Club Atlético Almirante Brown (mostly known as Brown de Arrecifes) is an Argentine sports club from the city of Arrecifes, in the Buenos Aires Province. Although other sports are practised there, Brown is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Liga de Fútbol de Arrecifes.List of Argentinian clubs and Divisional Movements Revista Sólo Fútbol, Centro para la Investigación de la Historia del Fútbol (CIHF) y Fútbol Interior, información alojada en RSSSF. Consultado el 9 de enero de 2015.
History Almirante Brown, founded on 14 October 1917, by José Ryan and Stegmann. The colours of the club are related to the origins of its founders: black (taken from the German flag) and green (the Irish traditional colour).
Brown won the 1995–96 Torneo Argentino B getting promoted to the upper division. A year after, on 28 June 1997, the team reached the Primera B Nacional (the second division of the Argentine football league system) after defeating Sportivo Ben Hur 1–0 in Rafaela, Santa Fe Province. The team was coached by Rodolfo Motta.
During its debut season in the Primera B Nacional, Brown finished 6th in the first stage but then was relegated to the last position in the B group. In their second season in the Primera B Nacional (1998/99) they were coached by Gerardo Martino, who was debuting as a head coach. They played in the reduced tournament for promotion to the Argentine Primera División, but was eliminated in the round of sixteen by All Boys.
Brown made its best performance in the 2000–01 season, being near to promote to Primera División although the team was defeated by San Martín de Mendoza before reaching the semi-finals. Brown played in the second division until 2003, when the team was relegated to the Torneo Argentino A."Brown de Arrecifes: un viaje de ida y vuelta", Clarín web, 2010-06-11
They then went two years without winning a single game. Not in Argentino A, nor in Argentino B. Their performance was so poor that they got relegated to Torneo Argentino C in the 2004/05 season. After this, Almirante Brown was not invited AFA to play the in next tournament. Since then, Almirante has been playing in the Arrecifes Football League, where they became champions again and won their eighteenth star in 2008.
In 2009, Brown returned to play in AFA tournaments, but this time in the 2009 Torneo del Interior, finishing third place in their zone. In 2014, they competed again in the Torneo del Interior; this time with a much better performance, losing in the semifinals on penalties against Compañía General de Salto.
After several years of falling short in the final stages of the local league, Brown was once again crowned champion in the 2014 Apertura Tournament, securing their 19th local title. They also won the 2014 Clausura Tournament under the coaching of Pedro "Palito" Galván.
Uniform PeriodKit manufacturerShirt sponsor1980–1983 TexportNone1984–1991 Nanque1991–1995 Reusch Viola Camiones1995–1997 ED La Primera Alborada1997–1998 Taiyo1998–1999 Reusch1999–2002 EnviónNone2002–2004 Don Balón Edición On Line2004–2005 Don Balón2005–2010 ED SFI Comunicaciones2010–2012 Don Balón SSP2012–2013 ED SFI Comunicaciones2013–2017 Sport 20002018–2019 Coach Bouvier distribución2020– Deli Distribuidora
Titles
National Tournaments
Torneo Argentino A (1): 1996/97 Torneo Argentino B (1): 1995/96
Regional Tournaments
Liga de Fútbol de Arrecifes (20): 1942, 1944, 1951, 1953, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007, Apertura 2014, Clausura 2014
Club Data
Seasons in the Second Division: 6 Primera B Nacional: 6 (1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03)Brown de Arrecifes: un viaje de ida y vuelta Clarín. Consultado el 9 de enero de 2015. Seasons in the Third Division: 5 Torneo del Interior: 2 (1993-94, 1994-95) Torneo Argentino A: 3 (1995-96, 1996-97, 2003-04) Seasons in the Fourth Division: 2 Torneo Argentino B: 2 (1995-96, 2004-05) Seasons in the Fifth Division: 3 Torneo del Interior: 2 (2009, 2014) Torneo Federal C: 1 (2015)
Best performance in Nacional B: 6º place in 1997/98 and 2000/2001 Worst performance in Nacional B : 20º (last) Apertura 2002, relegated Best performance in Argentino A: Champion (1996/97) Worst performance in Argentino A: Relegated (2003/04) Best performance in Argentino B: Champion (1995/1996) Worst performance in Argentino B: Relegated (2004/05)
Players
Managers
References
External links Los de Siempre