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Club Atlético San Martín (San Juan)
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Club Atlético San Martín, known as San Martín de San Juan, is a football club from San Juan
, San Juan Province
, Argentina
. The team currently plays in the Primera División, the first division of the Argentine football league system
.
San Martín has only played two seasons in the Argentine top flight. Its first appeareance was in the 1970 Nacional championship, finishing bottom of the group after winning only four of 20 games. The squad gained the promotion to the first division for the third time during the 2010–11 season
, after beating Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
1–0 and later 1-1 on aggregate in the playoff for the second automatic promotion place.
San Juan, Argentina
San Juan is the capital city of the Argentine province of San Juan in the Cuyo region, located in the Tulúm Valley, west of the San Juan River, at above mean sea level, with a population of around 112,000 as per the ....
, San Juan Province
San Juan Province (Argentina)
San Juan is a province of Argentina, located in the western part of the country. Neighbouring provinces are, moving clockwise from the north, La Rioja, San Luis and Mendoza. It borders with Chile at the west....
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. The team currently plays in the Primera División, the first 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...
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San Martín has only played two seasons in the Argentine top flight. Its first appeareance was in the 1970 Nacional championship, finishing bottom of the group after winning only four of 20 games. The squad gained the promotion to the first division for the third time during the 2010–11 season
2010–11 in Argentine football
2010–11 season of Argentine football is the 120th season of competitive football in Argentina.-Primera División:*Apertura champion: Estudiantes de La Plata **Top scorer: Santiago Silva, Denis Stracqualursi...
, after beating Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División...
1–0 and later 1-1 on aggregate in the playoff for the second automatic promotion place.