1916 in Argentine football

1916 in Argentine football saw Racing Club win their 4th consecutive league championship. Rosario Central won the Copa de Honor and the Copa de Competencia but they were beaten in both of the international finals.

Football in Argentina
Season1916
Men's football
Primera DivisiónRacing Club
IntermediaSp. Barracas
Segunda DivisiónHuracán III [a]
Tercera DivisiónPorteño
Copa de HonorRosario Central
Copa de CompetenciaRosario Central
Copa IbargurenRacing Club
← 1915 Argentina 1917 →

In international football Argentina hosted the first edition of Copa América (named "Campeonato Sudamericano" by then) where they finished as runners un to Uruguay although they won four minor trophies later in the year.

Primera División

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Final standings

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Pos Team Pts G W D L Gf Ga Gd
1 Racing Club 34 21 15 4 2 39 10 +29
2 Platense 30 21 12 6 3 25 13 +12
3 River Plate 29 21 10 9 2 27 10 +17
4 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 27 21 9 9 3 21 12 +9
5 Huracán 26 21 11 4 6 31 16 +15
6 Estudiantil Porteño 26 21 10 6 5 37 22 +15
7 San Lorenzo 23 21 9 5 7 16 25 -9
8 Porteño 22 21 7 8 6 32 26 +6
9 Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) 21 21 8 5 8 31 29 +2
10 Tigre 21 21 8 5 8 22 28 -6
11 Argentino de Quilmes 20 21 7 6 8 25 23 +2
12 Estudiantes (LP) 20 21 6 8 7 26 26 0
13 San Isidro 20 21 7 6 8 29 32 -3
14 Boca Juniors 20 21 7 6 8 25 29 -4
15 Independiente 20 21 6 8 7 13 17 -4
16 Columbian[1] 19 21 6 7 8 24 26 -2
17 Atlanta 17 21 5 7 9 17 24 -7
18 Banfield 16 21 4 8 9 20 31 -11
19 Estudiantes (BA) 15 21 5 5 11 27 33 -6
20 Ferro Carril Oeste 15 21 6 3 12 28 39 -11
21 Belgrano AC 13 21 5 3 13 20 40 -20
22 Quilmes 8 21 2 4 15 12 36 -24

  Champion

  Relegated

Lower divisions

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Domestic Cups

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Final

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Rosario Central 1-0 Independiente [2]

Final

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Rosario Central 2-1 Independiente [3]

Final

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Racing Club 6-0 Rosario Central [4]

(3rd title)

International cups

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Final

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24 December 1916
  Rosario Central 0–3   Peñarol

Final

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10 December 1916
  Nacional 6–1   Rosario Central

Final

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3 December 1916
  Racing Club 1–2   Nacional

Argentina national team

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To commemorate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence, Argentina hosted and participated in the first edition of the 1916 South American Championship, later named Copa América. Argentina finished as runners-up to Uruguay.

The national squad won the Copa Círculo de la Prensa, Copa Lipton, Copa Newton and Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo that year.

Argentina  2-1  Uruguay
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Argentina  3-1  Uruguay
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Argentina  1-0  Uruguay
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Results

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Date Venue Rival Score Competition Arg. scorers
6 July 1916 Buenos Aires   Chile 6–1 1916 Copa América Ohaco 2, J.D. Brown 2, Marcovecchio 2
10 July 1916 Buenos Aires   Brazil 1–1 1916 Copa América J. Laguna
12 July 1916 Buenos Aires   Chile 1–0 Friendly
17 July 1916 Avellaneda   Uruguay 0–0 1916 Copa América
15 August 1916 Montevideo   Uruguay 2–1 Copa Lipton
15 August 1916 Avellaneda   Uruguay 3–1 Copa Newton
1 October 1916 Montevideo   Uruguay 1–0 Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo
1 October 1916 Avellaneda   Uruguay 7–2 Copa Círculo de la Prensa
29 October 1916 Montevideo   Uruguay 1–3 Copa Círculo de la Prensa

Notes

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  1. ^ Reserve teams.

References

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  1. ^ "Hispano Argentino" changed its name to "Columbian".
  2. ^ Copa de Honor 1016
  3. ^ Copa de Competencia 1916
  4. ^ Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren 1916
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