1903 Argentine Primera División Explained

Competition:Primera División
Season:1903
Winners:Alumni (4th title)
Promoted:Flores
Matches:30
Total Goals:116
League Topscorer: Jorge Brown (Alumni)
(12 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Alumni 6–0 Flores
Biggest Away Win:Flores 0–12 Barracas A.C.
Prevseason:1902
Nextseason:1904

The 1903 Argentine Primera División was the 12th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on April 26 and ended on August 9.[1]

Alumni won its fourth consecutive league championship. On 26 July 1903 the squad lost its first league game in four years. Flores A.C., which had left the Association in 1898, returned to the competition under the name "Club Atlético de Flores".[2]

The championship was expanded to a 6 team league format in 1903, with each team playing the other twice. In February 1903, the association changed its name from "The Argentine Association Football League" to "Argentine Football Association"[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg1901.html Argentina 1903
  2. Web site: Argentina 1903 at Historia y Futbol . 2016-07-10 . 2013-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131221142539/http://historiayfutbol.obolog.com/argentina-1ra-division-1903-162734 . dead .
  3. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg1903.html Argentina 1903 at RSSSF