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Argentine Association Football League
Argentina
Founded7 March, 1891
Foldedc. September 1891; 132 years ago (1891-09)
HeadquartersBuenos Aires
PresidentF.L. Wooley

The Argentine Association Football League was the first football association of Argentina and predecessor of current Argentine Football Association.[1] The association has a historic importance in football for having organised the first official championship outside the United Kingdom (which has the oldest football competition, the FA Cup established in 1871).[2]

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  2. ^ FA Cup: World soccer's oldest cup competition not aging well, USA Today, 22 Feb 2016

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