Atlético Tucumán

Atlético Tucumán

Full name	Club Atlético Tucumán
Nickname(s)	El Decano (The Dean) El Gigante del Norte (The Northern Giant)
Founded	27 September 1902
Ground	Estadio Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro
Capacity	35,200[1]
Chairman	Mario Leito
Manager	Diego Erroz
Coach	Ricardo Zielinski
League	Primera División
2019–20	15th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Atlético Tucumán (mostly known as Atlético Tucumán) is an Argentinian football club based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán of Tucumán Province. Although several sports are practised at the club, Atlético is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Primera División, the first division of the Argentine football league system. They played for the first time in 2017 both Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.

Other activities hosted by the institution are basketball, chess, field hockey, handball and karate.^[2]

History

The club was founded in 1902, which makes Atlético the oldest football club from the province of Tucumán.

Atlético has participated in nine seasons in the Primera division: eight seasons between 1973 and 1981, and a single season in 1984. The team's best ever performance in Primera División was in 1979, when they reached the semi-finals of the Torneo Nacional.

In 2008 Atlético Tucumán was promoted to the Argentine 2nd Division after defeating Racing de Córdoba in the final game of Torneo Argentino A, and one year later the squad achieved its 2nd consecutive promotion by winning the B Nacional tournament and reaching the Primera División.

Tucumán Derby

The Tucumán Derby is played between Atlético and its longtime rival San Martín (his son), both of the same city. The Santo (as San Martín is nicknamed) currently plays in the Primera nacional, second division of Argentine league system.

They met once in the first division, where San Martin win 3 to 2. Jose Luis Rodriguez (Dean Idol) ended up pushing a golf cart obfuscated by defeat

Ground

The stadium was constructed in 1922 by Spanish architect José Graña (1885–1950) with an original capacity for 5,000 spectators. It was inaugurated on May 21 of same year. Originally named as "Grand Stadium" due to being the largest of the North side of Argentina, Racing Club de Avellaneda was invited to play a friendly match versus Atlético Tucumán as part of the celebration. The stadium was named Monumental "José Fierro" in honor of a well-remembered Atlético's chairman.

It was the first roof stadium in Tucumán Province and the first to have a superior stand. The structure was built out of concrete. The record attendance was in 2008, during a match between Atlético and Racing de Córdoba, when all the seats were filled.

The stadium is located in the north part of the city of San Miguel de Tucumán (named "Barrio Norte"). It can currently accommodate up to 32,500 people due to an upgrade of the facilities that included adding an extra 2,500 seats.

Players

Current squad

As of 23 October 2020.^[3]

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 Cristian Lucchetti (Captain) 2 DF ARG Marcelo Ortíz (on loan from Rosario Central) 3 DF ARG Fabián Monzón 4 DF ARG Gustavo Toledo 5 MF ARG Abel Bustos 6 DF ARG Mauro Osores 7 MF ARG Franco Mussis 8 MF ARG Guillermo Acosta 9 FW ARG Augusto Lotti 10 MF ARG Leonardo Heredia 11 FW ARG Matías Alustiza 12 MF ARG Hernán Rosales 13 GK ARG Daniel Ibáñez 14 DF ARG Agustín Lagos 15 DF ARG Yonathan Cabral 16 FW ARG Nicolás Laméndola

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 GK ARG Tomás Marchiori 18 FW ARG Ramiro Ruiz Rodríguez 19 MF ARG Nicolás Aguirre 20 GK ARG Franco Pizzicanella 21 MF ARG Cristian Erbes 22 FW ARG Javier Toledo 23 MF ARG Ramiro Carrera 24 DF ARG Guillermo Ortiz 25 MF ARG Camilo Albornoz 26 FW ARG Lucas Melano 27 FW ARG Matías Solohaga 28 FW ARG Jonás Romero 29 FW ARG Kevin Isa Luna 30 DF ARG Gabriel Risso Patrón 31 MF ARG Kevin Nickler

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 — DF ARG Mauro Osores (to Guillermo Brown until 30 June 2020) — DF ARG Martín Peralta (to Estudiantes (RC) until 30 June 2020)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF ARG Fabio Álvarez (to LA Galaxy until 31 December 2019) — MF ARG Nery Leyes (to Antofagasta until 30 June 2020)

Managers

• Jorge Solari (Jul 2006 – Jun 2008)
• Héctor Rivoira (Jul 2008 – Nov 2009)
• Adrián Czornomaz (Apr 2011 – Jun 2011)
• Jorge Solari (Jul 2011 – Oct 2011)
• Juan Manuel Llop (Oct 2011 – Jun 2012)
• Ricardo Rodríguez (Jul 2012 – Nov 2013)
• Héctor Rivoira (Apr 2014 – Nov 2014)
• Juan Manuel Azconzábal (Nov 2014 – Nov 2016)
• Pablo Lavallén (Nov 2016 – Jun 2017)
• Ricardo Zielinski (Jun 2017–)

Honours

National

• Primera B Nacional (2): 2008–09, 2015
• Torneo Argentino A (2): Clausura 2004, 2007–08

Regional

• Federación Tucumana (21): 1920, 1921, 1924, 1927, 1930, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1972, 1973, 1975 ^[4]
• Liga Tucumana (7): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1986, 2003, 2016 ^[4]
• Torneo de Competencia (8): 1926, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1951, 1953, 1957
• Campeonato de Honor (13): 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1944, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963
• Campeonato de Campeones de la República (1): 1959 ^{[note 1]}

Notes

References

External links

• Official website
• Decaweb (in Spanish)