Yupanqui
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Wikipedia - Club Social y Deportivo Yupanqui
Club Social y Deportivo Yupanqui is an Argentine football club that currently plays in the Primera C Metropolitana, the fourth division of the Argentine league system. The club was named by searching for unusual words in the dictionary. Yupanqui was picked up because the meaning of the Quechua word, "the posterity will talk about you".
History
Yupanqui gained some notoriety in Argentina after a Coca-Cola television advertisement where it was referred to as the club with the least fans in Argentina.
Before the Coca-Cola advertisement, the average number of fans that would show up to each game was between 5 and 7. After the advertisement, about 50 new club members joined. Even after the spike in recognition, the money they made was used for several projects such as restoring bathrooms, build a theater, a chess room, and the soccer team didn't receive any funding, even though they were solely responsible for all the recognition the club had received.
Yupanquis hjemmebane er Estadio Republica de Italia, som har en kapacitet på 10.000 tilskuere. Klubbens farver er blå og hvid, og holdets tilhængere kaldes "Los Traperos" (kluderne).
Yupanqui har aldrig vundet en større titel, men har haft succes i regionale turneringer. I 2002 og 2003 vandt de Primera C Metropolitana, det fjerde niveau i det argentinske fodboldsystem.
Klubben er kendt for sin passionerede fanskare og sit støjende hjemmepublikum. Yupanqui har et rivalopgør med Argentino de Merlo, som ligger i samme bydel.
Nogle af Yupanquis mest berømte spillere gennem tiderne omfatter:
* Carlos Bianchi (tidligere træner for Boca Juniors og Real Madrid)
* Óscar Ruggeri (verdensmester med Argentina i 1986)
* Claudio Caniggia (spillede for Real Madrid og Boca Juniors)
* Ariel Ortega (spillede for River Plate og Fenerbahce)
* Sergio Agüero (spillede for Manchester City og Barcelona)