1906 in Argentine football

1906 in Argentine football saw Alumni regaining the Argentine championship for the 6th time in seven seasons. The team also won the local Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires and internationals Tie Cup and Copa de Honor Cousenier, obtaining four titles within the same year.

Football in Argentina
Season1906
Men's football
Primera DivisiónAlumni
Segunda DivisiónEstudiantes (BA) II
Tercera DivisiónGimnasia y Esgrima (BA)
Copa de HonorAlumni
Argentina

San Isidro, Argentino de Quilmes and San Martín made their debuts in Primera.

Primera División

The 1906 championship was expanded to include 11 teams. The teams were split into two groups with each team playing the others in their group twice. The two group winners played in a championship decider.[1]

Group A

Pos Team Pts G W D L Gf Ga Gd
1Lomas AC15107122314+9
2San Martín AC (San Martín)1210523179+8
3Estudiantes (BA)12106042219+3
4San Isidro10105052322+1
5Reformer8104063022+8
6Barracas AC[2]110118837-29

Group B

Pos Team Pts G W D L Gf Ga Gd
1Alumni148701286+22
2Quilmes1286022613+13
3Belgrano AC1085032315+8
4Argentino de Quilmes28107519-14
5Belgrano AC "B"28107938-29

Championship final

Alumni4–0Lomas AC

Lower divisions

Primera B

Primera C

Domestic cup

Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires

Champion: Alumni[3]

Final

Alumni3–1Estudiantes (BA)

International cups

Tie Cup

Final

Alumni Argentina10–1Argentina Belgrano AC
Eliseo Brown (5)
Alfredo Brown (4)
Ernesto Brown
Report C. H. Wahley

Copa de Honor Cousenier

Finals

Alumni Argentina2–2Uruguay Nacional
Alumni Argentina3–1Uruguay Nacional
Report

Argentina national team

Argentina national team won their first trophies, on 15 August 1906 they won 3–2 against Uruguay in Montevideo to win the 2nd edition of Copa Lipton, in October they defeated Uruguay again to win the inaugural Copa Newton.

Final

Argentina 2–0 Uruguay
Brown 28'
Tristan Gozalez 85'
Report

Final

Argentina 2–1 Uruguay
Hutton 26'
Brown 80'
Report Gilberto Peralta 87'

Friendly matches

Date Venue/City Rival Score Report
9 July 1906Buenos AiresSouth Africa Combined0-1[5]

References

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