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.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 2015Argentina 1985 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF.com
Nacional Championship
Group Stages (1st step) The top two teams go through to the winners knockout, the bottom two go to the losers knockout.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
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 Leg2nd legAggregateIndependienteRamón Santamarina 3-13-26-3Talleres (C)Estudiantes (LP)1-11-32-4Newell's Old BoysChacarita Juniors0-02-12-1San LorenzoArgentinos Juniors2-20-12-3San Martín (T)Estudiantes (RC)4-20-04-2Boca JuniorsVélez Sársfield3-20-33-4Ferro Carril OesteUnión1-02-13-1Deportivo EspañolRiver Plate2-10-52-6
Losers knockout Home (1st leg)Home (2nd leg)1st Leg2nd legAggregateGuaraníPlatense0-00-10-1HuracánRacing (C)2-11-13-2BelgranoHuracán La Heras2-11-33-4Central NorteCírculo Deportivo0-03-23-2Altos Hornos ZaplaArgentino (F)2-01-23-2Juventud AlianzaTemperley4-31-45-7CipollettiInstituto0-01-31-3Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)Juventud Antoniana3-00-13-1
3rd step Winners Quarter-finals ScoreSan MartínArgentinos Juniors0-2Ferro Carril OesteIndependiente3-0River PlateEstudiantes (LP)2-0Newell's Old BoysVélez Sársfield1-2 (aet) Losers 3rd round ScoreEstudiantes (RC)Temperley0-1Gimnasia La PlataDeportivo Español0-2UniónPlatense3-0TalleresInstituto0-4Boca JuniorsAltos Hornos Zapla3-1Huracán La HerasSan Lorenzo3-3 (2-3 p)Chacarita JuniorsHuracán0-0 (4-3 p)Central NorteRamón Santamarina1-1 (4-2 p)
4th step Winners Semi-finals ScoreFerro Carril OesteArgentinos Juniors0-3Vélez SársfieldRiver Plate3-0 Losers 4th round ScoreIndependienteBoca Juniors1-0Newell's Old BoysTemperley2-1Chacarita JuniorsSan Lorenzo2-0 (aet)Estuidaintes (LP)Deportivo Español1-1 (6-5 p)Central NorteUnión0-0 (1-3 p)San MartínInstituto0-0 (4-1 p)
5th step Winners final Home (1st leg)Home (2nd leg)1st Leg2nd legAggregateArgentinos JuniorsVélez Sársfield2-00-22-2 (4-3 p)
Argentinos Juniors to play in the final Vélez Sársfield progress to the losers final
Losers 5th round ScoreNewell's Old BoysChacarita Juniors1-0Estudiantes (LP)San Martín1-0River PlateUnión1-0Ferro Carril OesteIndependiente0-0 (2-4 p)
6th step Losers 6th round ScoreRiver PlateEstudiantes (LP)4-1IndependienteNewell's Old Boys0-2
7th step Losers 7th round ScoreRiver PlateNewell's Old Boys2-0
8th step Losers final ScoreVélez SársfieldRiver Plate2-1 Vélez Sársfield to play in the final
Final
August 28, 1985 Home AwayScore Argentinos Juniors Vélez Sársfield1-1 (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 AwayScore Vélez Sársfield Argentinos Juniors1-2
See also 1985–86 in Argentine football
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