The 1912
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 21st season of top-flight
football in Argentina. Two tournaments were held at the same time, due to the establishment of
Federación Argentina de Football (FAF), a dissident association which organised its own championship. Thus,
Quilmes won the official AFA tournament, while
Porteño won the FAF title.
The AFA season began on April 14 and ended on December 13 while the FAF season began on July 11 and ended on December 23.
[Argentina 1912]
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Asociación Argentina de Football – Copa Campeonato
Many former players of
Alumni (dissolved one year later) went to play for
Quilmes, which would be the champion. The tournament had no relegations.
(promoted) added to the championship.
Federación Argentina de Football
In July 1912,
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires disaffiliated from Asociación Argentina de Football, founding the
Federación Argentina de Football (FAF) presided by Ricardo Aldao. Recently promoted teams
Porteño and
Estudiantes (LP) joined the new league, among other clubs.
1912 was the inaugural season of the dissident FAF league. This tournament was formed by 3 dissident teams from the Asociación Argentina (AAF):
Estudiantes de La Plata
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,
Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) and
Porteño, plus the 4 teams promoted from the second division:
Argentino de Quilmes,
Atlanta
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,
Independiente and
Kimberley
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. The last club added was the recently created Sociedad Sportiva Argentina.
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Championship playoff
Independiente and Porteño finished level on points at the top of the table, necessitating a championship playoff. The game was suspended at 87' after the Independiente players abandoned the pitch in protest at a disallowed goal by referee Carlos Aertz. The championship was then awarded to Porteño.[
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Match details
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