Club Almirante Brown
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| Full name | Club Almirante Brown |
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| Nickname(s) | Fragata, Mirasol, Aurinegro , Gigante Del Oeste |
| Founded | 17 January 1922 |
| Ground | Estadio Fragata Presidente Sarmiento, Isidro Casanova, La Matanza Partido, Greater Buenos Aires |
| Capacity | 19,000 |
| Chairman | Luis Diosquez |
| Manager | Felipe De la Riva |
| League | Primera B |
| 2015 | 20° |
| Website | Club home page |
Club Almirante Brown (mostly known simply as Almirante Brown) is an Argentine sports club headquartered in the San Justo district of La Matanza Partido, in Greater Buenos Aires.
Although other sports are practised at the club, Almirante Brown is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana, the 3rd division of the Argentine football league system. The football stadium is located in the Isidro Casanova district of the same partido.
Other activities hosted by the institution are women's field hockey, martial arts, roller skating and tennis.
The club was founded on 1 January 1912 as "Club Atlético Almirante Brown". The first uniform kit acquired by the club were the striped black and yellow worn by Uruguayan CURCC (predecessor of current club Peñarol), that were the only available in stores.
On 21 March 1915 the club changed its name to "Almirante Brown Athletic Club" and one year later it affiliated to Amateur Football Association where the team took part of Tercera de Ascenso, the last division of Argentine football league system. It only lasted one season so the club would be inactive since 1919.
In 1921, four dissident members of neighbor club Huracán de San Justo met with some former members of old club Almirante Brown with the purpose of reestablishing the institution. It was finally set up on 17 January 1922 as "Centro Atlético Almirante Brown", being named Segundo Boragno as president of the club. He managed Almirante Brown until his death on June 1930.
Almirante Brown played football in several regional leagues, winning the first cup in 1926. In 1929 the team won the La Matanza Partido league (named "Copa Adrián Beccar Varela" honoring former president of the Association). In 1931 Almirante Brown acquired the right to participate in the Amateur Argentina de Football to Club Almafuerte (based in Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires), wearing the same name and colors of the "porteño" club. In 1932 and 1933 the club also took part of the championship.
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