Estudiantes de Paraná
| Full name | Club Atlético Estudiantes | ||
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| Union | Unión Entrerriana de Rugby | ||
| Nickname(s) | Albinegro | ||
| Founded | 5 May 1905 | ||
| Location | Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina | ||
| Ground(s) | Parque Urquiza | ||
| President | Emilio Fouces | ||
| League(s) | Torneo del Litoral | ||
| 2015 | 4 | ||
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Club Atlético Estudiantes is an amateur Argentine sports club from Paraná, Entre Ríos. The club hosts many sports such as basketball, volleyball, swimming, tennis, golf, polo, field hockey, softball, squash gymnastics and athletics. Despite the wide variety of activities practised at the institution, Estudiantes is mostly known for its rugby union team, which currently takes part in the Torneo del Litoral tournament.
History
Estudiantes Football Club was founded on 5 May 1905, by football enthusiasts of the city of Paraná, Entre Ríos Province. By 1921 the club had acquired land in the city's Parque Urquiza and began building football pitches, as well as tennis courts, there.
Following a controversial city hall decision, the club briefly lost hold of their installations but re-acquired them in 1929. From then on the club would start to develop teams in many sports, adding tennis and athletics to their already existing football teams, thus becoming a multi-sports club.
By 1932, football became professional in Argentina and the club, where amateur principles remained strong, decided to abandon the practise of football, switching to rugby union. Moreover, it changed its name to "Club Atlético Estudiantes".
Along with Club Tilcara and Paraná Rowing Club, Estudiantes is one of the few clubs from Entre Ríos Province that take part in the Torneo del Litoral.[1]
After that the club started to develop rugby and basketball teams, and with the construction of a swimming pool in 1937, swimming and waterpolo teams were added as well.
In 1953 however, the club would go into administration and briefly disbanded, with only the rugby and basketball teams surviving. By 1955, CAE was reborn and all teams started practicing again.
Many new sports, such as volleyball or field hockey, would appear at the club in the following decades and today, along with Paraná Rowing Club, Club Atlético Estudiantes is one of the city's two main sports clubs.[2]
References
External links
- Official website (Spanish)