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.

Winners knockout
The winners progressed to the winners QF, the losers enter the losers 3rd round.

3rd step
Winners Quarter-finals Losers 3rd round

4th step
Winners Semi-finals Losers 4th round

5th step
Winners final


 * Argentinos Juniors to play in the final
 * Vélez Sársfield progress to the losers final

Losers 5th round

6th step
Losers 6th round

7th step
Losers 7th round

8th step
Losers final
 * Vélez Sársfield to play in the final

Final
August 28, 1985


 * 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