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- Collection: Records from the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA)
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Congreso de la FIFA
The most surprising aspect of this entry is that little fanfare is provided to Argentina's loss in the bidding process for the 1962 World Cup (the Memoria y Balance provides more details).
Congreso plenario del fútbol argentino
FIFA awarded Argentina the 1978 World Cup after losing in the voting process to Mexico for the 1970 tournament. Here, AFA begins to assess the infrastructure and readiness to host the tournament.
Conmutaciones de penas
An example of how the federal government, via its interventor, penalized players for improper conduct
Consejo Directivo
Oscar Nicolini wil be the first of 5 AFA presidents ties to Perón
Contratación de referees extranjeros
Contracts for English referees were for one year.
Copa "12 de octubre"
An interesting note that links the authoritarian regimes of ARG and Spain (under Franco). The new competition seeks to link the bonds of brotherhood between ARG and SPN.
Copa "America"
Lyrics to 1921 song "Copa 'America'"
Copa Europea-Sudamericana 1972
Ajax becomes world club champions defeating Club Atlético Independiente
Copa Libertadores de América; Gira; Dirección técnica selección nacional
A request is made to allow players called into the national team to play for their club teams in matches for the Copa Libertadores. The request not approved through voting. As a result, a scheduled pre-World Cup tour of Europe is cancelled (to allow…
