1955 Copa Campeonato Juan Domingo Perón
| Organising body | AFA Buenos Aires Province[1] |
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| Founded | 1955 |
| Abolished | 1955 |
| Region | Argentina |
| Number of teams | 7 |
| Related competitions | Primera División |
| Last champions | Lanús |
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]
Overview
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.[10]
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.[11]
Tournament
Winners qualified to the winning teams round, while losers advanced to the losing teams round.
First round and winning teams round
| 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
| Lanús | 2–1 | Estudiantes (LP) |
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| García 70' Gil 89' |
Report | Urriolabeitía 72' |
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Dispute System
The participating teams competed in a heptagonal format, employing a direct elimination system followed by qualifying rounds for winners and losers.
In the initial phase, due to an odd number of participating clubs, Club Atlético Tigre advanced directly to the subsequent round without competing.[12] Club Atlético Lanús emerged victorious in the winners' bracket, while Club Estudiantes de Eva Perón ended up in the losers' zone.
References
- ^ a b c d Suma estrella Lanús: la AFA oficializó la Copa Juan Domingo Perón de 1955 on TyC Sports, 28 Oct 2020
- ^ Lanús sumó una nueva estrella a su historia y los hinchas celebran la determinación de la AFA
- ^ Copa Juan Domingo Perón: por qué la AFA le reconoció a Lanús on Clarín, 29 Oct 2024
- ^ La AFA oficializó un título de Lanús de 1955 y llegó a la séptima estrella de su historia on La Nueva, 29 Oct 2024
- ^ Lanús suma una nueva estrella tras la oficialización de un título de 1955
- ^ Reconocimiento de la AFA al título de la Copa Campeonato Juan Domingo Perón, logrado en 1955 on Yahoo! Noticias
- ^ Lanús tiene una nueva estrella: ¿qué título le dieron?. Olé, 1 Nov 2024
- ^ Ole Editorial (Oct 28, 2024). "Lanús has a new star: what title did they give him?". Ole. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Campeonato Provincia de Buenos Aires - Copa Juan Domingo Perón 1955". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ Copa Adrián C. Escobar by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on RSSSF
- ^ ¡Llegó la séptima estrella! La Copa Perón 1955 fue oficializada como título de Lanús by Bruno Russo on Fortaleza Granate, 28 Oct 2024
- ^ Clarin Editorial (Oct 29, 2024). "Juan Domingo Perón Cup: Why the AFA recognized Lanús's 1955 title". Clarin. Retrieved 2 July 2025.