1922 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Season1922
Dates9 April 1922 – 14 January 1923
ChampionsHuracán (AFA)
Independiente (AAmF)
← 1921
1923 →

The 1922 Argentine Primera División was the 31st season of top-flight football in Argentina. Huracán won its second consecutive championship, while Independiente obtained its first title, the Asociación Amateurs de Football championship.

Final tables

Asociación Argentina de Football - Copa Campeonato

Primera División (AFA)
Huracán, AFA champions
Season1922
Dates23 April 1922 – 14 January 1923
ChampionsHuracán (2nd title)
Promoted
Relegated(none)
Top goalscorerArgentina José Clarke
Argentina Domingo Tarasconi
(11 goals each)
Biggest home winHuracán 5–0 Sp. Dock Sud (7 May)
Biggest away winPorteño 1–5 Del Plata (5 Sep)
Highest scoringDel Plata 4–3 Sp. Palermo (19 Nov)
← 1921
1923 →

Alvear, Boca Alumni, San Fernando and Progresista made their debuts at the top division of Argentine football.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Huracán (C) 16 13 2 1 36 7 +29 28
2 Sportivo Palermo 16 11 3 2 34 14 +20 25
3 Boca Juniors 16 10 2 4 30 19 +11 22
4 Del Plata 16 10 0 6 27 15 +12 20
5 Nueva Chicago 16 7 4 5 23 22 +1 18
6 Argentinos Juniors 16 7 4 5 18 19 −1 18
7 Alvear 16 7 3 6 29 16 +13 17
8 Dock Sud 16 6 4 6 22 23 −1 16
9 Boca Alumni 16 6 3 7 20 22 −2 15
10 Sportivo Barracas 16 4 6 6 18 20 −2 14
11 Estudiantes (LP) 16 4 5 7 20 29 −9 13
12 Sportivo del Norte 16 5 3 8 14 22 −8 13
13 Porteño 16 4 4 8 15 24 −9 12
14 El Porvenir 16 3 6 7 11 20 −9 12
15 San Fernando 16 3 5 8 14 30 −16 11
16 Progresista 16 2 5 9 19 32 −13 9
17 Platense II[2] 16 3 3 10 16 32 −16 9
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Asociación Amateurs de Football

Primera División (AAmF)
Independiente, AAmF champions
Season1922
Dates9 Apr 1922 – 13 October 1923
ChampionsIndependiente (1st title)
PromotedPalermo
RelegatedPalermo
Top goalscorerArgentina Manuel Seoane (55)
Biggest home winRacing 7–1 Lanús (27 Aug 1922)
Biggest away winQuilmes 2–7 Sp. Almagro (29 Mar 1923)
← 1921
1923 →
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Independiente (C) 40 30 5 5 97 27 +70 65
2 River Plate 40 25 11 4 58 18 +40 61
3 San Lorenzo 40 24 12 4 65 25 +40 60
4 Racing 40 23 11 6 65 30 +35 57
5 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 40 22 9 9 52 30 +22 53
6 Platense[2] 40 20 12 8 56 30 +26 52
7 Vélez Sarsfield 40 16 10 14 47 43 +4 42
8 Banfield 40 18 6 16 52 55 −3 42
9 Tigre 40 15 11 14 50 45 +5 41
10 Atlanta 40 14 11 15 42 40 +2 39
11 San Isidro 40 12 11 17 46 51 −5 35
12 Ferro Carril Oeste 40 15 5 20 43 53 −10 35
13 Estudiantil Porteño 40 14 6 20 43 53 −10 34
14 Sportivo Almagro 40 12 10 18 46 58 −12 34
15 Defensores de Belgrano 40 12 8 20 41 55 −14 32
16 Barracas Central 40 10 11 19 35 53 −18 31
17 Sportivo Buenos Aires 40 10 10 20 42 64 −22 30
18 Lanús 40 10 8 22 47 69 −22 28
19 Estudiantes (BA) 40 10 7 23 35 61 −26 27
20 Palermo[a] (R) 40 7 7 26 40 85 −45 21
21 Quilmes 40 8 5 27 25 82 −57 21
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Palermo was relegated after a long discussion in the Association - source: Argentina: 1ra. División Asociación Amateurs 1922 at Historia y Futbol

References

  1. ^ Argentina 1922 at RSSSF
  2. ^ a b From 1921 to 1925 there were two teams called "Platense" due to an internal conflict in the lists of candidates for president of the institution. Current Club Atlético Platense played at the dissident Asociación Amateur and the other squad (known as "Platense II") played in the Asociación Argentina. Source: Historia del Club at Platense Locura website Archived 2012-08-27 at the Wayback Machine