1915 Argentine Primera División

Primera División

Racing Club, champions
Season	1915
Champions	Racing (3rd title)
Promoted	San Lorenzo Def. Belgrano
Relegated	Kimberley Def. Belgrano Comercio Floresta
Top goalscorer	Alberto Ohaco (Racing) (31 goals)
Biggest home win	River Plate 7–0 Floresta Belgrano A.C. 7–0 Banfield San Isidro 7–0 Boca Juniors
Biggest away win	Argentino (Q) 1–8 Racing
← 1914 1916 →

The 1915 Argentine Primera División was the 24th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on April 4 and ended in January 1916. The reunification of the "Asociación Argentina de Football" and the "Federación Argentina de Football" brought the creation of a championship of 25 teams. The tournament took a league format with each team playing the others once.^[1]

Clubs that made their debuts in Primera were San Lorenzo de Almagro (Segunda División (AFA) champion)^[2] and Defensores de Belgrano (División Intermedia (FAF) champion).^[3] The coming of San Lorenzo caused all the "big five" to meet in an official tournament for the first time. Racing achieved its 3° consecutive championship.

For the first time in Primera División history, four teams were relegated: Kimberley, Defensores de Belgrano, Comercio and Floresta.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Racing	24	22	2	0	95	5	+90	46[a]
2	San Isidro	24	22	2	0	72	12	+60	46
3	River Plate	24	16	6	2	58	17	+41	38
4	Porteño	24	17	2	5	57	26	+31	36
5	Platense	24	14	4	6	43	26	+17	32
6	Estudiantes (LP)	24	13	6	5	45	29	+16	32
7	Huracán	24	11	6	7	40	26	+14	28
8	Independiente	24	11	5	8	40	22	+18	27[a]
9	Estudiantes (BA)	24	12	3	9	38	33	+5	27
10	Ferro Carril Oeste	24	8	8	8	38	32	+6	24
11	Argentino (Q)	24	11	2	11	32	43	−11	24
12	Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)	24	9	5	10	39	43	−4	23
13	San Lorenzo	24	10	3	11	38	46	−8	23
14	Boca Juniors	24	8	6	10	32	38	−6	22
15	Banfield	24	9	3	12	33	44	−11	21[b]
16	Quilmes	24	7	7	10	19	26	−7	21
17	Hispano Argentino	24	8	4	12	39	50	−11	20
18	Tigre	24	8	4	12	21	40	−19	20
19	Estudiantil Porteño	24	9	1	14	38	57	−19	19
20	Belgrano A.C.	24	8	2	14	32	47	−15	18
21	Atlanta	24	7	1	16	18	53	−35	15
22	Kimberley (R)	24	5	4	15	23	45	−22	14
23	Defensores de Belgrano (R)	24	4	4	16	26	57	−31	12
24	Comercio (R)	24	2	3	19	23	77	−54	7
25	Floresta (R)	24	1	3	20	15	60	−45	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. The first league meeting between Avellaneda rivals Racing Club and Independiente ended 1-2 to Independiente, but the result was cancelled and the points awarded to Racing Club.
2. Banfield had two results cancelled and the points awarded to their opponents

Championship playoff

View of the crowd and the official grandstand during the match

Racing and San Isidro finished level on points at the top of the table, necessitating a championship playoff, where Racing won their 3rd. consecutive league title.^[4]

Date	Team 1	Res.	Team 2	Venue	City
6 Jan 1916	Racing	1–0	San Isidro	Independiente	Avellaneda

Match details

1915 Primera División Final

6 Jan 1916

Racing	1–0	San Isidro
Marcovecchio 6'	Report

Estadio Independiente, Crucecita

Racing

San Isidro

GK Syla Arduino DF Salvador Presta DF Armando Reyes MF Ángel Betular MF Francisco Olazar MF Ricardo Pepe FW Zoilo Canavery FW Alberto Ohaco FW Alberto Marcovecchio FW Juan Hospital FW Juan Perinetti

GK Carlos T. Wilson DF J. Iriarte DF A. Bruno MF A. Olivieri MF José Morroni MF G. Badaracco FW J. Fernández FW E. Fernández FW S. Sayanes FW A. Marini FW I. Alzúa

References

1. Argentina 1915 Archived 2013-05-30 at the Wayback Machine by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF.com
2. "Tercera División - Campeones" on AFA website, 11 Aug 2013 (Archive)
3. "Segunda División - Campeones" on AFA website (Archive, 13 Aug 2013)
4. HAZAÑAS ACADÉMICAS: 1915, OTRO PASO HACIA LA GLORIA on Racing website, 6 Jan 2016