Atenas de Río Cuarto

Club Sportivo y Biblioteca Atenas, also known as Atenas de Río Cuarto or simply Atenas, is an Argentine sports club located in Río Cuarto, Córdoba, founded on 9 July 1916 by a group of people from Río Cuarto. Its main activity is football, in which it currently plays in the Torneo Federal A.

In football, Atenas has been champion of the Liga de Río Cuarto 24 times, surpassed only by Estudiantes with 30. At national level it has won four titles, three of them in the fifth tier of Argentine football (Torneo del Interior 2007, Torneo Federal C 2016 and Torneo Federal C 2017) and one in the fourth tier (Torneo Regional Federal Amateur 2022-23). The club has also taken part in four editions of the Copa Argentina (2011-12, 2012-13, 2014-15 and 2026). The team plays at home at the Estadio 9 de Julio, which has a capacity of 7,000 spectators.

The team's home kit is white, the origin of its nickname Albo, and its away kit is blue, both derived from its institutional crest, inspired by the Greek flag. These colours, present since the founding, reflect the historical tradition of the club, combining the characteristic white with the blue linked to the cultural heritage that gave rise to its name and emblem.

The founders chose for the institution a name rooted in one of the most influential cultural and sporting traditions of the ancient world. "Atenas" (Athens) was adopted in reference to the eponymous capital of the classical world, renowned for its centrality in mythology, its participation in the Games of Antiquity and for having hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. This historical legacy decisively influenced the construction of the institutional identity from its origins.

In the modern era, the club has introduced third kits, including a golden shirt that alludes to that Olympic legacy. Gold refers to the gold medal, the highest distinction of Olympism and a universal expression of tenacity, effort, victory and self-improvement, values linked to the sporting ideal that inspires the history of the institution. At certain periods, burgundy variants have also been used as an alternative third option.

Its headquarters are located on the streets Cabrera and Av. Marconi.

Its traditional rival is the Asociación Atlética Estudiantes of the same city, against whom it plays the Río Cuarto derby.