The Copa de Honor Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Municipality of Buenos Aires Honour Cup) was an Argentine official football cup competition. It was contested fourteen times between 1905 and 1920.
The cup was played as a single-elimination tournament, being contested by 8 tems in its first edition, up to 16 in its last season (1920).
Racing is the most winning team of the competition, with 4 titles.
Overview This cup was played by teams from Buenos Aires and Rosario (which belonged to Liga Rosarina de Football). The champion of this tournament qualified to play the Copa de Honor Cousenier versus the winner of Uruguayan Copa de Honor representing the Association of that country.Copa de Honor overview at RSSSF
In 1936, a new "Copa de Honor" was played under a regular Primera División season, with 18 teams playing a single-round tournament. San Lorenzo finished 1st and was awarded the cup.Copa de Honor 1936 - RSSSF, updated 5 Dec 2002 In July 2013, the Argentine Football Association recognized the 1936 edition as a Primera División honour awarded to the club."La AFA le dio un campeonato a River y a San Lorenzo y se desató la polémica", Cancha Llena, 5 Jul 2013Polémica: AFA oficializó títulos de River y San Lorenzo de 1936, El Día, 6 Jul 2013"Campeones de Primera División" at AFA website
List of champions
Finals The following list includes all the editions of the Copa de Honor:Argentina Domestic Cups history - RSSSF
Ed.YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenueCity 1 1905 Alumni Quilmes Sociedad Sportiva Buenos Aires 2 1906 Alumni Estudiantes (BA) Belgrano A.C. Buenos Aires 3 1907 Belgrano AC Quilmes Quilmes A.C. Quilmes 4 1908 Quilmes Porteño Quilmes A.C. Quilmes 5 1909 San Isidro Estudiantes (BA) GEBA Buenos Aires 6 1910 7 1911 Newell's Old Boys Porteño River Plate Buenos Aires 8 1912 Racing Newell's Old Boys Racing Avellaneda 9 1913 Racing Estudiantes (BA) Ferro C. Oeste Buenos Aires 10 1915 Racing Tiro Federal Racing Avellaneda 11 1916 Rosario Central Independiente Racing Avellaneda 12 1917 Racing 3–1 River Plate Independiente Avellaneda 13 1918 Independiente Platense GEBA Buenos Aires 14 1920 Banfield Boca Juniors Sportivo Barracas Buenos Aires Notes
Titles by team RankTeamTitlesYears won Racing 1912, 1913, 1915, 1917 Alumni 1905, 1906 Belgrano A.C. 1907 Quilmes 1908 San Isidro 1909 Newell's Old Boys 1911 Rosario Central 1916 Independiente 1918 Banfield 1920
Topscorers by season Source: Argentina - List of Topscorers - Domestic Cups by Pablo Kersevan and Pablo Ciullini on the RSSSF
YearPlayerGoalsClub 1905 Arthur Wells Quilmes 1906 Alfredo Brown Alumni 1907 Charles Whaley Belgrano AC 1908 Juan Rossi San Isidro Henry Cunningham Quilmes 1909 Maximiliano Susan Estudiantes (BA) 1910 Eduardo Rothschild Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) Thomas Hughes Quilmes Juan O. Gil San Isidro 1911 Antonio Márquez Porteño 1912 Alberto Ohaco Racing Alberto Marcovecchio 1913 Alberto Marcovecchio Racing 1915 Carlos Guidi Tiro Federal 1916 Ennis Hayes Rosario Central 1917 Alberto Marcovecchio Racing 1918 Gualberto Galeano Independiente Atilio Badalani Newell's Old Boys 1920 Pedro Calomino Boca Juniors
See also Copa de Honor Cousenier Copa de Honor (Uruguay)
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