Atlético Tucumán

Atlético Tucumán

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Full name	Club Atlético Tucumán
Nickname(s)	Decano
Founded	27 September 1902 (1902-09-27)
Ground	Monumental José Fierro, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province
Ground Capacity	32,700
Chairman	Mario Leito
Manager	Juan Manuel Azconzábal
League	Primera División
2015	1st (champion)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away 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.

Other activities hosted by the institution are basketball, chess, field hockey, handball and karate-do.

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 on 1979, when reached the semi-finals of the Torneo Nacional.

In 2008 Atlético Tucumán 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.

Other sports practised at the institution are basketball, chess, field hockey and martial arts.

Tucumán Derby

The Tucumán Derby is played between Atlético and its longtime rival San Martín, both of the same city. The Santo (as San Martín is nicknamed) currently plays in the Torneo Argentino A, the regionalized third division of Argentine league system.

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 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 32,700 persons due to an upgrade of the facilities that included adding and extra 2,500 seats.

Players

Current squad

Current squad of Atlético Tucumán as of 20 February, 2016 (edit)
Sources: [1]

No. Position Player 1 ARG GK Cristian Lucchetti 2 ARG DF Bruno Bianchi 3 ARG DF Fernando Evangelista 4 ARG DF Nicolás Romat 5 ARG MF Nery Leyes 6 ARG DF Franco Sbuttoni 7 ARG FW Luis Rodríguez 8 ARG DF Guillermo Acosta 9 ARG FW Fernando Zampedri 10 ARG FW Leandro González 11 ARG FW Cristian Menéndez 13 ARG GK Franco Pizzicanella 14 ARG MF Dante Ibarra 15 ARG DF Gastón Iturrieta 16 PAR DF Enrique Meza 17 ARG MF Jorge Soldati

No. Position Player 18 ARG DF Nahuel Sosa 19 ECU FW Juan Govea 20 ARG DF Jorge Molina 21 COL MF Miguel Julio 22 ARG MF Franco Quiroga 23 ARG DF Lucas Villalba (on loan from Independiente) 24 ARG DF Lionel Di Plácido (on loan from All Boys) 25 ARG MF David Valdez 26 ARG FW Gonzalo Ontivero 27 ARG DF Ignacio Canuto 28 ARG FW José Méndez 29 ARG MF Rodrigo Aliendro 30 ARG MF Matías Ballini 31 ARG GK Josué Ayala 32 ARG MF Francisco Grahl 33 URU DF Pablo Rodríguez (on loan from Tigre)

Manager: Juan Azconzábal

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
• Liga Tucumana (6): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1986, 2003
• 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

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Decaweb (Spanish)