Club Atlético Brown (mostly known as Brown de Adrogué) is an Argentine football club from the Adrogué neighborhood in Greater Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 team ...

, the second division of the Argentine football league system.

History

The club was formed in 1945 as a multidisciplinary

sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

. Brown, which has never played in Primera División, reached its highest league position in the 1999–00 season, finishing in 1st place in

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. ...

tournament, but could not promote to

, being defeated in the play-off semi-final. In June 2013, Brown won the play-off series defeating Almagro at the finals by penalty shoot-out. Therefore the squad promoted to the upper division,

, for the first time in the history of the club. Brown de Adrogué won its second title in 2015, the

championship, therefore the squad promoted to the second division,

. In September 2018, Brown achieved its most important victory to date, when the squad eliminated Independiente from the

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after beating them by

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.Otra sorpresa grande: Independiente fue eliminado en los penales por Brown de Adrogué - Copyright © LA NACION - URL: "https://www.lanacion.com.ar/2170700-independiente-brown-copa-argentina
by Rodolfo Chisleanschi, ''La Nación'', 10 Sep 2018

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Honours

* Primera D (1): 1980 * Primera B (1): 2015

References

External links

Club website

La Hora Tricolor
{{DEFAULTSORT:Club Atletico Brown Association football clubs established in 1945 Almirante Brown Partido 1945 establishments in Argentina Football clubs in Buenos Aires Province