| Competition: | Primera División |
| Season: | 1931 |
| Dates: | 31 May 1931 – 6 January 1932 |
| Winners: | Estudiantil Porteño (AFA) Boca Juniors (LAF) |
| Prevseason: | 1930 |
| Nextseason: | 1932 |
The 1931 Primera División season was the 40th season of top-flight football in Argentina and the first to be professional in the country, after eighteen clubs broke away from the amateur league structure to form the professional league, "Liga Argentina de Football" (LAF). The inaugural champions was Boca Juniors led by coach Mario Fortunato.[1] The top scorer of the championship was Alberto Zozaya of Estudiantes de La Plata with 33 goals.[2]
The official body (AFA) remained amateur under the denomination "Asociación Amateurs Argentina de Football".[3]
The championship had originally started on May 10, 1931 with 34 teams competing. After the first run was played, 19 teams disjoined the league to move to recently created Liga Argentina de Football (professional); they were Argentinos Juniors, Atlanta, Boca Juniors, Chacarita Juniors, Defensores de Belgrano, Estudiantes LP, Ferro Carril Oeste, Gimnasia y Esgrima LP, Huracán, Independiente, Lanús, Platense, Quilmes, Racing, River Plate, San Lorenzo, Talleres (RE), Tigre, and Vélez Sarsfield.[3]
| Competition: | Primera División (AFA) |
| Season: | 1931 |
| Dates: | 28 June – 27 December |
| Winners: | Estudiantil Porteño (1st title) |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 1093 |
| League Topscorer: |  José Ciancio (Almagro) (14 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Sp. Barracas 7–2 S. Fernando |
| Biggest Away Win: | S. Fernando 0–6 Almagro |
| Highest Scoring: | S. Fernando 3–7 El Porvenir |
| Prevseason: | 1930 |
| Nextseason: | 1932 |
Estudiantil Porteño and Almagro finished level on points at the top of the table, so a championship playoff was played to proclaim a champion.[3]
| GK | José Bolgues | ||
| DF | José Migliozzi | ||
| DF | Alberto Bellomo | ||
| MF | Pedro Martínez | ||
| MF | Fidel Corátolo | ||
| MF | José Gargiulo | ||
| FW | Raúl Costa | ||
| FW | Julio Bissio | ||
| FW | Francisco Martínez | ||
| FW | Oscar Mapelli | ||
| FW | Carlos Spadaro | ||
| Manager: | |||
| GK | Cándido De Nicola | |||
| DF | Francisco Santoro | |||
| DF | Humberto Recantini | |||
| MF | Mateo Fernández | |||
| MF | Carlos Gros | |||
| MF | José Aceto | |||
| FW | Héctor Oro | |||
| FW | Vicente Pérez | |||
| FW | Félix Varalli | |||
| FW | José Ciancio | |||
| FW | Oscar Correa | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Competition: | Primera División (LAF) |
| Season: | 1931 |
| Dates: | 31 May 1931 – 6 January 1932 |
| Winners: | Boca Juniors (7th title) |
| Relegated: | (none) |
| League Topscorer: | Alberto Zozaya (33) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Racing 6–0 Vélez |
| Biggest Away Win: | Ferro 2–6 Huracán |
| Prevseason: | 1930 |
| Nextseason: | 1932 |
| Pos | Name | Team | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto Zozaya | Estudiantes (LP) | |||
| Alejandro Scopelli | Estudiantes (LP) | |||
| Francisco Varallo | Boca Juniors |