Argentino Football Club de Banfield mostly known as Argentino de Banfield was an

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club from the Banfield district of

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. The team played in Primera División during the 1920s and 1930s before merging with

Club Atlético Temperley Club Atlético Temperley is an Argentine sports club from the city of Temperley in Greater Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Primera Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football ...

History

The club was founded on 1 November 1915 and established its headquarters in

Banfield, Buenos Aires Banfield is a city in the district of Lomas de Zamora in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, south of the city center of Buenos Aires. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires metro area. History The area where the city is currently located, ha ...

, while building its stadium in

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. The football team affiliated to Argentine Football Association and made its debut in Primera División in 1923. Argentino only remained 4 seasons in Primera, being relegated among other teams when both leagues, dissident

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and official Asociación Argentina de Football merged in

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.Argentina 1926 at RSSSF
Argentino banfield 1927

Argentino only spent one season in the second division, returning to Primera at the end of 1927 season. The team finished 2nd after champion El Porvenir therefore both teams promoted to the highest division of Argentine football. Argentino played from 1928 to 1931 in the Asociación Amateurs (then merged with official AFA) with poor campaigns in those seasons. With the creation of the first professional football league in Argentina, dissident

Liga Argentina de Football The Liga Argentina de Football (LAF) was a dissident football association of Argentina that organised its own professional championships from 1931 to 1934. The Argentine Football Association (that had remained amateur) did not recognise those cham ...

in 1931, Argentino de Banfield remained playing in the official AFA until 1931. Nevertheless it did not last so long because on 15 March 1932, Club Argentino de Banfield merged with C.A. Temperley to form "Argentino de Temperley", although both clubs Argentino and Temperley continued their social and other sports activities separately. Under the new name, the football squad played the 1933 and 1934 championships in the official amateur league (AFA). When both associations, LAF and AFA merged at the end of the season, all its teams (including Argentino de Temperley) were relegated to the second division. Finally on 12 July 1935 members of the club renamed it as "Club Atlético Temperley" again.Historia del Club – Temperley official site
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