page_title: Alumni Athletic Club
section_title: Dissolution
hierarchical_section_title: Alumni Athletic Club / History / Dissolution
caption_attribution_description: English: Argentine football teams Alumni AC (in white shorts) and Porteño during the championship playoff of 1911 at Gimnasia y Esgrima (Buenos Aires) stadium. Alumni won by 2-1 also achieving its 10th. Primera División title. That same year the club would be dissolved.
context_page_description: Alumni Athletic Club, or simply Alumni, was an Argentine football team active during the first years of the sport in that country. Although officially founded in 1898, the team had been formed in 1893 when a group of students from the Buenos Aires English High School joined Alexander Watson Hutton to form a team in order to participate in the championship organized by the Argentine Association Football League.
  The squad was active until 1911 and was disbanded in 1913 due to internal problems. During its run in Primera División, Alumni achieved 10 domestic league championships and many national and international cups, becoming one of the most important clubs in the history of Argentine football.
context_section_description: Despite being registered for the 1912 tournament, the team did not play any match. Alumni forfeited its games against Estudiantes (BA), Quilmes and Racing, respectively. After those forfeits, and based on the rules for the competition, the Association disaffiliated Alumni. Many of its players moved to Quilmes, other team with British origins, which finally would obtain the title that year.
  There were two main reasons for Alumni's demise: the first cause was the shortage of players due to the fact that Alumni rarely admitted players outside the English High School. The second reason was that Alumni was losing a lot of money (due to the fact that the club often donated its incomes to benefit) and it seemed unlikely that the team could fulfil its matches for 1912 season.
  The club was dissolved on 24 April 1913. All the members were invited to the assembly, but only 7 attended.
  Once the team was disbanded, the assets ($12.322,29) were donated to eight public institutions, the Hospital Británico and the Patronato de la Infancia were among them 
  Despite having been dissolved, former Alumni players used to reunite to play friendly matches.
caption: Last Alumni's (in white shorts) official game, vs. Porteño at Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA), 1911
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