List of football clubs in Argentina
Rest of the Country -- Zone A
Table:
Team

City

Province

Stadium

Alvarado
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
(None) 1

Cipolletti
Cipolletti
Río Negro
La Visera de Cemento

Deportivo Madryn
Puerto Madryn
Chubut
Coliseo del Golfo

Deportivo Roca
General Roca
Río Negro
Luis Maiolino

Ferro Carril Oeste
General Pico
La Pampa
El Coloso del Barrio Talleres

Independiente
Neuquén
Neuquén
José Rosas y Perito Moreno

Sansinena
General Cerri
Buenos Aires
Luis Molina

Sol de Mayo
Viedma
Río Negro
El Coliseo

Villa Mitre
Bahía Blanca
Buenos Aires
El Fortín

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Club Atlético Alvarado is an Argentine football club from the city of Mar del Plata , Buenos Aires Province . The team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional , the 2nd division of the Argentine football league system . The club has played at the highest level of Argentine football on only one occasion , more specifically in the 1978 Campeonato Nacional , which coincided with the 50th anniversary of its foundation . Alvarado participated in Group D of that tournament , finishing 7th of 8 teams . The team 's most notable results that year were two 1-1 draws with Quilmes , the 1978 Metropolitano champion , a 4-4 draw with Atlanta and a great 5-0 victory over San Lorenzo . In May 1992 Alvarado reached the Torneo Argentino A finals , only to lose the chance of promotion to the Primera B Nacional to Arsenal de Sarandí . At the end of the 2008-09 season the club was relegated from Torneo Argentino B after losing its playoff games at the hands of Crucero del Norte . Alvarado returned to the Torneo Argentino A in June 2012 , after defeating Deportivo Roca by penalties in the playoffs .
Mar del Plata is a city in Buenos Aires Province , Argentina located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean . It is the head of General Pueyrredón Partido . Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires Province . The name Mar del Plata has the meaning of sea of the Plate region or adjoining sea to the ( River ) Plate region . Mar del Plata is one of the major fishing ports and the biggest seaside beach resort in Argentina . With a population of 614,350 as per the 2010 census [ INDEC ] , it is the 7th largest city in Argentina .
Buenos Aires ( Spanish pronunciation : [ ˈbwenos ˈaiɾes ] , Provincia de Buenos Aires , Spanish pronunciation : [ pɾo'βinsja de ˈbwenos ˈaiɾes ] ; English : fair winds ) is the largest and most populous Argentine province . It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires , the capital of the country , which used to be part of the province and the province 's capital until it was federalized in 1880 . Since then , in spite of bearing the same name , the province does not include Buenos Aires proper , though it does include all other parts of the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area . The current capital of the province is the city of La Plata , founded in 1882 . The province is the only one within all of Argentina to be divided into partidos and further into localidades ( the other provinces have departamentos ) . It borders the provinces of Entre Ríos to the northeast , Santa Fe to the north , Córdoba to the northwest , La Pampa to the west , and Río Negro to the south and west and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires to the northeast . Uruguay is just across the Rio de la Plata to the northeast , and both are on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean to the east . The entire province is part of the Pampas geographical region . The province has a population of about 15.6 million people , which is 39% of Argentina 's total population . Nearly 10 million people live in Greater Buenos Aires . The province covers an area of 307,571 km2 ( 118,754 sq mi ) , which is about 11% of Argentina 's total area and makes it the country 's largest province .
Club Cipolletti is an Argentine sports club , located in the homonymous district of Río Negro Province . The football team currently plays in Torneo Federal A , the regionalised third division of Argentine football league system . Cipoletti was relegated from Torneo Argentino A at the end of the 2005-06 season , due to the poor performance in the Clausura and its inability to beat General Paz Juniors in the relegation playoff . At the end of the 2006-07 Cipolletti was one of the three champions of Torneo Argentino B allowing the team to return to Torneo Argentino A . The team has played at the highest level of Argentine football ( Primera División ) on 6 occasions , having qualified to play in the National championships of 1973 , 1975 , 1977 , 1979 , 1980 and 1985 , but never made it through the 1st group stage .
Cipolletti ( Spanish pronunciation : [ sipoˈleti ] or [ tʃipoˈleti ] ) is a city in north of the Patagonian province of Río Negro , Argentina , with 75,078 inhabitants at the 2001 census [ INDEC ] . The city is located on the north-eastern shore of the Neuquén River , just before it is joined by the Limay River to form the Negro River , a short distance upstream from the city of General Roca . Opposite Cipolletti , across the river , lies Neuquén , capital of the province of the same name , connected to it by road and railway bridges . Cipolletti was founded as a fort called Confluencia by General Lorenzo Vintter , in 1881 . The name was changed later , after César Cipolletti , one of the forerunners of the study of the irrigation system of the Negro River , and heart of the apple and pear cultivation zone of the Alto Valle .
Río Negro ( Spanish pronunciation : [ ˈri.o ˈneɣɾo ] , Black River ) is a province of Argentina , located at the northern edge of Patagonia . Neighboring provinces are from the south clockwise Chubut , Neuquén , Mendoza , La Pampa and Buenos Aires . To the east lies the Atlantic Ocean . Its capital is Viedma , and its largest city is Bariloche . Other important cities include General Roca and Cipolletti .
Club Social y Deportivo Madryn ( usually called simply Deportivo Madryn ) is an Argentine sports club . Its home town is Puerto Madryn , in the Chubut Province . Although other sports are practised there , the club is mostly known for both its football and basketball teams .
Puerto Madryn ( Spanish pronunciation : [ ˈpweɾto ˈmaðɾin ] ; Welsh : Porth Madryn ) is a city in the province of Chubut in Argentine Patagonia . It is the capital of the Biedma Department , and has about 93,995 inhabitants according to the last census in 2010 . Puerto Madryn is protected by the Golfo Nuevo , which is formed by the Península Valdés and the Punta Ninfas . It is an important centre for tourists visiting the natural attractions of the Península Valdés and the coast . A new shopping mall in the city centre has helped tourism significantly , making Puerto Madryn a more attractive place for both international and domestic tourists visiting Patagonia . It is twinned with Nefyn , a small town on the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales , the result of its enduring link with Welsh culture since the Welsh settlement in Argentina . The first of a two-Test tour to Argentina by the Wales national rugby union team was played in 2006 in Puerto Madryn , a 27-25 win for Argentina . Puerto Madryn is home to two football clubs ; Club Social y Atlético Guillermo Brown , who play in Nacional B and Deportivo Madryn that currently play in Torneo Argentino B . A basketball team , Deportivo Puerto Madryn , plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol ( LNB ) . Their home arena is known as the Deportivo Puerto Madryn Arena . El Tehuelche Airport is located 10 km ( 6 miles ) northwest of the city centre . Commercial flights from Buenos Aires , Ushuaia , and other Argentinian cities are available .
Chubut ( Welsh : Talaith Chubut ; Spanish : Provincia del Chubut IPA : [ tʃuˈβut ] ) is a province in southern Argentina , situated between the 42nd parallel south ( the border with Río Negro Province ) , the 46th parallel south ( bordering Santa Cruz Province ) , the Andes range to the west , and the Atlantic ocean to the east . The province 's name derives from the Tehuelche word chupat , meaning transparent , their description of the Chubut River . The largest city is Comodoro Rivadavia in the south of the province ; it has 180,000 inhabitants . The administrative capital is Rawson ( 40,000 ) . Other important cities are Puerto Madryn , Trelew , Esquel and Sarmiento . Gaiman is a cultural and demographic centre of the region known as Y Wladfa in which Welsh-Argentines are concentrated . Of the 25,000 Welsh speakers in Argentina , 5,000 live in the Chubut region , particularly in the early Welsh settlements of Gaiman , Trelew and Trevelin .
The Club Social y Deportivo General Roca is an Argentine sports club , based on General Roca , in the Río Negro Province . The club , founded on September 1 , 1974 , is mostly known for its football and basketball teams . The football team currently plays in Zone F of the regionalised 3rd division of Argentine football league system , the Torneo Federal A , while the basketball team plays in the third division , Liga Nacional B .
General Roca is a city in the northeast of the Argentine province of Río Negro , northern Patagonia . UN/LOCODE is ARGNR . The city was founded on September 1 , 1879 , by Colonel Lorenzo Vintter - by order of War Minister Julio A. Roca - during the Conquest of the Desert . The place of the first settlement was known by native mapuche people as Fiske Menuco , which means deep water . It was destroyed in 1899 by a flooding of the Río Negro , and had to be rebuilt 5 kilometres ( 3.1 mi ) northwest in higher lands .
General Pico is a city located in the northeast of La Pampa Province , Argentina . It has a surface area of 2,555 km2 ( 986 sq mi ) . It is located at 143 m ( 469 ft ) above sea level and inside the region of the Pampa Húmeda Llana ( Flat-Humid Pampas ) . Its lands are fertile and usually apt for cattle raising and agriculture . With a population of 53,352 ( 2001 census [ INDEC ] ) it is the second-largest city in the province after the provincial capital Santa Rosa , and it is the capital of the department of Maracó . The crossing between the west and south railroads was a determinant point in the placing of this city , founded on November 11 by Eduardo Chapeaurouge . It was named after General Eduardo Gustavo Pico , who was governor of La Pampa Province , Argentina for three consecutive periods ( 1891-1899 ) . The region is heavily agricultural , producing meat that is renowned around the world and most of the grain consumed in the country . General Pico also has a very important section dedicated to factories and what is known as a Zona Franca , a customs-free area where products can be imported and distributed to the rest of the country . General Pico has two basketball teams in the Argentinian League : Pico Football Club and Independiente de Pico . The city has its own airport .
La Pampa ( Spanish pronunciation : [ la ˈpampa ] ) is a sparsely populated province of Argentina , located in the Pampas in the center of the country . Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Luis , Córdoba , Buenos Aires , Río Negro , Neuquén and Mendoza .
Club Atlético Independiente ( more often referred as Independiente de Neuquén ) is an Argentine football club based in the city of Neuquén . The squad currently plays in Zone A of the regionalised 3rd level of Argentine football Torneo Federal A. El Albirrojo is the only club from the Neuquén Province which plays in the Argentine third division league .
Neuquén ( Spanish pronunciation : [ neu̯ˈken ] ; Mapuche : Nehuenken ) is the capital city of the Argentine province of Neuquén and of the Confluencia Department , located in the east of the province . It occupies a strip of land west of the confluence of the Limay and Neuquén rivers which form the Río Negro making it part of the Microregion of Alto Valle del Río Negro . The city and surrounding area have a population of more than 340,000 , making it the largest city in Patagonia . Along with the cities of Plottier and Cipolletti , it is part of the Neuquén - Plottier - Cipolletti conurbation . Founded in 1904 , it is the newest provincial capital city in Argentina .
Neuquén ( Spanish pronunciation : [ neu̯ˈken ] ) is a province of Argentina , located in the west of the country , at the northern end of Patagonia . It borders Mendoza Province to the north , Rio Negro Province to the southeast , and Chile to the west . It also meets La Pampa Province at its northeast corner .
Sansinena is an Argentinian football club from the city of General Daniel Cerri , Bahía Blanca Partido , Buenos Aires Province . It was founded on 12 June 1914 and currently plays in the Torneo Federal A .
Viedma ( Spanish pronunciation : [ ˈbjeðma ] ) is the capital and fourth largest city of the Río Negro Province , in South-Central Argentina . The city has 47,246 inhabitants ( 2001 ) , and is located on the southern margin of the Negro River , about 30 kilometres off the Atlantic Coast , and 960 km from the city of Buenos Aires on the National Route 3 .
Club Villa Mitre , is a sports club based in the city of Bahía Blanca , Buenos Aires Province , Argentina . Although many sports are practised at the club , Villa Mitre is mostly known for its football team which currently plays in the Torneo Argentino B , the regionalised fourth division of the Argentine football league system . The club was named in commemoration of Bartolomé Mitre , President of Argentina between 1862 and 1868 .
Bahía Blanca ( Spanish pronunciation : [ baˈi.a ˈβlaŋka ] ; English : White Bay ) is a city in the southwest of the province of Buenos Aires , Argentina , by the Atlantic Ocean , and is the seat of government of Bahía Blanca Partido . It had 301,572 inhabitants according to the 2010 census [ INDEC ] . It is the principal city in the Greater Bahía Blanca urban agglomeration . The city has an important sea port with a depth of 45 feet ( 15 m ) , kept constant upstream almost all along the length of the bay , where the Napostá Stream drains . Bahía Blanca means White Bay . The name is due to the typical colour of the salt covering the soil surrounding the shores . The bay ( which is actually an estuary ) was seen by Ferdinand Magellan during his first circumnavigation of the world on the orders of Charles I of Spain , in 1520 , looking for a canal connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean along the coasts of South America .