1922 Argentine Primera División

The 1922 Argentine Primera División was the 31st season of top-flight football in Argentina. Huracán won its second consecutive championship, while Independiente obtained its first title, the Asociación Amateurs de Football championship.

Primera División

Season	1922
Dates	9 April 1922 – 14 January 1923
Champions	Huracán (AFA) Independiente (AAmF)
← 1921 1923 →

Final tables

Asociación Argentina de Football - Copa Campeonato

Primera División (AFA)

Huracán, AFA champions
Season	1922
Dates	23 April 1922 – 14 January 1923
Champions	Huracán (2nd title)
Promoted	Alvear Boca Alumni San Fernando Progresista Dock Sud
Relegated	(none)
Top goalscorer	José Clarke Domingo Tarasconi (11 goals each)
Biggest home win	Huracán 5–0 Sp. Dock Sud (7 May)
Biggest away win	Porteño 1–5 Del Plata (5 Sep)
Highest scoring	Del Plata 4–3 Sp. Palermo (19 Nov)
← 1921 1923 →

Alvear, Boca Alumni, San Fernando and Progresista made their debuts at the top division of Argentine football.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Huracán (C)	16	13	2	1	36	7	+29	28
2	Sportivo Palermo	16	11	3	2	34	14	+20	25
3	Boca Juniors	16	10	2	4	30	19	+11	22
4	Del Plata	16	10	0	6	27	15	+12	20
5	Nueva Chicago	16	7	4	5	23	22	+1	18
6	Argentinos Juniors	16	7	4	5	18	19	−1	18
7	Alvear	16	7	3	6	29	16	+13	17
8	Dock Sud	16	6	4	6	22	23	−1	16
9	Boca Alumni	16	6	3	7	20	22	−2	15
10	Sportivo Barracas	16	4	6	6	18	20	−2	14
11	Estudiantes (LP)	16	4	5	7	20	29	−9	13
12	Sportivo del Norte	16	5	3	8	14	22	−8	13
13	Porteño	16	4	4	8	15	24	−9	12
14	El Porvenir	16	3	6	7	11	20	−9	12
15	San Fernando	16	3	5	8	14	30	−16	11
16	Progresista	16	2	5	9	19	32	−13	9
17	Platense II[2]	16	3	3	10	16	32	−16	9

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

Asociación Amateurs de Football

Primera División (AAmF)

Independiente, AAmF champions
Season	1922
Dates	9 Apr 1922 – 13 October 1923
Champions	Independiente (1st title)
Promoted	Palermo
Relegated	Palermo
Top goalscorer	Manuel Seoane (55)
Biggest home win	Racing 7–1 Lanús (27 Aug 1922)
Biggest away win	Quilmes 2–7 Sp. Almagro (29 Mar 1923)
← 1921 1923 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Independiente (C)	40	30	5	5	97	27	+70	65
2	River Plate	40	25	11	4	58	18	+40	61
3	San Lorenzo	40	24	12	4	65	25	+40	60
4	Racing	40	23	11	6	65	30	+35	57
5	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	40	22	9	9	52	30	+22	53
6	Platense[2]	40	20	12	8	56	30	+26	52
7	Vélez Sarsfield	40	16	10	14	47	43	+4	42
8	Banfield	40	18	6	16	52	55	−3	42
9	Tigre	40	15	11	14	50	45	+5	41
10	Atlanta	40	14	11	15	42	40	+2	39
11	San Isidro	40	12	11	17	46	51	−5	35
12	Ferro Carril Oeste	40	15	5	20	43	53	−10	35
13	Estudiantil Porteño	40	14	6	20	43	53	−10	34
14	Sportivo Almagro	40	12	10	18	46	58	−12	34
15	Defensores de Belgrano	40	12	8	20	41	55	−14	32
16	Barracas Central	40	10	11	19	35	53	−18	31
17	Sportivo Buenos Aires	40	10	10	20	42	64	−22	30
18	Lanús	40	10	8	22	47	69	−22	28
19	Estudiantes (BA)	40	10	7	23	35	61	−26	27
20	Palermo[lower-alpha 1] (R)	40	7	7	26	40	85	−45	21
21	Quilmes	40	8	5	27	25	82	−57	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Palermo was relegated after a long discussion in the Association - source: Argentina: 1ra. División Asociación Amateurs 1922 at Historia y Futbol

References

1. Argentina 1922 at RSSSF
2. From 1921 to 1925 there were two teams called "Platense" due to an internal conflict in the lists of candidates for president of the institution. Current Club Atlético Platense played at the dissident Asociación Amateur and the other squad (known as "Platense II") played in the Asociación Argentina. Source: Historia del Club at Platense Locura website Archived 2012-08-27 at the Wayback Machine