Asociación Amateurs de Football
| Argentina | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 22 September 1919 |
| Folded | 28 November 1926 |
| Headquarters | Buenos Aires |
| FIFA affiliation | No |
| President | Juan Mignaburu (1919) A. Beccar Varela (1920–26) |
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 recognised those championships until both associations were merged in 1926. Currently all the championships organised by the AAmF are considered officials by the AFA.
On 16 March 1919, the Primera División season started with 19 teams taking part of the competence. With the 1919 championship still disputing, the conflict began. The Argentine Association rejected representatives from the clubs Estudiantil Porteño, Independiente, Platense, Racing, River Plate and Tigre. As those teams maintained their position, the Association disaffiliated them temporarily.
Meanwhile, other seven clubs, Atlanta, Defensores de Belgrano, Estudiantes (BA), Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP), San Isidro, San Lorenzo and Sportivo Barracas expressed their solidarity with the suspended clubs therefore the association directly expelled them from the body. With only 10 fixtures played, the championship was suspended and all the matches played until then were annulled. The breakage was related with (among other reasons) the brown amateurism, an undercover way of professionalism where the clubs informally paid salaries and special prizes to their players.
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