Founded on June 20, 1920, the club belongs to regional Liga Sanluiseña de Fútbol, being the most successful team with 33 championships won. Estudiantes achieved promotion to Primera B Nacional after winning its group in the 2014 Torneo Federal A.
History
The club was established at the initiative of a group of students of Escuela Normal Juan Pringles, on June 20, 1920. After commemorating the anniversary of Manuel Belgrano's death, they met to form a club, being Carlos Pino elected as president. The club was named "Sportivo Estudiantes" ("students" in Spanish), adopting the green and white colors that represented hope and purity respectively.[citation needed]
The Government of San Luis donated the club a land on Constitución street of the city. In August 1920 the "Unión Puntana de Football" (current Liga Sanluiseña) was established, being Estudiantes the first champion ever. The format was a single round-robin tournament, with all the games played at "Cancha del Internado" (located in the Infantry Regiment of the city).[citation needed]
Estudiantes' first venue was located on Bolívar street, between Sucre and San Juan streets. Estudiantes became the first club in the city to have its own stadium.[1]
In the 2000s, Sportivo Estudiantes was notable for having won 3 consecutive promotions to upper divisions, starting with the 2012 Torneo Argentino C (5th division) championship until its most recent achievement when the team got promotion to the 2nd division, Primera B Nacional, in November 2014. With only one fixture remaining to the end of the Torneo Federal A season, Estudiantes qualified to play in the second division after winning Andino de La Rioja by 1–0. At the moment of achieving promotion, Estudiantes had won 10 games, with 2 draws and 2 losses. Darío Ortiz and Pablo Morant were the main coaches of the team.[2][3] Before of that, Estudiantes had been won the Torneo Argentino B title in 2012, after a 1–1 draw to Atlético Policial in Catamarca.[4][5]
