Arsenal de Sarandí
Arsenal Fútbol Club (Spanish pronunciation: [aɾseˈnal ˈfuðβol ˈkluβ]), usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí [aɾseˈnal de saɾanˈdi], or simply Arsenal, is an Argentine sports club from the Sarandí district of Avellaneda Partido, Greater Buenos Aires.
| Full name | Arsenal Fútbol Club | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Los del Viaducto (The Viaduct men) El Arse | |||
| Founded | 11 January 1957 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Julio H. Grondona, Sarandí, Avellaneda Partido | |||
| Capacity | 18,500 | |||
| Chairman | Julio Ricardo Grondona | |||
| Manager | Darío Espínola (interim) | |||
| League | Primera Nacional | |||
| 2023 | 28th (relegated) | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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The football team currently plays in Primera División, the top division of the Argentine football league system. The squad plays its home games at the Estadio Julio H. Grondona, named after one of the founders, which has a capacity of 16,000. It opened in 1964 but was not used in the First Division until 2004. The club's colours are red and light blue, in honour of the traditional teams of Avellaneda (Independiente and Racing). Arsenal won its first Primera División championship in 2012. Until then, club's major title had been the Copa Sudamericana win in 2007.
Apart from football, the club hosts other sports such as field hockey, futsal, and handball.