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Torneo Internacional Nocturno
	The trophy awarded to champions
Organising body	AFA; AUF
Founded	1936
Abolished	1944; 81 years ago
Region	Argentina, Uruguay
Number of teams	10 (1944)
Related competitions	Torneos de Verano
Last champions	River Plate (1944)
Most successful club(s)	Independiente; Nacional; Newell's; River Plate; (one title each);

The Torneo Internacional Nocturno Rioplatense (English: Rioplatense Night International Tournament) was a friendly non-confederative^{[note 1]} association football club competition contested by teams from Argentina and Uruguay.^[2]

The Internacional Nocturno was part of several tournaments contested by Argentine and Uruguayan clubs only (such as Tie Cup, Copa de Honor Cousenier, Copa Aldao, and Copa Escobar-Gerona, among others). It was held on four occasions during the summer recess of official competitions in Argentina and Uruguay between 1936 and 1944.^[3]

Torneo Internacional Nocturno was a predecessor of Argentine Torneos de Verano, first held in 1968 and always played during January and February in Argentina,^[4] with Uruguayan (and also clubs from other countries) being invited to them.^[5]

Format

Participating teams played each other in a single round-robin system. The team with most points at the end of the tournament was crowned champion. That system changed in 1944 when participants were divided into two groups of five teams each, where the first of each zone qualified to play a final that decided a champion.^[3]

Participating teams

Clubs that contested the International Nocturno during over the years were Independiente, Racing, San Lorenzo, Newell's Old Boys, Peñarol, Nacional (all editions), Rosario Central (1936, 1938, 1944), Boca Juniors (1936, 1938, 1943), River Plate (1936, 1938, 1944), Estudiantes (LP) (1938, 1944), and Huracán (1943, 1944)

Notable players

Although being a friendly competition, participating clubs attended the Torneo Internacional Nocturno with their senior squads so some of most notable footballers of Argentina and Uruguay of those times played in the tournament.

Some of those players were Francisco Varallo, Mario Boyé, Ernesto Lazzatti (Boca Juniors); Raimundo Orsi, Arsenio Erico, Vicente de la Mata, Antonio Sastre (Independiente), Bernabé Ferreyra, Carlos Peucelle, José Manuel Moreno, Angel Labruna (River Plate), Roque Máspoli, Severino Varela (Peñarol), Atilio García, Roberto Porta (Nacional), Rinaldo Martino (San Loernzo), René Pontoni (Newell's), Waldino Aguirre (Rosario Central), Manuel Pelegrina, Ricardo Infante (Estudiantes LP), and Emilio Baldonedo (Huracán).^[6]

Notable matches

The match where Nacional beat Estudiantes de La Plata 2–1 played on 19 February 1938 in La Plata remains as one of the most violent matches in the history of South American football and a clear example of the strong Rioplatense rivalry. Media that covered the match stated: "a victory from Nacional had to be avoided in any way, and we feared for the Uruguayan supporters' safety" (Uruguayan newspaper El Diario). On the other hand, Argentine magazine El Gráfico wrote: "Saturday at La Plata there were two fights, 50% to the ball, 50% to the rival players. Nobody was safe, even the referee was on the verge of being beaten".^[7]

It was revealed that there were armed persons at the stadium, and some of those people would have showed their guns near the lockers during the halftime. After being noticed of that, Nacional captain Ricardo Faccio encouraged his teammates to win the match "for us and for our families". Atilio García scored two goals (the second one with his shirt covered on his own blood after he had been injured) for the final win over Estudiantes. Because of that, the match (attended by 20,000) remained on records as "the match of the blooded shirts".^[7]^[8]^[9]

Beyond the violence, the Huracán 8–1 Peñarol (with a hat-trick by Norberto "Tucho" Méndez) on February 25, 1943,^[10] was the all-time largest win of the tournament.^[3]

Editions

* Champion

1936

Pos.	Club	Pts	Pl	W	D	L	Gf	Gc	Dif
1º	Independiente	13	8	5	3	0	24	10	14
2º	San Lorenzo	12	8	5	2	1	22	17	5
3º	Rosario Central	10	8	4	2	2	20	17	3
4º	River Plate	9	8	3	3	2	19	19	0
5º	Newell's Old Boys	8	8	2	4	2	12	12	0
6º	Nacional	6	8	1	4	3	7	10	-4
7º	Peñarol	6	8	2	2	4	18	21	-3
8º	Boca Juniors	5	8	1	3	4	14	20	-6
9º	Racing	3	8	1	1	6	17	28	-11

1938

Pos.	Club	Pts	Pl	W	D	L	Gf	Gc	Dif
1º	Nacional	14	9	7	0	2	16	8	8
2º	San Lorenzo	12	9	6	0	3	28	21	7
3º	Boca Juniors	11	9	5	1	3	25	16	9
4º	Newell's Old Boys	10	9	4	2	3	24	19	5
5º	Independiente	9	9	4	1	4	22	17	5
6º	Racing	9	9	4	1	4	21	16	5
7º	Rosario Central	8	9	3	2	4	15	20	-5
8º	Peñarol	7	9	3	1	5	23	31	-8
9º	River Plate	7	9	3	1	5	13	21	-8
10º	Estudiantes (LP)	3	9	1	1	7	15	33	-18

Top scorers

Player	Club	Goals
Atilio García	Nacional	12
Arsenio Erico	Independiente	11
Luis Rongo	River Plate	9

1943

Pos.	Club	Pts	Pl	W	D	L	Gf	Gc	Dif
1º	Newell's Old Boys	11	7	5	1	1	19	13	6
2º	Boca Juniors	9	7	4	1	2	15	6	9
3º	Independiente	8	7	4	0	3	22	20	2
4º	Nacional	7	7	3	1	3	17	18	-1
5º	Huracán	6	7	3	0	4	20	18	2
6º	Peñarol	6	7	2	2	3	15	21	-6
7º	Racing	5	7	2	1	4	15	20	-5
8º	San Lorenzo	4	7	2	0	5	14	22	-8

1944

Group A

Pos.	Club	Pts	Pl	W	D	L	Gf	Gc	Dif
1º	River Plate	5	4	2	1	1	12	7	5	First position playoff
1º	Nacional	5	4	2	1	1	6	4	2	First position playoff
3º	Huracán	4	4	1	2	1	10	10	0
4º	San Lorenzo	4	4	2	0	2	8	13	-5
5º	Peñarol	2	4	0	2	2	3	5	-2

Group B

Pos.	Club	Pts	M	W	D	L	Gf	Gc	Dif
1º	Rosario Central	5	4	2	1	1	5	4	1	Qualified to the final
2º	Estudiantes (LP)	4	4	2	0	2	9	9	0
3º	Newell's Old Boys	4	4	1	2	1	8	8	0
4º	Independiente	4	4	2	0	2	5	9	-4
5º	Racing Club	3	4	1	1	2	6	7	3

Group A first place playoff

* Winner of the series

Team 1	Team 2	Res.	Venue	City
River Plate	Nacional	6–3	San Lorenzo Stadium	Buenos Aires

Final

Team 1	Team 2	Res.	Venue	City
River Plate	Rosario Central	2–0	San Lorenzo Stadium	Buenos Aires

List of champions

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1936	Independiente	San Lorenzo	– ^{[note 2]}
1938	Nacional ^[9]	San Lorenzo	– ^{[note 2]}
1943	Newell's Old Boys ^[11]	Boca Juniors	– ^{[note 2]}
1944	River Plate	Rosario Central	2–0

Notes

^ The AFA never included this competition among its official tournaments, according to the Annual Reports and Balances published by the association.^[1]
^ ^a ^b ^c Defined on points under a round-robin tournament format.

References

^ List of Annual Reports and Balances on AFA website
^ Argentina – List of friendly Tournaments by Mariano Buren on the RSSSSF
^ ^a ^b ^c Torneo Internacional Nocturno Rioplatense by Pablo Ciullini on the RSSSF
^ Torneo de verano: Alberto J. Armando vio el negocio en 1968 by José Luis Ponsico on Nacional y Popular web (archived, 2 Feb 2017) by Jose luis Ponsico
^ Torneos de Verano (Argentina) 1968-2004 on the RSSSF by Christian Ale
^ Torneo Internacional Nocturno Rioplatense - match details on the RSSSF
^ ^a ^b El Campeonato Nocturno Rioplatense, un torneo que tuvo su rica historia by Martín Perez - Feb 19, 2020 on Salimo.uy
^ Contra Estudiantes: Hazaña, desazón y trampa on El Observador by Juan J. Díaz – 23 May 2018
^ ^a ^b "Torneo Rioplatense Nocturno 1938" on Pueblo Tricolor (blogsite)
^ Temporada 1943 on Globopedia
^ "Newell's campeón del Torneo Internacional Nocturno 1943" by Leonardo Volpe on Historia del Fútbol Rosarino, 28 Feb 2011

[nooffic-2] The AFA never included this competition among its official tournaments, according to the Annual Reports and Balances published by the association.^[1]

[points-12] Defined on points under a round-robin tournament format.

[1] List of Annual Reports and Balances on AFA website

[frie-3] Argentina – List of friendly Tournaments by Mariano Buren on the RSSSSF

[rsssf-4] Torneo Internacional Nocturno Rioplatense by Pablo Ciullini on the RSSSF

[negocio-5] Torneo de verano: Alberto J. Armando vio el negocio en 1968 by José Luis Ponsico on Nacional y Popular web (archived, 2 Feb 2017) by Jose luis Ponsico

[verano-6] Torneos de Verano (Argentina) 1968-2004 on the RSSSF by Christian Ale

[details-7] Torneo Internacional Nocturno Rioplatense - match details on the RSSSF

[salimo-8] El Campeonato Nocturno Rioplatense, un torneo que tuvo su rica historia by Martín Perez - Feb 19, 2020 on Salimo.uy

[observador-9] Contra Estudiantes: Hazaña, desazón y trampa on El Observador by Juan J. Díaz – 23 May 2018

[ptricolor-10] "Torneo Rioplatense Nocturno 1938" on Pueblo Tricolor (blogsite)

[11] Temporada 1943 on Globopedia

[13] "Newell's campeón del Torneo Internacional Nocturno 1943" by Leonardo Volpe on Historia del Fútbol Rosarino, 28 Feb 2011

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Torneo Internacional Nocturno Rioplatense

Format

Participating teams

Notable players

Notable matches

Editions

1936

1938

1943

1944

List of champions

See also

Notes

References

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