1898 Argentine Primera División

7th season of top-tier football league in Argentina
Football league season
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) Champions

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
Jordan
Report
Barker Memorial School, Lomas de Zamora
Referee: W. McEwen
Team details
GK P. J. Grant
DF Walter Stirling
DF Joseph H. Walker
MF Arthur Anderson
MF Frederick Henry Jacobs
MF Charles Williams Reynolds (c)
FW Henry B. Anderson
FW George Mervyn Comber
FW James Oswald Anderson
FW Scotland William Newton Stirling
FW Frank John Chevallier Boutell
GK Armando Coste
DF Tomás Patricio Moore (c)
DF Walter Buchanan
MF T. Cavanagh
MF Patrick M. Rath
MF Eduardo Buchanan
FW H. Wilson
FW Juan José Moore
FW Herbert Harold Jordan
FW Eugenio F. Moore
FW J. Negron

References

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