1931 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Season 1931
Champions Estudiantil Porteño (AFA)
Boca Juniors (LAF)
Matches played 306
Goals scored 1093 (3.57 per match)
Top goalscorer Alberto Zozaya (33) (LAF)
1932

The 1931 Primera División season was the 40th season of top-flight football in Argentina and the first to be professional in the country, after eighteen clubs broke away from the amateur league structure to form the professional league, "Liga Argentina de Football" (LAF). The inaugural champions was Boca Juniors led by coach Mario Fortunato.[1] The top scorer of the championship was Alberto Zozaya of Estudiantes de La Plata with 33 goals.[2]

The official body (AFA) remained amateur under the denomination "Asociación Amateurs Argentina de Football".[3]

Asociación Argentina de Football (AFA)

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 Almagro [4] 15 13 0 2 45 13+32 26
2 Estudiantil Porteño [4] 15 12 2 1 31 17+14 26
3 Sp. Buenos Aires 15 11 0 4 26 16+10 22
4 El Porvenir 15 9 3 3 34 20+14 21
5 Excursionistas 15 7 3 5 36 27+9 17
6 Nueva Chicago 15 7 3 5 22 242 17
7 Argentino de Quilmes 15 7 2 6 24 240 16
8 Sp. Palermo 15 6 3 6 24 23+1 15
9 Sp. Barracas 15 5 4 6 35 30+5 14
10 Barracas Central 15 5 4 6 22 264 14
11 Estudiantes (BA) 15 5 3 7 20 233 13
12 Colegiales 15 4 5 6 20 266 13
13 Defensores de Belgrano 15 3 3 9 13 196 9
14 Banfield 15 3 3 9 21 3716 9
15 Argentino de Lomas 15 2 2 11 12 2513 6
16 San Fernando 15 1 0 14 13 4835 2

Championship playoff

Estudiantil Porteño and Almagro finished level on points at the top of the table, so a championship playoff was played to proclaim a champion.[5]

Final

27 December 1931
Estudiantil Porteño 3-1 Almagro
F. Martínez  25', 84'
Bissio  70'
Report M. Fernández  42'
Sp. Barracas
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Cirilo Garigliano

Liga Argentina de Football

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 Boca Juniors 34 22 6 6 85 49+36 50
2 San Lorenzo 34 19 7 8 81 52+29 45
3 Estudiantes (LP) 34 20 4 10 103 51+52 44
4 River Plate 34 19 6 9 63 39+24 44
5 Racing 34 19 5 10 81 51+30 43
6 Independiente 34 18 7 9 69 60+9 43
7 Chacarita Juniors 34 18 6 10 63 58+5 42
8 Huracán 34 13 7 14 58 49+9 33
9 Vélez Sarsfield 34 13 7 14 63 685 33
10 Ferro Carril Oeste 34 12 8 14 60 7414 32
11 Argentinos Juniors 34 12 7 15 49 6112 31
12 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 34 9 12 13 42 6422 30
13 Platense 34 13 3 18 52 520 29
14 Quilmes 34 12 5 17 53 629 29
15 Talleres (RE) 34 11 2 21 48 6820 24
16 Tigre 34 8 7 19 47 7023 23
17 Lanús 34 10 2 22 43 8239 22
18 Atlanta 34 4 7 23 33 8350 15

Top goalscorers

Pos Name Team Goals
1 Alberto Zozaya Estudiantes 33
2 Alejandro Scopelli Estudiantes 31
3 Francisco Varallo Boca Juniors 27
4 Herminio Masantonio Huracán 23
5 Luis Sánchez Platense 20

References

  1. Buren, Mariano (January 11, 2010). "Argentina - Coaches of Championship Teams - First Level". RSSSF. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  2. Argentina 1931 on RSSSF.com
  3. Argentina 1931 (amateur) on RSSSF.com
  4. 1 2 Championship playoff
  5. Argentina 1931 (amateur) on RSSSF.com
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