Club Atlético Excursionistas (familiarly called Excursio by fans) is an Argentine football team based in the Belgrano district of Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in the Primera C Metropolitana, the fourth division of Argentine football league system.
The club was founded in 1910 in the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires. The name "Excursionistas" (which could roughly be translated as "Voyagers" in Spanish) was given due to the founders ...
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Club Atlético Excursionistas (familiarly called Excursio by fans) is an Argentine football team based in the Belgrano district of Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in the Primera C Metropolitana, the fourth division of Argentine football league system.
The club was founded in 1910 in the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires. The name "Excursionistas" (which could roughly be translated as "Voyagers" in Spanish) was given due to the founders used to make trips (voyages) to Paraná River and Isla Maciel to compete in athletic tournaments. They initially named the club as "Club Unión Excursionistas".
The first jersey worn was green (the color of the grass) with a horizontal blue stripe (white referred to the table clothes used in the picnic they usually did).
Excursionistas disputed its first tournament in 1911, playing its home games at "Club Florida", an institution of Florida neighborhood in Greater Buenos Aires. Before the 1912 season, the club acquired a land in Belgrano...
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