1985 Argentine Primera División

The 1985 Argentine Primera División was the 94th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on February 17 and ended on September 4.

Primera División
Season1985
ChampionsArgentinos Juniors (Nacional)
← 1984

This tournament featured the last edition of the Nacional championship. The structure of the tournament made it the most complicated championship in the history of Primera División. The eventual champions were Argentinos Juniors who beat Vélez Sársfield in a 2nd final.[1][2]

Nacional Championship
Nacional
Argentinos Jrs, Nacional champions
Season1985
ChampionsArgentinos Juniors (2nd title)
PromotedDep. Español
Gimnasia y Esgrima LP
Top goalscorerArgentina Jorge Comas (12 goals)
← 1984

Group Stages (1st step)

The top two teams go through to the winners knockout, the bottom two go to the losers knockout.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Estudiantes (LP) 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 9
2 Ramón Santamarina 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 5
3 Racing (C) 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 5
4 Platense 6 2 1 3 5 9 −4 5
Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Boca Juniors 6 3 2 1 13 6 +7 8
2 Estudiantes (RC) 6 3 1 2 12 12 0 7
3 Temperley 6 2 1 3 8 11 −3 5
4 Altos Hornos Zapla 6 2 0 4 5 9 −4 4
Source:

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Independiente 6 3 1 2 11 6 +5 7
2 Talleres (C) 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 7
3 Guaraní Antonio Franco 6 3 1 2 6 8 −2 7
4 Huracán 6 0 3 3 7 10 −3 3
Source:

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 River Plate 6 4 2 0 10 4 +6 10
2 Unión 6 1 3 2 9 6 +3 5
3 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 6 1 3 2 4 10 −6 5
4 Cipolletti 6 0 4 2 5 8 −3 4
Source:

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Newell's Old Boys 6 2 4 0 9 6 +3 8
2 San Lorenzo 6 2 3 1 10 5 +5 7
3 Huracán Las Heras 6 2 3 1 8 8 0 7
4 Círculo Deportivo 6 1 0 5 6 14 −8 2
Source:

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Argentinos Juniors 6 3 3 0 16 5 +11 9
2 Chacarita Juniors 6 3 1 2 11 6 +5 7
3 Central Norte 6 1 3 2 4 14 −10 5
4 Belgrano 6 0 3 3 8 14 −6 3
Source:

Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 San Martín (T) 6 3 2 1 12 4 +8 8
2 Vélez Sársfield 6 2 3 1 11 6 +5 7
3 Argentino (F) 6 2 1 3 5 10 −5 5
4 Juventud Alianza 6 1 1 4 4 12 −8 3
Source:

Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Ferro Carril Oeste 6 4 1 1 8 2 +6 9
2 Deportivo Español 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 7
3 Instituto 6 3 0 3 9 9 0 6
4 Juventud Antoniana 6 1 0 5 4 13 −9 2
Source:

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 (C) Estudiantes (LP) 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 (T) 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 (C) 2-1 1-1 3-2
Belgrano Huracán La Heras 2-1 1-3 3-4
Central Norte Círculo Deportivo 0-0 3-2 3-2
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 y Esgrima (LP) 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 (LP) 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)
Chacarita Juniors Huracán 0-0 (4-3 p)
Central Norte Ramón Santamarina 1-1 (4-2 p)

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)
Central Norte Unión 0-0 (1-3 p)
San Martín Instituto 0-0 (4-1 p)

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)
  • 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)

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

Home Away Score
Argentinos Juniors Vélez Sársfield 1-1 (3-4 p)
  • 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

Home Away Score
Vélez Sársfield Argentinos Juniors 1-2

Final
1985 Torneo Nacional Final
Argentinos Juniors1–1Vélez Sársfield
Report
Penalties
 4–3

Rematch
Rematch
Vélez Sársfield1–2Argentinos Juniors
Comas 58' Report (1)
Report (2)		 Castro 50'
Batista 80'
Referee: Juan Bava
Vélez Sársfield
Argentinos Jrs

See also

References
  1. http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201509/118756-hace-30-anos-argentinos-jrs-se-consagraba-como-ultimo-campeon-del-nacional-de-primera-division.html, Telam, 4 Sep 2015
  2. Argentina 1985 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF.com
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