Torneo Internacional Nocturno Rioplatense

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Torneo Internacional Nocturno
Copa del Torneo Internacional Nocturno de 1938.jpg
The trophy awarded to champions
Organising bodyFlag of Argentina.svg  AFA
Flag of Uruguay.svg  AUF
Founded1936
Abolished1944;80 years ago (1944)
RegionArgentina, Uruguay
Number of teams10 (1944)
Related competitions Torneos de Verano
Last champions Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate (1944)
Most successful club(s)

The Torneo Internacional Nocturno Rioplatense (English: Rioplatense Night International Tournament) was a friendly non-confederative [note 1] association football club competition contested by teams from Argentina and Uruguay. [2]

Contents

The Internacional Nocturno was part of several tournaments contested by Argentine and Uruguayan clubs only (such as Tie Cup, Copa de Honor Cousenier, Copa Aldao, and Copa Escobar-Gerona, among others). It was held on four occasions during the summer recess of official competitions in Argentina and Uruguay between 1936 and 1944. [3]

Torneo Internacional Nocturno was a predecessor of Argentine Torneos de Verano, first held in 1968 and always played during January and February in Argentina, [4] with Uruguayan (and also clubs from other countries) being invited to them. [5]

Format

Participating teams played each other in a single round-robin system. The team with most points at the end of the tournament was crowned champion. That system changed in 1944 when participants were divided into two groups of five teams each, where the first of each zone qualified to play a final that decided a champion. [3]

Participating teams

Clubs that contested the International Nocturno during over the years were Independiente, Racing, San Lorenzo, Newell's Old Boys, Peñarol, Nacional (all editions), Rosario Central (1936, 1938, 1944), Boca Juniors (1936, 1938, 1943), River Plate (1936, 1938, 1944), Estudiantes (LP) (1938, 1944), and Huracán (1943, 1944)

Notable players

Although being a friendly competition, participating clubs attended the Torneo Internacional Nocturno with their senior squads so some of most notable footballers of Argentina and Uruguay of those times played in the tournament.

Some of those players were Francisco Varallo, Mario Boyé, Ernesto Lazzatti (Boca Juniors); Raimundo Orsi, Arsenio Erico, Vicente de la Mata, Antonio Sastre (Independiente), Bernabé Ferreyra, Carlos Peucelle, José Manuel Moreno, Angel Labruna (River Plate), Roque Máspoli, Severino Varela (Peñarol), Atilio García, Roberto Porta (Nacional), Rinaldo Martino (San Loernzo), René Pontoni (Newell's), Waldino Aguirre (Rosario Central), Manuel Pelegrina, Ricardo Infante (Estudiantes LP), and Emilio Baldonedo (Huracán). [6]

Notable matches

The match where Nacional beat Estudiantes de La Plata 2–1 played on 19 February 1938 in La Plata remains as one of the most violent matches in the history of South American football and a clear example of the strong Rioplatense rivalry. Media that covered the match stated: "a victory from Nacional had to be avoided in any way, and we feared for the Uruguayan supporters' safety" (Uruguayan newspaper El Diario). On the other hand, Argentine magazine El Gráfico wrote: "Saturday at La Plata there were two fights, 50% to the ball, 50% to the rival players. Nobody was safe, even the referee was on the verge of being beaten". [7]

It was revealed that there were armed persons at the stadium, and some of those people would have showed their guns near the lockers during the halftime. After being noticed of that, Nacional captain Ricardo Faccio encouraged his teammates to win the match "for us and for our families". Atilio García scored two goals (the second one with his shirt covered on his own blood after he had been injured) for the final win over Estudiantes. Because of that, the match (attended by 20,000) remained on records as "the match of the blooded shirts". [7] [8] [9]

Beyond the violence, the Huracán 8–1 Peñarol (with a hat-trick by Norberto "Tucho" Méndez) on February 25, 1943, [10] was the all-time largest win of the tournament. [3]

Editions

* Champion  

1936

Pos.ClubPtsPlWDLGfGcDif
Flag of Argentina.svg Independiente 138530241014
Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo 12852122175
Flag of Argentina.svg Rosario Central 10842220173
Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 9833219190
Flag of Argentina.svg Newell's Old Boys 8824212120
Flag of Uruguay.svg Nacional 68143710-4
Flag of Uruguay.svg Peñarol 682241821-3
Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors 581341420-6
Flag of Argentina.svg Racing 381161728-11

1938

A team of Nacional (winner of the tournament) in 1938 Nacional equipo 1938.jpg
A team of Nacional (winner of the tournament) in 1938
Pos.ClubPtsPlWDLGfGcDif
Flag of Uruguay.svg Nacional 1497021688
Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo 12960328217
Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors 11951325169
Flag of Argentina.svg Newell's Old Boys 10942324195
Flag of Argentina.svg Independiente 9941422175
Flag of Argentina.svg Racing 9941421165
Flag of Argentina.svg Rosario Central 893241520-5
Flag of Uruguay.svg Peñarol 793152331-8
Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 793151321-8
10º Flag of Argentina.svg Estudiantes (LP) 391171533-18
Top scorers
PlayerClubGoals
Flag of Argentina.svg Atilio García Flag of Uruguay.svg Nacional
12
Flag of Paraguay.svg Arsenio Erico Flag of Argentina.svg Independiente
11
Flag of Argentina.svg Luis Rongo Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate
9

1943

Newell's v Nacional at Parque Independencia. Fltr: Mario Morosano, Anibal Tejada (referee), and Roberto Porta, January 1943 Newells v nacional 1943.jpg
Newell's v Nacional at Parque Independencia. Fltr: Mario Morosano, Aníbal Tejada (referee), and Roberto Porta, January 1943
Pos.ClubPtsPlWDLGfGcDif
Flag of Argentina.svg Newell's Old Boys 11751119136
Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors 974121569
Flag of Argentina.svg Independiente 8740322202
Flag of Uruguay.svg Nacional 773131718-1
Flag of Argentina.svg Huracán 6730420182
Flag of Uruguay.svg Peñarol 672231521-6
Flag of Argentina.svg Racing 572141520-5
Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo 472051422-8

1944

Group A
Pos.ClubPtsPlWDLGfGcDif
Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 542111275First position playoff
Flag of Uruguay.svg Nacional 54211642First position playoff
Flag of Argentina.svg Huracán 4412110100
Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo 44202813-5
Flag of Uruguay.svg Peñarol 2402235-2
Group B
Pos.ClubPtsMWDLGfGcDif
Flag of Argentina.svg Rosario Central 54211541Qualified to the final
Flag of Argentina.svg Estudiantes (LP) 44202990
Flag of Argentina.svg Newell's Old Boys 44121880
Flag of Argentina.svg Independiente 4420259-4
Flag of Argentina.svg Racing Club 34112673
Group A first place playoff

*   Winner of the series

Team 1Team 2Res.VenueCity
Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate Flag of Uruguay.svg Nacional
6–3
San Lorenzo Stadium Buenos Aires
Final
Team 1Team 2Res.VenueCity
Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate Flag of Argentina.svg Rosario Central
2–0
San Lorenzo Stadium Buenos Aires

List of champions

YearChampionRunner-upScore
1936 Flag of Argentina.svg Independiente Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo
1938 Flag of Uruguay.svg Nacional [9] Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo
1943 Flag of Argentina.svg Newell's Old Boys [11] Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors
1944 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate Flag of Argentina.svg Rosario Central
2–0

See also

Notes

  1. The AFA never included this competition among its official tournaments, according to the Annual Reports and Balances published by the association. [1]
  2. 1 2 3 Defined on points under a round-robin tournament format.

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