Copa de Honor Cousenier

Copa de Honor Cusenier
The trophy awarded to champions
Organising body AFA
 AUF
Founded1905
Abolished1920 (1920)
RegionMontevideo, Uruguay
Related competitionsCopa Honor (Arg)
Copa Honor (Uru)
Last champions Boca Juniors (1920)
Most successful club(s) Nacional
(4 titles)

The Copa de Honor Cusenier was an international football club competition which was played 13 times between representatives of the Argentina and Uruguay associations between 1905 and 1920.

History

The trophy was donated by "E. Cusenier Fils Auné & Cie.", a French liqueur company that had installed a factory in Buenos Aires in the 1890s,[1] giving its name to the competition. Initially, the cup was set to be played between representatives of AFA, AUF and Liga Rosarina.

The format of the cup consisted in a final between the last champions of Argentine Copa de Honor and Uruguayan Copa de Honor. If necessary, a second match was played. It was similar to Tie Cup but the final games were played at Montevideo instead of Buenos Aires. The first edition was played in 1905 and the last took place in 1920.

List of champions

Finals

The following list includes all the editions of the cup. All the final games were held in Montevideo.[2]

Ed. Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue
1
1905 Nacional (1)
3–2
Alumni Parque Central
2
1906 Alumni (1)
2–2
Nacional Parque Central
3–1
Parque Central
3
1907 Belgrano AC (1)
2–1
CURCC Parque Central
4
1908 Wanderers (1)
2–0
Quilmes Parque Central
5
1909 CURCC (1)
4–2
San Isidro Parque Central
1910
(not held)[n1 1]
6
1911 CURCC (2)
2–0
Newell's Parque Central
7
1912 River Plate (M) (1)
2–1
Racing Parque Central
8
1913 Racing (1)
1–1
Nacional Parque Central
3–2
Parque Central
1914
(contested by Uruguayan clubs only)[n1 2]
9
1915 Nacional (2)
2–0
Racing Parque Central
10
1916 Nacional (3)
6–1
Rosario Central Parque Central
11
1917 Nacional (4)
3–1
Racing Parque Pereira
12
1918 Peñarol (1)
4–0
Independiente Parque Pereira
13
1920 Boca Juniors (1)[n1 3]
2–0
Universal Parque Central
Notes
  1. ^ Montevideo Wanderers had qualified as champion of Uruguayan Copa de Honor, but as Argentine Copa de Honor was abandoned after the quarterfinals, this edition was not carried out.
  2. ^ This was not a regular edition because of having been contested by two Uruguayan teams, Nacional and Peñarol.[2][3]
  3. ^ Banfield won the Copa de Honor MCBA in 1920 and should have played Universal but the club disaffiliated from the Argentine Association soon after, therefore Boca Juniors (as runner-up) took its place.[4]

Titles by club

Club Titles Years won
Nacional
4
1905, 1915, 1916, 1917[n2 1]
CURCC[n2 2]
2
1909, 1911
Peñarol[n2 2]
1
1918
Alumni
1
1906
Belgrano AC
1
1907
Wanderers
1
1908
River Plate (M)
1
1912
Racing
1
1913 [7]
Boca Juniors
1
1920 [8]
Notes
  1. ^ As the 1914 edition was a local edition with no Argentine teams, it does not count as a Copa de Honor Cusenier edition.
  2. ^ a b With Peñarol being recognised as a CURCC's continuity by FIFA,[5] the club included the championships won by CURCC in its own honours. Controversy exists on the date of the founding of C.A. Peñarol. The club's official position assumes a change of name of CURCC (founded on December 28, 1891). On the other hand, some historians state that "C.A. Peñarol" was established on December 13, 1913.[6]

All-time scorers

Player Goals Club
Ángel Romano
7
Nacional
Carlos Scarone
3
Nacional
Arnold Watson Hutton
2
Alumni
Eliseo Brown
2
Alumni
Alberto Marcovecchio
2
Racing

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mozo, una mariposa!" by Ángel Prignano, 4 Oct 2010
  2. ^ a b Copa de Honor Cousenier - overview by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
  3. ^ Clásicos x mes on Pueblo Tricolor blogsite
  4. ^ Banfield Campeón Copa de Honor 1920: el camino hacia la final Archived 2017-12-22 at the Wayback Machine on Código Banfield website, 7 Aug 2013
  5. ^ ¡Felicita a Peñarol! (120th anniversary) on FIFA.com, 27 Sep 2011
  6. ^ Discusiones por el decanato on Fútbol.uy, 29 Sep 2009
  7. ^ Copa de Honor Cusenier 1913 - Racing Club official site Archived 2011-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Copa de Honor Cusenier - Historia de Boca