Club Atlético Estudiantes is a multi-sports club from Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina.
Founded in 1905, the club has competitive teams in rugby union, basketball, volleyball, swimming, tennis, golf, polo, field hockey, softball, squash gymnastics and athletics.
The club's colours are black and white.
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Estudiantes Football Club was founded on 5 May 1905, by football enthusiasts of the city of Paraná, Entre Ríos Province. By 1921 the club had acquired land in the city's Parque Urquiza and began building football pitches, as well as tennis courts, there.
Following a controversial city hall decision, the club briefly lost hold of their installations but re-acquired them in 1929. From then on the club would start to develop teams in many sports, adding tennis and athletics to their already existing football teams, thus becoming a multi-sports club.
By 1932, football became professional in Argentina and the club, where amateur principles remained strong, decided to close down their football section. With football gone from the club, Estudiantes Football Club changed their name to Club Atlético Estudiantes.
After that the club started to develop rugby and basketball teams, and with the construction of a swimming pool in 1937, swimming and waterpolo teams were added as well.
In 1953 however, the club would go into administration and briefly disbanded, with only the rugby and basketball teams surviving. By 1955, CAE was reborn and all teams started practicing again.
Many new sports, such as volleyball or field hockey, would appear at the club in the following decades and today, along with Paraná Rowing Club, Club Atlético Estudiantes is one of the city's two main multi-sports club.[1]
CAE's women's volleyball team is one of the best in the country, playing at the highest level of Argentina's volleyball league system.
CAE's softball team has done very well in recent years, winning the national title in 2008. Will hold the 2012 junior mens Softball world series, Paraná Argentina.
The club sas one of the best youth system in the country and has won many national titles at underage level.