The First Division Championship is the longest continuous league tournament in the world. And River wins the most.
While many would like to erase four decades with a stroke of the pen, Argentine football has a rich history dating back to the last decade of the 19th century: played uninterruptedly since its first edition in 1893, the First Division Championship organized by the AFA (and formerly administered by their predecessor organizations) is the league tournament that has been taking place continuously on the entire planet for the longest time.
With teams that no longer participate in professional football but excelled in the early years, such as Alumni; a race that knew how to be the great dominator of amateurism, taking the still unattainable seven consecutive titles; and a River and Boca that dominated professionalism in a big way, this is the list of the most winning teams in the Argentine First Division.
He Millionaire It is the team that has won the most official local AFA tournaments, between amateurism and professionalism. The first title (and the only one they won in the amateur era) was the 1920 championship, while the last celebration on the national field was the 2021 Professional League Tournament.
The Xeneize adds 35 national conquests between amateurism (6 titles) and professionalism (29 titles). The first prize was the 1919 championship and the last was achieved by winning the 2022 Professional League tournament.
RACING – 18 LOCAL TITLES
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The Academy, which holds the record of winning seven consecutive titles between 1913 and 1919, holds nine championships in the amateur era and another nine in professionalism. The most recent was the one he got in the 2018-19 Super League with Lisandro López as a symbol.
INDEPENDENT – 16 LOCAL TITLES
El Rojo is the fourth most championship club at the local level, although it has not added any crowns in over two decades. His first championship came in 1922 (one of two he won in the amateur era), while the last local-level celebration came in the 2002 Apertura tournament as Américo Rubén Gallego as coach.
SAN LORENZO – 15 LOCAL TITLES
The Cyclone has three titles in amateurism and 12 in professionalism. It achieved its first local championship in 1923 and last celebrated it a decade ago, at the 2013 Initial Tournament.
VÉLEZ – 10 LOCAL TITLES
He Fort He was only professional champion. His first dedication was in the 1968 Nacional, while the last celebration was in the superfinal of the 2012-2013 Argentine tournament by Ricardo Gareca, in a star that has the particularity of being the only league title in football history. was played in one game.
OTHER CHAMPIONS
Alumni won 10 amateur level titles, Estudiantes de La Plata won six, five in the professional era and one in amateurism; Newell’s also has six, all professional. Huracán (one of them in the professional era) and Lomas Athletic appear with five, all at the amateur level.
Below Rosario Central with four Olympic rounds in the pro era; Argentinos Juniors appears with three titles in professionalism, while Belgrano Athletic has three, but in amateurism.
Lanús and Ferro have two victories in professionalism, while Quilmes also has two titles, but one in amateurism. Estudiantil Porteño and Porteño appear with two at amateur level. With only one achievement in professionalism, Arsenal, Banfield and Chacarita and Tigre (the Super League Cup 2018) while Gimnasia La Plata, Sportivo Barracas, Sportivo Dock Sud and Saint Andrew’s have a trophy in amateurism.
Source: Goal