 An Alumni team of 1909 | |||||||
| Event | 1909Copa de Competencia | ||||||
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| Date | 1909 | ||||||
| Venue | Banco de la Nación Field,Buenos Aires | ||||||
←1908 1910 → | |||||||
The1909Copa de Competencia Jockey Club final was thefootball match that decided the champion of the 3rd. edition of thisNational cup of Argentina.[1] In the match, played at the Banco de la Nación Field inColegiales,Buenos Aires on 22 August 1909,Alumni defeatedNewell's Old Boys 5–1.[2] to win their third consecutive Copa de Competencia trophy.[3]
This would be the last Copa de Competencia won by the legendary team before the club was dissolved in 1911.
| Team | Previous final app. |
|---|---|
| Alumni | 1907,1908 |
| Newell's Old Boys | (none) |
The 1909 edition was contested by 14 clubs, 9 withinBuenos Aires Province and 5 fromLiga Rosarina de Football. Alumni reached the final after beatingProvincial 4–0 at the Banco de la Nación Field inColegiales (where Alumni played all their home matches that year).,[2]Rosario Central 3–1 in the same venue, andSan Isidro 3–2 inthe homonymous district in Greater Buenos Aires.[1]
On the other hand, Newell's Old Boys eliminatedBelgrano A.C. (3–3, 5–2 in playoff) and advancing to quarterfinal where theRosarino squad eliminatedRiver Plate after three matches as visitor (0–0, 2–2, and 5–2 in second playoff),[4] to finally defeatingEstudiantes (BA) 2–1 to reach the final.[2]
This edition of the competition also registered the largest score in any tournament organised by AFA, when Estudiantes (BA) defeated Lomas Athletic 18–0 in Palermo on May 25. ForwardMaximiliano Susan scored 12 goals (7 of them consecutively), a record that remains nowadays.[5][6][2] The catastrophic defeat also caused Lomas A.C. disaffiliated from the Association at the end of the1909 season (where the team finished last, being relegated),[7] The club not only disaffiliated but quit association football forever.[8]
| Alumni | Round | Newell's Old Boys | ||||
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| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||
| Provincial | 4–0 (H) | Round of 8 | Belgrano A.C. | 3–3, 5–2 (H) | ||
| Rosario Central | 3–1 (H) | Quarterfinal | River Plate | 0–0, 2–2, 5–2 (A) | ||
| San Isidro | 3–2 (A) | Semifinal | Estudiantes (BA) | 2–1 (A) | ||
         Alumni |  Newell's
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