1920 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Season1920
Dates21 March 1920 – 9 January 1921
ChampionsBoca Juniors (AFA)
River Plate (AAmF)
1920 Copa AldaoBoca Juniors
← 1919
1921 →

The 1920 Argentine Primera División was the 29th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The AFA season began on March 21 and ended in January 1921 while the AAmF began on March 28 and also ended in January 1921.

Boca Juniors won its 2nd. consecutive AFA championship while River Plate won the dissident Asociación Amateurs de Football (AAmF) title, putting an ended to the seven consecutive titles won by Racing.[1]

As champion of the AFA season, Boca Juniors qualified to the 1920 Copa Aldao.

Final tables

Asociación Argentina de Football - Copa Campeonato

Primera División (AFA)
Boca Juniors, AFA champions
Season1920
Dates21 March 1920 – 9 January 1921
ChampionsBoca Juniors (2nd title)
PromotedBanfield
Del Plata
Sp. del Norte
Nueva Chicago
Lanús
Sportivo Barracas
Sportivo Palermo
Relegated(none)
1920 Copa AldaoBoca Juniors
Top goalscorerArgentina Fausto Lucarelli (Banfield) (15 goals)
Biggest home winBoca Juniors 7–0 N. Chicago
Biggest away winSp. Palermo 0–6 Sp. Almagro
← 1919
1921 →

Club Eureka disappeared when merging with Sportivo Palermo while the Association expanded the number of to 13 clubs participating. Banfield returned to Primera after promoting the last year while Sportivo Barracas came from rival league "Asociación Amateurs de Football". The rest of the teams were promoted to Primera through a resolution by the association, they were Del Plata, Sportivo del Norte (then Colegiales), Nueva Chicago, Lanús, and Sportivo Palermo.[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Boca Juniors (C) 24 20 3 1 52 7 +45 43
2 Banfield 24 13 5 6 35 21 +14 31
3 Huracán 24 13 5 6 38 26 +12 31
4 Porteño 24 13 4 7 31 26 +5 30
5 Del Plata 24 10 6 8 22 27 −5 26
6 Sportivo Barracas 24 10 5 9 26 28 −2 25
7 Nueva Chicago 24 10 3 11 17 36 −19 23
8 Sportivo del Norte 24 9 4 11 19 47 −28 22
9 Estudiantes (LP) 24 10 1 13 34 37 −3 21
10 Sportivo Palermo 24 8 3 13 26 52 −26 19
11 Lanús 24 5 5 14 26 12 +14 15[a]
12 Sportivo Almagro 24 4 3 17 16 9 +7 11[b]
13 Palermo 24 4 1 19 14 28 −14 9
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Lanús abandoned the AAF to join the AAm after the 13th round of fixtures. The remaining 12 fixtures were awarded as wins to its opponents
  2. ^ Sportivo Almagro abandoned the AAF to join the AAm after the 13th round of fixtures. The remaining 12 fixtures were awarded as wins to its opponents

Asociación Amateurs de Football

Primera División (AAmF)
River Plate, AAmF champions
Season1920
Dates28 March 1920 – 9 January 1921
ChampionsRiver Plate (1st title)
PromotedBarracas Central
Ferro Carril Oeste
Sp. Buenos Aires
Relegated(none)
Top goalscorerArgentina Santiago Carreras
(Vélez Sársfield) (19 goals)
Biggest home winRacing 7–0 Tigre
Biggest away winEstudiantes (BA) 0–10 Independiente
← 1919
1921 →

The tournament started with 17 teams then expanded to 19 when Lanús and Sportivo Almagro (that had previously left the Asociación Argentina) joined the league. Ferro Carril Oeste returned to the league after being relegated 2 years before. Barracas Central debuted in Primera after winning the Primera B (Aam) title last year. Sportivo Buenos Aires also debuted in the top division.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 River Plate (C) 34 25 6 3 70 22 +48 56
2 Racing 34 25 4 5 77 23 +54 54
3 San Lorenzo 34 17 12 5 58 30 +28 46
4 Atlanta 34 17 7 10 49 29 +20 41
5 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 34 17 7 10 46 32 +14 41
6 Vélez Sársfield 34 17 5 12 60 32 +28 39
7 Platense 34 16 5 13 51 39 +12 37
8 Independiente 34 12 11 11 58 47 +11 35
9 San Isidro 34 12 9 13 52 53 −1 33
10 Quilmes 34 13 6 15 35 48 −13 32
11 Estudiantil Porteño 34 9 12 13 38 42 −4 30
12 Ferro Carril Oeste 34 12 6 16 34 61 −27 30
13 Defensores de Belgrano 34 9 9 16 28 40 −12 27
14 Barracas Central 34 9 8 17 28 49 −21 26
15 Tigre 34 9 4 21 38 77 −39 22
16 Sportivo Buenos Aires 34 6 6 22 33 64 −31 18
17 Sportivo Almagro 17 6 5 6 22 21 +1 17[a]
18 Lanús 17 6 3 8 14 23 −9 15[b]
19 Estudiantes (BA) 34 4 5 25 31 90 −59 13
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Sportivo Almagro defected from the AAF league at the halfway stage, therefore played half as many games as the rest of the league.
  2. ^ Lanús defected from the AAF league at the halfway stage, therefore played half as many games as the rest of the league.

References

  1. ^ Argentina 1920 at RSSSF
  2. ^ "Argentina: 1ra. División Asociación Argentina 1920 at Historia y Futbol". Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2016-07-28.