Sportivo Barracas are a football club from Bolivar in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. They currently play in Primera C Metropolitana, which is the regionalised fourth tier of the Argentine Football Association league system.
Sportivo Barracas played in the top flight of Argentine football in the era before the professionalisation of the game in 1931. The club were one of the biggest to take the decision to stay amateur. This decision paid dividends because the following year they became the AAAF Champions 1932.
At the end of the 2005/2006 season, Sportivo Barracas qualified for the promotion playoff, but they were eliminated in the semi-finals by Argentino de Rosario 9-1 on aggregate.
Stadium
In the 1920s and 1930s Estadio Sportivo Barracas was one of the most important stadiums in Argentina. It held 30,000 spectators and was used as a venue for the South American Championship 1921 and South American Championship 1925.
The club now play in the much smaller Estadio Municipal de Bolivar.
