The 2003–04 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 18th season of second division professional football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.
Club information
Club City Stadium Almagro José Ingenieros Tres de Febrero Argentinos Juniors Buenos Aires Diego Armando Maradona Belgrano Córdoba El Gigante de Alberdi CAI Comodoro Rivadavia Municipal de Comodoro Rivadavia Defensa y Justicia Florencio Varela Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello Defensores de Belgrano Núñez Juan Pasquale El Porvenir Gerli Gildo Francisco Ghersinich Ferro Carril Oeste Caballito Arq. Ricardo Etcheverry Gimnasia y Esgrima Concepción del Uruguay Manuel y Ramón Núñez Gimnasia y Esgrima San Salvador de Jujuy 23 de AgostoGodoy Cruz Mendoza Malvinas Argentinas Huracán Parque Patricios Tomás Adolfo Ducó Huracán Tres Arroyos Roberto Lorenzo Bottino Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón Juventud Antoniana Salta Fray Honorato Pistoia Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Eduardo Gallardón San Martín Mendoza San Martín San Martín San Juan Ing. Hilario Sánchez Tiro Federal Rosario Fortín de Ludueña Unión Santa Fe 15 de Abril
Torneo Apertura standings
Torneo Clausura standings
Overall standings
Promotion playoff This leg was played between the Apertura Winner: Instituto, and the Clausura Winner: Almagro. The winning team was declared champion and was automatically promoted to 2004–05 Primera División and the losing team played the Second Promotion Playoff.
Match details
GK 1 Mauricio Caranta DF 4 Enrique Ortiz DF 2 Ramón Galarza DF 6 Hernán Biasotto DF 3 Gastón Martínez MF 8 Renato Riggio MF 5 Cristian Favre MF 7 Adrián Peralta MF 10 Santiago Raymonda FW 9 Hernán Boyero FW 11 Martín MontagnaManager: Héctor Rivoira
GK 1 Martín Bernacchia DF 4 Mauricio Di Benedetto DF 2 Alejandro Baigorria DF 6 Alejandro Meloño DF 3 Rodrigo Bilbao MF 7 Claudio Filosa MF 5 Omar Gallardo MF 8 Sebastián Carrera MF 10 Hernán Lamberti FW 9 Luis Tonelotto FW 11 Maximiliano CastañoManager: Enrique Hrabina & Juan A. Sánchez
Second Promotion Playoff This leg was played by Almagro, the losing team of the Promotion Playoff, and Huracán (TA), who was the best team in the overall standings. was promoted to 2004–05 Primera División and the losing team played the Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional.
Match details
Torneo Reducido It was played by the teams placed 3rd and 5th, in the Overall Standings: Argentinos Juniors (3rd) and Godoy Cruz (5th). The winning team played the Promotion Playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional.
!colspan="5"|Final
Promotion playoff Primera División-Primera B Nacional The Second Promotion playoff loser (Huracán (TA)) and the Torneo Reducido Winner (Argentinos Juniors) played against the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 2003–04 Primera División.
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2
Huracán (TA) was promoted to 2004–05 Primera División by winning the playoff and Atlético de Rafaela was relegated to the 2004–05 Primera B Nacional. Argentinos Juniors was promoted to 2004–05 Primera División by winning the playoff and Talleres (C) was relegated to the 2004–05 Primera B Nacional.
Relegation
Note: Clubs with indirect affiliation with AFA are relegated to the Torneo Argentino A, while clubs directly affiliated face relegation to Primera B Metropolitana. Clubs with direct affiliation are all from Greater Buenos Aires, with the exception of Newell's, Rosario Central, Central Córdoba and Argentino de Rosario, all from Rosario, and Unión and Colón from Santa Fe.
Metropolitana Zone Team Situation 1Argentinos Juniors — 74 59 135 76 Direct 2Ferro Carril Oeste — — 54 54 38 Direct 3Huracán — — 54 54 38 Direct 4Almagro 43 59 58 160 38 Direct 5Defensa y Justicia 57 55 48 160 114 Direct 6El Porvenir 59 42 52 153 114 Direct 7Defensores de Belgrano 56 49 46 151 114 Direct 8Unión — — 47 47 38 Relegation Playoff MatchesDirect 9Los Andes 49 45 46 140 114 Primera B MetropolitanaDirect
Interior Zone Team Situation 1Huracán (TA) 63 55 62 180 114 Indirect 2Instituto 59 60 60 179 114 Indirect 3Godoy Cruz 47 58 58 163 114 Indirect 4Belgrano — 52 57 109 78 Indirect 5Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 58 48 49 155 114 Indirect 6San Martín (M) 50 62 42 154 114 Indirect 7Tiro Federal — — 50 50 38 Indirect 8Juventud Antoniana 51 53 42 146 76 Indirect 9San Martín (SJ) 57 36 50 143 114 Indirect 10CAI — 45 47 92 76 Relegation Playoff MatchesIndirect 11Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 64 33 38 135 114 Torneo Argentino AIndirect
Relegation playoff matches
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 1 (Direct affiliation vs. Primera B Metropolitana)
!colspan="5"|Relegation/promotion playoff 2 (Indirect affiliation vs. Torneo Argentino A)
Unión remains in the Primera B Nacional by winning the playoff. CAI remains in Primera B Nacional after a 1-1 aggregate tie by virtue of a "sports advantage". In case of a tie in goals, the team from the Primera B Nacional gets to stay in it.
See also 2003–04 in Argentine football
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