1905 in Argentine football

Football in Argentina

Season	1905
Primera División	Alumni
Segunda División	América
Tercera División	Alumni III [lower-alpha 1]
Copa de Honor	Alumni
← 1904 1906 →

1905 in Argentine football saw Alumni crowning Argentine champion, winning its 5th league title in six seasons. A new team, Reformer Athletic Club from the city of Campana, registered to play the tournament.

Primera División

The 1905 championship was expanded to include 7 teams, who played in a league format, with each team playing the other twice.^[1]

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pts	G	W	D	L	Gf	Ga	Gd
1	Alumni	21	12	10	1	1	43	8	+35
2	Belgrano AC	18	12	9	0	3	31	12	+19
3	Estudiantes (BA)	17	12	8	1	3	36	18	+18
4	Quilmes	12	12	6	0	6	32	15	+17
5	Reformer	7	12	3	1	8	20	60	-40
6	Lomas AC	7	12	3	1	8	12	41	-29
7	Barracas Athletic	2	12	1	0	11	8	28	-20

Lower divisions

Primera B

• Champion: América

Primera C

• Champion: Alumni III

Domestic cup

Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires

• Champion: Alumni ^[2]

Final

Alumni v Quilmes

30 August 1905

Alumni	1-0 (aet)	Quilmes

Sociedad Sportiva Argentina (Buenos Aires)

International cups

Tie Cup

• Champion: Rosario AC ^[3]

Final

Rosario AC v CURCC

3 September 1905

Rosario AC	4-3 (aet)	CURCC
M.O. Wells (2) J. G. Parr W. Stocks		A. Camacho C. Camacho Zibecchi

Sociedad Sportiva Argentina (Buenos Aires)

Copa de Honor Cusenier

• Champion: Nacional

Final

Nacional v Alumni

10 September 1905

Nacional	3-2	Alumni

Montevideo

Argentina national team

Argentina contested its first official tournament in 1905. The squad played Uruguay for Copa Lipton on 15 August 1905. The game ended 0-0 after extra time and the trophy was awarded to Uruguay as the visiting team.

Copa Lipton

Final

Argentina  v  Uruguay

15 August 1905

Argentina	0-0 (aet)	Uruguay
	Report

Buenos Aires

International friendlies

English team Nottingham Forest toured on Argentina that year, playing several friendly matches v. clubs and combined teams in Buenos Aires and Rosario.^[4][5]

Date	Venue/City	Rival	Score
16-Jun	Rosario	R. Central / Rosario A.C. Combined	5–0
18-Jun	Buenos Aires	Belgrano A.C.	7−0
22-Jun	Buenos Aires	Británicos [lower-alpha 2]	13−1
?	Buenos Aires	R. Central / Rosario A.C. Combined	6−0
?	Buenos Aires	Alumni	6−0
29-Jun	Buenos Aires	Argentinos [lower-alpha 3]	5−0
2-Jul	Buenos Aires	Liga Argentina [lower-alpha 4]	9−1

Notes

1. It was a common practise that clubs playing in Primera División registered reserve teams to play the lower divisions tournaments.
2. Team formed by British players that played in the Argentine league during the first years of the 20th Century.
3. Team formed by Argentinean players from the Argentine league during the first years of the 20th Century.
4. All-star team of the Argentine league.

References

1. Argentina 1905 by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at RSSSF
2. "Argentina - Copa de Honor "Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires" - 1905". Retrieved 19 June 2016.
3. "Argentina: Copa Competencia 1ra. División 1905". Retrieved 19 June 2016.
4. Historia del Fútbol Argentino, various authors, Editorial Eiffel, Buenos Aires, 1958.
5. Other results of Argentina national team at RSSSF.com