Lanús Athletic Club was an
Argentine
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sports club
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located in the
Lanús
Lanús () is the capital of Lanús Partido, Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires, in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. The city has a population of 212,152 (), and the Partido de Lan ...
district of
Greater Buenos Aires
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.
While initially established as a
cricket
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club, Lanús later added a
football
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team. That squad competed officially during the first years of
football in Argentina
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, playing in the top division,
Primera División, from 1897 to 1899,
[ and then returning in 1913 before being dissolved in 1914.][
Along with other clubs that practised football in the Lanús district (such as Lanús United and Talleres), Lanús A.C. is considered a predecessor of ]Club Atlético Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús () is an Argentina, Argentine sports club from the Lanús district of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1915, the club's main sports are association football, football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentin ...
, founded in 1915.[Historia - Los principios]
on CA Lanús website
History
The club was established by employees of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway
The Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway (BAGS) ( es, Ferrocarril del Sud) was one of the ''Big Four'' Indian gauge, broad gauge, , British-owned companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina. The company was founded by Edward ...
(BAGSR), a British
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-origin company that operated in the country, at the end of 1887 to play cricket
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. The club, named "Barracas Instituto Cricket Club", changed to "Lanús Cricket Club" in September 1888. In June 1895, a meeting of members gave their approval to rename the club as "Lanús Athletic Club" to include other sports such as football. The club registered to the Argentine Football Association
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that same year.["Lanús Athletic Club" - History by Andrés Sosa on Hojas Sueltas blogsite, 1 Jul 2016]
Lanús played its home games at the BAGSR workshops (''Los Talleres'', today Remedios de Escalada
Remedios de Escalada is a city located in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, within Lanús Partido, Gran Buenos Aires. It covers an area of 9.95 km² and the population was 81,465 in 2001; the demonym for its inhabitants is "escaladense."
H ...
neighborhood), wearing a dark green and gold shirt. In its first year in official competitions (which was also Lanús' best performance during its short tenure on Primera) was in 1897
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City.
* January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a puniti ...
, when the team shared the first position with Lomas Athletic Club
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after winning 10 matches and lost 2, so both teams had to play a final game in order to decide a champion. As the playoff ended in a draw, a second game was scheduled. It also ended in a draw so a third match had to be played. Finally, Lomas beat Lanús 10 with goal by William Stirling.[Argentina 1897]
at the RSSSF After a poor campaign in 1899
Events January 1899
* January 1
** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.
** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City.
* January 2 –
**Bolivia sets up a c ...
, Lanús disaffiliated after playing only two matches in the season.
In August 1908 the club changed its name again, becoming "Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway Athletic Club", and then "Club Atlético del Ferrocarril Gran Sud" (Spanish translation of the BAGSR). The club affiliated again to the AFA in 1913, where the team took part in the 1913
Events January
* January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...
and 1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
Primera División championships and some national cups such as Copa de Competencia (1913–14) and Copa de Honor (1913), with poor campaigns, having been eliminated in first stage in all of them.
In its return to Primera División, Ferrocarril del Sud finished 13th of 15 in 1913, and only played seven matches in 1914 before disaffiliating again. As a result, all FDS' matches were annulled. The club was dissolved soon after.[ Its last official match had been on July 19, 1914, a 0–4 defeat to Belgrano A.C. at Virrey del Pino.
]
Notable players
Jorge Brown
Jorge Gibson Brown (3 April 1880 – 3 January 1936) was an Argentine footballer of Scottish ancestry, who was one of the most important figures in the early years of the sport in that country.[Alumni
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, where he would spend the most of his career. Brown won a total of 21 titles playing for Alumni and Quilmes
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.["Jorge Brown"]
at Fútbol Factory, 20 Oct 2007 Brown also captained the Argentina national team between 1908 and 1913.
Walter Buchanan, a back that also played for Alumni
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and Belgrano and the Argentina national team, was another footballer playing for Lanús A.C.Los grandes cracks: los primeros
on ''El Gráfico'', 23 May 2019
References
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