San Lorenzo de Almagro
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| Full name | Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro |
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| Nickname(s) |
Santo (Saint), Cuervo (Crow), Ciclón (Cyclone), Azulgrana (Blue and Red), Matadores (Killers) |
| Founded | 1 April 1908 |
| Ground |
Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Flores, Buenos Aires |
| Capacity | 47,964 |
| Chairman | Matías Lammens |
| Manager | Diego Aguirre |
| League | Primera División |
| 2015 | 2nd |
| Website | Club home page |
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro, known as San Lorenzo de Almagro or San Lorenzo (in english: Saint Lawrence), is an Argentine sports club based in the Boedo, neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team, which plays in the Primera División, the top division of the Argentine football league system. San Lorenzo is also considered one of the "big five" ("Los 5 Grandes") of Argentine football by Argentine press, with Independiente, River Plate, Boca Juniors, and Racing Club.
San Lorenzo plays its home games at Estadio Pedro Bidegain, popularly known as Nuevo Gasómetro. The stadium and sports facilities are located in Bajo Flores, neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires, characterized by being one of the most dangerous neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. Club's previous stadium was the Viejo Gasómetro, located in Boedo neighborhood. After the match was played there in 1979, the Gasómetro was expropriated by the de facto Government of Argentina and then sold to chain of supermarkets Carrefour. The club currently has five headquarters: three in Boedo, one in Monserrat, and one at Bajo Flores, all of them in the city of Buenos Aires. San Lorenzo also plans to expand its main seat on La Plata Avenue, while a 15-hectare campus in Ezeiza is projected to develop an olympic football program.
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