1929 Argentine Primera División

The 1929 Argentine Primera División was the 38th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on July 21, 1929, and ended on February 9, 1930. This season saw the 35 teams of Primera, divided into two groups. The top 2 of each group qualified for the final stages of the tournament, which was eventually won by Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP).

Primera División
Season1929
ChampionsGimnasia y Esgrima (LP) (1st title)
PromotedColegiales
Relegated(none)
Top goalscorer José Cortecce
Manuel Seoane
(13 goals each)
← 1928
1930 →

The season was marred by mass abandonment of games, defending Argentine champion Huracán withdrew from 8 of its fixtures leaving them to finish in 14th place in the group. Several other teams withdrew from multiple games.[1] Abandonments of games, discontinuations, and withdrawals were quite common in these early seasons (cf., for instance, the second half of the 1930 season [2]).

Colegiales returned to the first division after winning the Primera B championship last year.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 17 14 0 3 33 11 +22 28
2 River Plate 17 12 3 2 28 11 +17 27
3 Lanús 17 8 8 1 31 17 +14 24
4 Racing 17 10 4 3 24 17 +7 24
5 Almagro 17 8 5 4 19 18 +1 21
6 Talleres (RE) 17 7 5 5 16 13 +3 19
7 San Fernando 17 6 5 6 31 20 +11 17
8 Colegiales 17 5 7 5 28 28 0 17
9 El Porvenir 17 7 3 7 19 26 −7 17
10 Estudiantes (LP) 17 7 2 8 32 20 +12 16
11 Tigre 17 5 5 7 28 23 +5 15
12 Argentino del Sud 17 6 3 8 14 24 −10 15
13 Banfield 17 5 4 8 18 23 −5 14
14 Huracán 17 6 1 10 26 11 +15 13
15 Atlanta 17 4 3 10 10 24 −14 11
16 San Isidro 17 3 3 11 14 36 −22 9
17 Estudiantes (BA) 17 2 4 11 8 41 −33 8
18 Platense 17 3 1 13 7 23 −16 7
Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Boca Juniors 16 13 1 2 31 11 +20 27
2 San Lorenzo 16 12 3 1 42 15 +27 27
3 Independiente 16 7 6 3 38 18 +20 20
4 Estudiantil Porteño 16 8 4 4 26 21 +5 20
5 Chacarita Juniors 16 8 4 4 23 20 +3 20
6 Vélez Sarsfield 16 9 2 5 23 21 +2 20
7 Argentinos Juniors 16 5 5 6 16 22 −6 15
8 Barracas Central 16 7 1 8 16 30 −14 15
9 Sportivo Palermo 16 6 2 8 14 21 −7 14
10 Quilmes 16 6 2 8 8 26 −18 14
11 Defensores de Belgrano 16 4 4 8 12 18 −6 12
12 Sportivo Buenos Aires 16 4 4 8 20 19 +1 12
13 Excursionistas 16 5 2 9 20 33 −13 12
14 Argentino (Q) 16 4 3 9 16 17 −1 11
15 Argentino (B) 16 3 5 8 21 28 −7 11
16 Ferro Carril Oeste 16 2 6 8 23 25 −2 10
17 Sportivo Barracas 16 3 4 9 13 17 −4 10
Source:

As Boca Juniors and San Lorenzo finished level on points, they needed a playoff to decide which team went to the final and which to the 3rd/4th place playoff.

Playoff
Boca Juniors2-2San Lorenzo
Kuko
Evaristo 		D. García
Arrieta
Boca Juniors2-2San Lorenzo
Evaristo
Muttis 		D. García
Foresto
Boca Juniors3-1San Lorenzo
Evaristo (2)
Moreyras 		Report Carricaberry

Third place
River Platewp/lp [3]San Lorenzo
Report

Final
1929 Primera División Final
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)2–1Boca Juniors
Maleanni  62', 70' Report Di Gianno  30' (o.g.)
Referee: Di Tomaso
Gimnasia y Esg. LP
Boca Juniors
GK Felipe Scarpone
DF Julio Di Giano
DF Evaristo Delovo
MF Vicente Ruscitti
MF Juan Santillán
MF Antonio Belli
FW Miguel Curell
FW Francisco Varallo
FW Martín Malianni
FW Jesús Díaz
FW Ismael Morgada
GK Alejandro Mena
DF Ludovico Bidoglio
DF Luis Strada
MF Américo Amoia
MF Manuel Fleitas Solich
MF Adolfo Pedemonte
FW Donato Penella
FW Esteban Kuko
FW Mario Evaristo
FW Roberto Cherro
FW Antonio Alberino

References
  1. Argentina 1929 at RSSSF Archived 2008-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Argentina 1930 at RSSSF
  3. San Lorenzo did not attend to the match so the points were given to River Plate.
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