The Copa Campeonato del Río de la Plata () was an official

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club competition. Unlike

Copa Aldao The Copa Ricardo Aldao ( English: ''Ricardo Aldao Cup''), popularly called Campeonato Rioplatense and Copa Río de La Plata, was an official AFA- AUF football club competition contested annually, albeit irregularly, between the league champions o ...

(organised by the

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and

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Associations together), this cup was contested by champions of dissident associations, in this case

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 associatio ...

(AAmF) and

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(FUF).Copa Ricardo Aldao - match details
on the RSSSF There was only one edition of this competition, held in 1923 in

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. The match was played between Argentine club

San Lorenzo de Almagro Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Boedo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team, which plays in the Primera División, the first tier of the Argentine foot ...

(Argentine Primera División AAmF champion) and Uruguayan club

Montevideo Wanderers Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Wanderers, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club are currently members of the Primera División and play at the Estadio Viera. Beside football, the cl ...

(Uruguayan Primera División FUF champion). In the match, played at

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on June 22, 1924, San Lorenzo defeated Wanderers 1–0, winning not only the trophy but their first international title.A 88 años del primer grito internacional
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Qualified teams

Match details

References

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