Three of those immigrants, called Hansen, McHardy and Fitz Simons, encouraged a group of Argentine young people to join them in order to form a team.

These tours would also help to spread the playing of football in the rest of Argentina, increasing the popularity of this sport amongst its population.

Back in Buenos Aires, the players were received and acclaimed by a crowd and were also invited to numerous receptions due to their great performance.

Estudiantes remained in the amateur league (which had been left by the called "big ones"), which soon lost interest so fans choose the professional championship, where their teams had moved to.

Some of the footballers that left Estudiantes were Nardini and Martínez (transferred to Boca), "Huesito" Sánchez (to Platense), Closas (to San Lorenzo de Almagro) and Camilo Méndez (acquired by River Plate).

[2] Some highlights for Estudiantes were the great campaign of 1947, with Juan Calicchio being the top scorer with 36 goals in 40 matches played.

The decisive match was against Unión de Santa Fe; Estudiantes lost 1–0 and was not able to reach promotion into the Primera División.

The game ended up in a 1–1 tie, which allowed Quilmes a great chance to obtain the championship (which the "Cervecero" finally took advantage of).

In the 1995–96 season Estudiantes achieved the so long awaited promotion to Nacional B, defeating its historical rival Almagro with a memorable 5–1 scoreline in the second final match (after finishing 2–2 the first game).

In the 2012–13 Copa Argentina with the team still in the third tier, Estudiantes made the semi-finals in a memorable campaign where they eliminated River Plate, Banfield, and Talleres, before losing to San Lorenzo on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

Still in the third tier, Estudiantes began their run in the round of 64 by eliminating 2012 Copa Sudamericana runner ups Tigre 3-0 .

[7] In the quarterfinals they were drawn with Copa Sudamericana finalists Colón, with the match ending 2-2 and Estudiantes winning another penalty shootout to qualify for the semi-finals.

In the 2022 Primera Nacional, Estudiantes finished the regular season in seventh place out of 37, which gave them a berth into the promotion playoffs.

The club was founded in Buenos Aires, in the corner of Blandengues Avenue (today Avenida del Libertador) and calle Oro.

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.