Córdoba Athletic Club, or simply Córdoba Athletic, is a multi-sports club from Córdoba, Argentina

Córdoba, Argentina

Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with...

. Founded in 1882, CAC is the oldest sports club in Córdoba Province

Córdoba Province (Argentina)

Córdoba is a province of Argentina, located in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are : Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, La Pampa, San Luis, La Rioja and Catamarca...

. Sports practiced at the club include 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...

 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...

.

Today Córdoba Athletic is mostly known for its rugby team, one of the best in the province, having won the UCR

Unión Cordobesa de Rugby

The Córdoba Rugby Union or UCR is the organisational body that controls the game of rugby union in the province of Córdoba, Argentina.- History :The union was founded the 20 April 1931, in order to facilitate the practice of rugby in the province....

 title 15 times.

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

Sport

A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...

 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

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 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

Unión Cordobesa de Rugby

The Córdoba Rugby Union or UCR is the organisational body that controls the game of rugby union in the province of Córdoba, Argentina.- History :The union was founded the 20 April 1931, in order to facilitate the practice of rugby in the province....

 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

Tala Rugby Club

Tala Rugby Club, or simply Tala, is an Argentine rugby union and field hockey club sited in Córdoba Province. The rugby team currently plays in the Torneo del Centro league.-History:...

 and Club La Tablada

Club La Tablada

La Tablada Rugby Club, or simply Club La Tablada, is a rugby union and field hockey club based in the city of Córdoba, Argentina. Founded in 1943 as a social institution, La Tablada started playing rugby union and field hockey from the 1950s.-History:...

 who have both reached the national

Nacional de Clubes

Nacional de Clubes is a club rugby union competition in Argentina. Originally, the competition involved 16 teams from most provincial unions. From 2009, the competition was reduced to only 4 teams, 2 from the Torneo del Interior and 2 from the Buenos Aires tournament.-1993 to 2008:From 1993 to...

 final.

Honours

• Unión Cordobesa de Rugby
  Unión Cordobesa de Rugby
  The Córdoba Rugby Union or UCR is the organisational body that controls the game of rugby union in the province of Córdoba, Argentina.- History :The union was founded the 20 April 1931, in order to facilitate the practice of rugby in the province....
  
  
  • Winners (15): 1952, 1955, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1992, 1996, 2005, 2008, 2010