1955 Copa Campeonato Juan Domingo Perón

Copa Provincia de Buenos Aires Presidente Juan Domingo Perón
Organising bodyAFA
Buenos Aires Province[1]
Founded1955
Abolished1955 (1955)
RegionBuenos Aires Province
Number of teams7
Related competitionsPrimera División
Last championsLanús

The Copa Provincia de Buenos Aires Presidente Juan Domingo Perón (or simply Copa Campeonato Juan Domingo Perón or Copa Perón) was an official Argentine football cup competition[2][3]

The championship was organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and the Government of Buenos Aires Province.[1] It was held as a special tournament preceding the official national championship in 1955. Lanús[4] won the tournament (the first senior title of their history)[1] after defeating Estudiantes (LP) in the final match.[5][6][7]

Despite its provincial and regional origins, the tournament was officially recognized as a national competition by the Argentine Football Association (AFA) in 2024, following a formal request submitted by Club Atlético Lanús.[8] The competition featured seven teams, comprising six from the Primera División and one from Primera B.[9]

Format

The participating teams competed in a heptagonal format, employing a direct elimination system followed by qualifying rounds for winners and losers.

In the first stage, due to an odd number of participating clubs, Tigre advanced directly to the subsequent round without competing.[10] Club Atlético Lanús emerged victorious in the winners' bracket, while Club Estudiantes de Eva Perón ended up in the losers' zone.

The competition was contested by seven clubs, mostly of them located within the Buenos Aires Province region (with the exception of Chacarita Juniors) that were competing in Primera División in 1955. Independiente withdrew before the tournament started.

It was played under a single-elimination format, and like Copa Adrián C. Escobar, when a match ended in a tie after the overtime, the team with most corner kicks conceded was declared winner.[11]

Participating teams

Club City
Chacarita Juniors Buenos Aires
Gimnasia y Esgrima (EP) [n 1] Eva Perón [n 2]
Estudiantes (LP) [n 3] Eva Perón
C.A. Banfield Banfield
C.A. Lanús Lanús
Racing Club Avellaneda
Tigre Victoria
Notes
  1. ^ Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata had adopted the name "Gimnasia y Esgrima Eva Perón" in 1952. After the Revolución Libertadora of 1955, the club returned to its original name.[12][13]
  2. ^ The city of La Plata was named "Eva Perón" from 1952 to 1955.[14]
  3. ^ Unlike arch-rival Gimnasia y Esgrima (which had political sympathy with Peronism) Estudiantes never changed its name.[12]

Club Atlético Independiente chose not to participate in the competition, citing prior commitments to a series of international friendly matches.[15] The club was also impacted by the departure of several players who had been called up to represent the Argentina national team in the South American Championship held that same year.[15]

Tournament

Winners qualified to the winning teams round, while losers advanced to the losing teams round.

First round and winning teams round

In the first stage, due to an odd number of participating clubs, Club Atlético Tigre advanced directly to the subsequent round without competing.[10] Club Atlético Lanús emerged victorious in the winners' bracket, while Club Estudiantes de Eva Perón ended up in the losers' zone.

First round
(12 March) 		Winners round semifinals
(2 December) 		Winners round final
(1 April)
      
Lanús (c) 0 (1)
Racing 0 (0)
Lanús 2
Estudiantes (LP) 1
Estudiantes (LP) (c) 2 (1)
Banfield 2 (0)
Lanús 2
Tigre 1
Chacarita Juniors 2
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 1
Tigre 2
Chacarita Juniors 0
Bye –
Tigre –

Losing teams round

First round
(20 March) 		2nd round losers
(20 March) 		Semifinal losers
(20 March)
      
Banfield 2
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 1
Banfield 2
Estudiantes (LP) 3
Bye –
Racing –
Tigre 2
Racing 1
Chacarita Juniors 4 (1)
Racing (c) 4 (2)
Losing teams final
(21 April)
  
Estudiantes (LP) 4
Tigre 0

Estudiantes (LP) qualified to play the final v the winner of the winning teams round, Lanús

Final

A moment of the match

The final was contested between Lanús and Estudiantes (LP) at a neutral venue selected by an AFA vote. The match took place at Estadio Presidente Perón, home stadium of Racing Club in Avellaneda, and was officiated by English referee Leslie Burfield.[16]

Lanús2–1Estudiantes (LP)
García 70'
Gil 89'		 Report Urriolabeitía 72'
Referee: England Leslie Burfield

Goal Scorers

Player Club Goals
Rodolfo García Lanús 3
Roberto Rolando Estudiantes (LP) 3
Julio Ravelli Chacarita Juniors 3
Benito Cejas Lanús 2
Oreste Corbatta Racing 2
Osvaldo Gil Lanús 1
Manuel Pelegrina Estudiantes (LP) 1

Source: RSSSF[17]

Aftermath

The trophies displayed at C.A. Lanús Museum in 2024: at left, the two cups awarded by Buenos Aires province; at right, the cup awarded by AFA

The Campeonato de la Provincia de Buenos Aires was a pre-season football tournament organized by the government of Buenos Aires Province and announced by the Argentine Football Association (AFA) prior to the start of the 1955 Primera División season. The winning team was awarded three trophies: one presented by the provincial government and two by the AFA. One of the AFA trophies remained in the possession of Club Atlético Lanús, while the other was retained in the association's displays.[18]

The winner should have been awarded three trophies, two by AFA and one by the province. Nevertheless and due to the 1955 coup d'etat that ended the second presidential term of Juan Perón, Lanús was not awarded the cup because the military government had appointed an interventor at the association. AFA did not officialise the title until October 2024,[1] claiming their 7th. senior title.[19]

Nearly seven decades later, in 2024, the AFA retroactively granted official recognition to the tournament, a decision that generated criticism and controversy.[20] Despite the fact that the tournament had originally been referenced in AFA bulletins for the 1955 season as part of the “special tournaments” category and not listed among official competitions,[21][22][8] the governing body acknowledged it as an official title.

Researchers and historians have criticized the AFA’s decision to grant official status to the tournament, arguing that "there is no logical historical coherence" in recognizing a competition of provincial character as a national title.[20]

In January 2025, the title was finally made official in AFA's Annual Club Report 2024[23] and in the list of champions on its website[24] as a national title.

References

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  2. ^ Lanús sumó una nueva estrella a su historia y los hinchas celebran la determinación de la AFA
  3. ^ Copa Juan Domingo Perón: por qué la AFA le reconoció a Lanús on Clarín, 29 Oct 2024
  4. ^ La AFA oficializó un título de Lanús de 1955 y llegó a la séptima estrella de su historia on La Nueva, 29 Oct 2024
  5. ^ Lanús suma una nueva estrella tras la oficialización de un título de 1955
  6. ^ Reconocimiento de la AFA al título de la Copa Campeonato Juan Domingo Perón, logrado en 1955 on Yahoo! Noticias
  7. ^ Lanús tiene una nueva estrella: ¿qué título le dieron?. Olé, 1 Nov 2024
  8. ^ Ole Editorial (Oct 28, 2024). "Lanús has a new star: what title did they give him?". Ole. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Campeonato Provincia de Buenos Aires - Copa Juan Domingo Perón 1955". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  10. ^ a b Clarin Editorial (Oct 29, 2024). "Juan Domingo Perón Cup: Why the AFA recognized Lanús's 1955 title". Clarin. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  11. ^ Copa Adrián C. Escobar by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on RSSSF
  12. ^ a b Gimnasia y Esgrima de Eva Perón on Radio Gráfica, 8 May 2019
  13. ^ Cuando el Lobo se llamó Gimnasia y Esgrima de Eva Perón by Facundo Segovia. 30 May 2020
  14. ^ Cuando La Plata se llamó Eva Perón on Diariohoy.net. 10 Feb 2024
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  16. ^ "Juan Domingo Perón Cup: Why the AFA recognized Lanús's 1955 title". Clarin. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  17. ^ "Campeonato Provincia de Buenos Aires - Copa Juan Domingo Perón 1955". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  18. ^ "Lanús adds a star: the AFA officially declared the 1955 Juan Domingo Perón Cup". TyC Sports. Oct 28, 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  19. ^ ¡Llegó la séptima estrella! La Copa Perón 1955 fue oficializada como título de Lanús by Bruno Russo on Fortaleza Granate, 28 Oct 2024
  20. ^ a b Barnade, Oscar (Nov 12, 2024). "Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero, champion of the Argentine Cup: this is how the historical table of titles in Argentine soccer is formed". Clarin. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  21. ^ "Lanús adds a star: the AFA officially declared the 1955 Juan Domingo Perón Cup". TyC Sports. Oct 28, 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  22. ^ "Lanús has a new star: what title did they give him?". Ole. Oct 28, 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  23. ^ "Lanus Athletic Club Report 2024". AFA. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
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