1898 in Argentine football explained

Country:Argentina
Soccer:no
Season:1898
Division1:Primera División
Prevseason:1897
Nextseason:1899
Flagicon:yes

1898 in Argentine football saw Lomas win its 5th Primera División championship within 6 seasons. The runner-up was Lobos.[1] Flores and Belgrano A.C. "B" left the championship, being replaced by Lobos which returned to the Association.

A new team, United Banks, debuted in the league.[2]

Primera división

See main article: 1898 Argentine Primera División.

Final standings

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1 Lomas2012840204+16
2 Lobos2012921216+15
3 Belgrano A.C.17128132410+14
4 Lanús A.C.13126152912+17
5 United Banks10124261620-4
6 Palermo A.C. 41220101047-37
7 Banfield0120012324-21

Championship playoff

Lomas and Lobos finished first with 20 points each so they had to play a match to define a champion. After the first game was declared null by the Association attending to a request by Lobos, a second match was played, winning Lomas the title.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arghist-ama1890s.html Final tables in Argentina: 1890s at RSSSF
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20090713041804/http://historiayfutbol.obolog.com/argentina-1ra-division-1898-162240 Argentina 1898 at Historia y Fútbol