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Wikipedia - Club Atlético Brown
Club Atlético Brown (mostly known as Brown de Adrogué) is an Argentine football club from the Adrogué neighborhood in Greater Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.
History
The club was formed in 1945 as a multidisciplinary sports club. Brown, which has never played in Primera División, reached its highest league position in the 1999–00 season, finishing in 1st place in Primera B Metropolitana tournament, but could not promote to Primera B Nacional, being defeated in the play-off semi-final.
In June 2013, Brown won the play-off series defeating Almagro at the finals by penalty shoot-out. Therefore the squad promoted to the upper division, Primera B Nacional, for the first time in the history of the club.
Brown de Adrogué won its second title in 2015, the Primera B Metropolitana championship, therefore the squad promoted to the second division, Primera B Nacional. In September 2018, Brown achieved its most important victory to date, when the squad eliminated Independiente from the Copa Argentina after beating them by penalty shoot-out.
Brown de Adrogués hemmaarena är Estadio Lorenzo Arandilla, som har en kapacitet på 4.500 åskådare. Klubben spelar för närvarande i Primera B Metropolitana, den tredje nivån i det argentinska fotbollssystemet.
Browns mest kända spelare är Omar Sívori, som vann Ballon d'Or 1961. Sívori spelade för Brown mellan 1949 och 1954 innan han flyttade till River Plate.
Browns största rival är Asociación Atlética Argentino de Quilmes. De två klubbarna ligger nära varandra i Adrogué och har en långvarig rivalitet.
Browns färger är röda och vita. Klubbens smeknamn är "El Tricolor" på grund av lagets tre färger: rött, vitt och svart.