1901 in Argentine football explained

Country:Argentina
Soccer:no
Season:1901
Division1:Primera División
Champions1:Alumni
Division2:Segunda División
Champions2:Barracas A.C.
Division3:Tercera División
Champions3:Alumni III
Prevseason:1900
Nextseason:1902
Flagicon:yes

1901 in Argentine football saw champion English High School changing its name to "Alumni Athletic Club", due to a regulation from the Association stating that football teams were not allowed to name the same as the Schools they belonged to.

The new denomination was inspired by the Alumni Associations of the United States, formed by ex-students who wanted to keep the ties of friendship with their old schoolmates.[1] Under its new name Alumni retained the Argentine championship by winning all six of its games.

Primera División

See main article: 1901 Argentine Primera División.

The championship continued with the 4 team league format, with each team playing the other twice.[2]

Final standings

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1 126600101+9
2 66303149+5
3 46204915-6
4 26105311-8

Lower divisions

Primera B

Primera C

International cup

Tie Cup

Final

Argentina national team

The Argentina national team made its debut with a 3-2 win against Uruguay in Montevideo. This is considered the first game played ever by Argentina.[3]

Friendly matches

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16 May 1901 [4] 3-2 Leslie, Dickinson, Anderson Friendly [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Argentina 1901 at Historia y Futbol . 2012-08-19 . 2013-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131221142717/http://historiayfutbol.obolog.com/argentina-1ra-division-1901-162624 . dead .
  2. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg1901.html Argentina 1901 by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at RSSSF
  3. http://www.afa.org.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7857%3Aseleccion-nacional-los-comienzos&catid=181%3Aseleccion-nacional&Itemid=226 "Seleccion Nacional: Los comienzos (1901-1930)"
  4. Some versions stated that the team that faced Argentina was Albion FC based on the initial line-up had 9 players from that club. In fact, it was the first match disputed by an Uruguay national team. Source: "Historia del Fútbol Uruguayo" at Deportes en Uruguay
  5. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg-unoff-intres.html Other results of Argentina national team at RSSSF