1897 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Season	1897
Champions	Lomas AC
Relegated	(none)
Matches played	44
Top goalscorer	William Stirling (Lomas AC) (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Belgrano AC 14-0 Palermo AC
Biggest away win	Banfield 1-10 Flores AC
← 1896 1898 →

The 1897 Primera División season was won by Lomas AC that achieved its 4th Argentine championship in 5 seasons. Lomas won the title after winning the 2nd replay of the title playoff against Lanús Athletic.^[1] The players of Lomas Academy (dissolved last year) return to Lomas AC. Lanús AC, Banfield and Palermo AC debuted and Belgrano AC also registered a "B" team.^[2]

Primera división

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pts	G	W	D	L	Gf	Ga	Gd
1	Lomas AC	20	12	9	2	1	55	9	+46
2	Lanús AC	20	12	10	0	2	39	8	+31
3	Belgrano AC	19	12	9	1	2	47	15	+32
4	Flores	13	12	6	1	5	44	22	+22
5	Palermo AC	8	12	4	0	8	11	50	-39
6	Belgrano AC "B"	3	12	1	1	10	10	56	-46
7	Banfield	1	12	0	1	11	6	52	-46

Championship Playoffs

Lomas AC v Lanús AC

8 September 1897

Lomas AC	1-1	Lanús AC

Lomas AC v Lanús AC

12 September 1897

Lomas AC	0-0	Lanús AC

Lomas AC v Lanús AC

19 September 1897

Lomas AC	1-0	Lanús AC
Stirling

References

Primera División

Argentine Football Association

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League format	Calendar-year (1891-1966, 2015-) Metropolitano and Nacional (1967-85) European style (1985-90) Apertura and Clausura (1991-2012) Inicial and Final (2012-14)

Seasons	1891 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014 2015 2016

Dissident bodies	Federación Argentina de Football (1912-14) Asociación Amateurs de Football (1919-26) Liga Argentina de Football (1931-34)

Other articles	Champions year by year All-time table Players Records Top scorers Fillol Award Disaffiliated teams

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