Club Atlético Estudiantes de Paraná
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Club Atlético Estudiantes is a multi-sports club from Paraná, Entre Ríos
, Argentina
.
Founded in 1905, the club has competitive teams in rugby union
, basketball
, volleyball
, swimming
, tennis
, golf
, polo
, field hockey
, softball
, squash
gymnastics
and athletics.
The club's colours are black and white.
. By 1921 the club had acquired land in the city's Parque Urquiza and began building football pitches
, as well as tennis court
s, there.
Following a controversial city hall decision, the club briefly lost hold of their installations but re-acquired them in 1929. From then on the club would start to develop teams in many sports, adding tennis and athletics to their already existing football teams, thus becoming a multi-sports club.
By 1932, football became professional in Argentina and the club, where amateur principles remained strong, decided to close down their football section. With football gone from the club, Estudiantes Football Club changed their name to Club Atlético Estudiantes.
After that the club started to develop rugby and basketball teams, and with the construction of a swimming pool
in 1937, swimming and waterpolo teams were added as well.
In 1953 however, the club would go into administration and briefly disbanded, with only the rugby and basketball teams surviving. By 1955, CAE was reborn and all teams started practicing again.
Many new sports, such as volleyball or field hockey, would appear at the club in the following decades and today, along with Paraná Rowing Club, Club Atlético Estudiantes is one of the city's two main multi-sports club.
Will hold the 2012 junior mens Softball world series, Paraná Argentina.
Paraná, Entre Ríos
Paraná is the capital city of the Argentine province of Entre Ríos, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, opposite the city of Santa Fe, capital of the neighbouring Santa Fe Province...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
.
Founded in 1905, the club 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...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, 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...
, 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...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, polo
Polo
Polo is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Sometimes called, "The Sport of Kings", it was highly popularized by the British. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a...
, 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...
, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, 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...
gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
and athletics.
The club's colours are black and white.
History
Estudiantes Football Club was founded on 5 May 1905, by football enthusiasts of the city of Paraná, Entre Ríos ProvinceEntre Ríos Province
Entre Ríos is a northeastern province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires , Corrientes and Santa Fe , and Uruguay in the east....
. By 1921 the club had acquired land in the city's Parque Urquiza and began building football pitches
Association football pitch
An association football pitch is the playing surface for the game of association football made of turf. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play".All line markings on the pitch form part of the area which they define...
, as well as tennis court
Tennis court
A tennis court is where the game of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles.-Dimensions:...
s, there.
Following a controversial city hall decision, the club briefly lost hold of their installations but re-acquired them in 1929. From then on the club would start to develop teams in many sports, adding tennis and athletics to their already existing football teams, thus becoming a multi-sports club.
By 1932, football became professional in Argentina and the club, where amateur principles remained strong, decided to close down their football section. With football gone from the club, Estudiantes Football Club changed their name to Club Atlético Estudiantes.
After that the club started to develop rugby and basketball teams, and with the construction of a swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
in 1937, swimming and waterpolo teams were added as well.
In 1953 however, the club would go into administration and briefly disbanded, with only the rugby and basketball teams surviving. By 1955, CAE was reborn and all teams started practicing again.
Many new sports, such as volleyball or field hockey, would appear at the club in the following decades and today, along with Paraná Rowing Club, Club Atlético Estudiantes is one of the city's two main multi-sports club.
Volleyball
CAE's women's volleyball team is one of the best in the country, playing at the highest level of Argentina's volleyball league system.Softball
CAE's softball team has done very well in recent years, winning the national title in 2008.Will hold the 2012 junior mens Softball world series, Paraná Argentina.