1898 Argentine Primera División

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Primera División
Season1898
ChampionsLomas (5th title)
PromotedLobos
United Banks
Relegated(none)
Matches played43
Top goalscorerEngland T.F. Allen (Lanús A.C.)
(11 goals)
Biggest home winBelgrano A.C. 7-1 Palermo A.C.
Biggest away winPalermo A.C. 0-8 Lanús A.C.
← 1897
1899 →

The 1898 Argentine Primera División was the 7th season of top division football in Argentina. It was won by Lomas, achieving its 5th Argentine championship in 6 seasons. The runner-up was Lobos.[1] Flores AC and Belgrano AC "B" left the championship, being replaced by Lobos -which returned to the Association- and new team United Banks.[2]

Primera división[]

Final standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Lomas (C) 12 8 4 0 20 4 +16 20
2 Lobos 12 9 2 1 21 6 +15 20
3 Belgrano A.C. 12 8 1 3 24 10 +14 17
4 Lanús A.C. 12 6 1 5 29 12 +17 13
5 United Banks 12 4 2 6 16 20 −4 10
6 Palermo A.C. 12 2 0 10 10 47 −37 4
7 Banfield 12 0 0 12 3 24 −21 0
Source:[citation needed]
(C) Champion

Championship playoff[]

Lomas and Lobos finished first with 20 points each so they had to play a match to define a champion. After the first game was declared null by the Association attending to a request by Lobos, a second match was played, with Lomas winning the title.[2][3]

Lomas1−0Lobos
Report
Barker Memorial School, Lomas de Zamora

Rematch[]

Lomas2−1Lobos
Anderson Goal Goal
Jordan Goal		 Report
Barker Memorial School, Lomas de Zamora
Referee: W. McEwen

References[]

  1. ^ Final tables in Argentina: 1890s at RSSSF
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Argentina 1898 at Historia y Fútbol[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Desempates en el fútbol argentino by Ricardo Gorosito on CIHF, 15 Jan 2015
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