Club Defensores de Almagro (also known for its acronym CADA) is an

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from

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neighborhood,

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. The institution is mostly known for its

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team, which won the

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title in 1970.

History

Encouraged by the great popularity that football had amongst its members, the club affiliated to the

Argentine Football Association The Argentine Football Association (, ; AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires. It organises the main divisions of Argentine football league system, Argentine league system (from Argentine Primera División, Pri ...

to play at

, then called "Tercera de Ascenso". Teams that took part in the 1970 championship were split into two zones, one of ten and the other of nine teams, named ''Norte'' and ''Sur'' respectively. The best four teams of each zone would pass to the next stage in order to proclaim a champion. Defensores de Almagro obtained the Primera D (then called ''Primera de Aficionados'') title after finishing 1st in Sección Sur with 32 points. The squad won 15 matches, drew one and was only defeated once. In the next stage, Defensores finished with nine victories, three draws and two losses, obtaining the club's only official title to date. The squad was coached by Daniel Kreyness, who was only 27 at that time. Defensores became champion after defeating Club Central Argentino (now

Central Ballester Club Social y Deportivo Central Ballester, simply known as Central Ballester is an Argentine football club based in the Boulogne Sur Mer district of Greater Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera D, the 5th division of Argentine football ...

) 2-1 in General Lamadrid stadium. One of the most remarkable moments of the campaign was the match against

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, which Defensores won 5-4 after trailing 0-4 in the first half. The final positions of the tournament were: Defensores de Almagro (champion, promoted to Primera C) 21 points;

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16, Central Argentino 15,

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and

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14, Porteño Athletic Club 13,

11 and Villa San Carlos 8. In 1971 Defensores de Almagro played at Primera C, where the team did not make a good performance and was relegated to the lowest division again. Soon after, the club disaffiliated from the

and never returned to play any tournament organized by the AFA. Nowadays the institution focuses on football at children and youth levels only."Fútbol por el rioba", Revista El Abasto
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'' Clarín'', 2012-02-09

Titles

: 1 :: 1970

Colors

Defensores de Almagro wore a blue jersey, although some sources cite the light blue, white and black striped jersey as the club's colors, due to a confusion with

Club Almagro Club Almagro is an Argentine sports club from José Ingenieros, Buenos Aires, although its headquarters are in the Almagro, Buenos Aires, Almagro district. The association football, football team currently plays in the Primera Nacional, the secon ...

, the team based in

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, which is not related to Defensores.

References

External links

Club blog (fans site)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Defensores de Almagro Football clubs in Buenos Aires Football clubs disaffiliated from the Argentine Football Association Association football clubs established in 1945