Full name | Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata | ||
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Nickname(s) | El Lobo, Los Triperos, Mensanas, Basureros | ||
Founded | June 3, 1887 | ||
Ground | Stadium Juan Carlos Zerillo, La Plata, Argentina | ||
Capacity | 31,460 | ||
Chairman | ![]() | ||
Manager | ![]() | ||
League | Argentine Primera División | ||
Apertura 2007 | 18th | ||
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Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (CGE or GELP) is an Argentina sports club, of the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires. It was founded on June 3, 1887 as Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima. Its principal activity is football, and it competes in the First División Argentina, Argentina's premier league.
Its stadium is the "Juan Carlos Zerillo", known as the "Estadio del Bosque", capacity for 33.000 spectators.
Gimnasia were champions of División Intermedia of the Argentine Football in 1915, of the First División in 1929, of the "Copa Centenario de la AFA" in 1994 and of the Second division in 1944, 1947 and 1952; it was runner-up of the First División in 1924, Clausura 1995, Clausura 1996, Apertura 1998, Clausura 2002 and Apertura 2005.