Club Atlético del Rosario
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| Full name | Club Atlético del Rosario |
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| Union | Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires |
| Nickname(s) | Plaza |
| Founded | 27 March 1867 |
| Location | Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina |
| Ground(s) | Rosario |
| President | Leandro Salvatierra |
| Coach(es) | Mauro Cingolani Nicolas Torno |
| League(s) | Torneo de la URBA |
| 2016 | 12° of Top 14 |
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Club Atlético del Rosario is an Argentine sports club from Rosario, Santa Fe. One of the oldest clubs still in existence in Argentina, Atlético del Rosario was a pioneer of football in Rosario, being the first team from that city to play in the Primera División, the top division of Argentine football league system. At international level, Rosario A.C. was also the first team outside Buenos Aires to win an international tournament, the Tie Cup on three occasions.
Nowadays, Atlético del Rosario is mostly regarded for its rugby union team, having been a founding member of the "River Plate Rugby Championship" (current Argentine Rugby Union) in 1999. The senior squad currently plays in Grupo I, the first division of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires league system.
Atlético del Rosario also has a women's field hockey team playing in the Litoral A championship, the first division of the Asociación de Hockey del Litoral league system.
Apart from rugby and hockey, the other sport hosted by the club are association football and tennis.
The club was founded as a cricket institution by British railway workers, under the name "Rosario Cricket Club", on 27 March 1867. In 1899, the club moved to its current location at Plaza Jewell, named after brothers Charles and Edward Jewell who gifted the land to the club. It is during that period that Rosario Cricket Club changed its name to "Rosario Athletic Club". In football, the club had the honour to be the first club from Rosario playing in Argentine Primera División although the squad only participated in the 1894 championship. Rosario AC was invited by the Argentine and Uruguayan Football Associations to participate in the Tie Cup, played by teams of Buenos Aires, Rosario and Montevideo. Rosario AC won the 1902 (defeating legendary Alumni by 2-1 in the playoff match), 1904 (beating Uruguayan CURCC 3-2) and 1905 (winning over CURCC again by 4-3) editions totaling 3 championships in 6 years. The line-up vs. CURCC in 1905 was: ER.S. Knight; R.O. Le Bas, G. Middleton; H. Talbot, M.O. Wells, R. Stuart; E.O. Le Bas, A.O Le Bas, G. Roberts, J.G. Parr, W. Stocks. Rosario AC was also a founding member of "Liga Rosarina de Football", playing all its tournaments until 1916.
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