Club Agropecuario Argentino is an
Argentine football club sited in
Carlos Casares, a city of
Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 2011, the club is one of the youngest institutions affiliated to the
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association ( es, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino, ; AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires. It organises the main divisions of Argentine league system (from Primera División to Tor ...
.
The club 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 team ...
, the second division of the
Argentine football league system.
History
Agropecuario was founded by Bernardo Grobocopatel, a local entrepreneur related to
soybean
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cultivation, who is also owner and president of the club.
The squad participated in now defunct
Argentino A where was eliminated by C.A. French in the 2012 season. The next year, Agropecuario finished 6th out of 6 teams in the
Argentino B. The club debuted in the Federal B (the regionalised 4th division) in 2014, where it was defeated by Juventud de Pergamino and eliminated from the competition.
Agropecuario promoted to
Federal A in 2016 after beating San Martín de Formosa by
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
.
The team lasted only one season in the division so in June 2017, Agropecuario crowned
2016–17 champion, therefore promoting 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 ...
, the second division of Argentine football, after
Gimnasia y Tiro defeated
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) by 1–0. Agropecuario also became the youngest club to achieve a promotion to B Nacional, with only 6 years of existence. Until then,
Crucero del NorteCrucero del Norte ascendió al Nacional B
La Nación, 30 Jun 2012 had held the record with 9-yr old when it promoted in 2012.
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Association football clubs established in 2011
2011 establishments in Argentina
Football clubs in Buenos Aires Province