Asociación Atlética Estudiantes, mostly known as Estudiantes de RÃÂo Cuarto is an Argentine sports club located in the city of RÃÂo Cuarto, Córdoba Province. Although many sports are practised at the club, it is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División after achieving promotion in 2025.
Apart from football, other sports practised at the club are basketball, field hockey, futsal, tennis, and artistic gymnastics.
The club was established on 21 September 1912 by a group of students of "Colegio Nacional nú 1", in the city of RÃÂo Cuarto.
Estudiantes played at the highest level of Argentine football, Primera División, on 3 consecutive occasions, having qualified to play the Nacional championship in 1983, 1984 and 1985. In its debut season in 1983, the team was eliminated after finishing 4th. of 4 teams (Talleres de Córdoba and Ferro Carril Oeste qualified to second stage). In 1984, Estudiantes was eliminated at the first stage, finishing 3rd in their group of 4 teams. The squad also achieved a 2âÂÂ2 draw against River Plate, winning only one game v. Entre RÃÂos' Atlético Uruguay.
Estudiantes made their best campaign in Primera in 1985, finishing 2nd in its group and therefore qualifying to the next stage. During the group stage the team faced Boca Juniors, achieving a 1âÂÂ1 tie in the first match although the Xeneizes then easily defeated them 7âÂÂ1 in the return fixture. In the 2nd stage Estudiantes would be finally eliminated by San MartÃÂn de Tucumán (2âÂÂ4 on aggregate).
Estudiantes had never played in the second division so the team qualified to Torneo Nacional via regional league. In 2019 Estudiantes won the 2018âÂÂ19 Torneo Federal A championship therefore the squad qualified for the Primera Nacional. Estudiantes made their debut in the second division in 2019âÂÂ20 but the tournament was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic
After that, Estudiantes lost two consecutive chances to promote to Primera División, both in the same season, 2020 Primera Nacional. The team lost the championship final to Sarmiento de JunÃÂn 3âÂÂ4 on penalties, and the second came in Torneo Reducido, when Estudiantes lost another penalty shoot-out (3âÂÂ4) v Platense in search of the second promotion.
After those two failed attempts, finally in November 2025, Estudiantes defeated Deportivo Madryn 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate and returned to the highest level after 40 years.
Estudiantes' most notable player is Pablo Aimar, who made his youth career at the club before moving to River Plate, where he made his professional debut in 1996. Aimar had retired from football in 2015, but he made a brief return to play the 2017âÂÂ18 Copa Argentina for Estudiantes, where his brother Andrés was part of the team. Aimar played 50 minutes in the second leg v Sportivo Belgrano, which ended 0âÂÂ0.