Club Atlético Belgrano

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Belgrano

Full name	Club Atlético Belgrano
Nickname(s)	El Pirata (The Pirate) El Celeste (The Sky-blue) La "B" (The B)
Founded	March 19, 1905; 116 years ago (1905-03-19)
Ground	El Gigante de Alberdi
Capacity	30,000
Chairman	Luis Fabián Artime
Manager	Guillermo Farré
League	Primera Nacional
2020	Primera Nacional, 3rd of Zona A
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Club Atlético Belgrano (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ aˈtletiko βelˈɣɾano]; mostly known simply as Belgrano [belˈɣɾano] or Belgrano de Córdoba [belˈɣɾano ðe ˈkoɾðoβa]) is an Argentine sports club from the city of Córdoba, best known for its football team, which currently plays in Argentine Primera B Nacional, the second level of Argentine football league system. Belgrano's stadium called Julio César Villadra, also known as the El Gigante de Alberdi, which is located in Barrio Alberdi, in the central area of the city of Cordoba with a capacity of 35,000 spectators. They also sometimes use Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes with a capacity of 57000 spectators..

History[]

Belgrano was founded on March 19, 1905.^[1] It was named in commemoration of the Argentine historical figure General Manuel Belgrano, and its colours were taken from the flag of Argentina, created by Belgrano himself.^{[citation needed]} It´s the club in the Province of Cordoba with the most victories, and the one which has sent the most players to Seleccion Argentina.

A Belgrano jersey by Topper, worn during the 1980s.

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 2 January 2020.^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ARG Lucas Acosta 11 FW  URU Cristian Techera 13 DF  URU Christian Almeida 16 DF  ARG Maximiliano Lugo 18 FW  ARG Rodrigo Gómez 19 MF  ARG Martín Rivero 21 MF  ARG Sebastián Luna 23 GK  ARG César Rigamonti 26 FW  ARG Leonardo Sequeira 28 FW  ARG Martín Garnerone 29 DF  ARG Juan Quiroga 32 DF  ARG Joaquín Novillo 34 FW  ARG Gonzalo Lencina — GK  ARG Agustín Rufinetti — DF  ARG Bruno Amione — DF  ARG Gino Barbieri — DF  ARG Juan Barinaga

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ARG Tobias Ostchega — DF  ARG Franco Pardo — DF  ARG Juan Salas — DF  ARG Ignacio Vázquez (on loan from All Boys) — MF  ARG Valentin Barbero — MF  ARG Hernán Bernardello — MF  ARG Gastón González — MF  ARG Santiago Longo — MF  ARG Gerónimo Tomasetti — MF  ARG Bruno Zapelli — FW  PAR Enrique Javier Borja (on loan from Argentinos Juniors) — FW  ARG Ivo Costantino — FW  ARG Nahuel Luján — FW  ARG Ricardo Noir (on loan from Racing) — FW  ARG Ulises Sánchez — FW  ARG Pablo Vegetti

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 MF  ARG Wilson Altamirano (at Villa San Carlos until 30 June 2020) — MF  ARG Fabricio Brener (at PAS Giannina F.C. until 30 June 2021) — FW  ARG Tomás Attis (at San Fernando until 30 June 2020) -->

Honours[]

National[]

• Torneo Regional de AFA (1):

1985-86

• First Division:

Apertura 2011 runner-up, Inicial 2012 runner-up

• Second Division:

1997-98 runner-up

Regional[]

• Liga Cordobesa de Fútbol: (28)
  • 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1946, 1947,
    1949, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1984, 1985, Cl 2003, 2013
• Segunda División Liga Cordobesa (3):: 1908, 1909, 1910
• Unión Cordobesa de Fútbol (1): 1956
• Primera División Asociación Cordobesa (2): 1984, 1985
• Campeonato Provincial Asociación Cordobesa (3): 1983, 1984, 1985
• Torneo Regional de Córdoba (9): 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1985^[3]
• Torneo del Interior (1): 1985–86^[3]
• Torneo Regional de AFA (8): 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981,

References[]

External links[]

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