1902 in Argentine football

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Football in Argentina
Season1902
Men's football
Primera División Alumni
Segunda División Barracas A.C. II
Tercera División Lomas Juniors
  1901 Flag of Argentina.svg 1903  

1902 in Argentine football saw Alumni win its 3rd consecutive league championship. Barracas Athletic (promoted in 1901) added to the tournament. [1] [2]

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In international football, the Argentina national team played its first official game ever, a 6-0 win against Uruguay in Montevideo.

Primera División

The first division championship was expanded to a 5-team league format, with each team playing the other twice.

Final standings

PosTeamPtsGWDLGfGaGd
1 Alumni 158710243+21
2Barracas Athletic1085031213-1
3 Quilmes 7831466+0
4 Belgrano AC 581341720-13
5 Lomas AC 38116310-7

Lower divisions

Primera B

Primera C

International cup

Tie Cup

Playoffs

Rosario AC Flag of Argentina.svg 1-1 Flag of Argentina.svg Alumni
Sociedad Hípica Argentina

Rosario AC Flag of Argentina.svg 1-1 Flag of Argentina.svg Alumni
Sociedad Hípica Argentina

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Report
Sociedad Hípica Argentina

Argentina national team

The Argentina national team played its second match ever, a 6–0 win against Uruguay in front of 8,000 spectators in the Paso del Molino stadium in Montevideo.

Lineup: José Buruca Laforia (Barracas AC), William Leslie (Quilmes), Walter Buchanan (Alumni), Eduardo Duggan (Belgrano AC), Carlos Buchanan (Alumni), Ernesto Brown (Alumni), Edward Morgan (Quilmes), Juan Moore (captain) (Alumni), Juan Anderson (Lomas AC), Carlos Dickinson (Belgrano AC), Jorge Brown (Alumni)

Results

DateVenue/CityRivalScoreScorersReport
16 July 1902 Montevideo Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 6-0Dickinson, Arimalo o.g., Morgan, Carve o.g., Anderson, J. Brown [3]
1902 Montevideo Flag of Uruguay.svg Albion FC 0-1 [4]

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1907 in Argentine football saw Alumni regain the Argentine championship winning its 7th Primera División title in eight seasons.

1908 in Argentine football saw Belgrano AC win its 3rd. title, ending a run of three consecutive championships for Alumni.

1909 in Argentine football saw Alumni win the championship, their 8th title in 10 seasons. Argentina won all three international trophies contested against Uruguay.

1912 in Argentine football saw the division of Argentine football into two rival associations, when Federación Argentina de Football (FAF) was established to organise its own championships. Thus, Quilmes won the official AFA tournament, while Porteño won the FAF title.

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Alumni Athletic Club, or simply Alumni, was an Argentine football team active during the first years of the sport in that country. Although officially founded in 1898, the team had been formed in 1893 when a group of students from the Buenos Aires English High School joined Alexander Watson Hutton to form a team in order to participate in the championship organized by the Argentine Association Football League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lobos Athletic Club</span> Football club

Lobos Athletic Club is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Lobos, Buenos Aires. Although other sports were practised at the club, Lobos Athletic is mostly known for its football team, who took part in the Primera División championships until its disaffection, being runner-up in 1898 and 1899. Nowadays Lobos AC plays in "Liga Lobense de Fútbol", a regional league of Buenos Aires Province.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Leslie (footballer)</span> Scottish-Argentine footballer

William Leslie was a Scottish footballer who played as a defender for Lomas Athletic Club. and the Argentina national team.

Barracas Athletic Club was a football club from Lanús, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club was notable for having played several seasons in Argentine Primera División, the top division of Argentine football league system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sociedad Sportiva Argentina</span>

The Sociedad Sportiva Argentina was an Argentine multi-sports club sited in Buenos Aires. The headquarters were located in Florida street nº 183 while the stadium was sited in Palermo, next to Hipódromo Argentino. Originally established in 1899 under the name "Sociedad Hípica Argentina" for the practise of equestrian activities, the Sociedad Sportiva would held a large variety of sport events in several disciplines, such as football, athletics, auto racing, aviation, aerostatics, aeronautics, boxing, bicycle racing, motorcycle racing, polo, rugby union, trot, sulky races, show jumping, among others.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Argentina–Uruguay football rivalry</span> International football rivalry

The Argentina–Uruguay football rivalry, also known as Clásico del Río de la Plata, is a highly competitive sports rivalry that exists between the Argentine and Uruguayan national football teams and their respective set of fans. Considered by football journalists and fans alike as one of the most important rivalries in the sport, the derby is also the most played in football history. According to FIFA records, 197 official matches have been played to date, the first of which was played on 20 July 1902, in which both teams played the first international match outside the United Kingdom in Uruguay, with Argentina winning by 6–0.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1904 Tie Cup final</span> Football match

The 1904 Tie Cup Final was the final match to decide the winner of the Tie Cup, the 5th. edition of the international competition organised by Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1903 Tie Cup final</span> Football match

The 1903 Tie Cup Final was the final match to decide the winner of the Tie Cup, the 4th. edition of the international competition organised by Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. As its previous editions, the final was contested by two teams from Argentina, Alumni and Rosario A.C..

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1906 Tie Cup final</span> Football match

The 1906 Tie Cup Final was the final match to decide the winner of the Tie Cup, the 4th. edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. For the fifth time since 1900, there were two Argentine teams in the final, Alumni and Belgrano A.C., both from the Belgrano neighborhood, that also had a strong rivalry.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1901 Tie Cup final</span> Football match

The 1901 Tie Cup Final was the final match to decide the winner of the Tie Cup, the 2nd. edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. The final was contested by two Argentine sides, Alumni and Rosario A.C., from Buenos Aires and Rosario respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1902 Tie Cup final</span> Football match

The 1902 Tie Cup Final was the final match to decide the winner of the Tie Cup, the 3rd. edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. The final was contested by the two same teams of the previous edition, Argentine sides Alumni and Rosario A.C., from Buenos Aires and Rosario respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1902 Uruguay v Argentina football match</span> Football match

The 1902 association football match between Uruguay and Argentina was not only the first international match for both sides, but the first international held in South America. Argentina won 6–0, initiating a longtime rivalry between both teams, that have met more than 190 times since that first encounter, becoming the international derby with the most matches played worldwide, surpassing even the England–Scotland rivalry, which, first held in 1872, is the oldest fixture in the world.

Lanús Athletic Club was an Argentine sports club located in the Lanús district of Greater Buenos Aires.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1906 Copa de Honor MCBA Final</span> Football match

The 1906 Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires Final was the football match that decided the champion of the 2nd. edition of this National cup of Argentina. In the match, held in the Estadio Belgrano Athletic in Buenos Aires, Alumni defeated Estudiantes de Buenos Aires 3–1. to win their second Copa de Honor trophy.

References

  1. Argentina 1902 by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at RSSSF
  2. "Argentina 1902 at Historia y Fútbol". Archived from the original on 2013-12-21. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
  3. http://www.11v11.com/api/match/222641/teamID/2112/view/extended [ dead link ]
  4. Other results of Argentina national team at RSSSF