1918 in Argentine football

Football in Argentina

Season	1918
← 1917 1919 →

1918 in Argentine football saw Racing Club de Avellaneda win its 6th. consecutive league title, remaining unbeaten at the end of the season.

In international football Argentina won three minor championships.

Primera División

Defensores de Belgrano debuted in Primera after promoting last year, while Argentino de Quilmes and Ferro Carril Oeste (which was also expelled from the Association) were relegated.

Pos	Team	Pts	G	W	D	L	Gf	Ga	Gd
1	Racing Club	36	19	17	2	0	49	9	+40
2	River Plate	25	19	9	7	3	30	17	+13
3	Boca Juniors	24	19	9	6	4	39	21	+18
4	San Isidro	24	19	10	4	5	35	23	+12
5	Sportivo Barracas	21	19	9	3	7	22	21	+1
6	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	20	19	7	6	6	21	22	-1
7	Estudiantes (LP)	20	19	7	6	6	19	25	-6
8	Huracán	19	19	5	9	5	25	19	+6
9	Independiente	18	19	8	2	9	30	28	+2
10	Estudiantil Porteño	18	19	6	6	7	23	22	+1
11	Porteño	18	19	7	4	8	21	29	-8
12	Platense	18	19	7	4	8	14	22	-8
13	San Lorenzo	17	19	6	5	8	20	23	-3
14	Tigre	17	19	7	3	9	27	32	-5
15	Estudiantes (BA)	17	19	5	7	7	26	31	-5
16	Defensores de Belgrano	17	19	6	5	8	24	32	-8
17	Atlanta	16	19	5	6	8	25	34	-9
18	Columbian	15	19	5	5	9	20	27	-12
19	Ferro Carril Oeste	13	19	2	9	8	9	23	-14
20	Argentino de Quilmes	7	19	1	5	13	9	28	-19

  Champion

  Relegated

Lower divisions

Primera B

• Champion: Eureka

Primera C

• Champion: San Fernando

Domestic cups

Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires

• Champion: Independiente

Final

Independiente v Platense

1918

Independiente	1-0	Platense

Palermo

Copa de Competencia Jockey Club

• Champion: Porteño

Final

Porteño v River Plate

1918

Porteño	2-1	River Plate

Palermo

Copa Ibarguren

• Champion: Racing Club

Final

Racing Club v Newell's

24 November 1918

Racing Club	4-0	Newell's
(Vivaldo, N. Perinetti 2, Zavaleta])

Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)

International cups

Tie Cup

• Champion: Wanderers

Final

Wanderers v Porteño

1 December 1918

Wanderers	2-1	Porteño
	Report

Palermo

Copa de Honor Cousenier

• Champion: Peñarol

Final

Peñarol v Independiente

1 December 1918

Peñarol	4-0	Independiente
	Report

Montevideo

Copa Dr. Ricardo C. Aldao

• Champion: Racing Club

Final

Racing Club v Peñarol

5 January 1919

Racing Club	2-1	Peñarol
	Report

Racing Club

Argentina national team

Titles

• Copa Lipton 1918
• Copa Newton 1918
• Copa Premier Honor Argentino 1918

Results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Argentina scorers	Match Report(s)
18 July 1918	Montevideo	Uruguay	1 - 1	Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo
28 July 1918	Montevideo	Uruguay	3 - 1	Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo
15 August 1918	Buenos Aires	Uruguay	0 - 0	Copa Premier Honor Argentino
25 August 1918	Buenos Aires	Uruguay	2 - 1	Copa Premier Honor Argentino
20 September 1918	Montevideo	Uruguay	1 - 1	Copa Lipton
29 September 1918	Buenos Aires	Uruguay	2 - 0	Copa Newton