Racing Club de Avellaneda, officially known as Racing Club or shortened to just Racing, is an Argentine professional sports club based in Avellaneda, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the Big Five clubs of Argentine football, and is also known as El Primer Grande, for becoming the first club in the world to win seven league titles in a row, first Argentine club to win a national cup, and the first world champion Argentine club. Racing currently plays in the Primera División, the top division of the Argentine league system, and plays its home games at Estadio Presidente Perón, nicknamed El Cilindro de Avellaneda.
1915 in Argentine football saw the reunification of the Asociación Argentina de Football and the Federación Argentina de Football. Racing won its third consecutive league championship.
1918 in Argentine football saw Racing Club de Avellaneda win its 6th. consecutive league title, remaining unbeaten at the end of the season.
1929 saw the 35 teams that formed the Primera División divided into two groups. The top 2 of each group qualified for the final stages of the tournament, which was eventually won by Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP).
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima is an Argentine multi-sports club placed in the city of Buenos Aires. The institution is one of the oldest in the country, having been established in 1880. Gimnasia y Esgrima is also one of the largest clubs of Argentina, with around 30 different disciplines hosted in the three buildings that the institution owns in Buenos Aires.
The Copa Ricardo Aldao, popularly called Campeonato Rioplatense and Copa Río de La Plata, was an official AFA-AUF football club competition contested annually, albeit irregularly, between the league champions of Argentina and Uruguay. The trophy was donated by Argentine football executive Ricardo Aldao (1863–1956), who would later become president of the Argentine Football Association.
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.
Zoilo Canavery was an Uruguayan football player. Born in Montevideo, Canavery was a notable figure of Argentine sport during the 1910 and 1920 decades, playing in four of the "big five" of Argentina, such as Independiente, River Plate, Racing and Boca Juniors.
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.
The 1915 Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires was the final that decided the champion of the 10th. edition of this National cup of Argentina. In the match, held in Racing Club Stadium in Avellaneda, Racing Club beat Tiro Federal 2–1, winning its third consecutive Copa de Honor trophy.
The 1912 Tie Cup Final was the final match to decide the winner of the Tie Cup, the 13th. edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. The final was contested by Argentine San Isidro and Uruguayan Nacional,
The 1915 Tie Cup Final was the final match to decide the winner of the Tie Cup, the 16th. edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. The final was contested by Argentine Porteño and Uruguayan Nacional,
The 1918 Copa Aldao was the final match to decide the winner of the Copa Aldao, the fourth edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. The final was contested by Argentine Racing Club de Avellaneda and Uruguayan club Peñarol.
The 1941 Copa Aldao was the final match to decide the winner of the Copa Aldao, the 14th edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. The final was contested by Uruguayan club Nacional and Argentine side River Plate.
The 1942 Copa Aldao was the final match to decide the winner of the Copa Aldao, the 15th edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. The final was contested by Uruguayan club Nacional and Argentine side River Plate.
The 1945 Copa Aldao was the final match to decide the winner of the Copa Aldao, the 16th edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. The final was contested by Uruguayan club Peñarol and Argentine side River Plate.
The 1947 Copa Aldao was the final match to decide the winner of the Copa Aldao, the 17th edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. The final was contested by Uruguayan club Nacional and Argentine side River Plate.
The 1957 Copa Aldao was the final match to decide the winner of the Copa Aldao, the 18th edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. The final was contested by Uruguayan club Nacional and Argentine side River Plate.
The Copa Campeonato del Río de la Plata was an official association football club competition. Unlike Copa Aldao, this cup was contested by champions of dissident associations, in this case Asociación Amateurs de Football (AAmF) and Federación Uruguaya de Football (FUF).
The 1918 Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires Final was a football match that decided the champion of the 13th. edition of this National cup of Argentina. In the match, held in Estadio G.E.B.A. in Buenos Aires, Independiente defeated Platense 1–0. winning its first Copa de Honor trophy.
