1913 Argentine Primera División

22nd season of top-tier football league in Argentina

Football league season

Primera División
Season	1913
Dates	13 April – 28 December
Champions	Racing Club (AFA) Estudiantes (LP) (FAF)
1913 Copa Aldao	Racing
← 1912 1914 →

The 1913 Argentine Primera División was the 22nd season of top-flight football in Argentina. Racing won the official AFA tournament also achieving its first title in Primera División, while Estudiantes (LP) won the FAF title.

The AFA season began on April 13 and ended on December (?) while the FAF season began on May 1 and ended on December 21.^[1]

Asociación Argentina de Football – Copa Campeonato

Football league season

Primera División (AFA)
Racing, AFA champion
Season	1913
Dates	13 April – 28 December
Champions	Racing (1st title)
Promoted	Ferro C. Oeste^{[note 1]} Banfield Boca Juniors Comercio Estudiantil Porteño Ferrocarril Sud Olivos Platense Riachuelo
Relegated	Olivos Riachuelo
Top goalscorer	Alberto Ohaco (20 goals)
← 1912 1914 →

The number of teams was considerably increased (from 6 to 15), adding Ferro Carril Oeste (promoted as División Intermedia champion) and directly promoting Banfield, Boca Juniors, Comercio, Estudiantil Porteño, Ferrocarril Sud, Olivos, Platense and Riachuelo.^[2] Olivos and Riachuelo were relegated at the end of the season.^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Racing	14	12	0	2	41	5	+36	24
2	San Isidro	14	11	2	1	44	8	+36	24
3	River Plate	14	10	4	0	30	7	+23	24
4	Belgrano AC	14	8	2	4	34	16	+18	18
5	Boca Juniors	14	8	2	4	29	16	+13	18
6	Platense	14	8	2	4	36	25	+11	18
7	Quilmes	14	8	2	4	29	21	+8	18
8	Estudiantes (BA)	14	6	1	7	26	23	+3	13
9	Estudiantil Porteño	14	5	3	6	32	33	−1	13
10	Banfield	14	5	3	6	23	31	−8	13
11	Comercio	14	4	2	8	26	34	−8	10
12	Ferro Carril Oeste	14	1	4	9	16	31	−15	6
13	Ferrocarril Sud	14	1	2	11	17	51	−34	4
14	Olivos (R)	14	1	2	11	10	49	−39	4
15	Riachuelo (R)	14	0	3	11	8	51	−43	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated

Final playoff

Date	Team 1	Res.	Team 2	Venue	City
28 Dec	Racing	2–0	San Isidro	? ^{[note 2]}	Buenos Aires

Match details

1913 Primera División Final

28 December 1913

Final

Racing	2–0	San Isidro
Ohaco 11' (70)	Report

?, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Héctor Alfano

Racing

San Isidro


GK		Carlos Muttoni
DF		Armando Reyes
DF		Saturnino Ochoa
MF		Ángel Betular
MF		Francisco Olazar
MF		Ricardo Pepe
FW		Juan Viazzi
FW		Alberto Ohaco (c)
FW		Alberto Marcovecchio
FW		Juan Hospital
FW		Juan Perinetti


GK		Carlos T. Wilson
DF		Juan Iriarte
DF		Juan J. Bello
MF		Juan Goodfellow
MF		José Morroni (c)
MF		Alberto Olivieri
FW		Elías Fernández
FW		Juan Rossi
FW		Julio Fernández
FW		Roberto L. Hulme
FW		Alfredo Meira

Federación Argentina de Football

Hispano Argentino and Tigre joined the league.

Football league season

Primera División (FAF)
Estudiantes, FAF champion
Season	1913
Dates	1 May – 21 December
Champions	Estudiantes (LP) (1st title)
Promoted	Estudiantes (LP)
Relegated	(none)
Top goalscorer	Guillermo Dannaher (16 goals)
← 1912 1914 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Estudiantes (LP) (C)	18	14	3	1	64	16	+48	31
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)	18	11	6	1	49	19	+30	28
3	Argentino (Q)	18	12	3	3	38	21	+17	27
4	Kimberley	18	9	3	6	34	31	+3	21
5	Independiente	18	7	5	6	39	33	+6	19
6	Hispano Argentino	18	8	1	9	21	40	−19	17
7	Tigre	18	6	3	9	23	38	−15	15
8	Porteño	18	4	4	10	26	32	−6	12
9	Atlanta	18	3	2	13	33	57	−24	8
10	Sociedad Sportiva Argentina	18	0	2	16	15	52	−37	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Notes

^ Not directly promoted by the Association but the Intermedia champion in 1912.
^ Sources indicates Palermo, Buenos Aires but it is unclear which venue they refer, it could be the field of C.A. Porteño in that district.^[4]

References

^ Argentina 1913 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF.com
^ Jorge Iwanczuk, Historia del fútbol amateur en la Argentina, Buenos Aires, Autores, 1992.
^ Argentina 1913 at RSSSF
^ "Argentina: 1ra. División Asociación Argentina 1913" by José Carluccio, 1 Dec 2008