| Full name | Club Atlético Barracas Central | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Baraqueños Guapo Los Camioneros |
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| Founded | April 5, 1904 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Barracas Central Barracas, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Capacity: 2,500) |
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| Chairman | Claudio F. Tapia | ||
| Manager | Juan Kopriva | ||
| League | Primera B Metropolitana | ||
| 2010-11 | 7th (qualified to Torneo Reducido) | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Club Atlético Barracas Central is an Argentine football club from Barracas, Buenos Aires in Argentina. A club once coached by Emilio Baldonedo, Barracas had previously claimed the 1944 and 1948 titles of the Primera Amateur Division and also the 1974 and 1981 titles of the Primera Division D. Having spent the a good amount of the 1990s playing in Argentina's fourth division, apart from claiming the Primera C Metropolitana's Apertura title of 2003, Barracas Central's most acknowledged achievement was winning the 2009-2010 Primera C Metropolitana and which saw them promoted to the Primera B Metropolitana (which is the regionalised third tier of the Argentine Football Association league system) for the 2010-2011 season.
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Felipe Campora, a Truck driver, founded Club Atlético Barracas Central on April 5, 1904 under the name Barracas Central del Sud. Campora carried out the project and became the first president of the Entity. During the early years of the club's foundation, the founders would each contribute 75¢ cents until 1906 where a monthly fee was paid. In 1911 Barracas joined the Argentine Football Association under the name Villa Soldati and began participating in the Argentine football intermediate division. In 1913 the club officially changed its name to Barracas Central. They were crowned champions of the intermediate division and gained promotion to the First Amateur Football Association. Barracas would play in the amateur division for 15 years until the AFA developed standardized and structured tournaments, by 1935 Barracas were competing in the second division as an amateur club. In 1939 Barracas were faced with the opportunity of promotion to the Argentine First Division, when drawn in a hexagonal tournament which was eventually won by Banfield as Barracas and All Boys both finished second. The club could not escape relegation in 1941 where they would stay in the Third Division until 1944 when Barracas undefeatedly, with 14 wins and 2 draws, won the competition. By 1948 the club managed to get back up to the Second Division, but the AFA undertook a restructuring of the competitions, introducing the Division's A, B, C and D. The club's that would take part in the C and D division's were generally the ones which did not meet stadium requirements, as chosen by the Argentine Football Federation, Barracas would play in the C and D leagues along with All Boys, Defensores de Belgrano and Estudiantes de Buenos Aires among others. From 1950 to 1970, Barracas played in the Division C when their best performance came in 1957 when they ranked in third position among 18 teams.
Despite a steady performance in 1970 season, Barracas finished in the relegation zone, along side Flandria, in 1980. The two played off in a single fixture, where Flandria avoided relegation by defeating Barracas 2-1. This sent Barracas down to the Primera D Metropolitana for the 1981 season. The 1981 Primera D was split into two zones, where which Barracas Central and Defensa y Justicia had both finished in first place in their respective zones, promoting both teams to the Primera C. After almost gaining promoted to the Primera B Metropolitana, Barracas fell short in 1985 and were relegated to the Primera D. The following years saw poor results from Barracas until the 1988-1989 season, which was the first year that the Argentine Football Association saw that seasons would begin in the middle of each year, Barracas managed to earn themselves a play-off position where which they would go on to beat Phoenix, Villa San Carlos and Sacachispas to get them back to the Primera C. The success was short lived as Barracas would finish in second last spot among 19 teams in the 1989-1990 season, relegated them back to the Primera D. Over two years, the team strengthen and once more climbed the ladder to the Primera C Metropolitana, the club began to fight for no relegation, as apose to fighting for promotion. Throughout the 90s, Barracas became steady enough to dream of promotion to the Primera B Metropolitana.
Having won the Primera C Metropolitana's Apertura title of 2003, Barracas could have achieved direct success of winning the Clausura of 2004. However, Barracas finished in fourth place which saw them face Argentino de Rosario in a two-legged play-off to determine who would gain promotion to the Primera B Metropolitana. The two sides met at Newell's Old Boys' Estadio Marcelo Bielsa for the first-leg which saw Barracas lose 2-1. The second leg was played at Club Atlético Huracán's Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó which saw Barracas win 2-1. The game was then decided by a Penalty shootout which saw the side from Rosario win at 5-4 to gain promotion inplace of Barracas. A few years later, in the 2006-2007 season, Barracas reached the same position again where which they would again face Argentino de Rosario in a play-off. Like 2004, Argentino de Rosario went out as winners, breaking the hearts of Los Baraqueños. The 2007-2008 season saw Barracas lead the table at one point but fall to finish at fifth place, once more Barracas would feature in the play-offs, this time against Club El Porvenir which earnt them a tie with San Telmo, who had finished near the bottom of the Primera B Metropolitana. San Telmo won 3-2 at home and then lost 1-0 away, which meant their result was sufficient enough to satisfy their poisition in the Primera B Metropolitana while Barracas would once again stay in the Primera C.
The Primera C Metropolitana 2009-2011 season kicked off highly for Barracas, winning 21 games throughout the season and losing just 7, Barracas eventually finishing in first position on the table, tied with Excursionistas with 73 points, Barracas were immediately promoted to the Primera B Metropolitana for the 2010-2011 where rivals Barracas Bolívar would finish in last place, seeing them relegated to the Primera D Metropolitana season.[1] The defying moment which saw Barracas officially gain promotion to the Argentine third division was in a 1-0 victory against Excursianistas which was played at Club Atlético Atlanta's Estadio Don León Kolbovski behind closed doors, only allowing a small number of fans for each team, the goal came in the 94th minute by striker Carlos Salóm, who's attractive performance eventually earned him a spot with Argentine First Division club Olimpo.[2]
Prior to the season, the club saw 9 new signings to the first-team after the departure of fan favourite Carlos Salóm. Barracas welcomed former Lanús goalkeeper Horacio Ramirez, who arrived back in Argentina from Peru's Coronel Bolognesi in January 2010, as well as 22 year old striker Jorge Gonzalez from Puerto Rico's River Plate. Barracas kicked off the opening game at home in a 1-0 loss against Acassuso, it was not until round 6 where which they gained their first victory which was a 3-0 win at home against Nueva Chicago which saw two goals by new signing Sebastian Matos.[3] Barracas finished in seventh spot on the table with 64 points earning them a play-off promotion tie with Nueva Chicago. Both teams tied 3-3, Sebastian Matos scoring two goals including an equaliser on 89 minutes, seeing Nueva Chicago advance having finished in a higher position on the table.
Since 1916 the club's stadium is at the intersection of the streets Olavarria and Luna in Capital Federal, Argentina. Its construction, fencing, dressing rooms, offices, forums, were carried out in stages and by 1930 the stadium ultimately capacitated for 7,500 spectators. Until 1970, the stadium's structure remained almost entirely of wood, however it was all demolished, leaving only four cement steps on one side of the field to seat the Barracas fans. In late 2004, having suffered for a long time due to the bad state of the field, extensive work was carried out which resulted in proper water drainage that allowed just over two seasons to allow the field to be in excellent condition. In 2006 the club decided to build a grandstand full of cement to the visiting public with capacity for 500 spectators. The grandstands were constructed in the same place as to where the wooden grandstands were based in the past. In 2010, the club decided to move the Hooligans base from behind the goals to the side of the field, adding four more cement steps. The stadium sits approximately 30 metres from Club Atlético Huracán's Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó. The stadium is also located next to La Villa.
As the stadium is based next to a Villa miseria most of the club's Hooligan supporters range from there, other supporters and social members are found in the neighbourhood's of Parque Patricios and Constitución.
The main rival of Barracas Central is Club Sportivo Barracas Bolívar, which was originally based in the same suburb, although they then moved to Bolívar in 2003, thus minimizing their rivalry.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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