Obras Sanitarias
Basketball team in Buenos Aires, Argentina / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Club Atlético Obras Sanitarias de la Nación (mostly known simply as Obras Sanitarias or Obras) is an Argentine professional sports club that is located in the district of Núñez, Buenos Aires. Although originally conceived as a rugby union club, Obras Sanitarias is mostly known for its basketball team, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet, which is the first division of the Argentine basketball league system. Apart from basketball and rugby union, other disciplines practiced at the club are chess, judo, swimming, table tennis, and tennis.
Obras Sanitarias | |||
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Nickname | Tachero, Aurinegro | ||
Leagues | LNB | ||
Founded | 27 March 1917; 107 years ago (1917-03-27) | ||
History | 1926 – Present (basketball section) | ||
Arena | Estadio Obras Sanitarias | ||
Capacity | 3,100 | ||
Location | Núñez, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Team colors | |||
President | Fabián Borro | ||
Head coach | Peter Dominguez | ||
Championships | 1 Intercontinental Cup 1 South American League 1' InterLeagues Tournament 3 Argentine Club Championships 1 National Ascention Tournament | ||
Website | obrasbasket.com | ||
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Obras Sanitarias has been nicknamed Los Tacheros, a lunfardo word used to refer to Argentine taxi drivers, due to the fact that taxi cabs are painted in black and yellow, which are the same colors of Obras' jersey uniforms.