Football in Argentina

Season	1916
Men's football
Primera División	Racing Club
Intermedia	Sp. Barracas
Segunda División	Huracán III [a]
Tercera División	Porteño
Copa de Honor	Rosario Central
Copa de Competencia	Rosario Central
Copa Ibarguren	Racing Club
← 1915 1917 →

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.

Pos	Team	Pts	G	W	D	L	Gf	Ga	Gd
1	Racing Club	34	21	15	4	2	39	10	+29
2	Platense	30	21	12	6	3	25	13	+12
3	River Plate	29	21	10	9	2	27	10	+17
4	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	27	21	9	9	3	21	12	+9
5	Huracán	26	21	11	4	6	31	16	+15
6	Estudiantil Porteño	26	21	10	6	5	37	22	+15
7	San Lorenzo	23	21	9	5	7	16	25	-9
8	Porteño	22	21	7	8	6	32	26	+6
9	Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)	21	21	8	5	8	31	29	+2
10	Tigre	21	21	8	5	8	22	28	-6
11	Argentino de Quilmes	20	21	7	6	8	25	23	+2
12	Estudiantes (LP)	20	21	6	8	7	26	26	0
13	San Isidro	20	21	7	6	8	29	32	-3
14	Boca Juniors	20	21	7	6	8	25	29	-4
15	Independiente	20	21	6	8	7	13	17	-4
16	Columbian[1]	19	21	6	7	8	24	26	-2
17	Atlanta	17	21	5	7	9	17	24	-7
18	Banfield	16	21	4	8	9	20	31	-11
19	Estudiantes (BA)	15	21	5	5	11	27	33	-6
20	Ferro Carril Oeste	15	21	6	3	12	28	39	-11
21	Belgrano AC	13	21	5	3	13	20	40	-20
22	Quilmes	8	21	2	4	15	12	36	-24

  Champion

  Relegated

• Champion: Sportivo Barracas

• Champion: Huracán III

Rosario Central 1-0 Independiente ^[2]

Rosario Central 2-1 Independiente ^[3]

Racing Club 6-0 Rosario Central ^[4]

(3rd title)

• Champions: Peñarol

24 December 1916
Rosario Central	0–3	Peñarol

• Champions: Nacional (3rd title)

10 December 1916
Nacional	6–1	Rosario Central

• Champions: Nacional

3 December 1916
Racing Club	1–2	Nacional

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.

Date	Venue	Rival	Score	Competition	Arg. scorers
6 July 1916	Buenos Aires	Chile	6–1	1916 Copa América	Ohaco 2, J.D. Brown 2, Marcovecchio 2
10 July 1916	Buenos Aires	Brazil	1–1	1916 Copa América	J. Laguna
12 July 1916	Buenos Aires	Chile	1–0	Friendly
17 July 1916	Avellaneda	Uruguay	0–0	1916 Copa América
15 August 1916	Montevideo	Uruguay	2–1	Copa Lipton
15 August 1916	Avellaneda	Uruguay	3–1	Copa Newton
1 October 1916	Montevideo	Uruguay	1–0	Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo
1 October 1916	Avellaneda	Uruguay	7–2	Copa Círculo de la Prensa
29 October 1916	Montevideo	Uruguay	1–3	Copa Círculo de la Prensa

• Argentina 1916^{[dead link‍]} by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at rsssf.
• Argentine domestic cups by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at rsssf.