1920 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Season 1920
Champions Boca Juniors (AFA)
River Plate (AAmF)
1919
1921

The 1920 Argentine Primera División was the 29° season of top-flight football in Argentina. The AFA season began on March 21 and ended in January 1921 while the AAmF began on March 28 and also ended on January 1921.

Boca Juniors won its 2nd. consecutive AFA championship while River Plate won the dissident Asociación Amateurs de Football (AAmF) title, putting an ended to the seven consecutive titles won by Racing Club de Avellaneda.[1]

Final tables

Asociación Argentina de Football - Copa Campeonato

Primera División (AFA)
Season 1920
Champions Boca Juniors (2° title)
Promoted Banfield
Del Plata
Sp. del Norte
Nueva Chicago
Lanús
Sportivo Barracas
Sportivo Palermo
Relegated (none)
1920 Copa Aldao Boca Juniors
Top goalscorer Argentina Fausto Lucarelli (Banfield) (15 goals)
Biggest home win Boca Juniors 7–0 N. Chicago
Biggest away win Sp. Palermo 0–6 Sp. Almagro
1919
1921

Club Eureka disappeared when merging with Sportivo Palermo while the Association expanded the number of to 13 clubs participating. Banfield returned to Primera after promoting the last year while Sportivo Barracas came from rival league "Asociación Amateurs de Football". The rest of the teams were promoted to Primera through a resolution by the association, they were Del Plata, Sportivo del Norte (then Colegiales), Nueva Chicago, Lanús, and Sportivo Palermo.[2]

Pos Team Pts G W D L Gf Ga Gd
1Boca Juniors43242031527+45
2Banfield312413563521+14
3Huracán312413563826+12
4Porteño302413473126+5
5Del Plata262410682227-5
6Sportivo Barracas252410592628-2
7Nueva Chicago2324103111736-19
8Sportivo del Norte222494111947-28
9Estudiantes (LP)2124101133437-3
10Sportivo Palermo192483132652-26
11Lanús [3]152455142612+12
12Sportivo Almagro [4]112443171697
13Palermo92441191428-14

Asociación Amateurs de Football

Primera División (AAmF)
Season 1920
Champions River Plate (1° title)
Promoted Barracas Central
Ferro Carril Oeste
Sp. Buenos Aires
Relegated (none)
Top goalscorer Argentina Santiago Carreras
(Vélez Sársfield) (19 goals)
Biggest home win Racing 7–0 Tigre
Biggest away win Estudiantes (BA) 0–10 Independiente
1919
1921

The tournament started with 17 teams then expanded to 19 when Lanús and Sportivo Almagro (that had previously left the Asociación Argentina) joined the league. Ferro Carril Oeste returned to the league after being relegated 2 years before. Barracas Central debuted in Primera after winning the Primera B (Aam) title last year. Sportivo Buenos Aires also debuted in the top division.

Pos Team Pts G W D L Gf Ga Gd
1River Plate563425637022+48
2Racing Club543425457723+54
3San Lorenzo4634171255830+20
4Atlanta4134177104929+20
5Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)4134177104632+14
6Vélez Sársfield3934175126032+28
7Platense373416513513912
8Independiente35341211115847+11
9San Isidro3334129135253-1
10Quilmes3234136153548-13
11Estudiantil Porteño3034912133842-4
12Ferro Carril Oeste3034126163461-27
13Defensores de Belgrano273499162840-12
14Barracas Central263498172849-21
15Tigre223494213877-39
16Sportivo Buenos Aires183466223364-31
17Sportivo Almagro [5]17176562221+1
18Lanús[6]15176381423-9
19Estudiantes (BA)133445253190-59

References

  1. Argentina 1920 at RSSSF
  2. Argentina: 1ra. División Asociación Argentina 1920 at Historia y Futbol
  3. Lanús abandoned the AAF to join the AAm after the 13th round of fixtures. The remaining 12 fixtures were awarded as wins to its opponents
  4. Sportivo Almagro abandoned the AAF to join the AAm after the 13th round of fixtures. The remaining 12 fixtures were awarded as wins to its opponents
  5. Sportivo Almagro defected from the AAF league at the halfway stage, therefore played half as many games as the rest of the league.
  6. Lanús defected from the AAF league at the halfway stage, therefore played half as many games as the rest of the league.
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