Quilmes AC
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| Full name | Quilmes Atlético Club |
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| Nickname(s) | El Cervecero (The Brewers) |
| Founded | 27 November 1887 |
| Ground | Estadio Centenario, Ciudad de Quilmes, Quilmes, Greater Buenos Aires |
| Capacity | 30,200 |
| Chairman | Marcelo Calello |
| Manager | Alfredo Grelak |
| League | Primera División |
| 2015 | 11th |
| Website | Club home page |
Quilmes Atlético Club (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkilmes aˈtletiko ˈkluβ]) is an Argentine sports club based in the Quilmes district of Greater Buenos Aires. Quilmes is one of the oldest clubs of Argentina still competing in official tournaments, having been founded in 1887. Its football squad currently plays in the Primera División, the top division of the Argentine football league system.
Apart from football, Quilmes' main sport is field hockey, which both teams, women's and men's, have won a large number of titles at 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 basketball, gymnastics, martial arts, roller skating, swimming and tennis.
The origins of the club can be found at the "Quilmes and Polo Club", an institution founded by British 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 Argentine Primera División championship held in 1893.
On 5 November 1897, promoting an initiative by priest J.T. Stevenson, the "Quilmes Cricket Club" is founded. The club changed its name to "Quilmes Athletic Club" in 1901, the year that Quilmes registered to Argentine Association Football League (former Argentine Football Association).
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