1936 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Season1936
Dates5 April – 20 December
Champions
1936 Copa AldaoRiver Plate
← 1935
1937 →

The 1936 Argentine Primera División was the 45th season of top-flight football in Argentina. Two regular championships were disputed that year, "Copa de Honor" (won by San Lorenzo) and "Copa Campeonato" (won by River Plate).[2]

At the end of the season, both champions, River and San Lorenzo, played a single match for the "Copa de Oro" trophy. River Plate won the match, that would be recognised as an additional league title.[3]

Final tables

Copa de Honor

Copa de Honor
San Lorenzo, Copa de Honor champions
Season1936
Dates5 April – 26 July
ChampionsSan Lorenzo (5th title)
Top goalscorerArgentina Alberto Zozaya (Estudiantes (LP)) (16 goals)
Biggest home winEstudiantes (LP) 7–1 Tigre
Biggest away winFerro 2–6 Independiente
Chacarita 2–6 S. Lorenzo
← 1935
1937 →
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 San Lorenzo 17 12 4 1 45 21 +24 28
2 Huracán 17 11 3 3 30 20 +10 25
3 Boca Juniors 17 10 4 3 36 17 +19 24
4 Vélez Sarsfield 17 10 2 5 40 25 +15 22
5 Independiente 17 9 4 4 35 35 0 22
6 River Plate 17 9 3 5 35 35 0 21
7 Atlanta 17 8 3 6 34 38 −4 19
8 Racing 17 8 2 7 34 38 −4 18
9 Quilmes 17 7 4 6 27 26 +1 18
10 Chacarita Juniors 17 7 4 6 31 31 0 18
11 Estudiantes (LP) 17 8 1 8 40 34 +6 17
12 Platense 17 6 4 7 23 26 −3 16
13 Ferro Carril Oeste 17 5 4 8 46 44 +2 14
14 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 17 4 5 8 33 45 −12 13
15 Talleres (RE) 17 6 0 11 27 30 −3 12
16 Lanús 17 3 3 11 29 43 −14 9
17 Tigre 17 2 3 12 17 42 −25 7
18 Argentinos Juniors 17 1 1 15 15 54 −39 3
Source: [citation needed]

Copa Campeonato

Copa Campeonato
River Plate, Copa Campeonato champion
Season1936
Dates16 August – 13 December
ChampionsRiver Plate (3rd title)
Top goalscorerArgentina Evaristo Barrera (Racing) (19 goals)
Biggest home winV. Sarsfield 8–1 Tigre
Biggest away winChacarita 3–7 Independiente
← 1935
1937 →
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 River Plate 17 13 2 2 49 19 +30 28
2 San Lorenzo 17 11 2 4 41 24 +17 24
3 Racing 17 10 3 4 43 27 +16 23
4 Independiente 17 10 1 6 32 29 +3 21
5 Boca Juniors 17 9 2 6 39 19 +20 20
6 Atlanta 17 8 3 6 39 30 +9 19
7 Platense 17 6 7 4 26 29 −3 19
8 Huracán 17 7 4 6 32 22 +10 18
9 Argentinos Juniors 17 7 4 6 26 32 −6 18
10 Ferro Carril Oeste 17 7 3 7 30 36 −6 17
11 Estudiantes (LP) 17 6 4 7 32 32 0 16
12 Chacarita Juniors 17 6 4 7 36 42 −6 16
13 Vélez Sarsfield 17 7 1 9 45 35 +10 15
14 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 17 6 2 9 31 48 −17 14
15 Lanús 17 5 2 10 27 43 −16 12
16 Quilmes 17 4 3 10 24 39 −15 11
17 Tigre 17 2 4 11 21 43 −22 8
18 Talleres (RE) 17 1 5 11 19 43 −24 7
Source: [citation needed]

Copa de Oro

1936 Copa de Oro
River Plate San Lorenzo
Copa Campeonato Copa de Honor
4 2
DateDecember 20, 1936; 88 years ago (1936-12-20)
VenueIndependiente

Trophy disputed by both champions of the two competitions contested that year, San Lorenzo (Copa de Honor) and River Plate (Copa Campeonato). In June 2013 (77 years after the match was played) the AFA cited on its website the "Copa de Oro" as a league title for River Plate. The "Copa de Honor" was also included as a league title for San Lorenzo de Almagro.[1][4][3]

Nevertheless, some historians consider the "Copa de Oro" a domestic cup title, instead of a league championship, stating that this cup was only contested to qualify an Argentine representative to play the Copa Aldao against the Uruguayan champion.[5] Otherwise, the AFA's Memoria y Balance 1936 (Annual Report) cited River Plate as "Campeón 1936" mentioning both titles won, Copa de Oro and Copa Campeonato, while San Lorenzo is only mentioned as "Copa de Honor winner".[6]

Details

1936 Copa de Oro
River Plate4–2San Lorenzo
Cesarini 39'
Chividini 73' (o.g.)
Pedernera 76'
Ferreyra 86'		 Report Pantó 55'
Canteli 81'
Referee: Bartolomé Macías


 Copa de Oro 1936
winner 
River Plate
4th title

References

  1. ^ a b Campeones de Primera División on AFA website
  2. ^ Argentina 1936 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on RSSSF.com
  3. ^ a b "La AFA le dio un campeonato a River y a San Lorenzo y se desató la polémica" on CanchaLlena.com, 5 July 2013
  4. ^ "¿River y San Lorenzo campeones... de 1936?" on Goal.com, 5 Jul 2013
  5. ^ Un título que 80 años después sigue generando controversia by Oscar Barnade on Clarín, 21 Dec 2016
  6. ^ Memoria y Balance General 1936, p. 24 on the Argentine Football Association Library