Club Social y Deportivo Tristán Suárez (or simply Tristán Suárez) is an

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from Tristán Suárez, a city in

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. The club is mostly known for its

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team, which currently plays in

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, the third division of the

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. Apart from football, other sports practised at the institution are

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, women's

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and

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History

The club was founded on 8 August 1929 under the name "Sportivo Tristán Suárez", and began to participate in the football tournaments of Esteban Echeverría and Cañuelas cities from 1931 to 1963, when Tristán Suárez affiliated to

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to participate in the

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division. Tristán Suárez debuted officially on 2 May 1964, in the ''Viejo Gasómetro'' (

San Lorenzo de Almagro Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Boedo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team, which plays in the Primera División, the first tier of the Argentine foot ...

old venue) being defeated by now disaffiliated Piraña. Tristan suarez 1975

In 1975 Tristán Suárez won its first title, promoting to

Primera C The Primera C Metropolitana is one of the two professional leagues that form the fourth level of the Argentine football league system. Primera C Metropolitana is made up of 20 clubs, mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area ( ...

. At the end of that season the team (coached by Horacio Harguindeguy) had finishing sharing the first position with

Deportivo Merlo Club Social y Deportivo Merlo (usually known simply as Deportivo Merlo) is an Argentinean football club located in Merlo, Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana, the third division of the Argentine football league system ...

so a match between both teams had to be played in order to proclaim a champion. Tristán Suárez finally beat Deportivo Merlo in a

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after the regular match ended 1–1. Tristán Suárez debuted on Primera C in 1976, with a 1–1 draw against

Deportivo Armenio Club Deportivo Armenio is a football club from Ingeniero Maschwitz, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. The team currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana, which is the regionalised third division of the Argentine football league system. Histor ...

. In 1994 the team won its second title, the Torneo Apertura, with goalkeeper Alejandro Otamendi playing 1,115 consecutive minutes without conceding a goal, setting a new record. Tristán Suárez later won the Torneo Reducido after defeating Deportivo Paraguayo, Flandria and

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, therefore the team promoted to the upper division,

. The team debuted on Primera B Metropolitana beating Sportivo Dock Sud. One year later, the team won the 1996 Apertura defeating

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. The club had to play two matches against

Defensa y Justicia Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia, commonly known as Defensa y Justicia, is an Argentine football club from Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, established in 1935.

(1997 Clausura winner) in order to promote to

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but Tristán Suárez lost the series. In 2004 Tristán Suárez had another chance to promote to Primera B Nacional, but was defeated at the hands of

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History

Players

Current squad

Titles

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