Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta

Football club infobox
clubname = Gimnasia y Tiro


fullname = Club Gimnasia y Tiro
nickname = "Albo"
"Millonario"
founded = November 29 1902
ground = El Gigante Del Norte, Salta, Argentina
capacity = 30,000
chairman =
manager =
league = Torneo Argentino B
season = 2007-08
position = 5th Zone A|

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Club Gimnasia y Tiro are an Argentina Football club, their home town is Salta, in Salta Province, Argentina. They currently play in Zone A of the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football Torneo Argentino B.

The club have contested three seasons at the highest level of Argentine football, they qualified to play in the National Tournaments of 1979 and 1981. they finished bottom of their group in 79 and 6th of 7 teams in 1981. In the 1997-1998 season Gimnasia y Tiro were promoted to the Primera but finished 20th (last) in the Apertura and 17th in the Clausura meaning that they were relegated at the end of the season.

The club currently find themselves in a precarious position, they finished bottom of their group in the Apertura tournament, leaving them in real danger of falling into Torneo Argentino C which is the lowest level of football in the AFA league system.

Notable players

* Lucas Abraham
* Carlos Chaile
* José Daniel Ponce
* Darío Scotto
* Christian Rodrigo Zurita

ee also

*List of football clubs in Argentina
*Argentine football league system

External links

* [http://www.elgigantedesalta.com.ar/ El Gigante de Salta]
* [http://www.clubgimnasiaytiro.com.ar/ Club Gimnasia y Tiro]
* [http://futboldelnorte.tripod.com/id3.html Club History]