List of Argentine football champions
The Argentina football champion is the winner of the highest league in Argentine football, the Primera División. The league season have had different formats, since the original double round-robin until the Torneo de Transición. The champion is the team with the most points at the end of the championship.
The first Argentine football champions, St. Andrew's and Old Caledonians, were crowned in 1891 in the first official championship. Alumni was the most successful club with 10 titles until its dissolution in 1911. River Plate is the most successful club having won 36 titles to date.
Primera División champions (1891–present)
The first Argentine championship was held in 1891 and the professional league was introduced in 1931.[1][2]
- Notes
- H = Copa de Honor
- C = Copa Campeonato
- O = Copa de Oro
- Met = Metropolitano (1967–1984)
- Nac = Nacional (1967–1985)
- Ap = Apertura (1991–2011)
- Cl = Clausura (1992–2012)
- In = Inicial (2012–2013)
- Fi = Final (2013–2014)
- Tr = Transición (2014, 2016)
Titles by club
The list include all the titles won by each club since the first Primera División championship held in 1891.
Notes
- The Federación Argentina de Football (FAF) was a rival association that organized its own championships from 1912 to 1914, which were subsequently regarded as official championships.
- The Asociación Amateurs de Football (AAmF) was a rival association that organized its own league from 1919 to 1926, which were subsequently regarded as official championships.
- The Liga Argentina de Football (LAF) was a dissident association that organized the first four professional championships between 1931 and 1934, which were later regarded as official tournaments .
- In 1936 two single-round tournaments were played: The Copa de Honor (won by San Lorenzo)[4] and Copa Campeonato (won by River Plate). River Plate and San Lorenzo then played a final match for the "Copa de Oro”.All three trophies are regarded as official championships[5]
- From the 1991–92 season there were two separate tournaments a season (Apertura and Clausura) that were both regarded as honours
- The 2012–13 season was split into Inicial and Finalizacion, and then a final play-off, with all three events being regarded as titles.
- The 2014 Inicial (or Campeonato) was a transitional season prior to a change to calendar year format for 2015
- In July 2013, The Argentine Football Association recognized the 1936 Copa de Oro won by River Plate as a Primera División honour. The information was also added to AFA's website.[6] The Copa de Oro was a final played between the champions of previous competitions held that same year: River Plate (Copa Campeonato) and San Lorenzo (Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires). River won the final match by 4-2.[5]
- In July 2013, The Argentine Football Association recognized the 1936 Copa de Honor won by San Lorenzo as a Primera División honour. The information was also added to AFA's website.[6]
- The Argentine Football Association considered the Superfinal as an official Primera División championship (2012-13 season) so Vélez Sarsfield awarded its 10th. title.[7]
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References
- "Campeones de Primera División" (in Spanish). AFA. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- Osvaldo José Gorgazzi and Héctor Villa Martínez (12 March 2020). "Argentina - List of Champions and Runners-Up". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- The awarding association considered the title shared between both teams, in contrast to general opinion which held Saint Andrew's to be the champion because they won the final match, and the current association (AFA) regard St Andrews as the champions[2]
- Argentina - Copa de Honor 1936 at RSSSF
- Argentina 1936 at RSSSF
- "San Lorenzo y River, campeones!", Crónica, 5 July 2013 (Archive)
- "Vélez venció a Newell's y es el Supercampeón", Clarín, 29 Dec 2013
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