List of Argentine football national cups explained
Since the creation of the first league in 1891, several official cups have been played in Argentina apart from the main competition, the Primera División championship. The first cup held in the country was the Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires; launched in 1905, it was played until 1920.[1]
The Copa Campeonato, originally awarded to Primera División champion, is the oldest trophy of Argentine football for a current competition,[2] having been established in 1896, three year after the Association was created,[3] and played without interruption until 1926. The Cup received several names, such as "Championship Cup", "Copa Campeonato", "Challenge Cup", and "Copa Alumni",[4] due to the association offered legendary team Alumni to keep the Cup definitely for having won it three consecutive times (1900–02), but the club from Belgrano declined the honour to keep the trophy under dispute.[2] [5]
In June 2013, the association decided to put the trophy back into circulation with the creation of a new competition, named "Superfinal" that consisted in a single match between winners of Torneo Inicial and Torneo Final, played in a neutral venue.[2]
Current cup competitions held in Argentina are Copa Argentina, Supercopa Argentina, Copa de la Liga Profesional, Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional, and the most recent Supercopa Internacional.
List of cup competitions
The following is a list with all the national cups held in Argentina until present days. Only competitions where Primera División clubs took part are included.[6]
- Keys:
| width= px | Cup | width= | | Status | width=100px | Years held | width= | Contested by clubs from division |
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| | Defunct | 1905–1920 | Primera División and Liga Rosarina |
| AFA | Defunct | 1907–1933 | Primera División and Liga Rosarina |
| | Defunct | 1913–1914 | Primera División, Segunda División and Federación Rosarina de Football |
| AFA | Defunct | 1913–1952 | Primera División and Regional leagues |
| AFA | Defunct | 1920–1926 | Primera División |
| | Defunct | 1920–1926 | Primera División and Asociación Amateurs Rosarina de Football |
| | Defunct | 1932–1933 | Primera División |
| LAF | Defunct | 1932–1933 | Primera División |
| AFA | Defunct | 1939–1949 | Primera División |
| AFA | Defunct | 1943–1945 | Primera División and Regional leagues |
| AFA | Defunct | 1944–1946 | Primera División |
| Copa Campeonato Juan Domingo Perón[7] [8] | AFA | Defunct | 1955 | Primera División |
| AFA | Defunct | 1959[9] | Regional leagues |
| AFA | Defunct | 1958 | Primera División |
| AFA | Active | 1969–70, 2012– | All divisions of Argentine league system |
| AFA | Defunct | 1993 | Primera División |
| AFA | Active | 2012– | Primera División and Copa Argentina champions |
| AFA | Defunct | 2014 | Torneo Inicial and Torneo Final champions |
| AFA | Defunct | 2016 | Primera División (2014 and 2016) champions |
| | Defunct | 2019 | Primera División |
| SAF | Defunct | 2019 | Primera División and Copa de la Superliga champions |
| AFA | Active | 2020– | Primera División |
| AFA | Active | 2020– | Primera División and Copa de la Liga champions |
| AFA | Active | 2022– | Primera División and Trofeo de Campeones (LPF) champions | |
- Notes
Titles by club
| width=150px | Club | width=50px | Titles | width=800px | Winning years |
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| | 1919, 1925 Copa de Competencia Jockey Club, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1940, 1944 Copa Ibarguren, 1926 Copa Estímulo, 1946 Copa de Competencia Británica, 1969, 2012, 2015, 2020 Copa Argentina, 2018, 2022 Supercopa Argentina, 2020, 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional |
| | 1914 Copa de Competencia Jockey Club, 1937, 1941, 1942, 1952 Copa Ibarguren, 1941 Copa Adrián C. Escobar, 1932 Copa de Competencia (LAF), 2014 Copa Campeonato, 2016, 2017, 2019 Copa Argentina, 2017, 2019, 2023 Supercopa Argentina, 2021, 2023 Trofeo de Campeones (LPF) |
| | 1912, 1913, 1915, 1917 Copa de Honor MCBA, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918 Copa Ibarguren, 1932 Copa Beccar Varela, 1933 Copa de Competencia (LAF), 1945 Copa de Competencia Británica, 2019 Trofeo de Campeones (SAF), 2022 Trofeo de Campeones (LPF), 2022 Supercopa Internacional |
| | 1914 Copa de Competencia La Nación, 1918 Copa de Honor MCBA, 1917 Copa de Competencia Jockey Club, 1924, 1925, 1926 Copa de Competencia (AAm), 1938, 1939 Copa Ibarguren, 1939 Copa Adrián C. Escobar |
| | 1920 Copa Estímulo, 1922, 1925 Copa Ibarguren, 1942, 1943 Copa Adrián C. Escobar, 1944 Copa de Competencia Británica, 2014 Copa Argentina, 2014 Supercopa Argentina |
| | 1913 Copa de Competencia La Nación, 1915 Copa Ibarguren, 1916 Copa de Honor MCBA, 1916 Copa de Competencia Jockey Club, 1920 Copa de Competencia (AAm), 2018 Copa Argentina, 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional |
| | 1905, 1906 Copa de Honor MCBA, 1907, 1908, 1909 Copa de Competencia Jockey Club |
| | 1944 Copa Adrián C. Escobar, 1945 Copa General Pedro Ramírez, 2023 Copa Argentina. 2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional |
| | 1909 Copa de Honor MCBA, 1911, 1912, 1913 Copa de Competencia Jockey Club |
| | 1955 Copa Campeonato Juan Domingo Perón, 2016 Copa Bicentenario, 2016 Supercopa Argentina |
| | 1911 Copa de Honor MCBA, 1921 Copa Ibarguren, 1949 Copa Adrián C. Escobar |
| | 1915, 1918 Copa de Competencia Jockey Club |
| | 2013 Copa Argentina, 2012 Supercopa Argentina |
| | 1943 Copa General Pedro Ramírez, 2015 Supercopa Argentina |
| | 1907 Copa de Honor MCBA |
| | 1908 Copa de Honor MCBA |
| | 1910 Copa de Competencia Jockey Club |
| | 1920 Copa de Honor MCBA |
| | 1920 Copa Ibarguren |
| | 1921 Copa de Competencia Jockey Club |
| | 1931 Copa de Competencia Jockey Club |
| | 1933 Copa Beccar Varela |
| | 1933 Copa de Competencia Jockey Club |
| | 1944 Copa General Pedro Ramírez |
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| | 1959–60 Copa de Campeones de la República Argentina |
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| | 2013 Supercopa Argentina |
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- Notes
Other cups
Apart from the cups mentioned, there were other competitions such as Copa Bullrich (contested from 1903 to 1934 by teams of lower divisions) and Copa Presidente de la Nación (contested from representatives of regional leagues), originally organised by dissident Asociación Amateurs de Football (1920–26) and then continued by AFA from 1927 to 1989).
Because of not having been contested by Primera División clubs, these cups are not included in the list of national cups by the Argentine Association although they were official competitions.[6]
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/argcuphist.html Argentina - Domestic Cup History
- http://www.copaargentina.org/es/noticias/2948_El-trofeo-mas-anejo-del-futbol-argentino.html "El trofeo más añejo del fútbol argentino" at AFA website
- http://www.afa.org.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7793&Itemid=128 Orígenes de la Asociación on AFA website
- http://www.espndeportes.com/news/story?id=1834058&s=arg&type=story "Presentaron Superfinal Vélez-Newell's"
- http://www.diariouno.com.ar/deportes/Un-Copa-con-mucha-historia-20130627-0024.html "Una Copa con mucha historia", Diario Uno
- http://www.afa.com.ar/institucional/campeones-primera-division.php Campeones de Copas Nacionales
- https://www.ole.com.ar/equipos/lanus/lanus-estrella-copa-juan-domingo-peron-afa_0_el6Tx61ehY.html Lanús tiene una nueva estrella: ¿qué título le dieron?
- https://www.lanacion.com.ar/deportes/futbol/lanus-sumo-una-nueva-estrella-a-su-historia-y-los-hinchas-celebran-la-determinacion-de-la-afa-nid29102024/ Lanús sumó una nueva estrella a su historia y los hinchas celebran la determinación de la AFA
- https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg-ccra59.html Argentina - Argentine Republic Champions Championship 1959
