Club Deportivo Armenio is a football club from Ingeniero Maschwitz, Greater Buenos Aires,

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. The team currently plays in the

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, which is the regionalised third division of the Argentine football league system.

History

The club was founded in 1962 under the name ''Club Armenio de Fútbol'' by the

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

community in Argentina. It changed its name in 1968, and was affiliated to the

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two years later. The original colours were black and white, but first changed to green and white stripes and then again to red and white. Nowadays, home uniform is red, orange and blue, inspired by the

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. The first official title won by Armenio was the 1972 Primera D championship, therefore promoting to the upper division, Primera C. Only four years later, the squad won another championship and promoted to Primera B. Deportivo_armenio_1987

In the 1986–87 season of the

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 ...

(second division), Deportivo Armenio broke the division's record of most matches without losing, with a run of 38 games without defeat. The team's coach at that time was Alberto Parseghian (former goalkeeper of the team and of other Argentine clubs), and the captain was Miguel Gardarian. Following this successful run, the club gained promotion to the Primera División (first division). Their highest ever finish in the top division was 13th in the 1987–88 season, followed by relegation the season after (the 1988–89). A notable game in the club's history was a 3–2 away win against River Plate in the 1987–88 season, after being 0–2 down. On that day, the 3 goals were scored by Raúl Wensel. Another important victory was in the same season against Boca Juniors, in

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. Armenio won that day 1–0 with a goal scored by Silvano Maciel. This match was the last one in Hugo Gatti's (Boca's goalkeeper) career, as the team's coach (

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) took him out of the starting lineup for his mistake in Maciel's goal.

Current squad

Titles

(1): 1986–87 Runner-up: Banfield * Primera C (1): 1976 Runner-up:

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* Primera D (1): 1972 Runner-up:

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References

External links

Official website
{{Primera C Metropolitana Armenian Argentine Association football clubs established in 1962 1962 establishments in Argentina Football clubs in Buenos Aires Province Armenian association football clubs outside Armenia