Club Atlético Aldosivi

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Club Atlético Aldosivi is an Argentine football club from Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province. Here are the essentials:

- Full name: Club Atlético Aldosivi
- Nicknames: Tiburón (Shark); El Verde (The Green); El equipo de la Ciudad (The City team); El más grande de la Costa Atlántica (The greatest on the Atlantic Coast)
- Founded: 29 March 1913
- Ground: Estadio José María Minella, Capacity 35,354
- Chairman: Hernán Tillous
- Manager: Guillermo Farré
- League: Primera División (top division)
- Colors: Green and yellow (originally blue, white and red; later changed to the current green and yellow)
- Women's team: Exists

Overview:
Aldosivi is a football club based in Mar del Plata. It was founded by port workers on March 29, 1913. The name comes from the first letters of the surnames of the engineers who built the port: Allard, Doulfus, Sillard, and Wiriott (the W was changed to V). The club’s early colors were blue, white, and red, but green and yellow stripes became the definitive colors.

Key moments:
- Pedro Seré was the first president and helped create the local league, Asociación Marplatense de Football.
- The club reached the first division of the local league in 1959.
- Aldosivi played in the National Championship in 1973.
- They returned to the top division in 1975, highlighted by a 2–1 win over Boca Juniors at La Bombonera.
- In 1979, Aldosivi merged with Talleres and Banfield to form Defensores del Puerto, returning to the Aldosivi name in 1981.

Today, Aldosivi competes in Argentina’s Primera División, and the club also supports a women’s football team.