1915 Argentine Primera División

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Primera División
Racing Club, champions
Season1915
ChampionsRacing (3rd title)
PromotedSan Lorenzo
Def. Belgrano
RelegatedKimberley
Def. Belgrano
Comercio
Floresta
Top goalscorerArgentina Alberto Ohaco (Racing)
(31 goals)
Biggest home winRiver Plate 7–0 Floresta
Belgrano A.C. 7–0 Banfield
San Isidro 7–0 Boca Juniors
Biggest away winArgentino (Q) 1–8 Racing
← 1914
1916 →

The 1915 Argentine Primera División was the 24th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on April 4 and ended on January 1916. The reunification of the "Asociación Argentina de Football" and the "Federación Argentina de Football" brought the creation of a championship of 25 teams. The tournament took a league format with each team playing the others once.[1]

Clubs that made their debuts in Primera were San Lorenzo de Almagro (Segunda División (AFA) champion)[2] and Defensores de Belgrano (División Intermedia (FAF) champion).[3] The coming of San Lorenzo caused all the "big five" to meet in an official tournament for the first time. Racing achieved its 3° consecutive championship.

For the first time in Primera División history, four teams were relegated: Kimberley, Defensores de Belgrano, Comercio and Floresta.

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Racing 24 22 2 0 95 5 +90 46[a]
2 San Isidro 24 22 2 0 72 12 +60 46
3 River Plate 24 16 6 2 58 17 +41 38
4 Porteño 24 17 2 5 57 26 +31 36
5 Platense 24 14 4 6 43 26 +17 32
6 Estudiantes (LP) 24 13 6 5 45 29 +16 32
7 Huracán 24 11 6 7 40 26 +14 28
8 Independiente 24 11 5 8 40 22 +18 27[a]
9 Estudiantes (BA) 24 12 3 9 38 33 +5 27
10 Ferro Carril Oeste 24 8 8 8 38 32 +6 24
11 Argentino (Q) 24 11 2 11 32 43 −11 24
12 Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) 24 9 5 10 39 43 −4 23
13 San Lorenzo 24 10 3 11 38 46 −8 23
14 Boca Juniors 24 8 6 10 32 38 −6 22
15 Banfield 24 9 3 12 33 44 −11 21[b]
16 Quilmes 24 7 7 10 19 26 −7 21
17 Hispano Argentino 24 8 4 12 39 50 −11 20
18 Tigre 24 8 4 12 21 40 −19 20
19 Estudiantil Porteño 24 9 1 14 38 57 −19 19
20 Belgrano A.C. 24 8 2 14 32 47 −15 18
21 Atlanta 24 7 1 16 18 53 −35 15
22 Kimberley (R) 24 5 4 15 23 45 −22 14
23 Defensores de Belgrano (R) 24 4 4 16 26 57 −31 12
24 Comercio (R) 24 2 3 19 23 77 −54 7
25 Floresta (R) 24 1 3 20 15 60 −45 5
Source: [citation needed]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The first league meeting between Avellaneda rivals Racing Club and Independiente ended 1-2 to Independiente, but the result was cancelled and the points awarded to Racing Club.
  2. ^ Banfield had two results cancelled and the points awarded to their opponents

Championship playoff[edit]

View of the crowd and the official grandstand during the match

Racing and San Isidro finished level on points at the top of the table, necessitating a championship playoff, where Racing won their 3rd. consecutive league title.[4]

Date Team 1 Res. Team 2 Venue City
6 Jan 1916 Racing
1–0
 San Isidro Independiente Avellaneda

Match details[edit]

1915 Primera División Final
Racing1–0San Isidro
Marcovecchio 6' Report

References[edit]

  1. ^ Argentina 1915 Archived 2013-05-30 at the Wayback Machine by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF.com
  2. ^ "Tercera División - Campeones" on AFA website, 11 Aug 2013 (Archive)
  3. ^ "Segunda División - Campeones" on AFA website (Archive, 13 Aug 2013)
  4. ^ HAZAÑAS ACADÉMICAS: 1915, OTRO PASO HACIA LA GLORIA on Racing website, 6 Jan 2016
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