1926 Argentine Primera División

The 1926 Argentine Primera División was the 35th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The AFA championship began on April 18 and ended on January 16, 1927. The AAm season began on April 4 and ended on November 21.

Primera División
Season1926
ChampionsBoca Juniors (AFA)
Independiente (AAmF)
← 1925
1927 →

All Boys, Colegiales, El Porvenir, Nueva Chicago, Sportivo Barracas and Temperley moved to rival league Asociación Amateurs when most of fixtures had been disputed.[1] Teams promoted where Sportivo Balcarce (AFA) and Talleres de Remedios de Escalada (AAm).

Boca Juniors won its 5th. league title (AFA) while Independiente obtained the AAm championship, achieving the 2nd. title for the club.

At the end of the season, Alvear, Argentino de Banfield, Boca Alumni, Del Plata, General San Martín, Palermo, Progresista, Sportivo Balcarce, Sportivo Dock Sud, Sportsman and Universal were relegated when the associations merged.[2]

Final tables

Asociación Argentina de Football - Copa Campeonato
Primera División (AFA)
Season1926
ChampionsBoca Juniors
PromotedSportivo Balcarce
RelegatedAlvear
Argentino de Banfield
Boca Alumni
Del Plata
General San Martín
Palermo
Progresista
Sportivo Balcarce
Sportivo Dock Sud
Sportsman
Universal
Top goalscorer Roberto Cherro (Boca Juniors)
(20 goals)
Biggest home win–
Biggest away win–
← 1925
1927 →
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Boca Juniors (C) 17 15 2 0 67 4 +63 32
2 Argentinos Juniors 17 12 4 1 26 11 +15 28
3 Huracán 17 11 2 4 37 8 +29 24
4 Sportivo Balcarce (R) 17 10 3 4 29 19 +10 23
5 Palermo (R) 17 10 3 4 28 23 +5 23
6 Argentino de Banfield (R) 17 9 2 6 31 26 +5 20
7 Chacarita Juniors 17 7 4 6 18 16 +2 18
8 Argentino de Quilmes 17 8 2 7 25 30 −5 18
9 San Fernando 17 8 1 8 21 24 −3 17
10 Boca Alumni (R) 17 5 5 7 21 18 +3 15
11 Sportsman (R) 17 5 5 7 17 22 −5 15
12 Alvear (R) 17 5 5 7 13 20 −7 15
13 Universal (R) 17 5 4 8 12 36 −24 14
14 General San Martín (R) 17 5 3 9 15 24 −9 13
15 Sp. Dock Sud (R) 17 5 2 10 22 21 +1 12
16 Del Plata (R) 17 4 1 12 15 43 −28 9
17 Progresista (R) 17 4 0 13 19 20 −1 8
18 Porteño 17 0 2 15 17 68 −51 2
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Asociación Amateurs de Football
Primera División (AAm)
Season1926
ChampionsIndependiente
Relegated(none)
Top goalscorer Manuel Seoane (Independiente)
(29 goals)
← 1925
1927 →
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Independiente (C) 25 21 4 0 75 14 +61 46
2 San Lorenzo 25 21 3 1 71 21 +50 45
3 Platense 25 16 5 4 41 18 +23 37
4 Racing Club 25 16 2 7 51 36 +15 34
5 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 25 13 7 5 41 27 +14 33
6 Lanús 25 13 7 5 38 28 +10 33
7 Vélez Sarsfield 25 10 11 4 38 27 +11 31
8 Sportivo Palermo 25 14 3 8 51 38 +13 31
9 Quilmes 25 13 3 9 46 22 +24 29
10 Sportivo Almagro 25 12 4 9 26 25 +1 28
11 River Plate 25 10 4 11 32 24 +8 24
12 Defensores de Belgrano 25 10 4 11 24 32 −8 24
13 Tigre 25 7 8 10 32 36 −4 22
14 Talleres (BA) 25 10 2 13 28 36 −8 22
15 Estudiantes (LP) 25 8 5 12 37 35 +2 21
16 Ferro Carril Oeste 25 7 6 12 28 37 −9 20
17 Barracas Central 25 7 5 13 31 42 −11 19
18 Estudiantil Porteño 25 5 9 11 25 38 −13 19
19 Sportivo Buenos Aires 25 7 5 13 24 39 −15 19
20 Excursionistas 25 6 7 12 23 43 −20 19
21 Banfield 25 5 9 11 16 37 −21 19
22 San Isidro 25 8 2 15 32 46 −14 18
23 Liberal Argentino 25 7 4 14 21 37 −16 18
24 Estudiantes (BA) 25 6 5 14 22 45 −23 17
25 Argentino del Sud 25 5 4 16 22 56 −34 14
26 Atlanta 25 1 6 18 22 58 −36 8
Source:
(C) Champion.

References
  1. Argentina: 1ra. División Asociación Argentina 1926 at Historia y Futbol
  2. Argentina 1926 at RSSSF
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