The Argentine Cup celebrated a new champion of Argentine football, the second in the history of an indirectly affiliated team, after San Martin de Tucumán in 1945, winner of the 1944 edition of the Copa de la República. With this consecration of Patronage, the second relegated champion team after Tigre in 2019now I am 39 the clubs that once celebrated the conquest of a local trophy, the number 31 taking into account only the national cups.
The AFA, as a Buenos Aires entity that then took over the representation of the entire country, has about 100 directly affiliated clubs, the traditional ones of the Capital and Greater Buenos Aires, in addition to Rosario Central, Newell’s, Central Córdoba and Argentino de Rosario, Santa Fe Colón y Unión and Sarmiento de Junín (all before 1952) and the last Mercedes. The others are gathered in the Federal Council, to which all leagues are affiliated, and are commonly referred to as indirectly affiliated.
This is why it was a historic final, the third which saw the participation of two teams from other cities in the rest of the country. The first, in 1945, was staged by San Martín de Tucumán and Newell’s, whose definition of the Republic Cup was won by Holy Tucuman 3-1 The other, in Nacional 1980, between Rosario Central and Racing de Córdoba, in which El Canalla became champion after winning the first leg 5-1 and losing the return 2-0.
With this title, the team of Entre Ríos, the first national champion of the province, earned the right to compete in the next edition of the Copa Libertadores and also the Argentine Super Cup against Boca, on January 23 in Abu Dhabi.
All the winners of the National Cup
- Mouth 16
- River 15
- Stroke 13
- independent 9
- Alumni and hurricane 8
- Central rosary 6
- San Isidro 4
- Newell’s and Rosario Athletic (now Atlético del Rosario) 3
- Arsenal, Belgrano, LP Students, Lanús, Porteño and San Lorenzo, 2
- Atlanta, Banfield, Central Córdoba de Rosario, Colón, Students, Gimnasia LP, Nueva Chicago, PatronageQuilmes, San Martín de Tucumán, Balcarce, Barracas, Tigre, Tiro Federal and Vélez 1.
The top ten Argentine soccer champions *
- mouth 73
- River 69
- Independent 45
- Stroke 37
- San Lorenzo 22
- Alumni 22
- Velez 16
- students 14
- Hurricane 13
- Central rosary 11
- * Includes league and local cups plus international cups.
Most First Division titles
- River 36
- mouth 35
- Stroke 18
- Independent 16
- San Lorenzo 15
- Velez 10
- Alumni 10
- students 6
- Newell’s 6
- hurricane 5
More local titles (Leagues and National Cups)
- mouth 51
- River 51
- Stroke 31
- Independent 25
- San Lorenzo 17
- hurricane 13
- Velez 11
- Central rosary 10
- Newell’s 9
- students 8
Source: Clarin
