page_title: CA Excursionistas
section_title: Promotion to the first division - 20s to 50s
hierarchical_section_title: CA Excursionistas / History / Promotion to the first division - 20s to 50s
caption_attribution_description: English: Club Atlético Excursionistas, 1924 División Intermedia champion. With this title, the team promoted to Primera División of Argentina.
context_page_description: Club Atlético Excursionistas is an Argentine football club based in the Belgrano neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The squad currently plays in the Primera C Metropolitana, the fourth level of the Argentine football league system.
context_section_description: In 1924, in the old San Lorenzo de Almagro stadium, Excursionistas defeated Talleres de Remedios de Escalada 2–1, thus proclaiming themselves champion and earning the promotion to Primera División. More than 10,000 spectators attended the match.
  In 1931 goalkeeper Fortunato Grimoldi was called up to the Argentina national team. He also appeared on the cover of El Gráfico (the most important sports magazine in Latin America) in 1930.
  In 1934 the Argentine Football Association (which Excursionistas was affiliated to) merged with dissident Liga Argentina de Football in a unified league. This restructuring sent Excursionistas to the second division along with many other teams that decided to continue as amateurs. Since then, the club has remained in the lower divisions of Argentine football.
  In 1942 Excursionistas finished 2nd after Rosario Central. That team, coached by Pedro Tilhet, is regarded by fans as the best Excursionistas team of all-time. In 1957 Excursionistas had to play a playoff series against Argentino de Quilmes in order to define which team would be relegated to second division. After a 2–2 draw in the first game, Excursionistas achieved a great 6–1 win in the second match, so the team kept its place in Primera División and sent off Argentino to Primera B.
caption: The squad that won the first title for the club, the Intermedia championship in 1924.
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