1929 in Argentine football

none Argentina 1929 1928 1930 1929 saw the 35 teams that formed the Primera División divided into two groups. The top 2 of each group qualified for the final stages of the tournament, which was eventually won by Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP). The season was marred by mass abandonment of games, defending Argentine champion Huracán withdrew from 8 of its fixtures leaving them to finish in 14th place in the group. Several other teams withdrew from multiple games.Argentina 1929 at RSSSF https://web.archive.org/web/20080510090618/https://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arg29.html 2008-05-10 Abandonments of games, discontinuations, and withdrawals were quite common in these early seasons (cf., for instance, the second half of the 1930 season Argentina 1930 at RSSSF). The Argentina national team won a new edition of Copa América. Primera División Colegiales returned to the first division after winning the Primera B championship last year. Group A PosTeamPtsGWDLGfGaGd 1 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 28 17 14 0 3 33 11 +22 2 River Plate 27 17 12 3 2 28 11 +17 3 Lanús 24 17 8 8 1 31 17 +14 4 Racing Club 24 17 10 4 3 24 17 +7 5 Almagro 21 17 8 5 4 19 18 +1 6 Talleres (BA) 19 17 7 5 5 16 13 +3 7 San Fernando 17 17 6 5 6 31 20 +11 8 Colegiales 17 17 5 7 5 28 28 0 9 El Porvenir 17 17 7 3 7 19 26 -7 10 Estudiantes (LP) 16 17 7 2 8 32 20 +12 11 Tigre 15 17 5 5 7 28 23 +5 12 Argentino del Sud 15 17 6 3 8 14 24 -10 13 Banfield 14 17 5 4 8 18 23 -5 14 Huracán 13 17 6 1 10 26 11 +15 15 Atlanta 11 17 4 3 10 10 24 -14 16 San Isidro 9 17 3 3 11 14 36 -22 17 Estudiantes (BA) 8 17 2 4 11 8 41 -33 18 Platense 7 17 3 1 13 7 23 -16 Group B PosTeamPtsGWDLGfGaGd 1 Boca Juniors 27 16 13 1 2 31 11 +20 2 San Lorenzo 27 16 12 3 1 42 15 +27 3 Independiente 20 16 7 6 3 38 18 +20 4 Estudiantil Porteño 20 16 8 4 4 26 21 +5 5 Chacarita Juniors 20 16 8 4 4 23 20 +3 6 Vélez Sarsfield 20 16 9 2 5 23 21 +2 7 Argentinos Juniors 15 16 5 5 6 16 22 -6 8 Barracas Central 15 16 7 1 8 16 30 -14 9 Sportivo Palermo 14 16 6 2 8 14 21 -7 10 Quilmes 14 16 6 2 8 8 26 -18 11 Defensores de Belgrano 12 16 4 4 8 12 18 -6 12 Sportivo Buenos Aires 12 16 4 4 8 20 19 +1 13 Excursionistas 12 16 5 2 9 20 33 -13 14 Argentino de Quilmes 11 16 4 3 9 16 17 -1 15 Argentino de Banfield 11 16 3 5 8 21 28 -7 16 Ferro Carril Oeste 10 16 2 6 8 23 25 -2 17 Sportivo Barracas 10 16 3 4 9 13 17 -4 As Boca Juniors and San Lorenzo finished level on points, they needed a playoff to decide which team went to the final and which to the 3rd/4th place playoff. Playoff 19 January 1930 Boca Juniors 2-2 San Lorenzo Kuko Evaristo D. García Arrieta River Plate 26 January 1930 Boca Juniors 2-2 San Lorenzo Evaristo Muttis D. García Foresto Racing Club 2 February 1930 Boca Juniors 3-1 Report San Lorenzo Evaristo (2) Moreyras Carricaberry River Plate Third place 9 February 1930 River Plate wp/lp San Lorenzo did not attend to the match so the points were given to River Plate. Report San Lorenzo Final 9 February 1930 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 2-1 Report Boca Juniors Maleanni 62', 70' Di Gianno (o.g.) 30' River Plate Lower divisions Primera B Champion: Honor y Patria (Bernal) Primera C Champion: Gimnasia y Esgrima (Lanús) Argentina national team Argentina won its 4th. Copa América, hosted at home. The team also won other minor championships such as Copa Cámara de Diputados Argentina and Copa Centro Automovilístico Uruguayo but lost the Copa Lipton and Copa Newton to Uruguay. Copa Lipton 28 September 1929 ARG 0-0 As visiting team, Uruguay won the trophy. Report URU Buenos Aires Copa Newton 20 September 1929 ARG 1-2 Report URU Montevideo Copa América 3 November 1929 ARG 3-0 Peru Peucelle 27' Zumelzú 38', 58' Gasómetro de Boedo 10 November 1929 ARG 4-1 Paraguay Evaristo 7' M. Ferreira 24', 48' Cherro 50' Domínguez 56' Gasómetro de Boedo 17 November 1929 ARG 2-0 Report URU M. Ferreira 14' Evaristo 77' Gasómetro de Boedo References Category:Seasons in Argentine football Football