Copa Aldao

Copa Aldao
Copa Ricardo Aldao
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Founded 1913
Region Argentina
Uruguay
Number of teams 2
Most successful club Uruguay Nacional
Argentina River Plate
(6 titles each)

The Copa Ricardo Aldao (English: Ricardo Aldao Cup), but popularily called the Campeonato Rioplatense and Copa Río de La Plata, was a football club competition contested annually, albeit irregularly, between the national champions of Argentina and Uruguay. The cup is one of the many inter-South American club competitions that have been organised on the continent. The first competition was held in the 1913 season (although it wasn't played) and the last in 1955 (played in 1959). The Copa Ricardo Aldao is seen today as the first stepping stone into the creation Copa Libertadores.

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Summary

Friendly matches were common between clubs from Argentina and Uruguay in the early 1900's due to the close proximity of the nations. Inevitably, a match to decide which national champion was the best formulated; the trophy of the competition was donated by Ricardo C. Aldao, the President of the Federation Argentina de Fútbol between 1912 and 1914 and of the Association Argentina de Football (AFA) in 1918 and 1919. As such, the competition was named after his donation. The first edition was organized in 1913, to be contested between Kimberley from Argentina and Central from Uruguay. However, the final was suspended due to heavy rain.[1] The first champions of the competition were not crowned until 1916.

Originally, a single-legged format was adopted, with the match played in Argentina and Uruguay in alternative year.[1] But in 1940, Boca Juniors left the field when the match was at a draw of 2-2. The title was awarded to Nacional at first, yet later on both associations did not defined clearly the champions of this year.[1] Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol (AUF) and Argentine Football Association (AFA) studied the situation on Jan 22, 1941 and announced that a two-legged format would be adopted in the following seasons.[1] Since then, the competition was play two-legged except the 1942 edition, when the second leg was not played and the trophy was awarded to Nacional, the winner of the first leg.

By 1947, interest in a continental championship was being kindled. The interest led to the creation of the Campeonato Sudamericano de Campeones played in 1948. This tournament brought together many national champions from South America in order to dispute which club was the best of the continent. As a result, the Copa Aldao was seen as a near-obsolete competition and it was not played again until 1959. One last attempt was made to revilitilize the competition in 1955 in a match between Nacional and River Plate. However, the competition was not played until 4 years later and the second leg was never played at all as Nacional refused play the second leg in Buenos Aires. Thus, the title was not officially proclaimed.[1] As a result to the schedule congestion of the growing national leagues (as well as the creation of the new continental club tournament, the Copa Campeones de América) the Copa Aldao became redundant and was never played again. The Copa Aldao was disputed between Nacional and Vélez Sarsfield in 1998 but it was treated as a pre-season friendly.

Finals

Year Country Winner Score Runner-up Country Venue Location Refs
1913  URU Central vs Kimberly  ARG Unknown Montevideo, Uruguay
1914  ARG Estudiantes 4-1 River Plate  URU Unknown Montevideo, Uruguay
1916  URU Nacional 2-1 Racing Club  ARG Unknown Buenos Aires, Argentina
Year Country Home team Score Away team Country Venue Location Refs
1917  ARG Racing Club 2–2 Nacional  URU Unknown Buenos Aires, Argentina
 URU Nacional 2–2 Racing Club  ARG Unknown Montevideo, Uruguay
Racing Club won 3–1 on points
Year Country Winner Score Runner-up Country Venue Location Refs
1918  ARG Racing Club 2-1 Peñarol  URU Unknown Buenos Aires, Argentina
1919  URU Nacional 3-0 Boca Juniors  ARG Unknown Montevideo, Uruguay
1920  URU Nacional 2-1 Boca Juniors  ARG Unknown Buenos Aires, Argentina [A]
1921  ARG Huracán
Peñarol  URU Unknown Montevideo, Uruguay
1923  ARG San Lorenzo 1-0 Atlético Wanderers  URU Unknown Montevideo, Uruguay
1927  ARG San Lorenzo 1-0 Rampla Juniors  URU Unknown Buenos Aires, Argentina
1928  URU Peñarol 3-0 Huracán  ARG Unknown Buenos Aires, Argentina
1936  ARG River Plate 5-1 Peñarol  URU Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay
1937  ARG River Plate 5-2 Peñarol  URU Estadio Gasómetro Buenos Aires, Argentina
1938  ARG Independiente 3-1 Peñarol  URU Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay
1939  ARG Independiente 5-0 Nacional  URU Estadio Gasómetro Buenos Aires, Argentina
1940  URU Nacional 2-2 Boca Juniors  ARG Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay [B]
Year Country Home team Score Away team Country Venue Location Refs
1941  ARG River Plate 6–1 Nacional  URU Estadio Gasómetro Buenos Aires, Argentina
 URU Nacional 1–1 River Plate  ARG Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay
River Plate won 3-1 on points
1942  URU Nacional 4–0 River Plate  ARG Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay [C]
 ARG River Plate
Nacional  URU Unknown Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nacional won 2–0 on points
1945  ARG River Plate 2–1 Peñarol  URU Estadio Gasómetro Buenos Aires, Argentina
 URU Peñarol 2–3 River Plate  ARG Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay
River Plate won 4–0 on points
1946  ARG San Lorenzo 3–2 Nacional  URU Unknown Buenos Aires, Argentina [D]
 URU Nacional 7–2 San Lorenzo  ARG Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay
2-2 on points; both teams shared the title
1947  URU Nacional 3–4 River Plate  ARG Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay
 ARG River Plate 1–1 Nacional  URU Unknown Buenos Aires, Argentina
River Plate won 3–1 on points
1955  URU Nacional 1–2 River Plate  ARG Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay [E]
 ARG River Plate
Nacional  URU Unknown Buenos Aires, Argentina
River Plate won 2–0 on points

1Suspended due to rain.

2The historian Miguel Bionda (Historia del Fútbol Platense) affirms that the 1914 edition was played and Estudiantes beat River Plate by a scoreline of 4-1; also, the magazine Estudiantes del Mundo: 100 años de gloria, published by El Día in 2005, and Historia de Estudiantes de La Plata, edited by Diario Hoy in 1997. Other sources, like (May 18, 1914) and CIHF, said that the game was suspended due to rain.

Performances

By club

Team Winners Runners-Up Years Won Years Runner-Up
Uruguay Nacional 6 4 1916, 1919, 1920, 1940, 1942, 1946 1917, 1939, 1947, 1955
Argentina River Plate 6 1 1936, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1955 1942
Argentina San Lorenzo 3 0 1923, 1927, 1946
Argentina Racing Club 2 1 1917, 1918 1916
Argentina Independiente 2 0 1938, 1939
Uruguay Peñarol 1 7 1928 1918, 1921, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1945
Argentina Huracán 1 1 1921 1928
Argentina Estudiantes 1 0 1914
Argentina Boca Juniors 0 3
1919, 1920, 1940
Uruguay River Plate 0 1
1914
Uruguay Atlético Wanderers 0 1
1923
Uruguay Rampla Juniors 0 1
1927

By country

Country Winners Runners-Up Winning Clubs Runners-Up
 Argentina 15 6 River Plate (6), San Lorenzo (3), Racing (2), Independiente (2), Estudiantes (1), Huracán (1) Boca Juniors (3), River Plate (1), Huracán (1), Racing Club (1)
 Uruguay 7 14 Nacional (6), Peñarol (1) Peñarol (7), Nacional (4), River Plate (1), Atlético Wanderers (1), Rampla Juniors (1)

Footnotes

A. ^ Peñarol withdrew before the match started; Huracán were automatically declared winners.
B. ^ Boca Juniors withdrew during the match; Nacional were automatically declared winners.
C. ^ River Plate refused to play the return leg; Nacional were declared winners without trophy.
D. ^ The match drew, and the teams shared the title, but the trophy remained with AUF because Nacional scored more goals.
E. ^ Nacional refused to play the return leg; River Plate were declared winners without trophy.

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