Club San Albano

Club San Albano is an Argentine sports club from the Burzaco district of Greater Buenos Aires. San Albano is mostly known for its rugby union team, which currently plays in Primera División A, the second division of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires league system.[1] The field hockey team competes at tournaments organized by the Buenos Aires Hockey Association.

San Albano
Full nameClub San Albano
UnionURBA
Founded22 May 1927 (1927-05-22)
LocationBurzaco, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ground(s)Corimayo
Coach(es)Federico Wulf
Brian Elder
League(s)Primera A
20173°
Team kit
Official website
clubsanalbano.com

Other sports practised at San Albano are cricket and tennis.

History

San Albano was founded on May 22, 1927, by alumni of the Quilmes Grammar School and the later Saint Alban's College. Originally born as a cricket club with the name of "Old Philomathian Club" (the name refers to the inscription of Philomathes Polymathes in the school badge), the institution added football and tennis sections in the 1930s.

Old Philomathian registered with Argentine Rugby Union in 1949 and started playing in 1950. By 1960 the club promoted to first division, although it went straight back down a year later. For the first years of its existence, Old Philomathian achieved more success in the sevens version of the game, winning the Argentine Rugby Union tournament in 1958. Field hockey started being played at the club in 1967, taking part in men's and women's tournaments.

The institution would be later forced to change its name in the mid-seventies from the former Old Philomathian Club to "Asociación de Ex-Alumnos del Colegio San Albano" due to administrative regulations. From humble beginnings, San Albano reached the first division in 2002 and has remained there since then.[2]

Honours

Cricket
  • Primera División (10):
    • 1992–93, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2017–18 [3]

References
  1. "San Albano in URBA webpage". Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
  2. Historia del Club
  3. Historial de Campeones on Cricket Argentina

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