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Argentine Football Association

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Argentine Football Association
CONMEBOL
Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (crest).svg
Founded21 February 1893; 129 years ago (1893-02-21) [1]
HeadquartersViamonte 1366, Buenos Aires, Argentina
FIFA affiliation1 July 1912; 110 years ago (1912-07-01)
CONMEBOL affiliation9 July 1916; 106 years ago (1916-07-09)
PresidentClaudio Tapia[2]
Vice-President
List
Websiteafa.com.ar

The Argentine Football Association (Spanish: Asociación del Fútbol Argentino, locally [asosjaˈsjon del ˈfuðβol aɾxenˈtino]; AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires. It organises the main divisions of Argentine league system (from Primera División to Torneo Regional Federal and Primera D), including domestic cups: Copa Argentina, Supercopa Argentina, Copa de la Liga Profesional, Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional and the Supercopa Internacional. The body also manages all the Argentina national teams, including the Senior, U-20, U-17, U-15, Olympic and women's squads. Secondly, it also organizes the women's, children, youth, futsal, and other local leagues.

The AFA also organised all the Primera División championships from 1893 to 2016–17. From the 2017–18 season the "Superliga Argentina", an entity which was administrated independently and had its own statute, took over the Primera División championships.[3] Nevertheless, the Superliga was contractually linked with the main football body.[4] The last championship organised by the Superliga was 2019–20, shortly after the season ended the body was dissolved.[5]

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Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia, Italy. Buenos Aires is classified as an alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking.

Argentine football league system

Argentine football league system

The Argentine football league system include tournaments organised by the Argentine Football Association. Clubs affiliated to the body compete in the tournaments, which are split into categories or divisions.

Argentine Primera División

Argentine Primera División

The Primera División, known officially as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).

Argentina national football team

Argentina national football team

The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body for football in Argentina.

Argentina national under-20 football team

Argentina national under-20 football team

The Argentina national under-20 football team is the representative of Argentina in FIFA-sponsored tournaments that pertain to that age level.

Argentina national under-17 football team

Argentina national under-17 football team

The Argentina national U-17 football team is the representative of Argentina within all FIFA sponsored tournaments that pertain to that age level.

Argentina national under-23 football team

Argentina national under-23 football team

The Argentina Olympic football team represents Argentina in international football competitions during Olympic Games and Pan American Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overage players. The team is controlled by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).

Argentina women's national football team

Argentina women's national football team

The Argentina women's national football team represents Argentina in international women's football. Like their men's counterpart, the women's team has been known or nicknamed as "La Albiceleste ".

1893 Argentine Primera División

1893 Argentine Primera División

The 1893 Primera División was the 2nd season in top-flight football in Argentina and the first organized by current Argentine Football Association, established that same year by Alexander Watson Hutton, considered "the father" of Argentine football.

2016–17 Argentine Primera División

2016–17 Argentine Primera División

The 2016–17 Argentine Primera División – Torneo de la Independencia was the 127th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The tournament was named in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Independence of Argentina.

2017–18 Argentine Primera División

2017–18 Argentine Primera División

The 2017–18 Argentine Primera División - Superliga Argentina was the 128th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season began on 25 August 2017 and ended on 14 May 2018.

2019–20 Argentine Primera División

2019–20 Argentine Primera División

The 2019–20 Argentine Primera División - Superliga Argentina was the 130th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The league season began on 26 July 2019 and ended on 9 March 2020.

History

The Argentine Association Football League (in English) was founded on 21 February 1893 by Alexander Watson Hutton, considered "the father" of Argentine football.[6] The Argentine Association is the oldest in South America and one of the oldest to be formed outside Europe. In 1906 Florencio Martínez de Hoz became the first Argentine-born president of the association.[7]

In 1912 the president of Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA), Ricardo Aldao, broke up with the association establishing an own league, the "Federación Argentina de Football" which organized a parallel tournament. Some teams moved to the FAF were Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP), Independiente, Estudiantes (LP) and Atlanta. The league lasted until 1914 when rejoining Asociación Argentina de Football forming a unique league for the 1915 season.

The second dissident league was formed in 1919 and named "Asociación Amateurs de Football", organizing its own championships (as FAF had done) until 1926 when it merged to the official association. The dissident league included some of the most prominent teams such as River Plate, Racing, Independiente and San Lorenzo, with the exception of Boca Juniors that remained in the official "Asociación Argentina de Football".

When both leagues merged for the 1927 season, the association was again renamed to "Asociación Amateur Argentina de Football" until the professionalization of the sport in 1931 when it switched to "Liga Argentina de Football". The first round of the recently created professional championship was on 31 May 1931.[1][8]

Despite football turning professional in Argentina, some clubs wanted to remain amateur so they formed a new league, the "Asociación de Football Amateur y Profesionales", which organized a parallel tournament until 1934 when the dissident association merged with LAF on 3 November 1934 to form the "Asociación del Football Argentino" which has remained since.[1][9]

In 2015, during the presidential elections to elect a new president for the body, there were two candidates to occupy Julio Humberto Grondona's chair, Marcelo Tinelli –who wanted a change in how things were going, like eliminating corruption between some clubs and the AFA– and Luis Segura, who had taken charge after Grondona's death, with the intention of extending his mandate.

With 75 presidents of different Argentine clubs voting, on election day something went wrong when the final count resulted in a draw of 38 to 38 (76 votes in total). The explanation given was that one of the electors put a double vote and that mistake was not reported. As a result, the executive committee decided to postpone the election.[10]

After some meetings to put an end to the conflict, both candidates agreed to have another election in June 2016.[11]

In June 2016, AFA president Luis Segura was charged with "aggravated administrative fraud".[12] Segura has been replaced on an interim basis by the AFA's executive secretary, Damián Dupiellet.[13]

In 2017, the association approved the creation of a new entity, named "Superliga Argentina de Fútbol", which would take over the organization of Primera División championship.[14] The main European football leagues such as the English Premier League or the Spanish La Liga, that are organized by associations dedicated exclusively to those championships and run as separate entities from their respective National Associations, served as inspiration for the creation of the Superliga.[15]

The 2016–17 Primera División championship was the last tournament organized by the AFA. Starting with the 2017–18 season to 2019–20 season, the "Superliga Argentina", an entity administrated by itself with its own statute, organised Primera División championships.[3] In March 2020, AFA dissolved the Superliga and took over the Primera División again.[5]

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English language

English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots and then most closely related to the Low German and Frisian languages, English is genealogically Germanic. However, its vocabulary also shows major influences from French and Latin, plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse. Speakers of English are called Anglophones.

Alexander Watson Hutton

Alexander Watson Hutton

Alexander Watson Hutton was a Scottish teacher and sportsman who is considered "The Father of Argentine football". In 1893 he founded the "Argentine Association Football League". He also founded the Buenos Aires English High School and football club Alumni, which was the most successful Argentine team with 22 titles won until its dissolution in 1911.

Europe

Europe

Europe is a continent comprising the westernmost peninsulas of Eurasia, located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe is commonly considered to be separated from Asia by the watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea and the waterways of the Turkish Straits.

Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires

Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires

Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima is an Argentine multi-sports club placed in the city of Buenos Aires. The institution is one of the oldest in the country, having been established in 1880. Gimnasia y Esgrima is also one of the largest clubs of Argentina, with around 30 different disciplines hosted in the three buildings that the institution owns in Buenos Aires.

Federación Argentina de Football

Federación Argentina de Football

The Federación Argentina de Football (FAF) was a dissident football association of Argentina that organised its own championships from 1912 to 1914. The Argentine Football Association did not recognised those championships until both associations were merged in 1914. Currently, all the championships organised by the FAF are considered officials by the AFA.

Club Atlético Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine professional sports club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda in Greater Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its football team, which plays in the Primera División and is considered one of Argentina's Big Five football clubs.

Estudiantes de La Plata

Estudiantes de La Plata

Club Estudiantes de La Plata, simply referred to as Estudiantes de La Plata [estuˈðjantes], is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history.

Club Atlético Atlanta

Club Atlético Atlanta

Club Atlético Atlanta is an Argentine sports club from the Villa Crespo district of Buenos Aires. Nicknamed Los Bohemios, Atlanta is mostly known for its football team, although the institution also hosts the practise of basketball, boxing, martial arts, handball and roller skating. The squad currently plays at Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.

Asociación Amateurs de Football

Asociación Amateurs de Football

The Asociación Amateurs de Football (AAmF) was a dissident football association of Argentina that organised its own championships from 1919 to 1926. The Argentine Football Association did not recognise those championships until both associations were merged in 1926. Currently all the championships organised by the AAmF are considered official by the AFA.

Club Atlético River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate, commonly known as River Plate, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Núñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Founded in 1901, the club is named after the English name for the city's estuary, Río de la Plata. Although many sports are practised at the club, River Plate is best known for its professional football team, which has won Argentina's Primera División championship a record of 37 times, its latest title in 2021. Domestic achievements also include 14 national cups, with the 2021 Trofeo de Campeones as the most recent, making River Plate the country's most successful team in domestic competitions with a total of 51 top-division titles.

Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the Argentine Primera División. The team has won 74 official titles, the most by any Argentine club. National titles won by Boca Juniors include 35 Primera División championships, and 17 domestic cups. Boca Juniors also owns an honorary title awarded by the Argentine Football Association for their successful tour of Europe in 1925.

Liga Argentina de Football

Liga Argentina de Football

The Liga Argentina de Football (LAF) was a dissident football association of Argentina that organised its own professional championships from 1931 to 1934. The Argentine Football Association did not recognise those championships until both associations were merged in 1934. Currently all the championships organised by the LAF are considered officials by the AFA.

Names

The body has been renamed several times since its establishment in 1893, in most of the cases translating the original English names to Spanish. The list of names is the following:[16]

  • Argentine Association Football League (1893–1903) [n1 1]
  • Argentine Football Association (1903–1912)
  • Asociación Argentina de Football (1912–1927)
  • Asociación Amateur Argentina de Football (1927–1931)
  • Asociación de Football Amateurs y Profesionales (1931–1934)
  • Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (1934–present) [n1 2]
Notes
  1. ^ The organisation was founded with the same name as its predecessor, the AAFL of 1891
  2. ^ Translated into Spanish as "Asociación del Fútbol Argentino" in 1946

Current staff

As of October 2021:[17]

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Claudio Tapia

Claudio Tapia

Claudio Fabián "Chiqui" Tapia is an Argentine football executive and current President of the Argentine Football Association and Liga Profesional de Fútbol. At club level, Tapia was president of Barracas Central from 2001 to 2020.

Jorge Amor Ameal

Jorge Amor Ameal

Jorge Amor Ameal, is an Argentine gastronomic entrepreneur, and current President of Boca Juniors after winning the elections in 2019.

Hugo Moyano

Hugo Moyano

Hugo Moyano is an Argentine labour leader who was Secretary General of the CGT, the nation's largest trade union, from 2004 to 2012. A schism developed within the CGT during 2012, and Moyano was elected to head the CGT's dissident faction. He also served as the president of Club Atlético Independiente, one of the biggest football clubs in the country, and as treasurer of the Argentine Football Association. He is the founder and leader of the Party of Culture, Education and Labour (CET).

Marcelo Tinelli

Marcelo Tinelli

Marcelo Hugo Tinelli is an Argentine television and radio host, media producer and businessman, best known as the host of the TV show Showmatch broadcast on Argentina's El Trece.

Argentina national football team

Argentina national football team

The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body for football in Argentina.

Lionel Scaloni

Lionel Scaloni

Lionel Sebastián Scaloni is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who currently coaches the Argentina national team. A versatile player, he operated as a right-back or right midfielder.

Argentina national under-20 football team

Argentina national under-20 football team

The Argentina national under-20 football team is the representative of Argentina in FIFA-sponsored tournaments that pertain to that age level.

Javier Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Javier Alejandro Mascherano is an Argentine professional football coach and former player. As a player, he played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder, most notably for Liverpool, Barcelona and the Argentina national team.

Argentina women's national football team

Argentina women's national football team

The Argentina women's national football team represents Argentina in international women's football. Like their men's counterpart, the women's team has been known or nicknamed as "La Albiceleste ".

Carlos Borrello

Carlos Borrello

José Carlos Borrello is an Argentine football manager who is currently the head coach and technical director of the Argentina women's national team. During his tenure as the manager from 1998 to 2012 and since 2017, he has helped women's teams qualify to all three of their Women's World Cups, all three of their Under-20 World Cups and their only Olympic tournament.

César Luis Menotti

César Luis Menotti

César Luis Menotti, known as El Flaco ("Slim"), is an Argentine former football manager and player who won the 1978 FIFA World Cup as the head coach of the Argentina national team.

Competitions

Official Competitions

The list of official competitions organized by the Argentine Football Association since its creation in 1893 are:[20][21]

Current competitions
Name Organised
Primera División 1891, 1893–2017, 2020–present [n2 1]
Primera B 1899–present
Primera C 1900–present
Primera D 1950–present
Copa Argentina 1969–1970, 2011–present [n2 2]
Primera Nacional 1986–present
Primera División (Futsal) 1986–present
Primera División A (Women´s) 1991–present
Primera División B (Futsal) (es) 1998–present
Torneo del Interior (Women´s) (es) 2012–present
Supercopa Argentina 2012–present [n2 3]
Torneo Federal A 2014–present
Primera División C (Futsal) 2014–present
Primera División B (Women`s) 2016–present
Primera División D (Futsal) 2017–present
Torneo Regional Federal 2018–present
Liga Nacional de Futsal Argentina (es) 2018–present
Primera División C (Women´s) 2019–present
Copa de la Liga Profesional 2020–present
Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional 2020–present
Copa Federal de Fútbol Femenino (es) 2021–present
Supercopa Internacional 2022–present [n2 4]
Defunct competitions
Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires 1905–1936
Copa de Competencia Jockey Club 1913–1933
Copa de Competencia La Nación 1913–1914
Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren 1913–1958
Copa Estímulo 1920–1926
Copa Presidente de la Nación 1927–1989 [n2 5]
Copa Adrián C. Escobar 1939–1949
Campeonato de la República Copa Gral Pedro Ramírez 1943–1945 [n2 6]
Copa de Competencia Británica 1944–1948
Copa Suecia 1958 [n2 7]
Torneo Regional (es) 1967–1985
Torneo del Interior (es) 1986–1995
Copa Centenario de la AFA 1993 [n2 8]
Torneo Argentino A 1995–2014
Torneo Argentino B 1995–2014
Torneo Argentino C 2005–2014
Torneo Nacional de Futsal (es) 2008–2017
Copa Campeonato 2013–2014 [n2 9]
Torneo Federal B 2014–2017
Torneo Federal C (es) 2015–2018
Copa Bicentenario 2016
Notes
  1. ^ In fact, the first official "Primera División" championship was held in 1891 and organized by a precedent association, "Argentine Association Football League", dissolved at the end of the season.[22] Since the 2017–18 season to the 2019–20 season, Primera División was organized by the Superliga Argentina de Fútbol.[3]
  2. ^ The Copa Argentina was re-launched in 2011.[23]
  3. ^ Contested by the champions of Primera División and Copa Argentina.
  4. ^ Contested by the champions of Primera División and Trofeo de Campeones.
  5. ^ Created and first organised by dissident Asociación Amateurs de Football and contested by representatives of regional leagues. When the AAmF folded, the AFA took over the competition, organising it until its last edition in 1989.
  6. ^ Also known as "Campeonato de la República", it received the name "Copa General de División Pedro Pablo Ramírez", due to the trophy having been donated by the de facto President of Argentina, Pedro P. Ramírez
  7. ^ Held once to keep league teams in readiness while the 1958 FIFA World Cup was being played
  8. ^ Held once to celebrate the 100th. anniversary of the Association [24]
  9. ^ Once Inicial and Final tournaments had finished, both winners played a match named "Superfinal". The Association had determined that the first edition (played in 2013) would be considered as a Primera División official title (2012–13 season), therefore Vélez Sársfield was awarded its 10th official championship after defeating Newell's Old Boys.[25] Nevertheless, from the 2014 edition it was determined that the Superfinal would not be considered as a Primera División title but a national cup.[26]

Dissident Competitions

The following table include competitions organized by dissident associations.[21]

Other competitions
Name Time Association
Copa de Competencia (AAm) 1920–1926 Asociación Amateurs de Football
Copa Presidente de la Nación 1920–1926 Asociación Amateurs de Football [n3 1]
Copa de Competencia (LAF) 1932–1933 Liga Argentina de Football
Copa Adrián Beccar Varela 1932–1933 Liga Argentina de Football
Notes
  1. ^ The AFA took over the competition when the AAmF folded.

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Argentine Primera División

Argentine Primera División

The Primera División, known officially as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).

Primera B Metropolitana

Primera B Metropolitana

Primera B Metropolitana is one of two professional leagues that form the third level of the Argentine football league system. The division is made up of 17 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, Greater Buenos Aires.

Copa Argentina

Copa Argentina

The Copa Argentina, officially known as the "Copa Argentina AXION energy" due to sponsorship reasons, is an official football cup competition organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), with the aim of qualifying one club to the Copa Libertadores.

Argentine División de Honor de Futsal

Argentine División de Honor de Futsal

The Primera División de Futsal, is the main futsal league in Argentina. Organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), the first championship was held in 1986.

Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino

Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino

The Primera División A is the main league competition for women's football in Argentina. The tournament is ruled by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), with its first season held in 1991.

Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino de Primera División B

Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino de Primera División B

The Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino de Primera División B, also known as the Segunda División Femenina, is the second-highest division of women's football in Argentina.

Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino de Primera División C

Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino de Primera División C

The Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino de Primera División C, also known as the Tercera División Femenina, is the third-highest division of women's football in Argentina. It was founded in 2019, after the foundation of 16 new teams to the division which is run by the Argentine Football Association. Unión were included also.

Copa de la Liga Profesional

Copa de la Liga Profesional

The Copa de la Liga Profesional is an official Argentine football cup competition. The cup was planned and organised by the "Liga Profesional de Fútbol", a body linked to the Argentine Football Association (AFA) that replaced the defunct Superliga Argentina. This cup was conceived as a contingency competition after the schedule for a regular league season had been repeatedly delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires

Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires

The Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires was an Argentine official football cup competition. It was contested fourteen times between 1905 and 1920.

Copa de Competencia Jockey Club

Copa de Competencia Jockey Club

The Copa de Competencia Jockey Club was an official Argentine football cup competition contested between 1907 and 1933. The winner of this Cup was allowed to play the Tie Cup against the Uruguayan champion of Copa de Competencia.

Copa de Competencia La Nación

Copa de Competencia La Nación

The Copa de Competencia "La Nación" was an official Argentine football cup competition organized by dissident "Federación Argentina de Football" (FAF), being first held in 1913. The tournament only had two editions, the last in 1914.

Copa Ibarguren

Copa Ibarguren

The Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren, also called Campeonato Argentino or simply Copa Ibarguren was an official Argentine football cup competition contested between 1913 and 1958. Between 1913 and 1925, the winner of the cup received the honor to be the "Argentine Champion". That is because the cup faced the two strongest champions of the country, represented by the Buenos Aires league and the Rosario league.

Presidents

Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Interventor
  2. ^ Director
  3. ^ Expelled by the Argentine military dictatorship
  4. ^ When football became professional in Argentina, the teams that wanted to remain amateur formed this league that organized its own tournaments from 1931 to 1934, when it merged with the professional body, with all of its teams being relegated to the second division.[28]

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Alexander Watson Hutton

Alexander Watson Hutton

Alexander Watson Hutton was a Scottish teacher and sportsman who is considered "The Father of Argentine football". In 1893 he founded the "Argentine Association Football League". He also founded the Buenos Aires English High School and football club Alumni, which was the most successful Argentine team with 22 titles won until its dissolution in 1911.

Francis Hepburn Chevallier-Boutell

Francis Hepburn Chevallier-Boutell

Sir Francis Hepburn Chevallier-Boutell F.R.G.S (1851-1937) was a British engineer and sports manager, who served as President of the Argentine Association Football League between 1900 and 1906.

Natalio Botana

Natalio Botana

Natalio Félix Botana Miralles, was an Uruguayan journalist and entrepreneur who founded the Argentine newspaper Crítica in 1913. Published until 1962, Crítica was the most widely circulated newspaper in Latin America.

Pedro Canaveri

Pedro Canaveri

Pedro Canaveri (1891-?) was an Argentine politician and sports manager. He was member of the board of directors and president of the Club Atlético Independiente. In 1946, Canaveri was elected to the post of president of the Argentine Football Association.

Julio Grondona

Julio Grondona

Julio Humberto Grondona was an Argentine football executive. He served as president of the Argentine Football Association from 1979 until his death in 2014. He also served as Senior Vice-President of FIFA.

Claudio Tapia

Claudio Tapia

Claudio Fabián "Chiqui" Tapia is an Argentine football executive and current President of the Argentine Football Association and Liga Profesional de Fútbol. At club level, Tapia was president of Barracas Central from 2001 to 2020.

Federación Argentina de Football

Federación Argentina de Football

The Federación Argentina de Football (FAF) was a dissident football association of Argentina that organised its own championships from 1912 to 1914. The Argentine Football Association did not recognised those championships until both associations were merged in 1914. Currently, all the championships organised by the FAF are considered officials by the AFA.

Asociación Amateurs de Football

Asociación Amateurs de Football

The Asociación Amateurs de Football (AAmF) was a dissident football association of Argentina that organised its own championships from 1919 to 1926. The Argentine Football Association did not recognise those championships until both associations were merged in 1926. Currently all the championships organised by the AAmF are considered official by the AFA.

Juan Mignaburu

Juan Mignaburu

Juan Mignaburu was an Argentine politician, who served as president of the Asociación Amateurs de Football in 1919. He also took care of the management of the Club Atlético Independiente, being his president in 1911-1912, 1917-1918 and 1920-1921.

Liga Argentina de Football

Liga Argentina de Football

The Liga Argentina de Football (LAF) was a dissident football association of Argentina that organised its own professional championships from 1931 to 1934. The Argentine Football Association did not recognise those championships until both associations were merged in 1934. Currently all the championships organised by the LAF are considered officials by the AFA.

National Reorganization Process

National Reorganization Process

The National Reorganization Process was the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983, which received support from the United States until 1982. In Argentina it is often known simply as última junta militar, última dictadura militar or última dictadura cívico-militar, because there have been several in the country's history and no others since it ended.

Source: "Argentine Football Association", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 18th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_Football_Association.

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Further Reading

Argentine Primera División

Football in Argentina

List of top-division football clubs in CONMEBOL countries

Copa Campeonato

List of Argentine football national cups

Superliga Argentina (association)

Trofeo de Campeones de la Superliga Argentina
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