1916 in Argentine football

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| country = Argentina

| soccer = no

| season = 1916

| division1 = Primera División

| champions1 = Racing Club

| division2 = Intermedia

| champions2 = Sp. Barracas

| division3 = Segunda División

| champions3 = Huracán III {{efn|name=res|Reserve teams.}}

| division4 = Tercera División

| champions4 = Porteño

| division5 =

| champions5 =

| domestic = Copa de Honor

| dchampions = Rosario Central

| domestic2 = Copa de Competencia

| dchampions2 = Rosario Central

| leaguecup = Copa Ibarguren

| lchampions = Racing Club

| supercup =

| schampions =

| prevseason = 1915

| nextseason = 1917

| flagicon =

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1916 in Argentine football saw Racing Club win their 4th consecutive league championship. Rosario Central won the Copa de Honor and the Copa de Competencia but they were beaten in both of the international finals.

In international football Argentina hosted the first edition of Copa América (named "Campeonato Sudamericano" by then) where they finished as runners un to Uruguay although they won four minor trophies later in the year.

Primera División

===Final standings===

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! width=40px\|Pos ! width=200px\|Team ! width=40px\|Pts ! width=40px\|G ! width=40px\|W ! width=40px\|D ! width=40px\|L ! width=40px\|Gf ! width=40px\|Ga ! width=40px\|Gd
bgcolor="lightgreen" \| 1	align="left"\| Racing Club	34	21	15	4	2	39	10	+29
2	align="left"\| Platense	30	21	12	6	3	25	13	+12
3	align="left"\| River Plate	29	21	10	9	2	27	10	+17
4	align="left"\| Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	27	21	9	9	3	21	12	+9
5	align="left"\| Huracán	26	21	11	4	6	31	16	+15
6	align="left"\| Estudiantil Porteño	26	21	10	6	5	37	22	+15
7	align="left"\| San Lorenzo	23	21	9	5	7	16	25	-9
8	align="left"\| Porteño	22	21	7	8	6	32	26	+6
9	align="left"\| Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)	21	21	8	5	8	31	29	+2
10	align="left"\| Tigre	21	21	8	5	8	22	28	-6
11	align="left"\| Argentino de Quilmes	20	21	7	6	8	25	23	+2
12	align="left"\| Estudiantes (LP)	20	21	6	8	7	26	26	0
13	align="left"\| San Isidro	20	21	7	6	8	29	32	-3
14	align="left"\| Boca Juniors	20	21	7	6	8	25	29	-4
15	align="left"\| Independiente	20	21	6	8	7	13	17	-4
16	align="left"\| Columbian"Hispano Argentino" changed its name to "Columbian".	19	21	6	7	8	24	26	-2
17	align="left"\| Atlanta	17	21	5	7	9	17	24	-7
18	align="left"\| Banfield	16	21	4	8	9	20	31	-11
19	align="left"\| Estudiantes (BA)	15	21	5	5	11	27	33	-6
20	align="left"\| Ferro Carril Oeste	15	21	6	3	12	28	39	-11
bgcolor="pink" \| 21	align="left"\| Belgrano AC	13	21	5	3	13	20	40	-20
bgcolor="pink" \| 22	align="left"\| Quilmes	8	21	2	4	15	12	36	-24

Lower divisions

=[[Argentine División Intermedia|Intermedia]]=

Champion: Sportivo Barracas

=[[Primera B Metropolitana|Segunda División]]=

Champion: Huracán III

Domestic Cups

===Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires===

==Final==

Rosario Central 1-0 Independiente

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg-hon16.html Copa de Honor 1016]

===Copa de Competencia Jockey Club===

==Final==

Rosario Central 2-1 Independiente

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg-joc16.html Copa de Competencia 1916]

===Copa Ibarguren===

==Final==

Racing Club 6-0 Rosario Central

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/argibargurencuphist.html Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren 1916]

(3rd title)

International cups

=[[Tie Cup]]=

Champions: {{flagicon|URU}} Peñarol

==Final==

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24 December 1916

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|align=right|{{flagicon|ARG}} Rosario Central

|align=center| 0–3

|{{flagicon|URU}} Peñarol

=[[Copa de Honor Cousenier]]=

Champions: {{flagicon|URU}} Nacional (3rd title)

==Final==

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10 December 1916

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|align=right|{{flagicon|URU}} Nacional

|align=center| 6–1

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Rosario Central

=[[Copa Dr. Ricardo C. Aldao]]=

Champions: {{flagicon|URU}} Nacional

==Final==

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3 December 1916

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|align=right|{{flagicon|ARG}} Racing Club

|align=center| 1–2

|{{flagicon|URU}} Nacional

Argentina national team

To commemorate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence, Argentina hosted and participated in the first edition of the 1916 South American Championship, later named Copa América. Argentina finished as runners-up to Uruguay.

The national squad won the Copa Círculo de la Prensa, Copa Lipton, Copa Newton and Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo that year.

=[[Copa Lipton]]=

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=[[Copa Newton]]=

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=[[Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo]]=

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=Results=

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width=0px\| Date ! width=0px\| Venue ! width=0px\| Rival ! width=0px\| Score ! width=0px\| Competition ! width=250px\| Arg. scorers
6 July 1916 \| Buenos Aires \| {{fb\|CHI}} \| 6–1 \| 1916 Copa América \| Ohaco 2, J.D. Brown 2, Marcovecchio 2
10 July 1916 \| Buenos Aires \| {{fb\|BRA}} \| 1–1 \| 1916 Copa América \| J. Laguna
12 July 1916 \| Buenos Aires \| {{fb\|CHI}} \| 1–0 \| Friendly \|
17 July 1916 \| Avellaneda \| {{fb\|URU}} \| 0–0 \| 1916 Copa América \|
15 August 1916 \| Montevideo \| {{fb\|URU}} \| 2–1 \| Copa Lipton \|
15 August 1916 \| Avellaneda \| {{fb\|URU}} \| 3–1 \| Copa Newton \|
1 October 1916 \| Montevideo \| {{fb\|URU}} \| 1–0 \| Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo \|
1 October 1916 \| Avellaneda \| {{fb\|URU}} \| 7–2 \| Copa Círculo de la Prensa \|
29 October 1916 \| Montevideo \| {{fb\|URU}} \| 1–3 \| Copa Círculo de la Prensa \|

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! width=0px| Venue

! width=0px| Rival

! width=0px| Score

! width=0px| Competition

! width=250px| Arg. scorers

6 July 1916

| Buenos Aires

| {{fb|CHI}}

| 6–1

| 1916 Copa América

| Ohaco 2, J.D. Brown 2, Marcovecchio 2

10 July 1916

| Buenos Aires

| {{fb|BRA}}

| 1–1

| 1916 Copa América

| J. Laguna

12 July 1916

| Buenos Aires

| {{fb|CHI}}

| 1–0

| Friendly

17 July 1916

| Avellaneda

| {{fb|URU}}

| 0–0

| 1916 Copa América

15 August 1916

| Montevideo

| {{fb|URU}}

| 2–1

| Copa Lipton

15 August 1916

| Avellaneda

| {{fb|URU}}

| 3–1

| Copa Newton

1 October 1916

| Montevideo

| {{fb|URU}}

| 1–0

| Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo

1 October 1916

| Avellaneda

| {{fb|URU}}

| 7–2

| Copa Círculo de la Prensa

29 October 1916

| Montevideo

| {{fb|URU}}

| 1–3

| Copa Círculo de la Prensa

Notes

References

External links

[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arg1916.html Argentina 1916]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at rsssf.
[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/argcuphist.html Argentine domestic cups] by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at rsssf.

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