Club Deportivo Ferrocarril General Mitre, or simply Ferrocarril Mitre, is an

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located in the Miguelete district of

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. Ferrocarril Mitre is mostly known for its men's and women's

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teams, who took part in the Torneo Metropolitano organized by the

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. The male team is the most successful club in Provincial hockey with 18 titles won to date. The club also hosts the practise of

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and

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. Ferrocarril Mitre's main rival is

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History

The club was founded by

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immigrants as "Club Central Argentino de Migueletes", then changing its name to "Ferrocarril Central Argentino" (for the

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, one of the lines that served the suburban area of

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). With the nationalization of the railways in Argentina in 1948, all the lines changed their names to honor notable presidents of the country. The "Central Argentino" was renamed "Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre" in honor of military officer and historian

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, and the club changed its name as well. The men's team was finalist in the 2013 Torneo Metropolitano after defeating

"Con gol de oro, Mitre ganó el clásico en la semi", HockeyMobile.com
but then Mitre would lose the championship at the hands of

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. The women's team was about to be relegated in 2013, but they defeated

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by 1–0, remaining in the first division.

Titles

; Men * Torneo Metropolitano (18): 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1957, 1959, 1961,
1963, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1989, 1993, 1998, 2010 "Mitre fue campeón sin jugar", ''El Sol''
, 14 Dec 2010 ; Women * Torneo Metropolitano (3): 1990, 1994, 1995

Bibliography

Historia del Hockey en Argentina on HSRA website
by Eric Weil, Aug 2011

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitre m m m m m m Railway association football teams in Argentina