1919 in Argentine football explained

Country:Argentina
Soccer:no
Season:1919
Division1:Primera División
Champions1:Boca Juniors
Division2:Intermedia
Champions2:Banfield (AFA)
Barracas Central (AAm)
Division3:Segunda División
Champions3:El Porvenir (AFA)
Sportivo Barracas III (AAm)
Division4:Tercera División
Champions4:Almagro (AFA)
Racing Club (AAm)
Domestic:Copa de Competencia
Dchampions:Boca Juniors
Domestic2:Copa Ibarguren
Prevseason:1918
Nextseason:1920

1919 in Argentine football saw the "Asociación Argentina de Football" (AFA) league championship abandoned mid season. The clubs then split between two different associations. The majority of the clubs joined the new "Asociación Amateurs de Football" (AAm) while six clubs remained with the official body.

Boca Juniors won four titles that year, including the Primera División and three cups, domestic Copa de Competencia Jockey Club and Copa Ibarguren and the international Tie Cup. Meanwhile, Racing Club joined the dissident Asociación Amateurs and won it to achieve its 7th consecutive league championship.

Primera División

See main article: 1919 Argentine Primera División.

Asociación Argentina de Football - Copa Campeonato

The 1919 season started on 16 March 1919 but the tournament was annulled due to internal problems. Therefore a new dissident Association was created and there were two tournaments disputed at the same time.

After the schism the Asociación Argentina organized a tournament with the few remaining teams, 6 in total. Boca Juniors was declared champion with 14 fixtures to be played.[1]

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1 14 7 7 0 0 27 5 +22
2 7 8 3 1 4 10 7 +3
3 4 5 2 0 3 3 11 -8
4 Eureka 3 4 1 1 2 5 6 -1
5 3 4 1 1 2 3 8 -5
6 3 6 1 1 4 5 16 -11

Asociación Amateurs de Football

Internal problems in the Association caused that some members left to create a new league: the Asociación Amateurs de Football, which organized its own championships. Racing Club joined the new rival association winning the tournament, its 7th consecutive league title.

Vélez Sársfield played its first Primera División championship after being disaffiliated from the Asociación Argentina.[2]

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1 26 13 13 0 0 43 10 +33
2 20 13 9 2 2 21 8 +13
3 16 13 6 4 3 16 11 +5
4 16 13 6 4 3 20 18 +2
5 14 13 6 2 5 27 17 +10
6 13 13 5 3 5 22 20 +2
7 13 13 6 1 6 18 19 -1
8 12 13 5 2 6 22 20 +2
9 12 13 5 2 6 22 24 -2
10 12 13 5 2 6 20 23 -3
11 11 13 4 3 6 19 21 -2
12 9 13 4 1 8 17 23 -6
13 5 13 2 1 10 14 27 -13
14 3 13 1 1 11 8 48 -40

Lower divisions

Intermedia

Segunda División

Domestic cups

Copa de Competencia Jockey Club

Champion: Boca Juniors

Final

Copa Ibarguren

Champion: Boca Juniors

Final

International cups

Tie Cup

Final

Copa Aldao

Final

Argentina national team

Copa América

Argentina travelled to Brazil to play in the 3rd edition of Copa América. They finished in 3rd place behind hosts Brazil and runners-up Uruguay.

Titles

Results

DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompetitionArgentina scorersMatch Report(s)
11 May 1919Asunción1 - 5Friendly
13 May 1919Rio de Janeiro3 - 2Copa América 1919Izaguirre, Varela og
15 May 1919Asunción0 - 3Friendly
18 May 1919Rio de Janeiro3 - 1Copa América 1919Izaguirre
20 May 1919Asunción1 - 2Friendly
22 May 1919Rio de Janeiro1 - 4Copa América 1919Clarcke 3, Izaguirre
24 May 1919Asunción1 - 2Friendly
1 June 1919Rio de Janeiro3 - 3Copa Roberto Cherry
18 July 1919Montevideo4 - 1Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo
24 July 1919Montevideo2 - 1Copa Newton
7 September 1919Buenos Aires1 - 2Copa Lipton
19 October 1919Buenos Aires6 - 1Copa Premier Honor Argentino
7 December 1919Montevideo4 - 2Copa Círculo de la Prensa

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 . 2012-08-22 . 2013-07-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130724023916/http://historiayfutbol.obolog.com/argentina-1ra-division-asociacion-amateurs-1919-175664 . dead .