Club Atlético Estudiantes, usually called Estudiantes de Caseros or Estudiantes de Buenos Aires, is an
Argentine
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football
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club from
Caseros, Buenos Aires
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In 1852 the area was the site of an important battle in Argentine history, ...
. The club is mostly known for its
football
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team, which currently plays in the
Primera B Nacional
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, the second division of the
Argentine football league system
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.
Apart from football, the club hosts other disciplines such as
handball
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,
karate
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,
roller skating
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and
taekwondo
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.
History
The beginning
By 1897 football in Argentina was practised almost exclusively by
English
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people that lived in
Buenos Aires
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. Three of those immigrants, called Hansen, McHardy and Fitz Simons, encouraged a group of Argentine young people 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''.
[BEKERMAN, Esteban (July 1996). "La historia de... Estudiantes". ''El Hincha del Ascenso'' n. 3, pp. 14–17]
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 achievements
![Estudiantes bsas 1907](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Estudiantes_bsas_1907.jpg)
In 1904 Estudiantes promoted to
Primera División. By then, the club had built a stadium, placed in
Palermo, Buenos Aires
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It has a total land area of 17.4 km2 and a population of 256,927. It is the only ''barrio'' within the admi ...
where it played its home games. During the amateur years Estudiantes won its first title, the
Copa de Competencia Jockey Club
The Copa de Competencia Jockey Club was an official Argentine football cup competition contested between 1907 and 1933. The winner of this Cup was allowed to play the Tie Cup against the Uruguayan champion of Copa de Competencia.
History
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in 1910, defeating
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires
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by 3–1 at the final.
The team also reached three
Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires
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This cup was played by teams from Buenos Aires and Rosario (which belonged to Liga Rosarina ...
finals in 1906, 1909 and 1913 but could not won the trophy. The recognition earned during those years encouraged the managers to put the team on tours over other provinces of Argentina. These tours would also help to spread the playing 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
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football.
A ...
by 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
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in 1910. Never before an Argentine football team had played outside the
Río de la Plata
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. Estudiantes played four matches in Brazil, winning all of them. The squad scored 24 goals and conceded 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.
Primera División
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 played memorable matches against
Boca Juniors
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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 the Professional era began in 1931 in Argentina with the creation of
Liga Argentina. Estudiantes remained in the amateur league (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
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro, commonly known as San Lorenzo de Almagro or simply San Lorenzo (in English: ''Saint Lawrence''), is a sports club of Argentina in the Boedo district of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team ...
) and Camilo Méndez (acquired by River Plate).
Losing territory
Once the fusion the between Professional 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 Metropolitana
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) 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
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The neighborhood deve ...
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 top-scorer with 35 goals. In 1959 Estudiantes was relegated to the fourth division (
Primera D
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) after finishing in the last place. In May, 1963 the club inaugurated its stadium in
Caseros Caseros might refer to:
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,
Greater Buenos Aires
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, in a match against
Sacachispas
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The team plays in the ''Primera División de Ascenso'', the second-highest football division in Guatemala. Their home stadium is the Estadio L ...
. That same year Estudiantes was relegated 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 decisive match was against
Unión de Santa Fe
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Althoug ...
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 loss affected players' performances and the following seasons Estudiantes did not make great campaigns. This was until 1977, when Estudiantes won the championship returning to Primera División, where the club had not played since the 1930s. Estudiantes played a total of 36 matches winning 17 with 14 draws and 5 defeats. The line-up for the last match vs.
Villa Dálmine
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Due to a financial crisis, the club was named "Clu ...
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 designed as the coach.
During the 1978 season in Primera, one of the most important matches Estudiantes played was against Boca Juniors. The game ended up in a 1–1 tie, which allowed Quilmes 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 and didn't come back to Primera yet.
BRANDÃO, Caio (10-29-2013). Um brinde ao Quilmes, há 35 anos campeão argentino at Futebol Portenho
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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 being relegated to Primera C. Trigilli came back in 1983 and Estudiantes qualified to the "octagonal" 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
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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 is one of two professional leagues that form the third level of the Argentine football league system. The division is made up of 17 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, Greater Buenos Aires. ...
" 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 brought 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 Almagro
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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 Sarmiento may refer to:
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. In 2000–01 season Estudiantes went down to Primera B Metropolitana again, where it has remained since.
Club facilities
The club was founded in Buenos Aires
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, 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
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, where it was 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 is a town 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.
In 1852 the area was the site of an important battle in Argentine history, ...
.
Badge evolution
Current squad
Out on loan
Honours
*Copa de Competencia Jockey Club
The Copa de Competencia Jockey Club was an official Argentine football cup competition contested between 1907 and 1933. The winner of this Cup was allowed to play the Tie Cup against the Uruguayan champion of Copa de Competencia.
History
The Co ...
(1): 1910
*Segunda División
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(3): 1906, 1977, 1999–00
*Primera C
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(4): 1903, 1904, 1942, 1966
Notes
References
External links
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