Tiro Federal

Founded on March 29, 1905, it was one of the founder clubs of the Rosario amateur league in 1907, which it won in 1920, 1925 and 1926. In 1944, it joined the AFA (the national football association), years after the professionalization of the game, where it acted in the second division, but was sent to the third after a restructure of the national leagues in 1949. In 1962 Tiro Federal withdrew its team 12 rounds before the end of the competition and was expelled form the AFA. Tiro then returned to play in the Rosario league, but then financial problems made the club leave also the local league.

The businessman Carlos Dávola took over the management of the club at the end the 1990s, and started a very ambitious plan. In 1997 Tiro won the local second division, and then the first division in 1999, 2000 and 2001. At the same time it participated in the Torneo Argentino B (something like fourth division) in the 1998/99 season, achieving the second place to jump to the Torneo Argentino A.

After winning the Clausura 2003 tournament of the Torneo Argentino A, Tiro reached the Nacional B (national second division), and the next semester it won the Apertura 2004 of that league, obtaining a wonderful present for its 100th birthday: the right to play in first division.

At the end of their first tournament in the First Division, at the 2005 season, Tiro Federal ended next-to-last. However, one of their players, Javier Campora, ended as the top scorer of the tournament.

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