Club Atlético General Lamadrid

Club Atlético General Lamadrid (usually General Lamadrid or simply Lamadrid) is an Argentine sports club located in Villa Devoto, Buenos Aires. The institution, founded in 1950, is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in Primera C, the regionalised fourth division of the Argentine football league system.

General Lamadrid

Full name	Club Atlético General Lamadrid
Nickname(s)	Carcelero
Founded	11 May 1950; 74 years ago (1950-05-11)
Ground	Estadio Enrique Sexto, Villa Devoto, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Pablo González Cribari
Manager	Horacio Fabregat
League	Primera C
2021	12°
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Other sports practised at the club are futsal, handball, tae kwon do, roller skating and volleyball.

History

On Saturday 21 March 2009, during a match facing Barracas Bolívar (now Sportivo Barracas), 18 Lamadrid players were sent off after they got into a violent confrontation with Barracas' supporters. The fight started when a group of youth players from Lamadrid (who were watching the match on their seats) began a discussion with some Barracas' fans. The discussion soon turn into a fight and the players from both teams jumped from field to the grandstand to take part on the fight as well.^[1][2]

Lamadrid won its second title in 2010–11 Primera C Metropolitana, therefore promoting to Primera B Metropolitana.^[3] Nevertheless, the poor campaigns done by the team caused it was relegated again at the end of 2011–12 season, where finished at bottom of table.

Rivalries and Friendship

Lamadrid's main rivals are Comunicaciones and JJ Urquiza. It also has rivalries with Excursionistas, Defensores de Belgrano, Argentino de Merlo, L. N Alem, and San Martín de Burzaco.

Other rivalries are Deportivo Riestra, Sacachispas, San Miguel, Luján, Central Ballester, Cañuelas, Acassuso, Brown de Adrogué, and Berazategui among others. On the other hand, Lamadrid built a strong friendship with Ituzaingó.

Current squad

As of june 09, 2018.^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ARG Martín García — GK  ARG Fernando Pérez Orué — FW  ARG fabián Billordo — DF  ARG Gabriel Celleci — DF  ARG Jonathan García — DF  ARG Martín Genero — DF  ARG Joao Carlos Giunta — DF  ARG Maximiliano Ledesma — DF  ARG Hernán Luzzi — DF  ARG Ariel Vera — DF  ARG Nicolás Pizarro — DF  ARG Adrián Rossi — DF  ARG Fernando Smargiassi

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ARG Mariano Timpanaro — DF  ARG Gastón Viqueira — MF  ARG Ezequiel Ferreyra — MF  ARG Abel Flenegal — MF  ARG Sergio Kasburg — MF  ARG Nicolás Frascone — MF  ARG Nicolás Perri — MF  ARG Mariano Risoli — MF  ARG Víctor Saracini Carballo — MF  ARG Juan Ignacio Toscani — MF  ARG Matías Veloso — FW  ARG Matías Benítez — FW  ARG Lucas Del Río

Titles

• Primera C (1): 2010–11
• Primera D (1): 1977

References

1. "Suspensión por la pelea en Bolívar", Clarín, 2009-03-22
2. Referee sends off 18 players after mass brawl with fans in The Guardian
3. Lamadrid salió campeón y ascendió a Primera B" – TyCSports, 2011-04-30 Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
4. Club Atlético General Lamadrid squad at BDFA.

External links

• Club Atlético General Lamadrid on Twitter
• Club Atlético General Lamadrid on Facebook