Club Atlético Colón

Club Atlético Colón de Santa Fe (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.

For other football clubs, see Colón.

Colón
Full nameClub Atlético Colón
Nickname(s)Sabalero (Tarpon Fisher)
Sabalé (Tarpon)
Negro (Black)
Raza (Race)
FoundedMay 5, 1905 (1905-05-05) [1]
GroundEstadio B.G. Estanislao López,
(Cementerio de los Elefantes),[2]
Santa Fe
Capacity40,000
ChairmanJosé Néstor Vignatti
ManagerNéstor Gorosito
LeaguePrimera División
202225th
WebsiteClub website

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 institution'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.

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.

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

International competititons

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 40,000 spectators. The ground was inaugurated in 1946, and received a major renovation starting in 2002.[2]

Players

Current squad
As of 15 October 2023[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
2 DF Argentina ARG Germán Conti (loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)
3 DF Argentina ARG Emmanuel Mas
4 DF Argentina ARG Fabián Henríquez
5 MF Argentina ARG Cristian Vega
6 DF Argentina ARG Paolo Goltz
7 FW Argentina ARG Damián Batallini (on loan from Argentinos Juniors)
8 MF Argentina ARG Gonzalo Silva
9 FW Argentina ARG Ramón Ábila
10 FW Argentina ARG Rubén Botta
11 FW Argentina ARG Joaquín Ibáñez
12 FW Argentina ARG Matías Ibáñez
14 MF Colombia COL Baldomero Perlaza
15 MF Paraguay PAR Ángel Cardozo Lucena (on loan from Cerro Porteño)
16 FW Argentina ARG Laureano Troncoso
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 GK Argentina ARG Ignacio Chicco
19 MF Argentina ARG Tomás Galván (on loan from River Plate)
21 DF Argentina ARG Eric Meza
22 FW Argentina ARG Javier Toledo
23 DF Paraguay PAR Alberto Espínola
26 MF Paraguay PAR Carlos Arrúa (on loan from Nacional)
27 FW Paraguay PAR Jorge Benítez
30 FW Argentina ARG Santiago Pierotti
31 MF Argentina ARG Favio Álvarez (on loan from UNAM)
33 DF Argentina ARG Facundo Garcés
34 MF Argentina ARG Stefano Moreyra
36 DF Argentina ARG Gian Nardelli
40 DF Argentina ARG Rafael Delgado
42 DF Argentina ARG Agustín Ojeda
For recent transfers, see List of Argentine football transfers winter 2018–19.

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 Uruguay URU Andrew Teuten (at Montevideo City until 30 June 2024)
— MF Argentina ARG Brian Farioli (at Central Córdoba until 31 December 2023)
— MF Argentina ARG Leonel Picco (at Platense until 31 December 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Uruguay URU José Neris (at Peñarol until 31 December 2024)
— FW Argentina ARG Tomás Sandoval (at Quilmes until 31 December 2023)

Managers

Honours

Second Level Cups

Notes
  1. Tournament organized by the Association in 1950, after the Primera B regular season finished. The tournament was contested by all the teams taking part of the division by then. The trophy was named "Juan Domingo Perón"[18]

References
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  2. "ESTADIO BRIGADIER GENERAL ESTANISLAO LÓPEZ". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  3. "Historia". Club Atlético Colon. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  4. Argentina second level 1965 on RSSSF
  5. Argentina 1966 on RSSSF
  6. Osvaldo José Gorgazzi (21 June 2006). "Argentina – First Level 1972". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  7. Ian King (21 January 2011). "Argentina 1996/97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  8. Boca Juniors – Colon : 2–1 Match report from Scorespro.com
  9. "Colón squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  10. Rex Gowar (21 September 2010). "Soccer-Huracan, Colon follow Independiente by changing coach". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  11. Dan Edwards (29 September 2010). "Fecha Eight – Move Along, Nothing to See Here Folks". The Argentina Independent. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  12. Rupert Fryer (21 February 2012). "Argentina Clausura 2012 Week 2: Defeat To All Boys Leaves Colón Searching For New Man". southamericanfootball.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  13. "R. Sensini". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  14. "Tras dejar San Martín (SJ), Rubén Forestello es el nuevo técnico de Colón". Canchallena (in Spanish). 29 June 2013.
  15. "Mario Sciaqcua asume otra vez como técnico interino en Colón". Canchallena (in Spanish). 8 October 2013.
  16. "Diego Osella, nuevo DT de Colón: "Cada partido será una final"". Canchallena (in Spanish). 3 January 2014.
  17. "Renunció Diego Osella en Colón". El Litoral (in Spanish). 11 November 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  18. "Argentina: Torneo de Honor 1ra. "B" AFA 1950" by Jose Carluccio at Historia y Futbol website, 17 May 2009
  19. Argentina – Second level cups at RSSSF
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