Arsenal de Sarandí
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| Full name | Arsenal Fútbol Club |
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| Nickname(s) |
Los del Viaducto (The Viaduct men) El Arse (The Arse) |
| Founded | 11 January 1957 |
| Ground |
Estadio Julio H. Grondona, Sarandí, Avellaneda Partido |
| Capacity | 18,500 |
| Chairman | Jorge Rico Gandolfi |
| Manager | Humberto Grondona |
| League | Primera División |
| 2016 | 4° of Zona 1 |
| Website | Club home page |
Arsenal Fútbol Club (Spanish pronunciation: [arˈsenal ˈfutβol ˈkluβ]), usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí [arˈsenal de saɾanˈdi], is an Argentine sports club from the Sarandí district of Avellaneda Partido, Greater Buenos Aires.
The football team currently plays in Primera División, the top division of the Argentine football league system. The squad plays its home games at the Estadio Julio H. Grondona, named after one of the founders, which has a capacity of 16,000. It opened in 1964 but was not used in the First Division until 2004. The club's colours are red and light blue, in honour of the traditional teams of Avellaneda (Independiente and Racing). Arsenal won its first Primera División championship in 2012. Until then, club's major title had been the Copa Sudamericana won in 2007.
Apart from football, the club hosts other sports such as handball and field hockey.
The club was founded in January 1957 by brothers Héctor and Julio Humberto Grondona. The club were founded near to where the country's military arsenal was housed, which inspired the name. The team's shirt colour is light blue with a diagonal red band (similar to the shirt used by River Plate). The colours were chosen as a combination of the two older clubs in Avellaneda – Racing (light blue) and Independiente (red).
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