Wikipedia - Obras Sanitarias

Club Atlético Obras Sanitarias de la Nación (mostly known simply as Obras Sanitarias or Obras) is an Argentine professional sports club that is located in the district of Núñez, Buenos Aires. Although originally conceived as a rugby union club, Obras Sanitarias is mostly known for its basketball team, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet, which is the first division of the Argentine basketball league system. Apart from basketball and rugby union, other disciplines practiced at the club are chess, judo, swimming, table tennis, and tennis.

Obras Sanitarias has been nicknamed Los Tacheros, a lunfardo word used to refer to Argentine taxi drivers, due to the fact that taxi cabs are painted in black and yellow, which are the same colors of Obras' jersey uniforms.

History

Obras Sanitarias was founded in 1917, by employees of the state-owned water supply company, "Obras Sanitarias de la Nación". On March 22, 1925, the club opened its sports facilities, allowing members to practice athletics, basque pelota, bowls, football, rugby union, swimming and tennis there. In 1941, Obras inaugurated its headquarters in the city of Buenos Aires, for the practice of indoor sports.

In 1978, Obras inaugurated its indoor arena, named Estadio Obras Sanitarias, and two years later, the first synthetic field hockey pitch in South America.

Obras Sanitarias is een Argentijnse professionele basketbalclub uit Buenos Aires. De club is opgericht in 1917 en speelt in de Liga Nacional de Básquet, de hoogste basketbaldivisie van Argentinië. De thuiswedstrijden van Obras Sanitarias worden gespeeld in het Estadio Obras Sanitarias, ook bekend als El Templo del Rock.

Obras Sanitarias heeft een rijke historie en behoort tot de meest succesvolle clubs in het Argentijnse basketbal. De club heeft 8 keer de Liga Nacional gewonnen, de laatste keer in 2012. Daarnaast heeft Obras Sanitarias 5 keer de Copa Argentina gewonnen en 2 keer de Torneo Súper 8.

Enkele bekende spelers die voor Obras Sanitarias hebben gespeeld, zijn onder meer Marcelo Milanesio, Esteban Batista, Rubén Wolkowyski en Pablo Prigioni.