Unión de Santa Fe

Unión

Full name	Club Atlético Unión
Nickname(s)	Tatengue
Founded	15 April 1907
Ground	Estadio 15 de Abril, Santa Fe, Argentina
Capacity	26,521
President	Luis Spahn
Manager	Juan Manuel Azconzábal
League	Primera División
2019–20	16th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Atlético (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ aˈtletiko uˈnjon]; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe [uˈnjon de santa ˈfe], CA Unión de Santa Fe or simply Unión) is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded on April 15, 1907 and plays in the Argentine Primera División.

Although Unión is mostly known for its football team, that currently plays in Primera División, the club hosts other sports such as archery, basketball, field hockey, gymnastics, martial arts, roller skating, swimming and volleyball.

History

Team of 1975 that made a great campaign in Primera División, finishing 4th

In 1965, the squad was promoted to the Segunda División Argentina for the first time. Unión's supporters are called "unionistas", "tatengues", while the squad is usually nicknamed "El Tate". The colours of the club consist of red and white vertical stripes.

Managed by Juan Carlos Lorenzo in 1975, Unión made a great campaign in the 1975 championship with a group of notable players such as goalkeeper Hugo Gatti, midfielders Victorio Cocco and Rubén Suñé and forwards Ernesto Mastrángelo and Leopoldo Luque among others.^[1]

In 1979 Unión played the final matches of the Nacional championship, but lost at the hands of River Plate, because the goal scored by River in the first match (with a final score of 1–1) ended up in an average over Union according to the away goals rule applied to that tournament.

The most famous footballers who played for Unión are Leopoldo Luque, World Cup winner with Argentina in 1978, and Nery Pumpido, the goalkeeper of the national team that won the World Cup in Mexico 1986.

Apart from football, basketball is the foremost sport practised at the institution, with Union's team currently in the third division. Carlos Delfino is its most famous basketball player, and Mario Elie, champion in NBA (1994, 1995 y 1999), also played briefly in the Argentine League, for Unión de Santa Fe.

Rivalry

Unión and Colón are the two largest football clubs in Santa Fe. The Clásico Santafesino is known as one of football's fiercest and most important rivalries in Argentina. Unión and Colón have played 142 games all time against each other in the Amateur and Professional Era, with Unión winning 47, Colón winning 43 and 47 draws.

Players

2019-20 squad

As of 20 March 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 Marcos Peano 2 DF ARG Franco Calderón 3 DF ARG Claudio Corvalán 4 DF ARG Francisco Gerometta 5 MF ARG Emanuel Cecchini 6 DF ARG Jonathan Bottinelli 7 MF URU Javier Cabrera 8 MF ARG Lucas Ríos 9 FW ARG Walter Bou (on loan from Boca Juniors) 10 MF ARG Gabriel Carabajal 11 MF ARG Jalil Elías (on loan from Godoy Cruz) 12 FW ARG Nicolás Mazzola 13 GK ARG Alan Sosa 14 DF ARG Federico Milo (on loan from Arsenal de Sarandí) 15 MF URU Sebastián Assis 17 DF ARG Brian Blasi 18 DF ARG Fernando Elizari 19 MF ARG Ezequiel Bonifacio

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF ARG Gastón González 21 MF ARG Gastón Comas 22 FW ARG Franco Troyansky 23 MF ARG Mauro Luna Diale 24 DF ARG Franco Godoy 25 GK ARG Sebastián Moyano 26 FW ARG Ezequiel Cañete 27 MF URU Javier Méndez 28 DF COL Jorge Zules Caicedo 29 MF ARG Braian Álvarez (on loan from Racing Club) 30 MF ARG Juan Ignacio Nardoni 34 MF ARG Kevin Zenon 36 DF ARG Federico Vera 37 DF ARG Lucas Esquivel 39 MF ARG Imanol Machuca 40 MF ARG Leonel Bucca 46 DF ARG Juan Portillo

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 — GK ARG Ignacio Arce (at San Martín Tucumán until 30 June 2020) — GK ARG Joaquín Papaleo (at Santamarina until 30 June 2020) — DF ARG Jonatan Fleita (at Nueva Chicago until 30 June 2020) — MF ARG Lucas Algozino (at Alvarado until 30 June 2020)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF ARG Santiago Lebus (at All Boys until 30 June 2020) — FW ARG Walter Bracamonte (at Alvarado until 30 June 2020) — FW ARG Matías Gallegos (at Estudiantes BA until 30 June 2020)

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have played at least 50 games for the club and/or played officially for their national team.

Managers

Honours

National

• Primera B (1): 1966

Regional

• Liga Santafesina de Fútbol (36): 1915, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1953, 1954, 1955,
  1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, Classificatorio 1971, Selectivo 1971, 1971, 1974, 1979, 1994, Apertura 2000, Apertura 2003, Apertura 2010

References

External links

• Official website