Copa Newton

Copa Newton
	The trophy given to champions
Organising body	AFA ; AUF
Founded	1906
Abolished	1976;49 years ago
Region	Argentina, Uruguay
Number of teams	2
Related competitions	Copa Lipton
Last champions	Argentina (1976)
Most successful team(s)	Argentina ; (17 titles)

Last updated July 06, 2025

Copa Newton was a football friendly competition contested between Argentina and Uruguay. The trophy, donated by Nicanor Newton,^[1] was contested 28 times between 1906 and 1976.

History

Nicanor Newton, director of Sportsman magazine, donated the trophy for a competition which would be held for beneficial purposes.^[1]^[2] The competition (therefore named "Copa Newton") was first held in 1906, one year after the first edition of Copa Lipton, and was continued on an annual basis until 1930, with the exception of 1910, 1914, 1921, 1923 and 1925–1926.

It has only been played sporadically since, with just 8 editions played over four decades between 1937 and 1976.^[3]

The cup has been contested 28 times in total, with Argentina the winners on 17 occasions and Uruguay on 11.^[4]

List of champions

Finals

The following list includes all the editions of the Copa Newton:^[3]^[4]^[5]

Ed.	Year	Champion	Score	City	Venue
1	1906	Argentina	2–1	Buenos Aires	Sociedad Sportiva
2	1907	Argentina	2–1	Montevideo	Parque Central
3	1908	Argentina	2–1	Buenos Aires	GEBA
4	1909	Argentina	2–2	Montevideo ^{[n 1]}	Belvedere
5	1911	Argentina	3–2	Montevideo	Parque Central
6	1912	Uruguay	3–3	Avellaneda ^{[n 2]}	Racing
7	1913	Uruguay	1–0	Montevideo	Parque Central
8	1915	Uruguay	2–0	Montevideo	Parque Central
9	1916	Argentina	3–1	Avellaneda	Racing
10	1917	Uruguay	1–0	Montevideo	Parque Central
11	1918	Argentina	2–0	Buenos Aires	GEBA
12	1919	Uruguay	2–1	Montevideo	Parque Pereira
13	1920	Uruguay	3–1	Buenos Aires	Sportivo Barracas
14	1922	Uruguay	2–2	Buenos Aires ^{[n 2]}	Sportivo Barracas
15	1923 ^{[n 3]}	Uruguay	2–0	Montevideo	Parque Central
16	1924 ^{[n 3]}	Argentina	4–0	Buenos Aires	Sportivo Barracas
17	1927	Argentina	1–0	Montevideo	Parque Central
18	1928	Argentina	1–0	Avellaneda	Independiente
19	1929	Uruguay	2–1	Montevideo	Parque Central
20	1930	Uruguay	1–1	Buenos Aires ^{[n 2]}	San Lorenzo
21	1937	Argentina	3–0	Montevideo	Centenario
22	1942	Argentina	4–1	Buenos Aires	River Plate
23	1945	Argentina	6–2	Buenos Aires	San Lorenzo
24	1957	Argentina	0–0	Montevideo ^{[n 1]}	Centenario
25	1968	Uruguay	2–1	Montevideo	Centenario
26	1973	Argentina	1–1	Montevideo ^{[n 1]}	Centenario
27	1975	Argentina	3–2	Montevideo	Centenario
28	1976	Argentina	3–0	Montevideo^{[n 4]}	Centenario

Notes

1 2 3 Argentina won the trophy as visiting team.
1 2 3 Uruguay won the trophy as visiting team.
1 2 The 1923 and 1924 editions had the particulatiry of two matches being held on the same day, 25 May 1924. One match was held in Montevideo, and the other in Buenos Aires.^[4] The match in Montevideo was considered part of the 1923 edition.^[6]
↑ Also valid for 1976 Taça do Atlântico.

Titles by country

Team	Titles	Years won
Argentina	17	1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1916, 1918, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1937, 1942, 1945, 1957, 1973, 1975, 1976
Uruguay	11	1912, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1929, 1930, 1968

Overall

M	AW	D	UW	GA	GU
28	14	6	8	52	35

All-time scorers

Most finals by player

8: Angel Romano (won 4), Cayetano Saporiti (won 3)
6: Alfredo Foglino (won 5), Pedro Calomino (won 2)
5: Carlos Tomás Wilson (won 4), Eliseo Brown (won 4), José Piendibene (won 3), Carlos Scarone (won 3), Hector Scarone (won 3), Pablo Dacal (won 3), Juan Domingo Brown (won 2), Juan Carlos Bertone (won 1)
4: Juan Enrique Hayes (won 2),
3: Jorge Brown (won 3), Alfredo Brown (won 3), Alexander Watson Hutton (won 2), Pedro Petrone (won 1)

References

1 2 Un poco de historia ante Uruguay on AFA, 3 Nov 2021
↑ Copa Newton, sources El Gráfico, historia de la Selección Argentina
1 2 Copa Newton by José Luis Pierrend at RSSSF
1 2 3 ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM ARCHIVE by Héctor Pelayes on the RSSSF
↑ Results at Informe Argentina Archived 8 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Copa Newton, 25 de Mayo 1924 on Viejo Casale, 21 February 2015

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[argwin-6] 1 2 3 Argentina won the trophy as visiting team.

[urugwin-7] 1 2 3 Uruguay won the trophy as visiting team.

[twoattime-8] 1 2 The 1923 and 1924 editions had the particulatiry of two matches being held on the same day, 25 May 1924. One match was held in Montevideo, and the other in Buenos Aires.^[4] The match in Montevideo was considered part of the 1923 edition.^[6]

[10] Also valid for 1976 Taça do Atlântico.

[afa-1] 1 2 Un poco de historia ante Uruguay on AFA, 3 Nov 2021

[2] Copa Newton, sources El Gráfico, historia de la Selección Argentina

[RSSSF-3] 1 2 Copa Newton by José Luis Pierrend at RSSSF

[archnt-4] 1 2 3 ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM ARCHIVE by Héctor Pelayes on the RSSSF

[5] Results at Informe Argentina Archived 8 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[9] Copa Newton, 25 de Mayo 1924 on Viejo Casale, 21 February 2015

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