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	24	−2	17
7	Argentino de Quilmes	15	7	2	6	24	24	0	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	26	−4	14
11	Estudiantes (BA)	15	5	3	7	20	23	−3	13
12	Colegiales	15	4	5	6	20	26	−6	13
13	Defensores de Belgrano	15	3	3	9	13	19	−6	9
14	Banfield	15	3	3	9	21	37	−16	9
15	Argentino de Lomas	15	2	2	11	12	25	−13	6
16	San Fernando	15	1	0	14	13	48	−35	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

Estudiantil Porteño v Almagro

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	68	−5	33
10	Ferro Carril Oeste	34	12	8	14	60	74	−14	32
11	Argentinos Juniors	34	12	7	15	49	61	−12	31
12	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	34	9	12	13	42	64	−22	30
13	Platense	34	13	3	18	52	52	0	29
14	Quilmes	34	12	5	17	53	62	−9	29
15	Talleres (RE)	34	11	2	21	48	68	−20	24
16	Tigre	34	8	7	19	47	70	−23	23
17	Lanús	34	10	2	22	43	82	−39	22
18	Atlanta	34	4	7	23	33	83	−50	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

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

Primera División

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