Deportivo Merlo
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Full name | Club Social y Deportivo Merlo | ||
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Nickname(s) | Los Charros | ||
Founded | August 10 1954 | ||
Ground | Estadio José Manuel Moreno, Merlo Buenos Aires Argentina | ||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
Chairman | José Luis Coutinho | ||
Manager | Néstor Ferraresi | ||
League | Primera B Metropolitana | ||
Clausura 2007 | 4th (playoff qualifying QF) | ||
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Club Social y Deportivo Merlo is a football club from the city of Parque San Martín, partido of Merlo in the province of Buenos Aires in Argentina. They currently play in Primera B Metropolitana, which is the regionalised third tier of the Argentine Football Association.
In 1956 the club began playing in the AFA lower leagues under the name 9 de Julio which is the date of the Argentine Declaration of Independence. They changed to their current name in 1968.
Titles
- 1999/00 - Primera C Metropolitana
- 2005/06 - Primera C Metropolitana
Notable players
- Javier Páez (1992~1994)
- Sergio Zárate (2002~2003)