Club Mutual Crucero del Norte (simply known as Crucero del Norte) is an Argentine

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based in Garupá,

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. The club was founded in 2003 by a long-distance bus company which gave its name to the institution. Although the club is mostly known for its

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team, other sports such as

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, paddle tennis and

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are hosted. After many seasons playing in the

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, the

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team was promoted to

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after defeating Guillermo Brown via playoff. They currently play in

. The main Crucero's rival is Guaraní Antonio Franco of the same city.

History

The club was founded in 1989 by the owners of Argentine bus company "Crucero del Norte", the Koropeski family. They had been encouraged by the company's employees, who were big fans of football and strong supporters of the indoor soccer team of Crucero del Norte. During its first years of existence, Crucero del Norte played its home games at Bartolomé Mitre de Posadas stadium. The club inaugurated its own field in 2003. Crucero debuted in the Liga Posadeña de Fútbol ( Posadas football league), promoting to play the 2005 edition of Torneo Argentino C. In 2005 the team promoted to

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where it remained until 2009. On 14 June 2009, Crucero del Norte got promotion to

after defeating Marplatense team Alvarado at the finals (with scores of 1–0 in Posadas and 0–0 as visitor). In January 2011, the squad won its first international tournament, the Copa Víctor Hugo Zayas, played in Encarnación, Paraguay after beating local teams Universal (1–0) and Independiente de Campo Grande (5–4 via

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after the 90' ended in a tie). The most recent achievement was the promotion to the second division of Argentine football,

, defeating Guillermo Brown de Puerto Madryn via playoff.

Honours

*Liga Posadeña de Fútbol (1): 2004 Apertura

References

External links

*
Bus company website
{{Torneo Federal A Football clubs in Misiones Province Sport in Misiones Province 1989 establishments in Argentina