CLUB
Sportivo Palermo
Argentina
Overview
Sportivo Palermo 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 Palermo
- Club status
- defunct
- Founded
- 1908
- Dissolved / identity ended
- 1984
- Historical status
- No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
- Stadium
- Olímpico de Colombres / cancha del KDT
- 1930 team context
- Argentina
- 1930 linked players
- 2
- Identity status
- verified-historical-identity
History
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Sportivo Palermo already had a documented club history extending from 1908 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 Palermo was founded in 1908 and reached Argentina’s top division during the amateur era.
Chapter 2Description: It absorbed or merged with several smaller clubs during its early history and briefly combined with Club Atlético Palermo in 1933–34.
Chapter 3Description: After later returning to lower AFA divisions, it disaffiliated in 1984 and dissolved.
Historical overview
Identity and place in football historyDescription: Founded in 1908, absorbed Atlas in 1915 while retaining the Sportivo Palermo name, and became part of the complex web of popular Buenos Aires clubs and federations.
The club around the 1930 World CupDescription: In Footballopedia’s 1930 graph, Sportivo Palermo 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: It merged with Club Atlético Palermo in 1932 for a short-lived combined identity, later returned separately, and was finally disaffiliated from AFA in 1984 before disappearing.
Historical timeline
1908Description: Foundation / earliest canonical start of the Sportivo Palermo identity.
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Sportivo Palermo already had a documented club history extending from 1908 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 Palermo was founded in 1908 and reached Argentina’s top division during the amateur era.
Chapter 2Description: It absorbed or merged with several smaller clubs during its early history and briefly combined with Club Atlético Palermo in 1933–34.
Chapter 3Description: After later returning to lower AFA divisions, it disaffiliated in 1984 and dissolved.
1930 World Cup eraDescription: Documented club affiliation for: Juan Evaristo, Adolfo Zumelzú.
1984Description: After decades in the lower divisions, Sportivo Palermo disaffiliated from AFA in 1984 and dissolved soon afterward.
Season-by-season history
1908Season: 1908 · Competition: Club formation · Finish: Founded · Notes: Sportivo Palermo founded in Buenos Aires.Founding milestone.
1915Season: 1915 · Competition: Club identity · Finish: Merged with Atlas under Sportivo Palermo name · Notes: A merger with Atlas occurred, with the Sportivo Palermo identity surviving.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1920Season: 1920 · Competition: Asociación Argentina de Football · Finish: 10th · Notes: 8 wins, 3 draws, 13 losses in the 1920 championship.No full roster asserted.
1920sSeason: 1920s · Competition: Argentine amateur top flight · Finish: Regular participant · Notes: Remained part of the crowded amateur-era first division landscape.Exact year-by-year rosters not asserted without a dedicated archive.
1930Season: 1930 · Competition: Argentine Primera División (amateur) · Finish: 31st · Notes: 7 wins, 11 draws, 17 losses; 47–66.Documented players: Juan Evaristo, Adolfo ZumelzúWorld Cup-linked player(s) only; not a full squad.
1932Season: 1932 · Competition: Club identity · Finish: Merged with Club Atlético Palermo · Notes: The clubs combined as Club Atlético y Sportivo Palermo.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1933Season: 1933 · Competition: Argentine amateur Primera División · Finish: Participant as Club Atlético y Sportivo Palermo · Notes: Competed under the merged name in the parallel amateur association.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1934Season: 1934 · Competition: Argentine amateur Primera División · Finish: Participant; merger later dissolved · Notes: Final season of the combined Atlético y Sportivo Palermo identity before professional consolidation.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1956Season: 1956 · Competition: Primera D · Finish: Promoted · Notes: Re-affiliated in the fourth tier and won promotion to Primera C.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1959Season: 1959 · Competition: Primera C · Finish: Relegated · Notes: Dropped back to the lowest division.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1970Season: 1970 · Competition: Primera C · Finish: Relegated · Notes: Relegated again to the lowest tier after another spell in Primera C.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1984Season: 1984 · Competition: AFA affiliation · Finish: Disaffiliated / dissolved · Notes: Withdrew from AFA competition on 8 February 1984 and ceased football activity shortly afterward.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
Competition chronology
1908Description: Club formation | Founded | Sportivo Palermo founded in Buenos Aires.
1920Description: Asociación Argentina de Football | 10th | 8 wins, 3 draws, 13 losses in the 1920 championship.
1920sDescription: Argentine amateur top flight | Regular participant | Remained part of the crowded amateur-era first division landscape.
1930Description: Argentine Primera División (amateur) | 31st | 7 wins, 11 draws, 17 losses; 47–66.
1932Description: Finished at the bottom of the amateur top division and was relegated.
1933–34Description: Merged with Club Atlético Palermo and competed as Atlético y Sportivo Palermo for the 1933 and 1934 AAF championships.
1934Description: The merger ended after the season and Sportivo Palermo again became a separate club.
1935–42Description: Competed in the third tier during the early professional-era structure.
1943–46Description: Spent four seasons disaffiliated from official AFA competition.
1947–49Description: Returned to third-tier competition.
1950–55Description: Again remained outside official competition.
1956Description: Re-affiliated in the fourth tier and immediately won promotion to Primera C.
1959Description: Relegated to the lowest division.
1970Description: Relegated to the lowest division again after another spell in Primera C.
1984Description: Withdrew from AFA competitions on 8 February and dissolved shortly afterward.
Honours and achievements
Honour / achievementDescription: Argentine Primera División participation in the amateur era.
Honour / achievementDescription: Primera D promotion: 1956.
Stadium and ground history
Olímpico de Colombres / cancha del KDTDescription: Documented historical venue context currently linked to the 1930-era club record. Relationship: documented home ground in 1930.
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
Juan EvaristoDescription: MF · Argentina · tournament-era club affiliation
Adolfo ZumelzúDescription: MF · Argentina · tournament-era club affiliation
What happened to the club
Canonical historical identityDescription: No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
What happened nextDescription: It merged with Club Atlético Palermo in 1932 for a short-lived combined identity, later returned separately, and was finally disaffiliated from AFA in 1984 before disappearing.
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 Palermo
End of original identityDescription: After decades in the lower divisions, Sportivo Palermo disaffiliated from AFA in 1984 and dissolved soon afterward.
Legacy and identity note
This page preserves the Sportivo Palermo 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
Juan EvaristoPosition: MF · National Team: Argentina · Player Slug: juan-evaristo
Adolfo ZumelzúPosition: MF · National Team: Argentina · Player Slug: adolfo-zumelzu
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
Olímpico de Colombres / cancha del KDTRole: Historical club venue / 1930-era ground context · Type: venue