Copa Ibarguren

Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren
Organiser	AFA
Founded	1913
Abolished	1958 (age 68)
Region	Argentina
Number of teams	2
Related comps	Primera División Liga Rosarina Copa Presidente
Current champions	Liga Cordobesa (1958)
Most successful club	Racing Boca Juniors (5 titles each)

The Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren, also called Campeonato Argentino^[1] 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 (Primera División) and the Rosario league (with its affiliated teams competing in Copa Nicasio Vila, the main division of LRF).

History

The trophy was donated by the Argentine Minister of Public Instruction Dr. Carlos Ibarguren to be played between the champions of all of the regional leagues in Argentina. The cup was only ever contested as a one off game between:

1913–1938: Primera División vs Liga Rosarina
1939: Primera División vs Litoral league
1940–1941: Primera División vs Asociación Rosarina
1942–1958: Primera División vs Copa Presidente de la Nación

List of champions

Finals

The following list includes all the editions of the Copa Ibarguren:^[2] Keys

aet: after extra time

Final defined in a playoff match.

Ed.	Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Venue	City
1	1913	Racing (1)	3–1	Newell's Old Boys	Racing	Avellaneda
2	1914	Racing (2)	1-0	Rosario Central	Estudiantes BA ^{[n 1]}	Buenos Aires
3	rowspan=2\| 1915	Rosario Central (1)	0–0	rowspan=2\| Racing	Independiente	Avellaneda
3	3–1	Rosario Central (1)	GEBA	Buenos Aires
4	1916	Racing (3)	6–0	Rosario Central	Racing	Avellaneda
5	1917	Racing (4)	3–2	Rosario Central	GEBA	Buenos Aires
6	1918	Racing (5)	4–0	Newell's Old Boys	GEBA	Buenos Aires
7	1919	Boca Juniors (1)	1–0	Rosario Central	GEBA	Buenos Aires
8	rowspan=2\| 1920	Tiro Federal (1)	1–2 ^{[n 2]}	rowspan=2\| Boca Juniors	Sportivo Barracas	Buenos Aires
8	4–0	Tiro Federal (1)	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
9	1921	Newell's Old Boys (1)	3–0	Huracán	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
10	rowspan=2\| 1922	Huracán (1)	1–1	rowspan=2\|Newell's Old Boys	Sportivo Barracas	Buenos Aires
10	1–0	Huracán (1)	Sportivo Barracas	Buenos Aires
11	1923	Boca Juniors (2)	1–0	Rosario Central	Sportivo Barracas	Buenos Aires
12	1924	Boca Juniors (3)	3–2	Belgrano (R)	Sportivo Barracas	Buenos Aires
13	1925	Huracán (2)	2–1	Tiro Federal	Huracán	Buenos Aires
14	1937	River Plate (1)	5–0	Rosario Central	San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires
15	1938	Independiente (1)	5–3	Rosario Central	San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires
16	1939	Independiente (2)	5–0	Central Córdoba	San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires
17	1940	Boca Juniors (4)	5–1	Rosario Central	Chacarita Juniors ^{[n 3]}	Buenos Aires
18	1941	River Plate (2)	3–0	Newell's Old Boys	Chacarita Juniors ^{[n 3]}	Buenos Aires
19	1942	River Plate (3)	7–0	Liga Cordobesa	San Lorenzo	Buenos Aires
20	1944	Boca Juniors (5)	6–0	Liga Tucumana	Atlético Tucumán	Tucumán
21	1950 ^{[n 4]}	Liga Mendocina (1)	3–2	Racing	Gimnasia y Esgrima	Mendoza
22	rowspan=2\| 1952	River Plate (4)^{[n 5]}	1–1	rowspan=2 style= "background-color:#efefef"\| –	rowspan=2\| C.A. Mitre	Santiago del Estero
22	Liga Cultural (SdE) (1)^{[n 5]}		1–1			Santiago del Estero
23	1958 ^{[n 4]}	Liga Cordobesa (1)	4–3	Racing	C.A. Belgrano	Córdoba

Notes

^ Estudiantes de Buenos Aires had its field in Palermo, Buenos Aires
^ The first match (won by Boca Juniors) was annulled because it had fielded ineligible players. Therefore a second game was held, being won by Tiro Federal.
^ Located on Humboldt and Padilla, in Villa Crespo
^ This edition has not been included in the list of national cup winners at the AFA website.^[3]
^ The playoff was never held. In June 29, 1955, AFA awarded both teams the title.^[4]^[3]
^ Title shared.
^ Current Liga Santiagueña de Fútbol.
^ The team from Córdoba Football League defeated Racing by 4–3 ^[5] but AFA does not mention the Regional representative as champion on its website. Moreover, AFA does not even cite the tournament.^[3]

Titles by team

Rank	Team	Titles	Years won
1	Racing	5	1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918
1	Boca Juniors	5	1919, 1923, 1924, 1940, 1944
2	River Plate	4	1937, 1941, 1942, 1952^{[n 6]}
3	Huracán	2	1922, 1925
3	Independiente	2	1938, 1939
1	Rosario Central	1	1915
	Tiro Federal	1	1920
	Newell's Old Boys	1	1921
	Liga Cultural (SdE)^{[n 7]}	1	1952^{[n 6]}
	Liga Cordobesa^{[n 8]}	1	1958

Notes

References

^ Argentina - Copa Ibarguren by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
^ Argentina Domestic Cups history - RSSSF
^ Campeones de Primera División (Copas Nacionales) on AFA website, retrieved 29 Dec 2020
^ Copa Ibarguren 1952
^ Copa Ibarguren 1958