Deportivo Muniz
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Wikipedia - Club Social Cultural y Deportivo Muñiz
Club Social Cultural y Deportivo Muñiz is an Argentine sports club from Muñiz, San Miguel Partido in Gran Buenos Aires. The football team currently plays in Primera D Metropolitana, the fifth division of the Argentine football league system.
Apart from football, the club also has a volleyball section.
History
The club was first affiliated with AFA in 1954 for a ten-year period. Muñiz returned to participate in AFA tournaments in 1979, and in 1981 obtained its first promotion to Primera C after winning "Torneo Reducido" (a tournament contested by the best placed teams after champion Barracas Central).[]
Muñiz would after win the Primera D championship in 1986–87, being its only title to date.[]
Muñiz has been disaffiliated a total of seven times (1964, 1990–91, 1994–95, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08 and most recently in 2010–11 season). It has been playing AFA tournaments continuously since the 2011–12 season.
Deportivo Muñiz' hjemmebane er Estadio Municipal de Muñiz, som har en kapacitet på 5.000. Klubbens farver er blå og rød, og dens kaldenavn er "El Gallito" (den lille hane).
Deportivo Muñiz har vundet flere mesterskaber i løbet af sin historie, herunder Primera D Metropolitana-mesterskabet i 1986 og 1991. Klubben har også deltaget i Copa Argentina flere gange og har nået ottendedelsfinalen i 2012-13-udgaven.
Nogle af de mest berømte spillere, der har spillet for Deportivo Muñiz, omfatter:
* Juan Román Riquelme
* Carlos Tevez
* Sergio Agüero
* Lionel Messi
Deportivo Muñiz er en stor del af lokalsamfundet i Muñiz og har en stor gruppe af loyale fans. Klubben er kendt for sin ungdomsudviklingsprogram, som har produceret en række spillere, der er gået videre til at spille på højeste niveau.