Since the creation of the first league in 1891, several official cups have been played in

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apart from the main competition, the Primera División championship. The first cup held in the country was the

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; launched in 1905, it was played until 1920. The

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, originally awarded to Primera División champion, is the oldest trophy of Argentine football for a current competition,"El trofeo más añejo del fútbol argentino" at AFA website
, 26 Jun 2013 having been established in 1896, three year after the Association was created, and played without interruption until 1926. The Cup received several names, such as "Championship Cup", "Copa Campeonato", "Challenge Cup" and "Copa Alumni", due to the association offered legendary team

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to keep the Cup definitely for having won it three consecutive times (1900–02), but the club from Belgrano declined the honour to keep the trophy under dispute. On June, 2013, the association decided to put the trophy back into circulation with the creation of a new competition, named "Superfinal" that consisted in a single match between winners of Torneo Inicial and Torneo Final, played in a neutral venue. Current cup competitions held in Argentina are

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and the most recent,

Copa de la Superliga The Copa de la Superliga Argentina was an Argentine cup competition. It was contested by all the teams participating in the Primera División, and played after the conclusion of the regular season. The 2019 edition was sponsored by YPF, with its ...

Así se jugará la Copa de la Superliga, el nuevo torneo del fútbol argentino
Infobae, 19 Jul 2018 and Trofeo de Campeones de la Superliga

List of Cups

The following is a list with all the national cups held in Argentina until present days. Only competitions contested by Primera División clubs are listed.Campeones de Copas Nacionales
on AFA website, retrieved 5 Aug 2016 ;Notes:

Titles by club

Gallery

File:Copa honor mcba trofeo.png, Copa de Honor MCBA File:Copa_de_competencia_jockey_club.png,

Copa de Competencia Jockey Club The Copa de Competencia Jockey Club was an official Argentine football cup competition contested between 1907 and 1933. The winner of this Cup was allowed to play the Tie Cup against the Uruguayan champion of Copa de Competencia. History The Co ...

File:Copa ibarguren trofeo.png, Copa Carlos Ibarguren File:Copa adrian escobar trofeo.png,

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File:Copa_pedro_ramirez.jpg, Copa General Pedro Ramírez File:Copa_Competencia_Britanica.jpg, Copa de Competencia Británica "George VI"

Other cups

Apart from the cups mentioned, there were other competitions such as

Copa Bullrich The Copa de Competencia Adolfo Bullrich, or simply Copa Bullrich, was an official football tournament held from 1903 to 1934 in Argentina. From 1905 to 1915 the championship was contested by clubs playing in the second division of Argentine league ...

(contested from 1903 to 1934 by teams of lower divisions) and Copa Presidente de la Nación (contested from representatives of

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), originally organised by dissident

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(1920–26) and then continued by AFA from 1927 to 1989). Because of not having been contested by Primera División clubs, these cups are not included in the list of national cups by the Argentine Association although they were official competitions.

Notes

References

External links

Argentine Football Association

Liga Profesional
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