Club Atlético Aldosivi (usually called simply Aldosivi) is an

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club based in the city of Mar del Plata,

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. The senior squad will play in 2025 in the Primera División, the first division of the

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. The club also has a women's football section.

History

Foundation

The club was established on was founded on March 29, 1913, when a group of employees of the French company that was building the port of Mar del Plata by then, met at ''El Recreo'' coffee house to establish a club where they could play the sport they loved. The club's name comes from the first two letters of the last name of engineers and owners of the company commissioned to build the port: Allard, Doulfus, Sillard, and Wiriott (the "w" was changed to a "v" because there was no "W" available to telegraph the official announcement). The first colors were taken from the

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(blue, white and red), worn by the team during its first years of existence. Some time later, a local store donated the green and yellow jerseys in vertical stripes to the club. It became Aldosivi definitive colors, worn to present days. Pedro Seré was elected as club's first president. He also established the "Asociación Marplatense de Football" (the first local league), headquartered at the port of Mar del Plata on Figuero Alcorta street.

First success

With football as the main activity of the institution, the first notable achievement was the promotion to the first division of MDP in 1959. The Ministry of Public Works Stadium was Aldosivi's venue by then. In

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, Aldosivi played its first National Championship. The club returned to the top division competitions in

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, achieving a well remembered win over Boca Juniors 2–1 at

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.Aldosivi quiere repetir la hazaña del '75
by Víctor Molinero, ''La Capital'', 12 May 2015 Apart from football, the club hosted other sports activities such as

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and

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, among others. These sections are no longer active. In 1979, Aldosivi merged with two other clubs from Mar del Plata, Talleres and Banfield, and was known by the name ''Defensores del Puerto'' until 1981 when it returned to the traditional name, which it still uses today.

Players

Current squad

Other players under contract

Reserve squad

Out on loan

Former players

Managers

* Andrés Rebottaro (2004–05; 2007–09) * Julio Toresani (2007) * Salvador Daniele (2010–11) * Fernando Quiroz (2011–13; 2014–16) * Sebastián Rambert (2013) * Darío Franco (2013–14; 2016) * Guillermo Hoyos (2019–21) * Fernando Gago (2021) * Martín Palermo (2021–2022) * Leandro Somoza (2022–)

Honours

National

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** Winners (2): 2017–18,

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Regional

* Liga Marplatense de Fútbol ** First Division (6): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1989, 1993, 1994 ** Second Division (3): 1923, 1959, 1983 ** Third Division (2): 1941, 1944

References

External links

*
Somos Aldosivi
(fan site).
La Cantera
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