1917 in Argentine football

Football in Argentina

Season	1917
Men's football
Primera División	Racing Club
Intermedia	Def. Belgrano
Segunda División	Sp. Palermo
Tercera División	San Lorenzo
Copa de Honor	Racing Club
Copa de Competencia	Independiente
Copa Ibarguren	Racing Club

1917 in Argentine football saw the two teams from Avellaneda dominate Argentine football. Racing Club won its fifth consecutive league title and two domestic cups, while Independiente won the Copa de Competencia Jockey Club.

In international football Argentina won three minor tournaments but finished as runners up to Uruguay in Copa América for the second time.

Primera División

Sportivo Barracas made its debut in Primera División, while Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) and Banfield were relegated at the end of the season.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pts	G	W	D	L	Gf	Ga	Gd
1	Racing Club	35	20	16	3	1	58	4	+54
2	River Plate	30	20	12	6	2	35	14	+21
3	Huracán	28	20	11	6	3	42	15	+27
4	Boca Juniors	28	20	10	8	2	42	23	+19
5	Sportivo Barracas	21	20	6	9	5	25	22	+3
6	Estudiantes (LP)	21	20	8	5	7	28	28	0
7	Estudiantil Porteño	21	20	6	9	5	26	26	0
8	Independiente	20	20	7	6	7	29	24	+5
9	San Isidro	20	20	7	6	7	31	35	-4
10	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	20	4	11	5	19	24	-5
11	Ferro Carril Oeste	19	20	6	7	7	18	24	-6
12	San Lorenzo	18	20	6	6	8	29	27	+2
13	Porteño	18	20	7	4	9	20	30	-10
14	Columbian	18	20	8	2	10	18	35	-17
15	Platense	17	20	4	9	7	21	26	-5
16	Atlanta	16	20	6	4	10	29	41	-12
17	Tigre	16	20	6	4	10	23	36	-13
18	Argentino de Quilmes	16	20	6	4	10	21	37	-16
19	Estudiantes (BA)	15	20	6	3	11	25	31	-6
20	Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)	12	20	4	4	12	23	44	-21
21	Banfield	12	20	4	4	12	17	33	-16

  Champion

  Relegated

Lower divisions

Intermedia

• Champion: Defensores de Belgrano

Segunda División

• Champion: Sportivo Palermo

Tercera División

• Champion: San Lorenzo

Domestic cups

Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires

• Champion: Racing Club

Final

6 January 1918

Racing Club	3-1 (aet)	River Plate
(Perinetti, Marcovecchio 2)		(J. Taggino)

Racing Club

Copa de Competencia Jockey Club

• Champion: Independiente

Final

13 January 1918

Independiente	2-1	Estudiantes (LP)
(G. Galeano, Cánepa)		(Calandra)

Independiente

Copa Ibarguren

• Champion: Racing Club

Final

3 January 1918

Racing Club	3-2	Rosario Central
(J. Perinetti 2, Marcovecchio, N. Perinetti)		(Blanco, Clarke)

Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)

International cups

Tie Cup

• Champions: Wandereres

Final

21 April 1918
Independiente	0–4	Wanderers

Copa de Honor Cousenier

• Champions: Nacional

Final

31 April 1918
Nacional	3–1	Racing Club

Copa Dr. Ricardo C. Aldao

• Champions: Racing Club

Final

19 April 1918
Nacional	2–2	Racing Club

Replay

9 July 1918
Racing Club	2–1	Nacional

Argentina national team

Copa América

Argentina travelled to Uruguay to participate in the 2nd edition of Copa América. For the second time they finished in second place behind Uruguay.

Titles

• Copa Círculo de la Prensa 1917
• Copa Lipton 1917
• Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo 1917

Results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Argentina scorers	Match Report(s)
18 July 1917	Montevideo	Uruguay	0 - 2	Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo
15 August 1917	Avellaneda	Uruguay	1 - 0	Copa Lipton
2 September 1917	Montevideo	Uruguay	1 - 0	Copa Newton
3 October 1917	Montevideo	Brazil	4 - 2	Copa América 1917	Calomino, Ohaco 2, Blanco
6 October 1917	Montevideo	Chile	1 - 0	Copa América 1917	L. García og
14 October 1917	Montevideo	Uruguay	1 - 0	Copa América 1917
21 October 1917	Avellaneda	Chile	1 - 1	Friendly