The club was one of the founding members of Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) along with CURCC, Albion and Uruguay A.C., in 1900.

The club had been established by German immigrants under the name "Deutscher Fussball Klub" in 1896 although the official foundation was on May 23, 1897.

The other field of Parque Central, called "the international", was given to Club Nacional de Football.

The club also changed its statute, becoming an institution managed by a committee formed by German and Uruguayan executives.

Under that name, the club also changed its colors, wearing a striped light blue and white jersey, playing the 1907, 1908 and 1909 tournaments.