1906 Argentine Primera División final

1906 Primera División final Alumni_equipo_v_sudafrica.jpg 200 1906 Primera División A team of Alumni, champions Alumni 4 Lomas 0 7 October 1906 C.A. Porteño Stadium Buenos Aires The 1906 Argentine Primera División final was the playoff that determined the winner of 1906 season of Argentine Primera División. It was contested by Alumni and Lomas Athletic Club (winners of groups B and A respectively), in order to decide a champion.Argentina 1906 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF.com It was the first league final contested by Alumni while Lomas played their second final since 1897 when they had won the championship after beating Lanús A.C. after three games.Argentina 1897 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF.comDesempates en el fútbol argentino by Ricardo Gorosito at the CIHF, 15 Jan 2015 Alumni easily defeated Lomas 4–0 to win their 6th league title."Argentina: 1ra. División 1897" by José Carluccio on Historia y Fútbol blogsite, 19 Nov 2008 Qualified teams Team Previous finals app. Alumni (none) Lomas 1897 Bold indicates winning years Venue thumb|left|200px|Plaza Holanda of Parque 3 de Febrero. C.A. Porteño stadium was located there The match was held in the Club Atlético Porteño Stadium, which was the club's first playing field since 1901. It was located at Parque Tres de Febrero in Palermo, Buenos Aires, more precisely on Av. Alvear (now Avenida del Libertador) and Godoy Cruz. The stadium was later demolished to build the industrial pavilion for an exhibition that took part as part of the Centennial of Argentina celebrations of 1910.La saga de los viejos estadios porteños by Luis Alberto Marzoratti (digital book), 2025 The club then rented a field in the same neighborhood, on a land located next to Hipódromo Argentino and the Golf station (nowadays "Lisandro de la Torre" station) of Central Argentine Railway. The field was also known as the Golf. The club remained there until 1945. Porteño then established its headquarters in the city of San Vicente in Buenos Aires Province, where it has remained since 1971.Del fútbol al rugby, 125 años de galope Porteño at rugbychampagneweb.com Background 1906 Argentine Primera División Teams participating in the 1906 championship were divided into two zones, where they played each other in a double round-robin tournament which qualified the best placed teams of each zone to the final. Lomas won the group A earning 15 points, totalising 7 wins, 1 draw, and 2 losses. On the other hand, Alumni won the group B with 14 points, totalising 7 wins, and a loss. Some of the highlighted matches of Alumni included wins over Belgrano Extra (5–1 and 9–0), Belgrano A.C. (3–0, and 4–1), while the only defeat was against Quilmes (2–4, although Alumni won 4–0 in second round). In the case of Lomas, the team's most notable wins were over Barracas A.C. (4–0 and 6–1). The team was also defeated by Reformer (3–5), and San Martín A.C. (0–3). Match details 7 October 1906 1906 Argentine Primera División Final Alumni 4–0 Report Lomas Lett 24 Eliseo Brown 35 43 Campbell 80 o.g. W. A. Jordan C.A. Porteño Stadium, Buenos Aires _whitestripes4 _whitestripes3 _whitestripes4 _2_white_stripes ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 000000 000000 Alumni _lomasfutbol _lomasfutbol _lomasfutbol 336633 336633 336633 ffffff 000000 Lomas GK ARG José Buruca LaforiaDF ARG Juan Domingo BrownDF ARG Jorge BrownMF AUS Andrés MackMF ARG Carlos BuchananMF ARG Patricio Barron BrowneFW ARG Gottlob Eduardo WeissFW ARG Carlos Lett FW ARG Arnold Watson Hutton FW ARG Ernesto Brown FW ARG Eliseo Brown GK R. E. GreenDF R. WalkerDF Jack B. CampbellMF O. Saint J. GebbieMF SCO William StirlingMF O. W. PfeifferFW Roberto CotmanFW Duncan H. CotmanFW G. E. EvansFW Arturo JacobsFW J. Henry Lawrie Aftermath The final was the first played by two of the teams which are considered predecessors of football in Argentina. Lomas is often regarded as the first great football team of Argentina, having won six consecutive titles between 1893 and 1898.Lomas marcó el rumbo, Clarín, 15 Jul 2001A 130 años del primer partido oficial del fútbol argentino: Lomas Athletic, el legendario campeón del siglo 19 on TN.com.arEl club (historia) on lomasac.com.ar On the other hand, Alumni consolidated as a natural successor to Lomas A.C., becoming the most successful team of Argentine football with 22 titles (10 leagues, 5 national cups, and 7 international cups) won until the team retired from competitions in 1911.Alumni A.C., El Eterno Campeón by Jorge Gallego at the CIHF"Alumni: en el nombre del fútbol" on Clarín, 21 April 2003EL ALUMNI ATHLETIC CLUB at the BAEHS (archived)La historia de Belgrano y Alumni, los finalistas del torneo de rugby by Hernando De Cillia and Jorge Ciccodicola on Página/12, 26 Oct 2024Alumni, Cuna de Campeones y Escuela de Hidalguía by Ernesto Escobar Bavio – Editorial Difusión, Buenos Aires (Published 1953) Despite their legacy of greatness, none of them remain active in football. Alumni was officially dissolved in 1913,Cuando Alumni dijo adiós on Clarín, 24 Apr 2013El último partido del gran Alumni by Lucio Ortiz on Diario Uno although former Alumni players would occasionally reunite to play exhibition matches.Asociación Amateurs de Football: Memoria y Balance General 1923 at Biblioteca AFA As for Lomas, the team disaffiliated from the Argentine Football Association in 1909,Historia del Fútbol Amateur en la Argentina, by Jorge Iwanczuk. Published by Autores Editores (1992) – 9504343848 and the club abandoned the practise of the sport. Subsecquently Lomas consolidated in other sporting activities such as women's field hockey, where the senior squad became the most winning team in Argentina.El Metropolitano 2024 que coronó el título 20 para Lomas on ESPN.com.ar, 29 Dec 2024 References Category:1906 in Argentine football Category:Alumni Athletic Club matches Category:Lomas Athletic Club Category:football competitions in Buenos Aires