Club Cipolletti is an

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, located in the homonymous district of

Río Negro Province Río Negro (, ''Black River'') is a province of Argentina, located in northern Patagonia. Neighboring provinces are from the south clockwise Chubut, Neuquén, Mendoza, La Pampa and Buenos Aires. To the east lies the Atlantic Ocean. Its capi ...

. The

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team currently plays in

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, the regionalised third division of

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. Cipoletti was relegated from

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at the end of the 2005–06 season, due to the poor performance in the Clausura and its inability to beat

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in the relegation playoff. At the end of the 2006–07 Cipolletti was one of the three champions of

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 ...

allowing the team to return to Torneo Argentino A. The team has played at the highest level of Argentine football ( Primera División) on 6 occasions, having qualified to play in the National championships of 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980 and 1985, but never made it through the 1st group stage.

External links

Official website
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Cipolletti Cipolletti ( or ) is a city in north of the Patagonian . With a population of 87,492 inhabitants at the , Cipolletti is the third-most populated settlement in the province, after San Carlos de Bariloche and General Roca. Geography The city is ...

Association football clubs established in 1926 1926 establishments in Argentina