Governing body of football in Argentina
The Argentine Football Association ( spanish : Asociación del Fútbol Argentino, locally [ asosjaˈsjon del ˈfuðβol aɾxenˈtino ] ; AFA ) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires. It organises the independent divisions of Argentine league system ( from Primera División to Torneo Regional Federal and Primera D ), including domestic cups Copa Argentina and Supercopa Argentina. The body besides manages all the Argentina national teams, including the Senior, U-20, U-17, U-15, Olympic and women ‘s squads. second, it besides organizes the women ‘s, children, youth, futsal, and other local leagues. The AFA besides organised all the Primera División championships from 1893 to 2016–17. From the 2017–18 season the “ Superliga Argentina “, an entity which was administrated independently and had its own codified, took over the Primera División championships. [ 3 ] Nevertheless, the Superliga was contractually linked with the chief football torso. [ 4 ] The last championship organised by the Superliga was 2019–20, soon after the season ended the soundbox was dissolved. [ 5 ]

history [edit ]

The Argentine Association Football League ( in English ) was founded on 21 February 1893 by Alexander Watson Hutton, considered “ the father ” of Argentine football. [ 6 ] The Argentine Association is the oldest in South America and one of the oldest to be formed outside Europe. In 1906 Florencio Martínez de Hoz became the first Argentine-born president of the affiliation. [ 7 ]

In 1912 the president of Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires, Ricardo Aldao, broke up with the affiliation establishing an own league, the “ Federación Argentina de Football “ which organized a analogue tournament. Some teams moved to the FAF were Gimnasia y Esgrima, Independiente, Estudiantes de La Plata and Atlanta. The league lasted until 1914 when rejoining Asociación Argentina de Football forming a alone league for the 1915 temper. The second dissident league was formed in 1919 and named “ Asociación Amateurs de Football “, organizing its own championships ( as FAF had done ) until 1926 when it merged to the official association. The dissenter league included some of the most outstanding teams such as River Plate, Racing, Independiente and San Lorenzo, with the exception of Boca Juniors that remained in the official “ Asociación Argentina de Football ”. When both leagues merged for the 1927 season, the association was again renamed to “ Asociación Amateur Argentina de Football ” until the professionalization of the sport in 1931 when it switched to “ Liga Argentina de Football “. The first turn of the recently created professional championship was on 31 May 1931. [ 1 ] [ 8 ] Despite football turning professional in Argentina, some clubs wanted to remain amateur so they formed a newly league, the “ Asociación de Football Amateur y Profesionales ”, which organized a parallel tournament until 1934 when the dissident association merged with LAF on 3 November 1934 to form the “ Asociación del Football Argentino ” which has remained since. [ 1 ] [ 9 ] In 2015, during the presidential elections to elect a new president of the united states for the body, there were two candidates to occupy Julio Humberto Grondona ‘s electric chair, Marcelo Tinelli –who wanted a change in how things were going, like eliminating corruptness between some clubs and the AFA– and Luis Segura, who had taken accusation after Grondona ‘s death, with the intention of extending his mandate. With 75 presidents of different Argentine clubs voting, on election day something went wrong when the final examination count resulted in a draw of 38 to 38 ( 76 votes in full ). The explanation given was that one of the electors put a double vote and that mistake was not reported. As a result, the executive committee decided to postpone the election. [ 10 ] After some meetings to put an conclusion to the conflict, both candidates agreed to have another election in June 2016. [ 11 ] In June 2016, AFA president of the united states Luis Segura was charged with “ exacerbate administrative imposter ”. [ 12 ] Segura has been replaced on an interim basis by the AFA ‘s executive repository, Damián Dupiellet. [ 13 ] In 2017, the association approved the creation of a newly entity, named “ Superliga Argentina de Fútbol “, which would take over the organization of Primera División championship. [ 14 ] The chief european football leagues such as the English Premier League or the spanish La Liga, that are organized by associations dedicated entirely to those championships and run deoxyadenosine monophosphate separate entities from their respective National Associations, served as inspiration for the creation of the Superliga. [ 15 ] The 2016–17 Primera División championship was the last tournament organized by the AFA. Starting with the 2017–18 season to 2019–20 season, the “ Superliga Argentina ”, an entity administrated by itself with its own codified, organised Primera División championships. [ 3 ] In March 2020, AFA dissolved the Superliga and took over the Primera División again. [ 5 ]

Names [edit ]

The body has been renamed several times since its establishment in 1893, in most of the cases translating the original English names to Spanish. The list of names is the be : [ 16 ]

  • Argentine Association Football League (1893–1903) [note 1]
  • Argentine Football Association (1903–1912)
  • Asociación Argentina de Football (1912–1927)
  • Asociación Amateur Argentina de Football (1927–1931)
  • Asociación de Football Amateurs y Profesionales (1931–1934)
  • Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (1934–present) [note 2]

current staff [edit ]

As of May 2020 : [ 17 ] [ 2 ]

Competitions [edit ]

official Competitions [edit ]

The list of official competitions organized by the Argentine Football Association since its creation in 1893 are : [ 20 ] [ 21 ]

dissentient Competitions [edit ]

The play along postpone include competitions organized by dissentient associations. [ 21 ]

Presidents [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

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