Club Defensores de Cambaceres
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Club Defensores de Cambaceres is a football club from the city of Ensenada
, Buenos Aires Province
, Argentina
. The team currently plays in Primera C Metropolitana
, which is the regionalised fourth tier of the Argentine Football Association
.
The club was founded in 1921 with the name Club Social y Deportivo Defensores de Cambaceres, and the kit color (red) was chosen as a homage to Independiente
, one of the most important teams of Argentina.
Defensores has never played at the national level in Argentine football, but it only affiliated to the AFA in 1957. The squad has been promoted to the regional 3rd division (Primera B Metropolitana
) several times, but has never made it further up the pyramid.
(1) This is a Regional football league which includes teams from La Plata, Berisso, Ensenada, Magdalena and Punta Indio districts, all of them located in the Buenos Aires Province
. It currently has 25 teams affiliated.
Óscar Alcides Mena
Manuel Pellegrina
Ensenada, Buenos Aires
Ensenada is a city and port in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, located around the Ensenada de Barragán. It has 31,031 inhabitants as per the...
, Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. The team currently plays in Primera C Metropolitana
Primera C Metropolitana
The Primera C is one of the two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level four is the Torneo Argentino B....
, which is the regionalised fourth tier of the Argentine Football Association
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...
.
The club was founded in 1921 with the name Club Social y Deportivo Defensores de Cambaceres, and the kit color (red) was chosen as a homage to Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....
, one of the most important teams of Argentina.
Defensores has never played at the national level in Argentine football, but it only affiliated to the AFA in 1957. The squad has been promoted to the regional 3rd division (Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....
) several times, but has never made it further up the pyramid.
Titles
- Primera CPrimera C MetropolitanaThe Primera C is one of the two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level four is the Torneo Argentino B....
: 2
-
- 1990/91, 1998/99
- Primera DPrimera D MetropolitanaThe Primera D is one of two leagues that form the regionalised fifth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level five is the Torneo Argentino C....
: 2
-
- 1959, 1976
- Liga Amateur Platense: 11 (1)
-
- 1927, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1950, 1956
(1) This is a Regional football league which includes teams from La Plata, Berisso, Ensenada, Magdalena and Punta Indio districts, all of them located in the Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
. It currently has 25 teams affiliated.
Notable former players
José Luis CalderónJosé Luis Calderón
José Luis Calderón is an Argentine former football striker. He played for 17 years between 1989 and 2006 without winning a trophy, but since then, between the ages of 36 and 39 he won four major championships with three different teams....
Óscar Alcides Mena
Óscar Alcides Mena
Oscar Alcides Mena Fernández, nicknamed El Mencho , is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.-Football career:...
Manuel Pellegrina
Manuel Pellegrina
Manuel Gregorio Pelegrina "" is a former Argentine football striker. He is the highest scoring player in the history of Estudiantes de La Plata and represented the Argentina national football team....
- Pablo Sebastián Casado
- César Luis González Javier RossiJavier RossiJavier Nicolás Rossi is an Argentine football striker currently playing for Tiro Federal in the Primera B Nacional.-Club career:...