Club Deportivo Armenio is a football club from Ingeniero Maschwitz, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. The team currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana, which is the regionalised third division of the Argentine football league system.

Deportivo Armenio
Full nameClub Deportivo Armenio
Nickname(s)Tricolor ("Three-coloured")
Founded2 November 1962; 62 years ago (1962-11-02)
GroundEstadio República de Armenia,
Ingeniero Maschwitz, Greater Buenos Aires
Capacity10,500
ChairmanLuciano Nakis
ManagerCristian Grabinski
LeaguePrimera B
20222° (Aggregate table)
Websitehttp://www.deportivoarmen.io/

History

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The 1976 team that won the Primera C title

The club was founded in 1962 under the name Club Armenio de Fútbol by the Armenian community in Argentina. It changed its name in 1968, and was affiliated to the Argentine Football Association 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 flag of Armenia.

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.

 
Team that won the first Primera B Nacional championship in 1987

In the 1986–87 season of the Primera B Nacional (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 La Bombonera. 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 (José Omar Pastoriza) took him out of the starting lineup for his mistake in Maciel's goal.

2023 squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ARG Iván López
GK   ARG Carlos Marques
GK   ARG Nahuel Nistal
DF   ARG Nicolás Giménez
DF   ARG Gonzalo Errecalde
DF   ARG Cristian Ordoñez
DF   ARG Germán Aguirre
DF   ARG Ian Pérez
DF   ARG Brian Acosta
DF   ARG Fabricio López
DF   ESP Matias Jeremias Ayala
DF   ARG Cristian Rodríguez
DF   ARG Cristian Gómez
DF   ARG Tiago Clot
DF   ARG Lucas Bossio
DF   ARG Tomás Balduzzi
MF   ARG Lautaro Montani
MF   ARG Franco Almanza
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ARG Carlos Battigelli
MF   ARG Marcelo Mosegui
MF   ARG Jonathan Guenzani
MF   ARG Román Ugarriza
MF   ARG Nicolás Sánchez
MF   ARG Luciano Lazarte
FW   ARG Luciano Villalba
FW   ARG Santiago Patroni
FW   ARG Tomás Jerez
FW   ARG Tomás Dopazo
FW   ARG Jonathan Herrera
FW   ARG Alejo Bottan
FW   ARG Lucas Lezcano
FW   ARG Tiziano Suanez
FW   ARG Tobías Gennaro
FW   ARG Alejandro Vignati
FW   ARG Gonzalo Lazzarotto

Honours

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National

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