The 2014 Torneo de Transición or Torneo Doctor Ramón Carrillo was the 124th season of top-flight professional

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. The season was scheduled to start on August 1, 2014 but was postponed after the death of

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, president of the AFA on July 30. Finally, it began on August 8, 2014 and ended on December 14, 2014. Originally the last match of the tournament was scheduled on December 7 but as River Plate played the finals of the

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the matches Racing-Godoy Cruz and River Plate-Quilmes were played on December 14. Twenty teams competed in the league, seventeen returning from the 2013–14 season and three promoted from the

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(Championship winners Banfield, runners-up

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, and 3rd place Independiente). Colón,

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and

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had been relegated to the

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championship in the previous season.

Format

The team with most points was the champion and qualified for the

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group stage. No teams were relegated this season as the league was expanded to 30 teams in the new 2015 Primera División.

Club information

Managerial changes

Interim Managers
:1. Fabián Castro was interim manager in the 6th round. :2. Interim manager, but later promoted to full-time manager. :3. Interim manager. :4. Interim manager.

International qualification

Argentina had 6 berths in the

(The first 4 berths were for the second stage and the last 2 for the first stage).

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(Argentina 1), and River Plate (Argentina 2), were qualified as the

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and the 2014 Torneo Final champions, respectively. The Torneo de Transición champions (

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) obtained the Argentina 3 berth. The Argentina 4 berth was awarded to the 2013–14 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified (

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). The 2015 Copa Libertadores first stage berths (Argentina 5 and Argentina 6) were awarded via

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(

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) and via

( Estudiantes (LP)), respectively. Argentina had 7 berths in the

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. River Plate was qualified as the

champions. The other 6 berths were awarded to the 5 best teams of the Torneo de Transición if they are not qualified for

second stage and the

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champions,

Standings

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Top Assists

Source
soccerway.com

References

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