Primera División Argentina 1985
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Nacional Championship
1985 featured the last ever edition of the NacionalNacional championship
The Nacional championship was an Argentine football tournament that existed between 1967 and 1985. The Nacional formed one half of the Argentine 1st division taking place in the second half of the year, the Metropolitano took place in the first half of the year. This arrangement lasted until 1982...
championship. The structure of the tournament made it the most complicated championship in the history of the Argentine first division
Primera División Argentina
The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
. The eventual champions were Argentinos Juniors
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early...
who beat Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system...
in a 2nd final.
Group Stages (1st step)
The top two teams go through to the winners knockout, the bottom two go to the losers knockout.Group A
| Position | Team | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estudiantes La Plata Estudiantes de La Plata Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history.... |
9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | Ramón Santamarina | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 |
| 3 | Racing de Córdoba Club Atlético Racing de Córdoba Club Atlético Racing is an Argentine sports club from the city of Córdoba in Córdoba Province. The football squad currently plays in Torneo Argentino A which is the regionalised third tier of the Argentine Football Association league system.The club was founded in Nueva Italia Neighbourhood,... |
5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 |
| 4 | Platense Club Atlético Platense Club Atlético Platense is an Argentine sports club based in Vicente López, in the north side of Greater Buenos Aires. The club nickname is Calamar after the journalist Palacio Zino said that the team moved "like a squid in its ink".... |
5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 |
Group B
| Position | Team | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División.... |
8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Estudiantes Río Cuarto Estudiantes de Río Cuarto Asociación Atlética Estudiantes is a sports club located in the city of Río Cuarto, Córdoba Province... |
7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 3 | Temperley Club Atlético Temperley Club Atlético Temperley is a sports club from the city of Temperley in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana, the regionalised third division of the Argentine football league system.-History:Temperley... |
5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 |
| 4 | Altos Hornos Zapla Altos Hornos Zapla Asociación Cultural y Deportiva Altos Hornos Zapla is an Argentine Football club from Palpalá, in the Jujuy Province of Argentina. The team currently plays in the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football, the Torneo Argentino B.... |
4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 |
Group C
| Position | Team | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Independiente Club Atlético Independiente Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División.... |
7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| 2 | Talleres de Córdoba Talleres de Córdoba Club Atlético Talleres is a sports club from the city of Córdoba, Argentina, mostly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the regionalised third division, the Torneo Argentino A... |
7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Guaraní Antonio Franco Guaraní Antonio Franco de Posadas Club Deportivo Guaraní Antonio Franco is an Argentine Football club from Posadas, in the Province of Misiones in Argentina. The squad currently plays in the Zone B of the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football, Torneo Argentino B.... |
7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 |
| 4 | Huracán Club Atlético Huracán Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was... |
3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 |
Group D
| Position | Team | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | River Plate Club Atlético River Plate Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football.... |
10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Unión de Santa Fe Unión de Santa Fe Club Atlético Unión is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the province with the same name in Argentina. The club, founded in 1907, has a strong rivalry with Colón de Santa Fe.... |
5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | Gimnasia La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División... |
5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -6 |
| 4 | Cipolletti Club Cipolletti Club Cipolletti is an Argentine Football club, which home town is located in Cipolletti, Río Negro. The team currently plays in Zone A of the regionalised 3rd level of Argentinian football Torneo Argentino A.... |
4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 |
Group E
| Position | Team | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newell's Old Boys Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario. The club was founded on November 3, 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football... |
8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Huracán Las Heras | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | Círculo Deportivo | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -8 |
Group F
| Position | Team | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentinos Juniors Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early... |
9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Chacarita Juniors Chacarita Juniors Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors is an Argentine sports club from Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido in Greater Buenos Aires, which football squad is currently playing in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.The club was founded on May 1, 1906, in... |
7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| 3 | Central Norte Central Norte Club Atlético Central Norte is a football club from Salta city, Argentina. The team currently plays in the Torneo Argentino A, which is the regionalised third level of the Argentine Football Association league system.... |
5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | -10 |
| 4 | Belgrano de Córdoba Belgrano de Córdoba Club Atlético Belgrano is a sport club from Córdoba, Argentina, best known for its football team, promoted to the Argentine first division at the end of the 2010/2011 season. The football team is very popular and it has one of the largest fan bases outside Buenos Aires... |
3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -6 |
Group G
| Position | Team | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Martín Tucumán | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | Vélez Sársfield Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system... |
8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| 3 | Argentino de Firmat | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 |
| 4 | Juventud Alianza Juventud Alianza de San Juan Club Atlético de la Juventud Alianza is a sports club based in the city of Santa Lucía, San Juan, Argentina. Although other sports are practised at the club, Juventud Alianza is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Torneo Argentino B, the regionalised 4th division of... |
3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -8 |
Group H
| Position | Team | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferro Carril Oeste Ferro Carril Oeste Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or Ferro, is a sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club was founded on July 28, 1904 by 95 railway workers from the Buenos Aires Western Railway... |
9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Deportivo Español Club Social, Deportivo y Cultural Español Club Deportivo Español is a sports club from the south-west of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Its football team currently plays in the Primera C Metropolitana, one of the fourth tier divisions of Argentine football.The club was founded in 1956 with the name Club Deportivo Español on October, 12... |
7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | Instituto de Córdoba Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba is an Argentine sports club from Córdoba, which professional football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.Famous players who have played at Instituto include Osvaldo Ardiles, Mario Alberto... |
6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | Juventud Antoniana Juventud Antoniana Centro Juventud Antoniana is a football club from the city of Salta in Salta Province, Argentina. The team currently plays in Torneo Argentino A, which is the regionalised third level of the Argentine Football Association league system.Juventud Antoniana played in the Argentine top flight 6 times:... |
2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -9 |
Winners knockout
The winners progressed to the winners QF, the losers enter the losers 3rd round.| Home (1st leg) | Home (2nd leg) | 1st Leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independiente | Ramón Santamarina | 3-1 | 3-2 | 6-3 |
| Talleres | Estudiantes La Plata | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-4 |
| Newell's Old Boys | Chacarita Juniors | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| San Lorenzo | Argentinos Juniors | 2-2 | 0-1 | 2-3 |
| San Martín | Estudiantes RC | 4-2 | 0-0 | 4-2 |
| Boca Juniors | Vélez Sársfield | 3-2 | 0-3 | 3-4 |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Unión | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 |
| Deportivo Español | River Plate | 2-1 | 0-5 | 2-6 |
Losers knockout
| Home (1st leg) | Home (2nd leg) | 1st Leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guaraní | Platense | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Huracán | Racing de Córdoba | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 |
| Belgrano | Huracán La Heras | 2-1 | 1-3 | 3-4 |
| Central Norte | Círculo Deportivo | 0-0 | 2-3 | 2-3 |
| Altos Hornos Zapla | Argentino (F) | 2-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 |
| Juventud Alianza | Temperley | 4-3 | 1-4 | 5-7 |
| Cipolletti | Instituto | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-3 |
| Gimnasia La Plata | Juventud Antoniana | 3-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 |
3rd step
Winners Quarter finals| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Martín | Argentinos Juniors | 0-2 |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Independiente | 3-0 |
| River Plate | Estudiantes La Plata | 2-0 |
| Newell's Old Boys | Vélez Sársfield | 1-2 (aet) |
Losers 3rd round
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Estudiantes (RC) | Temperley | 0-1 |
| Gimnasia La Plata | Deportivo Español | 0-2 |
| Unión | Platense | 3-0 |
| Talleres | Instituto | 0-4 |
| Boca Juniors | Altos Hornos Zapla | 3-1 |
| Huracán La Heras | San Lorenzo | 3-3 (2-3 p.k.) |
| Chacarita Juniors | Huracán | 0-0 (4-3 p.k.) |
| Central Norte | Ramón Santamarina | 1-1 (4-2 p.k.) |
4th step
Winners Semi Finals| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Argentinos Juniors | 0-3 |
| Vélez Sársfield | River Plate | 3-0 |
Losers 4th round
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Independiente | Boca Juniors | 1-0 |
| Newell's Old Boys | Temperley | 2-1 |
| Chacarita Juniors | San Lorenzo | 2-0 (aet) |
| Estuidaintes (LP) | Deportivo Español | 1-1 (6-5 p.k.) |
| Central Norte | Unión | 0-0 (1-3 p.k.) |
| San Martín | Instituto | 0-0 (4-1 p.k.) |
5th step
Winners final| Home (1st leg) | Home (2nd leg) | 1st Leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentinos Juniors | Vélez Sársfield | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-2 (4-3 p.k.) |
- Argentinos Juniors to play in the final
- Vélez Sársfield progress to the losers final
Losers 5th round
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Newell's Old Boys | Chacarita Juniors | 1-0 |
| Estudiantes (LP) | San Martín | 1-0 |
| River Plate | Unión | 1-0 |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Independiente | 0-0 (2-4 p.k.) |
6th step
Losers 6th round| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| River Plate | Estudiantes (LP) | 4-1 |
| Independiente | Newell's Old Boys | 0-2 |
7th step
Losers 7th round| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| River Plate | Newell's Old Boys | 2-0 |
8th step
Losers final| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Vélez Sársfield | River Plate | 2-1 |
- Vélez Sársfield to play in the final
Final
August 28, 1985| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Argentinos Juniors | Vélez Sársfield | 1-1 (3-4 p.k.) |
- As Argentinos Juniors had made it to the final without losing a game, the final had to be replayed to give them the 2nd chance that every other team had already had.
September 3, 1985
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Vélez Sársfield | Argentinos Juniors | 1-2 |