Club Atlético Colegiales (Argentina)
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| Full name | Club Atlético Colegiales |
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| Nickname(s) | Tricolor, Cole |
| Founded | 1 April 1908 |
| Ground | Libertarios Unidos, Florida Oeste, Buenos Aires |
| Capacity | 8,500 |
| Chairman | Rodrigo González |
| Manager | Juan C. Kopriva |
| League | Primera B |
| 2015 | 10° |
Club Atlético Colegiales is an Argentine football club based in Florida Oeste, Buenos Aires. The squad currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana, the regionalised third division of the Argentine football league system.
The club was founded on 1 April 1908, in Buenos Aires by a group of anarchists who discussed fighting for better conditions for the working class. That was the reason that originated its first name, Club Atlético Libertarios Unidos, naming José Garrone as its first president. The colors adopted were red with a horizontal black stripe paying tribute to their anarchist ideology.
Libertarios Unidos' first field was placed just beside the Defensores de Belgrano stadium, in the corner of Blandengues and Manzanares streets of Buenos Aires. Libertarios Unidos was soon forced to change its name, because the government had prohibited any anarchist expression (some sources state that it was the Police Chief Ramón Falcón himself who obliged them to change the name). So the club was renamed as Sportivo del Norte in 1919.
Sportivo del Norte obtained the promotion to Primera B in 1919 and one year later the team was playing its first match in Primera División, where it finished 8th. In 1924 Sportivo had to leave its field in Blandengues and Manzanares, moving to Colegiales district. The club soon renamed honoring its new home, changing not only its name to Club Atlético Colegiales but its uniform colors, which became blue, red and gold. They have remained the club colors to the present day.
In 1926 Colegiales entered to Asociación Amateur, finishing 4th in 1927, with a squad which was nicknamed "Los Fenómenos (The Phenomenons)" due to the skilled players that formed it. Most frequently line-up was: Tauzlet; Rossi, Tachini; Del Corro, Machiavello, Alberico; Martínez, Toscano, Giudice, Granara Costa, Paduano.
In 1928 Colegiales won the championship promoting to Primera División. The line-up was: Santiago Sesana; Rossi, Silva; Del Corro, Pausini, Felipelli; Martínez, Toscano, Giudice, González, Coviello.
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