Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero

Club Atlético Central Córdoba is an Argentine sports club based in Santiago del Estero. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, first division of the Argentine football league system. The club was founded by a group of railway workers and named after the Córdoba Central Railway in a similar manner to the other Central Córdoba club based in Rosario.

Not to be confused with Central Córdoba de Rosario.
Central Córdoba
Full nameClub Atlético Central Córdoba
Nickname(s)El Ferroviario (The Railroad)
Founded3 June 1919 (1919-06-03)
GroundAlfredo Terrera
Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Capacity16,000
ChairmanIng. José F. Alfano
ManagerAbel Balbo
LeagueArgentine Primera División
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WebsiteClub website

History

Central Córdoba has played at the highest level of Argentine football on 2 occasions, more specifically in the 1967 and 1971 Nacional championships. In the 1967 Nacional, Central Córdoba finished 14th of 16 teams, having reached its peak with the 2–1 victory over Boca Juniors in La Bombonera.

In 1971 Central Córdoba finished 13th out of 14 teams in group B, with their most significant achievement being a 1–1 draw to Boca Juniors, although soon later the team would be heavily defeated at the hands of San Lorenzo by 7–1.

On 8 June 2019, Central Córdoba won promotion to the Primera División after defeating Sarmiento in the 2018–19 promotion play-off finals.[1] It marked their return to the top-flight for the first time in 48 years.[1] In their first season back they finished 18th in the table.

The club made the final of the 2018–19 Copa Argentina for the first time in its history. They kicked off their run while still in the Primera B, beating Nueva Chicago 1–0, in the round of 32 they beat All Boys by the same score, then beat Villa Mitre to set up a quarter-final with Estudiantes de La Plata, winning 1–0. In the semi-final they beat Lanus by the same score to set up the final with River Plate on 13 December 2019, losing 3–0 in Mendoza.

Players

Current squad

As of 5 October 2023.[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
2 DF Argentina ARG Fabio Pereyra
3 DF Argentina ARG Nahuel Banegas
5 DF Paraguay PAR Iván Ramírez
6 DF Argentina ARG Franco Sbuttoni
8 MF Argentina ARG Jesús Soraire
9 FW Argentina ARG Claudio Riaño
13 DF Argentina ARG Lautaro Montoya (loan from Estudiantes BA)
14 MF Argentina ARG Abel Bustos
15 MF Argentina ARG Matías Laba
16 FW Argentina ARG Juan Cruz Kaprof
18 MF Argentina ARG Gonzalo Ríos
19 MF Argentina ARG Rodrigo Montes (loan from Boca Juniors)
20 DF Argentina ARG Matias Di Benedetto
21 DF Mexico MEX Luciano Bocco
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Argentina ARG Francisco Grahl
23 GK Argentina ARG César Rigamonti
24 FW Argentina ARG Francisco González Metilli (loan from Argentinos Juniors)
32 GK Argentina ARG Andrés Mehring
33 DF Argentina ARG Alan Barrionuevo (loan from Almirante Brown)
36 DF Argentina ARG José Gómez
40 MF Argentina ARG Axel Pinto
44 MF Argentina ARG Brian Farioli (loan from Colón)
50 MF Argentina ARG Enzo Kalinski
52 FW Argentina ARG Gonzalo Torres
55 DF Uruguay URU Paulo Lima
70 FW Argentina ARG Nicolás Leguizamón
— DF Venezuela VEN Andrés Ferro

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
— MF Argentina ARG Mateo Montenegro (at Tristán Suárez until 31 December 2022)
— MF Argentina ARG Emanuel Cuevas (at Estudiantes RC until 31 December 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Argentina ARG Abel Argañaraz (at San Martín de Tucumán until 31 December 2022)

References
  1. "Central Córdoba (SdE) venció en los penales a Sarmiento (J) y ascendió a la Primera División". TyC Sports. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. Club Brown de Adrogué Archived 2023-08-01 at the Wayback Machine at BDFA
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