1899 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Season	1899
Champions	Belgrano AC
Relegated	(none)
Matches played	12
Top goalscorer	Percy Hooton (Belgrano AC) (3 goals)
Biggest home win	Belgrano AC 4-1 Lomas AC
Biggest away win	Palermo AC 0-8 Lanús AC
← 1898 1900 →

The 1899 Primera División season saw the Argentine league reduced to 4 teams to accommodate the creation of a Second Division. Palermo and United Banks left the Association and Banfield registered to recently created Second Division.^[1]

The championship Primera división took the format of a league of 4 teams, with each team playing the other twice. Lanús Athletic only completed 2 games, with the other 4 fixtures being awarded to their opponents. The game between Lomas and Lobos was awarded to Lobos.^[2]

Final table

Pos	Team	Pts	G	W	D	L	Gf	Ga	Gd
1	Belgrano AC	11	6	5	1	0	10	2	+8
2	Lobos	9	6	4	1	1	4	2	+2
3	Lomas AC	3	6	1	1	4	2	8	-6
4	Lanús Athletic	1	6	0	1	5	1	3	-4

References

Primera División

Argentine Football Association

2016 teams	Aldosivi Argentinos Juniors Arsenal Atlético Rafaela Atlético Tucumán Banfield Belgrano Boca Juniors Colón Defensa y Justicia Estudiantes (LP) Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Godoy Cruz Huracán Independiente Lanús Newell's Old Boys Olimpo Patronato Quilmes Racing River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo San Martín (SJ) Sarmiento Temperley Tigre Unión Vélez Sarsfield

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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