Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires explained

Copa de Honor
Municipalidad de Buenos Aires
Organiser:AFA
Founded:1905
Region:Argentina
Number Of Teams:18 (last edition) [1]
Qualifier For:Copa de Honor Cousenier
Related Comps:Copa de Honor (Uru)
Current Champions:Banfield (1920)
Most Successful Club:Racing (4 titles)

The Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires was an Argentine official football cup competition. It was contested fourteen times between 1905 and 1920.

Racing is the most winning team of the competition, with 4 titles.

Overview

This cup was played by teams from Buenos Aires and Rosario (which belonged to Liga Rosarina de Football). The champion of this tournament qualified to play the Copa de Honor Cousenier versus the winner of Uruguayan Copa de Honor representing the Association of that country.[2]

In 1936, a new "Copa de Honor" was played under a regular Primera División season, with 18 teams playing a single-round tournament. San Lorenzo finished 1st and was awarded the cup.[1] In July 2013, the Argentine Football Association recognized the 1936 edition as a Primera División honour awarded to the club.[3] [4] [5]

List of champions

Finals

The following list includes all the editions of the Copa de Honor:[6]

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1 1905 Alumni Buenos Aires
21906 Alumni Buenos Aires
3 1907 Belgrano AC Quilmes
41908 Quilmes Quilmes
5 1909 San Isidro Buenos Aires
61910
7 1911 Newell's Old Boys River Plate Buenos Aires
8 1912 Racing RacingAvellaneda
9 1913 Racing Buenos Aires
10 1915 Racing RacingAvellaneda
11 1916 Rosario Central RacingAvellaneda
12 1917 Racing Avellaneda
13 1918 Independiente Buenos Aires
14 1920 Banfield Buenos Aires
Notes

Titles by team

width=150pxTeamwidth=50pxTitleswidth=200pxYears won
1912, 1913, 1915, 1917
1905, 1906
1907
1908
1909
1911
1916
1918
1920

Topscorers by season

Source: [7]

width=50pxYearwidth=200pxPlayerwidth=50pxGoalswidth=200pxClub
1905 Arthur Wells Quilmes
1906 Alumni
1907 Belgrano AC
1908 Juan Rossi San Isidro
Henry Cunningham Quilmes
1909 Maximiliano Susan Estudiantes (BA)
1910 Eduardo Rothschild Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)
Thomas Hughes Quilmes
Juan O. Gil San Isidro
1911 Antonio Márquez Porteño
1912 Racing
Alberto Marcovecchio
1913 Racing
1915 Carlos Guidi Tiro Federal
1916 Rosario Central
1917 Racing
1918 Gualberto Galeano Independiente
Atilio Badalani Newell's Old Boys
1920

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg-hon36.html Copa de Honor 1936 - RSSSF
  2. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/argcuphist.html Copa de Honor overview at RSSSF
  3. http://canchallena.lanacion.com.ar/1598454-la-afa-le-dio-un-campeonato-a-river-y-san-lorenzo-y-se-desato-la-polemica "La AFA le dio un campeonato a River y a San Lorenzo y se desató la polémica"
  4. http://pasado.eldia.com/edis/20130706/Polemica-AFA-oficializo-titulos-River-San-Lorenzo-deportes15.htm Polémica: AFA oficializó títulos de River y San Lorenzo de 1936
  5. http://www.afa.org.ar/institucional/campeones-primera-division.php "Campeones de Primera División" at AFA website
  6. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/argcuphist.html Argentina Domestic Cups history - RSSSF
  7. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/argcuptops.html Argentina - List of Topscorers - Domestic Cups