1919 in Argentine football
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{{Infobox football country season
| 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 {{efn|name=reserve|Reserve teams}} (AAm)
| division4 = Tercera División
| champions4 = Almagro (AFA)
Racing Club (AAm) {{efn|name=reserve}}
| division5 =
| champions5 =
| domestic = Copa de Competencia
| dchampions = Boca Juniors
| domestic2 = Copa Ibarguren
| dchampions2 = Boca Juniors
| leaguecup =
| lchampions =
| supercup =
| schampions =
| prevseason = 1918
| nextseason = 1920
| flagicon =
}}
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
{{main|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.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg19.html Argentina 1919 at RSSSF]
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| 1 | align="left"| Boca Juniors | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | +22 |
| 2 | align="left"|Estudiantes (LP) | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | +3 |
| 3 | align="left"|Huracán | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 |
| 4 | align="left"|Eureka | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 |
| 5 | align="left"|Sportivo Almagro | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 |
| 6 | align="left"|Porteño | 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.{{Cite web |url=http://historiayfutbol.obolog.com/argentina-1ra-division-asociacion-amateurs-1919-175664 |title=Argentina: 1ra. División Asociacion Amateurs 1919 at Historia y Futbol |access-date=2012-08-22 |archive-date=2013-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724023916/http://historiayfutbol.obolog.com/argentina-1ra-division-asociacion-amateurs-1919-175664 |url-status=usurped }}
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| 1 | align="left" | Racing Club | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 10 | +33 |
| 2 | align="left" | Vélez Sársfield | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | +13 |
| 3 | align="left" | River Plate | 16 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 |
| 4 | align="left" | Defensores de Belgrano | 16 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | +2 |
| 5 | align="left" | Atlanta | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 17 | +10 |
| 6 | align="left" | San Lorenzo | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 20 | +2 |
| 7 | align="left" | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | -1 |
| 8 | align="left" | Independiente | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 20 | +2 |
| 9 | align="left" | Platense | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 24 | -2 |
| 10 | align="left" | Sportivo Barracas | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 23 | -3 |
| 11 | align="left" | Estudiantil Porteño | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | -2 |
| 12 | align="left" | Tigre | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -6 |
| 13 | align="left" | San Isidro | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -13 |
| 14 | align="left" | Estudiantes (BA) | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 48 | -40 |
Lower divisions
=[[Argentine División Intermedia|Intermedia]]=
- AFA Champion: Banfield
- AAm Champion: Barracas Central
=[[Primera B Metropolitana|Segunda División]]=
- AFA Champion: El Porvenir
- AAm Champion: Sportivo Barracas III
Domestic cups
=[[Copa de Competencia Jockey Club]]=
Champion: Boca Juniors
==Final==
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|date = 1920
|team1 = Boca Juniors
|score = 1-0 (aet)
|report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg-joc19.html Report]
|team2 = Rosario Central
|goals1 = Calomino {{goal}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Buenos Aires
}}
=[[Copa Ibarguren]]=
Champion: Boca Juniors
==Final==
{{footballbox
|date = 8 February 1920
|team1 = Boca Juniors
|score = 1-0
|report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/argibargurencuphist.html Report]
|team2 = Rosario Central
|goals1 = Miranda {{goal}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)
}}
International cups
=[[Tie Cup]]=
- Champion: {{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors
==Final==
{{footballbox
|date = 25 May 1920
|team1 = Boca Juniors {{flagicon|ARG}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/argurucuptie.html Report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|URU}} Nacional
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Sportivo Barracas
}}
=[[Copa Aldao]]=
- Champion: {{flagicon|URU}} Nacional
==Final==
{{footballbox
|date = 16 May 1920
|team1 = Nacional {{flagicon|URU}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120903024805/http://rsssf.com/sacups/aldao.html Report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Montevideo
}}
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=
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!Date !Venue !Opponents !Score !Competition !Argentina scorers !Match Report(s) |
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| 11 May 1919 | Asunción | {{fb|PAR}} |bgcolor="lightgreen"| 1 - 5 | Friendly | | |
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| 13 May 1919 | {{fb|URU}} |bgcolor="pink"| 3 - 2 | |
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| 15 May 1919 | Asunción | {{fb|PAR}} |bgcolor="lightgreen"| 0 - 3 | Friendly | | |
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| 18 May 1919 | {{fb|BRA}} |bgcolor="pink"| 3 - 1 | |
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| 20 May 1919 | Asunción | {{fb|PAR}} |bgcolor="lightgreen"| 1 - 2 | Friendly | | |
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| 22 May 1919 | {{fb|CHI}} |bgcolor="lightgreen"| 1 - 4 | |
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| 24 May 1919 | Asunción | {{fb|PAR}} |bgcolor="lightgreen"| 1 - 2 | Friendly | | |
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| 1 June 1919 | {{fb|BRA}} |bgcolor="yellow"| 3 - 3 | Copa Roberto Cherry | | |
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| 18 July 1919 | {{fb|URU}} |bgcolor="pink"| 4 - 1 | | |
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| 24 July 1919 | {{fb|URU}} |bgcolor="pink"| 2 - 1 | | |
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| 7 September 1919 | {{fb|URU}} |bgcolor="pink"| 1 - 2 | | |
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| 19 October 1919 | {{fb|URU}} |bgcolor="lightgreen"| 6 - 1 | Copa Premier Honor Argentino | | |
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| 7 December 1919 | {{fb|URU}} |bgcolor="pink"| 4 - 2 | | |
Notes
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