During the following seasons, Quilmes would have many chances to promote but the team did not achieve its objective, losing the final playoffs at the hands of Huracán, Los Andes, and Banfield. Quilmes did not qualify to play there so the team continued at Primera B, which became the third division after the restructuring. In 1978 Quilmes won the Torneo Metropolitano, being its only title in Primera to date. The next year Quilmes played the 1979 Copa Libertadores but the team did not qualify for the second round being eliminated. As a result, the title was given to Quilmes (which had finished 2nd after Newell’s) which promoted to Primera instead of Rosarino team.