2003–04 Primera B Nacional

18th season of the second-tier football league in Argentina Primera B Nacional 2003–04 Instituto(2nd divisional title) InstitutoAlmagroArgentinos JuniorsHuracán (TA) Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)Los Andes AP: Julio Bevacqua 13 goalsCL: Luis Tonelotto 12 goals 2002–03 2004–05 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. Club information Club City Stadium Almagro José Ingenieros Tres de Febrero Argentinos Juniors Buenos Aires Diego Armando Maradona Belgrano Córdoba El Gigante de Alberdi CAI Comodoro Rivadavia Municipal de Comodoro Rivadavia 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 Concepción del Uruguay Manuel y Ramón Núñez Gimnasia y Esgrima San Salvador de Jujuy 23 de AgostoGodoy Cruz Mendoza Malvinas Argentinas Huracán Parque Patricios Tomás Adolfo Ducó Huracán Tres Arroyos Roberto Lorenzo Bottino Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón Juventud Antoniana Salta Fray Honorato Pistoia Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Eduardo Gallardón San Martín Mendoza San Martín San Martín San Juan Ing. Hilario Sánchez Tiro Federal Rosario Fortín de Ludueña Unión Santa Fe 15 de Abril Torneo Apertura standings main WDL Q INS Instituto BEL Belgrano SMM San Martín (M) HTA Huracán (TA) CAI CAI GJU Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) D&J Defensa y Justicia DDB Defensores de Belgrano HUR Huracán JAN Juventud Antoniana GCR Godoy Cruz FCO Ferro Carril Oeste AJU Argentinos Juniors TIR Tiro Federal AND Los Andes ALM Almagro USF Unión POR El Porvenir GEC Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) SMJ San Martín (SJ) 10 6 3 34 22 8 5 6 24 19 7 8 4 20 16 7 7 5 29 24 7 6 6 32 30 7 6 6 24 24 8 3 8 22 22 6 8 5 27 19 6 8 5 18 20 7 4 8 25 27 6 7 6 17 21 6 6 7 23 18 4 11 4 28 23 4 11 4 26 28 4 9 6 16 17 5 6 8 22 24 4 9 6 19 22 5 6 8 19 26 3 10 6 14 27 4 6 9 18 27 #d0e7ff Promotion Playoff PP complete Torneo Clausura standings main WDL Q ALM Almagro AJU Argentinos Juniors HTA Huracán (TA) GCR Godoy Cruz POR El Porvenir FCO Ferro Carril Oeste SMJ San Martín (SJ) BEL Belgrano HUR Huracán TIR Tiro Federal USF Unión AND Los Andes INS Instituto GJU Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) D&J Defensa y Justicia CAI CAI DDB Defensores de Belgrano GEC Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) JAN Juventud Antoniana SMM San Martín (M) 11 4 4 36 19 11 3 5 28 18 8 10 1 26 15 9 6 4 26 21 9 4 6 26 16 9 3 7 20 19 8 5 6 22 23 7 7 5 22 15 7 7 5 31 28 8 3 8 27 26 7 5 7 28 29 6 7 6 23 29 7 3 9 22 24 6 4 9 26 32 5 6 8 27 34 6 2 11 22 24 5 5 9 21 26 5 4 10 25 32 3 8 8 17 32 3 4 12 16 30 #d0e7ff Promotion Playoff PP complete Overall standings main WDL Q HTA Huracán (TA) INS Instituto AJU Argentinos Juniors ALM Almagro GCR Godoy Cruz BEL Belgrano FCO Ferro Carril Oeste HUR Huracán POR El Porvenir TIR Tiro Federal SMJ San Martín (SJ) GJU Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) D&J Defensa y Justicia CAI CAI USF Unión DDB Defensores de Belgrano AND Los Andes SMM San Martín (M) JAN Juventud Antoniana GEC Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 15 17 6 55 39 17 9 12 56 46 15 14 9 56 41 16 10 12 58 43 15 13 10 43 42 15 12 11 46 34 15 9 14 46 37 13 15 10 49 48 14 10 14 45 42 12 14 12 53 54 13 11 14 40 50 13 10 15 50 56 13 9 16 49 56 13 8 17 54 54 11 14 13 47 51 11 13 14 48 45 10 16 12 39 46 10 12 16 36 46 10 12 16 42 59 8 14 16 39 59 #fee5a7 Second Promotion Playoff SPP #d0e7ff Promotion Playoff PP PP #ECE0F3 Torneo Reducido TR TR complete Promotion playoff This leg was played between the Apertura Winner: Instituto, and the Clausura Winner: Almagro. 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 12 June 2004 Championship playoff First leg Almagro 1 Instituto (C) 0 Report Tonelotto Estadio 3 de Febrero José Ingenieros ? 19 June 2004 Second leg Instituto (C) 2 Almagro 0 yes Report 1Report 2 Raimonda 16 Riggio 91 Estadio Olímpico Córdoba Daniel Raffa Team details _instituto2004h _instituto2004h _instituto2004h _redsides ffffff ffffff Instituto _almagro0304h _almagro0304h _almagro0304h _skysides 000000 000000 Almagro GK 1 ARG Mauricio Caranta DF 4 ARG Enrique Ortiz DF 2 ARG Ramón Galarza DF 6 ARG Hernán Biasotto DF 3 ARG Gastón Martínez MF 8 ARG Renato Riggio MF 5 ARG Cristian Favre MF 7 ARG Adrián Peralta 57' MF 10 ARG Santiago Raymonda FW 9 ARG Hernán Boyero FW 11 ARG Martín MontagnaManager: ARG Héctor Rivoira GK 1 ARG Martín Bernacchia DF 4 ARG Mauricio Di Benedetto DF 2 ARG Alejandro Baigorria DF 6 ARG Alejandro Meloño DF 3 ARG Rodrigo Bilbao MF 7 ARG Claudio Filosa MF 5 ARG Omar Gallardo MF 8 ARG Sebastián Carrera MF 10 ARG Hernán Lamberti FW 9 ARG Luis Tonelotto FW 11 ARG Maximiliano CastañoManager: ARG Enrique Hrabina & Juan A. Sánchez Second Promotion Playoff This leg was played by Almagro, 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 23 Jun 2004 Second Promotion Playoff First leg Almagro 2 Huracán (TA) 0 Report Tonelotto Sparapani Estadio Almagro José Ingenieros 26 Jun 2004 Second leg Huracán (TA) 2 Almagro 0 yes Report 1Report 2 González García Estadio Roberto Bottino Tres Arroyos 7,000 Galván Izquierdo Guevara García Miralles 3–4 Figueroa Meloño Sparapani Baigorria Tonelotto Team details _bc2025t _huracanta0304h _bc2025t ffffff ffffff ffffff ff0000 ffffff Huracán (TA) _almagro0304h _almagro0304h _almagro0304h _skysides _skytop 000000 000000 Almagro Note: The series ended 2–2 on aggregate, and Almagro promoted to Primera after winning 4–3 on penalties. 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. |- !colspan="5"|Final Argentinos Juniors 2–1 Godoy Cruz 0–1 2–0 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. |- !colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1 Huracán (Tres Arroyos) 5–3 Atlético de Rafaela 2–1 3–2 |- !colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2 Argentinos Juniors 4–2 Talleres (C) 2–1 2–1 |- |} 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. 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. Relegation 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. Metropolitana Zone Pos Position Team 2001–02Pts Total 2001–02 points 2002–03Pts Total 2002–03 points 2003–04Pts Total 2003–04 points TotalPts Total points over the past three seasons TotalPld Total games played over the past three seasons Avg AverageSituationAffiliation Club affiliation with AFA 1Argentinos Juniors — 74 59 135 76 Direct 2Ferro Carril Oeste — — 54 54 38 Direct 3Huracán — — 54 54 38 Direct 4Almagro 43 59 58 160 38 Direct 5Defensa y Justicia 57 55 48 160 114 Direct 6El Porvenir 59 42 52 153 114 Direct 7Defensores de Belgrano 56 49 46 151 114 Direct 8Unión — — 47 47 38 Relegation Playoff MatchesDirect 9Los Andes 49 45 46 140 114 Primera B MetropolitanaDirect Interior Zone Pos Position Team 2001–02Pts Total 2001–02 points 2002–03Pts Total 2002–03 points 2003–04Pts Total 2003–04 points TotalPts Total points over the past three seasons TotalPld Total games played over the past three seasons Avg AverageSituationAffiliation Club affiliation with AFA 1Huracán (TA) 63 55 62 180 114 Indirect 2Instituto 59 60 60 179 114 Indirect 3Godoy Cruz 47 58 58 163 114 Indirect 4Belgrano — 52 57 109 78 Indirect 5Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 58 48 49 155 114 Indirect 6San Martín (M) 50 62 42 154 114 Indirect 7Tiro Federal — — 50 50 38 Indirect 8Juventud Antoniana 51 53 42 146 76 Indirect 9San Martín (SJ) 57 36 50 143 114 Indirect 10CAI — 45 47 92 76 Relegation Playoff MatchesIndirect 11Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 64 33 38 135 114 Torneo Argentino AIndirect Relegation playoff matches |- !colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1 (Direct affiliation vs. Primera B Metropolitana) Tristán Suárez 0–3 Unión 0–0 0–3 |- !colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2 (Indirect affiliation vs. Torneo Argentino A) Atlético Tucumán 1–1 CAI 0–1 1–0 |- |} 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 2003–04 in Argentine football References External links https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg2-04.html Argentina Second Level 2003/04 RSSSF 2014-05-28 collapsed Category:Primera B Nacional seasons Category:2003–04 in Argentine football leagues