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1908 Argentine Primera División

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Primera División
Belgrano A.C., champion
Season1908
ChampionsBelgrano A.C. (3rd title)
PromotedNacional (Floresta) [a]
RelegatedSan Martín A.C.
Top goalscorerArgentina Eliseo Brown (Alumni)
(19 goals)
Biggest home winAlumni 12–0 Reformer
Biggest away winQuilmes 0–7 Alumni
1907
1909

The 1908 Argentine Primera División was the 17th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on April 26 and ended on November. The championship was reduced from 11 to 10 teams, with each team playing the other twice.[2]

Belgrano Athletic won its 3rd. title, ending a run of three consecutive league championships for Alumni.

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Belgrano A.C. (C) 18 15 1 2 49 20 +29 31
2 Alumni 18 13 1 4 74 18 +56 27
3 Argentino (Q) 18 12 1 5 44 26 +18 25
4 San Isidro 18 11 1 6 36 26 +10 23
5 Estudiantes (BA) 18 11 2 5 37 20 +17 22[b]
6 Quilmes 18 8 1 9 46 54 −8 17
7 Porteño 18 6 1 11 23 41 −18 13
8 Reformer 18 3 2 13 10 57 −47 8
9 Lomas 18 3 1 14 19 50 −31 7
10 San Martín A.C. (R) 18 2 1 15 16 42 −26 3[c]
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Disaffiliated by the Association due to the poor conditions of its stadium, according to the rules. The team had played only 2 matches.[1]
  2. ^ Docked 2 points
  3. ^ Docked 2 points and was relegated at the end of the tournament

References

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  1. ^ Argentina 1908 at Historia y Futbol
  2. ^ Argentina 1908 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF.com