The 1897

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). Th ...

was the 6th season of top-flight

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. The championship was won by

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that achieved its 4th Argentine league title in 5 seasons. Lomas won the title after beating Lanús A.C. by 1-0 in a 3rd playoff match. The players of

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(dissolved one year before) returned to its parent club, Lomas Athletic, while Lanús A.C., Banfield and Palermo A.C. made their debuts and Belgrano A.C. registered a "B" team to play the tournament.

Final standings

Championship Final

Lanús A.C. team After both teams, Lomas and Lanús finished in the first position, they had to play a final to decide a champion. It finished 1–1

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so a playoff was held four days later. As that match ended 0–0 with no modifications on the score during

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, a second game was scheduled for September 19. The result was also a tie. Finally, Lomas defeated Lanús 1–0 in the third match, becoming Primera División champion.Desempates en el fútbol argentino
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Playoff

Playoff 2

Playoff 3

Notes

References

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