Club Atlético Colón

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Colón

Full name	Club Atlético Colón
Nickname(s)	Sabalero (Tarpon Fisher) Sabalé (Tarpon) Negro (Black) Raza (Race)
Founded	May 5, 1905; 116 years ago (1905-05-05) [1]
Ground	Estadio B.G. Estanislao López, (Cementerio de los Elefantes),[2] Santa Fe
Capacity	40,000
Chairman	José Néstor Vignatti
Manager	Eduardo Domínguez
League	Primera División
2019–20	23rd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Club Atlético Colón (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ aˈtletiko koˈlon]), commonly referred to as Colón de Santa Fe [koˈlon de santa ˈfe], is a sports club from Santa Fe, Argentina. The football team plays in the First Division of the Argentine football league system, the Argentine Primera División.

It was born as football club and it is the main activity carried out. Also it has other disciplines like basketball, volleyball, hockey, women's football, boxing, futsal and swim.

The stadium named Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, in honor of an Argentinian leader governor of Provincia de Santa Fe between 1818 and 1838, has a capacity for 40000 people. The stadium is nicknamed «El Cementerio de los Elefantes» (Elephant Graveyard).

Joined in the Argentine Football Association in 1948 and obtains the first championship in 1965, ascending to First Division.

The insitution's most important accomplishment is the championship of First Division Argentine Primera División 2021. Also it has the sub-championship in the international Copa Sudamericana 2019, and the Second Division Trophy Copa de Honor de Primera B "Juan Domingo Perón" in 1950. Finally, as a personal milestone, it has a victory in 1964 against the Pelé Santos FC.

History[]

The club was founded on 5 May 1905, as "Colón Foot-ball Club" by a group of friends that were enthusiastic about football. It was named after Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus), whose biography was being studied by one of the boys at the time.^[3]

In 1965 Colon won the Primera B title.^[4]

The 1965 team that won the Primera B title promoting to Primera División.

The first game played by Colón in Primera was v Chacarita Juniors on 6 May 1966. After the first season in the top level Colón finished 16th,^[5] but the following year the structure of Argentine football was changed so as there were two championships each season, the Metropolitano and the Nacional, with entrance to the latter originally only available to the higher placed Metropolitano teams. Colon did not qualify for the Nacional until 1968, although the squad did then managed a 6th-place finish.

Colón finished 2nd in their group in the 1972 Nacional.^[6]

In 1975 the team made a good campaign in the Metropolitano, finishing in 6th place. This got better two years later, when Colón finished 5th in the Metropolitano, although the team then struggled in the Nacional. In 1978 Colón reached the knockout stages of the Nacional but was beaten in the quarter-finals by Independiente.^{[citation needed]}

Colon was relegated from the Metropolitana in 1981 having won only 6 games that season It was to take 14 years for Colón to return to the top division (for the 1995–96 season). During the intervening period the team came close to promotion on a number of occasions, and lost Promotion Play-off games in 1988–89 to arch-rivals Union 3–0 on aggregate, and in 1992–93 Colón lost the championship play-off, being defeated by Banfield and then failed to qualify through the secondary play-offs.^{[citation needed]}

After a few mid-table finishes Colón was placed 2nd in the 1997 Clausura tournament, which is team's highest placed finish to date. As River Plate won both titles that season, a play-off was required between the two runners-up.^[7] In December 1997 Colón defeated Independiente 1–0 to qualify for the Copa Libertadores 1998.^[7] In the 2016–17 season, Colón drew an average home league attendance of 25,000.

The institution's greatest sporting achievement was achieved by becoming champion of the Professional League Cup 2021.

South American Tournament Qualification[]

Colon made their South American debut in the Copa CONMEBOL 1997 against Universidad de Chile. They subsequently reached the semi-finals where they lost to fellow Argentine side Lanús.^{[citation needed]}

They made their debut in South America's most prestigious club tournament (Copa Libertadores) the following season. Their first game in the group stage was a 1–2 home defeat to River Plate, although they were still to qualify for the knockout stages. After beating Olimpia on penalties they were again drawn to play River Plate, but were defeated 5–2 on aggregate in the quarter-final.^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, they qualified for their 3rd different continental competition (Copa Sudamericana), and they defeated Vélez Sársfield before losing to Boca Juniors.^[8]

Stadium[]

The club's current stadium is the Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, which holds 33,500 spectators. The ground was inaugurated in 1946, and received a renovation in 2002.^[2]

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 25 February 2021^[9]

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  URU Leonardo Burián 2 DF  ARG Bruno Bianchi 3 DF  ARG Gonzalo Piovi (on loan from Racing Club) 4 DF  ARG Facundo Mura (on loan from Estudiantes (LP)) 5 MF  ARG Tomás Moschión 6 DF  ARG Paolo Goltz 7 MF  ARG Cristian Ferreira (on loan from River Plate) 8 MF  COL Yéiler Góez (on loan from Atlético Nacional) 10 FW  ARG Luis Miguel Rodríguez 11 MF  ARG Alexis Castro (on loan from San Lorenzo) 14 MF  ARG Federico Lértora 15 DF  ARG Lucas Acevedo 17 GK  ARG Ignacio Chicco 18 FW  ARG Nicolás Leguizamón 19 FW  COL Wilson Morelo 21 DF  ARG Eric Meza 22 GK  ARG Joaquín Hass

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  ARG Christian Bernardi 26 DF  ARG Conrado Ibarra 27 MF  ARG Guillermo Gozálvez 28 MF  ARG Nahuel Curcio 29 MF  ARG Rodrigo Aliendro 30 FW  ARG Santiago Pierotti 31 DF  ARG Gonzalo Escobar 32 FW  ARG Tomás Sandoval 33 DF  ARG Facundo Garcés 34 MF  ARG Stéfano Moreyra 35 MF  ARG Facundo Farías 36 DF  ARG Gian Nardelli 37 MF  ARG Aarón Martínez 39 DF  ARG Leandro Quiroz 40 DF  ARG Rafael Delgado 42 MF  ARG Danilo Gómez

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 — FW  ARG Juan Bauza (at Miercurea Ciuc until 30 June 2021)

Managers[]

• Antonio Mohamed (2008–10)^[10]
• Fernando Gamboa (2010–11?)^[11]
• (2011?–12)^[12]
• Roberto Sensini (2012–13)^[13]
• Rubén Forestello (2013)^[14][15]
• Diego Osella (2014)^[16][17]

Honours[]

• Copa de la Liga Profesional (1): 2021
• Primera B (1): 1965

Friendly[]

• Torneo de Honor^[a]: 1950^[19]

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

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