2004–05 in Argentine football explained

The 2004–05 Argentine First Division season saw Américo Gallego's Newell's Old Boys win the Apertura title after a fierce battle against Vélez Sársfield for the supremacy. Vélez soon got over the disappointment after winning the Clausura with Banfield finishing second despite playing most of the tournament with a young squad because they were also competing the Copa Libertadores de América.

Huracán de Tres Arroyos and Almagro were relegated to the Nacional B after lackluster performance while Argentinos Juniors and Instituto played the promotion against Atlético de Rafaela and Huracán, respectively. Both won their series and were able to stay in the top category of the Argentine Football.

Torneo Apertura

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Lisandro López	Racing Club	12
2	Jeremías Caggiano	Huracán de Tres Arroyos	8
2		Almagro	8
2	Rolando Zárate	Vélez Sársfield	8
3	Nicolás Frutos	Gimnasia de La Plata	7
3	Claudio Graf	Lanús	7
3	Rodrigo Palacio	Banfield	7
3		Rosario Central	7
4		Independiente	6
4	Diego Galván	Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	6
4	Ezequiel Lavezzi	San Lorenzo	6
4		Boca Juniors	6
4		San Lorenzo	6

There is no relegation after the Apertura. For the relegation results of this tournament see below

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Vélez Sársfield	39	19	11	6	2	32	14	18
2	Banfield	33	19	10	3	6	25	16	9
3	Racing Club	32	19	9	5	5	25	17	8
4		31	19	8	7	4	28	23	5
5		31	19	8	7	4	26	23	3
6		30	19	8	6	5	27	22	5
7	Gimnasia de La Plata	29	19	9	2	8	25	25	0
8	Lanús	28	19	7	7	5	36	27	9
9	Instituto	28	19	8	4	7	32	30	2
10	River Plate	27	19	8	3	8	31	29	2
11		26	19	6	8	5	30	23	7
12	Independiente	26	19	6	8	5	29	26	3
13	Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	26	19	7	5	7	18	22	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-4
14		24	19	5	9	5	22	21	1
15		22	19	6	4	9	26	30	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-4
16	San Lorenzo	22	19	6	4	9	23	29	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-6
17	Argentinos Juniors	21	19	5	6	8	28	30	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-2
18	Quilmes	20	19	5	5	9	16	23	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-7
19	Almagro	13	19	3	4	12	22	44	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-22
20	Huracán de Tres Arroyos	5	19	0	5	14	11	41	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-30

Level	Tournament	Champion
2nd	Primera B Nacional Apertura Primera B Nacional Clausura
3rd		Tigre
3rd (Interior)		Ben Hur
4th		Comunicaciones
5th		Club Atlético Fénix

width= 20%	Team / Competition	width= 20%	2004 Recopa Sudamericana	width= 20%	2004 Copa Sudamericana	width= 20%	2005 Copa Libertadores
Boca Juniors	Runner up lost to Cienciano	Champions defeated Bolívar	Quarterfinals eliminated by Guadalajara
River Plate	did not play	2nd preliminary phase eliminated by Arsenal	Semifinal eliminated by São Paulo
Banfield	did not play	1st preliminary phase eliminated by Arsenal	Quarterfinals eliminated by River Plate
Arsenal de Sarandí	did not play	Quarterfinals eliminated by Bolívar	did not qualify
San Lorenzo	did not play	2nd preliminary phase eliminated by Boca Juniors	Group stage eliminated (finished last in the group)
Quilmes	did not play	1st preliminary phase eliminated by San Lorenzo	Group stage eliminated (finished 3rd in the group)

This section covers Argentina's games from August 1, 2004 to July 31, 2005.

For the Olympic Games results, please see here. Those results are not tallied here because the team is made of Under–23 players, not the full squad.