CLUB
Sportivo Buenos Aires
Argentina
Overview
Sportivo Buenos Aires is recorded as the club affiliation for 2 players in Footballopedia’s registered 1930 World Cup roster data for Argentina. This historical club card is built from the tournament-era roster connection; broader club history can be enriched independently without breaking the player-to-club link.
Key facts
- Country
- Argentina
- City
- Buenos Aires
- 1930 name
- Sportivo Buenos Aires
- Club status
- defunct
- Founded
- 1918
- Dissolved / identity ended
- 1960s
- Historical status
- No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
- Stadium
- Estadio de Caboto y Pinzón
- 1930 team context
- Argentina
- 1930 linked players
- 2
- Identity status
- verified-historical-identity
History
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Sportivo Buenos Aires already had a documented club history extending from 1918 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
Chapter 1Description: Sportivo Buenos Aires was created in 1918 from a merger involving Sportivo Argentino and Buenos Aires Isla Maciel.
Chapter 2Description: It played in Argentina’s top flight during the amateur era and remained in the association after professionalism split the game.
Chapter 3Description: The club disaffiliated in the 1940s and later disappeared, generally dated to the 1960s.
Historical overview
Identity and place in football historyDescription: Formed in 1918 through the union of Buenos Aires Isla Maciel and Sportivo Argentino, the latter having roots in a breakaway group connected to Boca Juniors players.
The club around the 1930 World CupDescription: In Footballopedia’s 1930 graph, Sportivo Buenos Aires is linked to 2 World Cup roster player(s) through tournament-era club affiliation. This club page records those names inside club/season history only; no player profile was created or expanded in this pass.
End of the original identityDescription: The club left AFA competition in 1941 after falling through the divisions and is generally believed to have dissolved in the 1960s.
Historical timeline
1918Description: Foundation / earliest canonical start of the Sportivo Buenos Aires identity.
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Sportivo Buenos Aires already had a documented club history extending from 1918 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
Chapter 1Description: Sportivo Buenos Aires was created in 1918 from a merger involving Sportivo Argentino and Buenos Aires Isla Maciel.
Chapter 2Description: It played in Argentina’s top flight during the amateur era and remained in the association after professionalism split the game.
Chapter 3Description: The club disaffiliated in the 1940s and later disappeared, generally dated to the 1960s.
1930 World Cup eraDescription: Documented club affiliation for: Rodolfo Orlandini, Carlos Peucelle.
1960sDescription: The club left AFA competition in the 1940s and is believed to have dissolved in the 1960s.
Season-by-season history
1918Season: 1918 · Competition: Club formation · Finish: Founded by merger · Notes: Created from Buenos Aires Isla Maciel and Sportivo Argentino.Founding milestone.
1920sSeason: 1920s · Competition: Argentine amateur top flight · Finish: Regular participant · Notes: Played in Argentina’s top-flight amateur competitions through the decade.Exact year-by-year rosters not asserted without a dedicated archive.
1929/30Season: 1929/30 · Competition: Argentine Primera División (amateur) · Finish: 11th in 1930 · Notes: 18 wins, 5 draws, 12 losses; 58–44 in the 1930 table.Documented players: Rodolfo Orlandini, Carlos PeucelleWorld Cup-linked player(s) only; not a full squad.
1934Season: 1934 · Competition: Argentine amateur Primera División · Finish: Penultimate; final top-flight season · Notes: Finished near the bottom in the final amateur top-flight campaign before the association merger placed former amateur clubs in the new second division.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1935Season: 1935 · Competition: Argentine Segunda División · Finish: Last / poor campaign · Notes: First full AFA second-tier season after the 1934 reorganization.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1937Season: 1937 · Competition: Argentine Segunda División · Finish: Avoided relegation · Notes: Secured survival late in the season after the national promotion/relegation system was standardized.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1938Season: 1938 · Competition: Argentine Segunda División · Finish: Survived; relegations suspended · Notes: Another difficult campaign, but relegation was suspended.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1939Season: 1939 · Competition: Argentine Segunda División · Finish: Relegated · Notes: Finished last among first teams and was relegated to the third division.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1941Season: 1941 · Competition: AFA affiliation · Finish: Disaffiliated · Notes: The club left the main Argentine association structure.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
Competition chronology
1918Description: Club formation | Founded by merger | Created from Buenos Aires Isla Maciel and Sportivo Argentino.
1920sDescription: Argentine amateur top flight | Regular participant | Played in Argentina’s top-flight amateur competitions through the decade.
1929/30Description: Argentine Primera División (amateur) | 11th in 1930 | 18 wins, 5 draws, 12 losses; 58–44 in the 1930 table.
1931Description: Merged with Club Social Buenos Aires and became Club Social y Sportivo Buenos Aires; finished 3rd in the amateur association championship.
1932Description: Fought relegation and ultimately remained after the association annulled a second relegation place.
1934Description: The amateur association merged into the professional AFA structure; Sportivo Buenos Aires was placed in the second tier.
1939Description: Relegated from the second division to the third division.
1941Description: Disaffiliated from the Argentine association.
1960sDescription: The club is believed to have dissolved during the 1960s after years outside the main national structure.
Honours and achievements
Honour / achievementDescription: Argentine amateur-era Primera División participation in the 1920s and early 1930s.
Stadium and ground history
Estadio de Caboto y PinzónDescription: Documented historical venue context currently linked to the 1930-era club record. Relationship: documented home ground through the 1930 season.
Venue-history ruleDescription: Only grounds supported by historical evidence are attached. A modern ground is never projected backward into the 1930 period merely because a successor or namesake later used it.
1930 World Cup-linked players
Rodolfo OrlandiniDescription: MF · Argentina · tournament-era club affiliation
Carlos PeucelleDescription: FW · Argentina · tournament-era club affiliation
1934 World Cup-linked players
Arcadio LópezPlayer: Arcadio López · Player Slug: arcadio-lopez · Team: Argentina · Year: 1934
Ernesto AlbarracínPlayer: Ernesto Albarracín · Player Slug: ernesto-albarracin · Team: Argentina · Year: 1934
What happened to the club
Canonical historical identityDescription: No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
What happened nextDescription: The club left AFA competition in 1941 after falling through the divisions and is generally believed to have dissolved in the 1960s.
Continuity policyDescription: Successor, merger partner, refoundation and namesake are stored as related entities/lineage. They are not silently collapsed into the 1930 club unless legal and sporting continuity is demonstrated.
Club lineage
1930 identityDescription: Sportivo Buenos Aires
End of original identityDescription: The club left AFA competition in the 1940s and is believed to have dissolved in the 1960s.
Predecessor / merger-source clubs
Sportivo ArgentinoRelationship: Direct predecessor / merger source
Buenos Aires Isla MacielRelationship: Direct predecessor / merger source
Legacy and identity note
This page preserves the Sportivo Buenos Aires identity as it existed around the 1930 World Cup. Later clubs using a similar name are not automatically treated as the same legal entity.
Squad
Rodolfo OrlandiniPosition: MF · National Team: Argentina · Player Slug: rodolfo-orlandini
Carlos PeucellePosition: FW · National Team: Argentina · Player Slug: carlos-peucelle
Notes
Historical-identity ruleDescription: Footballopedia keeps the 1930 club as its own canonical historical entity even when a successor, merger partner, refoundation or namesake exists.
World Cup linkDescription: Linked to 2 player(s) in the 1930 World Cup roster graph.
Related
ArgentinaRole: National team context · Type: national_team
Estadio de Caboto y PinzónRole: Historical club venue / 1930-era ground context · Type: venue