Club Atlético Defensores de Belgrano (usually known as Defensores de Belgrano) is an
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
sports club
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Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
from
Nuñez, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its
football
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team, which currently plays in
Primera 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 tea ...
, the regionalised second division of the
Argentine league system.
Apárt from football, other sports practised at Defensores de Belgrano are
boxing
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,
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
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,
kickboxing
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,
karate
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, and
artistic roller skating
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* Figures: the individual follows the figure circle lin ...
.
History
![Defe belgrano 1914](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Defe_belgrano_1914.jpg)
Defensores de Belgrano was founded on 25 May 1906 by a group of young people who wanted to participate in the football leagues of Buenos Aires. In 1914, Defensores de Belgrano won the
División Intermedia champion, therefore promoted to
Primera División, the top division. The squad debuted in Primera in
1915
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
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*January 1 ...
, being relegated to the second division at the end of that season. The team returned to Primera for the 1918 season, remaining there until 1934 when the
official association (AFA) (which Defensores was affiliated to) merged with the dissident professional league (
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 ...
); as a result of the merger, all teams in the amateur league were relegated to the second division.
During its first years, the team's color's were light blue and light pink but would later be changed to the red and black colors that have remained since then. The stadium was at the "Plaza Alberti" venue in the suburb of
Belgrano, Buenos Aires
Belgrano is a northern and leafy '' barrio'' or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Location
The barrio of Palermo is to the southeast; Núñez is to the northwest; Coghlan, Villa Urquiza, Villa Ortúzar and Colegiales are to the sout ...
.
In 1934 two players of the club,
Ernesto Belis and
Luis Izetta
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went on to play for the
Argentina national team in the
1934 FIFA World Cup
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The 1934 World Cup was the first in w ...
held in
Italy
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that year.
For many decades Defensores played the league games between the B and the C League's, gaining promotion and also being relegated. Throughout that period a rivalry against
Platense was developed.
In August 2011, the veteran 37-year-old player
Ariel Ortega
Ariel Arnaldo Ortega (born 4 March 1974) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. His nickname is "El Burrito" (''The Little Donkey''), thus he is called "Burrito Ortega".
Ariel Ortega first played f ...
(who had been played for
All Boys
Club Atlético All Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Floresta, Buenos Aires. The institution is mostly known by its football team, which currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league s ...
during the
2010–11 season) was signed by Defensores de Belgrano. The "Burrito" made his debut in the match against
Deportivo Morón
Club Deportivo Morón is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Morón, Buenos Aires. Deportivo Morón's football team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.
The club was fo ...
scoring a goal by penalty shot.
Estadio Juan Pasquale
The ''Estadio Juan Pasquale'' is located in the
Nuñez district of Buenos Aires. It is approximately 10 walking blocks away from
Monumental stadium. The street's surrounding the Juan Pasquale contain many graffitied wall's and objects in tribute of Defensores de Belgrano, and are the meeting points of many of the club's supporters which begin walking in large groups upon their arrival to the stadium.
The capacity of the stadium holds 9,000 people.
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
The club operates its junior divisions, beginning from age categories of ''Sub-7'' until ''Sub-20'' level.
Former players
*
Eddy Carazas
Eddy Carazas (born 27 February 1974 in Peru) is a Peruvian
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*
Tommy Mosquera
Honours
*
División Intermedia (2): 1914
FAF, 1917
*
Primera B (2): 1967, 2000–01
*
Primera C
The Primera C Metropolitana is one of the two professional leagues that form the fourth level of the Argentine football league system. Primera C Metropolitana is made up of 20 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area (G ...
(4): 1953, 1958, 1972, 1991–92
References
External links
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Association football clubs established in 1906
1906 establishments in Argentina
Football clubs in Buenos Aires