Deportivo Riestra

Deportivo Riestra Asociacion de Fomento Barrio Colon, also known as Deportivo Riestra, is an Argentine sports club from Buenos Aires. The club is mainly focused on football, with the senior squad currently playing in Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine league system. Besides, the futsal team plays in Primera D, the fourth tier division. Deportiva Riestra also has youth and women's teams competing in different tournaments and divisions.

The club headquarters are located in the Nueva Pompeya neighbourhood, with Guillermo Laza Stadium of Villa Soldati as venue for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 3,000.

Apart from football, Riestra is affiliated to the "Federacion Metropolitana de Ajedrez" (Metropolitan Chess Federation).

History

Initial years

The origins of Deportivo Riestra trace back to 1929, when a group of youths from Nueva Pompeya formed a football team to compete in local tournaments. They became known as "the Riestra ones", due to the name of the avenue where they used to gather, right next to a milk store. On February 22, 1931 they formally founded the club, and they rented a place as headquarters later that year.

Riestra affiliated to the Argentine Football Association in 1946, after negotiations by Pascual Trimboli, then president of the club and later head of department in the Association. The Blanquinegro official debut was a 3–2 loss against San Telmo. Riestra played those years in Primera C, but they were later transferred to the new Primera D, becoming one of the founder squads of that division. In 1950 Riestra inaugurated its first stadium in the Villa Soldati neighbourhood.

First achievement and stay in Primera C

Riestra won its first official tournament in 1953, as Primera D champions.

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