Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata is a professional Argentine sports club. Founded in 1887, it is the oldest surviving football club in the Argentine league system. The club was most famously managed by football legend Diego Maradona from 2019 until his death in November 2020.
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Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata is a professional Argentine sports club. Founded in 1887, it is the oldest surviving football club in the Argentine league system. The club was most famously managed by football legend Diego Maradona from 2019 until his death in November 2020. Apart from football, CGE also hosts a large number of sports such as athletics, basketball, boxing, chess, fencing, futsal, artistic gymnastics, field hockey, martial arts, swimming, roller skating, tennis, volleyball, and weightlifting. The Clásico Platense is the nickname given to the match between La PlATA’s two main football teams: Gimnastica and Estudiantes de La plata. The first official derby took place as part of the Primera División season on 27 August 1916, with an own goal by Ludovico Pastor. Between 12 August 1932 and 9 September 1934 Gimnatica won five consecutive Laplata derbies, the longest run of victories in that derby until Estudianes emulated that feat in 2006–08. On 5 April 1992, the goal scored by Uruguayan José Perdomo on a free-kick has been known as ‘El gol del terremoto’ The club has had 56 Presidents, who are elected on responsibility for steering the club over the years. Through more than 120 years, more than 60 people have been involved in the growth of the club. It has won the Copa Centenario de la AFA on five occasions, and has been a runner-up in the Primero Division on five other occasions.
It is the eighth longest participation at the top level of Argentine football, with Newell’s Old Boys the eighth long participation at this level. It was founded as a civil association on 3 June 1887 as a Gymnastics and Fencing Club. Its foundation came barely five years after the creation of the City of La Platta in 1882. The institution changed name a few times: from April to December 1897 it was called a \”Club de EsGrima\” because fencing was the only activity practised at that moment. On 17 December 1897 the club returned to its original name: Club de GimNasia yEsgrima. In 1929, the club won its first Primera Division championship. During successive years, GimnAsia became champion of Primera B in 1944, 1947 and 1952 and won theCopaCentenario de the AFA in 1994. In July 1952, it was named Club de Gimnasia de Eva Perón because the city had been renamed \”Eva Perón\” in 1952. However, it remained unduly identified legally as Club de GIMNasia de La Plata until 7 August 1964 after the new statute was approved. On 25 June 1963 Gimnalia obtained a 5–2 victory, this being the best result so far against Estudientes. On the other hand, Gim nasia’s worst result was a 7–0 defeat on 15 October 2006.
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