Aldosivi

The club was established on was founded on March 29, 1913, when a group of employees of the company that was building the port of Mar del Plata by then, met at El Recreo coffee house to establish a club where they could play the sport they loved.

The club's name comes from the first two letters of the last name of engineers and owners of the company commissioned to build the port: Allard, Doulfus, Sillard, and Wiriott (the "w" was changed to a "v" because there was no "W" available to telegraph the official announcement).[3]

The first colors were taken from the French flag (blue, white and red), worn by the team during its first years of existence. Some time later, a local store donated the green and yellow jerseys in vertical stripes to the club. It became Aldosivi definitive colors, worn to present days.

Pedro Seré was elected as club's first president. He also establish "Asociación Marplatense de Football" (the first local league), headquartered at the port of Mar del Plata on Figuero Alcorta street.

With football as the main activity of the institution, the first notable achievement was the promotion to the first division of MDP in 1959. The Ministry of Public Works Stadium was Aldosivi's venue by then.

In 1973, Aldosivi played its first National Championship. The club returned to the top division competitions in 1975, achieving a well remembered win over Boca Juniors 2–1 at La Bombonera.[4]

Apart from football, the club hosted other sports activities such as basketball, boxing and bowling, among others. These sections are no longer active.[2]

In 1979, Aldosivi merged with two other clubs from Mar del Plata, Talleres and Banfield, and was known by the name Defensores del Puerto until 1981 when it returned to the traditional name, which it still uses today.[3]

As of 11 April 2020.[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Luciano Pocrnjic (Captain) 2 DF Caín Fara 3 DF Mario López 5 MF Gastón Gil Romero 6 DF Leonel Galeano 7 FW Nazareno Solís (on loan from Boca Juniors) 8 MF Federico Gino 9 FW Rodrigo Contreras 10 FW Federico Andrada 13 MF Alan Ruiz (on loan from Sporting CP) 14 FW Sebastián Rincón (on loan from Vitória (G)) 15 MF Román Martínez 18 MF Facundo Bertoglio 19 DF Marcos Miers 20 DF Fernando Evangelista 21 DF Emanuel Iñiguez

No. Position Player 22 MF Francisco Grahl 23 DF Lucas Villalba 25 MF Nahuel Yeri 27 DF Nicolás Bazzana (on loan from Estudiantes (LP)) 29 FW Gonzalo Verón (on loan from Independiente) 30 FW Franco Pérez 31 GK Luis Ingolotti 32 FW Pablo Becker 33 MF Leandro Maciel (on loan from Lanús) 35 GK Fabián Assmann 36 MF Joaquín Indacoechea 39 FW Yoel Juárez 40 FW Facundo Tobares 42 MF Jonathan Zárate 43 DF Ignacio Artola

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player — DF Manuel Capasso (at Platense until 30 June 2020) — MF Luciano Perdomo (at Chacarita until 30 June 2020)

No. Position Player — FW Jonatan Benedetti (at All Boys until 30 June 2020)

• Primera B Nacional (1): 2017–18

• Liga Marplatense de Fútbol:
  • First Division (6): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1989, 1993, 1994
  • Second Division (3): 1923, 1959, 1983
  • Third Division (2): 1941, 1944