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Quilmes Atlético Club () is an Argentine
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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 southeast end of the Greater Buenos Aires, being some away from the urban centre area of Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and is the seat of the eponymous '' ...
district of
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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
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. Quilmes'
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team currently plays in
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, the second division of the
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. In the top division of Argentine football, Quilmes has won three titles, including two Primera División 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
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, 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
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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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
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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
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championship held in 1893. left, A Quilmes team of 1902, with the white shirt adopted one year before 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
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). 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 southeast end of the Greater Buenos Aires, being some away from the urban centre area of Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and is the seat of the eponymous '' ...
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
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. At the beginning of its existence, the main sport practised at Quilmes was
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, and club's colours were
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and blue. In March 1898 Quilmes Cricket Club added
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as sport. In 1901 the club also changed its colours, adopting the
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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 Club Atlético Argentino de Quilmes, simply known as Argentino de Quilmes, is an Argentine association football, football club from Quilmes, Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana, Primera B, the third division of the ...
, 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
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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 championship. The team was formed by many British players that had played for
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, dissolved one year before. The team remained in the top division of football until
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, when it was relegated along with
Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...
to the second division.


Return to success

The team played in
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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
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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
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. The club would be relegated again in 1970. Five years later, Quilmes won the Primera B title, promoting along with champion
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. In 1978 Quilmes won the Torneo Metropolitano, being its only title in Primera to date. That team, coached by
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, had notable players such as Jorge Gáspari, Horacio Milozzi, top-scorer Luis Andreuchi and Omar "El Indio" Gómez, considered the greatest idol in club's history. The next year Quilmes played the
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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
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. 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 Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (English "National B Division"), and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 38 team ...
" 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
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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
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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" 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
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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 Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...
with scores of 1–0 and 0–0. After two good campaigns in Primera, Quilmes qualified to play the
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. Quilmes passed the first stage although they were 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
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. 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. Christian Sterli became Quilmes' new president on 25 August 2019, replacing Marcelo Calello.


Uniforms

The
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jersey was primarily red and blue, inspired on the
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(due to Quilmes' British origins)."List of clubs" on ''River Plate Sports & Pastime''
, Apr 1893
In 1901 the club adopted the white and blue colors, until 1908 when the club worn blue shirts. In 1912, Quilmes returned to the white and blue colors, which have remained to the present time.Historia - El inicio de la historia
on Quilmes A.C. website


Nickname

Quilmes most known nickname is ''El Cervecero'' (The Brewers) because of the
Cerveza Quilmes Cervecería y Maltería Quilmes () is an Argentine drink company founded in 1890 in the city of Quilmes in Greater Buenos Aires. The company was established by Otto Bemberg, a German immigrant, in 1890 as a beer manufacturer.< ...
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


Managers

* Humberto Zuccarelli (1 July 1986–30 June 89), (1 July 1992–30 June 95) *
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(1 July 1996–30 June 97) * Alberto Fanesi (1 July 1997–30 June 99) *
Héctor Rivoira Héctor Oscar Rivoira (10 April 1960 – 14 August 2019) was an Argentine football manager and player who worked as the manager of Atlético Tucumán. Playing career Rivoira played for the River Plate youth teams but never played for the first ...
(1 July 2000–30 June 01) *
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(1 July 2003–30 June 04) * Humberto Zuccarelli ''(interim)'' (200?) * Alberto Pascutti (13 May 2008–12 April 09) * José María Bianco (24 April 2009–??) * Jorge Luis Ghiso (1 Jan 2010–30 June 10) *
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(10 June 2010–17 Oct 10) *
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(17 Oct 2010–6 March 11) *
Ricardo Caruso Lombardi Ricardo Daniel Caruso Lombardi (born 10 February 1962) is an Argentine football manager and former who played as a midfielder. Caruso Lombardi is best known for saving teams from being relegated to second division. Playing career Born in Bu ...
(8 March 2011–4 April 12) * Omar De Felippe (4 April 2012–30 June 13) *
Nelson Vivas Nelson David Vivas (born 18 October 1969) is an Argentine former professional association football, footballer and manager who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, right-back. Vivas played for clubs Quilmes Atlético Club, Quil ...
(1 July 2013–21 Oct 13) *
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(22 Oct 2013–16 Feb 14) *
Ricardo Caruso Lombardi Ricardo Daniel Caruso Lombardi (born 10 February 1962) is an Argentine football manager and former who played as a midfielder. Caruso Lombardi is best known for saving teams from being relegated to second division. Playing career Born in Bu ...
(18 Feb 2014–31 May 2014) * Pablo Quattrocchi (7 June 2014–Present)


Honours


National


League

* Primera División (2):
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, 1978 Metropolitano *
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(1): 1990–91 *
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(4): 1949, 1961, 1975, 1986–87


National cups

* Copa de Honor MCBA (1):
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Field hockey honours


Women's

* Metropolitano Primera División (17): 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1964


Men's

* Metropolitano Primera División (16): 1922, 1923, 1924, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1980, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008


Notes


References


External links

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