Club Sportivo Alsina, or simply Sportivo Alsina is an

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located in the

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district of

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that played in tournaments organised by the

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from the 1920s to the 1940s, even reaching the

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and

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. The club is headquartered on the corner of Choele Choel and Juan Domingo Perón streets in Valentín Alsina. Although football is no longer practised at competitive levels in Sportivo Alsina, the club hosts the practise of other disciplines such as

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and

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History

The club was established on October 17, 1916, in

district of

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under the name "El Aeroplano","Viejos clubes de fútbol - III parte"
by Raúl Herrera, La Izquierda Diario, 25 Mar 2015 In 1922 the football section separated from the club, adopting the name "Sportivo Alsina" honoring the district where the club had been established. Sportivo alsina 1936

The football squad began to compete that same year, achieving its first title in 1925 when the team won the

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championship organised by dissident

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(AAm). In 1932 the club won the División Intermedia (the third level by then) championship, which allowed Sportivo Alsina to play at Primera División. One year later, the club would win another

championship playing with a reserve team. Sportivo Alsina debuted in the Argentine top division,

, in

where the squad finished 5° of 20 teams. Sportivo Alsina continued to play at the top-flight until

where all the clubs of the amateur league (AFA) were relegated as it merged with the professional one,

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. Sportivo Alsina disaffiliated from the Association in 1948. Since then, the institution has focused on several disciplines, practised at amateur level.Sportivo Alsina
on Soy de Telmo website

Notable players

* Angel Grippa, the team's goalkeeper, was part of the Argentina national team at the

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. In 1936 and 1941 Sportivo Alsina would win two championships else in the third division of

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Honours

* División Intermedia (1): 1932 *

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(4): 1925 AAm, 1933, 1936, 1941

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Club Sportivo Alsina Association football clubs established in 1916 Football clubs disaffiliated from the Argentine Football Association