1931 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Season 1931
Champions Estudiantil Porteño (AFA)
Boca Juniors (LAF)
← 1930
1932 →

The 1931 Primera División season was the 40th season of top-flight football in Argentina and the first to be professional in the country, after eighteen clubs broke away from the amateur league structure to form the professional league, "Liga Argentina de Football" (LAF). The inaugural champions was Boca Juniors led by coach Mario Fortunato.[1] The top scorer of the championship was Alberto Zozaya of Estudiantes de La Plata with 33 goals.[2]

The official body (AFA) remained amateur under the denomination "Asociación Amateurs Argentina de Football".[3]

Final tables

Asociación Argentina de Football (AFA)

Primera División (AFA)
Season 1931
Champions Estudiantil Porteño (1° title)
Matches played 306
Goals scored 1,093 (3.57 per match)
Top goalscorer Argentina José Ciancio (Almagro)
(14 goals)
← 1930
1932 →
Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Almagro [4] 15 13 0 2 45 13+32 26
2 Estudiantil Porteño [4] 15 12 2 1 31 17+14 26
3 Sp. Buenos Aires 15 11 0 4 26 16+10 22
4 El Porvenir 15 9 3 3 34 20+14 21
5 Excursionistas 15 7 3 5 36 27+9 17
6 Nueva Chicago 15 7 3 5 22 24−2 17
7 Argentino de Quilmes 15 7 2 6 24 240 16
8 Sp. Palermo 15 6 3 6 24 23+1 15
9 Sp. Barracas 15 5 4 6 35 30+5 14
10 Barracas Central 15 5 4 6 22 26−4 14
11 Estudiantes (BA) 15 5 3 7 20 23−3 13
12 Colegiales 15 4 5 6 20 26−6 13
13 Defensores de Belgrano 15 3 3 9 13 19−6 9
14 Banfield 15 3 3 9 21 37−16 9
15 Argentino de Lomas 15 2 2 11 12 25−13 6
16 San Fernando 15 1 0 14 13 48−35 2

Championship playoff

Estudiantil Porteño and Almagro finished level on points at the top of the table, so a championship playoff was played to proclaim a champion.[5]

Final

Estudiantil Porteño 3-1 Almagro
F. Martínez  25', 84'
Bissio  70'		 Report M. Fernández  42'
Sp. Barracas
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Cirilo Garigliano
Estudiantil Porteño
Almagro
GKJosé Bolgues
DFJosé Migliozzi
DFAlberto Bellomo
MFPedro Martínez
MFFidel Corátolo
MFJosé Gargiulo
FWRaúl Costa
FWJulio Bissio
FWFrancisco Martínez
FWOscar Mapelli
FWCarlos Spadaro
Manager:
GKCándido De Nicola
DFFrancisco Santoro
DFHumberto Recantini
MFMateo Fernández
MFCarlos Gros
MFJosé Aceto
FWHéctor Oro
FWVicente Pérez
FWFélix Varalli
FWJosé Ciancio
FWOscar Correa
Manager:

Liga Argentina de Football

Primera División (LAF)
Season 1931
Champions Boca Juniors (7° title)
Top goalscorer Argentina Alberto Zozaya (33)
← 1930
1932 →
Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Boca Juniors 34 22 6 6 85 49+36 50
2 San Lorenzo 34 19 7 8 81 52+29 45
3 Estudiantes (LP) 34 20 4 10 103 51+52 44
4 River Plate 34 19 6 9 63 39+24 44
5 Racing 34 19 5 10 81 51+30 43
6 Independiente 34 18 7 9 69 60+9 43
7 Chacarita Juniors 34 18 6 10 63 58+5 42
8 Huracán 34 13 7 14 58 49+9 33
9 Vélez Sarsfield 34 13 7 14 63 68−5 33
10 Ferro Carril Oeste 34 12 8 14 60 74−14 32
11 Argentinos Juniors 34 12 7 15 49 61−12 31
12 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 34 9 12 13 42 64−22 30
13 Platense 34 13 3 18 52 520 29
14 Quilmes 34 12 5 17 53 62−9 29
15 Talleres (RE) 34 11 2 21 48 68−20 24
16 Tigre 34 8 7 19 47 70−23 23
17 Lanús 34 10 2 22 43 82−39 22
18 Atlanta 34 4 7 23 33 83−50 15

Top goalscorers

Pos Name Team Goals
1 Alberto Zozaya Estudiantes 33
2 Alejandro Scopelli Estudiantes 31
3 Francisco Varallo Boca Juniors 27
4 Herminio Masantonio Huracán 23
5 Luis Sánchez Platense 20

References

  1. ↑ Buren, Mariano (January 11, 2010). "Argentina - Coaches of Championship Teams - First Level". RSSSF. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  2. ↑ Argentina 1931 on RSSSF.com
  3. ↑ Argentina 1931 (amateur) on RSSSF.com
  4. 1 2 Championship playoff
  5. ↑ Argentina 1931 (amateur) on RSSSF.com
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