Club Porteño
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| Full name | Club Atlético Porteño |
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| Union | URBA |
| Founded | 28 July 1895 |
| Location | San Vicente, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| President | Ricardo Destuet |
| Coach(es) | Claudio Spataro |
| League(s) | Torneo de la URBA Grupo IV |
| 2011 | 5th of Zona B |
Club Atlético Porteño is an Argentine rugby union and field hockey club sited in San Vicente, Buenos Aires. The club was founded on July 28, 1895 by Irish immigrants as a football team, which participated in tournaments organized by the Argentine Football Association until 1931 when the sport became professional in Argentina.
The rugby team plays in the Torneo de la URBA Grupo IV, the fourth division of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires league system.
In 1895 Cavanagh, Geogeham, Kenny and O’Farrel were just a group of boys who wanted to form a football team, but they had no money. On July 28, 1895, they met in the Hipodromo Argentino de Palermo and founded the "Club Atlético Capital" designing Tomas Hagan as president. A few months later, those immigrants bet the money they had saved to a horse called Porteño, which finally won the race paying a hugh amount of money.
With the money won in the race, the boys bought the equipment necessary to play football: balls, jerseys, shorts, socks and shoes and they renamed the club as a tribute to that horse, so "Club Atlético Porteño" was the name chosen.
The football team played in Primera División during the amateur era, making its debut in 1907 and staying in the top division until 1928 when Porteño was relegated to the second division. Its stadium was the first (in the city of Buenos Aires) to have its stands built in concrete. It was located in Palermo neighborhood, on Valentín Alsina Avenue. In 1931 Porteño desaffiliated from the Football Association, due to the club refused to participate in a professional league, being the team subsequently disbanded.
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