1920_Argentine_Primera_División
1920 Argentine Primera División
29th season of top-tier football league in Argentina
The 1920 Argentine Primera División was the 29th 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 in January 1921.
| Season | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21 March 1920 – 9 January 1921 |
| Champions | Boca Juniors (AFA) River Plate (AAmF) |
| 1920 Copa Aldao | Boca Juniors |
← 1919 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.[1]
As champion of the AFA season, Boca Juniors qualified to the 1920 Copa Aldao.
Asociación Argentina de Football - Copa Campeonato
 Boca Juniors, AFA champions | |
| Season | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21 March 1920 – 9 January 1921 |
| Champions | Boca Juniors (2nd 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 | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Juniors (C) | 24 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 7 | +45 | 43 |
| 2 | Banfield | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 31 |
| 3 | Huracán | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 31 |
| 4 | Porteño | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 30 |
| 5 | Del Plata | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 26 |
| 6 | Sportivo Barracas | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 25 |
| 7 | Nueva Chicago | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 36 | −19 | 23 |
| 8 | Sportivo del Norte | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 47 | −28 | 22 |
| 9 | Estudiantes (LP) | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 21 |
| 10 | Sportivo Palermo | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 19 |
| 11 | Lanús | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 15[lower-alpha 1] |
| 12 | Sportivo Almagro | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 11[lower-alpha 2] |
| 13 | Palermo | 24 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 9 |
Asociación Amateurs de Football
 River Plate, AAmF champions | |
| Season | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 March 1920 – 9 January 1921 |
| Champions | River Plate (1st 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 | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | River Plate (C) | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 70 | 22 | +48 | 56 |
| 2 | Racing | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 77 | 23 | +54 | 54 |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 46 |
| 4 | Atlanta | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 41 |
| 5 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 41 |
| 6 | Vélez Sársfield | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 39 |
| 7 | Platense | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 37 |
| 8 | Independiente | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 58 | 47 | +11 | 35 |
| 9 | San Isidro | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 33 |
| 10 | Quilmes | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 32 |
| 11 | Estudiantil Porteño | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 30 |
| 12 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 34 | 61 | −27 | 30 |
| 13 | Defensores de Belgrano | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 27 |
| 14 | Barracas Central | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 26 |
| 15 | Tigre | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 38 | 77 | −39 | 22 |
| 16 | Sportivo Buenos Aires | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 18 |
| 17 | Sportivo Almagro | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 17[lower-alpha 1] |
| 18 | Lanús | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 15[lower-alpha 2] |
| 19 | Estudiantes (BA) | 34 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 31 | 90 | −59 | 13 |
- "Argentina: 1ra. División Asociación Argentina 1920 at Historia y Futbol". Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2016-07-28.