Barracas Athletic Club was a football club from

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. The club was notable for having played several seasons in Argentine Primera División, the top division of Argentine football league system.

History

Established in 1901,"Argentina – Name Changes"
by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF.com the club debuted in Primera División in

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after winning the Segunda División title one year before."Segunda División – Campeones"
on AFA website (Archive, 13 Aug 2013) In its first season in the top division, Barracas A.C. made a good campaign, finishing 2nd. to

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. The squad continued playing all the tournaments until 1907 when the team finished last and was

relegated In sports leagues, promotion and relegation is a process where teams are transferred between multiple divisions based on their performance for the completed season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are often called open leagues. ...

to the second division. It is believed that Barracas A.C. was dissolved that same year. Uruguayan brothers Carlos and Bolívar Céspedes (considered football pioneers of that country, being part of the

Club Nacional de Football Club Nacional de Football (, ''National Football Club'' or simply as Nacional) is a Uruguayan professional sports club based in Montevideo. The club was founded on 14 May 1899 as a result of the merger between ''Uruguay Athletic Club'' and ''Mon ...

that won its first titles in

Uruguayan Primera División The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish , en, First Division Professional League, local: , ''First Division''), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional football league in Uru ...

) played for Barracas A.C. when they exiled from Uruguay due to the civil war of 1904.

José Buruca Laforia José María Buruca, also known as José Buruca Laforia ( Atalaya, Spain, 16 May 1884 - Buenos Aires, Argentina, 6 Jun 1957) was an Argentine association football goalkeeper. Nicknamed ''El Vasco'', Buruca Laforia is considered the first great g ...

, who was Barracas goalkeeper, gave his place to recently arrived Amílcar Céspedes, while he switch to forward position. At the end of the war, the Céspedes brothers returned to Montevideo where they joined Nacional again. Nevertheless, in 1905 Carlos and Bolívar died of

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, at the age of 21 and 20 respectively.Los céspedes y una tragedia
by Ricardo Gorosito on CIHF, 9 Nov 2013

Titles

Primera B Metropolitana Primera B Metropolitana is one of two professional leagues that form the third level of the Argentine football league system. The division is made up of 17 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, Greater Buenos Aires. ...

(2): 1901, 1903, 1904 *

Copa Bullrich The Copa de Competencia Adolfo Bullrich, or simply Copa Bullrich, was an official football tournament held from 1903 to 1934 in Argentina. From 1905 to 1915 the championship was contested by clubs playing in the second division of Argentine league ...

(1): 1904

Notes

References

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