1929 Argentine Primera División

Primera División
Gimnasia y Esgrima LP, champions
Season1929
Dates21 July 1929 – 9 February 1930
ChampionsGimnasia y Esgrima (LP) (1st title)
PromotedColegiales
Relegated(none)
Top goalscorerArgentina José Cortecce
Argentina Manuel Seoane
(13 goals each)
← 1928
1930 →

The 1929 Argentine Primera División was the 38th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on July 21, 1929, and ended on February 9, 1930. This season saw the 35 teams of Primera, divided into two groups. The top 2 of each group qualified for the final stages of the tournament, which was eventually won by Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP).

The season was marred by mass abandonment of games, defending Argentine champion Huracán withdrew from 8 of its fixtures leaving them to finish in 14th place in the group. Several other teams withdrew from multiple games.[1] Abandonments of games, discontinuations, and withdrawals were quite common in these early seasons (cf., for instance, the second half of the 1930 season [2]).

Colegiales returned to the first division after winning the Primera B championship last year.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 17 14 0 3 33 11 +22 28 Finalist
2 River Plate 17 12 3 2 28 11 +17 27 3rd/4th place
3 Lanús 17 8 8 1 31 17 +14 24
4 Racing 17 10 4 3 24 17 +7 24
5 Almagro 17 8 5 4 19 18 +1 21
6 Talleres (RE) 17 7 5 5 16 13 +3 19
7 San Fernando 17 6 5 6 31 20 +11 17
8 Colegiales 17 5 7 5 28 28 0 17
9 El Porvenir 17 7 3 7 19 26 −7 17
10 Estudiantes (LP) 17 7 2 8 32 20 +12 16
11 Tigre 17 5 5 7 28 23 +5 15
12 Argentino del Sud 17 6 3 8 14 24 −10 15
13 Banfield 17 5 4 8 18 23 −5 14
14 Huracán 17 6 1 10 26 11 +15 13
15 Atlanta 17 4 3 10 10 24 −14 11
16 San Isidro 17 3 3 11 14 36 −22 9
17 Estudiantes (BA) 17 2 4 11 8 41 −33 8
18 Platense 17 3 1 13 7 23 −16 7
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Boca Juniors 16 13 1 2 31 11 +20 27 2nd. finalist
playoff
2 San Lorenzo 16 12 3 1 42 15 +27 27
3 Independiente 16 7 6 3 38 18 +20 20
4 Estudiantil Porteño 16 8 4 4 26 21 +5 20
5 Chacarita Juniors 16 8 4 4 23 20 +3 20
6 Vélez Sarsfield 16 9 2 5 23 21 +2 20
7 Argentinos Juniors 16 5 5 6 16 22 −6 15
8 Barracas Central 16 7 1 8 16 30 −14 15
9 Sportivo Palermo 16 6 2 8 14 21 −7 14
10 Quilmes 16 6 2 8 8 26 −18 14
11 Defensores de Belgrano 16 4 4 8 12 18 −6 12
12 Sportivo Buenos Aires 16 4 4 8 20 19 +1 12
13 Excursionistas 16 5 2 9 20 33 −13 12
14 Argentino (Q) 16 4 3 9 16 17 −1 11
15 Argentino (B) 16 3 5 8 21 28 −7 11
16 Ferro Carril Oeste 16 2 6 8 23 25 −2 10
17 Sportivo Barracas 16 3 4 9 13 17 −4 10
Source: [citation needed]

2nd. Finalist Playoff

As Boca Juniors and San Lorenzo finished equaled on points, they needed a playoff to decide which team went to the final and which to the 3rd/4th place playoff.

Series Team 1 Res. Team 2 Venue City
Playoff Boca Juniors
2–2
 San Lorenzo Estadio River Plate Buenos Aires
Series Team 1 Res. Team 2 Venue City
Playoff 2 Boca Juniors
2–2
 San Lorenzo Estadio Racing Club Avellaneda
Series Team 1 Res. Team 2 Venue City
Playoff 3 Boca Juniors
3–1
 San Lorenzo Estadio River Plate Buenos Aires

Match details

Boca Juniors2–2San Lorenzo
Kuko
Evaristo 		Report D. García
Arrieta
Boca Juniors2–2San Lorenzo
Evaristo
Muttis 		Report D. García
Foresto
Boca Juniors3–1San Lorenzo
Evaristo (2)
Moreyras 		Report 1
Report 2		 Carricaberry

Third place

Series Team 1 Res. Team 2 Venue City
Third place River Plate – [note 1] San Lorenzo Estadio Racing Club Avellaneda

Match details

River Platewp/lpSan Lorenzo
Report

Championship final

Series Team 1 Res. Team 2 Venue City
Playoff Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
2–1
 Boca Juniors Estadio River Plate Buenos Aires

Match details

1929 Primera División Final
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)2–1Boca Juniors
Maleanni 62', 70' Report Di Gianno 30' (o.g.)
Referee: Di Tomaso
Gimnasia y Esg. LP
Boca Juniors
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Notes

  1. ^ San Lorenzo did not attend the match so the points were given to River Plate.

References

  1. ^ Argentina 1929 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Argentina 1930 by Pablo Ciullini on the RSSSF
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