The Argentine Championship was created by the second
dissident association: the Asociación Amateurs de Football.
AFA recognizes the AAF as one of its ancestors.
The team of AFA (or its ancestors AAF or AAAF) was called Porteños.
But in several seasons it entered two teams: Capital and Provincia.
AFA has not played in this tournament since 1942. Then, it was used to
define the Argentine Upcountry League champion.
Mr. Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentine Republic president, gave the cup
Presidente de la Nación Argentina to the champion.
The runner-up wins the cup Intendente Municipal de la Ciudad de Buenos
Aires Doctor Carlos M. Noel.
The third league wins the cup Comité Olímpico Argentino (COA).
And the best upcountry league wins the cup Doctor Adrián Beccar Varela.
Season Champion Runner-up Third Best Upcountry
(Presidente) (Intendente) (COA) (Beccar Varela)
1920 Porteños Rosario
1921 Porteños Rosario
1922 Capital Córdoba
1923 Porteños Mendoza
1924 Provincia Santa Fe
1925 Capital Santa Fe
1926 Provincia Tucumán
1927 Provincia Mendoza
1928 S. d. Estero Paraná
1929 Rosario Tucumán S. d. Estero Rosario
1930 Provincia Bragado S. d. Estero Bragado
1931 Bolívar San Juan Bahía Blanca Bolívar
1932/35 Capital Rosario Rosario
1936/37 Provincia Santa Fe Santa Fe
1940 Capital Santa Fe Mendoza Santa Fe
1942 Córdoba (1) Santa Fe La Plata Córdoba
1944 Tucumán (1) San Juan Concordia Tucumán
1946 Tucumán Córdoba Paraná Tucumán
1948/49 Tucumán Mendoza Paraná Tucumán
1950 Mendoza (1) Córdoba Rosario Mendoza
1952 S. d. Estero Pergamino Córdoba S. d. Estero
1954 Tucumán Paraná San Juan Tucumán
1956/57 San Juan (2) Mendoza Paraná San Juan
1958 Córdoba Mendoza Tucumán Córdoba
1960 Tucumán Mendoza Salta Tucumán
1961 Bahía Blanca Mendoza S. d. Estero Bahía Blanca
1962 Córdoba Salta Mendoza Córdoba
1964 San Juan Mar del Plata Salta San Juan
1966 San Juan Tucumán Mendoza San Juan
1968 Resistencia Mendoza Santa Fe Resistencia
1970 Mar del Plata Mendoza Córdoba Mar del Plata
1973 Río Cuarto Tandil La Rioja Río Cuarto
1976 Tucumán Tandil Paraná Tucumán
1977/78 San Juan Tandil Formosa San Juan
1979/80 Córdoba Formosa Neuquén Córdoba
1982 Olavarría C. d. Uruguay Tucumán Olavarría
1984 Tucumán Olavarría C. d. Uruguay Tucumán
1986/87 Rosario Tucumán Santa Rosa Rosario
1988/89 Rosario Cipolletti Tucumán Rosario
Notes:
S. d. Estero: Santiago del Estero.
C. d. Uruguay: Concepción del Uruguay.
(1) These leagues qualified to play Ibarguren cup against AFA 1st. division
champion.
(2) This league qualified to play Bottaro cup against Uruguayan League
upcountry champion.
Summary
7 Tucumán.
5 Provincia.
4 Capital, Córdoba and San Juan.
3 Porteños and Rodario.
2 Santiago del Estero.
1 Bahía Blanca, Bolívar, Mar del Plata, Mendoza, Olavarría, Resistencia,
and Río Cuarto.
Sources: [AFA -], [CIHF -], [Iwa -]; newspaper: La Nación, magazine Sólo Fútbol.
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Author: Osvaldo José Gorgazzi
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