Asociación Atlética Estudiantes, mostly known as Estudiantes de Río Cuarto is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Río Cuarto, Córdoba Province. Although many sports are practised at the club, it is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División after achieving promotion in 2025.Estudiantes de Río Cuarto ascendió a Primera División en medio de incidentes on El Gráfico. 30 November 2025
Apart from football, other sports practised at the club are basketball, field hockey, futsal, tennis, and artistic gymnastics.Disciplinas at aaestudiantes.com.ar (archived, 2024)
History The club was established on 21 September 1912 by a group of students of "Colegio Nacional nº 1", in the city of Río Cuarto.La historia de Estudiantes de Río Cuarto, que jugará en Primera on Infobae. 30 November 2025La historia de Estudiantes de Río Cuarto, el cuarto equipo cordobés que jugará en Primera luego de 60 años on Primera Edición. 1 December 2025
Estudiantes played at the highest level of Argentine football, Primera División, on 3 consecutive occasions, having qualified to play the Nacional championship in 1983, 1984 and 1985. In its debut season in 1983, the team was eliminated after finishing 4th. of 4 teams (Talleres de Córdoba and Ferro Carril Oeste qualified to second stage).Argentina 1983 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at the RSSSf In 1984, Estudiantes was eliminated at the first stage, finishing 3rd in their group of 4 teams. The squad also achieved a 2–2 draw against River Plate, winning only one game v. Entre Ríos' Atlético Uruguay.Argentina 1984 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at the RSSSf
Estudiantes made their best campaign in Primera in 1985, finishing 2nd in its group and therefore qualifying to the next stage. During the group stage the team faced Boca Juniors, achieving a 1–1 tie in the first match although the Xeneizes then easily defeated them 7–1 in the return fixture.Boca Juniors 7 – Estudiantes RC 1 on Historia de Boca In the 2nd stage Estudiantes would be finally eliminated by San Martín de Tucumán (2–4 on aggregate).Argentina 1985 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at the RSSSf
Estudiantes had never played in the second division so the team qualified to Torneo Nacional via regional league. In 2019 Estudiantes won the 2018–19 Torneo Federal A championship therefore the squad qualified for the Primera Nacional. Estudiantes made their debut in the second division in 2019–20 but the tournament was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic
After that, Estudiantes lost two consecutive chances to promote to Primera División, both in the same season, 2020 Primera Nacional. The team lost the championship final to Sarmiento de Junín 3–4 on penalties,Sarmiento es de Primera at diariodemocracia.com. 16 January 20212020-21 Primera Nacional de Argentina, Promotion Stage - Final on ESPN.com.ar, 16 January 2021 and the second came in Torneo Reducido, when Estudiantes lost another penalty shoot-out (3–4) v Platense in search of the second promotion.Platense ascendió a Primera: resumen, goles y más on TyC. 1 February 2021
After those two failed attempts, finally in November 2025, Estudiantes defeated Deportivo Madryn 3–1 on aggregate and returned to the highest level after 40 years.
Players
Current squad
Reserve squad
Out on loan
Current coaching staff
|Head coach || Rubén Forestello |- |Assistant coach || Carlos Bangert |- |Assistant coach || Alejandro Meloño |- |Fitness coach || Leandro Ardengui |- |Fitness coach || Juan Nahas |- |Goalkeeping coach || Silvio Dulcich |- |Video analyst || Bautista Morales
Notable players Estudiantes' most notable player is Pablo Aimar, who made his youth career at the club before moving to River Plate, where he made his professional debut in 1996.Estudiantes de Río Cuarto, el club que vio crecer on Olé.com.ar Aimar had retired from football in 2015, but he made a brief return to play the 2017–18 Copa Argentina for Estudiantes, where his brother Andrés was part of the team. Aimar played 50 minutes in the second leg v Sportivo Belgrano, which ended 0–0.El día que Pablo Aimar volvió para jugar en Estudiantes de Río Cuarto en la Copa Argentina on TyC. 25 November 2020
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