Club Atlético Central Córdoba is an
Argentine
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sports club
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based in
Santiago del Estero
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. The club is mostly known for its
football
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team, which currently plays in the
Argentine Primera División
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, first division of the
Argentine football league system
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. The club was founded by a group of railway workers and named after the Córdoba Central Railway in a similar manner to the other Central Córdoba club based in Rosario.
History
Central Córdoba has played at the highest level of Argentine football on 2 occasions, more specifically in the 1967 and 1971
Nacional championship The Campeonato Nacional was one of the two football tournaments that formed the Primera División season (along with the Metropolitano championship) since 1967. The Nacional championship was played annually until its last edition in 1985.
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s. In the 1967 Nacional, Central Córdoba finished 14th of 16 teams, having reached its peak with the 2–1 victory over
Boca Juniors
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in
La Bombonera
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.
In 1971 Central Córdoba finished 13th out of 14 teams in group B, which most significant achievement was a 1–1 draw to Boca Juniors, although soon later the team would be heavily defeated at the hands of
San Lorenzo
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by 7–1.
On 8 June 2019, Central Córdoba won promotion to the
Primera División after defeating
Sarmiento in the
2018–19 promotion play-off finals.
It marked their return to the top-flight for the first time in 48 years.
Players
Current squad
As of 8 September 2022.
Club Brown de Adrogué
at BDFA
Out on loan
References
External links
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Football clubs in Santiago del Estero Province
Association football clubs established in 1919
1919 establishments in Argentina
Railway association football teams
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