1897 Argentine Primera División

Primera División

Season	1897
Champions	Lomas AC
Relegated	(none)
Matches played	44
Top goalscorer	William Stirling (Lomas AC) (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Belgrano AC 14-0 Palermo AC
Biggest away win	Banfield 1-10 Flores AC
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The 1897 Argentine Primera División was the 6° season of top-flight football in Argentina. The championship was won by Lomas that achieved its 4th Argentine league title in 5 seasons. Lomas won the title after beating Lanús A.C. by 1-0 in 3rd. playoff match.

The players of Lomas Academy (dissolved one year before) returned to its parent club, Lomas Athletic, while Lanús A.C., Banfield and Palermo A.C. made their debuts and Belgrano A.C. registered a "B" team to play the tournament.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pts	G	W	D	L	Gf	Ga	Gd
1	Lomas	20	12	9	2	1	55	9	+46
2	Lanús A.C.	20	12	10	0	2	39	8	+31
3	Belgrano A.C.	19	12	9	1	2	47	15	+32
4	Flores	13	12	6	1	5	44	22	+22
5	Palermo A.C.	8	12	4	0	8	11	50	-39
6	Belgrano A.C. "B"	3	12	1	1	10	10	56	-46
7	Banfield	1	12	0	1	11	6	52	-46

Championship Playoffs

8 September 1897

Lomas	1-1	Lanús A.C.
	Report

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12 September 1897

Lomas	0-0	Lanús A.C.
	Report

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19 September 1897

Lomas	1-0	Lanús A.C.
Stirling	Report

Line-ups

• Lomas Athletic Club: Percy Louis Grey Bridger, William Leslie, Joseph Edgar Wright, Lawrence Jacobs, Frederik Henry Jacobs, Arthur Anderson, George Mervyn Comber, Carlos Gibson, James Oswald Anderson (captain), William Newton Stirling, Frank John Chevallier Boutell
• Lanús Athletic Club: Armando Coste, Thomas Bridge (captain), Walter Buchanan, Italo Nobili, A. A. Miller, W. Dunn, John Jame Bridge, Luis Nobili, Jorge Gibson Brown, Héctor Munro, Charles Proby Cautley Comber.

Referee: Barrington Bloomfield Syer. Linesmen: Horace Botting, Robert Whall Rudd.