1936 Argentine Primera División

45th season of top-tier football league in Argentina

Football league season

Copa de Honor: San Lorenzo (5th. title)
Copa Campeonato: River Plate (3rd. title)
Copa de Oro: River Plate (4th. title) ^[1]

1936 Copa AldaoRiver Plate

← 1935

1937 →

The 1936 Argentine Primera División was the 45th season of top-flight football in Argentina. Two regular championships were disputed that year, "Copa de Honor" (won by San Lorenzo) and "Copa Campeonato" (won by River Plate).^[2]

At the end of the season, both champions, River and San Lorenzo, played a single match for the "Copa de Oro" trophy. River Plate won the match, that would be recognised as an additional league title.^[3]

Final tables

Copa de Honor

Football league season

Copa de Honor
San Lorenzo, Copa de Honor champions
Season	1936
Dates	5 April – 26 July
Champions	San Lorenzo (5th title)
Top goalscorer	Alberto Zozaya (Estudiantes (LP)) (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Estudiantes (LP) 7–1 Tigre
Biggest away win	Ferro 2–6 Independiente Chacarita 2–6 S. Lorenzo
← 1935 1937 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	San Lorenzo	17	12	4	1	45	21	+24	28
2	Huracán	17	11	3	3	30	20	+10	25
3	Boca Juniors	17	10	4	3	36	17	+19	24
4	Vélez Sarsfield	17	10	2	5	40	25	+15	22
5	Independiente	17	9	4	4	35	35	0	22
6	River Plate	17	9	3	5	35	35	0	21
7	Atlanta	17	8	3	6	34	38	−4	19
8	Racing	17	8	2	7	34	38	−4	18
9	Quilmes	17	7	4	6	27	26	+1	18
10	Chacarita Juniors	17	7	4	6	31	31	0	18
11	Estudiantes (LP)	17	8	1	8	40	34	+6	17
12	Platense	17	6	4	7	23	26	−3	16
13	Ferro Carril Oeste	17	5	4	8	46	44	+2	14
14	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	17	4	5	8	33	45	−12	13
15	Talleres (RE)	17	6	0	11	27	30	−3	12
16	Lanús	17	3	3	11	29	43	−14	9
17	Tigre	17	2	3	12	17	42	−25	7
18	Argentinos Juniors	17	1	1	15	15	54	−39	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Copa Campeonato

Football league season

Copa Campeonato
River Plate, Copa Campeonato champion
Season	1936
Dates	16 August – 13 December
Champions	River Plate (3rd title)
Top goalscorer	Evaristo Barrera (Racing) (19 goals)
Biggest home win	V. Sarsfield 8–1 Tigre
Biggest away win	Chacarita 3–7 Independiente
← 1935 1937 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	River Plate	17	13	2	2	49	19	+30	28
2	San Lorenzo	17	11	2	4	41	24	+17	24
3	Racing	17	10	3	4	43	27	+16	23
4	Independiente	17	10	1	6	32	29	+3	21
5	Boca Juniors	17	9	2	6	39	19	+20	20
6	Atlanta	17	8	3	6	39	30	+9	19
7	Platense	17	6	7	4	26	29	−3	19
8	Huracán	17	7	4	6	32	22	+10	18
9	Argentinos Juniors	17	7	4	6	26	32	−6	18
10	Ferro Carril Oeste	17	7	3	7	30	36	−6	17
11	Estudiantes (LP)	17	6	4	7	32	32	0	16
12	Chacarita Juniors	17	6	4	7	36	42	−6	16
13	Vélez Sarsfield	17	7	1	9	45	35	+10	15
14	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	17	6	2	9	31	48	−17	14
15	Lanús	17	5	2	10	27	43	−16	12
16	Quilmes	17	4	3	10	24	39	−15	11
17	Tigre	17	2	4	11	21	43	−22	8
18	Talleres (RE)	17	1	5	11	19	43	−24	7

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Copa de Oro

Football match

1936 Copa de Oro

River Plate	San Lorenzo
Copa Campeonato	Copa de Honor
4	2

Date

December 20, 1936; 87 years ago (1936-12-20)

Venue

Independiente

Trophy disputed by both champions of the two competitions contested that year, San Lorenzo (Copa de Honor) and River Plate (Copa Campeonato). In June 2013 (77 years after the match was played) the AFA cited on its website the "Copa de Oro" as a league title for River Plate. The "Copa de Honor" was also included as a league title for San Lorenzo de Almagro.^[1]^[4]^[3]

Nevertheless, some historians consider the "Copa de Oro" a domestic cup title, instead of a league championship, stating that this cup was only contested to qualify an Argentine representative to play the Copa Aldao against the Uruguayan champion.^[5] Otherwise, the AFA's Memoria y Balance 1936 (Annual Report) cited River Plate as "Campeón 1936" mentioning both titles won, Copa de Oro and Copa Campeonato, while San Lorenzo is only mentioned as "Copa de Honor winner".^[6]

Details

1936 Copa de Oro

20 December 1936

River Plate	4–2	San Lorenzo
Cesarini 39' Chividini 73' (o.g.) Pedernera 76' Ferreyra 86'	Report	Pantó 55' Canteli 81'

Independiente Stadium, Avellaneda

Referee: Bartolomé Macías

River Plate

San Lorenzo



GK		Sebastián Sirni
DF		Luis Vassini
DF		Alberto Cuello
MF		Esteban Malazzo
MF		José M. Minella
MF		Aarón Wergifker
FW		Carlos Peucelle
FW		Renato Cesarini
FW		Bernabé Ferreyra
FW		José M. Moreno
FW		Adolfo Pedernera
Manager:
Imre Hirschl



GK		Sebastián Gualco
DF		Oscar Tarrío
DF		Lorenzo Gilli
MF		Ismael Arrese
MF		Mario Scavone
MF		Alberto Chividini
FW		Rubén Cavadini
FW		Ricardo Alarcón
FW		Genaro Canteli
FW		Diego García
FW		Miguel A. Pantó
Manager:
José Fossa

Copa de Oro 1936 winner
River Plate 4th title

References

^ ^a ^b Campeones de Primera División on AFA website
^ Argentina 1936 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on RSSSF.com
^ ^a ^b "La AFA le dio un campeonato a River y a San Lorenzo y se desató la polémica" on CanchaLlena.com, 5 July 2013
^ "¿River y San Lorenzo campeones... de 1936?" on Goal.com, 5 Jul 2013
^ Un título que 80 años después sigue generando controversia by Oscar Barnade on Clarín, 21 Dec 2016
^ Memoria y Balance General 1936, p. 24 on the Argentine Football Association Library