1908 in Argentine football

Football in Argentina
Season 1908
Men's football
Primera División Belgrano A.C.
Segunda División River Plate
Tercera División Banfield
Copa de Honor Quilmes
Copa de Competencia Alumni
← 1907 Argentina 1909 →

1908 in Argentine football saw Belgrano AC win its 3rd. title, ending a run of three consecutive championships for Alumni.

In International football, Argentina won Copa Newton and Copa Lipton. On 13 September 1908, in the Copa Newton game against Uruguay Argentina wore the light blue and white stripes ("Albiceleste") for the first time.[1]

Primera División

The 1908 championship was reduced from 11 to 10 teams, with each team playing the other twice.[2]

Final standings

Pos Team Pts G W D L Gf Ga Gd
1Belgrano AC311815124920+29
2Alumni271813147418+56
3Argentino de Quilmes251812154426+18
4San Isidro231811163626+10
5Estudiantes (BA)221811253720+17
6Quilmes17188194654-8
7Porteño131861112341-18
8Reformer81832131057-47
9Lomas AC71831141950-31
10San Martín AC (San Martín)31821151642-26
  • Estudiantes (BA) was docked 2 points.
  • San Martín was docked 2 points and was relegated at the end of the tournament.
  • Nacional (Floresta) was disaffiliated by the Association due to the poor conditions of its stadium, according to the rules. The team had played only 2 matches.[3]

Lower divisions

Primera B

Primera C

Domestic cups

Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires

Final

Copa de Competencia Jockey Club

Champion: Alumni

Final

International cups

Tie Cup

Final

Alumni Argentina 4-0 Uruguay Wanderers
Report

Copa de Honor Cousenier

Final

Wanderers Uruguay 2-0 Argentina Quilmes
Report

Argentina national team

Argentina retained both Copa Lipton and Copa Newton in 1908, although the squad was later beaten by Uruguay in the inaugural Copa Premier Honor Argentino. Argentina also embarked on a tour of Brazil in August 1908 where the team won six and drew one of the seven games played in 13 days.

Copa Lipton

Argentina  2-2 [4]  Uruguay
Report

Copa Newton

Argentina  2-1  Uruguay
Report

Copa Premier Honor Argentino

Argentina  0-1  Uruguay
Report

Friendly matches

Date Venue/City Rival Score Report
2 July 1908Sao PauloForeigners of Sao Paulo2-2[5]
5 July 1908Sao PauloForeigners of Sao Paulo6-0
7 July 1908Sao PauloSao Paulo State team4-0
9 July 1908Rio de JaneiroGuanabara State team3-2
11 July 1908Rio de JaneiroEnglish of Rio de Janeiro7-1
12 July 1908Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro League3-0
14 July 1908SantosSão Paulo/Santos Combined6-1

References

  1. ↑ Argentina international results Archived 2009-06-03 at the Wayback Machine. at rsssf
  2. ↑ Argentina 1908 by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at RSSSF
  3. ↑ Argentina 1908 at Historia y Futbol
  4. ↑ As visiting team, Argentina won the trophy.
  5. ↑ Other results of Argentina national team at RSSSF
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