American football team
Estudiantes de Rio Cuarto
Club · Argentina · Liga Profesional Argentina
«Los Leones»
Pupils at Colegio Nacional N.º 1 in Río Cuarto wanted a football team of their own, and in September 1912 they got one, with Juan Francisco Remedi as its first president. Only in 1918 did it break away and take the name it still carries, Asociación Atlética Estudiantes .
What followed made the club's reputation. Estudiantes won the Liga Cordobesa seven seasons in a row from 1919 to 1925, and kept coming back to it for decades afterwards — 37 titles in all. The club reached the Argentine Primera División in 1983, where they played the 1983, 1984 and 1985 seasons.
The long climb back took the rest of the century and more. Winning Torneo Federal B in 2017 lifted the club out of the third tier and into the Primera Nacional. Cup football has produced no trophy, though in 2023 Estudiantes knocked out Atlético Tucumán, a top-flight side.
Home is the Estadio Ciudad de Río Cuarto Antonio Candini, which holds 12,000. The sky blue and white on the shirts gave the team one of its nicknames, El Celeste , but the one that stuck is Los Leones — the Lions — and that came from the city rather than the club.
Latest results
All matches| 15 Sep | Liga Profesional Argentina |
Instituto Cordoba
A
|
1:2 | L |
| 4 Sep | Liga Profesional Argentina |
Sarmiento de Junín
H
|
0:2 | L |
| 29 Aug | Liga Profesional Argentina |
Huracan
A
|
1:1 | D |
| 22 Aug | Liga Profesional Argentina |
San Lorenzo de Almagro
H
|
0:0 | D |
| 17 Aug | Liga Profesional Argentina |
Atlético Tucumán
H
|
0:1 | L |
| 8 Aug | Liga Profesional Argentina |
Independ. Rivadavia
A
|
1:2 | L |
Standing
Liga Profesional ArgentinaGroup stage · Apertura - Group B
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 |
Sarmiento de Junín
|
16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 13:20 | 19 |
| 12 |
 Banfield
|
16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17:19 | 18 |
| 13 |
Atlético Tucumán
|
16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15:20 | 14 |
| 14 |
 Aldosivi
|
16 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6:19 | 8 |
| 15 |
Estudiantes de Rio Cuarto
|
16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5:24 | 5 |
Team statistics
matches counted: 236| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 236 | 123 | 113 |
| Scored | 203 | 123 | 80 |
| Conceded | 191 | 86 | 105 |
| Scored per game | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Conceded per game | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| Difference | +12 | +37 | −25 |
Key players
by appearances over the last year
Agustín Lastra
Goalkeeper
24 Matches
Matias Valenti
Defender
23 Matches
Siro Rosane
Midfielder
22 Matches
Mauro Valiente
Forward
22 Matches
Gabriel Gustavo Alanís
Midfielder
22 Matches
Nicolás Talpone
Midfielder
22 Matches
Gonzalo Maffini
Defender
21 Matches
Abel Francisco Romero
Midfielder
21 Matches
Squad of Estudiantes de Rio Cuarto
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Age | Matches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Agustín Lastra |
Goalkeeper | 24 | ||
| 31 | Matias Valenti |
Defender | 23 | ||
| 8 | Siro Rosane |
Midfielder | 22 | ||
| 22 | Mauro Valiente |
Forward | 22 | ||
| 17 | Gabriel Gustavo Alanís |
Midfielder | 22 | ||
| 19 | Nicolás Talpone |
Midfielder | 22 | ||
| 2 | Gonzalo Maffini |
Defender | 21 | ||
| 13 | Abel Francisco Romero |
Midfielder | 21 | ||
| 30 |  Sergio Ojeda |
Defender | 21 | ||
| 32 |  Mateo Bajamich |
Forward | 20 | ||
| 10 |  T. Gonzalez |
Midfielder | 20 | ||
| 45 |  Raúl Lozano |
Midfielder | 19 | ||
| 9 |  Javier Ferreira |
Forward | 19 | ||
| 26 |  Jorge Ezequiel Forclaz |
Midfielder | 18 | ||
| 28 |  Facundo Cobos |
Defender | 17 | ||
| 5 |  Alejandro Martín Cabrera |
Midfielder | 17 | ||
| 6 |  Juan Antonini |
Defender | 15 | ||
| 40 |  Francesco Lo Celso |
Midfielder | 13 | ||
| 23 |  Renzo Damián Bacchia Rodríguez |
Goalkeeper | 12 | ||
| 16 | |
 Tobías Ostchega |
Defender | 28 | 12 |
| 11 |  Martín Garnerone |
Forward | 11 | ||
| 18 |  Agustín Mario Morales |
Forward | 11 | ||
| 77 |  Ibrahim Hesar |
Forward | 9 | ||
| 14 |  G. Gonzalez |
Defender | 9 | ||
| 1 |  Lucas Bruera |
Goalkeeper | 9 | ||
| 29 |  Agustin Quiroga |
Defender | 9 | ||
| 23 |  Fernando Iván Rodríguez |
Midfielder | 9 | ||
| 50 |  Ramón Darío Ábila |
Forward | 9 | ||
| 79 |  Tobias Leiva |
Midfielder | 9 | ||
| 27 |  Juan Fernando Garro Gallerani |
Forward | 7 | ||
| 6 |  G. Antonini |
Defender | 7 | ||
| 11 |  M. Garnerone |
Forward | 7 | ||
| 20 |  Mauricio Tevez |
Forward | 6 | ||
| 18 |  Joaquin Rivero |
Forward | 5 | ||
| 16 |  J. Moreno |
Forward | 5 | ||
| 25 |  T. Olmos |
Defender | 5 | ||
| 20 |  Mauricio Alejandro Tévez |
Forward | 4 | ||
| 7 |  Lucas Gonzalez |
Forward | 4 | ||
| 99 |  J. Chala |
Forward | 3 | ||
| 99 |  Francisco Ramón Nieves Galván |
Forward | 3 |
Fixtures of Estudiantes de Rio Cuarto
-
15 Sep
Instituto Cordoba
A
1:2
L
-
4 Sep
Sarmiento de Junín
H
0:2
L
-
29 Aug
Huracan
A
1:1
D
-
22 Aug
San Lorenzo de Almagro
H
0:0
D
-
17 Aug
Atlético Tucumán
H
0:1
L
-
8 Aug
Independ. Rivadavia
A
1:2
L
-
1 Aug
Banfield
H
0:0
D
-
29 Jul
Argentinos Juniors
A
0:3
L
Honours of Estudiantes de Rio Cuarto
- Liga Cordovesa Championship 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1949, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1981 18
- Tornio Federal B 2017 1