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1913 Argentine Primera División
The 1913 Argentine Primera División was the 22nd season of top-flight football in Argentina. Racing won the official AFA tournament also achieving its first title in Primera División, while Estudiantes (LP) won the FAF title. The AFA season began on April 13 and ended on December (?) while the FAF season began on May 1 and ended on December 21.Argentina 1913 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF.com Asociación Argentina de Football – Copa Campeonato The number of teams was considerably increased (from 6 to 15), adding (promoted as División Intermedia c ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Primera División
The Primera División (; en, "First Division"), known officialy as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). The Primera División is the country's premier football division and is the top division of the Argentine football league system. It operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera Nacional (Second Division), with the teams placed lowest at the end of the season being relegated. Since 2020, relegation has been suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic. With the first championship held in 1891,''Historia del Fútbol Amateur en la Argentina'', by Jorge Iwanczuk. Published by Autores Editores (1992) - Argentina became the first country outside the United Kingdom (where the Football League had debuted in 1888, and the Scottish and Irish Football Leagues in 1890) to establish a football league. In the early years, only teams from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Atlético San Isidro
The Club Atlético de San Isidro (mostly known for its acronym CASI) is an Argentine sports club based in the city of San Isidro in Greater Buenos Aires. Originally established as a football club, San Isidro has gained recognition for its rugby union team, holding a record of 33 Torneo de la URBA championships. The senior squad currently competes at Top 12, the top division of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires league system. San Isidro has also a notable past in football, with 26 consecutive seasons (from 1906 until 1931) playing in Primera División, the top division of Argentine football league system until the club disaffiliated from the Association when the sport became professional in Argentina. Until then, San Isidro had achieved some international titles such as three Copa de Competencia Jockey Club, one Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires and one international Tie Cup. Nowadays, football is practised at the institution with youth and senior amateur competitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Atlético Tigre
Club Atlético Tigre is an Argentine professional football club located in Victoria, Buenos Aires. Tigre currently plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system, having secured promotion as the 2021 Primera Nacional champion. Its name comes from Tigre, the city in which it was founded. Since its foundation in 1902, the club's colors have been blue and red. Tigre plays its home venues at Estadio José Dellagiovanna (named after its first president), which has a capacity of 26,282 spectators. History On 3 August 1902, a group of twelve young men led by José Dellagiovanna, met at his house in Partido de las Conchas (former name of Tigre Partido) with the purpose of establishing a sports club. The name given to the recently formed institution was "Club Atlético Juventud del Tigre", with Dellagiovanna elected as its first president. They played their first football match vs C.A. Las Conchas, won by Juventud del Tigre 3–1. The club wore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbian Football Club
Columbian Football Club (previously "Club Hispano Argentino") was an Argentine football team that played in the Primera División. The club is a predecessor of the present-day Club Almagro. History Around 1911, a group of young immigrants from Galicia who owned a store in Buenos Aires established a club under the name "Pontevedra Sporting Club". In 1913 the club joined the recently formed Federación Argentina de Football (a dissident association from the official Argentine Football Association) under the name "Club Hispano Argentino". In its first year of official competition, the team finished 6th out of 10. That same year the club took on some members from Argentino de Quilmes who were in disagreement with the executives of that club. In 1914 the team finished 6th again, out of 8 participating teams . The club's player Norberto Carabelli was also the top scorer of the tournament, with 11 goals. In 1915 when the two associations (official Asociación Argentina and dissi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Tomás Wilson
Carlos Tomás Wilson (1889–1952) was an Argentine footballer who played as goalkeeper for the Club Atlético San Isidro, having also been called up for the Argentina national team. Career Wilson was born in Rosario, Argentina. A son of a British-origin family, he began his career in San Isidro. In 1916 he was part of the team that played the championship final against Racing Club, which San Isidro lost by 1–0. In the national team, Carlos Wilson was the successor of José Buruca Laforia as goalkeeper. He played for Argentina between 1907 and 1916, being part of the team that attended the Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo The Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo was an international football tournament, held in Argentina from 29 May to 12 June 1910, and organized by the Argentine Football Association. It was the first international tournament in South America where ..., considered predecessor of current Copa América. Wilson played a total of 28 international matches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Marcovecchio
Alberto Andrés Marcovecchio (March 6, 1893 – February 28, 1958) was an Argentine football player that spent all his career at Racing Club de Avellaneda. His position on the field was forward, converting more than 200 goals during his career. Only in Primera División, Marcovecchio scored 118 between 1913 and 1922. Playing style As a forward, Marchovecchio was regarded for his capacity to be placed just in time to score a goal. He often scored more than a goal per game, having been the topscorer during the 1917 and 1919 Primera División seasons."Argentina - List of Topscorers" at He was part of the outstanding Racing Club squad that won 9 titles between 1913 and 1921, 7 of them consecutively. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The team captain of an association football team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game is to participate in the coin toss prior to kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shootout. Contrary to what is sometimes said, captains have no special authority under the Laws to challenge a decision by the referee. However, referees may talk to the captain of a side about the side's general behaviour when necessary. At an award-giving ceremony after a fixture like a cup competition final, the captain usually leads the team up to collect their medals. Any trophy won by a team will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Olazar
Francisco Olazar (10 July 1885 – 21 September 1958) was an Argentine football player and coach. He played as a central midfielder. At club level, Olazar spent his entire career playing for Racing Club, where he won eight Primera División league titles and eight National cups. He also played for and coached the Argentina national team, being the team coach at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. Career Olazar was born in Quilmes. He first played at Club Mariano Moreno, a small institution in Avellaneda, Greater Buenos Aires. In 1908 he joined Racing Club, where he started playing at 4th. division.Ídolos: Francisco Olazar on Racing Club website Playing as ("number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángel Betular
Ángel Betular (1891 – 3 June 1938) was an Argentine football player. Betular spent his entire career in Racing Club de Avellaneda, where he played as defender. Betular won 12 titles playing for Racing, including two international cups. Career Born in Buenos Aires, Betular began his player career in Racing Club. He had an elegant style of playing, combined with a fierce defense and a long-distance shooting that allowed him to score many goals. Moreover, he usually shot penalties and free kicks for his team. In 1910 Racing won the Segunda División final against Boca Juniors, gaining promotion to the top-flight division, Primera División, with Betular being part of the winning team. Betular won several titles with Racing, playing along with notable footballers such as Zoilo Canavery, Alberto Ohaco and Alberto Marcovecchio. In 1914 Betular played for Racing an international friendly match against Torino Football Club, with a score 1-0 for The Academy. Titles * Primer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia, Italy. Buenos Aires is classified as an alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking. The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palermo, Buenos Aires
Palermo is a ''barrio'' or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located in the north of the city, near the Rio de la Plata. It has a total land area of 17.4 km2 and a population of 256,927. It is the only ''barrio'' within the administrative division of ''Comuna 14.'' Palermo is perhaps best known as the polo capital of the world. Each year, in November, the city hosts the Argentine Polo Open, commonly known as the ''Palermo Open''. History The name of the area is derived from the still-existing Franciscan abbey of "Saint Benedict of Palermo", an alternative name for Saint Benedict the Moor. Saint Benedict the Moor lived from 1526 to 1589 and is a complementary patron saint of Palermo, the capital city of Sicily. In an alternative history of the name, a folk story supported by journalists, the land would have been originally purchased by an Italian immigrant named Juan Domingo Palermo in the late 16th century, shortly after the foundation of Buenos Aires in 158 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Atlético Estudiantes
Club Atlético Estudiantes, usually called Estudiantes de Caseros or Estudiantes de Buenos Aires, is an Argentine football club from Caseros, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system. Apart from football, the club hosts other disciplines such as handball, karate, roller skating and taekwondo. History The beginning By 1897 football in Argentina was practised almost exclusively by English people that lived in Buenos Aires. Three of those immigrants, called Hansen, McHardy and Fitz Simons, encouraged a group of Argentine young people to join them in order to form a team. The club was officially founded on August 15, 1898, and the name was taken from the High School they attended: ''Colegion Nacional Sur''.BEKERMAN, Esteban (July 1996). "La historia de... Estudiantes". ''El Hincha del Ascenso'' n. 3, pp. 14–17 The young native players soon learned from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
