1906 in Argentine football

1906 in Argentine football saw Alumni regaining the Argentine championship for the 6th time in seven seasons. The team also won the local Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires and internationals Tie Cup and Copa de Honor Cousenier, obtaining four titles within the same year.

Football in Argentina
Season1906
Men's football
Primera DivisiónAlumni
Segunda DivisiónEstudiantes (BA) II
Tercera DivisiónGimnasia y Esgrima (BA)
Copa de HonorAlumni
← 1905 Argentina 1907 →

San Isidro, Argentino de Quilmes and San Martín made their debuts in Primera.

Primera División

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The 1906 championship was expanded to include 11 teams. The teams were split into two groups with each team playing the others in their group twice. The two group winners played in a championship decider.[1]

Group A

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Pos Team Pts G W D L Gf Ga Gd
1 Lomas AC 15 10 7 1 2 23 14 +9
2 San Martín AC (San Martín) 12 10 5 2 3 17 9 +8
3 Estudiantes (BA) 12 10 6 0 4 22 19 +3
4 San Isidro 10 10 5 0 5 23 22 +1
5 Reformer 8 10 4 0 6 30 22 +8
6 Barracas AC[2] 1 10 1 1 8 8 37 -29

Group B

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Pos Team Pts G W D L Gf Ga Gd
1 Alumni 14 8 7 0 1 28 6 +22
2 Quilmes 12 8 6 0 2 26 13 +13
3 Belgrano AC 10 8 5 0 3 23 15 +8
4 Argentino de Quilmes 2 8 1 0 7 5 19 -14
5 Belgrano AC "B" 2 8 1 0 7 9 38 -29

Championship final

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Alumni4–0Lomas AC

Lower divisions

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Primera B

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Primera C

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Domestic cup

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Champion: Alumni[3]

Final

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Alumni3–1Estudiantes (BA)

International cups

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Final

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Alumni  10–1  Belgrano AC
Eliseo Brown   (5)
Alfredo Brown   (4)
Ernesto Brown  
Report C. H. Wahley  

Finals

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Alumni  2–2  Nacional
Alumni  3–1  Nacional
Report

Argentina national team

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Argentina national team won their first trophies, on 15 August 1906 they won 3–2 against Uruguay in Montevideo to win the 2nd edition of Copa Lipton, in October they defeated Uruguay again to win the inaugural Copa Newton.

Final

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Argentina  2–0  Uruguay
Brown   28'
Tristan Gozalez   85'
Report

Final

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Argentina  2–1  Uruguay
Hutton   26'
Brown   80'
Report Gilberto Peralta   87'

Friendly matches

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Date Venue/City Rival Score Report
9 July 1906 Buenos Aires South Africa Combined 0-1 [5]

References

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