The 1919
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).
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was the 28th season of 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 ...
. The official "Asociación Argentina de Football" (AFA) league championship was abandoned mid season by the majority of the clubs, which joined the new "
Asociación Amateurs de Football
The Asociación Amateurs de Football (AAmF) was a dissident football association of Argentina that organised its own championships from 1919 to 1926. The Argentine Football Association did not recognise those championships until both associations ...
" (AAmF) while six clubs remained with the official body.
In the AFA league,
Boca Juniors
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was crowned champion with 14 fixtures to be played, while
Racing
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won its 7th league title at AAmF.
Club Eureka debuted in the AFA championship, while
Vélez Sársfield played its first Primera División championship in the AAmF after being disaffiliated from the official body.
Final tables
Asociación Argentina de Football - Copa Campeonato
Out of 19 teams that started to compete in the championship, only 6 remained at the end of the season, after the first part of the tournament was annulled and re-started. The 13 teams that had been disaffiliated or expelled joined dissident "Asociación Amateurs de Football".
Asociación Amateurs de Football
Notes
References
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Argentine Primera División seasons
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