1915 Argentine Primera División

24th season of top-tier football league in Argentina Primera División RACING1915.JPG Racing Club, champions 1915 Racing (3rd title) San Lorenzo 10px Def. Belgrano 10px Kimberley 10px Def. Belgrano 10px Comercio 10px Floresta 10px ARG Alberto Ohaco (Racing) (31 goals) River Plate 7–0 Floresta Belgrano A.C. 7–0 Banfield San Isidro 7–0 Boca Juniors Argentino (Q) 1–8 Racing 1914 1916 The 1915 Argentine Primera División was the 24th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on April 4 and ended in January 1916. The reunification of the "Asociación Argentina de Football" and the "Federación Argentina de Football" brought the creation of a championship of 25 teams. The tournament took a league format with each team playing the others once.Argentina 1915 https://web.archive.org/web/20130530164529/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arg15.html 2013-05-30 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF.com Clubs that made their debuts in Primera were San Lorenzo de Almagro (Segunda División (AFA) champion)"Tercera División - Campeones" on AFA website, 11 Aug 2013 (Archive) and Defensores de Belgrano (División Intermedia (FAF) champion)."Segunda División - Campeones" on AFA website (Archive, 13 Aug 2013) The coming of San Lorenzo caused all the "big five" to meet in an official tournament for the first time. Racing achieved its 3° consecutive championship. For the first time in Primera División history, four teams were relegated: Kimberley, Defensores de Belgrano, Comercio and Floresta. Standings main WDL QR y y 2 RCA Racing SIS San Isidro RIV River Plate PRT Porteño PLA Platense ELP Estudiantes (LP) HUR Huracán IND Independiente EBA Estudiantes (BA) FCO Ferro Carril Oeste ARQ Argentino (Q) GEB Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) SLA San Lorenzo BOC Boca Juniors BAN Banfield QUI Quilmes HIS Hispano Argentino TIG Tigre EPT Estudiantil Porteño BEL Belgrano A.C. ATL Atlanta KIM Kimberley DFB Defensores de Belgrano COM Comercio FLO Floresta 22 2 0 95 5 22 2 0 72 12 16 6 2 58 17 17 2 5 57 26 14 4 6 43 26 13 6 5 45 29 11 6 7 40 26 11 5 8 40 22 12 3 9 38 33 8 8 8 38 32 11 2 11 32 43 9 5 10 39 43 10 3 11 38 46 8 6 10 32 38 9 3 12 33 44 7 7 10 19 26 8 4 12 39 50 8 4 12 21 40 9 1 14 38 57 8 2 14 32 47 7 1 16 18 53 5 4 15 23 45 R 4 4 16 26 57 R 2 3 19 23 77 R 1 3 20 15 60 R The first league meeting between Avellaneda rivals Racing Club and Independiente ended 1-2 to Independiente, but the result was cancelled and the points awarded to Racing Club. RCA Banfield had two results cancelled and the points awarded to their opponents #d0e7ff A A red1 R R R R complete Championship playoff 1915 Argentine Primera División final Racing and San Isidro finished level on points at the top of the table, necessitating a championship playoff, where Racing won their 3rd. consecutive league title.HAZAÑAS ACADÉMICAS: 1915, OTRO PASO HACIA LA GLORIA on Racing website, 6 Jan 2016 Date Team 1 Res. Team 2 Venue City 6 Jan 1916 Racing 1–0 San Isidro Independiente Avellaneda References Category:Argentine Primera División seasons Category:1915 in Argentine football Category:1915 in South American football leagues Category:1916 in Argentine football