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| Full name | Quilmes Atlético Club | ||
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| Nicknames | El Cervecero (The Brewers) Decano del fútbol argentino (Argentine football's dean) | ||
| Founded | 27 November 1887; 138 years ago (1887-11-27)[note 1] | ||
| Ground | Estadio Centenario,Quilmes | ||
| Capacity | 30,200[5] | ||
| Chairman | Carlos Giulianetti | ||
| Manager | Alfredo Grelak | ||
| League | Primera Nacional | ||
| 2025 | Primera Nacional Zone A, 15th of 18 | ||
| Website | quilmesaclub | ||
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Quilmes Atlético Club (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈkilmesaˈtletikoˈkluβ]) is an Argentinesports club based in theQuilmes district ofGreater Buenos Aires. Established in 1887 (although the date of foundation is still under dispute),[note 1] Quilmes is the oldest club of Argentina still competing in championships organised by theArgentine Football Association. Quilmes'football team currently plays inPrimera Nacional, the second division of theArgentine football league system.
In the top division of Argentine football, Quilmes has won three titles, including twoPrimera División championships and oneCopa de Honor MCBA. Quilmes also won five second division titles. The club also has awomen's football team, competing at the third division.
Apart from football, Quilmes' main sport isfield hockey, which both teams, women's and men's, have won many titles at their respectiveTorneo Metropolitano championships.[6] Quilmes has also a field hockey stadium, "Estadio Nacional" with a capacity of 6,000 seats.
Other sports practised at the club arebasketball,gymnastics,handball,martial arts,roller skating,swimming andtennis.
The origins of the club can be found at the "Quilmes and Polo Club", an institution founded byBritish 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 ofArgentine Primera División championship held in 1893.[7]
On 5 November 1897, promoting an initiative by Presbyterian preacher Reverend Joseph T Stevenson,[8] the Quilmes Cricket Club was founded. The club changed its name to Quilmes Athletic Club in 1901, the year that Quilmes registered to Argentine Association Football League (formerArgentine Football Association).[9]
By the time that Quilmes was founded, the only club existing inQuilmes was the Quilmes Lawn Tennis Club. Guillermo Morgan was named president, becoming the first chairman of the recently created institution.[10] During its first years, Quilmes did not admitted non-British members. The club represented to the huge British community that worked atBuenos Aires Great Southern Railway. At the beginning of its existence, the main sport practised at Quilmes wascricket, and club's colours werecrimson and blue.
In March 1898 Quilmes Cricket Club addedfootball as sport. In 1901 the club also changed its colours, adopting theEngland national football team's, white shirt with blue collar and shorts. By the first years of 20th century the club began to admit Argentine members, following the example of the other institution of the city,Argentino de Quilmes, which had been founded as a reaction to British rules for memberships. Unlike Quilmes CC, Argentino was opened to receive Argentine members.
Quilmes was the first team (amongst the one that are still active) to face legendaryAlumni, in 1901. Alumni beat Quilmes 1–0 and 3–1, keeping its supremacy until 1906 when Quilmes achieved its first victory, defeating Alumni 4–2.[10]
In 1912 Quilmes won its first title, thePrimera División championship. The team was formed by many British players that had played forAlumni, dissolved one year before. The team remained in the top division of football until1937, when it was relegated along withArgentinos Juniors to the second division.
The team played inPrimera B until 1949 when Quilmes won the title promoting to Primera. Quilmes finished the season scored the most goals during the tournament (118). In 1959 the club changed its name again, turning to the Spanish denomination "Quilmes Atlético Club" which has remained since.
After being relegated again in 1951, Quilmes won the second division championship and promoted to Primera, after the Football Association stated thatNewell's Old Boys (who had finished first and proclaimed champion) promisedExcursionistas an amount of money if they defeated Quilmes. As a result, the title was given to Quilmes (which had finished 2nd after Newell's) which promoted to Primera instead ofRosarino team.
Quilmes lasted only season at the top division, being relegated in 1962 and returning to Primera 3 years later, along with championColón de Santa Fe. The club would be relegated again in 1970. Five years later, Quilmes won the Primera B title, promoting along with championSan Telmo.
In 1978 Quilmes won theTorneo Metropolitano, being its only title in Primera to date. That team, coached byJosé Yudica, had notable players such as Jorge Gáspari, Horacio Milozzi, top-scorerLuis Andreuchi and Omar "El Indio" Gómez, considered the greatest idol in club's history. The next year Quilmes played the1979 Copa Libertadores but the team did not qualify for the second round being eliminated.
In 1980 Quilmes was relegated to Primera B, returning to Primera just one year later along with championNueva Chicago after finishing 2nd. Quilmes made a great performance during the1981 Nacional reaching the finals where the team was finally beaten byFerro Carril Oeste. The next season Quilmes could not repeat the good performance and was relegated again to second division. In 1986, due to a major restructuring in the Argentine league system, a new division, "Primera B Nacional" was created. Quilmes did not qualify to play there so the team continued at Primera B, which became the third division after the restructuring.
In 1987 Quilmes won the 1986–87Primera B Metropolitana title, promoting to National B. That same year construction of the new stadium started. In 1991 Quilmes returned to Primera División after 10 years playing at lower divisions, when beatClub Almirante Brown 1–0. The squad only lasted one season in Primera, returning to Nacional B.
In 1995 Quilmes inaugurated its new stadium, named "Estadio Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner" playing a friendly match againstClub Nacional de Football. During the following seasons, Quilmes would have many chances to promote but the team did not achieve its objective, losing the final playoffs at the hands ofHuracán,Los Andes, andBanfield. Moreover, Quilmes lost another two chances for promotion, being defeated byBelgrano de Córdoba both times.
Quilmes finally got the long-awaited promotion to Primera in 2002–03 season, after leaving behindArgentinos Juniors with scores of 1–0 and 0–0.
After two good campaigns in Primera, Quilmes qualified to play the2005 Copa Libertadores. Quilmes passed the first stage although they were soon eliminated. Quilmes would later be relegated to Nacional B in the 2006–07 season. Quilmes returned to the top division in 2009–10 season along withOlimpo andAll Boys. Just one year later Quilmes was again relegated to the second division, where the team remained until 2012.
In June 2012 Quilmes returned to Primera División, after being placed 2nd in Primera B Nacional. TheCervecero defeatedGuillermo Brown de Puerto Madryn 2–0 in the last fixture totalising 72 points, therefore promoting after champion River Plate.[11]
Christian Sterli became Quilmes' new president on 25 August 2019, replacing Marcelo Calello.[12]
Thefootball jersey was primarily red and blue, inspired on theflag of the United Kingdom (due to Quilmes' British origins).[13] In 1901 the club adopted the white and blue colors, until 1908 when the club worn blue shirts. In 1912, Quilmes returned to the white and blue colors, which have remained to the present time.[14]
      1887–1901 |  1901–1908 | 1908–1911 |    1912–present |
Quilmes most known nickname isEl Cervecero (The Brewers) because of theCerveza Quilmes brewery of the same city (which also is the main sponsor of the club). It is also known asEl Decano (The Dean), because is the club that has been playing football continuously for the longest time in Argentina.
Quilmes started building a new stadium in 1987 to inaugurate it first in 1993, and then officially in 1995. It was extended in 1998 to its current capacity.The old stadium of Guido and Sarmiento junction was later demolished.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Humberto Zuccarelli (1 July 1986–30 June 89), (1 July 1992–30 June 95)Gustavo Alfaro (1 July 1996–30 June 97)Alberto Fanesi (1 July 1997–30 June 99)Héctor Rivoira (1 July 2000–30 June 01)Gustavo Alfaro (1 July 2003–30 June 04)Humberto Zuccarelli(interim) (200?)Alberto Pascutti (13 May 2008–12 April 09)José María Bianco (24 April 2009–??)Jorge Luis Ghiso (1 Jan 2010–30 June 10)Hugo Tocalli (10 June 2010–17 Oct 10)Leonardo Madelón (17 Oct 2010–6 March 11)Ricardo Caruso Lombardi (8 March 2011–4 April 12)Omar De Felippe (4 April 2012–30 June 13)Nelson Vivas (1 July 2013–21 Oct 13)Blas Giunta (22 Oct 2013–16 Feb 14)Ricardo Caruso Lombardi (18 Feb 2014–31 May 2014)Pablo Quattrocchi (7 June 2014–Present)
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