1919 Argentine Primera División

The 1919 Argentine Primera División was the 28th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The official "Asociación Argentina de Football" (AFA) league championship was abandoned mid season by the majority of the clubs, which joined the new "Asociación Amateurs de Football" (AAmF) while six clubs remained with the official body.

Primera División
Season1919
Dates16 March 1919 – 20 January 1920
ChampionsBoca Juniors (AFA)
Racing (AAmF)
1918
1920

In the AFA league, Boca Juniors was crowned champion with 14 fixtures to be played, while Racing won its 7th league title at AAmF.[1]

Club Eureka debuted in the AFA championship, while Vélez Sársfield played its first Primera División championship in the AAmF after being disaffiliated from the official body.[2]

Final tables

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Out of 19 teams that started to compete in the championship, only 6 remained at the end of the season, after the first part of the tournament was annulled and re-started. The 13 teams that had been disaffiliated or expelled joined dissident "Asociación Amateurs de Football".

Primera División (AFA)
 
Boca Juniors, AFA champion
Season1919
Dates28 September 1919 – 20 January 1920 [note 1]
ChampionsBoca Juniors (1st title)
PromotedEureka  
Relegated(none)
1919 Copa AldaoBoca Juniors
Top goalscorer  Alfredo Garasini
  Alfredo Martín (both of Boca Juniors, 6 goals each)
Biggest home winBoca Juniors 7–0 Huracán
Biggest away winSan Lorenzo 2–6 Racing
1918
1920
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Boca Juniors (C) 8 8 0 0 29 5 +24 16
2 Estudiantes (LP) 8 3 1 4 10 7 +3 7
3 Huracán 5 2 0 3 3 11 −8 4
4 Eureka 5 1 1 3 5 6 −1 3
5 Sportivo Almagro 4 1 1 2 3 8 −5 3
6 Porteño 6 1 1 4 5 16 −11 3
7 Independiente [note 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Racing [note 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 San Isidro [note 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 River Plate [note 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Gimnasia y Esgrima LP [note 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 San Lorenzo [note 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Defensores de Belgrano [note 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Platense [note 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sportivo Barracas [note 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Tigre [note 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Atlanta [note 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Estudiantil Porteño [note 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Estudiantes (BA) [note 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Asociación Amateurs de Football

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Primera División (AAm)
 
Racing, AAmF champion
Season1919
Dates28 September – 28 December 1920
ChampionsRacing (7th title)
PromotedVélez Sársfield  
Relegated(none)
Matches played91
Goals scored279 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer  Alberto Marcovecchio (Racing)
(16 goals)
Biggest home winRacing 10–2 Estudiantes (BA)
Biggest away winEstudiantes (BA) 0–5 Atlanta
Atlanta 0–5 Racing
1918
1920
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Racing (C) 13 13 0 0 43 10 +33 26
2 Vélez Sársfield 13 9 2 2 21 8 +13 20
3 River Plate 13 6 4 3 16 11 +5 16
4 Defensores de Belgrano 13 6 4 3 20 18 +2 16
5 Atlanta 13 6 2 5 27 17 +10 14
6 San Lorenzo 13 5 3 5 22 20 +2 13
7 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 13 6 1 6 18 19 −1 13
8 Independiente 13 5 2 6 22 20 +2 12
9 Platense 13 5 2 6 22 24 −2 12
10 Sportivo Barracas 13 5 2 6 20 23 −3 12
11 Estudiantil Porteño 13 4 3 6 19 21 −2 11
12 Tigre 13 4 1 8 17 23 −6 9
13 San Isidro 13 2 1 10 14 27 −13 5
14 Estudiantes (BA) 13 1 1 11 8 48 −40 3
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Notes

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  1. ^ These dates refer to the re-started season so the original championship had begun on March 16 and run until 31 August, when it was annulled by the after 9 rounds played. Out of 19 teams, only 6 remained for the re-started season.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Dissafiliated and moved to dissident league "Asociación Amateurs de Football".

References

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  1. ^ Argentina 1919 at RSSSF
  2. ^ "Argentina: 1ra. División Asociacion Amateurs 1919 at Historia y Futbol". Archived from the original on 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2016-07-26.