1915 in Argentine football

1915 in Argentine football saw the reunification of the Asociación Argentina de Football and the Federación Argentina de Football. Racing won its third consecutive league championship.

Football in Argentina

Season	1915
← 1914 1916 →

Rosario Central won the Copa Ibarguren, defeating Racing 3-1.

Argentina national team won the Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo and Copa Lipton.

Primera División

The reunification of the Asociación Argentina de Football and the Federación Argentina de Football brought the creation of a championship of 25 teams. The tournament took a league format with each team playing the others once. San Lorenzo de Almagro debuted at Primera División after promoting the last year, which caused all the "big five" to meet in a championship for the first time.

The top two teams finished even on points, which necessitated a championship playoff, which was won by Racing Club.^[1]

Asociación Argentina de Football - Copa Campeonato

Pos	Team	Pts	G	W	D	L	Gf	Ga	Gd
1	Racing Club[2]	46	24	22	2	0	95	5	+90
2	San Isidro	46	24	22	2	0	72	12	+60
3	River Plate	38	24	16	6	2	58	17	+41
4	Porteño	36	24	17	2	5	57	26	+31
5	Platense	32	24	14	4	6	43	26	+17
6	Estudiantes (LP)	32	24	13	6	5	45	29	+16
7	Huracán	28	24	11	6	7	40	26	+14
8	Independiente[2]	27	24	11	5	8	40	22	+18
9	Estudiantes (BA)	27	24	12	3	9	38	33	+5
10	Ferro Carril Oeste	24	24	8	8	8	38	32	+6
11	Argentino de Quilmes	24	24	11	2	11	32	43	-11
12	Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)	23	24	9	5	10	39	43	-4
13	San Lorenzo	23	24	10	3	11	38	46	-8
14	Boca Juniors	22	24	8	6	10	32	38	-6
15	Banfield[3]	21	24	9	3	12	33	44	-11
16	Quilmes	21	24	7	7	10	19	26	-7
17	Hispano Argentino	20	24	8	4	12	39	50	-11
18	Tigre	20	24	8	4	12	21	40	-19
19	Estudiantil Porteño	19	24	9	1	14	38	57	-19
20	Belgrano AC	18	24	8	2	14	32	47	-15
21	Atlanta	15	24	7	1	16	18	53	-35
22	Kimberley AC (BA)	14	24	5	4	15	23	45	-22
23	Defensores de Belgrano	12	24	4	4	16	26	57	-31
24	Comercio	7	24	2	3	19	23	77	-54
25	Floresta	5	24	1	3	20	15	60	-45

Championship playoff

Racing Club de Avellaneda and San Isidro finished even on points at the top of the table, necessitating a championship playoff, where Racing won its third consecutive title.

Final

Racing Club	1-0	San Isidro
(Marcovecchio)

Independiente

  Champion

  Relegated

Lower divisions

Primera B

• Champion: Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)

Primera C

• Champion: Martínez

Domestic cups

Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires

• Champion: Racing Club^[4]

Final

Racing Club	2-1	Tiro Federal

Palermo

Copa de Competencia Jockey Club

• Champion: Porteño

Final

Porteño	2-1	Racing Club
(Martín Garat, Carlos Izaguirre)		(Alberto Ohaco)

Palermo

Copa Ibarguren

• Champion: Rosario Central^[5]

Final

Rosario Central	0-0	Racing Club

26 March 1916

Independiente

Playoff

Rosario Central	3-1	Racing Club
(Laiolo 11, 96, Woodward 119)		(Vivaldi 15)

30 April 1916

Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)

International cups

Tie Cup

• Champion: Nacional^[6]

Final

Nacional	2-0	Porteño

31 October 1915

Buenos Aires

Copa de Honor Cousenier

• Champion: Nacional

Final

Nacional	2-0	Racing Club
(P. Dacal, A. Romano)

14 November 1915

Parque Central
(Montevideo)

Argentina national team

Titles

• Copa Lipton 1915
• Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo 1915

Results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Argentina scorers	Match Report(s)
18 July 1915	Montevideo	Uruguay	2 - 3	Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo
15 August 1915	Buenos Aires	Uruguay	2 - 1	Copa Lipton
12 September 1915	Montevideo	Uruguay	2 - 0	Copa Newton

References

1. Argentina 1915^{[dead link]} by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at RSSSF
2. The first league meenting between Avellaneda rivals Racing Club and Independiente ended 1-2 to Independiente, but the result was cancelled and the points awarded to Racing Club.
3. Banfield had two results cancelled and the points awarded to their opponents.
4. 1915 Copa Municipalidad de Buenos Aires at RSSSF
5. 1915 Copa Ibarguren at RSSSF
6. 1915 Tie Cup at RSSSF