1920 in Argentine football

1920 in Argentine football saw Boca Juniors retain their "Asociación Argentina de Football" (AAF) league title. In the dissident "Asociación Amateurs de Football" (AAm) River Plate ended the run of seven consecutive league titles for Racing Club de Avellaneda.

In international football Argentina finished as runners up in Copa América 1920.

Contents

Primera División

Asociación Argentina de Football - Copa Campeonato

Position Team Points Played 0Won0 Drawn 0Lost 00For00 Against Difference
1 Boca Juniors 43 24 20 3 1 52 7 +45
2 Banfield 31 24 13 5 6 35 21 +14
3 Huracán 31 24 13 5 6 38 26 +12
4 Porteño 30 24 13 4 7 31 26 +5
5 Del Plata 26 24 10 6 8 22 27 -5
6 Sportivo Barracas 25 24 10 5 9 26 28 -2
7 Nueva Chicago 23 24 10 3 11 17 36 -19
8 Sportivo del Norte 22 24 9 4 11 19 47 -28
9 Estudiantes (LP) 21 24 10 1 13 34 37 -3
10 Sportivo Palermo 19 24 8 3 13 26 52 -26
11 Lanús[1] 15 24 5 5 14 12 15 -3
12 Sportivo Almagro[2] 11 24 4 3 17 9 11 -2
13 Palermo[3] 9 24 4 1 19 28 9 +19

Asociación Amateur de Football - Primera División

Position Team Points Played 0Won0 Drawn 0Lost 00For00 Against Difference
1 River Plate 56 34 25 6 3 70 22 +48
2 Racing Club 54 34 25 4 5 77 23 +54
3 San Lorenzo 46 34 17 12 5 58 30 +28
4 Atlanta 41 34 17 7 10 49 29 +20
4 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 41 34 17 7 10 46 32 +14
6 Vélez Sársfield 39 34 17 5 12 60 32 +28
7 Platense 37 34 16 5 13 51 39 +12
8 Independiente 35 34 12 11 11 58 47 +11
9 San Isidro 33 34 12 9 13 52 53 -1
10 Quilmes 32 34 13 6 15 35 48 -13
11 Estudantil Porteño 30 34 9 12 13 38 42 -4
11 Ferro Carril Oeste 30 34 12 6 16 34 61 -25
13 Defensores de Belgrano 27 34 9 9 16 28 40 -12
14 Barracas Central 26 34 9 8 17 28 49 -21
15 Tigre 22 34 9 4 21 38 77 -39
16 Sportivo Buenos Aires 18 34 6 6 22 33 64 -31
17 Sportivo Almagro[4] 17 17 6 5 6 22 21 +1
18 Lanús[5] 15 17 6 3 8 14 23 -9
19 Estudiantes (BA) 13 34 4 5 25 31 90 -59

Segunda División

Domestic cups

Dissident Cup

International cups

Copa de Honor Cousenier

Final

Boca Juniors 2–0 Universal

Copa Dr. Ricardo C. Aldao

Final

20 November 1921
Boca Juniors 1–2 Nacional

Argentina national team

Copa América

In 1920 the Argentina national team travelled to Chile to participate in the 4th edition of Copa América. They finished as runners-up to Uruguay for the third time.

Titles

Results

Date Venue Opponents Score Competition Argentina scorers Match Report(s)
18 July 1920 Montevideo  Uruguay 2 - 0 Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo
25 July 1920 Buenos Aires  Uruguay 1 - 3 Copa Newton
8 August 1920 Buenos Aires  Uruguay 1 - 0 Copa Premier Honor Argentino
12 September 1920 Viña del Mar  Uruguay 1 - 1 Copa América 1920 Echeverría
20 September 1920 Viña del Mar  Chile 1 - 1 Copa América 1920 Dellavalle
25 September 1920 Viña del Mar  Brazil 0 - 2 Copa América 1920 Echeverría, Libonatti
12 October 1920 Buenos Aires  Brazil 3 - 1 Friendly

References

  1. ^ Lanús abandoned the AAF to join the AAm after the 13th round of fixtures. Their remaining 12 fixtures were awarded as wins to their opponents
  2. ^ Sportivo Almagro abandoned the AAF to join the AAm after the 13th round of fixtures. Their remaining 12 fixtures were awarded as wins to their opponents
  3. ^ Sportivo Almagro abandoned the AAF after the 13th round of fixtures. Their remaining 11 fixtures were awarded as wins to their opponents
  4. ^ Sportivo Almagro defected from the AAF league at the halfway stage, therefore played half as many games as the rest of the league.
  5. ^ 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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