94th season of top-tier football league in Argentina
Football league season
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.
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]
Nacional Championship [ edit ] Football league season
Group Stages (1st step)[ edit ] The top two teams go through to the winners knockout, the bottom two go to the losers 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
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
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 )
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 )
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 )
Losers 6th round
Score River Plate Estudiantes (LP) 4-1 Independiente Newell's Old Boys 0-2
Losers 7th round
Score River Plate Newell's Old Boys 2-0
Losers final
Score Vélez Sársfield River Plate 2-1
Vélez Sársfield to play in the final August 28, 1985
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
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