1942 Copa Aldao

1942 Copa Aldao

Nacional, first leg winners
Event	Copa Aldao
Nacional River Plate
(second leg never played, no title awarded)
First leg
Nacional River Plate 4 0
Second leg never played, no title awarded
Date	December 8, 1942
Venue	Estadio Centenario
Referee	Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)
Second leg
River Plate Nacional - -
← 1941 1945 →

The 1942 Copa Aldao was the final match to decide the winner of the Copa Aldao, the 15th edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together.^[1] The final was contested by Uruguayan club Nacional and Argentine side River Plate.^[2][3]

In the first match, played at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, National beat River Plate with a conclusive 4–0 win. The second leg should have been played at San Lorenzo de Almagro Stadium in Buenos Aires, but it was never held therefore the title was not officially awarded to any team.^[4]

Team	Qualification	Previous final app.
Nacional	1942 Uruguayan Primera División champion	1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1939, 1940, 1941
River Plate	1942 Argentine Primera División champion	1936, 1937, 1941

• Bold indicates winning years

1942 Copa Aldao

December 8, 1942

First leg

Nacional	4–0	River Plate
Ballesteros 22' Castro 31' Porta 38', 55'	Report

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Referee: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)

Nacional

River Plate

GK Aníbal Paz DF Luis Fazio DF Dándalo Rodríguez Candales MF Luis Pérez Luz MF Eugenio Galvalisi MF General Viana FW Luis E. Castro FW Roberto Porta FW Atilio García FW Gabino Ballesteros FW Bibiano Zapirain Manager: Héctor Castro

GK Julio Barrios DF Ricardo Vaghi DF Luis A. Ferreyra MF Norberto Yácono MF Bruno Rodolfi MF José Ramos FW Aristóbulo Deambrossi FW José M. Moreno FW Adolfo Pedernera FW Ángel Labruna FW Félix Loustau Manager: Renato Cesarini

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Second leg

River Plate	(not played)	Nacional

San Lorenzo, Buenos Aires

As the second leg was not held, no champion was proclaimed.