Club Atlético Colón

Colón

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 21 December 2020^[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 Emanuel Olivera 7 MF ARG Brian Farioli 8 MF COL Yéiler Góez (on loan from Estudiantes LP) 9 FW ARG Lucas Viatri 10 FW ARG Luis Miguel Rodríguez 12 FW ARG Tomás Chancalay 13 DF ARG Alex Vigo 14 MF ARG Federico Lértora 17 GK ARG Ignacio Chicco 19 FW COL Wilson Morelo 21 DF ARG Eric Meza 22 GK ARG Joaquín Hass 23 MF ARG Christian Bernardi 26 DF ARG Conrado Ibarra

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF ARG Guillermo Gonzálvez 28 WF 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 38 FW ARG Brian Fernández 39 DF ARG Leandro Quiroz 40 DF ARG Rafael Delgado 41 GK ARG Facundo Masuero 42 MF ARG Danilo Gómez 43 GK ARG Maximiliano Bruno

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 2 DF ARG Lucas Acevedo (at Palestino until 31 December 2020) — FW ARG Juan Bauza (at Miercurea Ciuc until 30 June 2021) — FW ARG Nicolás Leguizamón (at Defensa y Justicia until 31 December 2021)

Managers

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

Honours

National

• Primera B: 1965
• Torneo de Honor^[a]: 1950^[19]

Notes

References

External links

• Official Site (in Spanish)