The 2004–05 Argentine

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was the 19th season of second division professional of

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. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to

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Club information

Torneo Apertura standings

Torneo Clausura standings

Overall standings

Promotion playoff

This leg was played between the Apertura Winner: Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy (J), and the Clausura Winner:

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. The winning team was declared champion and was automatically promoted to 2005–06 Primera División and the losing team played the Second Promotion Playoff. , - !colspan="5", Promotion Playoff

Second Promotion Playoff

This leg was played by Gimnasia y Esgrima (J), the losing team of the Promotion Playoff, and

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, 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 (4th),

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(5th), Nueva Chicago (6th) and San Martín (M) (7th). 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 , - * Argentinos Juniors remains in Primera División after winning the playoff. *Instituto remains in Primera División after winning the playoff.

Relegation

: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

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, while clubs directly affiliated face relegation to

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. Clubs with direct affiliation are all from

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, with the exception of Newell's,

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, Central Córdoba and

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, all from

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, 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.

Tiebreaker 2

Since

Chacarita Juniors Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Greater Buenos Aires. ...

and

Defensores de Belgrano Club Atlético Defensores de Belgrano (usually known as Defensores de Belgrano) is an Argentine sports club from Nuñez, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in Primera Nacional, the regionalised sec ...

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

. 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

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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.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2005-06 Primera B Nacional Primera B Nacional seasons 2004–05 in Argentine football leagues