Club Sportivo Ben Hur
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| Full name | Club Sportivo Ben Hur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | El Lobo del Sur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | June 17, 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Parque Barrio Ilolay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Ismael Mohamed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | José Luis Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Primera B Nacional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 Apertura | 20th (of 20 teams) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club Sportivo Ben Hur are a sports and social club from Rafaela, Santa Fe Province, Argentina, founded in 1940 and best known for their basketball first division team and their football (soccer) second division team.
Other amateur sports include aerobics, bowls, chess, field hockey, and swimming.
[edit] Basketball
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The sport that gave the most important successes to the club, winning the 2004/05 national championship, and the Liga Sudamericana 2006. The club's in-doors stadion is the Coliseo del Sur.
[edit] Football
Football has been the main activity of the club since their foundation, in the early years they started playing in the local league of Rafael. It was not until 1997 that Ben Hur left the regional tournaments to join the Argentine Football Association league system. The club won the Torneo Argentino A (third division) in 2004, and currently play in the second division. Their stadium is the Estadio parque Barrio Ilolay.
[edit] External links
- Official site (Spanish)
- Lobo del Sur (Spanish)
- History (Spanish)
- Ben Hur Micro-Site (Spanish)
