1898 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Season 1898
Champions Lomas (5° title)
Promoted Lobos
United Banks
Relegated (none)
Matches played 43
Top goalscorer England T.F. Allen (Lanús A.C.)
(11 goals)
Biggest home win Belgrano A.C. 7-1 Palermo A.C.
Biggest away win Palermo A.C. 0-8 Lanús A.C.
1897
1899

The 1898 Argentine Primera División was the 7° season of top division football in Argentina. It was won by Lomas, achieving its 5th Argentine championship in 6 seasons. The runner-up was Lobos.[1] Flores AC and Belgrano AC "B" left the championship, being replaced by Lobos -which returned to the Association- and new team United Banks.[2]

Primera división

Final standings

Pos Team Pts G W D L Gf Ga Gd
1Lomas2012840204+16
2Lobos2012921216+15
3Belgrano A.C.17128132410+14
4Lanús A.C.13126152912+17
5United Banks10124261620-4
6Palermo A.C.41220101047-37
7Banfield0120012324-21

Championship playoff

Lomas and Lobos finished first with 20 points each so they had to play a match to define a champion. After the first game was declared nule by the Association attending to a request by Lobos, a second match was played, winning Lomas the title.[2]

Lomas 1−0 [3] Lobos
Report
Barker Memorial School

Lomas 2−1 Lobos
Anderson
Jordan
Report
Barker Memorial School
Referee: W. McEwen
GKP. J. Grant
DFWalter Stirling
DFJoseph H. Walker
MFArthur Anderson
MFFrederick Henry Jacobs
MFCharles Williams Reynolds (c)
FWHenry B. Anderson
FWGeorge Mervyn Comber
FWJames Oswald Anderson
FWScotland William Newton Stirling
FWFrank John Chevallier Boutell
GKArmando Coste
DFTomás Patricio Moore (c)
DFWalter Buchanan
MFT. Cavanagh
MFPatrick M. Rath
MFEduardo Buchanan
FWH. Wilson
FWJuan José Moore
FWHerbert Harold Jordan
FWEugenio F. Moore
FWJ. Negron

References

  1. Final tables in Argentina: 1890s at RSSSF
  2. 1 2 Argentina 1898 at Historia y Fútbol
  3. Match annulled by the Association, which stated a new game had to be played.
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