1898 Argentine Primera División

7th season of top-tier football league in Argentina

Football league season

Primera DivisiónSeason| 1898

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Champions| Lomas (5th title)
Promoted| Lobos
United Banks
Relegated| (none)
Matches played| 43
Top goalscorer|  T.F. Allen (Lanús A.C.)
(11 goals)
Biggest home win| Belgrano A.C. 7-1 Palermo A.C.
Biggest away win| Palermo A.C. 0-8 Lanús A.C.

← 1897

1899 →

The 1898 Argentine Primera División was the 7th season of top division football in Argentina. It was won by Lomas, achieving its 5th Argentine championship in 6 seasons. The runner-up was Lobos.[1] Flores AC and Belgrano AC "B" left the championship, being replaced by Lobos -which returned to the Association- and new team United Banks.[2]

## Primera división

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### Final standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | Lomas (C) | 12  | 8  | 4  | 0  | 20  | 4  | +16  | 20
2  | Lobos | 12  | 9  | 2  | 1  | 21  | 6  | +15  | 20
3  | Belgrano A.C. | 12  | 8  | 1  | 3  | 24  | 10  | +14  | 17
4  | Lanús A.C. | 12  | 6  | 1  | 5  | 29  | 12  | +17  | 13
5  | United Banks  | 12  | 4  | 2  | 6  | 16  | 20  | −4  | 10
6  | Palermo A.C.  | 12  | 2  | 0  | 10  | 10  | 47  | −37  | 4
7  | Banfield | 12  | 0  | 0  | 12  | 3  | 24  | −21  | 0

Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

### Championship playoff

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Lomas and Lobos finished first with 20 points each so they had to play a match to define a champion. After the first game was declared null by the Association attending to a request by Lobos, a second match was played, with Lomas winning the title.[2][3]

Aug 28, 1898

Lomas| 1−0| Lobos

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| Report |

Barker Memorial School, Lomas de Zamora

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### Rematch

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Sep 11, 1898

Lomas| 2−1| Lobos

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Anderson
Jordan  | Report |

Barker Memorial School, Lomas de Zamora

Referee: W. McEwen

Team details

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GK |  | P. J. Grant
DF |  | Walter Stirling
DF |  | Joseph H. Walker
MF |  | Arthur Anderson
MF |  | Frederick Henry Jacobs
MF |  | Charles Williams Reynolds (c)
FW |  | Henry B. Anderson
FW |  | George Mervyn Comber
FW |  | James Oswald Anderson
FW |  |  William Newton Stirling
FW |  | Frank John Chevallier Boutell
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GK |  | Armando Coste
DF |  | Tomás Patricio Moore (c)
DF |  | Walter Buchanan
MF |  | T. Cavanagh
MF |  | Patrick M. Rath
MF |  | Eduardo Buchanan
FW |  | H. Wilson
FW |  | Juan José Moore
FW |  | Herbert Harold Jordan
FW |  | Eugenio F. Moore
FW |  | J. Negron

## References

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1. ^ Final tables in Argentina: 1890s at RSSSF
2. ^ a b Argentina 1898 at Historia y Fútbol
3. ^ Desempates en el fútbol argentino by Ricardo Gorosito on CIHF, 15 Jan 2015

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