Old Caledonians Football Club

Not to be confused with Caledonian F.C..
Old Caledonians
Full nameOld Caledonians Football Club
Nickname(s)Caledonians, Calys
Founded1890
Dissolvedc. 1894; 130 years ago (1894)
GroundBarracas, Buenos Aires
LeaguePrimera División
18911st (champion)

Old Caledonians Football Club[note 1] (nicknamed Caledonians, or Calys)[2] was a football club established in Argentina by a group of Scottish immigrants who were employees of British studio Batman, Parsons & Bateman, hired to build the main drainage in the city of Buenos Aires.[2]

Playing its home games in Barracas, Buenos Aires, Old Caledonians was the first official football champion of Argentina, when in 1891 the team shared the title with another with Scottish-origin club, St. Andrew's Athletic Club.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b El día que los ferroviarios se llevaron las medallas, Página/12, 18 Oct 2010
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 1raf was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ A 125 años del primer torneo: un legado que perdura by Oscar Barnade, Clarín, 13 Apr 2016


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