Centro Social y Recreativo Español, usually just Centro Español, is an Argentinefootball club based in the
Villa Sarmiento
Villa Sarmiento is a locality in Morón Partido in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is home to 17,737 people and has an area of 2.55 km².
History
With the foundation of the Fomento Villa Progreso society on 4 April 1909, the locality ...
city of
Morón Partido
Morón is a '' partido'' ( second level administrative division) of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South Am ...
Primera D Metropolitana
The Primera D is one of two leagues that form the fifth division of the Argentine football league system. Made up of 11 clubs from Buenos Aires Province, the league is the only one that remains amateur. The other league at level five is the Torneo ...
The club was founded on June 24, 1934 by a group of Spanish residents in Argentina who wanted to practice a range of sports including football, basketball, fencing, volleyball, among others.Los clubes del fútbol argentino by Editorial Dunken, 2014 –
The club gained its affiliation with AFA in 1959 and started participating in the Tercera de Ascenso that same year. The club had its own stadium in Ramos Mejía but it was then expropriated in late 1960s so Centro Español has rented different venues since then. In 1965 Centro Español was close to promote to the upper division but it lost the "Torneo Reducido" to General Mitre and Piraña at
Estadio Gasómetro
The San Lorenzo de Almagro Stadium (popularly known as Estadio Gasómetro) Durante la etapa gerenciada, se armaron algunos planteles competitivos que concentraban en la casa quinta del gerenciador, lo que era algo poco frecuente para la categoría. Nevertheless, the team could not earn promotion and the management contract was revoke in 2014.
The following executive committee committed itself to build new headquarters in Morón, with an estimated time of six months. However, works did not progress as expected.Centro Español: el estadio propio y el sueño de ascender por primera vez by Alejo Villagra, Camila Iannini on ''La Nación''