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1891 Argentine Primera División

1st season of top-tier football league in Argentina

Field	Value
competition	Primera División
season	1891
dates	12 April – 13 September
image	St.andrews_1891.jpg
caption	St. Andrew's shared the title
with Old Caledonians
winners	St. Andrew's
Old Caledonians
(1st title)
relegated	(none)
league topscorer	ENG Frederick Archer (Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway)
(7 goals)
biggest home win	O. Caledonians 6–0 Belgrano F.C.
biggest away win	Buenos Aires F.C. 2–6 O. Caledonians
matches	21
total goals	71
nextseason	[1893](1893-argentine-primera-division)

with Old Caledonians Old Caledonians (1st title) (7 goals) The 1891 Primera División was the first ever Argentine championship, making Argentina's the oldest football league outside the United Kingdom. This tournament was organized by the Argentine Association Football League whose president was F.L. Wooley. This league only lasted one season, so in 1892 no championship was held. In 1893 other Association with the same name would be established by Alexander Watson Hutton becoming current Argentine Football Association.

Summary

The championship took the format of a league of 5 teams, with each team playing the other twice. Many of the results of individual games have been lost, hence the lack of goals for and against in the table below. Hurlingham registered in the tournament but did not take part of the same. The Hurlingham team was retired by the president of the club, John Ravenscroft, in solidarity with Alexander Watson Hutton (who had resigned as director of St. Andrew's School after they refused to include the practise of football, so Alex Lamont did not call him to be part of the league).

At the end of the season, St. Andrew's and Old Caledonians finished at the top position with 13 points each. They were declared joint champions, but played a playoff match to decide which team got to keep the medals, being St. Andrew's the winner.

The current Association has not included this title in their documents, except in its web page where only St. Andrew's is listed as champion.

Matches

Final standings

Medal match

Main article: 1891 Argentine Primera División final

As the Association crowned both, St. Andrew's and Old Caledonians as champion, this match was held only to determine which team got to keep the medals.

References

[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/jun/04/worldcup2006.football3 "Salvation army" by Tim Pears], ''[[The Guardian]]'', Sunday 4 June 2006
[https://www.afa.com.ar/es/pages/historia "Orígenes de la Asociación"] on AFA website
[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg1891.html Argentina 1891] by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at the RSSSF
''Historia del Fútbol Amateur en la Argentina'', by Jorge Iwanczuk - {{ISBN. 950-43-4384-8
[https://www.tycsports.com/al-angulo/alexander-watson-hutton-el-padre-del-futbol-argentino-el-impuso-de-domingo-sarmiento-y-la-fundacion-de-la-afa-id497641.html Alexander Watson Hutton, el padre del fútbol argentino: el impulso de Domingo Sarmiento y la fundación de la AFA] on TyC, 10 Mar 2023
[https://www.hurlinghamaldia.com/hurlingham-los-inicios-del-futbol/ Hurlingham y los inicios del fútbol] by Rody Rodríguez on ''Hurlingham al día'', 28 Apr 2008
[https://www.afa.org.ar/institucional/campeones-primera-division.php Campeones de Primera División - AFA website], retrieved 10 Jul 2016
[https://archive.today/20251231152930/https://www.clarin.com/deportes/futbol-argentino-puso-fin-misterio-134-anos-highfield-cancha-fantasma-sede-primer-torneo_0_9ZLJt1DccJ.html El fútbol argentino le puso fin a un misterio de 134 años] by Oscar Barnade on ''Clarín''. 30 Dec 2025
[http://www.ahifu.uy/2025/05/01/100-anos-de-colombes-47-los-documentos-demuestran-que-alec-lamont-es-el-verdadero-y-unico-padre-del-futbol-argentino-nota-9/ Los documentos demuestran que Alec Lamont es el verdadero y único padre del fútbol argentino] by Atilio Garrido on AHIFU (Uruguayan football researchers). 1 May 2025

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