1931 Argentine Primera División

40th season of top-tier football league in Argentina Primera División 1931 31 May 1931 – 6 January 1932 Estudiantil Porteño (AFA) Boca Juniors (LAF) 1930 1932 The 1931 Primera División season was the 40th season of top-flight football in Argentina and the first to be professional in the country, after eighteen clubs broke away from the amateur league structure to form the professional league, "Liga Argentina de Football" (LAF). The inaugural champions was Boca Juniors led by coach Mario Fortunato.https://www.rsssf.org/players/arg-coach-champ.html Argentina - Coaches of Championship Teams - First Level Mariano Buren RSSSF January 11, 2010 November 3, 2010 The top scorer of the championship was Alberto Zozaya of Estudiantes de La Plata with 33 goals.Argentina 1931 on RSSSF.com The official body (AFA) remained amateur under the denomination "Asociación Amateurs Argentina de Football".Argentina 1931 (amateur) on RSSSF.com Final tables Asociación Argentina de Football (AFA) The championship had originally started on May 10, 1931 with 34 teams competing. After the first run was played, 19 teams disjoined the league to move to recently created Liga Argentina de Football (professional); they were Argentinos Juniors, Atlanta, Boca Juniors, Chacarita Juniors, Defensores de Belgrano, Estudiantes LP, Ferro Carril Oeste, Gimnasia y Esgrima LP, Huracán, Independiente, Lanús, Platense, Quilmes, Racing, River Plate, San Lorenzo, Talleres (RE), Tigre, and Vélez Sarsfield. Primera División (AFA) 1931 28 June – 27 December Estudiantil porteno 1931.jpg Estudiantil Porteño, AFA champions Estudiantil Porteño (1st title) Nueva Chicago 10px San Fernando 10px 306 1093 ARG José Ciancio (Almagro) (14 goals) Sp. Barracas 7–2 S. Fernando (19 Jul) S. Fernando 0–6 Almagro (12 Jul S. Fernando 3–7 El Porvenir (29 Nov 1930 1932 main WDL QR 2 ALM Almagro Championship playoff EPT Estudiantil Porteño ALM SBA Sportivo Buenos Aires POR El Porvenir EXC Excursionistas NCH Nueva Chicago ARQ Argentino (Q) SPP Sportivo Palermo SPB Sportivo Barracas BRC Barracas Central EBA Estudiantes (BA) COL Colegiales DFB Defensores de Belgrano BAN Banfield ALO Argentino (B) SFE San Fernando 13 0 2 45 13 12 2 1 31 17 11 0 4 26 16 9 3 3 34 20 7 3 5 36 27 7 3 5 22 24 7 2 6 24 24 6 3 6 24 23 5 4 6 35 30 5 4 6 22 26 5 3 7 20 23 4 5 6 20 26 3 3 9 13 19 3 3 9 21 37 2 2 11 12 25 1 0 14 13 48 lightgreen C pink R complete Championship playoff Estudiantil Porteño and Almagro finished level on points at the top of the table, so a championship playoff was played to proclaim a champion. Final 27 December 1931 Estudiantil Porteño 3-1 http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arg31a.html Almagro F. Martínez 25 84 Bissio 70 M. Fernández 42 Sp. Barracas 4,000 Cirilo Garigliano _white_stripes _whitestripes _white_stripes _2_white_stripes ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 003399 666666 Estudiantil Porteño _lightblue_black_white _lightblue_black_white _lightblue_black_white _2_white_stripes ffffff ffffff ffffff 003399 000000 Almagro GK José BolguesDF José MigliozziDF Alberto Bellomo MF Pedro MartínezMF Fidel CorátoloMF José GargiuloFW Raúl CostaFW Julio BissioFW Francisco MartínezFW Oscar MapelliFW Carlos SpadaroManager: GK Cándido De NicolaDF Francisco SantoroDF Humberto Recantini MF Mateo FernándezMF Carlos Gros MF José AcetoFW Héctor OroFW Vicente Pérez FW Félix Varalli FW José CiancioFW Oscar Correa Manager: Liga Argentina de Football Primera División (LAF) 1931 31 May 1931 – 6 January 1932 Boca 1931.jpg Boca Juniors, LAF champions Boca Juniors (7th title) (none) ARG Alberto Zozaya (33) Racing 6–0 Vélez (14 Jun) Ferro 2–6 Huracán (4 Oct) 1930 1932 main WDL Q 2 BOC Boca Juniors SLA San Lorenzo EST Estudiantes (LP) RIV River Plate RCA Racing IND Independiente CHA Chacarita Juniors HUR Huracán VEL Vélez Sarsfield FCO Ferro Carril Oeste ARJ Argentinos Juniors GLP Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) PLA Platense QUI Quilmes TRE Talleres (RE) TIG Tigre LAN Lanús ATL Atlanta 22 6 6 85 49 19 7 8 81 52 20 4 10 103 51 19 6 9 63 39 19 5 10 81 51 18 7 9 69 60 18 6 10 63 58 13 7 14 58 49 13 7 14 63 68 12 8 14 60 74 12 7 15 49 61 9 12 13 42 64 13 3 18 52 52 12 5 17 53 62 11 2 21 48 68 8 7 19 47 70 10 2 22 43 82 4 7 23 33 83 lightgreen C complete Top goalscorers PosNameTeamGoals 1 ARG Alberto Zozaya Estudiantes (LP) 33 2 ARG Alejandro Scopelli Estudiantes (LP) 31 3 ARG Francisco Varallo Boca Juniors 27 References Category:Argentine Primera División seasons Argentine Primera Division Primera Division Category:December 1931 in sports Category:Club Almagro Category:Football competitions in Buenos Aires Category:1930s in Buenos Aires Category:1932 in Argentine football