Origins and organisation The origins of the club can be found at the "Quilmes and Polo Club", an institution founded by
British immigrants about 1880. In 1887 the club changed its name to "Quilmes Rovers Athletic Club" with a football team formed entirely by British people. That team took part in the second edition of
Argentine Primera División championship held in 1893. On 5 November 1897, promoting an initiative by Presbyterian preacher Reverend Joseph T Stevenson, the Quilmes Cricket Club was founded. The club changed its name to Quilmes Athletic Club in 1901, the year that Quilmes registered to Argentine Association Football League (former
Argentine Football Association). By the time that Quilmes was founded, the only club existing in
Quilmes was the Quilmes Lawn Tennis Club. Guillermo Morgan was named president, becoming the first chairman of the recently created institution. During its first years, Quilmes did not admitted non-British members. The club represented to the huge British community that worked at
Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway. At the beginning of its existence, the main sport practised at Quilmes was
cricket, and club's colours were
crimson and blue. In March 1898 Quilmes Cricket Club added
football as sport. In 1901 the club also changed its colours, adopting the
England national football team's, white shirt with blue collar and shorts. By the first years of 20th century the club began to admit Argentine members, following the example of the other institution of the city,
Argentino de Quilmes, which had been founded as a reaction to British rules for memberships. Unlike Quilmes CC, Argentino was opened to receive Argentine members.
First title Quilmes was the first team (amongst the one that are still active) to face legendary
Alumni, in 1901. Alumni beat Quilmes 1–0 and 3–1, keeping its supremacy until 1906 when Quilmes achieved its first victory, defeating Alumni 4–2. Christian Sterli became Quilmes' new president on 25 August 2019, replacing Marcelo Calello. ==Uniforms==