The Club Social y Deportivo General Roca is an Argentine

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, based on

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, in the

Río Negro Province Río Negro (, ''Black River'') is a province of Argentina, located in northern Patagonia. Neighboring provinces are from the south clockwise Chubut, Neuquén, Mendoza, La Pampa and Buenos Aires. To the east lies the Atlantic Ocean. Its capi ...

. The club, founded on September 1, 1974, is mostly known for its football and

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teams. The football team currently plays in Zone F of the regionalised 3rd division of Argentine football league system, the

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, while the basketball team plays in the third division, ''Liga Nacional B''.

Football

The club has played at the highest level of Argentine football on 2 occasions, when qualified to play in the National tournaments of 1978 and 1982. In 1978 Deportivo finished 5th of 8 teams in group C, winning 5 drawing 4 and losing 5 of their 14 games. Its most notable results of the season were a 1–0 home win against

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and a 1–0 away win against

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. In 1982 ''El Depo'' finished in 6th place out of 8 teams, whose most notable results of the season were a 2–0 home win and a 3–1 away win against Racing Club.

Basketball

Deportivo Roca won the 1992–1993 second division Torneo Nacional de Ascenso (TNA). The club remained in first division

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until 1999 when it was

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back to TNA. At the end of 2002, Deportivo was again relegated, this time to third division ''Liga Nacional B''.

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player

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had his professional debut with Deportivo.

Players 2018

Actually january/30/2018

External links

Official Website

Deportivo blog
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Football

Basketball

Players 2018

See also

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