The Copa de Competencia Jockey Club was an official Argentine football cup competition contested between 1907 and 1933.Campeones de Copas nacionales on AFA website The winner of this Cup was allowed to play the Tie Cup against the Uruguayan champion of Copa de Competencia.
Alumni and San Isidro are the most winning teams of the competition, with 3 titles each.
History
The Copa de Competencia Jockey Club was first awarded in 1907, being Alumni its first winner. Teams affiliated to the Argentine Football Association and Liga Rosarina de Football were allowed to enter this competition. Rosarian teams participated until the 1919 edition. From the 1921 edition, only teams from the cities of Buenos Aires and La Plata took part of the competition.La vieja Copa Jockey Club, 8 Mar 2019
After the final edition of the Tie Cup in 1919, the Copa de Competencia Jockey Club was played on four more occasions in 1921, 1925, 1931 and 1936. It was contested on a total of 17 occasions and the most successful teams were Alumni and San Isidro with three titles each.Copa de Competencia Jockey Club (see section 2.1) by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF (archived, 17 Apr 2010)
The trophy was donated by the Jockey Club, an exclusive social club created in 1882 by lawyer and senator Carlos Pellegrini (who later would become President of Argentina) to gather the most important and prominent men of Argentina's high society.La aristocrática historia del Jockey Club, el lugar de la elite porteña donde las mujeres no podían ser socias by Adrián Pignatelli on Infobae, 1 Jul 2022
List of champions
Finals The following list includes all the editions of the Copa de Competencia:
Ed. Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue City 1907 Alumni Belgrano A.C. Belgrano A.C. Buenos Aires 1908 Alumni Argentino (Q) Belgrano A.C. Buenos Aires 1909 Alumni Newell's Old Boys Banco Nación Buenos Aires 1910 Estudiantes (BA) Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) Palermo Buenos Aires 1911 San Isidro Estudiantes (BA) C.A. San Isidro San Isidro 1912 San Isidro Quilmes Estadio del CASI San Isidro Quilmes A.C. Quilmes 1913 San Isidro Racing Racing Avellaneda 1914 River Plate Newell's Old Boys Racing Avellaneda 1915 Porteño Racing Porteño Buenos Aires 1916 Rosario Central Independiente Racing Avellaneda 1917 Independiente Estudiantes (LP) GEBA Buenos Aires 1918 Porteño River Plate Porteño Buenos Aires 1919 Boca Juniors Rosario Central GEBA Buenos Aires 1921 Sportivo Barracas Nueva Chicago Del Plata Buenos Aires 1925 Boca Juniors Argentinos Juniors Boca Juniors Buenos Aires Boca Juniors Buenos Aires 1931 Sportivo Balcarce Almagro All Boys Buenos Aires Excursionistas Buenos Aires 1933 Nueva Chicago Banfield Almagro Buenos Aires Notes
Titles by team RankTeamTitlesYears won Alumni 1907, 1908, 1909 San Isidro 1911, 1912, 1913 Porteño 1915, 1918 Boca Juniors 1919, 1925 Estudiantes (BA) 1910 River Plate 1914 Rosario Central 1916 Independiente 1917 Sportivo Barracas 1921 Sportivo Balcarce 1931 Nueva Chicago 1933
See also Copa de Competencia (Uruguay) Tie Cup
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