1931 Argentine Primera División

The 1931 Primera División season was the 40th season of top-flight football in Argentina and the first to be professional in the country, after eighteen clubs broke away from the amateur league structure to form the professional league, "Liga Argentina de Football" (LAF). The inaugural champions was Boca Juniors led by coach Mario Fortunato.[1] The top scorer of the championship was Alberto Zozaya of Estudiantes de La Plata with 33 goals.[2]

Primera División
Season1931
ChampionsEstudiantil Porteño (AFA)
Boca Juniors (LAF)
← 1930
1932 →

The official body (AFA) remained amateur under the denomination "Asociación Amateurs Argentina de Football".[3]

Final tables

Asociación Argentina de Football (AFA)
Primera División (AFA)
Season1931
ChampionsEstudiantil Porteño (1st title)
Matches played306
Goals scored1,093 (3.57 per match)
Top goalscorer José Ciancio (Almagro)
(14 goals)
← 1930
1932 →
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Almagro 15 13 0 2 45 13 +32 26[lower-alpha 1]
2 Estudiantil Porteño 15 12 2 1 31 17 +14 26[lower-alpha 1]
3 Sportivo Buenos Aires 15 11 0 4 26 16 +10 22
4 El Porvenir 15 9 3 3 34 20 +14 21
5 Excursionistas 15 7 3 5 36 27 +9 17
6 Nueva Chicago 15 7 3 5 22 24 −2 17
7 Argentino (Q) 15 7 2 6 24 24 0 16
8 Sportivo Palermo 15 6 3 6 24 23 +1 15
9 Sportivo Barracas 15 5 4 6 35 30 +5 14
10 Barracas Central 15 5 4 6 22 26 −4 14
11 Estudiantes (BA) 15 5 3 7 20 23 −3 13
12 Colegiales 15 4 5 6 20 26 −6 13
13 Defensores de Belgrano 15 3 3 9 13 19 −6 9
14 Banfield 15 3 3 9 21 37 −16 9
15 Argentino (L) 15 2 2 11 12 25 −13 6
16 San Fernando 15 1 0 14 13 48 −35 2
Source:
Notes:
  1. Championship playoff

Championship playoff

Estudiantil Porteño and Almagro finished level on points at the top of the table, so a championship playoff was played to proclaim a champion.[4]

Final
Estudiantil Porteño3-1Almagro
F. Martínez  25', 84'
Bissio  70'		 Report M. Fernández  42'
Sp. Barracas
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Cirilo Garigliano

Liga Argentina de Football
Primera División (LAF)
Season1931
ChampionsBoca Juniors (7th title)
Top goalscorer Alberto Zozaya (33)
← 1930
1932 →
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Boca Juniors 34 22 6 6 85 49 +36 50
2 San Lorenzo 34 19 7 8 81 52 +29 45
3 Estudiantes (LP) 34 20 4 10 103 51 +52 44
4 River Plate 34 19 6 9 63 39 +24 44
5 Racing 34 19 5 10 81 51 +30 43
6 Independiente 34 18 7 9 69 60 +9 43
7 Chacarita Juniors 34 18 6 10 63 58 +5 42
8 Huracán 34 13 7 14 58 49 +9 33
9 Vélez Sarsfield 34 13 7 14 63 68 −5 33
10 Ferro Carril Oeste 34 12 8 14 60 74 −14 32
11 Argentinos Juniors 34 12 7 15 49 61 −12 31
12 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 34 9 12 13 42 64 −22 30
13 Platense 34 13 3 18 52 52 0 29
14 Quilmes 34 12 5 17 53 62 −9 29
15 Talleres (RE) 34 11 2 21 48 68 −20 24
16 Tigre 34 8 7 19 47 70 −23 23
17 Lanús 34 10 2 22 43 82 −39 22
18 Atlanta 34 4 7 23 33 83 −50 15
Source:

Top goalscorers
Pos Name Team Goals
1 Alberto Zozaya Estudiantes 33
2 Alejandro Scopelli Estudiantes 31
3 Francisco Varallo Boca Juniors 27
4 Herminio Masantonio Huracán 23
5 Luis Sánchez Platense 20
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References
  1. Buren, Mariano (January 11, 2010). "Argentina - Coaches of Championship Teams - First Level". RSSSF. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  2. Argentina 1931 on RSSSF.com
  3. Argentina 1931 (amateur) on RSSSF.com
  4. Argentina 1931 (amateur) on RSSSF.com
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