1926 Argentine Primera División

The 1926 Argentine Primera División was the 35th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The AFA championship began on April 18 and ended on January 16, 1927. The AAm season began on April 4 and ended on November 21.

Primera División

Season	1926
Dates	4 April 1926 – 16 January 1927
Champions	Boca Juniors (AFA) Independiente (AAmF)
← 1925 1927 →

All Boys, Colegiales, El Porvenir, Nueva Chicago, Sportivo Barracas and Temperley moved to rival league Asociación Amateurs when most of fixtures had been disputed.^[1] Teams promoted where Sportivo Balcarce (AFA) and Talleres (RE) (AAm).

Boca Juniors won its 5th. league title (AFA) while Independiente obtained the AAm championship, achieving the 2nd. title for the club.

At the end of the season, Alvear, Argentino de Banfield, Boca Alumni, Del Plata, General San Martín, Palermo, Progresista, Sportivo Balcarce, Sportivo Dock Sud, Sportsman and Universal were relegated when the associations merged.^[2]

Final tables

Asociación Argentina de Football - Copa Campeonato

Primera División (AFA)

Boca Juniors, AFA champions
Season	1926
Dates	18 April 1926 – 16 January 1927
Champions	Boca Juniors (5th. title)
Promoted	Sportivo Balcarce
Relegated	Alvear Argentino de Banfield Boca Alumni Del Plata General San Martín Palermo Progresista Sportivo Balcarce Sportivo Dock Sud Sportsman Universal
Top goalscorer	Roberto Cherro (Boca Juniors) (20 goals)
Biggest home win	–
Biggest away win	–
← 1925 1927 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors (C)	17	15	2	0	67	4	+63	32
2	Argentinos Juniors	17	12	4	1	26	11	+15	28
3	Huracán	17	11	2	4	37	8	+29	24
4	Sportivo Balcarce (R)	17	10	3	4	29	19	+10	23
5	Palermo (R)	17	10	3	4	28	23	+5	23
6	Argentino (B) (R)	17	9	2	6	31	26	+5	20
7	Chacarita Juniors	17	7	4	6	18	16	+2	18
8	Argentino (Q)	17	8	2	7	25	30	−5	18
9	San Fernando	17	8	1	8	21	24	−3	17
10	Boca Alumni (R)	17	5	5	7	21	18	+3	15
11	Sportsman (R)	17	5	5	7	17	22	−5	15
12	Alvear (R)	17	5	5	7	13	20	−7	15
13	Universal (R)	17	5	4	8	12	36	−24	14
14	General San Martín (R)	17	5	3	9	15	24	−9	13
15	Dock Sud (R)	17	5	2	10	22	21	+1	12
16	Del Plata (R)	17	4	1	12	15	43	−28	9
17	Progresista (R)	17	4	0	13	19	20	−1	8
18	Porteño	17	0	2	15	17	68	−51	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Asociación Amateurs de Football

Primera División (AAm)

Independiente, AAmF champions
Season	1926
Dates	4 April – 21 November
Champions	Independiente (2nd. title)
Promoted	Talleres (RE)
Relegated	(none)
Top goalscorer	Manuel Seoane (Independiente) (29 goals)
← 1925 1927 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Independiente (C)	25	21	4	0	75	14	+61	46
2	San Lorenzo	25	21	3	1	71	21	+50	45
3	Platense	25	16	5	4	41	18	+23	37
4	Racing	25	16	2	7	51	36	+15	34
5	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	25	13	7	5	41	27	+14	33
6	Lanús	25	13	7	5	38	28	+10	33
7	Vélez Sarsfield	25	10	11	4	38	27	+11	31
8	Sportivo Palermo	25	14	3	8	51	38	+13	31
9	Quilmes	25	13	3	9	46	22	+24	29
10	Sportivo Almagro	25	12	4	9	26	25	+1	28
11	River Plate	25	10	4	11	32	24	+8	24
12	Defensores de Belgrano	25	10	4	11	24	32	−8	24
13	Tigre	25	7	8	10	32	36	−4	22
14	Talleres (RE)	25	10	2	13	28	36	−8	22
15	Estudiantes (LP)	25	8	5	12	37	35	+2	21
16	Ferro Carril Oeste	25	7	6	12	28	37	−9	20
17	Barracas Central	25	7	5	13	31	42	−11	19
18	Estudiantil Porteño	25	5	9	11	25	38	−13	19
19	Sportivo Buenos Aires	25	7	5	13	24	39	−15	19
20	Excursionistas	25	6	7	12	23	43	−20	19
21	Banfield	25	5	9	11	16	37	−21	19
22	San Isidro	25	8	2	15	32	46	−14	18
23	Liberal Argentino	25	7	4	14	21	37	−16	18
24	Estudiantes (BA)	25	6	5	14	22	45	−23	17
25	Argentino del Sud	25	5	4	16	22	56	−34	14
26	Atlanta	25	1	6	18	22	58	−36	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions