Club Almirante Brown
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| Full name | Club Almirante Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 17 January 1922 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Fragata Presidente Sarmiento, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Capacity 18,000) |
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| Chairman | Juan Antonio Echeverría | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Blas Armando Giunta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Primera B Metropolitana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clausura 2007 | 1st Promoted to B Nacional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club Almirante Brown is an Argentine football club from Isidro Casanova in the Buenos Aires Province, currently playing in Primera B Nacional, the second tier of Argentine football.
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[edit] Club history
The club were founded on 17 January 1922 with the name Centro Atlético y Recreativo Almirante Brown. They played in Primera B Nacional between the 1986-87 and 1997-98 season, reaching their highest ever league position in the 1991-92 season, when they finished 2nd in the table. They were within one game of gaining promotion to the Primera División, however they lost the playoff final to San Martín de Tucumán.
In May 2007 Almirante Brown became champions of the Primera B Metropolitana Clausura tournament by beating Estudiantes de Buenos Aires in the final, the fixture was marred by violence and Almirante Brown were forced to start the following season in B Nacional with -18 points as punishment.
[edit] Honours
- Tercera de Ascenso (Primera D) champions (1): 1956
- Primera C champions (1): 1965
- Primera B Metropolitana (1): Clausura 2007
[edit] First team squad
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[edit] 2007 Transfers
In:
- Matías Fischer from Chacarita Juniors
- Germán Basualdo from Gimnasia y Esgrima LP
- Alejandro Verón from Vélez Sársfield
- Federico León from Málaga B de España
- Agustín Correa from Talleres de Córdoba
- Diego Escudero from Huracán de Tres Arroyos
- Sebastián Deláguila from Villa Mitre
- Gastón Tossi from El Porvenir
- Román Díaz from Deportes Quindío
- Sebastián Hernández from Villa Mitre
Out:
- Alejandro Orfila to Tristán Suárez
- Emanuel Perea to San Martín de Tucumán
- Gonzalo Peralta to D.C. United
- Sebastián Penco to Skoda Xanthi
[edit] Notable former players
- Fabián Basualdo (1998-99)
- Marcelino Galoppo (1999-2000)
- José Percudani (?)
- Sergio Marchi (?)
- Daniel Bazán Vera (?)
- Carlos Pablino Cardozo (?)
- Marcelo Reggiardo (?)
- Fernando Donaires (?)
- Héctor Rivoira (?)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official club website (Spanish)
- Almirante Pasion (Spanish)
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