1923 in Argentine football

1923 in Argentine football saw Boca Juniors win its 3rd title, the Asociación Argentina championship while San Lorenzo achieved its first title ever at the top division winning the Asociación Amateur championship.[1]

Primera División

Asociación Argentina de Football - Copa Campeonato

Boca Juniors and Huracán finished with 51 points each so they had to play the playoffs to decide a champion. Palermo, which had been relegated from the Asociación Amateur, joined Asociación Argentina remaining at Primera División. Argentino de Quilmes returned to the top division after being relegated in 1918, while All Boys, Argentino de Banfield and Villa Urquiza made their debuts in Primera.[2]

Pos.	Team	Pts.	G	W	D	L	Gf	Ga
1	Boca Juniors	51	30	24	3	3	87	19
1	Huracán	51	29	23	5	1	71	20
3	Sportivo Barracas	40	28	18	4	6	60	28
4	Sportivo Dock Sud	37	28	13	11	4	35	21
5	Palermo	33	25	14	5	6	33	26
6	Estudiantes (LP)	32	22	14	4	4	44	18
7	Nueva Chicago	32	27	13	6	8	36	39
8	Argentinos Juniors	29	28	10	9	9	30	25
9	Del Plata	29	29	10	9	10	34	35
10	All Boys	28	32	10	8	14	31	41
11	Temperley	27	30	11	5	14	36	40
12	Progresista	27	30	10	7	13	44	50
13	El Porvenir	27	33	8	11	14	26	44
14	Argentino de Quilmes	26	27	11	4	12	27	33
15	Platense II [3]	26	28	8	10	10	23	30
16	Sportivo Palermo	24	18	9	6	3	27	17
17	San Fernando	23	29	8	7	14	32	45
18	Alvear	23	30	9	5	16	37	56
19	Sportivo del Norte	20	30	6	8	16	30	50
20	Argentino de Banfield	18	28	6	6	16	37	61
21	Boca Alumni	18	31	6	6	19	32	63
22	Villa Urquiza	16	31	4	8	19	17	41
23	Porteño	14	27	3	8	16	26	53

Final playoffs

16 March 1924

Boca Juniors	3-0	Huracán

Sportivo Barracas

30 March 1924

Boca Juniors	0-2	Huracán

Sportivo Barracas

6 April 1924

Boca Juniors	0-0	Huracán

Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)

With the third match drawn, the best-of-three series was level at 1-1, meaning a fourth match - to be played to a finish - was required to determine the champion.

27 April 1924

Boca Juniors	2-0 (aet)	Huracán
	Report

Sportivo Barracas

Asociación Amateur de Football

Argentino del Sud (promoted last year) debuted in Primera División.

Pos.	Team	Pts.	G	W	D	L	Gf	Ga
1	San Lorenzo	35	20	17	1	2	34	13
2	Independiente	32	20	15	2	3	40	8
3	River Plate	31	20	14	3	3	29	12
4	Racing Club	29	20	14	1	5	46	16
5	Barracas Central	28	20	12	4	4	24	13
6	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	24	20	11	2	7	23	14
7	Sportivo Almagro	20	20	6	8	6	20	19
8	San Isidro	19	20	7	5	8	27	24
9	Vélez Sarsfield	19	20	8	3	9	20	25
10	Sportivo Buenos Aires	19	20	8	3	9	21	29
11	Argentino del Sud	19	20	7	5	8	13	19
12	Tigre	18	20	7	4	9	20	25
13	Platense [3]	17	20	6	5	9	20	25
14	Quilmes	16	20	7	2	11	28	33
15	Atlanta	16	20	6	4	10	19	29
16	Banfield	16	20	5	6	9	14	24
17	Defensores de Belgrano	15	20	4	7	9	17	18
18	Ferro Carril Oeste	15	20	6	3	11	12	26
19	Estudiantil Porteño	13	20	3	7	10	17	36
20	Estudiantes (BA)	11	20	2	7	11	12	31
21	Lanús	8	20	2	4	14	17	34

Lower divisions

Primera B

AFA Champion: Boca Juniors II
AAm Champion: Liberal Argentino

Primera C

AFA Champion: Bristol
AAm Champion: Acassuso

Domestic cups

Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren

Champion: Boca Juniors [4]

Final

8 June 1924

Boca Juniors	1-0 (aet)	Rosario Central
(Pertini)

Sportivo Barracas

International cups

Copa Campeonato del Río de la Plata

Champion: San Lorenzo [5]

Final

22 June 1924

San Lorenzo	1-0	Atl. Wanderers

Buenos Aires

References

Argentina 1923 at RSSSF
Asociacion Argentina 1923 at Historia y Futbol
From 1921 to 1925 there were two teams called "Platense" due to an internal conflict in the lists of candidates for president of the institution. Current Club Atlético Platense played at the dissident Asociación Amateur and the other squad (known as "Platense II") played in the Asociación Argentina. Source: Historia del Club at Platense Locura website Archived 2012-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
Copa Ibarguren at RSSSF
RSSSF: Campeonato Rioplatense Archived 2012-09-03 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Argentina 1923 at RSSSF

[2] Asociacion Argentina 1923 at Historia y Futbol

[tense-3] From 1921 to 1925 there were two teams called "Platense" due to an internal conflict in the lists of candidates for president of the institution. Current Club Atlético Platense played at the dissident Asociación Amateur and the other squad (known as "Platense II") played in the Asociación Argentina. Source: Historia del Club at Platense Locura website Archived 2012-08-27 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Copa Ibarguren at RSSSF

[5] RSSSF: Campeonato Rioplatense Archived 2012-09-03 at the Wayback Machine