Club Social y Deportivo Merlo (usually known simply as Deportivo Merlo) is a football club from Parque San Martín, Merlo

Merlo Partido

Merlo is a partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is located in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, west of the city of Buenos Aires. Its capital is the city of Merlo....

, Buenos Aires

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...

 in 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 B Nacional Argentina

Primera B Nacional Argentina

Primera B Nacional is the second most important category of Argentine football organized by the Argentine Football Association.It is played by teams from all over the country...

, which is the regionalised second level 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...

.

In 1956 the squad began playing in the AFA lower leagues under the name 9 de Julio in order to commemorate the Argentine Declaration of Independence

Argentine Declaration of Independence

What today is commonly referred as the Independence of Argentina was declared on July 9, 1816 by the Congress of Tucumán. In reality, the congressmen that were assembled in Tucumán declared the independence of the United Provinces of South America, which is still today one of the legal names of the...

. The club changed to its current name in 1968.

Titles

• 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....
  
  : 1

1999-00

• 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....
  
  : 1

2005-06

Current squad

As of September 21, 2011.

External links

Official website Aguante Merlo (fan site) CS Dep. Merlo (fan site)