Gimnasia y Tiro

Gimnasia y Tiro
Full nameClub de Gimnasia y Tiro
Nickname(s)Albo
Millonario
Founded29 November 1902; 121 years ago (1902-11-29)
GroundGigante Del Norte, Salta, Argentina
Capacity25,000
ManagerVictor Riggio
LeaguePrimeria Nacional
2023Champion
Websitehttp://www.elgigantedesalta.com.ar/
Current season

Club de Gimnasia y Tiro is an Argentine football club, based in the city of Salta. The team currently plays in Primera Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.

Early football team, c. 1902

Gimnasia y Tiro has played four seasons at the highest level of Argentine football. First came in 1979 and 1981 Nacional championships. Gimnasia finished bottom of their group in 1979 and 6th of 7 teams in 1981. The third season was in 1993–94. The fourth season was in 1997–98 when the squad promoted to the Argentine Primera División but after finishing 20th (last) in the Apertura and 17th in the Clausura tournaments respectively, Gimnasia was relegated at the end of the season.[citation needed]