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Club Cipolletti
Albinegro, Capataz de la Patagonia, Cipo
Club Cipolletti is the most representative sports institution in Cipolletti, in the Alto Valle of Río Negro. It was formally founded on 26 October 1926 and is known as «el Albinegro» (the Black-and-Whites).
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The club
- Name
- Club Cipolletti
- Nickname
- Albinegro, Capataz de la Patagonia, Cipo
- Founded
- October 26, 1926
- City
- Cipolletti
- Country
- Argentina
- Official website
- clubcipolletti.com
- Colors
- #000000, #FFFFFF
- Competitions
- Liga Profesional (1973)
- Liga Profesional (1975)
- Liga Profesional (1977)
- Liga Profesional (1979–1980)
- Liga Profesional (1985)
- Primera Nacional (1986–1990)
- Torneo Argentino A (1995)
- Primera Nacional (1996–2000)
- Torneo Argentino A (2001–2005)
- Torneo Argentino A (2007–2013)
- Torneo Federal A (since 2014)
- In the archive
- 1 crest · 18 shirts
Current crest
Since 2026
Shirts
1990s
2010s
Club history
Club Cipolletti is the most representative sports institution in Cipolletti, in the Alto Valle of Río Negro. It was formally founded on 26 October 1926 and is known as «el Albinegro» (the Black-and-Whites). It plays its home games at La Visera de Cemento and took part in six Nacional First Division tournaments between 1973 and 1985, as well as two spells in the second tier. In 2026, its centenary year, it reached the final of the Torneo Federal A.
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## From Athletic Club to the City's Club Organised football in Cipolletti is almost as old as the city itself. In 1912, when the settlement was still called Colonia Lucinda, a group of pioneers formed the Cipolletti Athletic Club and chose black and white, the colours the club has never abandoned. On 26 October 1926 the founding charter was signed and the institution was registered as Club Cipolletti, a name meant to present it as the club of the whole city. Beyond football, it grew as a social club with swimming, basketball, tennis, pelota paleta and other sports, and today it has its own…
Stadium
La Visera de Cemento
- Popular name
- La Visera
- Location
- Cipolletti
La Visera de Cemento is the stadium of Club Cipolletti and stands inside the club's social headquarters, on Mengelle street, in the city of Cipolletti. It is the home of the Albinegro in the regional league, in the Nacionales of the 1970s and 1980s and in the Torneo Federal A. There Cipolletti beat Boca Juniors 4-2 in 1978 in the 1977 Nacional, and it hosted the Argentina national team in 1978. It had an artificial pitch for years and later went back to natural grass thanks to a campaign backed by contributions from the members. In 2026 it drew some 10,000 people for the second leg of the Federal A quarter-final.
The fans
Cipolletti supporters call themselves «albinegros» and follow the team in huge numbers on the big occasions. In the closing stages of the 2026 Federal A, nearly 10,000 people went to La Visera for the second leg of the quarter-final against Sol de América, and thousands travelled in a convoy of coaches to San Francisco (Córdoba) for the final. Their great regional rival is Deportivo Roca, with whom they contest a long-standing Alto Valle derby in the Federal A and the Copa Argentina.
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