Argentina: All Champions

Amateur Era / Professional Era / History / Clubwise Table / Some Trivia

Amateur Era:

YEAR CLUB(S) ASOC.
1893 LOMAS AC AAFL
1894 LOMAS AC AAFL
1895 LOMAS AC AAFL
1896 LOMAS AC AAFL
1897 LOMAS AC AAFL
1898 LOMAS AC AAFL
1899 BELGRANO AC AAFL
1900 ALUMNI AAFL
1901 ALUMNI AAFL
1902 ALUMNI AAFL
1903 ALUMNI AFA
1904 BELGRANO AC AFA
1905 ALUMNI AFA
1906 ALUMNI AFA
1907 ALUMNI AFA
1908 BELGRANO AC AFA
1909 ALUMNI AFA
1910 ALUMNI AFA
1911 ALUMNI AFA
1912 QUILMES
PORTEÑO
AAF
FAF
1913 RACING CLUB
ESTUDIANTES
AAF
FAF
1914 RACING CLUB
PORTEÑO
AAF
FAF
1915 RACING CLUB AAF
1916 RACING CLUB AAF
1917 RACING CLUB AAF
1918 RACING CLUB AAF
1919 RACING CLUB
BOCA JUNIORS
AAmF
AAF
1920 RIVER PLATE
BOCA JUNIORS
AAmF
AAF
1921 RACING CLUB
HURACAN
AAmF
AAF
1922 INDEPENDIENTE
HURACAN
AAmF
AAF
1923 SAN LORENZO
BOCA JUNIORS
AAmF
AAF
1924 SAN LORENZO
BOCA JUNIORS
AAmF
AAF
1925 RACING CLUB
HURACAN
AAmF
AAF
1926 INDEPENDIENTE
BOCA JUNIORS
AAmF
AAF
1927 SAN LORENZO AAAF
1928 HURACAN AAAF
1929 GIMNASIA Y ESGRIMA AAAF
1930 BOCA JUNIORS AAAF
1931 ESTUDIANTIL PORTEÑO AAF
1932 SPORTIVO BARRACAS AAF
1933 SPORTIVO DOCK SUD AAF
1934 ESTUDIANTIL PORTEÑO AAF
AAFL - Argentine Association Football League
AFA - Argentine Football Asociation (renamed - 1903)
   AAF - Asociación Argentina de Football (1912 split - branch 1)
   FAF - Federación Argentina de Football (1912 split - branch 2 - not recognized by FIFA)
AAF - Asociación Argentina de Football (merge - 1914)
   AAmF - Asociación Amateur de Football (1919 split - branch 1 - not recognized by FIFA)
   AAF - Asociación Argentina de Football (1919 split - branch 2)
AAAF - Asociación Amateur Argentina de Football (merge - 1926)
   AAF - Asociación Argentina de Football (1931 split - branch 1)
   LAF - Liga Argentina de Football (1931 split - branch 2 - professional league - not recognized by FIFA)
AFA - Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (merge - 1934, up to now)
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Professional era:

COA YEAR CLUB RUNNERS-UP TMS GOALS MTS G/M
Boca Juniors 1931 BOCA JUNIORS SAN LORENZO 18 1099 306 3.59
1932 RIVER PLATE INDEPENDIENTE 18 1089 307 3.55
1933 SAN LORENZO BOCA JUNIORS 18 1075 306 3.51
1934 BOCA JUNIORS INDEPENDIENTE 14 995 273 3.64
1935 BOCA JUNIORS INDEPENDIENTE 18 1108 306 3.62
River Plate 1936 RIVER PLATE SAN LORENZO 18 1170 307 3.81
1937 RIVER PLATE INDEPENDIENTE 18 1285 306 4.20
Independiente 1938 INDEPENDIENTE RIVER PLATE 17 1334 272 4.90
1939 INDEPENDIENTE RIVER PLATE 18 1253 306 4.09
1940 BOCA JUNIORS INDEPENDIENTE 18 1243 306 4.06
River Plate 1941 RIVER PLATE SAN LORENZO 16 963 240 4.01
1942 RIVER PLATE SAN LORENZO 16 895 240 3.73
Boca Juniors 1943 BOCA JUNIORS RIVER PLATE 16 897 240 3.74
1944 BOCA JUNIORS RIVER PLATE 16 923 240 3.85
1945 RIVER PLATE BOCA JUNIORS 16 948 240 3.95
San Lorenzo 1946 SAN LORENZO BOCA JUNIORS 16 922 240 3.84
1947 RIVER PLATE BOCA JUNIORS 16 903 240 3.76
1948 INDEPENDIENTE RIVER PLATE 16 878 240 3.66
Racing Club 1949 RACING CLUB RIVER PLATE 18 1074 306 3.51
1950 RACING CLUB BOCA JUNIORS 18 1085 306 3.55
1951 RACING CLUB BANFIELD 17 924 274 3.37
River Plate 1952 RIVER PLATE RACING CLUB 16 848 240 3.53
1953 RIVER PLATE VELEZ SARSFIELD 16 731 240 3.05
1954 BOCA JUNIORS INDEPENDIENTE 16 768 240 3.20
1955 RIVER PLATE RACING CLUB 16 725 240 3.02
1956 RIVER PLATE LANUS 16 753 240 3.14
1957 RIVER PLATE SAN LORENZO 16 729 240 3.04
Racing Club 1958 RACING CLUB BOCA JUNIORS 16 864 240 3.60
1959 SAN LORENZO RACING CLUB 16 775 240 3.23
1960 INDEPENDIENTE RIVER PLATE 16 812 240 3.38
1961 RACING CLUB SAN LORENZO 16 757 240 3.15
Boca Juniors 1962 BOCA JUNIORS RIVER PLATE 15 606 210 2.89
1963 INDEPENDIENTE RIVER PLATE 14 507 182 2.79
1964 BOCA JUNIORS INDEPENDIENTE 16 583 240 2.43
1965 BOCA JUNIORS RIVER PLATE 18 700 306 2.29
Estudiantes 1966 RACING CLUB RIVER PLATE 20 888 380 2.34
M/67 ESTUDIANTES RACING CLUB 22 606 245 2.47
N/67 INDEPENDIENTE ESTUDIANTES 16 342 120 2.85
M/68 SAN LORENZO ESTUDIANTES 22 587 245 2.40
Vélez Sarsfield N/68 VELEZ SARSFIELD RIVER PLATE 16 354 123 2.88
M/69 CHACARITA JRS. RIVER PLATE 22 636 245 2.60
N/69 BOCA JUNIORS RIVER PLATE 18 461 153 3.01
M/70 INDEPENDIENTE RIVER PLATE 21 567 210 2.70
Rosario Central N/70 BOCA JUNIORS ROSARIO CENTRAL 20 634 203 3.12
M/71 INDEPENDIENTE VELEZ SARSFIELD 19 1004 342 2.94
N/71 ROSARIO CENTRAL SAN LORENZO 28 645 199 3.24
San Lorenzo M/72 SAN LORENZO RACING CLUB 18 878 306 2.87
N/72 SAN LORENZO RIVER PLATE 26 579 171 3.39
Huracán M/73 HURACAN BOCA JUNIORS 17 783 272 2.88
N/73 ROSARIO CENTRAL RIVER PLATE 30 718 231 3.11
M/74 NEWELL'S OLD BOYS ROSARIO CENTRAL 18 537 168 3.20
N/74 SAN LORENZO ROSARIO CENTRAL 36 1052 352 2.99
M/75 RIVER PLATE HURACAN 20 1170 380 3.08
N/75 RIVER PLATE ESTUDIANTES 32 912 284 3.21
M/76 BOCA JUNIORS HURACAN 22 997 353 2.82
Independiente N/76 BOCA JUNIORS RIVER PLATE 34 811 297 2.73
M/77 RIVER PLATE INDEPENDIENTE 23 1349 506 2.67
N/77 INDEPENDIENTE TALLERES (CBA) 32 674 230 2.93
M/78 QUILMES BOCA JUNIORS 21 1054 420 2.51
N/78 INDEPENDIENTE RIVER PLATE 32 699 238 2.94
M/79 RIVER PLATE VELEZ SARSFIELD 20 514 186 2.76
N/79 RIVER PLATE UNION (SFE) 28 589 210 2.80
M/80 RIVER PLATE ARGENTINOS JRS. 19 847 342 2.48
N/80 ROSARIO CENTRAL RACING (CBA) 28 605 210 2.88
M/81 BOCA JUNIORS FERROCARRIL OESTE 18 789 306 2.58
N/81 RIVER PLATE FERROCARRIL OESTE 28 519 210 2.47
N/82 FERROCARRIL OESTE QUILMES 32 782 270 2.90
M/82 ESTUDIANTES INDEPENDIENTE 19 870 342 2.54
N/83 ESTUDIANTES INDEPENDIENTE 32 490 198 2.47
M/83 INDEPENDIENTE SAN LORENZO 19 899 342 2.63
N/84 FERROCARRIL OESTE RIVER PLATE 32 353 126 2.80
M/84 ARGENTINOS JRS. FERROCARRIL OESTE 19 789 342 2.31
N/85 ARGENTINOS JRS. VELEZ SARSFIELD 32 418 159 2.63
85/86 RIVER PLATE NEWELL'S OLD BOYS 19 784 342 2.29
86/87 ROSARIO CENTRAL NEWELL'S OLD BOYS 20 917 380 2.41
87/88 NEWELL'S OLD BOYS SAN LORENZO 20 866 380 2.28
88/89 INDEPENDIENTE BOCA JUNIORS 20 891 380 2.34
89/90 RIVER PLATE INDEPENDIENTE 20 795 380 2.09
90/91 NEWELL'S OLD BOYS BOCA JUNIORS 20 806 382 2.11
A/91 RIVER PLATE BOCA JUNIORS 20 366 190 1.93
C/92 NEWELL'S OLD BOYS VELEZ SARSFIELD 20 371 190 1.95
A/92 BOCA JUNIORS RIVER PLATE 20 398 190 2.09
C/93 VELEZ SARSFIELD INDEPENDIENTE 20 387 190 2.04
A/93 RIVER PLATE VELEZ SARSFIELD 20 408 190 2.15
C/94 INDEPENDIENTE HURACAN 20 421 190 2.22
A/94 RIVER PLATE SAN LORENZO 20 443 190 2.33
C/95 SAN LORENZO GIMNASIA Y ESGRIMA 20 446 190 2.35
A/95 VELEZ SARSFIELD RACING CLUB 20 456 190 2.40
C/96 VELEZ SARSFIELD GIMNASIA Y ESGRIMA 20 516 190 2.72
A/96 RIVER PLATE INDEPENDIENTE 20 546 190 2.87
C/97 RIVER PLATE COLON (SFE) 20 515 190 2.71
A/97 RIVER PLATE BOCA JUNIORS 20 574 189 3.04
C/98 VELEZ SARSFIELD LANUS 20 541 190 2.85
A/98 BOCA JUNIORS GIMNASIA Y ESGRIMA 20 570 190 3.00
C/99 BOCA JUNIORS RIVER PLATE 20 488 190 2.57
A/99 RIVER PLATE ROSARIO CENTRAL 20 547 190 2.88
C/00 RIVER PLATE INDEPENDIENTE 20 547 190 2.88
C/00 BOCA JUNIORS RIVER PLATE 20 508 190 2.67
C/01 SAN LORENZO RIVER PLATE 20 530 190 2.79
Racing Club A/01 RACING CLUB RIVER PLATE 20 528 190 2.78
C/02 RIVER PLATE GIMNASIA Y ESGRIMA 20 462 190 2.43
A/02 INDEPENDIENTE BOCA JUNIORS 20 514 190 2.71
C/03 RIVER PLATE BOCA JUNIORS 20 468 190 2.46
  TOTAL 103 CHAMPIONSHIPS (42 FULL YEAR & 61 HALF YEAR) 2089 TEAMS 76231 GOALS 25858 MTS. 2.95
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History:


Professional era began with the same champions as last in amateur era: Boca Juniors.
Boca would also become champions in 1934 and 1935 to show their supremacy in the begginings.
In the next years River Plate and Independiente would share most titles and outstanding performances.
By the beginning of the fourth decade River showed an awesome forward line nicknamed "La Máquina" (The Machine), becoming champions in 1941, 1942 and 1945.
Towars the end of this decade Racing Club, one of the best teams in the amateur era, achieved their first professional title (1949); together with the second and the third, to make a hat-trick of titles (for the first time this was achieved in Argentina).
But it was River Plate again the team that would show the best play in the fifth decade winning five titles in six consecutive years, included a hat-trick. Boca Juniors would intercalate in 1954.
In 1959 San Lorenzo the fifth great club ("club grande") in Argentina won their third title, while Boca Juniors would be coronated thrice in four consecutive years from 1962 to 1965.
River Plate was at this time in their least prolific period of their rich history. They couldn't be champions since 1957, and they would see their aim long put off for 17½ years. During this period they were 11 times runners-up (4 consecutive) before they could be champions again. When they finally got it in 1975 they won the two yearly tournaments the AFA organised by that time: Metropolitan and National (Metropolitano & Nacional). Getting both titles had been formerly achieved by San Lorenzo in 1972.
In 1966 Racing Club 'el equipo de José' (José's team) would be longly remembered champions, also named world champions after beating Glasgow Celtic.
The end of the sixth decade and beginning of the seventh would be Estudiantes' moment of glory. They were champions in Metropolitan 1967, the first tiny club ("club chico") to achieve this, and runners up in Nacional 1967 and Metropolitan 1968, together with a great moment in the international field being three consecutive times champions of the traditional Southamerican cup, the "Libertadores". Zubeldía, the coach in those times was a seer and would become a myth.
Other tiny clubs were local champs in those days: Chacarita (1969) Quilmes (1978), and others not so tiny: Velez Sarsfield, Huracán, Rosario Central, Newell's.
Ferrocarril Oeste stood out in the beginning of the 80's winning two titles and coming up second three times. Argentinos Jrs., another tiny club, won two titles (Metropolitan 84/National 85) and also the Libertadores building up their most brilliant peak.
Newell's Old Boys, a club from Rosario city, joined an excellent team in the early nineties, winning two titles and only beaten by a brilliant Sao Paulo by penalties in the Libertadores finals. Velez Sarsfield would become an unprecedentedly succesful team in the following years, that became Intercontinental Champions after beating AC Milan in Tokyo.
The end of the nineties are finding River Plate and Velez Sarsfield as stars. River Plate achieved their third hat-trick in history, and Velez Sarsfield enjoyed being champions with three different coaches.
In the meantime, Racing Club is undergoing the worst crisis in their whole history: they cannot get a local title since 1966 (more than 30 years and 50 tournaments). The club that saved from this torture is San Lorenzo, they were champions in 1995 after a 22½ years gap. Boca Juniors, the most popular team, after an irregular era, consolidated their power with coach Bianchi, winning a bi-championship, including 1998's Clausura unbeaten, and 40 games unbeaten streak, 1 more than Racing'66's record.
The new century found Boca striking again, becoming Libertadores bi-champions and Intercontinental champions in 2000, beating Real Madrid 2-1 in Tokyo. San Lorenzo won Clausura 2001 with an amazing streak of 11 consecutive wins, only equalled by the same club's teams of 1935 and 1941, while Racing Club won Apertura 2001 thus achieving their first league title in 35 years, after '66 milestone.

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Clubwise table:

CLUB Full year ½year TOTAL 2nd.
RIVER PLATE 14 17 31 25
BOCA JUNIORS 10 9 19 14
INDEPENDIENTE 6 8 14 14
SAN LORENZO 3 6 9 10
RACING CLUB 6 1 7 6
VELEZ SARSFIELD 0 5 5 6
ROSARIO CENTRAL 1 3 4 4
NEWELL'S OLD BOYS 2 2 4 2
ESTUDIANTES 0 3 3 3
FERROCARRIL OESTE 0 2 2 3
ARGENTINOS JRS. 0 2 2 1
HURACAN 0 1 1 3
QUILMES 0 1 1 1
CHACARITA JRS. 0 1 1 0
GIMNASIA Y ESGRIMA 0 0 0 4
LANUS 0 0 0 2
BANFIELD 0 0 0 1
UNION (SFE) 0 0 0 1
RACING (CBA) 0 0 0 1
TALLERES (CBA) 0 0 0 1
COLON (SFE) 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 42 61 103 103

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Head to head records: (s/cla2002)

CLUB 1 CLUB 2 Won Draw Lost Total
BOCA JUNIORS RIVER PLATE 63 52 56 171
RIVER PLATE SAN LORENZO 63 54 44 161
INDEPENDIENTE RACING CLUB 60 56 45 161
INDEPENDIENTE BOCA JUNIORS 56 48 56 160
SAN LORENZO BOCA JUNIORS 61 44 53 158
RIVER PLATE RACING CLUB 78 37 34 149
RIVER PLATE INDEPENDIENTE 63 38 48 149
BOCA JUNIORS RACING CLUB 65 36 40 141

See also:
   Season 97/98 Apertura / Clausura
   Season 98/99 Apertura / Clausura
   Season 99/00 Apertura / Clausura
   Season 00/01 Apertura / Clausura
   Season 01/02 Apertura / Clausura
   Season 02/03 Apertura / Clausura

By Aldo Colombo

Updated: July 5 2003

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