1929 Argentine Primera División

Primera División

Season	1929
Champions	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) (1° title)
Promoted	Colegiales
Relegated	(none)
Top goalscorer	José Cortecce Manuel Seoane (13 goals each)
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The 1929 Argentine Primera División was the 38° season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on July 21, 1929, and ended on February 30, 1930. This season saw the 35 teams of Primera, divided into two groups. The top 2 of each group qualified for the final stages of the tournament, which was eventually won by Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP).

The season was marred by mass abandonment of games, defending Argentine champion Huracán withdrew from 8 of its fixtures leaving them to finish in 14th place in the group. Several other teams withdrew from multiple games. Abandonments of games, discontinuations, and withdrawals were quite common in these early seasons (cf., for instance, the second half of the 1930 season ).

Colegiales returned to the first division after winning the Primera B championship last year.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pts	G	W	D	L	Gf	Ga	Gd
1	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	28	17	14	0	3	33	11	+22
2	River Plate	27	17	12	3	2	28	11	+17
3	Lanús	24	17	8	8	1	31	17	+14
4	Racing Club	24	17	10	4	3	24	17	+7
5	Almagro	21	17	8	5	4	19	18	+1
6	Talleres (BA)	19	17	7	5	5	16	13	+3
7	San Fernando	17	17	6	5	6	31	20	+11
8	Colegiales	17	17	5	7	5	28	28	0
9	El Porvenir	17	17	7	3	7	19	26	-7
10	Estudiantes (LP)	16	17	7	2	8	32	20	+12
11	Tigre	15	17	5	5	7	28	23	+5
12	Argentino del Sud	15	17	6	3	8	14	24	-10
13	Banfield	14	17	5	4	8	18	23	-5
14	Huracán	13	17	6	1	10	26	11	+15
15	Atlanta	11	17	4	3	10	10	24	-14
16	San Isidro	9	17	3	3	11	14	36	-22
17	Estudiantes (BA)	8	17	2	4	11	8	41	-33
18	Platense	7	17	3	1	13	7	23	-16

Group B

Pos	Team	Pts	G	W	D	L	Gf	Ga	Gd
1	Boca Juniors	27	16	13	1	2	31	11	+20
2	San Lorenzo	27	16	12	3	1	42	15	+27
3	Independiente	20	16	7	6	3	38	18	+20
4	Estudiantil Porteño	20	16	8	4	4	26	21	+5
5	Chacarita Juniors	20	16	8	4	4	23	20	+3
6	Vélez Sarsfield	20	16	9	2	5	23	21	+2
7	Argentinos Juniors	15	16	5	5	6	16	22	-6
8	Barracas Central	15	16	7	1	8	16	30	-14
9	Sportivo Palermo	14	16	6	2	8	14	21	-7
10	Quilmes	14	16	6	2	8	8	26	-18
11	Defensores de Belgrano	12	16	4	4	8	12	18	-6
12	Sportivo Buenos Aires	12	16	4	4	8	20	19	+1
13	Excursionistas	12	16	5	2	9	20	33	-13
14	Argentino de Quilmes	11	16	4	3	9	16	17	-1
15	Argentino de Banfield	11	16	3	5	8	21	28	-7
16	Ferro Carril Oeste	10	16	2	6	8	23	25	-2
17	Sportivo Barracas	10	16	3	4	9	13	17	-4

As Boca Juniors and San Lorenzo finished level on points, they needed a playoff to decide which team went to the final and which to the 3rd/4th place playoff.

Playoff

19 January 1930

Boca Juniors	2-2	San Lorenzo
Kuko Evaristo		D. García Arrieta

River Plate

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26 January 1930

Boca Juniors	2-2	San Lorenzo
Evaristo Muttis		D. García Foresto

Racing Club

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2 February 1930

Boca Juniors	3-1	San Lorenzo
Evaristo (2) Moreyras	Report	Carricaberry

River Plate

Third place

9 February 1930

River Plate	wp/lp	San Lorenzo
	Report

Final

9 February 1930

Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	2-1	Boca Juniors
Maleanni 62', 70'	Report	Di Gianno (o.g.) 30'

River Plate

Referee: Manuel Jurado

Gimnasia y Esg. (LP)

Boca Juniors

GK Felipe Scarpone DF Julio Di Giano DF Evaristo Delovo MF Vicente Ruscitti MF Juan Santillán MF Antonio Belli FW Miguel Curell FW Francisco Varallo FW Martín Maleanni FW Jesús Díaz FW Ismael Morgada

GK Alejandro Mena DF Ludovico Bidoglio DF Luis Strada MF Américo Amoia MF Manuel Fleitas Solich MF Adolfo Pedemonte FW Donato Penella FW Esteban Kuko FW Mario Evaristo FW Roberto Cherro FW Antonio Alberino