1929 in Argentine football

1929 saw the 35 teams that formed the Primera División divided into two groups. The top 2 of each group qualified for the final stages of the tournament, which was eventually won by Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP).

Football in Argentina
Season1929
Argentina

The season was marred by mass abandonment of games, defending Argentine champion Huracán withdrew from 8 of its fixtures leaving them to finish in 14th place in the group. Several other teams withdrew from multiple games.[1] Abandonments of games, discontinuations, and withdrawals were quite common in these early seasons (cf., for instance, the second half of the 1930 season [2]).

The Argentina national team won a new edition of Copa América.

Primera División

Colegiales returned to the first division after winning the Primera B championship last year.

Group A
Pos Team Pts G W D L Gf Ga Gd
1Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)281714033311+22
2River Plate271712322811+17
3Lanús24178813117+14
4Racing Club241710432417+7
5Almagro21178541918+1
6Talleres (BA)19177551613+3
7San Fernando17176563120+11
8Colegiales171757528280
9El Porvenir17177371926-7
10Estudiantes (LP)16177283220+12
11Tigre15175572823+5
12Argentino del Sud15176381424-10
13Banfield14175481823-5
14Huracán131761102611+15
15Atlanta111743101024-14
16San Isidro91733111436-22
17Estudiantes (BA)8172411841-33
18Platense7173113723-16

Group B
Pos Team Pts G W D L Gf Ga Gd
1Boca Juniors271613123111+20
2San Lorenzo271612314215+27
3Independiente20167633818+20
4Estudiantil Porteño20168442621+5
5Chacarita Juniors20168442320+3
6Vélez Sarsfield20169252321+2
7Argentinos Juniors15165561622-6
8Barracas Central15167181630-14
9Sportivo Palermo14166281421-7
10Quilmes1416628826-18
11Defensores de Belgrano12164481218-6
12Sportivo Buenos Aires12164482019+1
13Excursionistas12165292033-13
14Argentino de Quilmes11164391617-1
15Argentino de Banfield11163582128-7
16Ferro Carril Oeste10162682325-2
17Sportivo Barracas10163491317-4

As Boca Juniors and San Lorenzo finished level on points, they needed a playoff to decide which team went to the final and which to the 3rd/4th place playoff.

Playoff
Boca Juniors2-2San Lorenzo
Kuko
Evaristo 		D. García
Arrieta
Boca Juniors2-2San Lorenzo
Evaristo
Muttis 		D. García
Foresto
Boca Juniors3-1San Lorenzo
Evaristo (2)
Moreyras 		Report Carricaberry

Third place
River Platewp/lp [3]San Lorenzo
Report

Final
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)2-1Boca Juniors
Maleanni 62', 70' Report Di Gianno (o.g.) 30'

Lower divisions

Primera B

Primera C
  • Champion: Gimnasia y Esgrima (Lanús)

Argentina national team

Argentina won its 4th. Copa América, hosted at home. The team also won other minor championships such as Copa Cámara de Diputados Argentina and Copa Centro Automovilístico Uruguayo but lost the Copa Lipton and Copa Newton to Uruguay.

Copa Lipton
Argentina 0-0 [4] Uruguay
Report

Copa Newton
Argentina 1-2 Uruguay
Report

Copa América
Argentina 3-0 Peru
Peucelle 27'
Zumelzú 38', 58'
Argentina 4-1 Paraguay
Evaristo 7'
M. Ferreira 24', 48'
Cherro 50'		 Domínguez 56'
Argentina 2-0 Uruguay
M. Ferreira 14'
Evaristo 77'		 Report

References
  1. Argentina 1929 at RSSSF Archived 2008-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Argentina 1930 at RSSSF
  3. San Lorenzo did not attend to the match so the points were given to River Plate.
  4. As visiting team, Uruguay won the trophy.
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