 | Racing (C) | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | C2 | General Paz Juniors | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| D1 | Atlético Tucumán | 2 | 1 | 3 (5) | C2 | General Paz Juniors | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| C2 | General Paz Juniors (p) | 3 | 0 | 3 (6) | | | | | | | | | | |
| C2 | General Paz Juniors (p) | 3 | 0 | 3 (6) | | | | | | C1 | Racing (C) | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | B2 | Cipolletti | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| B1 | Luján de Cuyo | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | B2 | Cipolletti | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| A2 | Aldosivi | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| A2 | Aldosivi | 2 | 1 | 3 | A2 | Aldosivi | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | B2 | Cipolletti | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| A1 | Villa Mitre | 1 | 3 | 4 (3) | B2 | Cipolletti | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| B2 | Cipolletti (p) | 2 | 2 | 4 (5) | | | | | | | | | | |
* Note: The team in the first line plays at home the second leg.

## Clausura 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 | Aldosivi | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 23 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Douglas Haig | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 22 | Final Stage |
| 3 | Guillermo Brown | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 15 | |
| 4 | Villa Mitre | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 9 | |
| 5 | Almirante Brown (A) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 24 | −19 | 0 | |

#### Zone B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Luján de Cuyo | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 18 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Cipolletti | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 17 | Final Stage |
| 3 | Juventud Unida Universitario | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 16 | |
| 4 | Independiente Rivadavia | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 13 | |
| 5 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (Mza) | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 6 | |
* ↑ 3 points deducted.

#### Zone C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | General Paz Juniors | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 19 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Ben Hur | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 18 | Final Stage |
| 3 | Unión (S) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 | |
| 4 | Racing (C) | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 13 | |
| 5 | 13 de Junio (P) | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 8 | |

#### Zone D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | La Florida | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 20 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Atlético Tucumán | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 15 | Final Stage |
| 3 | Gimnasia y Tiro | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 11 | |
| 4 | Ñuñorco | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 8 | |
| 5 | Talleres (P) | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 8 | |

### Final stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Aldosivi (p) | 1 | 3 | 4 (7) | | | | | | | | | | |
| B2 | Cipolletti | 3 | 1 | 4 (6) | | | | | | | | | | |
| B2 | Cipolletti | 3 | 1 | 4 (6) | A1 | Aldosivi | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | A2 | Douglas Haig | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| B1 | Luján de Cuyo | 0 | 1 | 1 | A2 | Douglas Haig | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| A2 | Douglas Haig | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| A2 | Douglas Haig | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | A2 | Douglas Haig | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | D2 | Atlético Tucumán | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| D1 | La Florida | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | D2 | Atlético Tucumán | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| C2 | Ben Hur | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| C2 | Ben Hur | 2 | 0 | 2 | D1 | La Florida | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | D2 | Atlético Tucumán | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| C1 | General Paz Juniors | 0 | 0 | 0 | D2 | Atlético Tucumán | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| D2 | Atlético Tucumán | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
* Note: The team in the first line plays at home the second leg.

## Overall standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Aldosivi | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 41 | |
| 2 | Luján de Cuyo | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 39 | |
| 3 | Douglas Haig | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 39 | |
| 4 | Cipolletti | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 35 | |
| 5 | Atlético Tucumán | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 33 | |
| 6 | Racing (C) | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 33 | |
| 7 | La Florida | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 33 | |
| 8 | General Paz Juniors | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 32 | |
| 9 | Independiente Rivadavia | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 28 | |
| 10 | Villa Mitre | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 28 | |
| 11 | Ben Hur | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 27 | |
| 12 | Juventud Unida Universitario | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 26 | |
| 13 | Talleres (P) | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 26 | |
| 14 | Guillermo Brown | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 25 | |
| 15 | Unión (S) | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 25 | |
| 16 | Ñuñorco | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 21 | |
| 17 | 13 de Junio (P) | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 37 | −19 | 20 | Relegation Playoff |
| 18 | Gimnasia y Tiro | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 19 | Relegation Playoff |
| 19 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (Mza) | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 33 | −15 | 12 | Torneo Argentino B |
| 20 | Almirante Brown (A) | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 51 | −44 | 0 | Torneo Argentino B |
* ↑ 3 points deducted.

## Championship final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Racing (C) | 4–3 | Atlético Tucumán | 1–1 | 3–2 |

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

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| CAI | 1–1 | Atlético Tucumán | 1–0 | 0–1 |
* CAI remained in the Torneo Argentino A after a 1-1 aggregate tie by virtue of a "sports advantage". In case of a tie in goals, the team from the Torneo Argentino A gets to stay in it.

## Relegation playoff

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Relegation/promotion playoff 1 |||||
| Rosario Puerto Belgrano | 3–1 | 13 de Junio (P) | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Relegation/promotion playoff 2 |||||
| Alumni (VM) | 2–3 | Gimnasia y Tiro | 1–1 | 1–2 |
* Rosario Puerto Belgrano was promoted to 2004–05 Torneo Argentino A by winning the playoff and Racing (O) was relegated to 2004–05 Torneo Argentino B.
* Gimnasia y Tiro remained in the Torneo Argentino A by winning the playoff.