2003-04 IN ARGENTINE FOOTBALL

'The 2003-04 Argentine First Division' season saw Boca Juniors ecstatic after a title run that also included the Intercontinental Cup. River Plate stole the Clausura leaving hated rival Boca Juniors looking up from second place.



Four teams were relegated, Chacarita, Nueva Chicago, Atlético de Rafaela and Talleres de Córdoba. The first two lost a direct relegation, their places occupied by Club Almagro and Instituto de Córdoba. The last two lost their "promotion" games against Huracán de Tres Arroyos and Argentinos Juniors, respectively.
==Torneo Apertura (''"Opening"'' Tournament)==

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Boca Juniors	39	19	11	6	2	31	11	-20
2	San Lorenzo	36	19	11	3	5	26	13	-13
3	Banfield	32	19	9	5	5	27	18	-9
4	Quilmes	31	19	8	7	4	20	13	-7
5	Rosario Central	31	19	8	7	4	28	26	-2
6	Newell's Old Boys	29	19	7	8	4	27	20	-7
7	Arsenal de Sarandí	26	19	6	8	5	18	16	-2
8	River Plate	26	19	7	5	7	23	24	1
9	Colón de Santa Fe	24	19	5	9	5	23	24	1
10	Talleres de Córdoba	24	19	6	6	7	27	30	3
11	Estudiantes La Plata	23	19	6	5	8	18	20	2
12	Racing Club	22	19	4	10	5	23	23	0
13	Lanús	22	19	4	10	5	21	23	2
14	Independiente	22	19	5	7	7	15	19	4
15	Vélez Sársfield	22	19	5	7	7	20	28	8
16	Chacarita	21	19	5	9	5	20	19	-1
17	Gimnasia de La Plata	21	19	5	6	8	14	22	8
18	Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	20	19	5	5	9	17	23	6
19	Atlético de Rafaela	17	19	3	8	8	19	28	9
20	Nueva Chicago	11	19	2	5	12	14	31	17

Contents

Top Scorers

Relegation

Top Scorers

Relegation

"Promoción" Playoff

Lower leagues

Top Scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Ernesto Farías	Estudiantes La Plata	12
2	Alberto Acosta	San Lorenzo	10
3	Julián Vásquez	Newell's Old Boys	9
4	Fernando Cavenaghi	River Plate	8
4	Jorge Cervera	Banfield	8
4	Diego Milito	Racing Club	8
4	Carlos Tévez	Boca Juniors	8

Relegation

:There is no relegation after the Apertura. For the relegation results of this tournament see below
==Torneo Clausura (''"Closing"'' Tournament)==

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	River Plate	40	19	12	4	3	41	21	20
2	Boca Juniors	36	19	10	6	3	34	17	17
3	Talleres de Córdoba	35	19	10	5	4	30	19	11
4	Banfield	32	19	9	5	5	27	17	10
5	Vélez Sársfield	31	19	9	4	6	31	21	10
6	Quilmes	29	19	7	8	4	21	16	5
7	Arsenal de Sarandí	29	19	7	8	4	21	22	-1
8	Lanús	20	19	5	5	9	21	27	-6
9	Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	19	19	4	7	8	18	28	-10
10	Racing Club	28	19	8	4	7	29	29	0
11	San Lorenzo	26	19	6	8	5	18	16	2
12	Atlético de Rafaela	26	19	7	5	7	25	24	1
13	Colón de Santa Fe	25	19	7	4	8	20	26	-6
14	Newell's Old Boys	22	19	4	10	5	28	25	3
15	Independiente	22	19	5	7	7	21	27	-6
16	Estudiantes La Plata	21	19	5	6	8	19	29	-10
17	Gimnasia de La Plata	17	19	3	8	8	21	26	-5
18	Nueva Chicago	17	19	2	11	6	18	27	-9
19	Chacarita	17	19	3	8	8	21	34	-13
20	Rosario Central	13	19	2	7	10	16	29	-13

Top Scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Rolando Zárate	Vélez Sársfield	13
2	Aldo Osorio	Talleres de Córdoba	11
2	Fernando Cavenaghi	River Plate	9
3	José Luis Calderón	Arsenal de Sarandí	8
4	Eduardo Bustos Montoya	Banfield	7
4	Esteban Fuertes	Colón de Santa Fe	7
4	Darío Gandín	Atlético Rafaela	7
4	Victor Piriz Alves	Talleres de Córdoba	7
4	Mauro Rosales	Newell's Old Boys	7

Relegation

Team	Average	Points	Played	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
River Plate	2.008	229	114	84	79	66
Boca Juniors	1.947	222	114	68	79	75
Quilmes	1.578	60	38	N/A	N/A	60
San Lorenzo	1.526	174	114	57	56	61
Racing Club	1.500	171	114	68	53	50
Vélez Sársfield	1.464	167	114	48	66	53
Colón de Santa Fe	1.421	162	114	56	57	49
Banfield	1.403	160	114	48	48	64
Arsenal de Sarandí	1.368	104	76	N/A	49	55
Newell's Old Boys	1.324	151	114	51	49	51
Gimnasia de La Plata	1.298	148	114	64	46	38
Independiente	1.280	146	114	41	61	44
Rosario Central	1.280	146	114	40	62	44
Lanús	1.263	144	114	51	51	42
Estudiantes de La Plata	1.210	138	114	51	43	44
Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	1.184	90	76	N/A	51	39
Talleres de Córdoba	1.166	133	114	30	44	59
Atlético de Rafaela	1.131	43	38	N/A	N/A	43
Chacarita	1.105	126	114	47	41	38
Nueva Chicago	1.026	117	114	48	41	28

"Promoción" Playoff

Date	Home	Away	Result
June 30, 2004	Huracán de Tres Arroyos	Atlético de Rafaela	2-1
July 4, 2004	Atlético de Rafaela	Huracán de Tres Arroyos	2-3

Huracán de Tres Arroyos wins 5-3 and is promoted to Argentine First Division.
Atlético Rafaela is relegated to the Argentine Nacional B.

Date	Home	Away	Result
July 1, 2004	Argentinos Juniors	Talleres de Córdoba	2-1
July 4, 2004	Talleres de Córdoba	Argentinos Juniors	1-2

Argentinos Juniors wins 4-2 and is promoted to Argentine First Division.
Talleres de Córdoba is relegated to the Argentine Nacional B.

Lower leagues

Level	Tournament	Champion
2nd	Primera B Nacional Apertura Primera B Nacional Clausura	Instituto Almagro
3rd	Primera B Metropolitana	Club Atlético Sarmiento
3rd (Interior)	Torneo Argentino A	Racing de Córdoba
4th	Primera C Metropolitana	Argentino de Rosario
5th	Primera D Metropolitana	Sportivo Barracas

==Argentina national team==
This section will cover Argentina's games from July 1, 2003 until the end of the Copa América 2004 on July 29, 2004

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Comp	Argentina scorers	Match Report(s)
July 16, 2003	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata La Plata, Argentina		'2' - 2	F	D. Milito (4', 9')	N/A
August 20, 2003	Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence, Italy		'3' - 2	F	Verón (45'), Samuel (80'), D'Alessandro (85')	N/A
September 6, 2003	Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires, Argentina		'2' - 2	WCQ06	C. Gonzalez (32'), Aimar (36')	Official Site
September 9, 2003	Estadio Universitario Caracas, Venezuela		0 - '3'	WCQ06	Aimar (7'), Crespo (25'), C. Delgado (32')	Official Site
November 15, 2003	Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires, Argentina		'3' - 0	WCQ06	D'Alessandro (56'), Crespo (61'), Aimar (63')	Official Site
November 19, 2003	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Melendez Barranquilla, Colombia		1 - '1'	WCQ06	Crespo (27')	Official Site
March 30, 2004	Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires, Argentina		'1' - 0	WCQ06	Crespo (60')	Official Site
June 2, 2004	Estádio Magalhães Pinto Belo Horizonte, Brazil		3 - '1'	WCQ06	Sorín (79')	Official Site
June 6, 2004	Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires, Argentina		'0' - 0	WCQ06	N/A	Official Site
April 28, 2004	Stade Mohammed V Casablanca, Morocco		0 - '1'	F	C. González (47')	N/A
June 27, 2004	Orange Bowl Miami, United States		'0' - 2	F	N/A	Yahoo WC Site
June 30, 2004	Giants Stadium New Jersey, United States		'2' - 1	F	C. González (24' PEN), Saviola (72')	N/A
July 7, 2004	Estadio Elías Aguirre Chiclayo, Peru		'6' - 1	CA	C. González (5' PEN), Saviola (64', 75', 79'), D'Alessandro 84', L. González (90')	Official Site
July 10, 2004	Estadio Elías Aguirre Chiclayo, Peru		'0' - 1	CA	N/A	Official Site
July 13, 2004	Coloso Miraflorino Piura, Peru		'4' - 2	CA	C. González (19'), Figueroa (20', 89'), Ayala (80'),	Official Site
July 17, 2004	Estadio Elías Aguirre Chiclayo, Peru		'1' - 0	CA	Tévez (60')	Official Site
July 20, 2004	Estadio Nacional Lima, Peru		'3' - 0	CA	Tévez (33'), González (50'), Sorín (80')	Official Site
July 25, 2004	Estadio Nacional Lima, Peru		'2' - 2 ('2' - 4 ps)	CA	C. González (20' PEN), Delgado (87')	Official Site

''KEY: WCQ06 = World Cup 2006 Qualification match - South America; CA = Copa América; F = Friendly match''