Club Atlético Aldosivi
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Club Atlético Aldosivi is an Argentine
football
club based in the city of Mar del Plata
. The institution was founded on March 29, 1913, and plays in the second division of the Argentine football league system
, the Primera B Nacional. The club's name comes from the first two letters of the last name of their founders, Allard, Doulfus, Sillard, and Wiriott (the w was changed to a v because there was no W available to telegraph the official announcement).
In 1979, Aldosivi merged with two other clubs from Mar del Plata
and was known by the name Defensores del Puerto until 1981 when it returned to the traditional name which remains nowadays.
Argentina
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club based in the city of Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"...
. The institution was founded on March 29, 1913, and plays in the second division of the Argentine football league system
Argentine football league system
The Argentine football league system consists of two national divisions , and a series of regionalized lower divisions...
, the Primera B Nacional. The club's name comes from the first two letters of the last name of their founders, Allard, Doulfus, Sillard, and Wiriott (the w was changed to a v because there was no W available to telegraph the official announcement).
In 1979, Aldosivi merged with two other clubs from Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"...
and was known by the name Defensores del Puerto until 1981 when it returned to the traditional name which remains nowadays.