1912 in Argentine football

Football in Argentina
Season	1912
Men's football
Primera División	Quilmes (AFA) ; Porteño (FAF)
Intermedia	Ferro C. Oeste (AFA) ; Tigre (FAF)
Segunda División	Banfield (AFA) ; Tigre (FAF)
Primera C	Boca Juniors III (AFA) ; Gim. y Esg. BA III (FAF)
Copa de Honor	Racing Club
Copa de Competencia	San Isidro

1912 in Argentine football saw the division of Argentine football into two rival associations, when Federación Argentina de Football (FAF) was established to organise its own championships. Thus, Quilmes won the official AFA tournament, while Porteño won the FAF title.

Primera División

Asociación Argentina de Football - Copa Campeonato

Many former players of Alumni (dissolved one year later) went to play for Quilmes, which would be the champion. The tournament had no relegations.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pts	G	W	D	L	Gf	Ga	Gd
1	Quilmes	15	10	7	1	2	24	8	+16
2	San Isidro	11	9	5	1	3	16	22	-6
3	Racing Club	10	10	4	2	4	24	16	+8
4	Estudiantes (BA)	8	9	4	0	5	15	18	-3
5	Belgrano AC	7	10	3	1	6	20	20	0
6	River Plate	7	10	3	1	6	8	23	-15

Federación Argentina de Football

In July 1912, Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires disaffiliated from Asociación Argentina de Football, founding the Federación Argentina de Football (FAF) presided by Ricardo Aldao. Recently promoted teams Porteño and Estudiantes (LP) joined the new league, among other clubs.

1912 was the inaugural season of the dissident FAF league. This tournament was formed by 3 dissident teams from the Asociación Argentina (AAF): Estudiantes de La Plata, Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) and Porteño, plus the 4 teams promoted from the second division: Argentino de Quilmes, Atlanta, Independiente and Kimberley (Villa Devoto). The last club added was the recently created Sociedad Sportiva Argentina.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pts	G	W	D	L	Gf	Ga	Gd
1	Independiente^[3]	20	14	9	3	3	33	12	+21
2	Porteño^[3]	20	14	8	4	2	24	10	+14
3	Estudiantes (LP)	19	14	8	3	3	23	14	+9
4	Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)	18	14	7	4	3	26	18	+8
5	Argentino de Quilmes	17	14	7	3	4	34	27	+7
6	Atlanta	12	14	6	0	8	24	28	-4
7	Kimberley AC (BA)	6	14	2	2	10	17	48	-31
8	Sociedad Sportiva Argentina	6	14	0	0	14	6	30	-24

Championship playoff

Independiente and Porteño finished level on points at the top of the table, necessitating a championship playoff. The game was suspended at 87' after the Independiente players abandoned the pitch in protest at a disallowed goal by referee Carlos Aertz. The championship was then awarded to Porteño.^[4]

Final

23 December 1912

Porteño	1-1 ^[5]	Independiente
P. Rithner		Lloveras

Palermo, Buenos Aires

Lower divisions

Intermedia

AFA Champion: Ferro Carril Oeste
FAF Champion: Tigre

Segunda División

AFA Champion: Banfield
FAF Champion: Tigre

Domestic cups

Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires

Champion: Racing Club^[6]

Final

1912

Racing Club	3-0	Newell's

Copa de Competencia Jockey Club

Champion: San Isidro

Final

1912

San Isidro	0-0	Quilmes

San Isidro

Final

1912

San Isidro	2-1	Quilmes

Quilmes

International cups

Tie Cup

Champion: San Isidro

Final

17 November 1912

San Isidro	1-0	Nacional
	Report

Buenos Aires

Copa de Honor Cousenier

Champion: River Plate

Final

8 December 1912

River Plate	2–1	Racing Club
	Report

Montevideo

Argentina national team

Argentina only won one of the five Cups disputed against Uruguay, the Copa Montevideo played in December 1912.

Copa Lipton

15 August 1912

Argentina	0-2	Uruguay
	Report

Montevideo

Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo

25 August 1912

Argentina	0-3	Uruguay
	Report

Montevideo

Copa Premier Honor Argentino

22 September 1912

Argentina	0-1	Uruguay
	Report

Buenos Aires

Copa Newton

6 October 1912

Argentina	3-3 ^[7]	Uruguay
	Report

Avellaneda

Copa Montevideo

1 December 1912

Argentina	3-1 (aet)	Uruguay
	Report

Montevideo

Friendly matches

Date	Venue/City	Rival	Score	Report
30 June 1912	Montevideo	Peñarol/Nacional Combined	2-0	^[8]
9 July 1912	Buenos Aires	Swindon Town	0-1
4 September 1912	São Paulo	Paulistano	3-4
5 September 1912	São Paulo	Americano	3-0
7 September 1912	São Paulo	Foreigners of São Paulo	6-3
8 September 1912	São Paulo	São Paulo State Team	6-3
12 September 1912	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro League	4-0
14 September 1912	Rio de Janeiro	English of Rio de Janeiro	9-1
16 September 1912	Rio de Janeiro	Guanabara State Team	5-0

Notes

^ "Argentina: 1ra. División Asociación Argentina 1912 at Historia y Futbol". Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
^ "Argentina: 1ra. División Federación Argentina 1912 at Historia y Futbol". Archived from the original on 2013-08-12. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
^ a b Independiente won the championship after winning its final game 5-0 against a weakened Argentino de Quilmes team. Nevertheless, the club offered to play runner-up Porteño in a playoff to avoid criticism.
^ Argentina 1912 at RSSSF
^ Porteño was declared champion after the Independiente players abandoned the field.
^ 1912 Copa Municipalidad de Buenos Aires at RSSSF
^ As visiting team, Uruguay won the trophy.
^ Argentina national team - list of other matches 1901-2008

[1] "Argentina: 1ra. División Asociación Argentina 1912 at Historia y Futbol". Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2012-08-21.

[2] "Argentina: 1ra. División Federación Argentina 1912 at Historia y Futbol". Archived from the original on 2013-08-12. Retrieved 2012-08-21.

[indep-3] Independiente won the championship after winning its final game 5-0 against a weakened Argentino de Quilmes team. Nevertheless, the club offered to play runner-up Porteño in a playoff to avoid criticism.

[4] Argentina 1912 at RSSSF

[5] Porteño was declared champion after the Independiente players abandoned the field.

[6] 1912 Copa Municipalidad de Buenos Aires at RSSSF

[7] As visiting team, Uruguay won the trophy.

[8] Argentina national team - list of other matches 1901-2008