Copa de Honor Cousenier

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

Copa de Honor Cusenier

The trophy awarded to champions
Organising body	AFA AUF
Founded	1905
Abolished	1920
Region	South America
Related competitions	Copa Honor (Arg) Copa Honor (Uru)
Last champions	Boca Juniors (1920)
Most successful club(s)	Nacional (4 titles)

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]

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Playoff	Venue
1905	Nacional	Alumni	3–2	–	Parque Central
1906	Alumni	Nacional	2–2	3–1	Parque Central
1907	Belgrano AC	CURCC	2–1	–	Parque Central
1908	Wanderers	Quilmes	2–0	–	Parque Central
1909	CURCC	San Isidro	4–2	–	Parque Central
1910	(abandoned)
1911	CURCC	Newell's	2–0	–	Parque Central
1912	River Plate (M)	Racing	2–1	–	Parque Central
1913	Racing	Nacional	1–1	3–2	Parque Central
1914	(contested by Uruguayan clubs only) [note 1]
1915	Nacional	Racing	2–0	–	Parque Central
1916	Nacional	Rosario Central	6–1	–	Parque Central
1917	Nacional	Racing	3–1	–	Parque Pereira
1918	Peñarol	Independiente	4–0	–	Parque Pereira
1920	Boca Juniors [note 2]	Universal	2–0	–	Parque Central

Titles by club

Club	Titles	Years won
Nacional [note 1]	4	1905, 1915, 1916, 1917
CURCC [note 3]	2	1909, 1911
Peñarol [note 3]	1	1918
Alumni	1	1906
Belgrano AC	1	1907
Wanderers	1	1908
River Plate (M)	1	1912
Racing	1	1913 [8]
Boca Juniors	1	1920 [9]

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

• Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires
• Copa de Honor (Uruguay)

Notes

1. This was not a regular edition because of having been contested by two Uruguayan teams, Nacional and Peñarol.[3][4]
2. 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.[5]
3. With Peñarol being recognised as a CURCC's continuity by FIFA,[6] 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.[7]

References

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