sports club
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
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based in the
Quilmes
Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the eponymous county. With a population of 230,810, it is located south of th ...
district of
Greater Buenos Aires
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. Established in 1887 (although the date of foundation is still under dispute), Quilmes is the oldest club of Argentina still competing in championships organised by the
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association ( es, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino, ; AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires. It organises the main divisions of Argentine league system (from Primera División to Torn ...
. Quilmes' football team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentinian football.
In the top division of Argentine football, Quilmes has won three titles, including two
Primera División
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championships and one Copa de Honor MCBA. Quilmes also won five second division titles. The club also has a women's football team, competing at the third division.
Apart from football, Quilmes' main sport is
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shootin ...
, which both teams, women's and men's, have won many titles at their respective Torneo Metropolitano championships. Quilmes has also a field hockey stadium, "Estadio Nacional" with a capacity of 6,000 seats.
Other sports practised at the club are
basketball
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,
gymnastics
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roller skating
Roller skating is the act of traveling on surfaces with roller skates. It is a recreational activity, a sport, and a form of transportation. Roller rinks and skate parks are built for roller skating, though it also takes place on streets, si ...
tennis
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.
History
Origins and organisation
The origins of the club can be found at the "Quilmes and Polo Club", an institution founded by British immigrants about 1880. In 1887 the club changed its name to "Quilmes Rovers Athletic Club" with a football team formed entirely by British people. That team took part in the second edition of
Argentine Primera División
The Primera División (; en, "First Division"), known officialy as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).
T ...
championship held in 1893.
On 5 November 1897, promoting an initiative by Presbyterian preacher Reverend Joseph T Stevenson, the Quilmes Cricket Club was founded. The club changed its name to Quilmes Athletic Club in 1901, the year that Quilmes registered to Argentine Association Football League (former
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association ( es, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino, ; AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires. It organises the main divisions of Argentine league system (from Primera División to Torn ...
).
By the time that Quilmes was founded, the only club existing in
Quilmes
Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the eponymous county. With a population of 230,810, it is located south of th ...
was the Quilmes Lawn Tennis Club. Guillermo Morgan was named president, becoming the first chairman of the recently created institution.''El Nacimiento de una Pasión'', Alejandro Fabbri, Capital Intelectual editores (2006) During its first years, Quilmes did not admitted non-British members. The club represented to the huge British community that worked at
Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway
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. At the beginning of its existence, the main sport practised at Quilmes was
cricket
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, and club's colours were
crimson
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It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, '' Kermes vermilio'', but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red c ...
and blue.
In March 1898 Quilmes Cricket Club added football as sport. In 1901 the club also changed its colours, adopting the
England national football team
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's, white shirt with blue collar and shorts. By the first years of 20th century the club began to admit Argentine members, following the example of the other institution of the city, Argentino de Quilmes, which had been founded as a reaction to British rules for memberships. Unlike Quilmes CC, Argentino was opened to receive Argentine members.
First title
Quilmes was the first team (amongst the one that are still active) to face legendary
Alumni
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, in 1901. Alumni beat Quilmes 1–0 and 3–1, keeping its supremacy until 1906 when Quilmes achieved its first victory, defeating Alumni 4–2.
In 1912 Quilmes won its first title, the
Primera División
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championship. The team was formed by many British players that had played for
Alumni
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, dissolved one year before. The team remained in the top division of football until
1937
Events
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, when it was relegated along with
Argentinos Juniors
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to the second division.
Return to success
The team played in
Primera B
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until 1949 when Quilmes won the title promoting to Primera. Quilmes finished the season scored the most goals during the tournament (118). In 1959 the club changed its name again, turning to the Spanish denomination "Quilmes Atlético Club" which has remained since.
After being relegated again in 1951, Quilmes won the second division championship and promoted to Primera, after the Football Association stated that
Newell's Old Boys
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(who had finished first and proclaimed champion) promised Excursionistas an amount of money if they defeated Quilmes. As a result, the title was given to Quilmes (which had finished 2nd after Newell's) which promoted to Primera instead of '' Rosarino'' team.
Quilmes lasted only season at the top division, being relegated in 1962 and returning to Primera 3 years later, along with champion Colón de Santa Fe. The club would be relegated again in 1970. Five years later, Quilmes won the Primera B title, promoting along with champion San Telmo.
In 1978 Quilmes won the Torneo Metropolitano, being its only title in Primera to date. That team, coached by José Yudica, had notable players such as Jorge Gáspari, Horacio Milozzi, top-scorer
Luis Andreuchi
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and Omar "El Indio" Gómez, considered the greatest idol in club's history. The next year Quilmes played the 1979 Copa Libertadores but the team did not qualify for the second round being eliminated.
The dark years
In 1980 Quilmes was relegated to Primera B, returning to Primera just one year later along with champion Nueva Chicago after finishing 2nd. Quilmes made a great performance during the 1981 Nacional reaching the finals where the team was finally beaten by Ferro Carril Oeste. The next season Quilmes could not repeat the good performance and was relegated again to second division. In 1986, due to a major restructuring in the Argentine league system, a new division, " Primera B Nacional" was created. Quilmes did not qualify to play there so the team continued at Primera B, which became the third division after the restructuring.
In 1987 Quilmes won the 1986–87
Primera B Metropolitana
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title, promoting to National B. That same year construction of the new stadium started. In 1991 Quilmes returned to Primera División after 10 years playing at lower divisions, when beat
Club Almirante Brown
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1–0. The squad only lasted one season in Primera, returning to Nacional B.
In 1995 Quilmes inaugurated its new stadium, named "
Estadio Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner
Estadio Centenario Ciudad de Quilmes is a association football, football stadium located in Quilmes, Argentina. The stadium, owned and managed by Quilmes Atlético Club, has a capacity of 35,200 people. It was re-built in 1998.
The Estadio Centen ...
" playing a friendly match against
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. During the following seasons, Quilmes would have many chances to promote but the team did not achieve its objective, losing the final playoffs at the hands of
Huracán
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, Los Andes, and Banfield. Moreover, Quilmes lost another two chances for promotion, being defeated by
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both times.
Last years
Quilmes finally got the long-awaited promotion to Primera in 2002–03 season, after leaving behind
Argentinos Juniors
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with scores of 1–0 and 0–0.
After two good campaigns in Primera, Quilmes qualified to play the 2005 Copa Libertadores. Quilmes passed the first stage although they was soon eliminated. Quilmes would later be relegated to Nacional B in the 2006–07 season. Quilmes returned to the top division in 2009–10 season along with Olimpo and All Boys. Just one year later Quilmes was again relegated to the second division, where the team remained until 2012.
In June 2012 Quilmes returned to Primera División, after being placed 2nd in Primera B Nacional. The ''Cervecero'' defeated
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2–0 in the last fixture totalising 72 points, therefore promoting after champion River Plate."Quilmes consiguió el ascenso directo" Playfutbol.com, 23 June 2012
Christian Sterli became Quilmes' new president on 25 August 2019, replacing Marcelo Calello.
Uniforms
The football jersey was primarily red with blue collar and borders, until 1901 when the club adopted the white with navy collar that has remained to date.
Men's and women's
field hockey
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teams respect the traditional white and navy but they use a horizontal stripes version.
Nickname
Quilmes most known nickname is ''El Cervecero'' (The Brewers) because of the Cerveza Quilmes brewery of the same city (which also is the main sponsor of the club). It is also known as ''El Decano'' (The Dean), because is the club that has been playing football continuously for the longest time in Argentina.
Stadium
Quilmes started building a new stadium in 1987 to inaugurate it first in 1993, and then officially in 1995. It was extended in 1998 to its current capacity.
The old stadium of Guido and Sarmiento junction was later demolished.
Current squad
Former players
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Primera B Metropolitana
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