1906 in Argentine football

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Football in Argentina
Season1906
Men's football
Primera División Alumni
Segunda División Estudiantes (BA) II
Tercera División Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)
Copa de Honor Alumni
  1905 Flag of Argentina.svg 1907  

1906 in Argentine football saw Alumni regaining the Argentine championship for the 6th time in seven seasons. The team also won the local Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires and internationals Tie Cup and Copa de Honor Cousenier, obtaining four titles within the same year.

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San Isidro, Argentino de Quilmes and San Martín made their debuts in Primera.

Primera División

The 1906 championship was expanded to include 11 teams. The teams were split into two groups with each team playing the others in their group twice. The two group winners played in a championship decider. [1]

Group A

PosTeamPtsGWDLGfGaGd
1 Lomas AC 15107122314+9
2San Martín AC (San Martín)1210523179+8
3 Estudiantes (BA) 12106042219+3
4 San Isidro 10105052322+1
5Reformer8104063022+8
6Barracas AC [2] 110118837-29

Group B

PosTeamPtsGWDLGfGaGd
1 Alumni 148701286+22
2 Quilmes 1286022613+13
3 Belgrano AC 1085032315+8
4 Argentino de Quilmes 28107519-14
5 Belgrano AC "B" 28107938-29

Championship final

Alumni 4–0 Lomas AC

Lower divisions

Primera B

Primera C

Domestic cup

Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires

Champion: Alumni [3]

Final

Alumni 3–1 Estudiantes (BA)

International cups

Tie Cup

Final

Alumni Flag of Argentina.svg 10–1 Flag of Argentina.svg Belgrano AC
Eliseo Brown Soccerball shade.svg (5)
Alfredo Brown Soccerball shade.svg (4)
Ernesto Brown Soccerball shade.svg
Report C. H. Wahley Soccerball shade.svg

Copa de Honor Cousenier

Finals

Alumni Flag of Argentina.svg 2–2 Flag of Uruguay.svg Nacional
Alumni Flag of Argentina.svg 3–1 Flag of Uruguay.svg Nacional
Report

Argentina national team

Argentina national team won their first trophies, on 15 August 1906 they won 3–2 against Uruguay in Montevideo to win the 2nd edition of Copa Lipton, in October they defeated Uruguay again to win the inaugural Copa Newton.

Copa Lipton

Final

Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg2–0Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Brown Soccerball shade.svg28'
Tristan Gozalez Soccerball shade.svg85'
Report

Copa Newton

Final

Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg2–1Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Hutton Soccerball shade.svg26'
Brown Soccerball shade.svg80'
Report Gilberto Peralta Soccerball shade.svg87'

Friendly matches

DateVenue/CityRivalScoreReport
9 July 1906 Buenos Aires South Africa Combined0-1 [5]

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