1916 Copa Aldao

1916 Copa Aldao

A Nacional team of 1916
Event	Copa Aldao
Racing Nacional 1 2
Date	December 3, 1916
Venue	Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Referee	Hugo Gondra
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The 1916 Copa Aldao was a football club competition between Racing and Nacional on December 3 of this very year. It was the second staging of this tournament contested between the league champions of Argentina and Uruguay.

Nacional became champions for the first time after defeating Racing 2–1 in a single match. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Previous finals app.
Racing	1916 Argentine Primera División champions	None
Nacional	1916 Uruguayan Primera División champions	None

Rules

The cup was played over one leg at neutral venue in Buenos Aires. In case of a draw, a rematch would be played in Montevideo.

Venue

Estadio GEBA, venue

Match details

1916 Copa Aldao

December 3, 1916 ^[5]

Racing	1–2	Nacional
Hospital 63'		Romano 48'81'

Gimnasia y Esgrima , Buenos Aires

Referee: Hugo Gondra

Racing

Nacional

GK Sylla Arduino DF Armando Reyes DF Juan Viazzi MF Alberto Marcovecchio MF Francisco Olazar MF Ricardo Pepe FW Zoilo Canavery FW Nicolás Vivaldo FW Alberto Ohaco FW Juan Hospital FW Juan Perinetti

GK Santiago Demarchi DF Ramón Pesquera DF Alfredo Foglino MF Pedro Olivieri MF Abdón Porte MF José Vanzzino FW José Bracchi FW Héctor Scarone FW Ángel Romano FW Carlos Scarone FW Pascual Somma

References

1. Campeonato Rioplatense - Copa Dr. Ricardo C. Aldao on RSSSF
2. Damian Didonato. "Se mira y no se toca - Revista Un Caño". Revista Un Caño (in Spanish). Revista Uncanio. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
3. Eduardo Merica (6 April 2020). "Primera Copa Aldao 1916, luego llamada Rioplatense » Diario Uruguay". Diario Uruguay (in Spanish). Diario Uruguay. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
4. J.J. Melos Prieto (2012). El Padre de la Gloria (in Spanish). El Galeón.
5. Campeonato Rioplatense - Copa Dr. Ricardo C. Aldao - Match details on RSSSF