Club Mutual Crucero del Norte (simply known as Crucero del Norte) is an Argentine

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based in Garupá,

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. The club was founded in 2003 by a long-distance

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company which gave its name to the institution. Although the club is mostly known for its

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team, other sports such as

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and

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are hosted. After many seasons playing in the

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, the football team was promoted to

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 ...

after defeating Guillermo Brown via playoff. They currently play in

. The main Crucero's rival is Guaraní Antonio Franco of the same city.

History

The club was founded in 1989 by the owners of Argentine bus company "Crucero del Norte", the Koropeski family. They had been encouraged by the company's employees, who were big fans of football and strong supporters of the indoor soccer team of Crucero del Norte. During its first years of existence, Crucero del Norte played its home games at Bartolomé Mitre de Posadas stadium. The club inaugurated its own field in 2003. Crucero debuted in the Liga Posadeña de Fútbol ( Posadas football league), promoting to play the 2005 edition of

Torneo Argentino C The Torneo Argentino C (officially Torneo del Interior) was one of the two leagues that form the regionalised fifth level of the Argentine football league system. The competition was organized by the Federal Council (''Consejo Federal''), an inter ...

. In 2005 the team promoted to

Torneo Argentino B Torneo Argentino B was one of two leagues that form the fourth level of the Argentine football league system, made up of 100+ teams playing within eight regional zones across Argentina. The other league at level four wasand still isthe Primera C ...

where it remained until 2009. On 14 June 2009, Crucero del Norte got promotion to

after defeating Marplatense team Alvarado at the finals (with scores of 1–0 in Posadas and 0–0 as visitor). In January 2011, the squad won its first international tournament, the Copa Víctor Hugo Zayas, played in

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after beating local teams Universal (1–0) and Independiente de Campo Grande (5–4 via

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after the 90' ended in a tie). The most recent achievement was the promotion to the second division of Argentine football,

, defeating

Guillermo Brown de Puerto Madryn Club Social y Atlético Guillermo Brown, mostly known as Guillermo Brown or Brown de Puerto Madryn, is an Argentine sports club from Puerto Madryn in Chubut Province. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional. History The clu ...

via playoff.

Honours

*Liga Posadeña de Fútbol (1): 2004 Apertura

References

External links

Club websiteBus company website
{{Torneo Federal A Football clubs in Misiones Province Sport in Misiones Province 1989 establishments in Argentina