Season 1931 | ||
Champions Estudiantil Porteño (AFA), Boca Juniors (LAF) People also search for 1935 Argentine Primera División | ||
The 1931 Primera División season was the 40 season of top-flight football in Argentina and the first to be professional in the country, after eighteen clubs broke away from the amateur league structure to form the professional league, "Liga Argentina de Football" (LAF). The inaugural champions was Boca Juniors led by coach Mario Fortunato. The top scorer of the championship was Alberto Zozaya of Estudiantes de La Plata with 33 goals.
The official body (AFA) remained amateur under the denomination "Asociación Amateurs Argentina de Football".
Championship playoff
Estudiantil Porteño and Almagro finished level on points at the top of the table, so a championship playoff was played to proclaim a champion.
References
1931 Argentine Primera División Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA