Copa Lipton

{{for|the European competitions|Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy|Lipton Challenge Cup}}

{{Infobox football tournament

| name = Copa Lipton

| image = Copa lipton trophy.jpg

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| caption = The trophy given to champions

| organiser = {{flagicon|ARG}} AFA
{{flagicon|URU}} AUF

| founded = 1905

| abolished = {{Start date and age|1992}}

| region = Argentina, Uruguay

| number of teams = 2

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| current champions =

| most titles =

| most successful club =

| most successful team = {{fb|ARG}}
(17 titles)

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The Copa Lipton or Copa de Caridad Lipton was a football friendly competition contested between Argentina and Uruguay national teams. The competition was held 29 times between 1905 and 1992.

History

File:Thomas Johnstone Lipton.jpg

The trophy was donated by the Scottish tea magnate Thomas Lipton for a tournament between the two countries either side of the Río de La Plata with the condition that the teams be made up of only native born players. The trophy (the oldest international cup exhibited at the Argentine Association headquarters) was sculpted by English goldsmiths Flokington from Regent Street.[http://revistauncanio.com.ar/notas-que-nadie-va-a-leer/copas/ Esas raras copas viejas] by Damián Didonato on Un Caño

The tournament was contested on an annual basis between 1905 and 1929, with the exception of 1914, 1920–1921 and 1925–1926. It has only been played sporadically since, with only 9 editions played over half a century between 1937 and 1992. The decade of 1910 is considered "the golden age" of the competition, due to Argentina and Uruguay were the predominant teams in South America by then and the Copa Lipton was the most important competition for both sides. Nevertheless, the Cup lost interest since the 1930s because of the birth of FIFA World Cup, the conflicts between AFA and AUF and the inclusion of other nations in South American competitions.

The Copa Lipton has been contested 29 times in total, with Argentina the winners on 18 occasions and Uruguay on 11. In the event of a draw, the cup was traditionally awarded to the away team and the date and rules of the next tournament were set by the holders.[https://viejosestadios.blogspot.com/2017/08/argentina-y-uruguay.html Argentina y Uruguay] on Viejos Estadios website

List of champions

=Finals=

The following list includes all editions of Copa Lipton:[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lipton.html Copa Lipton] by José Luis Pierrend at RSSSF[http://www.informeargentina.com.ar/copa_lipton.htm Results at Informe Argentina] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208152038/http://informeargentina.com.ar/copa_lipton.htm |date=8 February 2009 }}

File:Argentina equipo copa lipton 1905.jpg

File:Argentina vs uruguay lipton 1905 (1).jpg

File:Multitud argentina uruguay 1907.jpg

File:Uruguay equipo lipton 1910.jpg

File:Uruguay vs argentina copa lipton 1928.ogg

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:" ! width=\| {{abbr\|Ed.\|Edition number}} ! width=50px\|Year ! width=100px\|Champion ! width=50px\|Score ! width=120px\|City ! width=150px\|Venue
{{center\|1}}	1905	{{fb\|URU}}	{{center\|0–0}}	Buenos Aires {{refn\|Uruguay won the trophy as visiting team.\|group=note\|name=urugwin}}	Sociedad Sportiva
{{center\|2}}	1906	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{center\|2–0}}	Montevideo	Parque Central
{{center\|3}}	1907	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{center\|2–1}}	Buenos Aires	Estudiantes (BA) {{refn\|The first field of the club, located in Palermo, Buenos Aires.\|group=note\|name=palermo}}
{{center\|4}}	1908	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{center\|2–2}}	Montevideo {{refn\|Argentina won the trophy as visiting team.\|group=note\|name=argwin}}	Parque Central
{{center\|5}}	1909	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{center\|2–1}}	Buenos Aires	GEBA
{{center\|6}}	1910	{{fb\|URU}}	{{center\|3–1}}	Montevideo	Belvedere
{{center\|7}}	1911	{{fb\|URU}}	{{center\|2–0}}	Buenos Aires	GEBA
{{center\|8}}	1912	{{fb\|URU}}	{{center\|2–0}}	Montevideo	Parque Central
{{center\|9}}	1913	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{center\|4–0}}	Avellaneda	Racing
{{center\|10}}	1915	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{center\|2–1}}	Buenos Aires	GEBA
{{center\|11}}	1916	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{center\|2–1}}	Montevideo	Parque Central
{{center\|12}}	1917	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{center\|1–0}}	Avellaneda	Racing
{{center\|13}}	1918	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{center\|1–1}}	Montevideo {{refn\|group=note\|name=argwin}}	Parque Pereira
{{center\|14}}	1919	{{fb\|URU}}	{{center\|2–1}}	Buenos Aires	GEBA
{{center\|15}}	1922	{{fb\|URU}}	{{center\|1–0}}	Montevideo	Parque Central
{{center\|16}}	1923	{{fb\|URU}}	{{center\|0–0}}	Buenos Aires {{refn\|group=note\|name=urugwin}}	Sp. Barracas
{{center\|17}}	1927	{{fb\|URU}}	{{center\|1–0}}	Buenos Aires	Boca Juniors
{{center\|18}}	1928	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{center\|2–2}}	Montevideo {{refn\|group=note\|name=argwin}}	Parque Central
{{center\|19}}	1929	{{fb\|URU}}	{{center\|0–0}}	Buenos Aires {{refn\|group=note\|name=urugwin}}	San Lorenzo
{{center\|20}}	1937	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{center\|5–1}}	Buenos Aires	Independiente
{{center\|21}}	1942	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{center\|1–1}}	Montevideo {{refn\|group=note\|name=argwin}}	Centenario
{{center\|22}}	1945	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{center\|2–2}}	Montevideo {{refn\|group=note\|name=argwin}}	Centenario
{{center\|23}}	1957	{{fb\|URU}}	{{center\|1–1}}	Buenos Aires {{refn\|group=note\|name=urugwin}}	Huracán
{{center\|24}}	1962	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{center\|3–1}}	Buenos Aires	River Plate
{{center\|25}}	1968	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{center\|2–0}}	Buenos Aires	River Plate
{{center\|26}}	1973	{{fb\|URU}}	{{center\|1–1}}	Buenos Aires {{refn\|group=note\|name=urugwin}}	Vélez Sársfield
{{center\|27}}	1976	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{center\|4–1}}	Buenos Aires	Vélez Sársfield{{refn\|Also valid for 1976 Taça do Atlântico.\|group=note}}
{{center\|28}}	1992	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{center\|0–0}}	Montevideo {{refn\|group=note\|name=argwin}}	Centenario

;Notes

=Titles by country=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" width="550"

! width=100px|Team

! width=50px|Titles

! width=400px|Years won

align="center" | 17

1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1928, 1937, 1942, 1945, 1962, 1968, 1976, 1992

align="center" | 11

1905, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1929, 1957, 1973

=Overall=

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!{{tooltip|M|Matches played}}

!{{tooltip|AW|Argentina Wins}}

!{{tooltip|D|Draw}}

!{{tooltip|UW|Uruguay Wins}}

!{{tooltip|GA|Goals for Argentina}}

!{{tooltip|GU|Goals for Uruguay}}

All-time scorers

{{flagicon|URU}} José Piendibene 3
{{flagicon|URU}} Hector Scarone 3
{{flagicon|URU}} Carlos Scarone 3

Most finals by player

10: {{flagicon|URU}} Cayetano Saporiti (won 5)
9: {{flagicon|URU}} Angel Romano (won 6), {{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Domingo Brown (won 5)
7: {{flagicon|URU}} Pablo Dacal (won 4), {{flagicon|ARG}} Eliseo Brown (won 3)
6: {{flagicon|URU}} José Piendibene (won 3), {{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Enrique Hayes (won 2)
5: {{flagicon|ARG}} Jorge Brown (won 3), {{flagicon|ARG}} Carlos Tomás Wilson (won 2), {{flagicon|URU}} Juan Carlos Bertone (won 2)
4: {{flagicon|URU}} Hector Scarone (won 3), {{flagicon|URU}} Carlos Scarone (won 2), {{flagicon|ARG}} Alexander Watson Hutton (won 3), {{flagicon|ARG}} Ernesto Brown (won 2), {{flagicon|ARG}} Pedro Calomino (won 1)
3: {{flagicon|URU}} Pedro Petrone (won 2), {{flagicon|URU}} Hector Castro (won 1)

References

Category:Football in Buenos Aires

Category:Football in Montevideo

Category:Football in Avellaneda