Club Atlético Brown (mostly known as Brown de Adrogué) is an

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club from the

Adrogué Adrogué () is a city in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, located 23 km south of Buenos Aires. It is the administrative headquarters for Almirante Brown Partido (county). At slightly more than 30,000 inhabitants, it is a prominent residenti ...

neighborhood in

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. The team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second division of the

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History

The club was formed in 1945 as a multidisciplinary sports club. Brown, which has never played in

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, reached its highest league position in the 1999–00 season, finishing in 1st place in Primera B Metropolitana tournament, but could not promote to Primera B Nacional, being defeated in the play-off semi-final. In June 2013, Brown won the play-off series defeating

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at the finals by penalty shoot-out. Therefore the squad promoted to the upper division, Primera B Nacional, for the first time in the history of the club. Brown de Adrogué won its second title in 2015, the Primera B Metropolitana championship, therefore the squad promoted to the second division, Primera B Nacional. In September 2018, Brown achieved its most important victory to date, when the squad eliminated Independiente from the Copa Argentina after beating them by penalty shoot-out.Otra sorpresa grande: Independiente fue eliminado en los penales por Brown de Adrogué - Copyright © LA NACION - URL: "https://www.lanacion.com.ar/2170700-independiente-brown-copa-argentina
by Rodolfo Chisleanschi, ''La Nación'', 10 Sep 2018

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Honours

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(1): 1980 *

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(1): 2015

References

External links

Club website

La Hora Tricolor
{{DEFAULTSORT:Club Atletico Brown Association football clubs established in 1945 Almirante Brown Partido 1945 establishments in Argentina Football clubs in Buenos Aires Province