1893 in Argentine football saw the first league tournament organized by current

Argentine Football Association The Argentine Football Association ( es, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino, ; AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires. It organises the main divisions of Argentine league system (from Primera División to Tor ...

. This league had been established 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.

Lomas Athletic Club Lomas (Spanish for "hills"), also called fog oases and mist oases, are areas of fog-watered vegetation in the coastal desert of Peru and northern Chile. About 100 lomas near the Pacific Ocean are identified between 5°S and 30°S latitude, a nort ...

won its first title. Only Buenos Aires al Rosario Railway survived from the

1891 Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. ** Germany takes formal possession of its new Af ...

championship.

Primera división

The championship took the format of a league of 5 teams, with each team playing the other twice.Argentina 1893 by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at RSSSF
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Argentine Association Football League

¹ ''It was registered as the football team of the School. The English High School Athletic Club would be established in 1898.''

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{{Seasons in Argentine football Seasons in Argentine football Argentine 1893 in South American football