The 1909 Copa de Competencia Jockey Club final was the football match that decided the champion of the 3rd. edition of this National cup of Argentina. In the match, played at the Banco de la Nación Field in Colegiales, Buenos Aires on 22 August 1909, Alumni defeated Newell's Old Boys 5âÂÂ1. to win their third consecutive Copa de Competencia trophy.
This would be the last Copa de Competencia won by the legendary team before the club was dissolved in 1911.
The 1909 edition was contested by 14 clubs, 9 within Buenos Aires Province and 5 from Liga Rosarina de Football. Alumni reached the final after beating Provincial 4âÂÂ0 at the Banco de la Nación Field in Colegiales (where Alumni played all their home matches that year)., Rosario Central 3âÂÂ1 in the same venue, and San Isidro 3âÂÂ2 in the homonymous district in Greater Buenos Aires.
On the other hand, Newell's Old Boys eliminated Belgrano A.C. (3âÂÂ3, 5âÂÂ2 in playoff) and advancing to quarterfinal where the Rosarino squad eliminated River Plate after three matches as visitor (0âÂÂ0, 2âÂÂ2, and 5âÂÂ2 in second playoff), to finally defeating Estudiantes (BA) 2âÂÂ1 to reach the final.
This edition of the competition also registered the largest score in any tournament organised by AFA, when Estudiantes (BA) defeated Lomas Athletic 18âÂÂ0 in Palermo on May 25. Forward Maximiliano Susan scored 12 goals (7 of them consecutively), a record that remains nowadays. The catastrophic defeat also caused Lomas A.C. disaffiliated from the Association at the end of the 1909 season (where the team finished last, being relegated), The club not only disaffiliated but quit association football forever.