Copa de Honor Cousenier

Copa de Honor Cusenier

The trophy awarded to champions
Organising body	AFA   AUF
Founded	1905
Abolished	1920;105 years ago (1920)
Region	Montevideo, Uruguay
Related competitions	Copa Honor (Arg) Copa Honor (Uru)
Last champions	Boca Juniors (1920)
Most successful club(s)	Nacional (4 titles)

The Copa de Honor Cusenier was an international football club competition which was played 13 times between representatives of the Argentina and Uruguay associations between 1905 and 1920.

History

The trophy was donated by "E. Cusenier Fils Auné & Cie.", a French liqueur company that had installed a factory in Buenos Aires in the 1890s, ^[1] giving its name to the competition. Initially, the cup was set to be played between representatives of AFA, AUF and Liga Rosarina.

The format of the cup consisted in a final between the last champions of Argentine Copa de Honor and Uruguayan Copa de Honor. If necessary, a second match was played. It was similar to Tie Cup but the final games were played at Montevideo instead of Buenos Aires. The first edition was played in 1905 and the last took place in 1920.

List of champions

Finals

The following list includes all the editions of the cup. All the final games were held in Montevideo. ^[2]

Ed.	Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Venue
1	1905	Nacional (1)	3–2	Alumni	Parque Central
2	1906	Alumni (1)	2–2	Nacional	Parque Central
			3–1		Parque Central
3	1907	Belgrano AC (1)	2–1	CURCC	Parque Central
4	1908	Wanderers (1)	2–0	Quilmes	Parque Central
5	1909	CURCC (1)	4–2	San Isidro	Parque Central
–	1910	(not held) [n1 1]
6	1911	CURCC (2)	2–0	Newell's	Parque Central
7	1912	River Plate (M) (1)	2–1	Racing	Parque Central
8	1913	Racing (1)	1–1	Nacional	Parque Central
			3–2		Parque Central
–	1914	(contested by Uruguayan clubs only) [n1 2]
9	1915	Nacional (2)	2–0	Racing	Parque Central
10	1916	Nacional (3)	6–1	Rosario Central	Parque Central
11	1917	Nacional (4)	3–1	Racing	Parque Pereira
12	1918	Peñarol (1)	4–0	Independiente	Parque Pereira
13	1920	Boca Juniors (1) [n1 3]	2–0	Universal	Parque Central

Notes

1. Montevideo Wanderers had qualified as champion of Uruguayan Copa de Honor, but as Argentine Copa de Honor was abandoned after the quarterfinals, this edition was not carried out.
2. This was not a regular edition because of having been contested by two Uruguayan teams, Nacional and Peñarol. ^{[2] [3]}
3. Banfield won the Copa de Honor MCBA in 1920 and should have played Universal but the club disaffiliated from the Argentine Association soon after, therefore Boca Juniors (as runner-up) took its place. ^[4]

Titles by club

Club	Titles	Years won
Nacional	4	1905, 1915, 1916, 1917 [n2 1]
CURCC [n2 2]	2	1909, 1911
Peñarol [n2 2]	1	1918
Alumni	1	1906
Belgrano AC	1	1907
Wanderers	1	1908
River Plate (M)	1	1912
Racing	1	1913 [7]
Boca Juniors	1	1920 [8]

Notes

1. As the 1914 edition was a local edition with no Argentine teams, it does not count as a Copa de Honor Cusenier edition.
2. With Peñarol being recognised as a CURCC's continuity by FIFA, ^[5] the club included the championships won by CURCC in its own honours. Controversy exists on the date of the founding of C.A. Peñarol. The club's official position assumes a change of name of CURCC (founded on December 28, 1891). On the other hand, some historians state that "C.A. Peñarol" was established on December 13, 1913. ^[6]

All-time scorers

Player	Goals	Club
Ángel Romano	7	Nacional
Carlos Scarone	3	Nacional
Arnold Watson Hutton	2	Alumni
Eliseo Brown	2	Alumni
Alberto Marcovecchio	2	Racing

See also

• Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires
• Copa de Honor (Uruguay)

References

1. "Mozo, una mariposa!" by Ángel Prignano, 4 Oct 2010
2. Copa de Honor Cousenier - overview by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
3. Clásicos x mes on Pueblo Tricolor blogsite
4. Banfield Campeón Copa de Honor 1920: el camino hacia la final Archived 2017-12-22 at the Wayback Machine on Código Banfield website, 7 Aug 2013
5. ¡Felicita a Peñarol! (120th anniversary) on FIFA.com, 27 Sep 2011
6. Discusiones por el decanato on Fútbol.uy, 29 Sep 2009
7. Copa de Honor Cusenier 1913 - Racing Club official site Archived 2011-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
8. Copa de Honor Cusenier - Historia de Boca