1899 in Argentine football explained

Country:Argentina
Soccer:no
Season:1899
Division1:Primera División
Champions1:Belgrano A.C.
Division2:Segunda División
Champions2:Banfield
Flagicon:yes
Prevseason:1898
Nextseason:1900

1899 in Argentine football saw the Argentine league reduced to 4 teams to accommodate the creation of a Second Division. Palermo A.C. and United Banks left the Association while Banfield registered to the recently created Segunda División.

Banfield would win the title, becoming the first second division champion ever.[1]

Primera división

See main article: 1899 Argentine Primera División.

The championship Primera división took the format of a league of 4 teams, with each team playing the other twice. Lanús Athletic only completed 2 games, with the other 4 fixtures being awarded to their opponents. The game between Lomas and Lobos was awarded to Lobos.[2]

Final standings

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1 Belgrano AC116510102+8
2 Lobos9641142+2
3 Lomas AC3611428-6
4 Lanús Athletic1601513-4

Lower divisions

Segunda División

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Argentina 1899 by Jose Carluccio at Historia y Futbol . 2012-08-18 . 2013-12-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131220090910/http://historiayfutbol.obolog.com/argentina-1ra-division-1899-162276 . dead .
  2. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg1899.html Argentina 1899 by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at RSSSF