Club Atlético Defensores de Almagro

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Defensores de Almagro
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Full nameClub Atlético Defensores de Almagro
Nickname(s)Cadense
Founded8 April 1945;74 years ago (1945-04-08)
GroundNone
League Primera C
1971Relegated to Primera D

Club Defensores de Almagro (also known for its acronym CADA) is an Argentine social club from Balvanera neighborhood, [1] Buenos Aires. The institution is mostly known for its football team, which won the Primera D title in 1970. [2]

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History

Encouraged by the great popularity that football had amongst its members, the club affiliated to the Argentine Football Association to play at Primera D, then called "Tercera de Ascenso". [3]

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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) 2-1 in General Lamadrid stadium. One of the most remarkable moments of the campaign was the match against Acassuso, which Defensores won 5-4 after trailing 0-4 in the first half.

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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 Argentine Football Association and never returned to play any tournament organized by the AFA. Nowadays the institution focuses on football at children and youth levels only. [4] [5]

Titles

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, the team based in Tres de Febrero Partido, which is not related to Defensores.

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References

  1. ↑ "Club SyD Defensores de Almagro en el barrio de Balvanera". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
  2. 1 2 "Historia y Fútbol" Argentine website
  3. ↑ Desfiliados: Defensores de Almagro at Piel de Ascenso website, 2 Jan 2013
  4. ↑ "Fútbol por el rioba", Revista El Abasto
  5. ↑ "Cuando todo Almagro festejó con Defensores", Clarín , 2012-02-09
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