1936 Copa de Oro

The 1936 Copa de Oro was the match to define the 1936 [Argentine Primera División] of Argentine [Primera División]. It was played between River Plate and San Lorenzo.
The match was held in the C.A. Independiente Staidum in Avellaneda. River Plate won their 3rd. league title after defeating San Lorenzo 4–2.
It was also the first championship played under a format similar to Apertura and [Clausura in Argentine football|Apertura and Clausura] tournaments.

Background

The 1936 season was split into two different tournaments, played under a single round-robin tournament. The first of them, "Copa Campeonato" was won by River Plate while the second competition, "Copa de Honor", was won by San Lorenzo.

Aftermath

In June 2013 the Argentine Football Association cited on its website the "Copa de Oro" as a league title for River Plate. The "Copa de Honor" was also included as a league title for San Lorenzo de Almagro.
Nevertheless, some historians consider the "Copa de Oro" a list of [Argentine football national cups|domestic cup] title instead of a league championship, stating that this cup was only contested to qualify an Argentine representative to play the Copa Aldao against the Uruguayan champion. Otherwise, the AFA's Memoria y Balance 1936 cited River Plate as "Campeón 1936" mentioning both titles won, Copa de Oro and Copa Campeonato, while San Lorenzo is only mentioned as "Copa de Honor winner".
The case of the Copa de Oro was cited by Boca Juniors to claim the 1990–91 [Primera División finals|1991 Torneo Apertura] be recognised as another league title for the club, because of the Association only recognised Newell's Old Boys as champion of the entire season, without taking into account the previous titles of both clubs.