Liga Argentina de Football

Liga Argentina de Football
Argentina
Founded	1931 ^[1]
Folded	1934 (1934) ^[1]
Headquarters	Buenos Aires
FIFA affiliation	No
President	List Julio Planisi (1931) Eduardo Larrandart (1932-34) Tiburcio Padilla (1934)

The Liga Argentina de Football (LAF) was a dissident football association of Argentina that organised its own professional championships from 1931 to 1934. The Argentine Football Association (that had remained amateur) did not recognised those championships until both associations were merged in 1934. Currently all the championships organised by the LAF are considered officials by the AFA.^[2]

History

At the beginning of the 1930s the Argentine footballers went on strike claiming for being free agents, due to a tacit agreement among the clubs establishing that none of them could hire a player without prior approval from the body. For that reason, clubs affiliated to Argentine Football Association met to discuss a proposal about creating a professional league.

The Racing Club representatives suggested to create a section with the most notable teams from Buenos Aires, Greater Buenos Aires and La Plata. That proposal was rejected by representatives from clubs outside Buenos Aires, who claimed for more federalisation. Finally, the parts could not reach an agreement, which resulted in a breakage into the Association. On May 19, 1931, "Liga Argentina de Football" was established, becoming the first professional football league ever in Argentina.

On the other hand, the official association (AFA) changed its name to "Asociación Argentina de Football (Amateurs y Profesionales)" and continued organising its own championships^[3] from 1931 to 1934, when both associations merged.

Founding members

The professional league was established by the following clubs:

Champions

First Division

Season	Champion
1931	Boca Juniors
1932	River Plate
1933	San Lorenzo
1934	Boca Juniors

Second Division

The LAF only organised one second division championship in 1934.^[4]

Season	Champion
1934	River Plate II

Bibliography

38 Campeones del fútbol argentino 1891-2010 by Diego Estévez - Ediciones Continente (2010) - ISBN 978-950-754-301-2

References

1 2 Historia on AFA website
↑ Campeones de Primera División, AFA website
↑ "Argentina: 1ra. División Asociación Argentina 1931" by José Carluccio, Historia y Fútbol
↑ "Segunda División - Campeones" on AFA website (Archive, 13 Aug 2013)

Football in Argentina

Bodies

Current	Argentine Football Association

Defunct	Federación Argentina (1912–14) Asociación Amateurs (1919–26) Liga Argentina (1931–34) Liga Rosarina (1905–30)

National teams

League system

Current:	Primera División Primera B Nacional Primera B Federal A Primera C Primera D Regional leagues Fútbol Femenino

Defunct:	Intermedia Argentino A Argentino B

Domestic cups

Current:	Copa Argentina Supercopa Argentina

Defunct:	Copa Bicentenario Copa Bullrich Copa Estímulo Copa de Honor MCBA Copa Jockey Club Copa La Nación Copa Ibarguren Copa de Competencia (AAm) Copa Adrián C. Escobar Copa de Competencia (LAF) Copa Beccar Varela Copa Gral. P. Ramírez Copa de Competencia Británica Copa Suecia Copa Centenario de la AFA Copa Campeonato Copa Presidente de la Nación

Years

Awards

Lists

Champions (League)
Champions (Cups)
Clubs
Players
Rivalries
Expatriate footballers
Managers
Referees
Venues
Women's Players

Primera División

Argentine Football Association

2016-17 teams	Aldosivi Arsenal Atlético Rafaela Atlético Tucumán Banfield Belgrano Boca Juniors Colón Defensa y Justicia Estudiantes (LP) Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Godoy Cruz Huracán Independiente Lanús Newell's Old Boys Olimpo Patronato Quilmes Racing River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo San Martín (SJ) Sarmiento Talleres (C) Temperley Tigre Unión Vélez Sarsfield

League format	Calendar-year (1891–1966, 2015–2016) Metropolitano and Nacional (1967–85) European style (1985-90, 2016–) Apertura and Clausura (1991–2012) Inicial and Final (2012–14)

Seasons	1891 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014 2015 2016 2016–17

Dissident bodies	Federación Argentina de Football (1912-14) Asociación Amateurs de Football (1919-26) Liga Argentina de Football (1931-34)

Other articles	Champions year by year All-time table Players Records Top scorers Fillol Award Disaffiliated teams

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