Club Universitario de Córdoba (familiarly known as La U) is a

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based in

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. The

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team currently plays at the Torneo de Córdoba, the regional league organised by

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. In

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, Universitario is affiliated to amateur Córdoba Field Hockey Federation, where its teams compete. The institution also hosts the practise of other sports disciplines such as

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and

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History

The club was founded on 8 April 1907 when the representatives of Medicine, Engineering and Law Universities met at the Café Del Plata with the purpose of creating an athletic club, inspired by the institution founded in Medicine University a year before.Historia del Club - official site
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, winning the first ever Cordobeso tournament's title in 1931. Universitario has won the most provincial championships with 20 titles, however its last win was in 1977. In recent years Uni have struggled to make an impact on the competition. Club's drop in form coinciding with the arrivals of much younger clubs such as Tala and

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who have dominated cordobeso rugby since the 1970s.

Titles

Rugby

* Torneo de Córdoba (20): 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1945,
1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1976, 1977

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Club Universitario De Cordoba u u u u