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
Dates4 April 1926 – 16 January 1927
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 (RE) (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

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Asociación Argentina de Football - Copa Campeonato

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Primera División (AFA)
 
Boca Juniors, AFA champions
Season1926
Dates18 April 1926 – 16 January 1927
ChampionsBoca Juniors (5th. title)
PromotedSportivo Balcarce  
Relegated
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 (B) (R) 17 9 2 6 31 26 +5 20
7 Chacarita Juniors 17 7 4 6 18 16 +2 18
8 Argentino (Q) 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 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: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Asociación Amateurs de Football

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Primera División (AAm)
 
Independiente, AAmF champions
Season1926
Dates4 April – 21 November
ChampionsIndependiente (2nd. title)
PromotedTalleres (RE)  
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 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 (RE) 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: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

References

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  1. ^ "Argentina: 1ra. División Asociación Argentina 1926 at Historia y Futbol". Archived from the original on 2010-04-25. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  2. ^ Argentina 1926 at RSSSF