Sportivo Italiano

Club Sportivo Italiano is an Argentine professional football club located in Ciudad Evita, La Matanza Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana, the third division of the Argentine football league system.

The club was founded on May 7, 1955, by Italian immigrants who lived in Florida neighbourhood (part of Vicente López Partido in the Greater Buenos Aires). The club was originally named "Associazione del Calcio Italiano in Argentina". In 1978 the institution merged with Sociedad Italiana and changed its name to "Club Deportivo Italiano". The club's last name change occurred in 2000, when it became known under its current denomination "Club Sportivo Italiano".

The team mainly appeared in the 2nd and third division of Argentine football, although in the 1986–87 played its only season in the Argentine top flight. Despite finishing bottom of the league and being relegated, this was its highest league finish ever.

Sportivo Italiano er en argentinsk fodboldklub, der er baseret i Ciudad Evita, Buenos Aires. Klubben blev grundlagt i 1955 og spiller i Primera B Metropolitana, den tredje række i det argentinske fodboldsystem.

Sportivo Italiano har vundet Primera B Metropolitana to gange, i 1972 og 2007, og har også vundet Primera C (den fjerde række) to gange, i 1967 og 1982. Klubben har aldrig spillet i Primera División, men har deltaget i Copa Argentina, den argentinske cupturnering, flere gange.

Sportivo Italiano har en stor fanskare i Ciudad Evita og er kendt for sin passionerede støtte. Klubbens hjemmebane er Estadio José María Moraños, der har en kapacitet på 10.000 tilskuere.