Alumni Athletic Club

The Buenos Aires English High School

On 25 February 1882, Scottish Professor Alexander Watson Hutton arrived to Buenos Aires. Hutton, considered "the father" of Argentine football, had been hired as Director of Saint Andrew's Scots School but resigned a short time later because the institution did not have funds to acquire sports facilities, which were considered by Hutton as an essential component of his teaching methods. Watson Hutton then created the Buenos Aires English High School (BAEHS) to put in practise his ideas about education, with a special predilection for football. The BAEHS opened on 1 February 1884. To start with the practise of football in Argentina, Watson Hutton brought William Watters from Scotland, to work as a trainer. It was Watters who brought the first footballs from the United Kingdom.

First official match

By 1890 football in Buenos Aires had yet to be regulated by any federation although there were many institutions where the game was practised, such as Buenos Aires English High School, St. Andrew's Scots School, Flores Collegiate, Flores English College, Old Caledonians Football Club, Saint John's Football Club, Scotch Club and Buenos Aires Football Club. In 1891 the Argentine Football Association League, the first football association outside United Kingdom, was established with the purpose of organising a championship, giving birth to the Primera División, the oldest football competition in South America. The following teams…

Trophy awarded by the Argentine Association in recognition to the first tri-championship won by the team (1900, 1901 and 1902). Copa Recompensa (Reward Cup), awarded by the Argentine Association in recognition to the titles of 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910 and 1911. Herald Trophy as "the most popular team of Argentina", according to a survey organized in 1900 by the Buenos Aires Herald, won by Alumni with 6.942 votes.

National

League

Primera División (10): 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911

National cups

Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires (2): 1905, 1906 Copa de Competencia Jockey Club (3) 1907, 1908, 1909

International

Tie Cup (6): 1901, 1903, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909 Copa de Honor Cousenier (1): 1906