1906 Argentine Primera División

15th season of top-tier football league in Argentina

Football league season

Primera División
Alumni, champion
Season	1906
Dates	29 April – 7 October
Champions	Alumni (6th title)
Promoted	San Isidro Argentino (Q) San Martín A.C. Belgrano Extra
Relegated	(none)
Matches played	51
Goals scored	215 (4.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Eliseo Brown (Alumni) Percy Hooton (Quilmes) Henry Lawrie (Lomas) Carlos Whalley (Belgrano A.C.) (8 goals each)
Biggest home win	Reformer 11–0 Barracas A.C.
Biggest away win	Belgrano Extra 1–5 Alumni
← 1905 1907 →

The 1906 Argentine Primera División was the 15th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The 1906 championship was expanded to include 11 teams. The teams were split into two groups with each team playing the others in their group twice.^[1] The two group winners played in a championship decider.^[2]

The season began on April 29 and ended on October 7.^[2] San Isidro, Argentino de Quilmes and San Martín A.C. (from the homonymous city) made their debuts in Primera. Belgrano A.C. also registered a "B" team (named "Belgrano Extra") to play the tournament. Alumni regaining the Argentine championship for the 6th time in seven seasons.^[3]

Final tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lomas	10	7	1	2	23	14	+9	15
2	San Martín A.C.	10	5	2	3	17	9	+8	12
3	Estudiantes (BA)	10	6	0	4	22	19	+3	12
4	San Isidro	10	5	0	5	23	22	+1	10
5	Reformer	10	4	0	6	30	22	+8	8
6	Barracas A.C.	10	1	1	8	8	37	−29	1^[a]

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 2 points deducted

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Alumni (C)	8	7	1	28	6	+22	14
2	Quilmes	8	6	2	26	13	+13	12
3	Belgrano A.C.	8	5	3	23	15	+8	10
4	Argentino (Q)	8	1	7	5	19	−14	2
5	Belgrano Extra	8	1	7	9	38	−29	2

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

Championship final

Date	Team 1	Res.	Team 2	Venue	City
7 Oct	Alumni	4–0	Lomas	Estadio C.A. Porteño	Buenos Aires

Matchd details

1906 Argentine Primera División Final

7 October 1906

Alumni	4–0	Lomas
Lett 24' Eliseo Brown 35', 43' Campbell 80' (o.g.)	Report

C.A. Porteño Stadium, Palermo

Referee: W. A. Jordan


GK		José Buruca Laforia
DF		Juan Domingo Brown
DF		Jorge Brown
MF		Andrés Mack
MF		Carlos Buchanan
MF		Patricio Barron Browne
FW		Gottlob Eduardo Weiss
FW		Carlos Lett
FW		Arnold Watson Hutton
FW		Ernesto Brown
FW		Eliseo Brown


GK		R. E. Green
DF		R. Walker
DF		Jack B. Campbell
MF		O. Saint J. Gebbie
MF		William Stirling
MF		O. W. Pfeiffer
FW		Roberto Cotman
FW		Duncan H. Cotman
FW		G. E. Evans
FW		Arturo Jacobs
FW		J. Henry Lawrie