1919 Argentine Primera División Explained

Competition:Primera División
Season:1919
Dates:16 March 1919 – 20 January 1920
Winners:Boca Juniors (AFA)
Racing (AAmF)
Prevseason:1918
Nextseason:1920

The 1919 Argentine Primera División was the 28th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The official "Asociación Argentina de Football" (AFA) league championship was abandoned mid season by the majority of the clubs, which joined the new "Asociación Amateurs de Football" (AAmF) while six clubs remained with the official body.

In the AFA league, Boca Juniors was crowned champion with 14 fixtures to be played, while Racing won its 7th league title at AAmF.[1]

Club Eureka debuted in the AFA championship, while Vélez Sársfield played its first Primera División championship in the AAmF after being disaffiliated from the official body.[2]

Final tables

Asociación Argentina de Football - Copa Campeonato

Out of 19 teams that started to compete in the championship, only 6 remained at the end of the season, after the first part of the tournament was annulled and re-started. The 13 teams that had been disaffiliated or expelled joined dissident "Asociación Amateurs de Football".

Competition:Primera División (AFA)
Season:1919
Dates:28 September 1919 – 20 January 1920
Winners:Boca Juniors (1st title)
Promoted:Eureka
Relegated:(none)
Continentalcup1:1919 Copa Aldao
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Boca Juniors
League Topscorer: Alfredo Garasini
Alfredo Martín (both of Boca Juniors, 6 goals each)
Biggest Home Win:Boca Juniors 7–0 Huracán
Biggest Away Win:San Lorenzo 2–6 Racing
Prevseason:1918
Nextseason:1920

Asociación Amateurs de Football

Competition:Primera División (AAm)
Season:1919
Dates:28 September – 28 December 1920
Winners:Racing (7th title)
Relegated:(none)
Matches:91
Total Goals:279
League Topscorer: Alberto Marcovecchio (Racing)
(16 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Racing 10–2 Estudiantes (BA)
Biggest Away Win:Estudiantes (BA) 0–5 Atlanta
Atlanta 0–5 Racing
Prevseason:1918
Nextseason:1920

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg19.html Argentina 1919 at RSSSF
  2. Web site: Argentina: 1ra. División Asociacion Amateurs 1919 at Historia y Futbol . 2016-07-26 . 2013-07-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130724023916/http://historiayfutbol.obolog.com/argentina-1ra-division-asociacion-amateurs-1919-175664 . dead .