# 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

| 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 | Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy (J) | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 36 | Promotion Playoff |
| 2 | CAI | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 34 | |
| 3 | Nueva Chicago | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 32 | |
| 4 | Tiro Federal | 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 | Huracán | 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 | |

## Torneo Clausura standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tiro Federal | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 35 | Promotion Playoff |
| 2 | Huracán | 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 | CAI | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 27 | |
| 8 | Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy (J) | 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 | |

## Overall standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tiro Federal | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 67 | Promotion Playoff |
| 2 | Gymmasia y Esgrima de Jujuy (J) | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 63 | Promotion Playoff |
| 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 | Torneo Reducido |
| 6 | Nueva Chicago | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 55 | Torneo Reducido |
| 7 | San Martín (M) | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 55 | Torneo Reducido |
| 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 | |

## Promotion playoff

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

### Match details

Team details :
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)
Tiro Federal
GK1 Leonardo Aguirre
DF Alejandro González c'
DF Gabriel Ramón
DF Fabián Berza
DF Facundo Torres
MF8 Marcelo Quinteros
MF Daniel Ramasco
MF4 Franco Sosa
MF Julián Kmet a'
FW Gustavo Balvorín b'
FW Gabriel Roth
Substitutions:
FW16 Aquilino Villalba a'
Nelson Agoglia b'
Daniel Juárez c'
Manager:
Roberto Mario Gómez
GK1 Pablo Del Vecchio
DF4 Germán Noce
DF Víctor Molina
DF Miguel Abrigo
DF3 Javier Yacuzzi
MF Diego Romano b'
MF Damián Terés a'
MF Silvio Iuvalé
MF10 Raúl Gordillo
FW11 Javier García c'
FW9 Matías Saad 86'
Substitutions:
Pablo Vacaria a'
Diego Bono b'
Martín Valli c'
Manager:
José María Bianco :

## 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.

### Match details

Team details :
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)
Huracán
GK Coronel
DF A. González 72'
DF Ramón
DF Versa
DF Torres
MF Quinteros
MF Ramasco
MF Maidana
MF Kmet
FW Roth 66'
FW Villalba 75'
Substitutes:
Abaurre 66'
Córdoba 72'
Juárez 75'
Manager:
Roberto Mario Gómez
GK Mariano Andújar
DF Darío Marra
DF Matías Villavicencio
DF Leandro Grimi
MF Nahuel Fioretto
MF Mariano Juan
MF Ignacio Anívole 71'
MF Cristian Sánchez Prette
MF Alejandro Alonso
FW Daniel Osvaldo 66'
FW Joaquín Larrivey
Substitutes:
MF Roberto Pompei 63'
FW Sebastián Cobelli  66'
FW Nicolás Hernández 71'
Manager:
Antonio Mohamed :

## 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.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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 |
* Argentinos Juniors remains in Primera División after winning the playoff.
* Instituto remains in Primera División after winning the playoff.

## Relegation

| Pos | Team | 2002–03 Pts | 2003–04 Pts | 2004–05 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Situation | Affiliation |
| 1 | Atlético de Rafaela | 77 | — | 58 | 135 | 76 | 1.776 | | Indirect |
| 2 | Huracán | — | 54 | 61 | 115 | 76 | 1.513 | | Direct |
| 3 | Tiro Federal | — | 50 | 67 | 113 | 76 | 1.487 | | Indirect |
| 4 | Nueva Chicago | — | — | 55 | 55 | 38 | 1.447 | | Direct |
| 5 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 48 | 49 | 63 | 164 | 114 | 1.439 | | Indirect |
| 6 | Godoy Cruz | 58 | 58 | 47 | 163 | 114 | 1.43 | | Indirect |
| 7 | Belgrano | 52 | 57 | 53 | 162 | 114 | 1.421 | | Indirect |
| 8 | Ferro Carril Oeste | — | 54 | 52 | 106 | 76 | 1.395 | | Direct |
| 9 | San Martín (M) | 62 | 42 | 55 | 159 | 114 | 1.395 | | Indirect |
| 10 | CAI | 45 | 47 | 61 | 153 | 114 | 1.342 | | Indirect |
| 11 | Unión | — | 47 | 51 | 98 | 76 | 1.289 | | Direct |
| 12 | Talleres (C) | — | — | 49 | 49 | 38 | 1.289 | | Indirect |
| 13 | Defensa y Justicia | 55 | 48 | 40 | 143 | 114 | 1.254 | | Direct |
| 14 | Juventud Antoniana | 53 | 42 | 45 | 140 | 114 | 1.228 | | Indirect |
| 15 | El Porvenir | 42 | 52 | 46 | 140 | 114 | 1.228 | | Direct |
| 16 | San Martín (SJ)$^1$ | 36 | 50 | 52 | 138 | 114 | 1.211 | | Indirect |
| 17 | Racing (C) $^1$ | — | — | 46 | 46 | 38 | 1.211 | Relegation Playoff Matches | Indirect |
| 18 | Chacarita Juniors $^2$ | — | — | 45 | 45 | 38 | 1.184 | Additional Playoff | Direct |
| 19 | Defensores de Belgrano $^2$ | 49 | 46 | 40 | 135 | 114 | 1.184 | Additional Playoff | Direct |
| 20 | Sarmiento | — | — | 31 | 31 | 38 | 0.816 | 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.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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 |
* Chacarita Juniors remains in Primera B Nacional after a 2-2 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.
* Aldosivi was promoted to 2005–06 Primera B Nacional by winning the playoff and Racing (C) was relegated to 2005–06 Torneo Argentino A.