1908 in Argentine football

Football in Argentina

Season	1908
Primera División	Belgrano A.C.
Segunda División	River Plate
Tercera División	Banfield
Copa de Honor	Quilmes
Copa de Competencia	Alumni
← 1907 1909 →

1908 in Argentine football saw Belgrano AC win its 3rd. title, ending a run of three consecutive championships for Alumni.

In International football, Argentina won Copa Newton and Copa Lipton. On 13 September 1908, in the Copa Newton game against Uruguay Argentina wore the light blue and white stripes ("Albiceleste") for the first time.^[1]

Primera División

The 1908 championship was reduced from 11 to 10 teams, with each team playing the other twice.^[2]

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pts	G	W	D	L	Gf	Ga	Gd
1	Belgrano AC	31	18	15	1	2	49	20	+29
2	Alumni	27	18	13	1	4	74	18	+56
3	Argentino de Quilmes	25	18	12	1	5	44	26	+18
4	San Isidro	23	18	11	1	6	36	26	+10
5	Estudiantes (BA)	22	18	11	2	5	37	20	+17
6	Quilmes	17	18	8	1	9	46	54	-8
7	Porteño	13	18	6	1	11	23	41	-18
8	Reformer	8	18	3	2	13	10	57	-47
9	Lomas AC	7	18	3	1	14	19	50	-31
10	San Martín AC (San Martín)	3	18	2	1	15	16	42	-26

• Estudiantes (BA) was docked 2 points.
• San Martín was docked 2 points and was relegated at the end of the tournament.
• Nacional (Floresta) was disaffiliated by the Association due to the poor conditions of its stadium, according to the rules. The team had played only 2 matches.^[3]

Lower divisions

Primea B

• Champion: River Plate

Primera C

• Champion: Banfield

Domestic cups

Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires

• Champion: Quilmes

Final

Quilmes v Porteño

Quilmes	2-1	Porteño

Quilmes

Copa de Competencia Jockey Club

Champion: Alumni

Final

Alumni v Argentino de Quilmes

2 August 1908

Alumni	5-0	Argentino de Quilmes

Belgrano AC

International cups

Tie Cup

• Champion: Alumni

Final

Alumni v Wanderers

6 September 1908

Alumni	4-0	Wanderers
	Report

Belgrano AC

Copa de Honor Cousenier

• Champions: Wanderers

Final

Wanderers v Quilmes

11 October 1908

Wanderers	2-0	Quilmes
	Report

Montevideo

Argentina national team

Argentina retained both Copa Lipton and Copa Newton in 1908, although the squad was later beaten by Uruguay in the inaugural Copa Premier Honor Argentino. Argentina also embarked on a tour of Brazil in August 1908 where the team won six and drew one of the seven games played in 13 days.

Copa Lipton

Argentina  v  Uruguay

15 August 1908

Argentina	2-2 [4]	Uruguay
	Report

Montevideo

Copa Newton

Argentina  v  Uruguay

13 September 1908

Argentina	2-1	Uruguay
	Report

Buenos Aires

Copa Premier Honor Argentino

Argentina  v  Uruguay

4 October 1908

Argentina	0-1	Uruguay
	Report

Buenos Aires

Friendly matches

Date	Venue/City	Rival	Score	Report
2 July 1908	Sao Paulo	Foreigners of Sao Paulo	2-2	[5]
5 July 1908	Sao Paulo	Foreigners of Sao Paulo	6-0
7 July 1908	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo State team	4-0
9 July 1908	Rio de Janeiro	Guanabara State team	3-2
11 July 1908	Rio de Janeiro	English of Rio de Janeiro	7-1
12 July 1908	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro League	3-0
14 July 1908	Santos	São Paulo/Santos Combined	6-1

References

1. Argentina international results at rsssf
2. Argentina 1908 by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at RSSSF
3. Argentina 1908 at Historia y Futbol
4. As visiting team, Argentina won the trophy.
5. Other results of Argentina national team at RSSSF