Historia del Fútbol Amateur en la Argentina (transl. History of Amateur Football in Argentina) is a 1992 non-fiction book written by Jorge Iwanzcuk that relates the history of Argentine association football during the Amateur era, that spanned between 1891 and 1934. Published by the Centro para la Investigación de la Historia del Fútbol (CIHF), the paperback has a great reception among critics, with some labelling it as the Old Testament of Argentine football.
 1st edition paperback cover | |
| Author | Jorge Iwanczuk |
|---|---|
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Centro para la Investigación de la Historia del Fútbol (1st edition) Self-published (2nd edition) |
| Publication date | 4 December 1992 |
| ISBN | 950-43-4384-8 |
Contents
editThe book is in chronological order to enhance the reading experience[1]: 13 and, aside from the years of 1891 to 1934 of the Amateur era, recounts the record of the Buenos Aires Football Club along with the origins of the sport in Argentina.[1]: 31–33 [2] Years are covered with illustrations along with the statistics of their corresponding season.[1]: 13 These statistics were compiled from research made with La Nación and La Prensa newspaper archives.[1]: 12 Moreover, in its first edition, 55 matches were missing and couldn't be added to the statistics of their alining year.[1]: 13 Nonetheless, Iwanzcuk found 39 more results for the second revised edition.[3]
Release and reception
editHistoria del Fútbol Amateur en la Argentina was released on 4 December 1992[4] with the Centro para la Investigación de la Historia del Fútbol as the publisher,[1]: 5 organization which Iwanczuk founded.[2][3][5] Only 3000 copies were produced which were quickly sold out.[4][3][2] This led to the work becoming greatly sought after. 30 years later, Iwanzcuk self-published a second revised edition; however, it was only made accessible through his social media accounts and Mercado Libre.[5]
In an article for Tiempo Argentino, Andrés Burgos expressed that the book was a "sort of Old Testament of our teams and tournaments".[5] The paperback has since been used Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) as a source for their archive of association football statistics.[6]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Iwanczuk, Jorge (4 December 1992). Historia del Fútbol Amateur en la Argentina [History of amateur football in Argentina] (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Centro para la Investigación de la Historia del Fútbol. ISBN 978-950-43-4384-4.
- 1 2 3 Duchini, Alejandro (29 May 2023). "Viaje a los orígenes de nuestro fútbol". Página 12 (in Spanish). ISSN 0329-1332. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 Duchini, Alejandro (13 May 2023). "Fútbol argentino: la historia que no se tuvo en cuenta". La Gaceta (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- 1 2 Aira, Carlos (15 November 2022). ""Historia del Fútbol Amateur en Argentina", la reedición de un libro necesario". Radio Gráfica (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 Burgo, Andrés (22 January 2023). ""La historia es una sola": el Antiguo Testamento de nuestro fútbol como libro". Tiempo Argentino (in Spanish). ISSN 1853-0478. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ "Sources". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
[Iwa -] J. Iwanczuk, "Historia del fútbol amateur en la Argentina".