Club Atlético Estudiantes
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Club Atlético Estudiantes, usually called Estudiantes de Buenos Aires or Estudiantes de Caseros, is a sports club
from Caseros
, Greater Buenos Aires
, Argentina
. The club is mostly known by its football team, which currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana
, the regionalised third division of the Argentine football league system
.
people that lived in Buenos Aires
. Three of that immigrants, called Hansen, McHardy and Fitz Simons, encouraged a group of Argentine young poeple to join them in order to form a team. The club was officially founded on August 15, 1898, and the name was taken from the High School they attended: Colegion Nacional Sur.
The young native players soon learned from the English men, who taught them the basics of playing football. By 1899 the name had been changed to Estudiantes, which was easier to pronounce by team's followers from the standgrounds.
where played its home games. During the amateur era, the squad won the Copa de Competencia Jockey Club in 1910 and reached three Copa de Honor finals in 1906, 1909 and 1913. The recognition earned during those years encouraged the managers to make the team take part on tours over other provinces of Argentina. This tours would also help to spread the practise of football in the rest of Argentina, increasing the popularity of this sport amongst its population. The first tour was in 1907 where Estudiantes played some matches against local teams. One of them was on May 5, 1907, when Estudiantes defeated Newell's Old Boys
3-2. That was the first team the Rosarino team faced a squad from Buenos Aires.
Nevertheless, the most important tour took part in Brazil
in 1910. Never before an Argentine football team had played outside the Río de la Plata
. Estudiantes disputed four matches in Brazil, winning all of them. The squad scored 24 goals and only received 3. Back in Buenos Aires, the players were received and acclaimed by a crowd and were also invited to numerous receptions due to their great performance.
and River Plate
. Nevertheless, the difference between called "small" teams and the "big" ones (because of being less popular than Boca, River or Independiente
) was considerable. That was more visible when Profesional era began in 1931 in Argentina. Estudiantes remained in the Amateur Association (which had been left by the called "Big ones"), which soon lost interest so fans choose the Professional championship, where their teams had moved to. Moreover, most of Estudiantes' notable players were seduced by good offers from other clubs and soon left the team. Some of the footballers that left Estudiantes were Nardini and Martínez (transferred to Boca), "Huesito" Sánchez (to Platense
), Closas (to San Lorenzo de Almagro) and Camilo Méndez (acquired by River Plate).
) after finishing in the penultimate position of the tournament. Two years after, the club obtained the championship coming back to Primera B
, after defeating Liniers
in the finals. The usual line-up was: Mares; Garza, Monza; Menéndez, Conti, Civera; Acosta, Borjas, Gastaldo, Jara, Purgia.
Some highlights for Estudiantes were the great campaign of 1947, with Juan Calicchio being the top scorer with 36 goals in 40 matches played. Banfield's notable forward Gustavo Albella was the second scorer with 35. In 1959 Estudiantes was relegated to the fourth division (Primera D
) after finishing in the last place. In May, 1963 the club inaugurated its stadium in Caseros
, Greater Buenos Aires
, in a match against Sacachispas
. That same year Estudiantes was regelated to Primera C after a restructuring on the Argentine league system. This lasted to 1966 when Estudiantes won another title, promoting to Primera B again.
and Estudiantes lost 1-0 and could not promote to Primera División. The line-up was: Landaburu; Cillis, Gomissi, Olivera, Batain; Toublanc, Juan Carlos Bravo, Osvaldo Pérez; Roberto Osvaldo Díaz, Toloza (then Cassano), Nogneira (then Anilo).
That final lost repercuted on the players' performance and the following seasons Estudiantes did not make great campaigns. This was until 1977, when Estudiantes won the championship promoting to Primera División for its first time. The squad played a total of 36 matches winning 17 with 14 draws and only 5 defeats. The line-up for the last match vs. Villa Dálmine
was: Balbiano; Manuel Pérez, Bravo, Paz, Gerez; Ciccarello, Alberto Pafundi, Carlos Guillermo; Toloza (then Baldovino), Ugarte, Juan Guillermo. Other players that also contributed to the victory were Filipetti, Martinuccio, Carrizo, Cortés, Méndez and Barranco. Ricardo Trigilli
was dessigned as the coach.
Playing in Primera, one of the most important matches Estudiantes disputed was against Boca Juniors. The game ended up in a 1-1 tie, which allowed Quilmes to be with a great chance to obtain the championship (which the "Cervecero" finally took advantage of). But at the end of the season, Estudiantes went down again.
In 1986, Argentine football was restructured again, and therefore the Primera B Nacional was created as the second division. Estudiantes could not qualify to be in that tournament (finished 10th and only 8 were able to play in Nacional B) so the squad went on Primera B, renamed "Primera B Metropolitana
" although it was a third division of the football league system.
In 1988 the club inaugurated a new grandstand which a capacity of 10,000 seats.
with a memorable 5-1 in the second final match (after finishing 2-2 the first game). Trigilli achieved the record of being the team's coach in the two promotions obtained by the club, 1977 and 1995-96.
In the 1998/99 season Estudiantes was relegated to Primera B Metropolitana again, along with Atlanta. Only a year lasted until team's return to Primera B Nacional, which happened in the playoffs finals defeating Sarmiento de Junín. In 2000-01 season Estudiantes went down to Primera B Metropolitana again, where has remained since.
, in the corner of Blandengues Avenue (today Avenida del Libertador) and Oro street. In 1920 it moved to Figueroa Alcorta and Dorrego Avenues and then in 1931 moved again to Villa Devoto
, where established in Desaguadero and José P. Varela streets. The main facility still remains on that place. In 1963 Estudiantes opened its own stadium in Caseros, Buenos Aires
.
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
from Caseros
Caseros, Buenos Aires
Caseros is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Tres de Febrero Partido which forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conurbation....
, Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires is the generic denomination to refer to the megalopolis comprising the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and the conurbation around it, over the province of Buenos Aires—namely the adjacent 24 partidos or municipalities—which nonetheless do not constitute a single administrative...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. The club is mostly known by its football team, which currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....
, the regionalised third division of the Argentine football league system
Argentine football league system
The Argentine football league system consists of two national divisions , and a series of regionalized lower divisions...
.
The beginning
By 1897 football in Argentina was practised almost exclusively by EnglishEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
people that lived in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. Three of that immigrants, called Hansen, McHardy and Fitz Simons, encouraged a group of Argentine young poeple to join them in order to form a team. The club was officially founded on August 15, 1898, and the name was taken from the High School they attended: Colegion Nacional Sur.
The young native players soon learned from the English men, who taught them the basics of playing football. By 1899 the name had been changed to Estudiantes, which was easier to pronounce by team's followers from the standgrounds.
First tours
In 1904 Estudiantes promoted to Primera División. By then, the club had built a stadium, placed in Palermo, Buenos AiresPalermo, Buenos Aires
Palermo is a neighborhood, or barrio of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. It is located in the northeast of the city, bordering the barrios of Belgrano to the north, Almagro and Recoleta to the south, Villa Crespo and Colegiales to the west and the Río de la Plata river to the east. With a total...
where played its home games. During the amateur era, the squad won the Copa de Competencia Jockey Club in 1910 and reached three Copa de Honor finals in 1906, 1909 and 1913. The recognition earned during those years encouraged the managers to make the team take part on tours over other provinces of Argentina. This tours would also help to spread the practise of football in the rest of Argentina, increasing the popularity of this sport amongst its population. The first tour was in 1907 where Estudiantes played some matches against local teams. One of them was on May 5, 1907, when Estudiantes defeated Newell's Old Boys
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario. The club was founded on November 3, 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football...
3-2. That was the first team the Rosarino team faced a squad from Buenos Aires.
Nevertheless, the most important tour took part in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
in 1910. Never before an Argentine football team had played outside the Río de la Plata
Río de la Plata
The Río de la Plata —sometimes rendered River Plate in British English and the Commonwealth, and occasionally rendered [La] Plata River in other English-speaking countries—is the river and estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River on the border between Argentina and...
. Estudiantes disputed four matches in Brazil, winning all of them. The squad scored 24 goals and only received 3. Back in Buenos Aires, the players were received and acclaimed by a crowd and were also invited to numerous receptions due to their great performance.
The amateur years
In 1928 Estudiantes merged with Sportivo Devoto, which allowed the club to incorporate some players from that club who would become notable playing for Estudiantes. Some of them were wing Nardini, forward Luis Sánchez and midfielders Horacio Méndez and Antonio Martínez. Those players, along with Estudiantes' former players such as Muschetti, Closas and Camilo Méndez formed a team that disputed memorable matches against Boca JuniorsBoca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....
and River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....
. Nevertheless, the difference between called "small" teams and the "big" ones (because of being less popular than Boca, River or Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....
) was considerable. That was more visible when Profesional era began in 1931 in Argentina. Estudiantes remained in the Amateur Association (which had been left by the called "Big ones"), which soon lost interest so fans choose the Professional championship, where their teams had moved to. Moreover, most of Estudiantes' notable players were seduced by good offers from other clubs and soon left the team. Some of the footballers that left Estudiantes were Nardini and Martínez (transferred to Boca), "Huesito" Sánchez (to Platense
Club Atlético Platense
Club Atlético Platense is an Argentine sports club based in Vicente López, in the north side of Greater Buenos Aires. The club nickname is Calamar after the journalist Palacio Zino said that the team moved "like a squid in its ink"....
), Closas (to San Lorenzo de Almagro) and Camilo Méndez (acquired by River Plate).
Losing territory
Once the fusion between Profesional League and Amateur League was done, Estudiantes started its run at the second division. In 1940 the club was sent down to the third division (now Primera C MetropolitanaPrimera C Metropolitana
The Primera C is one of the two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level four is the Torneo Argentino B....
) after finishing in the penultimate position of the tournament. Two years after, the club obtained the championship coming back to Primera B
Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....
, after defeating Liniers
Club Social y Deportivo Liniers
Club Social y Deportivo Liniers is an Argentine Football club from Villegas neighborhood, La Matanza Partido, Buenos Aires Province. The team currently plays in the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football Primera C Metropolitana....
in the finals. The usual line-up was: Mares; Garza, Monza; Menéndez, Conti, Civera; Acosta, Borjas, Gastaldo, Jara, Purgia.
Some highlights for Estudiantes were the great campaign of 1947, with Juan Calicchio being the top scorer with 36 goals in 40 matches played. Banfield's notable forward Gustavo Albella was the second scorer with 35. In 1959 Estudiantes was relegated to the fourth division (Primera D
Primera D Metropolitana
The Primera D is one of two leagues that form the regionalised fifth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level five is the Torneo Argentino C....
) after finishing in the last place. In May, 1963 the club inaugurated its stadium in Caseros
Caseros, Buenos Aires
Caseros is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Tres de Febrero Partido which forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conurbation....
, Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires is the generic denomination to refer to the megalopolis comprising the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and the conurbation around it, over the province of Buenos Aires—namely the adjacent 24 partidos or municipalities—which nonetheless do not constitute a single administrative...
, in a match against Sacachispas
Sacachispas Fútbol Club
Sacachispas FC is an Argentine football club from Villa Soldati, Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in the Primera C Metropolitana, which is the regionalised fourth tier of the Argentine Football Association league system....
. That same year Estudiantes was regelated to Primera C after a restructuring on the Argentine league system. This lasted to 1966 when Estudiantes won another title, promoting to Primera B again.
Back to First Division
In 1974 Estudiantes made a great season reaching the championship final. The decissive match was against Unión de Santa FeUnión de Santa Fe
Club Atlético Unión is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the province with the same name in Argentina. The club, founded in 1907, has a strong rivalry with Colón de Santa Fe....
and Estudiantes lost 1-0 and could not promote to Primera División. The line-up was: Landaburu; Cillis, Gomissi, Olivera, Batain; Toublanc, Juan Carlos Bravo, Osvaldo Pérez; Roberto Osvaldo Díaz, Toloza (then Cassano), Nogneira (then Anilo).
That final lost repercuted on the players' performance and the following seasons Estudiantes did not make great campaigns. This was until 1977, when Estudiantes won the championship promoting to Primera División for its first time. The squad played a total of 36 matches winning 17 with 14 draws and only 5 defeats. The line-up for the last match vs. Villa Dálmine
Villa Dálmine
Club Villa Dálmine is a football club from Campana district in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The team currently plays in Primera C Metropolitana, which is the regionalised fourth tier of the Argentine Football Association league system.Due to some financial crisis, the club was named Club...
was: Balbiano; Manuel Pérez, Bravo, Paz, Gerez; Ciccarello, Alberto Pafundi, Carlos Guillermo; Toloza (then Baldovino), Ugarte, Juan Guillermo. Other players that also contributed to the victory were Filipetti, Martinuccio, Carrizo, Cortés, Méndez and Barranco. Ricardo Trigilli
Ricardo Trigilli
Ricardo Trigilli was a former Argentine football player. He played for clubs in Argentina and Chile....
was dessigned as the coach.
Playing in Primera, one of the most important matches Estudiantes disputed was against Boca Juniors. The game ended up in a 1-1 tie, which allowed Quilmes to be with a great chance to obtain the championship (which the "Cervecero" finally took advantage of). But at the end of the season, Estudiantes went down again.
Institutional development
Back in the Primera B, Estudiantes (still being coached by Trigilli) built two new standgrounds to increase the stadium capacity. Trigilli left in 1982, which the team developed a poor performance, almost beng relegated to Primera C. Trigilli came back in 1983 and Estudiantes qualified to the "octogonal" searching for a place in Primera. The team finally was eliminated by Deportivo Italiano.In 1986, Argentine football was restructured again, and therefore the Primera B Nacional was created as the second division. Estudiantes could not qualify to be in that tournament (finished 10th and only 8 were able to play in Nacional B) so the squad went on Primera B, renamed "Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....
" although it was a third division of the football league system.
In 1988 the club inaugurated a new grandstand which a capacity of 10,000 seats.
Promotions and relegations
After poor performances in past seasons, Estudiantes broght Ricardo Trigilli back as its coach. Under his command, the team could keep its place in the third division. In 1995-96 season Estudiantes achieved the so long awaited promotion to Nacional B, defeating its historical rival AlmagroClub Almagro
Club Almagro is a sports club from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club is mostly known for its football team which currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana, the regionalised third division of Argentine football league system....
with a memorable 5-1 in the second final match (after finishing 2-2 the first game). Trigilli achieved the record of being the team's coach in the two promotions obtained by the club, 1977 and 1995-96.
In the 1998/99 season Estudiantes was relegated to Primera B Metropolitana again, along with Atlanta. Only a year lasted until team's return to Primera B Nacional, which happened in the playoffs finals defeating Sarmiento de Junín. In 2000-01 season Estudiantes went down to Primera B Metropolitana again, where has remained since.
Club facilities
The club was founded in Buenos AiresBuenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, in the corner of Blandengues Avenue (today Avenida del Libertador) and Oro street. In 1920 it moved to Figueroa Alcorta and Dorrego Avenues and then in 1931 moved again to Villa Devoto
Villa Devoto
Villa Devoto is a barrio or district in the northern part of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the area defined by Campana, San Martín avenue, Francisco Beiró avenue, Joaquín V. González, Baigorria, Lope de Vega Avenue and General Paz Avenue...
, where established in Desaguadero and José P. Varela streets. The main facility still remains on that place. In 1963 Estudiantes opened its own stadium in Caseros, Buenos Aires
Caseros, Buenos Aires
Caseros is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Tres de Febrero Partido which forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conurbation....
.
Current Squad 2011
Titles
- Primera BPrimera B MetropolitanaPrimera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....
: 2
-
- 1977, 1999/00
- Primera CPrimera C MetropolitanaThe Primera C is one of the two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level four is the Torneo Argentino B....
: 2
-
- 1942, 1966