The 2003–04 Argentine
Primera B Nacional was the 18th season of second division professional
football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to
Argentine Primera División
The Primera División (; en, "First Division"), known officialy as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).
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Club information
Torneo Apertura standings
Torneo Clausura standings
Overall standings
Promotion playoff
This leg was played between the Apertura Winner:
Instituto, and the Clausura Winner:
Almagro
Almagro () may refer to:
People
*Diego de Almagro (1475–1538), Spanish explorer
*Diego Almagro II (1520–1542), assassin of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro
*Luis Almagro (born 1963), Uruguayan lawyer, diplomat and politician
*Nicolás ...
. The winning team was declared champion and was automatically promoted to
2004–05 Primera División and the losing team played the
Second Promotion Playoff.
Match details
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Second Promotion Playoff
This leg was played by
Almagro
Almagro () may refer to:
People
*Diego de Almagro (1475–1538), Spanish explorer
*Diego Almagro II (1520–1542), assassin of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro
*Luis Almagro (born 1963), Uruguayan lawyer, diplomat and politician
*Nicolás ...
, the losing team of the Promotion Playoff, and
Huracán (TA), who was the best team in the overall standings. was promoted to
2004–05 Primera División and the losing team played the
Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional.
Match details
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Torneo Reducido
It was played by the teams placed 3rd and 5th, in the Overall Standings:
Argentinos Juniors (3rd) and
Godoy Cruz (5th). The winning team played the
Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional.
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!colspan="5", Final
Promotion playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional
The Second Promotion playoff loser (
Huracán (TA)) and the Torneo Reducido Winner (
Argentinos Juniors) played against the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of
2003–04 Primera División.
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!colspan="5", Relegation/promotion playoff 1
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!colspan="5", Relegation/promotion playoff 2
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* Huracán (TA) was promoted to
2004–05 Primera División by winning the playoff and Atlético de Rafaela was relegated to the
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
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* Argentinos Juniors was promoted to
2004–05 Primera División by winning the playoff and Talleres (C) was relegated to the
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
To ...
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Relegation
Note: Clubs with indirect affiliation with
AFA are relegated to the
Torneo Argentino A
The Torneo Argentino A (in English "Argentine A Tournament") was one of the two leagues that formed the regionalised third level of the Argentine football league system. Clubs in the Torneo Argentino have indirect membership in AFA, while clubs ...
, while clubs directly affiliated face relegation to
Primera B Metropolitana. Clubs with direct affiliation are all from
Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires ( es, Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area ( es, Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, AMBA), refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the adjac ...
, with the exception of
Newell's,
Rosario Central,
Central Córdoba and
Argentino de Rosario
Club Atlético Argentino, commonly known as Argentino de Rosario, is an Argentine football club from the city of Rosario, Santa Fe. The team currently plays in Primera D Metropolitana, the regionalised fifth division of the Argentine football leag ...
, all from
Rosario
Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous ci ...
, and
Unión and
Colón from
Santa Fe.
Metropolitana Zone
Interior Zone
Relegation playoff matches
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!colspan="5", Relegation/promotion playoff 1 (Direct affiliation vs. Primera B Metropolitana)
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!colspan="5", Relegation/promotion playoff 2 (Indirect affiliation vs. Torneo Argentino A)
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* Unión remains in the
Primera B Nacional by winning the playoff.
*CAI remains in
Primera B Nacional after a 1-1 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.
See also
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2003–04 in Argentine football
The 2003–04 Argentine First Division season saw Boca Juniors ecstatic after a title run that also included the Intercontinental Cup. River Plate stole the Clausura leaving hated rival Boca Juniors looking up from second place.
Four teams we ...
References
External links
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Primera B Nacional seasons
2003–04 in Argentine football leagues