The ban was put in place in July 2007 amid rising violence inside and outside stadiums that culminated in a fan’s death after a promotion playoff between Nueva Chicago and Tigre.

The ban will be lifted this weekend, and did not apply to clubs in the country’s top Primera Division.

The AFA was under pressure to scrap the ban after top club River Plate’s surprise relegation last season.

In June, River was relegated to the second division for the first time in its 110-year history, a blow to a club that has won 33 titles in the top flight — 10 more than anyone else.

At River’s first away match in the lower tier, home club Independiente Rivadavia sold about 15,000 tickets to visiting fans in defiance of the ban.

Faced by the practical difficulties of keeping River fans from attending away matches, the AFA decided Tuesday to lift the ban for all clubs in the four divisions beneath the top flight.