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| Full name | Club Atlético Tigre | |||
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| Nicknames | El Matador (The Killer) Azules del Norte (Northern Blues) | |||
| Founded | 3 August 1902; 123 years ago (1902-08-03)[1] | |||
| Ground | Estadio José Dellagiovanna | |||
| Capacity | 26,282 | |||
| Chairman | Facundo Folino | |||
| Manager | Diego Dabove | |||
| League | Primera División | |||
| Website | catigre.com.ar | |||
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Club Atlético Tigre is anArgentine professionalfootball club located inVictoria, Buenos Aires. Tigre currently plays in thePrimera División, the top level of theArgentine football league system, having secured promotion as the2021 Primera Nacional champion.[2] Its name comes fromTigre, the city in which it was founded. Since its foundation in 1902, the club's colors have been blue and red. Due to its history, Tigre is considered as the most important club in the northern area of Buenos Aires.
Tigre plays its home venues atEstadio José Dellagiovanna (named after its first president), which has a capacity of 26,282 spectators.
On 3 August 1902, a group of twelve young men led by José Dellagiovanna, met at his house in Partido de las Conchas (former name ofTigre Partido) with the purpose of establishing a sports club. The name given to the recently formed institution was "Club Atlético Juventud del Tigre", with Dellagiovanna elected as its first president. They played their first football match vs C.A. Las Conchas, won by Juventud del Tigre 3–1. The club wore a blue shirt with red collar, black short and socks.
In 1911, the team registered to theArgentine Football Association to be able to compete in official tournaments. By those times, the institution changed its name to "Club Atlético de Tigre". When dissidentFederación Argentina de Football was established in 1912 after the first schism in Argentine football, Tigre affiliated to it. The team began to wear a striped blue and red shirt.
The first title won by the club came in 1912, when Tigre was crowned champion ofDivisión Intermedia (the second level by then), earning promotion toPrimera División after beatingArgentinos de Vélez Sarsfield 4–2 in the final held atEstadio G.E.B.A.
Tigre debuted in Primera División, the top division of Argentine football, on 1 May 1913 againstPorteño; the match concluded in a 0–0 draw. The team played its home matches on a field located on Rocha street, nearReconquista River in Rincón de Milberg. Its first field was inaugurated on 2 December 1913. When a new schism came in 1919, Tigre registered to dissidentAsociación Amateurs de Football, which lasted until 1927, when both leagues, AAmF and AFA joined.
In 1931, the first professional league of Argentina,Liga Argentina de Football, was created, with Tigre affiliating to it. Under professionalism, Tigre debuted on 31 May 1931 vsSan Lorenzo atEstadio Viejo Gasómetro, and Tigre lost 4–2. Nevertheless, in 1934 a reduction in the number of Primera Division teams caused Tigre andQuilmes to be relegated into the Second Division. This meant Tigre left the top division after 21 consecutive seasons.
At the beginning of 1931, Tigre sold strikerBernabé Ferreyra toRiver Plate form$n50,000. The transaction was described as "the most expensive pass for a player in the history of world football" by the local media. Ferreyra had played for Tigre during 6 years, with an average of +1 goal per game.
After the selling of Ferreyra, another forward,Juan Marvezzi, arrived to the club in 1937. He would score 116 goals over 173 matches between 1937 and 1943, becoming Tigre's all-time top scorer.
In October 1944, the club received then vice-president of Argentina, colonelJuan Domingo Perón, in front of a crowded stadium. The president of Tigre, Mario Piotti, appointed Perón –a confessed supporter of the club– as "honorary president" of the club.
In 1945, Tigre won its first official title, theSecond Division championship, which allowed the club to return to Primera. The club remained in the top level for a few seasons before being relegated again in1950, along withRosario Central.
Tigre remained in the second tier until 1953,[3] when the team won its second title, and returned to Primera División again, where the club remained until another relegation in1958. During that brief stint in the top level, Tigre got its best performance until then, finishing 6th in the1955 season. It was at that time when Tigre was nicknamedEl Matador (The Killer) byEl Gráfico journalist Osvaldo Ardizzone.
Tigre returned to Primera División in1967, after being promoted along withClub Atlético Los Andes in the "Reclasificatorio", a tournament contested by the last six teams of Metropolitano and the four top teams from Primera B. Nevertheless, the club would be relegated again, and in 1971 was sent toPrimera C, the third division of Argentine by then.
In1979, Tigre returned to Primera División, withJuan Carlos Lorenzo as the sports director. A curiosity of that year: while Tigre was on the rise, it sold more tickets thanRacing Club,San Lorenzo de Almagro andIndependiente. At national level, it finished 4th only behindBoca Juniors,River Plate andRosario Central. The following season, after poor results, the club returned to the second tier
In 1982, Tigre andSan Lorenzo set the attendance record in the second division. More than 70,000 tickets were sold for the match that was played at Estadio Monumental. As of today and by different regulations ofAFA, it will hardly be exceeded at any time.
In 1991, the club was relegated into the third division (Primera B Metropolitana). In 1994, Tigre won the Clausura tournament of the Metropolitana, but lost the promotion final to the Apertura champion,Chacarita Juniors. Tigre was finally promoted to the Nacional B (Second tier) the following season, in 1995. However, the club only lasted there one season, and were directly relegated. In 1998, the club was promoted to Nacional B again, and was close to achieving promotion to the Primera Divisionthe following season, but was eliminated in the playoffs.
In 2005, The team became two-time champion of the Primera B Metropolitana by winning both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, with a record number of points obtained. In both tournaments, the team had only lost one match.
In the club's first season return in the second tier, the2005–06 season, the club placed 7th in the overall table, one position away from qualifying for the playoffs. In the2006–07 season, the club placed 5th in the overall table and got itself into the promotion playoffs, which was called the "Torneo Reducido". In the final, Tigre defeatedPlatense 2–0, which allowed the club to play the promotion playoff final. Tigre beatNueva Chicago 3–1 over two legs, and would be able to play in the highest division of Argentine football after more than two decades.
In its first tournament on return, the2007–08 season, Tigre finished runner-up of the Apertura tournament. The external factor to this campaign was the massive support; in almost all the matches of the tournament, Tigre sold out its tickets, both inVictoria and away from home. All this left the popular recognition in the football environment that Tigre had been widely the revelation of the tournament, and that Argentine football had recovered a great.
For the2008 Apertura, Tigre was one goal away from becoming champion, but finished runner-up again. The club finished with a total of 39 points, tied for first place along withSan Lorenzo andBoca Juniors, but ends as runner-up after playing a historic triangular final. It must be considered that the AFA modified, in the midst of their dispute, the rules of this tournament. Originally it had established that in the event of a tie for first place, the champion would be decided according to head-to-head results between the teams occupying that place. Tigre defeatedSan Lorenzo andBoca Juniors, both as visitors, so it was appropriate to award the club the title. However, with the imposed modification, the triangular had to be disputed.
In2012 Clausura the club was runner-up in thePrimera Division again. Tigre started the season thinking about not being in the relegation table, but ended up exceeding the expectations by fighting for the league title until the last date. At the end of that same year, after eliminating Colombian sideMillonarios in the semifinals of the2012 Copa Sudamericana, it reached its first international final in its history, where the club lost toSão Paulo inthe finals.
Despite having been relegated at the end of the2018–19 Primera División championship, 2019 was the most successful year in the history of the club as Tigre won its first title in Primera División, theCopa de la Superliga, by beatingBoca Juniors 2–0 in thefinal atMario Kempes Stadium. Coached byNéstor Gorosito, Tigre's initial line-up wasGonzalo Marinelli;Matías Pérez Acuña,Gerardo Alcoba (c),Néstor Moiraghi,Nicolás Colazo;Sebastián Prediger,Lucas Menossi,Diego Alberto Morales,Walter Montillo,Lucas Janson;Federico González. The goals were scored by González and Janson. Besides, 20,000 supporters ofEl Matador travelled to Córdoba to attend the match.
That win allowed Tigre to play theTrofeo de Campeones vsRacing Club (winner of the 2018–19 league) atEstadio José María Minella inMar del Plata. Nevertheless, Racing beat Tigre 2–0.
In2020, Tigre was the only Argentine team that played the top continental competition,Copa Libertadores, that was not competing in the top division but in Primera B Nacional.
In November2021, Tigre won thePrimera Nacional title (also their first one in the division) after beatingBarracas Central 1–0 in the final match. Therefore theMatador will play in the top division of Argentine professional football since the 2022 season.[4][5]
During the first years of the club, the shirt was blue with a red collar. On the chest, the legend "Juventud del Tigre" (original club name). For the first game v C.A. Las Conchas, the team wore that shirt. A blue and red striped jersey appeared between 1911 and 1911, being alternated with the traditional blue.
With the affiliation to dissident "Asociación Amateurs de Football", in 1919, the regulation of the use of colors privilegedSan Lorenzo de Almagro in the use of a striped design. The now traditional blue with a red horizontal stripe began to be worn in the mid 1940s. During the 1960s, the club worn a blue and red hoops jersey that had been worn by Italian clubSampdoria.[6]
Throughout its history,Club Atlético Tigre had 3 grounds, although the most popular is the currentEstadio Jose Dellagiovanna, located inVictoria,Greater Buenos Aires.[citation needed]
In 1935 the land ofGuido Spano was acquired and on 29 December the Foundation Stone was placed where the currentVictoria stadium would be built. The land in front of the avenue was acquired with the certain possibility of expanding the number of supporters. Many internal struggles were generated by this determination. Former members, who did not understand at the time the perspective that this change offered to the club, decided to leave the institution. The president at that time wasLeón Bourdieu.[citation needed]
It was inaugurated on 20 September 1936, in a friendly againstBoca Juniors. On 27 September 1936, the first official match was played at the stadium, withClub Atlético Independiente beating Tigre 1-0 as part of theFirst Division league championship organized by theAFA. On 6 December, Tigre had its first victory at the stadium, defeatingFerro Carril Oeste 2–0.[citation needed]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| No. | Player | Pos. | Tenure | Match. |
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| 1 |  Martín Galmarini | MF | 2002–08, 2010–13, 2014–2022 | 372 |
| 2 | Pedro Pellegata | DF | 1969–80 | 360 |
| 3 | Adolfo Heisinger | FW | 1914–29 | 346 |
| 4 | Edgardo Luis Paruzzo | FW | 1980–89 | 345 |
| 5 | Juan Carlos Blengio | DF | 2000–18 | 335 |
| No. | Player | Pos. | Tenure | Goals |
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| 1 | Juan Marvezzi | FW | 1937–43 | 116 |
| 2 | Carlos Luna | FW | 2004–05, 2008–10, 2011–12, 2014–2021 | 112 |
| 3 | Edgardo Luis Paruzzo | FW | 1980–89 | 105 |
| 4 | Juan C. Haedo | FW | 1924–34 | 91 |
| 5 | Luis Cesáreo | FW | 1948–60 | 81 |
Last 10 managers of the football squad:
Ricardo Caruso Lombardi (2017)Cristian Ledesma (2018)Mariano Echeverría (2018–2019)Néstor Gorosito (2019–2020)Juan Carlos Blengio (2020–21)Diego Martínez (2021–2023)Juan Sara (2023)Lucas Pusineri (2023)Néstor Gorosito (2024)Sebastián Domínguez (2024–)
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