By the 1890s, more than 20,000 inhabitants of Argentina were
British, most of them employees of railway companies. They had introduced several sports to the country, with football among them. On 7 March 1891, the act of foundation of the "Argentine Association Football League" was signed. Board members were F.L. Wooley (president), Rovenscraf, Arcels, Mc Ewen, Hughes, Mc Intoch and Alec Lamont. '', 14 February 1891 The recently formed Association set three objectives: • The organisation of a championship played regularly • The establishment of an institution to rule the championship created • A code of regulations The first Argentine football championship began on 12 April
1891, with five teams contesting the competition, they were,
Old Caledonians, Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway, Buenos Aires Football Club, Belgrano Football Club, and
St. Andrews. After organising the first championship (won by Old Caledonian and St. Andrew's), the Association was dissolved. Therefore no championship would be held in 1892 until a new association with the same name (currently
Argentine Football Association) was established in 1893. == See also ==