Belgrano Athletic Club
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Belgrano Athletic Club is an amateur sports club
from the Belgrano
neighborhood of Buenos Aires
, Argentina. One of Argentina's oldest institutions still in existence, Belgrano is one of the four clubs that founded the Argentine Rugby Union.
Belgrano currently has competitive teams in rugby union
, field hockey
, tennis
, squash
, cricket
, bowls
and swimming
.
, and the other site is located in Pilar
. The facilities at the main site include a regulation rugby union pitch, a field hockey pitch, twelve tennis courts, an olympic size swimming pool and a football pitch. The site in Pilar has three full size rugby pitches, six youth pitches another hockey pitch and another swimming pool.
for the first time in 1896.
, their first participation came in 1896. The squad won three league titles in 1899
, 1904
and 1908
, and also won a number of other tournaments including the Tie Cup
in 1900 and the Copa de Honor Cousenier
in 1907.
Belgrano Athletic played one of the earliest football rivalries in Argentine football against Belgrano neighbours Alumni
. Both teams were so strong that they won all of the thirteen league titles contested between 1899 and 1911.
Belgrano was relegated from the Argentine Primera División in 1916.
. The team has won a total of 10 provincial titles.
In 1899, along with Buenos Aires FC
, Lomas
and Rosario
, the club would become a founding member of "The River Plate Rugby Union", the origin of today's Argentine Rugby Union.
Its main rivals are Belgrano district's other big club, Alumni.
match held on the clubs cricket ground came when the Northern Suburbs and the Marylebone Cricket Club
in 1912. First-class cricket
was first played there in 1927 when Argentina played the Marylebone Cricket Club. Five further first-class matches were played there, the last of which saw Argentina play Sir TEW Brinckman's XI
in 1938. Still in use to the present day, the ground held matches in the South American Championships and the Americas Championships in recent times, as well as hosting matches in the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three
.
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
from the Belgrano
Belgrano, Buenos Aires
Belgrano is a leafy, northern barrio or neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Location :The barrio of Palermo is to the southeast; Nuñez is to the northwest; Coghlan, Villa Urquiza, Villa Ortúzar and Colegiales are to the southwest....
neighborhood of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina. One of Argentina's oldest institutions still in existence, Belgrano is one of the four clubs that founded the Argentine Rugby Union.
Belgrano currently has competitive teams in rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
, field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, squash
Squash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
, cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
, bowls
Bowls
Bowls is a sport in which the objective is to roll slightly asymmetric balls so that they stop close to a smaller "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a pitch which may be flat or convex or uneven...
and swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
.
Facilities
The clubs facilities are divided between two locations: its main building is located in BelgranoBelgrano, Buenos Aires
Belgrano is a leafy, northern barrio or neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Location :The barrio of Palermo is to the southeast; Nuñez is to the northwest; Coghlan, Villa Urquiza, Villa Ortúzar and Colegiales are to the southwest....
, and the other site is located in Pilar
Pilar, Buenos Aires
Pilar is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It has a population of more than 226,000 inhabitants as per the . Pilar is part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conurbation and is the head of the administrative division of Pilar Partido...
. The facilities at the main site include a regulation rugby union pitch, a field hockey pitch, twelve tennis courts, an olympic size swimming pool and a football pitch. The site in Pilar has three full size rugby pitches, six youth pitches another hockey pitch and another swimming pool.
History
There are records of a football match played by the members of the "Club Inglés de Belgrano" in 1894. Belgrano Athletic Club was officially founded on August 17, 1896, as a multi sports club. Its football team played in the Primera DivisiónPrimera División Argentina
The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
for the first time in 1896.
Football
Belgrano AC participated in the Argentine football league between 1896 and 1916 during the amateur eraAmateur Era in Argentine football
The amateur era in Argentine football lasted between 1891 and 1931.-History:The first league tournament outside the United Kingdom took place in Argentina in 1891, it was dominated by British expatriate players and teams. The Scottish influence is evident in the names of the league's first winners...
, their first participation came in 1896. The squad won three league titles in 1899
1899 in Argentine football
1899 in Argentine football saw the Argentine league reduced to 4 teams to accommodate the creation of a second division.-Primera división:The championship Primera división took the format of a league of 4 teams, with each team playing the other twice. Lanús Athletic only completed 2 games, with the...
, 1904
1904 in Argentine football
1904 in Argentine football saw Belgrano Athletic win the Argentine championship ending a run of four consecutive championships for Alumni Athletic Club.-Primera División:...
and 1908
1908 in Argentine football
1908 in Argentine football saw Belgrano Athletic win the Argentine championship ending a run of three consecutive championships for Alumni Athletic Club.In International football Argentina won Copa Newton and Copa Lipton...
, and also won a number of other tournaments including the Tie Cup
Tie Cup
The Tie Cup is a defunct international football tournament played between representatives of the Argentine league , Rosario league and the Uruguayan football Association...
in 1900 and the Copa de Honor Cousenier
Copa de Honor Cousenier
Copa de Honor Cousenier is a defunct international football club tournament which was played 13 times between representatives of the Argentine and Uruguay football associations between 1905 and 1920.-History:...
in 1907.
Belgrano Athletic played one of the earliest football rivalries in Argentine football against Belgrano neighbours Alumni
Alumni Athletic Club
Asociación Alumni, usually just Alumni, is a rugby union and former football club located in Tortuguitas, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina.-The beginning:...
. Both teams were so strong that they won all of the thirteen league titles contested between 1899 and 1911.
Belgrano was relegated from the Argentine Primera División in 1916.
Rugby
Belgrano Athletic rugby union team is one of the most successful teams in the Unión de Rugby de Buenos AiresUnión de Rugby de Buenos Aires
This article is about a Rugby organization. URBA can also refer to the URBA mass transport system.The Buenos Aires Rugby Union , usually referred as URBA, is the governing body that organises and controls the rugby union in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as the Buenos Aires Provincial...
. The team has won a total of 10 provincial titles.
In 1899, along with Buenos Aires FC
Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club
Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club, sometimes known simply as Buenos Aires or B.A.C.R.C., is an amateur multi-sports club from the San Fernando district of Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina...
, Lomas
Lomas Athletic Club
Lomas Athletic Club is a sports club from Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina. One of Argentina's oldest clubs still in existence, Lomas is one of the four clubs that founded the Argentine Rugby Union...
and Rosario
Club Atlético del Rosario
Club Atlético del Rosario is a sports club from Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. The sports currently practised at the club are rugby union, field hockey, cricket and tennis.-History:...
, the club would become a founding member of "The River Plate Rugby Union", the origin of today's Argentine Rugby Union.
Its main rivals are Belgrano district's other big club, Alumni.
Titles
- Torneo de la URBATorneo de la URBAThe Torneo de la Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires, or simply Torneo de la URBA, is a rugby union competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Created in 1899, it is the oldest rugby competition in South America and one of the oldest club competitions in the world....
: 10
-
- 1907, 1910, 1914, 1921, 1936, 1940, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968
Cricket
The first recorded cricketCricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
match held on the clubs cricket ground came when the Northern Suburbs and the Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
in 1912. First-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
was first played there in 1927 when Argentina played the Marylebone Cricket Club. Five further first-class matches were played there, the last of which saw Argentina play Sir TEW Brinckman's XI
Sir Theodore Brinckman, 4th Baronet
Sir Theodore Ernest Warren Brinckman, 4th Baronet was an English cricketer. He played often for the MCC, and captained teams that toured the Channel Islands and South America...
in 1938. Still in use to the present day, the ground held matches in the South American Championships and the Americas Championships in recent times, as well as hosting matches in the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three
2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three
The 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was a cricket tournament that took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina from January 24 to 31 2009. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2011 Cricket World Cup....
.
Famous members
- Lisandro ArbizuLisandro ArbizuLisandro Arbizu is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He plays first five-sevenths or second five-sevenths...
, former player for Los Pumas. - Magdalena AicegaMagdalena AicegaMaría Magdalena Aicega Amicarelli is a field hockey defender from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the Women's National Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Nicknamed Magui, she first represented her native country at the Junior World Cup in 1993 in Barcelona, Spain,...
, former captain of Las LeonasLas LeonasArgentina national women's field hockey team represents Argentina in women's field hockey. They are also known by the nickname Las Leonas, meaning "The Lionesses"...
. - Rosario LuchettiRosario LuchettiRosario Luchetti is a field hockey player from Argentina, who won a bronze medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing....
, current player of Las LeonasLas LeonasArgentina national women's field hockey team represents Argentina in women's field hockey. They are also known by the nickname Las Leonas, meaning "The Lionesses"...
. - Jeannette Campbell, silver medalist swimmer at the 1936 Olympics.
External links
- Belgrano Athletic website
- Belgrano Athletic Club at ESPNcricinfo
- Belgrano Athletic Club at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...