1919 Argentine Primera División

The 1919 Argentine Primera División was the 28th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The official "Asociación Argentina de Football" (AFA) league championship was abandoned mid season by the majority of the clubs, which joined the new "Asociación Amateurs de Football" (AAmF) while six clubs remained with the official body.

Primera División

Season	1919
Dates	16 March 1919 – 20 January 1920
Champions	Boca Juniors (AFA) Racing (AAmF)
← 1918 1920 →

In the AFA league, Boca Juniors was crowned champion with 14 fixtures to be played, while Racing won its 7th league title at AAmF.^[1]

Club Eureka debuted in the AFA championship, while Vélez Sársfield played its first Primera División championship in the AAmF after being disaffiliated from the official body.^[2]

Final tables

Asociación Argentina de Football - Copa Campeonato

Out of 19 teams that started to compete in the championship, only 6 remained at the end of the season, after the first part of the tournament was annulled and re-started. The 13 teams that had been disaffiliated or expelled joined dissident "Asociación Amateurs de Football".

Primera División (AFA)

Boca Juniors, AFA champion
Season	1919
Dates	28 September 1919 – 20 January 1920 ^[note 1]
Champions	Boca Juniors (1st title)
Promoted	Eureka
Relegated	(none)
1919 Copa Aldao	Boca Juniors
Top goalscorer	Alfredo Garasini   Alfredo Martín (both of Boca Juniors, 6 goals each)
Biggest home win	Boca Juniors 7–0 Huracán
Biggest away win	San Lorenzo 2–6 Racing
← 1918 1920 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors (C)	8	8	0	0	29	5	+24	16
2	Estudiantes (LP)	8	3	1	4	10	7	+3	7
3	Huracán	5	2	0	3	3	11	−8	4
4	Eureka	5	1	1	3	5	6	−1	3
5	Sportivo Almagro	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	3
6	Porteño	6	1	1	4	5	16	−11	3
7	Independiente ^[note 2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Racing ^[note 2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	San Isidro ^[note 2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	River Plate ^[note 2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Gimnasia y Esgrima LP ^[note 2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	San Lorenzo ^[note 2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Defensores de Belgrano ^[note 2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Platense ^[note 2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Sportivo Barracas ^[note 2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Tigre ^[note 2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Atlanta ^[note 2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Estudiantil Porteño ^[note 2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Estudiantes (BA) ^[note 2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion

Asociación Amateurs de Football

Primera División (AAm)

Racing, AAmF champion
Season	1919
Dates	28 September – 28 December 1920
Champions	Racing (7th title)
Promoted	Vélez Sársfield
Relegated	(none)
Matches played	91
Goals scored	279 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alberto Marcovecchio (Racing) (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Racing 10–2 Estudiantes (BA)
Biggest away win	Estudiantes (BA) 0–5 Atlanta Atlanta 0–5 Racing
← 1918 1920 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Racing (C)	13	13	0	0	43	10	+33	26
2	Vélez Sársfield	13	9	2	2	21	8	+13	20
3	River Plate	13	6	4	3	16	11	+5	16
4	Defensores de Belgrano	13	6	4	3	20	18	+2	16
5	Atlanta	13	6	2	5	27	17	+10	14
6	San Lorenzo	13	5	3	5	22	20	+2	13
7	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	13	6	1	6	18	19	−1	13
8	Independiente	13	5	2	6	22	20	+2	12
9	Platense	13	5	2	6	22	24	−2	12
10	Sportivo Barracas	13	5	2	6	20	23	−3	12
11	Estudiantil Porteño	13	4	3	6	19	21	−2	11
12	Tigre	13	4	1	8	17	23	−6	9
13	San Isidro	13	2	1	10	14	27	−13	5
14	Estudiantes (BA)	13	1	1	11	8	48	−40	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion

Notes

1. These dates refer to the re-started season so the original championship had begun on March 16 and run until 31 August, when it was annulled by the after 9 rounds played. Out of 19 teams, only 6 remained for the re-started season.
2. Dissafiliated and moved to dissident league "Asociación Amateurs de Football".

References

1. Argentina 1919 at RSSSF
2. . Archived from the original on 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2016-07-26.