The 1934 Primera División season was the 43rd season of the professional top-flight

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. This was also the last season of the

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which finally merged with the official Association.

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Format and teams

The format for this season was a triple round-robin format, which was unique to this season. In order to accommodate the extra round, the number of teams was reduced from eighteen to fourteen. Six clubs were affected in the reduction of teams. Two clubs were relegated to a one-off Segunda División based on low ticket sales:

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and Tigre. The remaining four clubs merged with another to form new entities which were allowed to participate this season: Talleres (BA) and

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merged to form Unión Talleres-Lanús;

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merged to form Atlanta-Argentino Juniors. Atlanta-Argentinos Juniors lasted until Round 25, at which point it simply became Argentinos Juniors. Unión Talleres-Lanús lasted the entire season, but dissolved afterwards.

Final tables

Asociación Argentina de Football

Note: All teams were relegated at the end of the season following the merger of LAF and AFA.

Liga Argentina de Football

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References

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