1906 in Argentine football

1906 in Argentine football saw Alumni regaining the Argentine championship for the 6th time in seven seasons. The team also won the local Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires and internationals Tie Cup and Copa de Honor Cousenier, obtaining four titles within the same year.

Football in Argentina
Season1906
Men's football
Primera DivisiónAlumni
Segunda DivisiónEstudiantes (BA) II
Tercera DivisiónGimnasia y Esgrima (BA)
Copa de HonorAlumni
← 1905 1907 →

San Isidro, Argentino de Quilmes and San Martín made their debuts in Primera.

Primera División
Main article: 1906 Argentine Primera División

The 1906 championship was expanded to include 11 teams. The teams were split into two groups with each team playing the others in their group twice. The two group winners played in a championship decider.[1]

Group A
Pos Team Pts G W D L Gf Ga Gd
1Lomas AC15107122314+9
2San Martín AC (San Martín)1210523179+8
3Estudiantes (BA)12106042219+3
4San Isidro10105052322+1
5Reformer8104063022+8
6Barracas AC[2]110118837-29

Group B
Pos Team Pts G W D L Gf Ga Gd
1Alumni148701286+22
2Quilmes1286022613+13
3Belgrano AC1085032315+8
4Argentino de Quilmes28107519-14
5Belgrano AC "B"28107938-29

Championship final
Alumni4–0Lomas AC

Lower divisions

Primera B

Primera C

Domestic cup

Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires

Champion: Alumni[3]

Final
Alumni3–1Estudiantes (BA)

International cups

Tie Cup

Final
Alumni 10–1 Belgrano AC
Eliseo Brown (5)
Alfredo Brown (4)
Ernesto Brown 		Report C. H. Wahley

Copa de Honor Cousenier

Finals
Alumni 2–2 Nacional
Alumni 3–1 Nacional
Report

Argentina national team

Argentina national team won their first trophies, on 15 August 1906 they won 3-2 against Uruguay in Montevideo to win the 2nd edition of Copa Lipton, in October they defeated Uruguay again to win the inaugural Copa Newton.

Final
Argentina 2–0 Uruguay
Brown  28'
Tristan Gozalez  85'		 Report

Final
Argentina 2–1 Uruguay
Hutton  26'
Brown  80'		 Report Gilberto Peralta  87'

Friendly matches
Date Venue/City Rival Score Report
9 July 1906Buenos AiresSouth Africa Combined0-1[5]

References
  1. Argentina 1906 by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at RSSSF
  2. Had 2 points deducted
  3. 1906 Copa Municipalidad de Buenos Aires at RSSSF
  4. 1906 Tie Cup at RSSSF
  5. Other results of Argentina national team at RSSSF
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