1979 Campeonato Nacional finals
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| Event | Campeonato Nacional | ||||||
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| on aggregate River Plate won on away goals | |||||||
| First leg | |||||||
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| Date | 19 December 1979 | ||||||
| Venue | Estadio 15 de Abril, Santa Fe | ||||||
| Referee | Teodoro Nitti[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 15,693[1] | ||||||
| Second leg | |||||||
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| Date | 23 December 1979 | ||||||
| Venue | Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires | ||||||
| Referee | Jorge Eduardo Romero[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 32,735[1] | ||||||
The 1979 Campeonato Nacional finals were the final matches of the 1979 Campeonato Nacional, the second of the two league championships held during the 88th season of Argentine football. The two-legged event was contested between Unión de Santa Fe and River Plate. The first leg was played at the Estadio 15 de Abril, Santa Fe on 19 December 1979 and the second leg was played on 23 December 1979 at the Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires.
Each club needed to progress through the group stage and two knockout rounds to reach the final, playing 18 matches in total. River Plate were the runners-up of their group, facing Vélez Sarsfield and Rosario Central before reaching the final. Unión also finished in second place of their group, and subsequently beat Talleres de Córdoba and Atlético Tucumán to progress to the final.[2]
