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Córdoba Athletic Club 
Full name Córdoba Athletic Club Union Unión Argentina de Rugby Founded 1882 Location Córdoba, Argentina Ground(s) Tudor President José Fernandez League(s) Nacional de Clubes, Centro 
Team kitOfficial website www.cordobaathletic.com Córdoba Athletic Club, or simply Córdoba Athletic, is a multi-sports club from Córdoba, Argentina. Founded in 1882, CAC is the oldest sports club in Córdoba Province. Sports practiced at the club include rugby union, field hockey, tennis and swimming.[1]
Today Córdoba Athletic is mostly known for its rugby team, one of the best in the province, having won the UCR title 15 times.
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History
Like many Argentina sports and social clubs at the time, Córdoba Athletic Club was founded by English rail workers. The exact date of the club's creation is unknown but is thought to be either 17 April or 15 November 1882.
For its first few years in existence the club would be dominated by british expatriates and the official language at the club would be English. Originally, the club was founded as an athletics club. Rugby would only appear at CAC in 1898. For a time the club also played association football, until that sport became professional in Argentina in the 1930s.
As the only club in the province for a long time, CAC had to travel down to Rosario for competition. There, CAC would often compete with that city's oldest club Rosario Athletic Club. The ties between both clubs remain strong today.
Rugby
Córdoba Athletic Club started playing rugby in 1898. Since then the club has become one of the best in the Unión Cordobesa de Rugby league system, winning the provincial title 15 times.
Although one of the best clubs in the province, CAC as so far failed to make any impact on the national scene, unlike fellow cordobeso clubs such as Tala Rugby Club and Club La Tablada who have both reached the national final.
Honours
- Unión Cordobesa de Rugby
- Winners (15): 1952, 1955, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1992, 1996, 2005, 2008, 2010
External links
- Official website (Spanish)
References
- ^ "Club History" (in Spanish). 21 May 2010. http://www.cordobaathletic.com/historia.asp. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
Categories:- Argentine rugby union teams
- Rugby union team stubs
- Argentine sport stubs
- Unión Cordobesa de Rugby
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