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Almagro 
Full name Club Almagro Nickname(s) El Tricolor Founded January 6, 1911 Ground Estadio Tres de Febrero, José Ingenieros,
Greater Buenos Aires
(Capacity: 19.000)Chairman Juan Carlos Carinelli Manager Mario Finarolli League Primera B Metropolitana 2010-11 11th Website Club home page 
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Third coloursClub Almagro is a sports club from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club is mostly known for its football team which currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana, the regionalised third division of Argentine football league system.
Almagro was founded on January 6, 1911, in the Almagro neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club still has its sports facilities there for its members, but the football stadium (with a capacity of 19,000) is located in José Ingenieros, Greater Buenos Aires.
Almagro played one year in first division in 1938 after winning the first second division tournament that awarded a promotion. Later the team won the 1968 second division tournament, but had to participate in the Reclasificatorio tournament with first division teams and other second divisioners and didn't won the promotion. The Tricolores played most of the time in second division, a few years in third division, but in 2000 and 2004 they won the promotion to first division, only to be relegated both times after only one season playing at the top level.
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Current Squad 2010/11
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 
GK Ezequiel Bucciarelli GK Matías Coloca GK Diego Pave DF Victor Suigo DF Gerardo Maidana 
DF Brahaman Sinisterra DF Nicolás Arrechea DF Matias Palavecino DF Juan Talin DF Hernán Ruquet DF Maximiliano Salinas DF German Lanaro MF Franco Quiroz MF Claudio Ortiz No. Position Player MF Agustín Farías MF Diego Figueroa 
MF Óscar Vega MF Julio Junco MF Germán Libramento MF Hernán Pérez MF Santiago Dos Reis MF Nicolás Rubén Caputto MF Jonathan Encina FW Juan Pablo Gomez FW Emiliano Bonfigli FW Richard Murillo FW Sergio Kasburg Notable former players
- Humberto Recanatini
- Hector Ausili (1939–49)
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Raimundo Orsi (1939–40) - Enrique Planisi (1948–59)
- Claudio Tamburini (1977-)
- Delio Onnis (1967–68)
- Ricardo Caruso Lombardi (1986–88)
- Carlos Alberto Yaqué (1996–97), (2005–06)
- Mauricio Giganti (1997–98)
- Lucas Pusineri (1997–99)
- Damián Grosso (1997-01)
- Francisco Maciel (1998-01)
- Lucas Sparapani (1999-01), (2003–05), (2006–08)
Jonathan Santana (2000–01)- Sebastián Carrera (2001–04)
- Federico Nieto (2002–05)
- Juan Cobián (2004–05)
- Emmanuel Culio (2004–05)
- Osvaldo Miranda (2004–05)
Titles
The team that won the Primera B title in 1937.
The 1971 Primera C champions.- Primera B: 2
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- 1937, 1968 [1]
- Primera C: 1
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- 1971 [1]
References
External links
- Official site (Spanish)
- Pasión Tricolor (Spanish)
- Foro Tricolor (Spanish)
- Almagro de mi Vida (Spanish)
- Azul, Blanco y Negro (Spanish)
Primera B Metropolitana 2011–12 teams Acassuso · Almagro · Barracas Central · Brown de Adrogué · Colegiales · Comunicaciones · Defensores de Belgrano · Deportivo Armenio · Deportivo Morón · Estudiantes (BA) · Flandria · General Lamadrid · Los Andes · Nueva Chicago · Platense · San Telmo · Sarmiento (J) · Sportivo Italiano · Temperley · Tristán Suárez · Villa San CarlosCategories:- Sports clubs established in 1911
- Argentine football clubs
- Association football clubs established in 1911
- Club Almagro
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