Instituto ACC

Instituto Atletico Central Cordoba (commonly referred as Instituto or Instituto de Cordoba) is an Argentine sports club from the city Cordoba, whose professional football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.

Famous players who have played at Instituto include Osvaldo Ardiles, Mario Alberto Kempes, Jose Luis Saldano, Hugo Curioni, Alberto Beltran, Raul de La Cruz Chaparro, Salvador Mastrosimone, Marcelo Bielsa, Ernesto Corti, Diego Klimowicz, Mauricio Caranta, Oscar Dertycia, Alejandro Faurlin, Gonzalo Bergessio, Daniel "Miliki" Jimenez, Paulo Dybala, Ramon Abila, Silvio Romero.

The basketball team currently plays at Liga Nacional de Basquetbol (LNB), the first division of Liga Nacional de Basquetbol league system.

History

As many other football clubs in Argentina, Instituto was founded by railway workers. The club was initially established in 1918 as Instituto Ferrocarril Central Cordoba. With the re-organization of the administration of the club 6 years later, due to the number of members in the Alta Cordoba neighbourhood, the name was changed to the current Instituto Atletico Central Cordoba.

After its foundation, Instituto quickly reached the first division of the Liga Cordobesa, which the team won in 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1928. With the professionalization of the game in 1931, Instituto lost momentum and sunk into an unsuccessful period. But years later the team revived, conquering the provincial league again in 1961, 1966, and finally in 1972, reaching the Argentine second division.

Instituto played its first ever season at the top level in 1973 where the team finished 8th out of a group of 15 teams, but it had to wait six years to try again. In 1979 Instituto won its group to reach the Quarter-Finals where the club was eliminated 5–3 on aggregate by Club Atletico Tucuman. Instituto also played the Torneo Nacional from 1981 to 1985, and the Metropolitano in 1981, 1982

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