1985 in Argentine football (Nacional)

This page covers the period January - September 1985. The rest of 1985 is covered in 1985-86 in Argentine football.

Nacional 1985

1985 featured the last ever edition of the Nacional championship. The structure of the tournament made it the most complicated championship in the history of the Argentine first division. The eventual champions were Argentinos Juniors who beat Vélez Sársfield 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	9	6	4	1	1	12	4	8
2	Ramón Santamarina	5	6	2	1	3	5	6	-1
3	Racing de Córdoba	5	6	2	1	3	5	8	-3
4	Platense	5	6	2	1	3	5	9	-4

Group B

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Boca Juniors	8	6	3	2	1	13	6	7
2	Estudiantes Río Cuarto	7	6	3	1	2	12	12	0
3	Temperley	5	6	2	1	3	8	11	-3
4	Altos Hornos Zapla	4	6	2	0	4	5	9	-4

Group C

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Independiente	7	6	3	1	2	11	6	5
2	Talleres de Córdoba	7	6	3	1	2	6	6	0
3	Guaraní Antonio Franco	7	6	3	1	2	6	8	-2
4	Huracán	3	6	0	3	3	7	10	-3

Group D

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	River Plate	10	6	4	2	0	10	4	6
2	Unión de Santa Fe	5	6	1	3	2	9	6	3
3	Gimnasia La Plata	5	6	1	3	2	4	10	-6
4	Cipolletti	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	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	9	6	3	3	0	16	5	11
2	Chacarita Juniors	7	6	3	1	2	11	6	5
3	Central Norte	5	6	1	3	2	4	14	-10
4	Belgrano de Córdoba	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	8	6	2	3	1	11	6	5
3	Argentino de Firmat	5	6	2	1	3	5	10	-5
4	Juventud Alianza	3	6	1	1	4	4	12	-8

Group H

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Ferro Carril Oeste	9	6	4	1	1	8	2	6
2	Deportivo Español	7	6	3	1	2	9	6	3
3	Instituto de Córdoba	6	6	3	0	3	9	9	0
4	Juventud Antoniana	2	6	1	0	5	4	13	-9

2nd step

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

References

• Argentina final tables: 1980s by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at rsssf.