League Torneo de la URBA Founded 10 June 1886 | 1950 (unknown) | |
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Full name Buenos Aires Football Club Dissolved 4 May 1951; 65 years ago (1951-05-04)
(merged into Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club) Ground Buenos Aires Cricket Club Ground | ||
The Buenos Aires Football Club (frequently abbreviated as "BAFC") was an Argentine rugby union club founded in Buenos Aires. Established in 1886 it was predecessor of current Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club. Buenos Aires FC was also a founding member of the Unión Argentina de Rugby and one of the most successful rugby clubs in Argentina, winning eight Torneo de la URBA championships between 1900 and 1915.
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History
The club was established on 10 June 1886 in the Buenos Aires English High School by a group of rugby enthusiasts who wanted their own place where they could practise the sport they loved. On 24 June the club played its first match against a team formed by employees of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway ("Ferrocarril del Sud").
Buenos Aires FC is regarded to have played the first inter-clubs rugby game in Argentina, when it faced Rosario AC in the city of Rosario on 28 June 1886. On 12 July a second game was played between both clubs, Buenos Aires FC being the winner.
In 1899, along with Belgrano AC, Rosario AC and Lomas AC, Buenos Aires became founding member of the "River Plate Rugby Championship", which would become today's Argentine Rugby Union. Buenos Aires would also open the first season of the recently created championship, playing Lomas, which defeated Buenos Aires by 11-4. Lomas would finally win the first title at the end of the season.
Buenos Aires later became one of the most successful clubs of Argentina, winning eight championships of 16 contested (five of them consecutively between 1900 and 1904).
After a fire that destroyed the facilities both clubs shared, Buenos Aires FC merged with Buenos Aires Cricket Club in 1951 to form Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club.