Club Atletico Tigre is an Argentine football club located in Victoria, Buenos Aires. Its name comes from Tigre, the city in which it was founded in 1902. Its colors have always been blue and red. The senior squad currently competes in Primera Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.
Tigre plays its home venues at Estadio Jose Dellagiovanna (named after one of its founders and first president) which has a capacity of 26,282 spectators.
History
On 3 August 1902, a group of twelve young men led by Jose Dellagiovanna, met at his house in Partido de las Conchas (former name of Tigre Partido) with the purpose of establishing a sports club. The name given to the recently formed institution was "Club Atletico Juventud del Tigre", with Dellagiovanna elected as its first president. They played their first football match vs C.A. Las Conchas, won by Juventud del Tigre 3–1. The club wore a blue shirt with red collar, black short and socks.
The team registered to Argentine Football Association to compete in official tournaments. By those times, the institution changed its name to "Club Atletico de Tigre". When dissident Federacion Argentina de Football was established in 1912 after the first schism in Argentine football, Tigre affiliated to it. The team began to wear a striped blue and red shirt.
The first title won by the club came in 1912, when Tigre crowned champion of Division Intermedia (the second level by then), promoting to Primera Division after beating Argentinos de Velez Sarsfield 4–2 in the final held in Estadio G.E.B.A. On 1 May from 1913, Tigre made its debut in the top division of Argentine football.
Tigre debuted in Primera Division on 1 May 1913, against Porteno, ending in a 0–0 draw. The team played its home matches on a field located on Rocha street, near Reconquista River in Rincon de Milberg. Its first field was inaugurated on 2 December 1913. When a new schism came in 1919, Tigre registered to dissident Asociacion Amateurs de Footba
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