Argentine Volleyball Teams - Club Atletico Velez Sarsfield, Boca Juniors, Club Atletico River Plate, Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Club Atletico Velez Sarsfield, Boca Juniors, Club Atletico River Plate, Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Ferro Carril Oeste, Penarol de Mar del Plata, Club Ciudad de Bolivar, Club La Union, Asociacion Deportiva Centenario, Club Nautico Hacoaj. Excerpt: Club Atletico Velez Sarsfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Velez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera Division, the top level of the Argentine league system. Velez has won the Argentine Primera Division 8 times, and has also won 5 international cups (including both the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup). The club's home stadium is the Estadio Jose Amalfitani, in the borough of Liniers. Both the club and its stadium are nicknamed el Fortin (in English: "the Small Fort"), while its fans are called Fortineros ("from the small fort"). Velez was founded in 1910 in the Floresta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, next to the formerly called "Velez Sarsfield" railroad station of the Western Railway. The club first participated in the Argentine league in the 1919 amateur championship (finishing runner-up), and was one of the 18 clubs that joined to form the Argentine professional league in 1931. Relegated only once (in 1941, returning to the top level in 1943), Velez is a regular fixture of the Argentine Primera ever since and is positioned 5th in the all-time table of the league. Velez clinched their first title in the 1968 Nacional championship, and spent 25 years without silverware until 1993, when the team won the Clausura tournament. The 1990s were the most successful period in Velez' history, as they won a total of 4 domestic titles and 5 international. These included both the 1994 Copa Libertadores, where they defeated defending champions Sao Paulo FC in the final, ...