page_title: Club Atlético Lanús
section_title: Origins and foundation
hierarchical_section_title: Club Atlético Lanús / History / Origins and foundation
caption_attribution_description: English: Anacarsis Lanús (1820-1888), an Argentine entrepreneur, who was considered the richest man of Argentina.
context_page_description: Club Atlético Lanús is an Argentine sports club from the Lanús district of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet. In football, Lanús has won six major championships in its history: the 1996 Copa CONMEBOL, the 2007 Apertura, the 2013 Copa Sudamericana, the 2016 Argentine Primera División, the 2016 Bicentenario national cup and the 2017 Supercopa Argentina.
  Apart from football, Lanús hosts many other sports such as athletics, gymnastics, martial arts, handball, field hockey, roller skating, swimming, tennis, volleyball and weightlifting. The club has a futsal team in Colombia.
context_section_description: In 1854 Anacarsis Lanús arrived from France and acquired the lands where he would later establish the city of Lanús, one of the biggest suburbs of Greater Buenos Aires. Two institutions were named "Lanús" by that time. One of them was Lanús Athletic Club, which took part of the 1897 Argentine Primera División championship although the club then abandoned the tournament. The other club was Lanús United (predecessor of current Club Atlético Lanús) which participated in the Copa de Competencia, organised by dissident Federación Argentina de Football in 1913 and 1914.
  On 3 January 1915, a new club was established from the merging of two institutions, Lanús United (that was in a desperate financial situation) and Club El Progreso. Miguel Usaray was designed as President, the first in the history of the club. In an assemble held on 27 January 1915, the name "Club Atlético Lanús" was officially established.
caption: Anacarsis Lanús, founder of the homonymous city. The club was named after him
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