Deportivo Español
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Español |
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| Nickname(s) | Gallegos |
| Founded | 12 October 1956 |
| Ground | Estadio Nueva España, Parque Avellaneda, Buenos Aires |
| Capacity | 32,500 |
| Chairman | Daniel Osvaldo Calzón |
| Manager | Sergio Benet |
| League | Primera B |
| 2015 | 18° |
| Website | Club home page |
Club Deportivo Español (commonly referred to as either Deportivo Español or simply Español) is an Argentine football club from the Parque Avellaneda district of Buenos Aires. The squad currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana, the third division of the Argentine football league system.
The club was founded in 1956 with the name "Club Deportivo Español" on October, 12. The date was chosen as its foundation date to commemorate the arrived of Christopher Columbus to Americas. Club's first headquarters was in the bar "La Mezquita" of Buenos Aires, and after two years of being founded Deportivo Español had about 2,000 members, mostly of them were Spanish descendant living in Argentina.
In 1957 Español affiliated to the Argentine Football Association and the football team began to participate in the fourth division ("Tercera de Ascenso", now Primera D). Since then, the team ascended the tiers in Argentine football: in 1958 (a year after joining the AFA) Español won the championship promoting to "Segunda de Ascenso" (now Primera C. Only 3 years after promoting to the upper category, Español won another title promoting to the second division of Argentine football, Primera B Metropolitana. The squad went on a tour that same year, playing some matches in Spain against teams such as Real Madrid.
In 1967, ten years after its foundation, Español promoted to the Argentine Primera División, the top category of Argentine football. The club not only developed a competitive football squad but also became the most popular Spanish club in Argentina. During those years the Municipality of Buenos Aires gave the club 16 hectares located in the district known as "Bajo Flores", in the south of the city. In those lands Español began to build its sports installations with the help of the members themselves, who worked hard collaborating side-by-side with the club.
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