Central Ballester
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Club Social y Deportivo Central Ballester, simply known as Central Ballester is an Argentine football club based in the Boulogne Sur Mer district of Greater Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera D, the 5th division of Argentine football league system.
History
The club was founded on October 26, 1974, by a group of fans who did not accept the closure of the club where they used to meet ("Club Atlético Central Argentino"). Not conceived as a continuity of the original, Central Ballester promoted to Primera C but soon returned to the lowest division of AFA affiliated football.[]
Central Ballester's uniform colors and pattern are based on Rosario Central's kit, and its squad and supporters are nicknamed the same as the City of Rosario club (Canallas) as well.
During the 1995 Torneo Apertura, the team clothes (including the jersey uniforms worn on field) were stolen from the club lockers. Consequently Central Ballester began a desperate search for new equipment in order to assist to play the next fixture but the club had not enough money to buy new uniforms due to its debts (something common in lowest level of the Argentine football). The solution came from the club Rosario Central which donated its own uniforms with the badge and sponsors printed on jerseys. Central Ballester won the 1995 Apertura using the Rosario Central original jerseys for most of that tournament.
Central Ballester trägt seine Heimspiele im Estadio "17 de Octubre" aus, das eine Kapazität von 3.000 Zuschauern hat. Das Vereinsgelände befindet sich an der Avenida San Martín 3332 in Ballester.
Die Farben des Vereins sind Blau und Weiß, und das Vereinswappen zeigt einen Fußball auf einem stilisierten Band mit dem Namen des Vereins.
Zu den wichtigsten Erfolgen von Central Ballester gehört der Gewinn der Meisterschaft der Segunda División im Jahr 1987, die den Aufstieg in die Primera D ermöglichte.
Der Verein ist bekannt für seine starke Jugendarbeit und hat im Laufe der Jahre viele talentierte Spieler hervorgebracht, darunter Sergio Agüero, Pablo Zabaleta und Ezequiel Lavezzi.