Club Almagro
Club Almagro is an Argentine sports club from the homonymous district of Buenos Aires. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana, the regionalised third division of the Argentine football league system.
History
Almagro was founded on January 6, 1911, in the Almagro neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club still has its sports facilities there for its members, but the football stadium (with a capacity of 19,000) is located in José Ingenieros, in the Tres de Febrero Partido of Greater Buenos Aires.
In 1919 there was a new splitting in Argentine football, so both leagues were played at the same time: official Asociación Argentina de Football (with Columbian as one of its teams) and dissident "Asociación Amateurs de Football". During that season, Columbian was going through a severe economic crisis, disputing its last game as "Columbian" vs. Boca Juniors in the 6th fixture. Some executives of recently promoted Club Almagro, leadered by Miguel de Zárate made Columbial a merger proposal, which was accepted. Therefore Almagro renamed "Sportivo Almagro" and continued playing in Primera División (debuting in the 7th fixture vs Platense) under its new denomination, which avoided the club to be disaffiliated.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Almagro played one year in first division in 1938 after winning the first second division tournament that awarded a promotion. Later the team won the 1968 second division tournament, but had to participate in the Reclasificatorio tournament with first division teams and other second division teams and didn't win promotion. The Tricolores played most of the time in second division, a few years in third division, but in 2000 and 2004 they won the promotion to first division, only to be relegated both times after only one season playing at the top level.
Players
2011-12 squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Position |
Player
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GK |
Nicolás Peranic
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GK |
Roberto Cardozo
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DF |
Mauricio Suigo
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DF |
Adrián Iglesias
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DF |
Juan Cruz Talin
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DF |
Nicolás Arrechea
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DF |
German Lanaro
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DF |
Danilo Quiroga
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DF |
Rodrigo Martín
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DF |
Hernán Ruquet
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DF |
Nahuel Irribarren
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DF |
Lucas Crespín
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DF |
Richard Schunke
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DF |
Ezequiel Oscar Vicente
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MF |
Brahaman Sinisterra
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MF |
Germán Libramento |
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Position |
Player
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MF |
Diego Figueroa
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MF |
Agustín Farías
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MF |
Humberto Vega
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MF |
Franco Quiroz
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MF |
Fabián Santa Cruz
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MF |
Miguel Sanchez
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MF |
Adrián Pérez
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MF |
Ricardo Pérez
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MF |
Bruno Muerza
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MF |
Juan Maldonado
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FW |
Cristian Cayeta
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FW |
Raúl Becerra
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FW |
Cristian Soto
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FW |
Jorge Espíndola
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FW |
Oscar Leandro Acuña |
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Honours
The team that won the
Primera B title in 1937.
References
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