Club Social y Deportivo Central Ballester, simply known as Central Ballester is an
Argentine
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football club based in the
Boulogne Sur Mer
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district of
Greater Buenos Aires
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. The team currently plays in
Primera D
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, the 5th division of
Argentine football league system
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Rules establish a system of promotion ...
.
History
The club was founded on October 26, 1974, by a group of fans who did not accept the closure of the club where they used to meet ("Club Atlético Central Argentino"). Not conceived as a continuity of the original, Central Ballester promoted 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 (Gr ...
but soon returned to the lowest division of AFA affiliated football.
Central Ballester's uniform colors and pattern are based on
Rosario Central
Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the English ...
's kit, and its squad and supporters are nicknamed the same as the
City of Rosario
Rosario () is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous city in the country, and is also the most po ...
club (''Canallas'') as well.
During the 1995
Torneo Apertura, the team clothes (including the jersey uniforms worn on field) were stolen from the club lockers. Consequently Central Ballester began a desperate search for new equipment in order to assist to play the next fixture but the club had not enough money to buy new uniforms due to its debts (something common in lowest level of the Argentine football). The solution came from the club Rosario Central which donated its own uniforms with the badge and sponsors printed on jerseys. Central Ballester won the 1995 Apertura using the Rosario Central original jerseys for most of that tournament.
"Rosario siempre estuvo cerca... de Ballester"
''Clarín'' newspaper, 2011-10-13
Players 2019
october, 15 of 2019
Titles
*Primera D
The Primera D is one of two leagues that form the fifth division of the Argentine football league system. Made up of 11 clubs from Buenos Aires Province, the league is the only one that remains amateur. The other league at level five is the Torneo ...
(1): 1995–96
References
External links
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{{Primera D Metropolitana
Association football clubs established in 1974
1974 establishments in Argentina