The 1920 Copa de Competencia Final was the final that decided the champion of the first edition of this national cup of Argentina, organised by dissident body Asociación Amateurs de Football.
The match was held in Estadio GEBA (home venue of Club Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires) on December 12, 1920, where Rosario Central defeated Sportivo Almagro 2–0.Argentina - Copa Competencia Asociación Amateurs - 1920 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSFTodos los campeones de Copas Nacionales de la historia del fútbol argentino on Goal.com, 29 Dec 2021Hacemos memoria: Hoy 1920 on Rosario Fútbol, 6 Feb 2015
Qualified teams Team Previous final app. Rosario Central (none) Sportivo Almagro (none) Note
Overview
The "Asociación Amateurs de Football" was a dissident association that had split from the AFA in 1919.Historia on AFA website"Memoria y Balance Asociación Amateurs de Football 1919–1921" – AFA website The AAmF organised in 1920 its own cup competition, named "Copa de Competencia" as it was a usual practise on those times.
This edition was contested by 21 teams, 19 within Buenos Aires Province and 2 from Liga Rosarina (Rosario Central and Nacional)Historia on Argentino de Rosario website that entered directly to the second round. The cup had a single-elimination tournament format.
Rosario Central reached the final after beating River Plate (2–0), counterpart Nacional (3–2) and San Isidro (2–0 in semifinal).
On the other side, Sportivo Almagro earned its right to play the final after beating Barracas Central (2–0), Lanús (3–2), and Racing (2-0 in semifinals).
In the final, played at Estadio G.E.B.A., Rosario Central beat Almagro 2-0 with goals by Harry Hayes and Antonio Macías to win their 5th. national cup."Copa Competencia Asociación Amateurs 1920" by Leonardo Volpe on Historia del Fútbol Rosarino (blog), 4 April 2010
Match details
GK Guido RégoliDF Humberto RecanatiniDF Ernesto VieyroMF Eduardo CapellettiMF Eusebio GoicocheaMF Pedro PisaFW Francisco PisaFW Juan PisaFW Clemente BonziFW Antonio RodríguezFW José Adet
GK Vicente PuglieseDF Patricio ClarkeDF Florencio SarasíbarMF José Angel PignaniMF José FioroniMF Jacinto PerazzoFW Antonio MacíasFW Juan FranciaFW Harry HayesFW Ennis HayesFW Enrique Tami
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