1915 in Argentine football explained

Country:Argentina
Season:1915
Prevseason:1914
Nextseason:1916

1915 in Argentine football saw the reunification of the Asociación Argentina de Football and the Federación Argentina de Football. Racing won its third consecutive league championship.

Rosario Central won the Copa Ibarguren, defeating Racing 3-1.

Argentina national team won the Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo and Copa Lipton.

Primera División

The reunification of the Asociación Argentina de Football and the Federación Argentina de Football brought the creation of a championship of 25 teams. The tournament took a league format with each team playing the others once. San Lorenzo de Almagro debuted at Primera División after promoting the last year, which caused all the "big five" to meet in a championship for the first time.

The top two teams finished even on points, which necessitated a championship playoff, which was won by Racing Club.[1]

Asociación Argentina de Football - Copa Campeonato

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1 Racing Club[2] 46242220955+90
2 San Isidro462422207212+60
3 River Plate382416625817+41
4 Porteño362417255726+31
5 Platense322414464326+17
6 Estudiantes (LP)322413654529+16
7 Huracán282411674026+14
8 272411584022+18
9 272412393833+5
10 24248883832+6
11 2424112113243-11
12 232495103943-4
13 2324103113846-8
14 222486103238-6
15 Banfield[3] 212493123344-11
16 212477101926-7
17 Hispano Argentino 202484123950-11
18 202484122140-19
19 192491143857-19
20 182482143247-15
21 152471161853-35
22 Kimberley AC (BA) 142454152345-22
23 122444162657-31
24 Comercio 72423192377-54
25 Floresta 52413201560-45

Championship playoff

Racing Club de Avellaneda and San Isidro finished even on points at the top of the table, necessitating a championship playoff, where Racing won its third consecutive title.

Final

Lower divisions

Primera B

Primera C

Domestic cups

Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires

Final

Copa de Competencia Jockey Club

Final

Copa Ibarguren

Playoff

International cups

Tie Cup

Final

Copa de Honor Cousenier

Final

Argentina national team

Titles

Results

DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompetitionArgentina scorersMatch Report(s)
18 July 1915Montevideo2 - 3Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo
15 August 1915Buenos Aires2 - 1Copa Lipton
12 September 1915Montevideo2 - 0Copa Newton

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arg1915.html Argentina 1915
  2. The first league meenting between Avellaneda rivals Racing Club and Independiente ended 1-2 to Independiente, but the result was cancelled and the points awarded to Racing Club.
  3. Banfield had two results cancelled and the points awarded to their opponents.
  4. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg-hon15.html 1915 Copa Municipalidad de Buenos Aires at RSSSF
  5. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/argibargurencuphist.html 1915 Copa Ibarguren at RSSSF
  6. https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/argurucuptie.html 1915 Tie Cup at RSSSF