1920 Argentine Primera División
| Season | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Boca Juniors (AFA) River Plate (AAmF) |
← 1919 1921 → | |
The 1920 Argentine Primera División was the 29° season of top-flight football in Argentina. The AFA season began on March 21 and ended in January 1921 while the AAmF began on March 28 and also ended on January 1921.
Boca Juniors won its 2nd. consecutive AFA championship while River Plate won the dissident Asociación Amateurs de Football (AAmF) title, putting an ended to the seven consecutive titles won by Racing Club de Avellaneda.[1]
Final tables
Asociación Argentina de Football - Copa Campeonato
| Season | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Boca Juniors (2° title) |
| Promoted | Banfield Del Plata Sp. del Norte Nueva Chicago Lanús Sportivo Barracas Sportivo Palermo |
| Relegated | (none) |
| 1920 Copa Aldao | Boca Juniors |
| Top goalscorer |  Fausto Lucarelli (Banfield) (15 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Boca Juniors 7–0 N. Chicago |
| Biggest away win | Sp. Palermo 0–6 Sp. Almagro |
← 1919 1921 → | |
Club Eureka disappeared when merging with Sportivo Palermo while the Association expanded the number of to 13 clubs participating. Banfield returned to Primera after promoting the last year while Sportivo Barracas came from rival league "Asociación Amateurs de Football". The rest of the teams were promoted to Primera through a resolution by the association, they were Del Plata, Sportivo del Norte (then Colegiales), Nueva Chicago, Lanús, and Sportivo Palermo.[2]
| Pos | Team | Pts | G | W | D | L | Gf | Ga | Gd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Juniors | 43 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 7 | +45 |
| 2 | Banfield | 31 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 21 | +14 |
| 3 | Huracán | 31 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 26 | +12 |
| 4 | Porteño | 30 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 26 | +5 |
| 5 | Del Plata | 26 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 27 | -5 |
| 6 | Sportivo Barracas | 25 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 28 | -2 |
| 7 | Nueva Chicago | 23 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 36 | -19 |
| 8 | Sportivo del Norte | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 47 | -28 |
| 9 | Estudiantes (LP) | 21 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 34 | 37 | -3 |
| 10 | Sportivo Palermo | 19 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 52 | -26 |
| 11 | Lanús [3] | 15 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 12 | +12 |
| 12 | Sportivo Almagro [4] | 11 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 7 |
| 13 | Palermo | 9 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 28 | -14 |
Asociación Amateurs de Football
| Season | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Champions | River Plate (1° title) |
| Promoted | Barracas Central Ferro Carril Oeste Sp. Buenos Aires |
| Relegated | (none) |
| Top goalscorer | Santiago Carreras (Vélez Sársfield) (19 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Racing 7–0 Tigre |
| Biggest away win | Estudiantes (BA) 0–10 Independiente |
← 1919 1921 → | |
The tournament started with 17 teams then expanded to 19 when Lanús and Sportivo Almagro (that had previously left the Asociación Argentina) joined the league. Ferro Carril Oeste returned to the league after being relegated 2 years before. Barracas Central debuted in Primera after winning the Primera B (Aam) title last year. Sportivo Buenos Aires also debuted in the top division.
| Pos | Team | Pts | G | W | D | L | Gf | Ga | Gd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | River Plate | 56 | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 70 | 22 | +48 |
| 2 | Racing Club | 54 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 77 | 23 | +54 |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 46 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 58 | 30 | +20 |
| 4 | Atlanta | 41 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 49 | 29 | +20 |
| 5 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 41 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 32 | +14 |
| 6 | Vélez Sársfield | 39 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 60 | 32 | +28 |
| 7 | Platense | 37 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 51 | 39 | 12 |
| 8 | Independiente | 35 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 58 | 47 | +11 |
| 9 | San Isidro | 33 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 53 | -1 |
| 10 | Quilmes | 32 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 48 | -13 |
| 11 | Estudiantil Porteño | 30 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 42 | -4 |
| 12 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 30 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 34 | 61 | -27 |
| 13 | Defensores de Belgrano | 27 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 40 | -12 |
| 14 | Barracas Central | 26 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 49 | -21 |
| 15 | Tigre | 22 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 38 | 77 | -39 |
| 16 | Sportivo Buenos Aires | 18 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 33 | 64 | -31 |
| 17 | Sportivo Almagro [5] | 17 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | +1 |
| 18 | Lanús[6] | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -9 |
| 19 | Estudiantes (BA) | 13 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 31 | 90 | -59 |
References
- ^ Argentina 1920 at RSSSF
- ^ Argentina: 1ra. División Asociación Argentina 1920 at Historia y Futbol
- ^ Lanús abandoned the AAF to join the AAm after the 13th round of fixtures. The remaining 12 fixtures were awarded as wins to its opponents
- ^ Sportivo Almagro abandoned the AAF to join the AAm after the 13th round of fixtures. The remaining 12 fixtures were awarded as wins to its opponents
- ^ Sportivo Almagro defected from the AAF league at the halfway stage, therefore played half as many games as the rest of the league.
- ^ Lanús defected from the AAF league at the halfway stage, therefore played half as many games as the rest of the league.
