Club Almagro is an

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from José Ingenieros, Buenos Aires, although its headquarters are in the Almagro district. The football team currently plays in the Primera Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.

History

Almagro was founded on January 6, 1911, in the Almagro neighbourhood of

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. 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

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. In

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there was a new splitting in Argentine football, so both leagues were played at the same time: official

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(with one of Almagro predecessors, 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 v.

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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.Argentina 1919 at RSSSF.com
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/ref> 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 Primera División, only to be relegated both times after only one season playing at the top level. In

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Almagro returned to Primera División after beating Instituto de Córdoba by 1–0 (2–1 on aggregate) at relegation playoffs (named "Promoción" in Argentina).

Players

Out on loan

Former players

Luciano Cigno Luciano Cigno (born 29 February 1988 in Argentina) is an Argentinean footballer who last played for Empire Club in Barbados. Career Cigno started his senior career with Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield. In 2012, he signed for Club Almagro in t ...

Leonardo Costas Leonardo Costas (born 26 May 1966 in Argentina) is an Argentinean retired footballer who last worked as head coach of CD Costa do Sol in Mozambique. Career Costas started his senior career with Racing Club de Avellaneda in the Argentine Primer ...

Honours

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(2): 1937, 1968 Historial de Campeones de la Segunda División – AFA website
* Primera C (1): 1971

References

External links

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