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.^[1] 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 5–1.^[2] to win their third consecutive Copa de Competencia trophy.^[3]

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1909 Copa de Competencia
Jockey Club Final

An Alumni team of 1909
Event	1909 Copa de Competencia
Alumni Newell's Old Boys 5 1
Date	1909
Venue	Banco de la Nación Field, Buenos Aires
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This would be the last Copa de Competencia won by the legendary team before the club was dissolved in 1911.

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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 4–0 at the Banco de la Nación Field in Colegiales (where Alumni played all their home matches that year).,^[2] Rosario Central 3–1 in the same venue, and San Isidro 3–2 in the homonymous district in Greater Buenos Aires.^[1]

On the other hand, Newell's Old Boys eliminated Belgrano A.C. (3–3, 5–2 in playoff) and advancing to quarterfinal where the Rosarino squad eliminated River Plate after three matches as visitor (0–0, 2–2, and 5–2 in second playoff),^[4] to finally defeating Estudiantes (BA) 2–1 to reach the final.^[2]

This edition of the competition also registered the largest score in any tournament organised by AFA, when Estudiantes (BA) defeated Lomas Athletic 18–0 in Palermo on May 25. Forward Maximiliano Susan scored 12 goals (7 of them consecutively), a record that remains nowadays.^[5][6][2] 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),^[7] The club not only disaffiliated but quit association football forever.^[8]

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