The 1893
Primera División was the 2nd season in top-flight
football in Argentina
Association football is the most popular sport in Argentina and part of the culture in the country. It is the one with the most players (2,658,811 total, 331,811 of which are registered and 2,327,000 unregistered; with 3,650 clubs and 37,161 offi ...
and the first organized by current
Argentine Football Association
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, established that same year by
Alexander Watson Hutton
Alexander Watson Hutton (10 June 1853 – 9 March 1936) was a Scottish teacher and sportsman who is considered "The Father of Argentine football". In 1893 he founded the "Argentine Association Football League" (current Argentine Football Ass ...
, considered "the father" of Argentine football.
Only Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway survived from the
1891 championship.
The championship took the format of a league of 5 teams, with each team playing each of the others twice.
Argentina 1893 by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at RSSSF
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won its first league title.
Final table
References
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Argentine Primera División seasons
1893 in Argentine football
1893 in South American football