1908 in Argentine football

none Argentina no 1908 Primera División Belgrano A.C. Segunda División River Plate Tercera División Banfield Copa de Honor Quilmes Copa de Competencia Alumni 1907 1909 yes 1908 in Argentine football saw Belgrano AC win its 3rd. title, ending a run of three consecutive championships for Alumni. In International football, Argentina won Copa Newton and Copa Lipton. On 13 September 1908, in the Copa Newton game against Uruguay Argentina wore the light blue and white stripes ("Albiceleste") for the first time.Argentina international results https://web.archive.org/web/20090603163633/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arg-intres.html 2009-06-03 at rsssf Primera División 1908 Argentine Primera División The 1908 championship was reduced from 11 to 10 teams, with each team playing the other twice.Argentina 1908 by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at RSSSF Final standings PosTeamPtsGWDLGfGaGd 1 Belgrano AC311815124920+29 2 Alumni271813147418+56 3 Argentino de Quilmes251812154426+18 4 San Isidro231811163626+10 5 Estudiantes (BA)221811253720+17 6 Quilmes17188194654-8 7 Porteño131861112341-18 8 Reformer81832131057-47 9 Lomas AC71831141950-31 10 San Martín AC (San Martín)31821151642-26 Estudiantes (BA) was docked 2 points. San Martín was docked 2 points and was relegated at the end of the tournament. Nacional (Floresta) was disaffiliated by the Association due to the poor conditions of its stadium, according to the rules. The team had played only 2 matches.http://historiayfutbol.obolog.com/argentina-1ra-division-1908-164708 Argentina 1908 at Historia y Futbol 2012-08-20 2013-12-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20131221142722/http://historiayfutbol.obolog.com/argentina-1ra-division-1908-164708 usurped Lower divisions Primera B Champion: River Plate Primera C Champion: Banfield Domestic cups Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires Champion: Quilmes Final Quilmes 2-1 Porteño Quilmes Copa de Competencia Jockey Club Champion: Alumni Final 2 August 1908 Alumni 5-0 Argentino de Quilmes Belgrano AC International cups Tie Cup Champion: ARG Alumni Final 6 September 1908 Alumni ARG 4-0 Report URU Wanderers Belgrano AC Copa de Honor Cousenier Champions: URU Wanderers Final 11 October 1908 Wanderers URU 2-0 Report ARG Quilmes Montevideo Argentina national team Argentina retained both Copa Lipton and Copa Newton in 1908, although the squad was later beaten by Uruguay in the inaugural Copa Premier Honor Argentino. Argentina also embarked on a tour of Brazil in August 1908 where the team won six and drew one of the seven games played in 13 days. Copa Lipton 15 August 1908 ARG 2-2 As visiting team, Argentina won the trophy. Report URU Montevideo Copa Newton 13 September 1908 ARG 2-1 Report URU Buenos Aires Copa Premier Honor Argentino 4 October 1908 ARG 0-1 Report URU Buenos Aires Friendly matches DateVenue/CityRivalScoreReport 2 July 1908 São Paulo Foreigners of São Paulo 2-2 Other results of Argentina national team at RSSSF 5 July 1908 São Paulo Foreigners of São Paulo 6–0 7 July 1908 São Paulo São Paulo State team 4–0 9 July 1908 Rio de Janeiro Guanabara State team 3–2 11 July 1908 Rio de Janeiro English of Rio de Janeiro 7–1 12 July 1908 Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro League 3–0 14 July 1908 Santos São Paulo/Santos Combined 6–1 References Category:Seasons in Argentine football Football