Club Sportivo Estudiantes is an

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club based in the city of

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in the homonymous province. The senior squad currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second division of

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. Founded on June 20, 1920, the club belongs to regional Liga Sanluiseña de Fútbol, being the most successful team with 33 championships won. Estudiantes achieved promotion to Primera B Nacional after winning its group in the 2014 Torneo Federal A.

History

The club was established at the initiative of a group of students of Escuela Normal Juan Pringles, on June 20, 1920. After commemorating the anniversary of

Manuel Belgrano Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano y González (3 June 1770 – 20 June 1820), usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano (), was an Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He ...

's death, they met to form a club, being Carlos Pino elected as president. The club was named "Sportivo Estudiantes" ("students" in Spanish), adopting the green and white colors that represented hope and purity respectively. The Government of San Luis donated the club a land on Constitución street of the city. In August 1920 the "Unión Puntana de Football" (current Liga Sanluiseña) was established, being Estudiantes the first champion ever. The format was a single

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, with all the games played at "Cancha del Internado" (located in the Infantry Regiment of the city). Estudiantes' first venue was located on Bolívar street, between Sucre and San Juan streets. Estudiantes became the first club in the city to have its own stadium. In the 2000s, Sportivo Estudiantes was notable for having won 3 consecutive promotions to upper divisions, starting with the 2012

Torneo Argentino C The Torneo Argentino C (officially Torneo del Interior) was one of the two leagues that form the regionalised fifth level of the Argentine football league system. The competition was organized by the Federal Council (''Consejo Federal''), an inter ...

(5th division) championship until its most recent achievement when the team got promotion to the 2nd division, Primera B Nacional, in November 2014. With only one fixture remaining to the end of the Torneo Federal A season, Estudiantes qualified to play in the second division after winning Andino de La Rioja by 1–0. At the moment of achieving promotion, Estudiantes had won 10 games, with 2 draws and 2 losses. Darío Ortiz and Pablo Morant were the main coaches of the team. Before of that, Estudiantes had been won the

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title in 2012, after a 1–1 draw to

Atlético Policial Club Atlético Policial is an Argentina, Argentine association football, football club, located in San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. The team currently plays in the Torneo Argentino B, the regionalised 4th division of Argentine football league ...

in Catamarca."Estudiantes de San Luis ascendió al Argentino A"
Ascenso del Interior

Honours

National

* Torneo Federal A (1): 2014 *

Argentino B Torneo Argentino B was one of two leagues that form the fourth level of the Argentine football league system, made up of 100+ teams playing within eight regional zones across Argentina. The other league at level four wasand still isthe Primera C ...

(1): 2012-13 * Argentino C (1): 2012

Regional

* Liga Sanluiseña (33): 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2000a, 2000, 2007

References

External links

Official website

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