7th season of top-tier football league in Argentina
Football league season
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
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]
Rematch
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
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
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