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1904 Argentine Primera División
The 1904 Argentine Primera División was the 13th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on May 9 and ended on September 24.Argentina 1904 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF.com The 1904 championship had a 6 team league format, with each team playing the other twice. Flores Athletic Club, Flores did not register to play the tournament after a poor performance in the last season. Estudiantes de Buenos Aires was promoted to Primera by the Association after the good campaigns made in lower divisions and the contribution made by the club to the practice of football. Belgrano Athletic Club, Belgrano A.C. was the champion, ending a run of four consecutive titles for Alumni Athletic Club, Alumni. The club won the tournament 6 fixtures before the end of the season, when the squad beat Quilmes by 4-0 with the following lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Primera División
The Primera División (; ), known officially as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Betano for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Argentina and the highest level of the Argentine football league system. Organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional, Primera Nacional (Second Division), with the teams placed lowest at the end of the season being relegated. Argentina held its first championship in 1891 Argentine Primera División, 1891,''Historia del Fútbol Amateur en la Argentina'', by Jorge Iwanczuk. Published by Autores Editores (1992) - making it the first country outside the United Kingdom to establish a football league. The Football League had debuted in England in 1888, followed by the Scottish and Irish leagues in 1890. In the early years, only teams from Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires, Greater Buenos Aires, La Plata and Rosario, Argentina, Ros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrano Athletic Club
Belgrano Athletic Club is an Argentina, Argentine amateur sports club from Belgrano, Buenos Aires. One of Argentina's oldest institutions still in existence, Belgrano was one of the four clubs that founded the Argentine Rugby Union in 1899. The senior team currently competes at Torneo de la URBA, Top 12, the first division of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires league system. Belgrano Athletic was one of the most prominent teams during the first years of football in Argentina, having won three Argentine Primera División, domestic league titles, one list of Argentine football national cups, national cup and two international cups. Belgrano's arch-rival during those years was Alumni Athletic Club, Alumni, also from Belgrano neighborhood. Belgrano disaffiliated from the Argentine Football Association, Argentine Association in late 1910s, focusing on rugby union and other sports. Football is no longer practised at the club. Belgrano's field hockey team currently takes part of Metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Atlético Estudiantes
Club Atlético Estudiantes, usually called Estudiantes de Caseros or Estudiantes de Buenos Aires, is an Argentine football club from Caseros, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system. Apart from football, the club hosts other disciplines such as handball, karate, roller skating and taekwondo. History The beginning By 1897 football in Argentina was practised almost exclusively by English people that lived in Buenos Aires. Three of those immigrants, called Hansen, McHardy and Fitz Simons, encouraged a group of Argentine young people to join them in order to form a team. The club was officially founded on August 15, 1898, and the name was taken from the High School they attended: ''Colegion Nacional Sur''.BEKERMAN, Esteban (July 1996). "La historia de... Estudiantes". ''El Hincha del Ascenso'' n. 3, pp. 14–17 The young native players soon learned fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Brown
Alfredo Carrow Brown (1 December 1886 – 30 August 1958) was an Argentine international footballer who played as a forward. Early life Brown was an Argentine of Scottish origin. Brown had four brothers who were also Argentine international players – Carlos, Eliseo, Ernesto and Jorge – as well as one cousin, Juan Domingo. Two other brothers – Diego and Tomás – were also footballers. Career Brown played club football for Alumni Alumni (: alumnus () or alumna ()) are former students or graduates of a school, college, or university. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for groups of women, and alums (: alum) or alumns (: alumn) as gender-neutral alternatives. Th ..., and international football for the Argentina national team. Brown was top-scorer in the Primera División in the 1904 season. References 1886 births 1958 deaths Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers Argentine people of Scottish descent Argent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alumni Athletic Club
Alumni Athletic Club, or simply Alumni, was an Argentina, Argentine association football, football team active during the first years of the sport in that country. Although officially founded in 1898, the team had been formed in 1893 when a group of students from the Buenos Aires English High School joined Alexander Watson Hutton (considered the "father" of Argentine football)"Lomas marcó el rumbo" ''Clarín (Argentine newspaper), Clarín'', 2001-07-15 to form a team in order to participate in the championship organized by the Argentine Association Football League (then Argentine Football Association, which had been created that year). The squad was active until 1911 and was disbanded in 1913 due to internal problems. During the years Alumni was active, the team won a total of 22 titles, including 15 domestic titles (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barracas Athletic Club
Barracas Athletic Club was a football club from Lanús, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club was notable for having played several seasons in Argentine Primera División, the top division of Argentine football league system. History Established in 1901,"Argentina – Name Changes" by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF.com the club debuted in Primera División in after winning the title one year before. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1903 Argentine Primera División
The 1903 Argentine Primera División was the 12th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on April 26 and ended on August 9.Argentina 1903 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF.com won its fourth consecutive league championship. On 26 July 1903 the squad lost its first league game in four years. Flores A.C., which had left the Association in 1898
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1905 Argentine Primera División
The 1905 Argentine Primera División was the 14th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on May 7 and ended on September 24Argentina 1905 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF.com The 1905 championship was expanded to include 7 teams, who played in a league format, with each team playing the other twice. was the champion, winning its 5th league title in six seasons. The squad won the tournament after a 1–1 draw v. , one fixture before the end of the season. The line-up for that match was: Jos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football In Argentina
Association football is the most popular sport in Argentina and part of the culture of Argentina, culture in the country. It is the one with the most players (2,658,811 total, 331,811 of which are registered and 2,327,000 unregistered; with 3,377 clubs and 37,161 officials, all according to FIFA)Country info on FIFA website and is the most popular recreational sport, played from childhood into old age. The percentage of Argentines that declare allegiance to an Argentine football club is about 90%. Football was introduced to Argentina in the later half of the 19th century by the English settlement in Argentina, British immigrants in Buenos Aires. The first Argentine league was contested in 1891 Argentine Primera División, 1891, making it the fifth-oldest recognised league of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flores Athletic Club
Flores Athletic Club was an Argentine sports club from Flores, Buenos Aires. The club was pioneer in the practise of some sports that would become popular in Argentina, such as football (competing in some of the first official championships held), cricket, rugby union, polo, and tennis. History Origin: the polo years In 1860 a great English community lived in the "porteños" neighbourhoods of Caballito and Flores, most of them working in commerce activities. They usually spent summertime in their country houses located in Barracas, Buenos Aires, Belgrano, Buenos Aires and Flores, which was the favourite place of Argentine high society families to spend their free time. Some of the biggest palaces (such as "Miraflores", built in 1886 and currently a school, or "Las Lilas") had been erected in that zone.''Una investigación sobre la Historia del Flores Athletic Club'' by Rubén Ayala at the C.E.H.R., Buenos Aires (1997) The Flores Athletic Club was born in Caballito neighbourhood, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estudiantes De Buenos Aires
Club Atlético Estudiantes, usually called Estudiantes de Caseros or Estudiantes de Buenos Aires, is an Argentina, Argentine association football, football club from Caseros, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system. Apart from football, the club hosts other disciplines such as team handball, handball, karate, roller skating and taekwondo. History The beginning By 1897 football in Argentina was practised almost exclusively by England, English people that lived in Buenos Aires. Three of those immigrants, called Hansen, McHardy and Fitz Simons, encouraged a group of Argentine young people to join them in order to form a team. The club was officially founded on August 15, 1898, and the name was taken from the High School they attended: ''Colegion Nacional Sur''.BEKERMAN, Esteban (July 1996). "La historia de... Estudiantes". ''El Hin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lomas Athletic Club
Lomas Athletic Club is an Argentina, Argentine sports club from the Lomas de Zamora district of Greater Buenos Aires. One of Argentina's oldest clubs still in existence, Lomas is one of the four institutions that founded the "River Plate Rugby Championship" (current Argentine Rugby Union) in 1899,"Hechos históricos de la Unión" at UAR website The rugby union team currently plays in Primera A, the second division of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires, URBA league system. Lomas Athletic is also considered the first great association football, football team of Argentina, having won six consecutive titles between 1893 Argentine Primera División, 1893 and 1898 Argentine Primera División, 1898, although the team disaffiliated from the Argentine Football Association, Association in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
