"Club Atlético Liberal Argentino" was established in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, in September 1906.[2] By 1911 the club had gained a good reputation among the football enthusiast of its neighborhood of origin.Nevertheless, Ortiz de Zárate remained in the club for a short period of time, returning to Almagro in 1916.[3] After winning the second division championship in 1923 playing in dissident league Asociación Amateurs de Football,[4] Liberal Argentino promoted to Primera División, the top division of Argentine football league system.[6] Nevertheless, the club returned to the first division in 1933, playing in the official league (that had remained amateur unlike professional Liga Argentina de Football) although the team did not make a good performance.