Club Deportivo UAI Urquiza (formerly "Club Ferrocarril Urquiza") is an Argentine

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sited in Villa Lynch,

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of Greater Buenos Aires. Its men's football team currently plays at

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, the third division of the Argentine football league system. However, it is more recognized internationally by its women's side, which has competed in most of the more recent editions of the

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and became the main source of players for the Argentina women's national team. Apart from football, other disciplines hosted by UAI Urquiza are

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, handball,

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, and

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History

The Club was founded as "Club Deportivo, Social y Cultural Ferrocarril Urquiza" by Carmelo Santoro on May 21, 1950. The first players and fans of the team were employees of the

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who needed a ground to play football on Saturday afternoons. The club affiliated to the

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in 1970 and played its first season in the "Aficionados" division (the fourth level of Argentine football league system, later renamed " Primera D"). At the beginning of the 2009–2010 season the club merged with Universidad Abierta Interamericana (UAI) to form "Club Deportivo UAI-Urquiza". Having won no titles under its old name, UAI Urquiza obtained the first season disputed by the team, the 2009–10 Primera D championship, promoting to Primera C. In May, 2013, UAI Urquiza won the Primera C champions, therefore promoting to the upper division,

. The squad beat

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by 3–1, when there still had 4 fixtures to play. At the moment of the championship, UAI Urquiza had taken an advantage of 13 points over

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, the team placed 2nd.

Stadium

The stadium is located in Villa Lynch,

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. It has capacity for 500 spectators and does not have lighting. Prior to Ferrocarril Urquiza, this field was used by the defunct team

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, where legendary goalkeeper

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first appeared.

Team kit and colors

Under the new denomination, the kit uniform still maintains main color that identified Club Ferrocarril Urquiza (light blue) but adding the burgundy, which is the corporate color of the UAI (Universidad Abierta Interamericana).

Women's team

The women's team has won the

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5 times: 2012 Clausura, 2014 Final, 2016, 2017–18 and 2018–19. It appeared in the

for the first time in 2015, where it finished third place. Its next international appearances were in 2016 and 2018. It has also qualified for the 2019 Libertadores Femenina edition. Being the most dominant team in Argentine women's football league in recent years, it became the main supplier of players for the Argentina women's national team.

First team squad

Honours

* Primera D (1): 2009–10 * Primera C (1): 2012–13

References

External links

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